ROM files?

[notboxbot]

Does this collection contain ROMs in a form usable with MAME?
Or are they somehow obfuscated/encrypted?

[SilentStorm]

Probably obfuscated because i can't find a folder with them in the folders.

[portiaevl]

i think they're inside the executable, if you hex edit it and search for rom you can see BUBBLESYSTEM and the game names, then some pointers..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_System

makes sense, so yeh the images are inside the executable it'd appear.. im not sure of the format etc so cant extract them but the tag is enough of an indication they're there for me

[SilentStorm]

So i assume that means one can't easily just change the roms of the shumps like Thunder Cross to their japanese versions?

Makes sense i guess, Konami wouldn't want people to easily add in or change the games after all.

[portiaevl]

that would be correct... they're linked into the executable.. not even as resources (which you could fiddle with)..

[SilentStorm]

So basically, the only way for the japanese versions to be playable in the pack would be for Konami to go ahead and stop region locking them, what about keybinding, i assume that's tied to the executable as well?

[portiaevl]

yeh i think the region versions have different executables, which would contain the different roms.. all 'self contained'... either for convenience or to avoid tampering.. take your pick

[mganai]

Ajax/Typhoon and Thunder Cross both have 2 sound files fwiw.