T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

Atomic_Xfire
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T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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Wonder if there is any cores becoming available for the Mortal Kombat titles? Os there any way I can help?
Sectorseven
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Re: T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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Neither the CPU nor the sound board have open source implementations right now.

Probably the best way to help would be to get in touch with developers who are interested and offer to loan/donate arcade boards for research.
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Re: T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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The "CPU" on these is a beast, too. It was designed to be a graphics coprocessor and was used on some high-end graphics cards, but it has enough general-purpose instructions that a separate host CPU isn't strictly necessary.
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Re: T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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Isn't the sound board juat a YM2151 and a dac?
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Re: T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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For the T-Unit that appears to be the case, but the Wolf Unit had a different setup.

That said, I woudn't mind me some NHL 2-on-2 Open Ice action on the MiSTer.
Atomic_Xfire
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Re: T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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I would be interested in seeing this happen and help in funding or sourcing parts.
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Atomic_Xfire wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:34 am I would be interested in seeing this happen and help in funding or sourcing parts.
Jotego (the developer of CPS1 core) has mentioned on twitter that he is interested in developing a core for Mortal Kombat. He hasn't started anything as of yet but the best thing you can do to help out is become a patron of his. He has a few projects ahead of MK so it may be a while.

https://twitter.com/topapate
brandon9271
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Re: T-Unit and Wolf Unit (Midway Games)

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I wish I still have my MK1 board.. used to be able to buy them on Ebay for $50 all day, every day.
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