Mortal Kombat 1 & 2 (Game Boy): Is there a way I can split the game ROMs from the main ROM?

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I bought and dumped my own copy of Mortal Kombat 1 & 2 for Game Boy. The two-in-one cartridge, not the individual games. Why? Because I wanted to do it that way. I have my reasons.

I'm well aware that the game doesn't work through emulation because the menu screen boots you back to the copyright screen after you pick a game, no matter what you do. Thus I'd like to know if there's a way I can split the game ROMs from the main ROM so that they're playable through emulation. It shouldn't be that hard right?

If I can't, then that's fine. I plan on also buying and dumping Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 for the Master System later on.
 

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You might be able to do that with a hexadecimal editor like HxD. The exact contents from Mortal Kombat are located on address range 40000-7FFFF. Mortal Kombat II is located in the range 80000-BFFFF.

I'm not sure if GB roms have any kind of checksum, but these address ranges are almost exactly the save as the individual MK1 and MK2 roms.
 

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You might be able to do that with a hexadecimal editor like HxD. The exact contents from Mortal Kombat are located on address range 40000-7FFFF. Mortal Kombat II is located in the range 80000-BFFFF.

I'm not sure if GB roms have any kind of checksum, but these address ranges are almost exactly the save as the individual MK1 and MK2 roms.
That did it! Thanks.
 

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Look, when OP told that Mk 1 & 2 Rom is not playable on emulators, I decided to test out on my Everdrive X7. It didn't work either, but as I was on clone hardware, I gave no importance.

Tonight I tested on an original Gameboy Color, and... it not work either!!! Now I'm curious why. Do this cart use a mapper that the everdrive do not support?

Anyway, today I also update my SD2Snes, and not it officially features Super Gameboy suport. On the SD2Snes Mortal Kombat 1 & 2 rom works just fine.
 

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