The Mortal Kombat cabinet is a newer addition to the collection, so hasn’t progressed quite as far with that one. Naturally it’s one of those things that’s easier said than done, but it’s an interesting proof of concept. Here, this capability is demonstrated by replacing the ROM data for Rampage with Yoshi’s Cookie. These sort of games generally reuse the hardware among a number of titles, so by isolating where the game ROM is and replacing it, they can be made to play other games without hardware modification. Once gives an overview of the hardware, the next step is reading the respective flash storage and trying to make sense of the dumped data.
It wouldn’t be interesting if they didn’t throw you a few curves now and again, right?īut these are more than simple teardowns. For example, the Rampage cabinet is using a so-called “NES on a Chip” along with a SPI flash chip to hold the ROM, while Mortal Kombat is using a Genesis emulation solution and parallel flash.
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Over the course of several blog posts, walks readers through the hardware and software used in a few of these miniature games. Thanks to, we don’t have to wonder anymore.
Like any good Hackaday reader, you were probably curious about what makes them tick. You’ve probably seen a few of these miniature arcade games online or in big box retailers: for $20 USD or so you get scaled-down version of a classic arcade cabinet, perfect for a desk toy or to throw up on a shelf as part of your gaming collection.
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