I think I saw the information somewhere that the RC code of each Konami cartridge is embedded inside the bytecode somewhere. Can anyone point me to more info on this?
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But the Konami Game Master cartridges detect correctly for example Antartic Adventure as RC-701, so there must be another trick ..
It works the other way around : it's the game itself that detects the presence of a Game Master cartridge, and then triggers the appropriate routines.
If this is the case, then Konami had already designed the Game Master before releasing the first games. It seems me a strange theory, as the Game Master has been released only in 1986 while the first games are from 1983.
Besides, you need to insert the Game Master in slot 1 and the game in slot 2. If you do the contrary, the Game Master is not detected and the computer directly starts the game. So, it proves also that your theory is wrong.
If this is the case, then Konami had already designed the Game Master before releasing the first games. It seems me a strange theory, as the Game Master has been released only in 1986 while the first games are from 1983.
Besides, you need to insert the Game Master in slot 1 and the game in slot 2. If you do the contrary, the Game Master is not detected and the computer directly starts the game. So, it proves also that your theory is wrong.
"The Game Master 1 also operates with some MSX2 games. You can use it with Goemon, Vampire Killer and Hinotory (Firebird). To do this, insert the Game Master 1 in a higher slot than the game. Now you can select stage and lifes when you start the game. In the game, you can at any time press to interrupt the game. Now you can press <:> to advance a frame (see below) or press again to go back to the game. Actually, it isn't The Game Master which is operating here. The game detects whether The Game Master is there and has special routines if is. The Game Master itself is never executed."
Besides, they did not need to design the Game Master before all games. They just needed special routines inside the game which could be triggered by a special cartridge. For all we know, maybe they already worked like that during development.
Furthermore, I don't see how, for example, they could modify the title screen menu from Vampire Killer, without the game itself giving the control to an outside routine. Which means that the game must know first of the presence of a Game Master cartridge. So i't's quite logical.
