Author Topic: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM  (Read 955 times)

bigbacon

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2015, 02:32:34 AM »
ok, even a real game doesn't work right for me. I got cosmic phantasy 2 or whatever and the logo screens and the animation screens work fine but the in game graphics are messed up.

The characters on screen render fine but the backgrounds are just a jumbled mess of tiles, like someone took a slide puzzle and messed it all up.

http://starshipvonbraun.com/ss/WP_20150511_15_54_45_Pro.jpg

thesteve

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2015, 12:32:12 PM »
that is a definite hardware issue
either bad ram (IFU or system card) or connections between system, ifu and system card

Debvgger_

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #32 on: May 16, 2015, 07:54:32 AM »
You really need to find someone nearby and try combinations of different system cards / IFU units / consoles.


BTW, nice 7800 games there :-) I like the 7800 too.

thesteve

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #33 on: May 16, 2015, 06:16:21 PM »
i second that
im in cali
i have PCE IFU CDR2 and TG16 but no TGCD base
lets see who is near by you and could help nail it down to a modular part

bigbacon

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #34 on: May 18, 2015, 03:42:58 AM »
well... anyone out near Winchester VA?

I've tried different system cards and even launched the system card (both US and JP) from an everdrive and it does the same thing.

so you guys are thinking it is the base not the TG16 or the cd drive itself?

thesteve

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #35 on: May 18, 2015, 05:52:02 AM »
i suspect the base

bigbacon

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #36 on: May 18, 2015, 06:46:26 AM »
know what is really funny with cosmic fantasy 2. every time I bring up the menu, the tile set changes.

thesteve

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #37 on: May 18, 2015, 08:49:22 AM »
i have fixed 1 TG CD base with grafix issues
on CF2 the images were mostly right but the text was garbled
replaced 2 DIP ram chips

bigbacon

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #38 on: May 18, 2015, 09:01:53 AM »
Are they socketed things or something you would need to solder?

thesteve

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #39 on: May 18, 2015, 10:02:57 AM »
they are soldered in

ddoubledee

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #40 on: May 19, 2015, 05:25:15 AM »
Yikes, yeah... Must be a memory issue.

ddoubledee

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Re: Graphical glitches when playing from CD-ROM
« Reply #41 on: June 13, 2015, 04:34:13 AM »
Nothing to do with the OP... I just wanted to say thanks to wolfman. I fixed up another CD-ROM2, and I used It Came From the Desert to adjust the pots. Worked a treat, faster than the way I've been doing it. :)