Soul Calibur VMU Mini-Game

 20161107  - Artwork reclaimed
 20161031  - All SC VMS files located (MESS SL), "USA text adventure" is an 
             anomaly
           - Beam Force VMS is MIA
 20161030  - First look at this based on DCJY article

**** JAP lang GamePack VMS still MIA, contact if you have it. ****

Update 006

Grabbed a bunch of art as per RJAY63's comment on DCJY See bottom of page

Update 005

Seems the US version is another version of the JAP Text Adventure game. ASM files are now included below for comparison

Update 004

Even though we have what we need now as per comment by RJAY63, I took at look at
http://park1.aeonnet.ne.jp/~miyabi-k/cgi-bin/dcfs.cgi?page=&mode=list
You can either have the VMx files emailed to you (送信実行) or dl via cgi (uses "Dreamcast File Sender" by Garbera) after entering the password (管理用)
Result: パスワードが違います or "Password is incorrect"
OR you can pass the correct parameters to the cgi script and have it try to send you the files regardless of password. To do this pass the below url with the download id appended,
 http://park1.aeonnet.ne.jp/~miyabi-k/cgi-bin/dcfs.cgi?page=%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E7%94%A8&mode=kanri&dlfile=  
 ファイル名 [ SCALIBUR1_VM ] = 028
 ファイル名 [ SCALIBUR2_VM ] = 029
 Result: データファイルが開けません or  "Data file can not be opened"
According to archive.org the files for this site once resided at
 http://park1.aeonnet.ne.jp/~miyabi-k/file/SCALIBUR1_VM.VMI
 Result: ご指定いただいたURLでは、ページが見つかりません。 or 404
 
Also Tried:
http://park1.aeonnet.ne.jp/~miyabi-k/cgi-bin/dcfs.cgi?page=%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E7%94%A8&mode=kanri&dlfile=SCALIBUR1_VM.VMI

Update 003

Known to MAME/MESS
 <rom name="soul calibur 3-1 mini (1999)(namco)(jp)[soulcalibur].vms" size="50176" crc="d23dfe42" sha1="bf34e85fb481a3e920dab7517dd170c28f5c4ad5" offset="0" />
 <rom name="soulcalibur text adventure (1999)(namco)(jp)[soulcalibur].vms" size="50688" crc="eedc89ee" sha1="3783708b76cdfd2a5f027c39ff45236c1244baa4" offset="0" />
 <rom name="soulcalibur vmu game pack (1999)(namco)[soulcalibur].vms" size="50176" crc="6068eb49" sha1="b3d87d67b8ca59887e9680b4213239881bb4360c" offset="0" />
 
Japanese Language version still missing of GamePak?? http://calibur.dricas.ne.jp:80/calibur/vmservice/SCMINI001.VMS

Update 002

US version??
 info taken from http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/ (20060310 version)
 Name                              Category      Note
 ---------------------------------+-------------+----
 Soulcalibur Text Adventure        Adventure     1
 Soulcalibur Text Adventure (US)   Adventure     1
 Soulcalibur Vmu Game Pak          Misc          5
 

Update 001

Clean VMI files were available from the archive.org record of calibur.dricas.ne.jp unfortunately VMS files links are dead.

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://calibur.dricas.ne.jp/calibur/vmservice/*

  1. VMI only acts as a guide to the DC browser
  2. VMS holds actual data for save/game

Authors of the homebrew project Dream Explorer contains games as listed on their games page but the page generates its own custom VMI file tagged with site name, when downloading, we can't match on this but the VMS file is available for each game.

http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmu/game/?lg=en&menu=on

Game is available in the Dream Explorer release and can be copied to a VMU then the VMS dumped to SD via DreamShell. Content on disc is protected, so copying through interface is required.

http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/release/about/?lg=en&menu=on

An assumption is therefore made based on the description in the article from Dreamcast Junkyard that the combination of the data file from Dream Explorer and the VMI from archive.org results in the original missing combination.

@sairukau
Soul Calibur Text Adventure (JAP)
 Path: archive.org
 Name:	SCMINI002.VMI
 Size:	108
 CRC32:	2fa129c4
 MD5:	f14e5b6dbbaac1111c5d54ba44375094
 SHA1:	2e94078bdb689c5ae04b8214cd041eaea3cff529

 Path:	bswirl.kitsunet.org
 Name:	SCMINI002.VMS
 Size:	50688
 CRC32:	eedc89ee
 MD5:	5bb4e5992d9c3bbb9168e0483a262ac0
 SHA1:	3783708b76cdfd2a5f027c39ff45236c1244baa4
Soul_Calibur_Text_Adventure_(JAP)_SCMINI002.ASM
Soul Calibur Text Adventure (JAP) (complete)
Soul Calibur Text Adventure (JAP)

