How to play on MiSTer FPGA Hardware

Play On Mister FPGA

It is possible to play the romhacks on a MiSTer FPGA system. MiSTer FPGA emulates the original cabinet hardware using Field Programmable Gate Arrays.

In order to run the romhacks on MiSTer FPGA, you must use the Donkey Kong Arcade Core for MiSTer FPGA.


Patch an original Donkey Kong romfile to the romhack romfile. Instructions on how to apply the patches is available on the 'HOW TO PATCH' page.
On that page you also find a download link to obtain a single zipfile containing the patches for all the romhacks.

Replace the original dkong.zip with the patched dkong.zip of the romhack in the folder '/_Arcade/mame/'.

Change the following section of the 'Donkey Kong (US, Set 1).mra' file

into

.

Replace the checksums in this section of the 'Donkey Kong (US, Set 1).mra' file with the checksums of the changed code.


The following overview gives the changed checksums for each of the romhacks.

Donkey Kong Accelerate
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: CFB3A3BE
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 9A527B63
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: 107B677C
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 622B283F
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: B3A5F655
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 0BEBF954
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: 3C7C711E
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: 7F0E788F
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 89129B53
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: DF2AA287
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: D46F27E1
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: 9E4AF035
PROM: v-5e.bpr - CRC: ECE3B0F2

Donkey Kong Anniversary Edition
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: CF44C2DD
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 34238A95
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: 6C5614E5
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 0B92803C
SOUND: s_3i_b.bin - CRC: 44993C29
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: AE4C3990
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 25CC07D4
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: 410AB9A2
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: 4F7E8FD4
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 9EB470C0
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: 73EF61CC

Donkey Kong Barrelpalooza
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: C80C0431
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: C742739C
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: A46859EC
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 4742A48E
SOUND: s_3i_b.bin - CRC: 7590F5EE
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: CAF8820B
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: B0CD1E84
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: 1B46AAE1
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: FBAAA6F0
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 919362A0
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: D57098CA
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: 4826CE71
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: 4A7A511B

Donkey Kong Duel
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: 87A4912F
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 1C547C2B
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: FCE41E06
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: C1E0654C
SOUND: s_3i_b.bin - CRC: CC9AEA3B
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: 3CF6EF8B
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 3775DD7B
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: 02E1F91B
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: 4176057F
PROM: v-5e.bpr - CRC: 94695888

Donkey Kong Hearthunt
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: C9A84BAE
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: E55DAF9E
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: 34466DE4
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: D51B8307
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: C52EC836
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 655B1313
PROM: v-5e.bpr - CRC: 15EA25D5

Donkey Kong Into The Dark
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: ABDDD83E
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: EE146D99
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: FCE41E06
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 6B8D5524
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: 3D4EA8F8
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 0979CF74
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: 21A04AA5
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: 27DDEC12
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: DDFEE3E1
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: 42D26B1B
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: 8D918467
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: 9AADF04A

Donkey Kong On The Run
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: FD64526A
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 6D692D1B
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: D029C495
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 9B58B813
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: OD588DE5
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: BFB2C04F
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: F224B2BC
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: DEF8BCA4
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 59E3E846
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: B5A2E920

Donkey Kong Pac-Man Crossover
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: A7A913D5
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 03CE5531
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: ABAF3FA1
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 843A9751
SND: s_3i_b.bin - CRC: 4F865D26
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: B212D49B
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 2BD67B35
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: 7DB40811
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: C9F3B37A
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 137AD00E
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: 72B56559
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: 929A396B
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: 1AA9C17E
PROM: v-5e.bpr - CRC: D06C6BA8

Donkey Kong Randomized
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: FC29F234
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 49E16508
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: FCE41E06
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 86723E5D
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: 17EF76AD
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 49D408CD

Donkey Kong Reverse
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: EE02057E
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: E6FABD0F
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: 31C5BEA3
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: C7D04EF3

Donkey Kong RNDMZR
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: 281B9BB6
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 7FA1BE23
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: 50AD6D22
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 4C9E7085
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: C77456DE
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 994F28BE

Donkey Kong Skip Start
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: 87C65C59
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: F31C0C47
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: 87D58E2E

Donkey Kong Twisted Jungle
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: 63E2A483
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: ED5C7B13
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: B1990430
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: B4E0240A
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: FCCB93D6
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: 95408F9F
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: 5E77597E
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: 715C29FF
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 7B24438D
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: 57D3989A
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: 84BE5373
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: A81CA93C

Donkey Kong Wizardry
CPU: c_5et_g.bin - CRC: F42BB2E5
CPU: c_5ct_g.bin - CRC: 85CF6E4C
CPU: c_5bt_g.bin - CRC: 6E888D7B
CPU: c_5at_g.bin - CRC: B8E1A56D
GFX1: v_5h_b.bin - CRC: 39736A8A
GFX1: v_3pt.bin - CRC: C94468A9
GFX2: l_4m_b.bin - CRC: F98DA4C5
GFX2: l_4n_b.bin - CRC: CF3CDB75
GFX2: l_4r_b.bin - CRC: 7E2D1EF4
GFX2: l_4s_b.bin - CRC: CC547D47
PROM: c-2k.bpr - CRC: 193134E9
PROM: c-2j.bpr - CRC: DCBBA451
PROM: v-5e.bpr - CRC: C24F2312