MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Looking to get an obscure console (monon color) emulated

> I have a monon color, an obscure China only game console made between about 2015 and
> about 2016/2017 (the dates are a bit hazy). I have been looking for someone who could
> possibly emulate it so that other people can enjoy it. The games aren't half bad.
>
> Info about the console:
>
> 1. Most games are 8mib or 16mib, although 4mib games are known to exist
> 2. It uses an AX208 DBF Video Card (graphics on par with j2me games)
> 3. Has IR
> 4. ~16 games confirmed to exist, 5+ more prototypes known to exist
> 5. Quite a few games have a card reader integrated
> 6. Two versions exist, one with battery power, one with micro usb power (no known
> board differences than that)
> 7.16kb? of RAM (used in some promotional materials, unverified)
>
> Here's my tweet that led me to mameworld (with pictures):
> https://twitter.com/Splatoon2weird/status/1072182093206052864

Is there a BIOS? is the BIOS dumped?

Are any of the games dumped?

*edit* AX208 sounds like a SoC (system on chip) so integrated CPU and video, not just video? https://docplayer.net/52724058-Ax208-product-specification.html#download_tab_content

If there are ROM dumps, and there's no internal ROM I can have a look at it. If there's an internal ROM a way to extract it will be needed before anybody can emulate it.

I've asked Peter (who helped getting Gamate stuff dumped and emulated) if he's heard of the system before, it could be an interesting project for us if it can be sent to him and we have time to study it. Will depend greatly on if he has time tho.

It's a customized CPU (basically a 96Mhz 8051 with single cycle instructions, and some extra ones for which the encoding isn't specified) so emulating it will definitely be a challenge, but it's definitely something that MAME would be interested in at least investigating further.