Does Capcom of Japan still revive dead CPS3 security carts?

[The Enigmatic Form]

Concerning the topic of changed/left out voices: I had an asian 2nd Impact years ago, and yes, it had some japanese voices muted at default, but it was possible to simply change that in the options menu. I don't know how it is with 3rd Strike and New Generation, but I sometimes get the feeling that some things are stated as fact without further investigation.

I wouldn't know why they would even take out voice samples in the U.S. version, as this comes from historical and cultural "difficulties" mainly between Korea and Japan, that's why sometimes asian versions are slightly censored.

[Stv]

U.S.A version had all the voices. only asian is "censored" i have both

[The Enigmatic Form]

Just out of interest: there is definitely no option to make the asian 3rd Strike uncensored?

[Stv]

Just out of interest: there is definitely no option to make the asian 3rd Strike uncensored?

unfortunately no. there is no options related to the voices

[Artemio]

Any CD works with any region and you can burn a CD if you would get a version you didn't want with a purchase for example?

Yes

[HyperBolt]

So if you go through a third party, it's going to run you about $180 to get a Japanese cart revived, right?

What if you know someone living in Japan that will send it in for you?
How much does Capcom normally charge for the revival service?

And how would you let them know you're sending it in?
Is there a way to contact them on their website specifically for CPS3 stuff?

[Ramza]

So if you go through a third party, it's going to run you about $180 to get a Japanese cart revived, right?

Fujita only charges 8070 Yen for the repair itself, however they are also charging 2070 Yen import tax and 5400 Yen (quite ridicolous) for EMS shipping back to your place. So total in this case would be 15540 Yen, about $190. Other arcade shops might charge different prices, but Fujita was the cheapest when I checked last year.

What if you know someone living in Japan that will send it in for you?
How much does Capcom normally charge for the revival service?

Capcom only charges 5000 Yen for the repair, if it's a dead cart.

And how would you let them know you're sending it in?
Is there a way to contact them on their website specifically for CPS3 stuff?

You can call or email them directly. You need to live in Japan though, otherwise they won't accept it.

[HyperBolt]

Sorry for the thread necro...but there's a few things I want to discuss.

First off, topic title?
My cart hasn't died though(at least I think so...gotta check in the morning).


There might be some news concerning Third Strike online soon.
The captivate event embargo ends today.
I'm excited for it, however I have little faith Capcom will do a good job with it.
At the very least, I expect them to do a better job compared to the PS2/Xbox ports.
But if I can't hit confirm Ken's c.mk into super, I'm not buying it.

http://www40.atwiki.jp/arcadegames/pages/109.html"
Anything interesting here? I doubt it, it's just some random page I found trying to look for information on the below subject.



And one last thing I want to discuss(the main reason for posting in this thread).
I remember reading about this: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager ... Id=3165157"
Just some stuff about SF4, however, what's interesting is the paragraph at the bottom:
"Did you know that due to massive overstock of Warzard (Red Earth) CPS-III roms, an executive at Capcom ordered Ono to "do something with them?" The end result of this product was a Street Fighter III clock that was sold for a limited time. Eventually, however, someone with a CPS-III arcade cabinet tried putting the SFIII clock in the machine, only to find a fully functioning copy of Warzard loading up on the monitor. Fact. "

Anyone have a pic of the clock or more details about it?
Sounds crazy...someone with the clock decided to open it up and found a Warzard security cart?
Then they tried using it on a CPS3 board and it worked?
I just want to know how exactly did they use warzard with the clock?
Did they just chuck it in there? Did they wire it up to work the clock?

I wonder how limited it was...?

[davewellington]

I have to say, the clock story sounds incredibly bogus

[shaktazuki]

Sorry to resurrect, but I live in the US, and I believe my cart just died (because I stupidly moved the board with the power on).

Now it looks like this when I turn it on:

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What are my options for repair? Please oh please someone have good news.

I should also mention that when I got the system, I had a backup battery soldered onto the existing stock battery connections. Hopefully this won't complicate things.

[Artemio]

Right now the only option seems to be Capcom Asia. I don't have the contact, but I remember reading several threads where people claimed they had it. That is the only real and viable route so far, or getting a working cart. Sorry this happened pal, hope you can get it working.

[shaktazuki]

I guess I'm just out of luck. Time to liquidate the cabinet, I guess.

[shaktazuki]

The problem is the cab is in service, and I haven't got another game to put in it (I lack a Capcom i/o converter for the naomi systems I do have). As it's dead weight, the shop owner no doubt will want me to remove it and I haven't got the space in my house.

[thegreathopper]

There used to be someone in Canada on eBay who would fix carts with the Asia version, failing that I am sure excellent.com in Hk can help you.

[thechop]

I've got a warzard here i'd love to get done

[idc]

I'm confident that we might see a fix of some kind soon. At present, we can run all of the six CPS3 games with any working CPS3 cart. Next attempts are to get a working decrypted universal BIOS running on a dead cart. Most of the work has been done by Darksoft, but there are a few of others looking at it now too, so hopefully progress will be faster.

In the meantime, I'd advise you to get a 2nd Impact cart for cheap from this guy on eBay if you need some CPS3 in your cab: http://www.ebay.com/itm/250879095525"

[thegreathopper]

I have been following Darksofts blog and he is doing really well,Are the 6 games available anywhere to try out?

My 3rd strike died a while ago but I do have a 2nd Impact from the eBay link in your post.

[idc]

I thought it was only being simulated in mame at present - great news regardless though.

You are correct, the decrypted BIOS runs in MAME and will load decrypted CD images. However, in a real cart, the custom SH2 will not run a decrypted BIOS (or other decrypted code) at all, so the next path is to replace the custom SH2 in a dead cart with a standard SH2 to see if that works with the decrypted BIOS.

It's suspected that the custom SH2 has a ROM area which holds the keys to decrypt the BIOS. Assuming that I have understood the info I have been given correctly, I think that the BIOS itself then holds the keys to decrypt the data stored on the SIMMs. SIMM data is just a direct copy of the encrypted CD contents, no decryption is done during game rewrite.

I could be wrong, as I'm not the one putting the work into this, but that's the way I've interpreted things. I'll provide more definite info as I receive it, if appropriate.

[shaktazuki]

I'm confident that we might see a fix of some kind soon. At present, we can run all of the six CPS3 games with any working CPS3 cart. Next attempts are to get a working decrypted universal BIOS running on a dead cart. Most of the work has been done by Darksoft, but there are a few of others looking at it now too, so hopefully progress will be faster.

In the meantime, I'd advise you to get a 2nd Impact cart for cheap from this guy on eBay if you need some CPS3 in your cab: http://www.ebay.com/itm/250879095525"

Thanks, however, without the CD it's no good to me.

[idc]

I'm confident that we might see a fix of some kind soon. At present, we can run all of the six CPS3 games with any working CPS3 cart. Next attempts are to get a working decrypted universal BIOS running on a dead cart. Most of the work has been done by Darksoft, but there are a few of others looking at it now too, so hopefully progress will be faster.

In the meantime, I'd advise you to get a 2nd Impact cart for cheap from this guy on eBay if you need some CPS3 in your cab: http://www.ebay.com/itm/250879095525"

Thanks, however, without the CD it's no good to me.

You do know that you can burn a CD-R right?