Anyone ever had a try at R.O.B. emulation? I suppose you could have a try at simulating the robot (with this info http://www.google.com/patents/US4729563 ). But that is not what I'm aiming for: I mean actually low-level emulating the toy. For that, we'd have to decap the MCU to get the internal ROM dumped.
Sean Riddle ( http://www.seanriddle.com/decap.html ) is willing to decap it. But the thing is, ROB is super expensive on ebay. I suppose there's nowhere better to ask than here, for someone willing to donate and sacrifice theirs. A broken one is fine too, with just the PCB intact.
The MCU is apparently the same as the NES lockout chip: a Sharp 4-bit of what I assume is the SM510 family.
Sean Riddle ( http://www.seanriddle.com/decap.html ) is willing to decap it. But the thing is, ROB is super expensive on ebay. I suppose there's nowhere better to ask than here, for someone willing to donate and sacrifice theirs. A broken one is fine too, with just the PCB intact.
The MCU is apparently the same as the NES lockout chip: a Sharp 4-bit of what I assume is the SM510 family.