Post here every time you get something new!

Ive only a man corner

And its getting over crowded. Not going change either as the priorities in the house are - the cats, the girlfriend, the furniture and then me.

Here's a quick and dirty vid of that light stick thingy.

It started out as part of a Halloween costume for someone who couldn't find what they were looking for. So they asked me to make it.

And it somehow ended up in my man cave.




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luas_dublin wrote: »

Rescued from the 1 euro bin in Rage last week!

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/i/l/jc3Y01ep1q1ghmU4VVS-Mhk_nYbZOhRvl0MoWADeRGw/45868406/1322679600/167bed7/IMG_20111125_164054.jpg
..also got these today..I am not obsessed, honest..

https://photos-2.dropbox.com/i/l/lJ-EDzqEVyLSVpmjSx41Tt1tR3JeuSKtj3uJwxVvWhw/45868406/1322679600/400feb8/IMG_20111129_140707.jpg

Your photees are giving a 404 error here.

Have you them set to be shared publicly?

F*ck it!
I finally decided to stop being a bitch and pre-ordered the 1541 Ultimate II cart for the c64.

Added the tape adapter also, and even went for express post.

It all came to €170.

This is what the kit looks like: (uSD card optional)




The kit in use:





At the side of the Cart there's a Micro SD Card slot, and a USB-A socket for connecting USB sticks/drives etc... (They plan to add network support by means of Ethernet over USB in the future)


The Black DIN cable connects from the buldge of the catridge to the Commodore's Serial Port to provide emulation of the 1541 floppy disk drive.


A ribbon cable connects from the cart to the blue Tape adaptor.
This can be used for playing .TAP / .T64 (cassette) files for those awesome loaders with music e.g Ocean Loaders, last ninja 2, etc..
Or purely for that retro loading experience.


You can also piggyback a real C64 Tape deck onto the back of the connector, and transfer the data from a tape to the SD Card in the Cartridge.
(won't be using this feature myself, this Cart will be the only media I'll be using or own)


It's basically a full FPGA emulation of the original 1541 Disk Drive,
(which is a tricky bugger to emulate, as it has its own processor inside).

So it has Full compatibility for .D64 and PRG files,
and especially those "Fast Loader" games which made use of the 1541 processor - There's loads.

This is why the price is so high, but considering the cost of FPGA chips, and the fact it's the best emulation to date, it's worth it imo.

They're even working on support for CRT (cartridge files) atm,
which may make an appearance in a future firmware update.

It's the most user friendly solution I've seen, can't wait to get my hands on it.


In the past I bought a c64 to parallel cable for use with C64HDD,
but that thing was a disaster to setup.

You needed a pure DOS environment on an ancient PC,
just have a look at Luas_Dublin's post to see how much of a PITA that solution was:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55386165&postcount=2

AGS 101 on its way!

If the guys ever release the Java converter for c64 videos,

I think I'll have to make one for Glenroe or the Late Late Show for the craic!

Search for Nuvie Player c64 on youtube for all the vids, here's 2 more:

An nvidia demo:




Trackmania Nations

EnterNow wrote: »

Any everdrive/tototek flash cart I've ever used loads almost instantly

Dallas running on a C64, that's just surreal

Had a look at more vids and am glad to see instant loads.

It must have been games like Street Fighter 2 and Duke3D that took 40 seconds like in this vid.
Doubt there's many games that big in size though!

Going to buy a Mega Drive controller for the c64 (despite the risk, no confirmed reports of damage yet, might add the diode to be safe)
so for a few euro more I'll be tempted to just buy the console too!

And maybe slap on an everdrive in the future!

o1s1n wrote: »

I think he means flashing the game from the SD card to the ROM? They load instantly once the game is on there, but every time you want to put a new game on it takes a few moments.

Yep that's what I meant, doesn't seem to take long for most games.

So if you flash a game, and cycle the power, the same game will remain in the eeprom, and you won't have to flash that game again after powering up?

That's pretty sweet!

Mint, completely complete 1st edition Pier Solar.

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Just got Metal Slug advance and Bomberman Tournament for GBA.

Under a tenner for the both of them and they are boxed.

First time that I have played Metal Slug in years and I'm crap at it now. My reflexes are shot to hell.

Bomberman is like a face down game like zelda. Haven't played it for long, just really played the battle. I like bombs, they are problem solvers and are for all ages.
Games nowadays are so recklessly violent and not fun living like Super bomberman.

In the options menu of Metal Slug advance there's an option to turn auto fire on, makes the game sooo much easier to play.
I completed the game before even noticing this option felt a right tit.:P

pdbhp wrote: »

Dammit I'd love one of those it'd just make my life so much easier than having to drag carts out each time I wanna play Gameboy

But those carts can only store one save. I had a couple of days progress on Zelda Links Awakening wiped out by playing mario land for a minute. I don't think super Mario land even saves but it still wiped out the zelda progress. The solution? Only put one game on it