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ROM programs

This page contains a list of downloadable programs in ROM format for use with emulated or real hardware CreatiVision and compatible systems.
To assist users in finding the files more easily, they have been grouped into the below categories:
1) System BIOS and Firmware
2) Official Commercial ROMs
3) Official Non-Commercial ROMs
4) Homebrew Games, Demos and Hacked ROMs

1) SYSTEM BIOS AND FIRMWARE

A) CreatiVision

The following ROM programs are working dumps of the system BIOS contained in CreatiVision (and compatibles) units. The data was originally stored in a 2 KByte EPROM. This was unsoldered and read with a professional EPROM programmer. The read data saved was then saved to binary file.
For use with CreatiVision emulators and actual hardware.
Program name Year Size Screen
CreatiVision/Dick Smith Wizzard BIOS (with CreatiVision logo) 1981 2Kb click to view screenshot
Rameses/Funvision/VZ 2000 BIOS (without logo) 1982 2Kb click to view screenshot

B) Laser 2001

The following ROM programs are working dumps of BIOS and firmware contained in Laser 2001 (and compatibles) units and peripherals. The data was originally stored in EPROMs of various size. These were unsoldered and read with a professional EPROM programmer. The read data saved was then saved to binary files.
For use with Laser 2001 and Salora Manager emulators and actual hardware.
Program name Year Size Screen
Laser 2001 BIOS (with BASIC 1.0) 1983 16Kb click to view screenshot
Salora Manager BIOS (with BASIC 2.1 and Finnish charset) 1983 16Kb click to view screenshot
Disk Drive Controller Firmware 1983 8Kb  
Colecovision Module BIOS (in Z80 code) 1984 8Kb click to view screenshot
Colecovision Module BIOS patch #1 (in Z80 code)
 
(keypad inputs matching those of a real Colecovision, patch by Kym Greenshields)
2024 8Kb click to view screenshot

2) OFFICIAL COMMERCIAL ROMS
The following ROM programs were originally stored in commercial program and game cartridges. The data was originally stored in PROMs or EPROMs of various size. These were unsoldered and read with a professional EPROM programmer. The read data saved was then saved to binary files.
For use with CreatiVision and Laser 2001 emulators and actual hardware.
Program name Catalogue Year Size Screen
Air/Sea Attack No. 8008 1981 4Kb click to view screenshot
Astro Pinball No. 8014 1982 8Kb click to view screenshot
Auto Chase No. 8006 1981 8Kb click to view screenshot
BASIC (CreatiVision, 1982, R1) No. 8011 1982 12Kb click to view screenshot
BASIC (CreatiVision, 1982, R2) No. 8011 1982 12Kb click to view screenshot
BASIC (CreatiVision, 1983, R1) No. 8011 1983 12Kb click to view screenshot
BASIC (V.1, 1983, R2) No. 8011 1983 12Kb click to view screenshot
Chopper Rescue No. 8021 1983 18Kb click to view screenshot
Crazy Chicky No. 8001 1981 4Kb click to view screenshot
Crazy Pucker/Crazy Moonie/Crazy Chewy No. 8001 1981 4Kb click to view screenshot
Deep Sea Adventure (6Kb) - (8Kb) No. 8013 1982 6/8Kb click to view screenshot
Locomotive (10Kb) - (12Kb) No. 8020 1983 10/12Kb click to view screenshot
Mouse Puzzle No. 8015 1982 8Kb click to view screenshot
Music Maker No. 8016 1983 12Kb click to view screenshot
Planet Defender (6Kb) - (8Kb) No. 8005 1981 6/8Kb click to view screenshot
Police Jump (R1, earlier) No. 8009 1982 8Kb click to view screenshot
Police Jump (R2, later) No. 8009 1982 8Kb click to view screenshot
Soccer No. 8017 1983 12Kb click to view screenshot
Sonic Invader No. 8003 1981 4Kb click to view screenshot
Stone Age ? 1984 8Kb click to view screenshot
Tank Attack (6Kb) - (8Kb) No. 8002 1981 6/8Kb click to view screenshot
Tennis (8Kb) (Coca Cola/Sprite) No. 8004 1981 8Kb click to view screenshot
Tennis (6Kb) - (8Kb) (Wimbledon) No. 8004 1981 6/8Kb click to view screenshot
Tennis (6Kb) (Dick Smith Electronics R1, earlier) Y-1620 1982 6Kb click to view screenshot
Tennis (6Kb) - (8Kb) (Dick Smith Electronics R2, later) Y-1620 1982 6/8Kb click to view screenshot
 
Complete MAME ROMset
 
All official commercial ROMs in different format and naming convention from the ones above. This package was specifically designed for use with MAME and MESS version. Most ROMs in this format will not work with other emulators.
 
