VS System support. Anyone working on it?

[dcubed]

Hey there. Was just thinking the other day about the VS System version of the NES and wishing it was available on MiSTer.

The Analogue Pocket Spiritualised NES core seems to have full support for the VS System, so it must be possible. Has anyone tried to get the VS System games working on the MiSTer NES core? Would be awesome to be able to play these games on a real arcade cabinet!

[mrchrister]

you can play a lot of the VS games through their nes ports:

3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Castlevania (VS) NES Patched v1.0 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 131088
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Duck Hunt (VS) NES Patched v2.1 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 49168
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Excitebike + Save (VS) NES+SRAM Patched v1.2 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 49168
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Goonies (VS) NES Patched v1.0 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 131088
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Gradius (VS) NES Patched [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 98320
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Hogan's Alley (VS) NES Patched v1.0b1 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 49168
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Ice Climber (VS) NES Patched v2.0b [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 81936
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Pinball (VS) NES Patched v1.3 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 49168
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Super Mario Bros. Home Edition (Hack) v1.1 BMF54123.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 65552
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. TKO Boxing - NT Fixed (VS) NES Patched v0.9b [FIX] Morgan Johansson, NT v1 SmokeMonster.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 131088
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Tennis (VS) NES Patched v1.0 Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:07 40976
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Wrecking Crew (VS) NES Patched v1.0 Morgan Johansson.nes

[hscorpio]

you can play a lot of the VS games through their nes ports:
3 Nintendo VS. System Arcade/VS. Excitebike + Save (VS) NES+SRAM Patched v1.2 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes 2021-03-22 22:08 49168

Hello. Wondering if anyone can confirm this works. I can get every other game to load except this.

[rhester72]

Hello. Wondering if anyone can confirm this works. I can get every other game to load except this.

Make sure you have a V2 header.

[hscorpio]

Hello. Wondering if anyone can confirm this works. I can get every other game to load except this.

Make sure you have a V2 header.

Well I'm having a hard time at this. I grabbed the header repair tool and ran it against the file referenced above and no luck.
https://github.com/Kitrinx/NES_Header_Repair

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Reading XML, please wait...
Evaluating files...
Updating header for SHA1:9A36E9BD15FFD3D8BC23966B7BDC1BAE88DB29B4 File: VS. Excitebike + Save (VS) NES+SRAM Patched v1.2 [FIX] Morgan Johansson.nes
4e 45 53 1a 02 02 39 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 (old)
4e 45 53 1a 02 02 38 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 (new)

Updating header for SHA1:1CF6AA8625AD1558E1F1AAF2E1710D5A09A2CED0 File: vs excite bike.nes
4e 45 53 1a 02 02 39 61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 (old)
4e 45 53 1a 02 02 38 69 00 00 05 00 00 04 00 04 (new)

Updating header for SHA1:56FB1AAABA3B8C05452B2D5B8F232FAFB64AC70D File: VS Excitebike (Alt).nes
4e 45 53 1a 02 02 30 61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 (old)
4e 45 53 1a 02 02 38 69 00 00 05 00 00 05 00 04 (new)

Worth mentioning on Mesen the first file is a bit garbled but the bottom 2 work just fine.

[hscorpio]

by way of update, I got the game to actually load with an old NES offshot kitrinx did (mapper 99 support) but it has garbled graphics. Linking the source of the core I used (attached) for posterity from 9/27/2023

https://discord.com/channels/6479093974 ... 4360245350

edit: I am assuming this isn't working due to incomplete mapper99 support.