Hello Everyone,
Well it was a long time coming but I finally got around to doing a Metal
Slug conversion. Metal Slug was originally released in both English and
Japanese formats for the MVS and home format. Widely available as an MVS
cartridge it is fairly easy to get in the Neo Geo Home (NGH) format if
you've got $1,000 to $2,000 to burn! Solution? Why a MVS to NGH conversion
of course!
For this conversion I used a Samurai Shodown III cartridge. I could
have used a Fatal Fury 3, Real Bout, King of Fighters 95/96/97 but since
I found the Samurai Shodown III with case for $40 (no manual, bumpy case)
that would be snubbed by most folks I figured that this was the one to
go with.
This was a straight up conversion. You'll need to make jumper adjustments.
I've included the correct settings in this document.
Details:
Remove the V, P, S, M, and C chips from the Sacrifice NGH boards.
Remove the V, P, S, M and C chips from the Metal Slug MVS cartridge. Place
them in their corresponding locations on the sacrifice NGH boards. Solder
them up nice and clean, take your time. Congratulations, you're almost
done.
The Insert and Label
I decided to create a custom US insert for Metal Slug. I used scanned
graphics bits from the Neo Geo Pocket Color Metal Slug 1st Mission, Metal
Slug 4 NGH (The Evil Madman!) and from the actual game screens itself.
Constructing the soldier graphic was interesting as his left arm and hand
was partially covered. I found a match inside the Neo Geo Pocket Color
manual and was able to basically stitch two images together forming the
result that you see on my insert an manual. I did quite a bit of "image-cropping"
to get the desired results.
Here are the correct jumper settings, US and Japan label and inserts:
|
PROGBK1Y
| J |
Setting |
| 1 |
on |
| 2 |
off |
| 3 |
off |
| 4 |
off |
| 5 |
off |
| 6 |
off |
| 7 |
off |
| 8 |
off |
| 9 |
on |
| 10 |
off |
| 11 |
off |
| 12 |
off |
| 13 |
on |
| JB |
Setting |
| 1 |
off |
| 2 |
off |
| 3 |
on |
| 4 |
off |
| 5 |
off |
| 6 |
off |
CHA256RY
| J |
Setting |
| 1 | off |
| 2 | on |
| 3 | on |
| 4 |
off |
| 5 |
off |
| 6 |
off |
| 7 |
off |
| 8 |
off |
| 9 | on |
| 10 | on |
| 11 | on |
| 12 | on |
| 13 |
off |
| 14 |
off |
| 15 | off |
| 16 | off |
| 17 |
on |
| 18 | off |
|
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-- Tiptonium Out...
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