Soul Calibur Text Adventure (JAP) [a1]
 Path:	bswirl.kitsunet.org
 Name:	SCMINI002.VMS
 Size:	50688
 CRC32:	d74a6e33
 MD5:	c7397df52fcfb1f9abb9a6cc9e495701
 SHA1:	5c379bb6cf4e3bc78d7ef15b9f6b9e71e5fed741
Soul_Calibur_Text_Adventure_(JAP)[a1]_SCMINI002.ASM
Soul Calibur Text Adventure (JAP)[a1]
Soul Calibur Text Adventure (USA) (planetbrowser)
Soul Calibur Text Adventure (USA)

Soul Calibur 3in1 (JAP)
 Path:	archive.org
 Name:	SCMINI001.VMI
 Size:	108
 CRC32:	28f36ddc
 MD5:	04d8969b3a9d70e0a2d2a858b0bab9e3
 SHA1:	37c361e4877122549683b4b4c72a611bf0696c87

 Path:	mamedev
 Name:	SCMINI001.vms
 Size:	50176
 CRC32:	d23dfe42
 MD5:	564c15fa698c73e4bdde2a6e74c16a0a
 SHA1:	bf34e85fb481a3e920dab7517dd170c28f5c4ad5
Soul Calibur 3in1 (JAP) (complete)
Soul Calibur Gamepak (JAP)

Soul Calibur Gamepack (ENG)
 Path:	bswirl.kitsunet.org
 Name:	SCMINI001.VMS
 Size:	50176
 CRC32:	6068eb49
 MD5:	0bd5020e6d06b3f5118e868ccb4852e0
 SHA1:	b3d87d67b8ca59887e9680b4213239881bb4360c
Soul Calibur Gamepak (ENG) (missing vmi)
Soul Calibur Gamepak (ENG)

References

Also lost??
BEAM FORCE
 http://sega.jp/dc/010303
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070331081742/http://eve-zero.dricas.ne.jp/
 
 Path:	eve-zero.dricas.ne.jp
 Name:	bf.VMI
 Size:	108
 CRC32:	4e12a7c0
 MD5:	b18db806f394cf7b625d0771cefaf21f
 SHA1:	4d7da10041ab14aeac24e6e31a8d1a24413f01
Beam Force (JAP)

VMU Sites

Wayback sites
http://bingham.port5.com/ani/
http://www.angelfire.com/games2/segadcweb/games.html
http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/supernaut/vmu.html
http://www.sega.com/uploads/Scalibr3.vmi
http://www.angelfire.com/games4/segafan_1/vmuminigames.html
http://marcus.mangakai.org/dc/files/
http://www.dreamfiles.com/
http://rvmu.port5.com/data/
http://dcpower.gamersuplink.com/vmu/games/
http://www.angelfire.com/nj3/segafan/games/
http://segateam.tripod.com/index5.html
Dead sites (w/o Wayback)
http://gsw666.tripod.com/vmu
http://dreamcast-domain.virtualave.net/
http://en-tanz.annysings.com/artikeldetails/VMU.html
Active sites
http://park1.aeonnet.ne.jp/~miyabi-k/cgi-bin/dcfs.cgi?page=&mode=list
http://www.sega-dreamcast.com/specials/Dreamcast_VMU-MiniGames-Apps.htm
http://vmu-otaku.tripod.com/saves/
http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html (robots.txt)
http://www.sega.com/uploads/Scalibr3.vmi
http://www.deco.franken.de/myfiles/download.html
http://www.psilocybindreams.com/pc/vmu/
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/
http://www.virtuamunstaz.de/
http://vmudev.dcemulation.org/
Site Dump - still to be checked
Nothing

Missing Art from http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/dc/soulcalibur/textadventure/wallpaper/prize01.html

taki01-640.jpg
taki01-800.jpg
taki01-832.jpg
taki01-1024.jpg

taki02-640.jpg
taki02-800.jpg
taki02-832.jpg
taki02-1024.jpg

taki03-640.jpg
taki03-800.jpg
taki03-832.jpg
taki03-1024.jpg

taki04-640.jpg
taki04-800.jpg
taki04-832.jpg
taki04-1024.jpg

taki05-640.jpg
taki05-800.jpg
taki05-832.jpg
taki05-1024.jpg

taki06-640.jpg
taki06-800.jpg
taki06-832.jpg
taki06-1024.jpg
Missing Art from http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/dc/soulcalibur/textadventure/wallpaper/prize02.html
taki07-640.jpg
taki07-800.jpg
taki07-832.jpg
taki07-1024.jpg

taki08-640.jpg
taki08-800.jpg
taki08-832.jpg
taki08-1024.jpg

taki09-640.jpg
taki09-800.jpg
taki09-832.jpg
taki09-1024.jpg

taki10-640.jpg
taki10-800.jpg
taki10-832.jpg
taki10-1024.jpg

taki11-640.jpg
taki11-1024.jpg

taki12-640.jpg
taki12-800.jpg
taki12-832.jpg

Reclaimed Artwork

reclaimed_art

reclaimed_art/card

reclaimed_art/correlation

reclaimed_art/faces

reclaimed_art/long

reclaimed_art/misc

reclaimed_art/prologue

reclaimed_art/rock

reclaimed_art/stc

reclaimed_art/taki