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Interlude: Konami 051316 and 053260
🕑 Added 2022-09-12 11:39:20 +0000 UTCBefore modifying tiers to allow voting on what I should work on next, I'll be working on the Konami 051316 (rotozoom chip used to generate perspective planes such as maps and roads) and the 053260 (PCM audio).
These got on my todo-list when I intially wanted to build upon the TMNT core to support other games, before I decided to leave the hardware-specific core work to the community.
The next paid post (not necessarily the very next post !) will cover the tracing and documentation of these two chips, including schematics and notes.
The 051316 is a pretty simple Fujitsu gate array from a series for which I built a nice cell list over the years. The 053260 however is from Toshiba, which is going to be more challenging.
MiSTer-ization of TMNT continues, of course :)
Comments
Joseph Anania
Post TMNT I vote for the custom chips needed for other Konami beat em ups like X-Men and Simpsons. I absolutely love the work done so far.
Richard Simpson
I think MiSTer-ization should be added to the dictionary. The word means... To bring joy and happiness to technology enthusiasts around the world.
