diff --git a/hash/a7800.xml b/hash/a7800.xml
index 2e8280c36f5..c9419c1f050 100644
--- a/hash/a7800.xml
+++ b/hash/a7800.xml
@@ -2372,56 +2372,13 @@ almost nothing like the prototype.
 	<!-- XM board enhanced -->
     <!-- from http://atariage.com/forums/topic/204250-donkey-kong-xm-pre-order-and-demo/ -->
 
-    <software name="dkongxm" supported="no">
+    <!-- these ones are listed as 'working in MESS' but are apparently the only images that work on real hardware too -->
+    <software name="dkongxm">
       <description>Donkey Kong (PAL, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2)</description>
       <year>2012</year>
       <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
       <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
       <sharedfeat name="compatibility" value="PAL"/>
-      <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
-        <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
-        <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
-          <rom name="dkxm_final_demo_pal_hsc.bin" size="147456" crc="6510b674" sha1="65b723b470d287af51e9888813149c43fb11ac26" offset="0" />
-        </dataarea>
-      </part>
-    </software>
-
-    <software name="dkongxmu" cloneof="dkongxm" supported="no">
-      <description>Donkey Kong (NTSC, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2)</description>
-      <year>2012</year>
-      <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
-      <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
-      <sharedfeat name="compatibility" value="NTSC"/>
-      <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
-        <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
-        <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
-          <rom name="dkxm_final_demo_ntsc_hsc.bin" size="147456" crc="2c67fea7" sha1="7825c1946e3c7492fa9bbfae33029cd68c0d1135" offset="0" />
-        </dataarea>
-      </part>
-    </software>
-
-    <!-- this one is meant to detect PAL / NTSC and runs on an A7800 CC2 development board -->
-    <software name="dkongxmcc" cloneof="dkongxm" supported="no">
-      <description>Donkey Kong (PAL/NTSC, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2, for CC2 board)</description>
-      <year>2012</year>
-      <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
-      <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
-      <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
-        <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
-        <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
-          <rom name="dkxm_final_demo.bin" size="0x20000" crc="fd503bd4" sha1="454d754a0c4603323e476d9418f343a6a1a0d017" offset="0x4000" />
-          <rom size="0x4000" offset="0x0000" loadflag="continue" />
-        </dataarea>
-      </part>
-    </software>
- 
-    <!-- todo, work out why the above fail to produce pokey sounds, once they work remove these -->
-    <software name="dkongxmf" cloneof="dkongxm">
-      <description>Donkey Kong (PAL, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2, for emulators)</description>
-      <year>2012</year>
-      <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
-      <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
-      <sharedfeat name="compatibility" value="PAL"/>
       <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
         <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
         <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
@@ -2430,8 +2387,8 @@ almost nothing like the prototype.
       </part>
     </software>
 
-    <software name="dkongxmuf" cloneof="dkongxm">
-      <description>Donkey Kong (NTSC, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2, for emulators)</description>
+    <software name="dkongxmu" cloneof="dkongxm">
+      <description>Donkey Kong (NTSC, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2)</description>
       <year>2012</year>
       <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
       <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
@@ -2444,7 +2401,40 @@ almost nothing like the prototype.
       </part>
     </software>
 
-    <!-- an older version> -->
+    <!-- these are listed as 'with HSC emulation' and are designed for the prosystem emulator, they simulate some of the HSC features -->
+    <!-- remove them? -->
+    
+    <software name="dkongxmps"  cloneof="dkongxm" supported="no">
+      <description>Donkey Kong (PAL, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2, for prosystem emulator)</description>
+      <year>2012</year>
+      <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
+      <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
+      <sharedfeat name="compatibility" value="PAL"/>
+      <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
+        <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
+        <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
+          <rom name="dkxm_final_demo_pal_hsc.bin" size="147456" crc="6510b674" sha1="65b723b470d287af51e9888813149c43fb11ac26" offset="0" />
+        </dataarea>
+      </part>
+    </software>
+
+    <software name="dkongxmups" cloneof="dkongxm" supported="no">
+      <description>Donkey Kong (NTSC, Demo, XM enhanced, V1.2, for prosystem emulator)</description>
+      <year>2012</year>
+      <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
+      <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
+      <sharedfeat name="compatibility" value="NTSC"/>
+      <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
+        <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
+        <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
+          <rom name="dkxm_final_demo_ntsc_hsc.bin" size="147456" crc="2c67fea7" sha1="7825c1946e3c7492fa9bbfae33029cd68c0d1135" offset="0" />
+        </dataarea>
+      </part>
+    </software>
+    
+
+
+    <!-- an older version? sound is broken, did it work on the real hardware? -->
     <software name="dkongxmo" cloneof="dkongxm" supported="no">
 		  <description>Donkey Kong (PAL, Demo, XM enhanced, older)</description>
 		  <year>2012</year>
@@ -2472,5 +2462,20 @@ almost nothing like the prototype.
 			  </dataarea>
 		  </part>
 	  </software>
-
+    
+    <!-- this one is meant to detect PAL / NTSC and runs on an A7800 CC2 development board, without sound? based off older code? -->
+    <software name="dkongxmcc" cloneof="dkongxm" supported="no">
+      <description>Donkey Kong (PAL/NTSC, Demo, XM enhanced, older, for CC2 board)</description>
+      <year>2012</year>
+      <publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
+      <info name="programmer" value="TEP392" />
+      <part name="cart" interface="a7800_cart">
+        <feature name="slot" value="a78_sg9" />
+        <dataarea name="rom" size="147456">
+          <rom name="dkxm_final_demo.bin" size="0x20000" crc="fd503bd4" sha1="454d754a0c4603323e476d9418f343a6a1a0d017" offset="0x4000" />
+          <rom size="0x4000" offset="0x0000" loadflag="continue" />
+        </dataarea>
+      </part>
+    </software>
+  
 </softwarelist>