The current ROMset version is 0.265

3) OFFICIAL NON-COMMERCIAL ROMS
The following ROM programs were originally stored in cartridges designed by VTech or other manufacturers, not intended to be sold to the public and generally for internal use. These were unsoldered and read with a professional EPROM programmer. The read data saved was then saved to binary files.
For use with CreatiVision emulators and actual hardware.

Program name Catalogue Year Size Screen
Diagnostic "A" (video) (by VTech) n/a 198? 4Kb click to view screenshot
Diagnostic "B" (keyboard) (by VTech) n/a 198? 4Kb click to view screenshot
Diagnostic "C" (CPU) (by VTech)
 
ROM fixed by Nanochess and released on 11 August 2024, based on the original defective ROM dump from 2009 (included). Also including MADrigal's Bit Editor tool (for Windows)
n/a 198? 8Kb click to view screenshot
Werben ++++ Informieren (by VCCS, German language) 83WIP001 1983 10Kb click to view screenshot

4) HOMEBREW GAMES, DEMOS, AND HACKED ROMS
The following ROM programs are original programs hacked to fix or improve them, demos, and homebrew games. Use them with any CreatiVision emulator or to create your own cartridges for use with the actual console.

Program name Catalogue Year Size Screen
Aerial ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-03 / source (by Inofuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Antiair ($8000-$bfff) 2024-04-12 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Ascend ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-02 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
BASIC (CreatiVision, 1983, R1, speed hack by Barry L. Klein) n/a 2007 12Kb click to view screenshot
Battlot ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-03 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Blocks 1.0 (by Michael Obsieger) n/a 2014 8Kb click to view screenshot
Bootskell ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-02 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cacorm ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-01 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cavit ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-03 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Christmas Demo 1.0 - source (by Kurt Woloch) n/a 2007 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cracky ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-01 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cross Bomber 2023-01-16 (by Fabrizio Caruso) n/a 2023 8Kb click to view screenshot
Cross Chase 2023-01-16 (by Fabrizio Caruso) n/a 2023 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cross Horde 2023-01-16 (by Fabrizio Caruso) n/a 2023 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cross Shoot 2023-01-16 (Light) / (Standard) (by Fabrizio Caruso) n/a 2023 18/32Kb click to view screenshot
Cross Snake 2023-01-16 (by Fabrizio Caruso) n/a 2023 16Kb click to view screenshot
Cross Verbix 2023-01-16 (by Fabrizio Caruso) n/a 2023 16Kb click to view screenshot
Deep Sea Adventure (fixed background by Michael Obsieger) n/a 2014 6Kb click to view screenshot
Diagnostic Demo 1.0 (by Kurt Woloch) n/a 2009 16Kb click to view screenshot
Escape 1.0 (normal + bank-swapped) (by Michael Obsieger) n/a 2016 12Kb click to view screenshot
Guntus ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-04 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Ha.P. Monitor (by Richard Hayter) n/a 2001 4Kb click to view screenshot
Hopman ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-03 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Impetus ($4000-$bfff) 2024-01-06 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 32Kb click to view screenshot
Lift ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-01 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Match 3 (by Max Breedon) n/a 2021 8Kb click to view screenshot
Mazy ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-06 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Neuras ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-01 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Planet Defender (fixed background by Michael Obsieger) n/a 2014 6Kb click to view screenshot
Reversi (Demo 1, 2014) (by Zapacsoft + CreatiVEmu) n/a 2014 4Kb click to view screenshot
Ruptus ($4000-$bfff) 2024-01-04 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 32Kb click to view screenshot
The Great MazezaM (35lv) / (10lv) (CV porting by Kym Greenshields) n/a 2024 6/4Kb click to view screenshot
Tile Breaker/Breakthrough (CV porting by Kym Greenshields) n/a 2022 6Kb click to view screenshot
Tile Breaker/Breakthrough (S. Manager porting by Kym Greenshields) n/a 2022 6Kb click to view screenshot
Titanic Frogger Demo 1.0 - source (by Kurt Woloch) n/a 2007 16Kb click to view screenshot
Titanic Frogger Demo 1.1 - source (by Kurt Woloch) n/a 2007 16Kb click to view screenshot
Werben ++++ Informieren (English translation by Reini/MADrigal) n/a 2007 10Kb click to view screenshot
Yewdow ($8000-$bfff) 2024-01-02 / source (by Inufuto) n/a 2024 16Kb click to view screenshot
Whack'em Smash'em Byrons RC1 2024-08-27 (by Jess Ragan) n/a 2024 32Kb click to view screenshot