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Big thanks to Fonzie for allowing this to be published.

• written by hostile, with supporting information from the community at large!

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• Pseudo-Legal opinion
• Project Little Man
  • Current Progress
    • Paprium CSI
    • Paprium Codes!
  • Further exposure of the fake Datenmeister DT128M16VA1LT
    • DT128M16VA1LT parts related to data storage, and game logic.
      • Intel® MAX 10 FPGA
      • STM32F4
    • MirrorBit Flash
    • i2c EEPROM
  • Useful information & tools
    • Cart Specific detail
      • Megawire 4.0 (MW4.0)
      • Exposed vias on rear of cart
      • Debug headers?
  • References
    • Grandious Ideas
    • Failure to deliver
    • Need for Change!
    • Drama
    • An amazing Paprium troll, ahead of their time
    • Little men
    • Fun Quotes
    • Youtube Interviews & Documentaries
    • Support situation

Pseudo-Legal opinion

Additional text relevant to our pseudo-legal opinion on this document, and any accompanying digital artifacts resulting from our research work, can be found in the "legal" directory of this repository.<br>

Please note that the following text is considered "for purposes of good-faith security research". This write up will give you all the knowledge, and access you need to backup and preserve your Genesis MegaDrive Paprium cart as supplied by Watermelon Games. It will also serve as an academic tome on the security ramification of Voltage Glitching the STM32F4 MCU, FPGA security through obscurity, physical protection methods, and anti tamper techniques.<br>

Project Little Man

This project details the active efforts to dump the contents of the Watermelon Games Paprium cart, and understand the logic that allows the cart to function.<br>

The Paprium Press Release from 03/16/2017 brought many promises that simply never manifested into reality. At this point many people have recieved their Paprium cart, where as many others have not. Some of those that have carts in hand, happen to have broken, unusable carts. There is no replacement path, there are no support options, you simply have the pleasure of owning a brick. What can you do? Shitpost? Bellyache, and whine? Quit being a "little man", and take matters into your own hands? "Rule, Be Ruled, or Die"!<br>

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The goal of this project is to empower Paprium cart owners to ensure that their investment is protected well into the future. Design flaws such as BGA voiding in the cartridge manufacturing process make it susceptible to failure. It is literally a ticking timebomb, and it will likely fail eventually.<br>

Since Project Little Man has been released, Paprium now has a new KickStarter, seemingly selling old assets that the company refused to provide to existing customers for various reasons.<br>

Current Progress

<br>Click the thumbnail to see Paprium running in MAME.<br>

Update: 11/30/21<br>

• Intel 10M02 (10M04 dev board & USB Blaster arrived, not used yet)<br>
• STM32F4 (custom SWD breakout PCB version 2 back from fab with bug fixes)<br>
• 24C64WP EEprom (dumped)<br>
• Spansion GL064N Series Flash (dumped)<br>
• Game Strings have been extracted<br>
• Game Audio has been extracted<br>
• Game 4Bpp & Palate images have been extracted<br>
• Sprite Sheets have been extracted<br>
• Sprite animation sequences extracted<br>
• Confirmed character "inspiration", in some cases egregious<br>
• Confirmed reused game assets from 3rd parties are present<br>
• STM32F4 basic operation emulated in MAME<br>
• Game boots & plays in MAME (no sound due to STM32)<br>
• DMCA threats from Watermelon Games (achievement unlocked)
• Hoes mad!

Paprium CSI

As a result of our reverse engineering work there is now plenty of visual data that can be academically examined in order to determine whether there is any truth in the original plagiarism claims. Kenshiro vs Stalone is often cited by Paprium art director Luis Martins as a landmark example of inspiration vs plagiarism. Dive into CSI Paprium to learn more, while keeping in mind that the lead art director has already had a run in with stolen art.<br>

<center><img src="https://github.com/ArcadeHustle/CSI-Paprium/raw/main/Evidence/ShowtimeVsSamson/140191987-a14d788c-1665-4394-851f-ca373b11f1a2.png" width="512" height="256"></center>

Chrono Resurrection<br> "Artist(s) Luis Martins"

Re: Infringement of “CHRONO TRIGGER” trademarks and copyrights<br> "We understand that you are developing “Chrono Trigger: Resurrection”, a 3D remake of our client’s “CHRONO TRIGGER” game which will recreate scenes from the original game. Your conduct in this regard constitutes copyright infringement and, inter alia, violates our client’s exclusive right to prepare derivative works based on its copyrighted work. Your use of the words “CHRONO TRIGGER” in connection with your “remake” and on your web site “opcoder.com”, and your use of logos, scenes, characters and other images associated with our client’s games, constitutes trademark and copyright infringement and false designation of origin.<br>

Accordingly, demand is hereby made that you immediately cease and desist from further development, promotion, sale or distribution of any product which is based on or derived from our client’s “CHRONO TRIGGER” games, and that you cease and desist from all use of the “CHRONO TRIGGER” trademark and logo, and all use of images or artwork from “CHRONO TRIGGER” games."<br>

Video Games and Intellectual Property: Chrono Trigger Fan Remakes and Copyright Protection<br> "These first two were notable in that Square Enix, owner of the copyrights and trademarks related to Chrono Trigger, sent cease-and-desist letters to the developers of these games claiming trademark and copyright infringement."

At the very least there is confirmed stolen IP for Sega Golden Axe, and Sega Streets of Rage. These stolen assets in essence make Paprium a "mash-up".

<p align="center"> <img src="https://github.com/ArcadeHustle/CSI-Paprium/raw/main/Evidence/SORInnerCityTribute/innercity1.jpg" width="240" height="180"> <img src="https://github.com/ArcadeHustle/CSI-Paprium/raw/main/Evidence/GoldenAxeTribute/deadframe2.jpg" width="240" height="180"> </p>

Paprium Codes!

An additional benefit of the reverse engineering work is the exposure of codes used in the game to influence behavior of the running cartridge. Our codes were in fact released before they were shared on Kickstarter. The entire list of known codes is shown below.<br>

3 Players CO-OP unlocked!

Enable 3P mode: 
on map screen before character select.
A A A U U U D D D 

obj viewer:
on options screen Highlight "BOF naming" and input
St X X A Y C  

Megawire 4.0 screen:
on options screen Highlight "BOF naming" and input
St St St St C C  

Train Wreck Demo:
on title screen
A A C C C B

Sound Test:
on title screen
U U D D L R L R B B

Better CPU Buddy with megaCD(?):
on menu screen
B B U D U D L R

Nothing:
A A A C C C St U St D St  
on options screen Highlight "BOF naming" and input

Nothing:
A A A C C C St D St U St  

Nothing:
Original mode, on file select screen with city map:
D D D D D D D D A

Enable JP region features:
pause game
A B A B A B

Further exposure of the fake Datenmeister DT128M16VA1LT

In an amazing feat of false advertising, Gwénaël Godde completely manufactured from thin air, the concept that he'd created a new SoC. The DT128M16VA1LT is supposedly a "custom" chip made by Daten Semiconductor, that is really just a bunch of commodity parts covered in black epoxy glob top encapsulant. Never mind that it has been proven that ["Datenmeister DT128M16VA1LT chipset is fake"](https://papriumfiasco.wordpress.com/tag/dat