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Title: ROM Editing
Post by: Trimoor on March 05, 2005, 06:29:13 pm

Any tips for editing ROM images?  I would like to edit some text, and maybe some sprites/backgrounds.

Are there any tools out there for this?  A hex editor might work for some things, but what I really need is a resource editor, akin to "resource hacker" for win32 binaries.  I won't be bothering with encrypted games.

I could really impress my friends by patching their names into a game and burning an eeprom for the PCB.

Thanks!

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: ahmer on March 06, 2005, 06:36:54 pm

Trimoor, I also asked this at another forum,but was useless.
do you know some thing about.
I would like to make an impresion to my friends ;)

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: itismejs on March 06, 2005, 06:39:49 pm

I gusseThe mame devs have the decomplied code and probably sprites as well...but I doubt they will hep you out...

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: JODY on March 06, 2005, 06:43:03 pm

There are a few tools to edit ROMs but probably not what you're looking for.  Tempest level editors, etc.  Check out some of what is available for Misfit Mame.  They are edited ROMs.  Your best bet would be to use a hex editor to find and replace the text.  Will work as long as the games are not encrypted.

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: Trimoor on March 06, 2005, 07:13:56 pm

I tried hex editing in Galaga, but it doesn't do anything.   I changed a bunch of plain text, but it displays as if I never did anything.

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: JODY on March 06, 2005, 07:16:08 pm

Quote from: Trimoor on March 06, 2005, 07:13:56 pm

I tried hex editing in Galaga, but it doesn't do anything.

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: quarterback on March 06, 2005, 10:13:40 pm

I saw some edited roms somewhere that had characters from pacman injected into a galaga game or vise versa.

Well, I 'say' they were edited roms, but I don't know that for a fact.  They may have not been legit roms but something else instead.  I'll see if I can dig up the link.

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: quarterback on March 06, 2005, 10:17:58 pm

I found it but I don't think I should link to a page of roms. 

The games look pretty nutty and have names like "Galagix" (a combination of galaga dn Phoenix) and "Tongy Paccy" (a combination of Donkey Kong and Pac Man)  If people can do that then it seems like they could also add customized text.  Perhaps you could ask them for help.

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: Trimoor on March 07, 2005, 01:32:17 am

I could only find one Galaga file with plain text in it, but it didn't even cover all the text in the game.

I sent an email to the "Galagix" author, so I'll let you know when I get a reply.

Title: Re: ROM Editing
Post by: creatine28 on March 10, 2005, 07:40:20 pm

Do a search for   


Turaco Classic and Age,  they're rom editors.