if "Daisenryaku Map collection (MSX FAN); not to be mistaken by that of Microcabin itself"here means three Risk Campaign II maps created by the MSX FAN redactors on MSX FAN 1992-09, they are in MSX FAN disk #12. Assuming MSX FAN disk #12 = 1 and a blank disk = 2,
a: Start 1. b: Without moving the cursor, push space twice. c: Choose the second "C version Daisenryaku II redactor's special map" menu. Push Space twice. d: Insert 2. Push space. e: Insert 1. Push space. f: Insert 2. Push space. Now 2 is the map disk g: Insert 1. Push space to quit.
To play a map, start Risk Campaign II, insert 2 before loading a map then choose M-FAN BATTLE, YAMA or Sasaya Strikes Back.
The maps and units submitted to MSX FAN's Daisenryaku II contest announced between MSX FAN 1990-08 - 1990-11 were eventually included in Microcabin's Customer Kit instead of being released by MSX FAN or Tokuma Shoten Intermedia.
- MSX FAN 1988-04 page 30
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The text says all 128 map contributors will receive a disk with 16 maps around mid March but one part of the screenshot says "Cannot" suggesting it was WIP. I browsed through May and June MSX FANs but could not find "we shipped" notice or "I received" report. It could have been delayed or was never shipped. 128 isn't few so some of them could have surfaced if existed.
If you have Carnivore2 you can insert it in slot 1 and 30-in-1 in slot 2, then have C2 start MSX default config, and go to basic. There was a basic tool that dumps the cart rom for you. Its name escapes me though. It is mentioned in these forums for sure. Very happy to hear one more Arabic rom is about to be added to the preservation library. Thanks in advance!
saverom.com (for MSX-DOS, not BASIC) is a powerful tool that can dump most ROM cartridges (that use a memory based switching method). But you do need to know how the mapper works before you can make a full dump. The first step is to just dump the whole slot of the cartridge and then someone has to analyze the dump and reverse engineer the mapper with that... and when that's done, the full ROM can be dumped.
