Stupid Question

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:37 pm

Im sure this is a stupid question, but it is feasable to make an NESp that plays roms. I dont really want 2 switch cartrages and my favorite games arnt on the Super Joy thing. Thanks

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vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:43 pm

Don't talk about illegal stuff here, like roms. Thank you.

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:45 pm

roms are legal if u own the game... Atleast that is what i was told

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:08 pm

There has been a post about making a multi cart. If you do a search (dont make a thread asking just look) and you should find it. Note that you will need an EEPROM burner to do what you want, a bank switcher, custom PCB and some wire.

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:14 pm

But seeing as this is the NES, and the NES had even more wacky bankswitching crap (in the form of mappers) the simple answer is "no."
And no, ROMs are not legal even if you own the cartridge. You can only back up software on the same medium as the source (or a compatible medium). So if you have a machine that copies from a cartridge to a flash cartridge, then you're fine. But the intermediate step (copying the ROM to the computer) could be construed as illegal.
The custom PCB shouldn't be necessary, really. It'd just be slightly messier without one. But it'd require some amount of ingenuity, which I doubt pretty much anyone on this board has (because it'd need a software frontend that can read filesizes and act accordingly, and hardware implementation of bankswitching mappers from the original NES carts).

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:56 pm

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Robbie Nekoda · Post by **Robbie Nekoda** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:29 pm

Come on man, switching the cartridges is the whole point of making a portable system! So you can play said carts on the go!

Get a GP32 if you're lazy.

TheTooth · Post by **TheTooth** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:47 pm

check out other power players, there are a bunch. 3.0... 3.5... illegal point copyright infringment....

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:03 am

You could bould one out of a "Super fun joy mech player mech game" pirate Famicom. You will get 376235423845.2 games! (Actually 50, but there are 376235423845.2 variations!)

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:46 am

You get 376235423845 & a fifth? Wow. that would be interresting, a fifth of a game. No layout, just enemies, and you're invisible

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SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:41 pm

I was thinking it'd be like, stage 2 of Mappyland. Most of those 80billion in 1 carts just are "We'll start you in stage 27 of some random game, that we started you on stage 26 and painted you blue on in the last one!"

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:02 pm

Or just color mods of classic games. Super Smurfio Bros. Albino Duck Hunt, and the endearing classic "Gothic Barbie"!

Unidentified Assilant · Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:34 am

Pahetic, a bit like the Dendy...

Dendy Box wrote:This console comes with 10 million built in games!

Turn it on, theres 8, no repeats, just 8 games, and 4 of them are track & field events apparently, thats wrong.

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:01 am

I know you can do this with the Krokodile Kartridge and the 2600, but I haven't seen an NES flash card.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:38 am

How much are gp32's and where could I get one?