CPUWIZ Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Just a little demo of my personal MCP POKEY devcart, crap quality, but it's about the sound. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Wild!! Thats crazy!! How did you learn to make hardware like that? The Aliens told you how didn't they!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Wild!! Thats crazy!! How did you learn to make hardware like that? The Aliens told you how didn't they!! He is an alien. Only explanation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 BTW, this is what my POKEY devcart looks like. What is interesting about it, is that as you can see, the 74HCT32 isn't populated. This is because I needed an extra PLD (it lives in the SRAM slot on the back of the VersaBoard), for some magic to toggle between the BIOS and writeable ROM image on the same NVRAM chip, I just did the 32's job with the second PLD as well. I have a modified version of my MCPDevCTRL Windows executable, that actually allows me to 'flash' the BIOS, by entering a certain combination of switch positions. P.S. The BIOS lives in the 7800 address space at $1000-$17FF and $3000-$FFFF and almost the entire memory is used (maybe 512 bytes left or so - LOL). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Sounds similar to the stuff they used to have on the Commodore 64. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertJets Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 You know whenever you show the hardware stuff you are working on I have no clue what you are talking about. But I know that I like it and look forward to what this will mean for future homebrews and stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Cool tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Cool tune. Good to see you again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 You know whenever you show the hardware stuff you are working on I have no clue what you are talking about. But I know that I like it and look forward to what this will mean for future homebrews and stuff. Thanks, and sorry that the details I throw out are not simple. It sure will mean more homebrew support, that's the whole point. It ain't about making a quick buck, that's for sure. I need to ask my manufacturer, but I am willing to guess that there are at least 3000 cartridges out there that use my 48K board, to give you a rough idea about what it could mean. If people can just upload and test a ROM, without stupid emulators or burning EPROM's, it's a good thing for everyone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R. Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Once I opened a 7800 and something like this happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49EoV50oba0 I was just as shocked. And no one believed me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Would you be willing to share the BIN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 No hardware or emulator can run my BIOS, AFAIK. Are you strictly interested in a ROM that plays the music? I can probably whip one together, but not with that huge animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANDMAN Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Holy shit what did i just hear, That is fricking amazing better than amazing wow dude you are a genius, Just need a nice paced shooter to accompany that now Wow keep up your excellent work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Where did the music originate? It'd be good to have it on the 8-bit computer if it's not already there. Looks like the graphics use 8 shades of green. Likewise, it'd be interesting to see how close the computer could get, some tricks would be needed there to replicate in 160 resolution. Edited April 7, 2014 by Rybags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 this music must be added to a vertical shooter, its awesome!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Where did the music originate? It'd be good to have it on the 8-bit computer if it's not already there. Looks like the graphics use 8 shades of green. Likewise, it'd be interesting to see how close the computer could get, some tricks would be needed there to replicate in 160 resolution. I wrote a tool that digs around in SAP archives for RMT4 tunes, extracts them and massages the data for the 7800. And the graphics use 11 shades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Some of the tones remind me of the PC Engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Where did the music originate? It'd be good to have it on the 8-bit computer if it's not already there. The song is "4Tk35", by a guy who uses the handle "Caruso".: 4Tk35 by Caruso So yes, it did come from the 8-bits. An awesome Pokey tune... Edited April 7, 2014 by MrFish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Runner 87 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Sounds like it came from the ST era of gaming...and I mean that as a compliment! Edited April 7, 2014 by Lynxpro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Well, the Atari 5200/8-bit line Pokey sound could produce some pretty good music if given the opportunity. Sounds great CPUWIZ. Edited April 8, 2014 by Greg2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Crap. Just crap! When can I get in line for this crap! Man I love yer tunes! Aliens gotta crap too so why not teach cpu how to crap alien style! I'm down with a little somethin somethin if it's gonna be a vertical shooter or not! I like yer work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Vertical shooter wha?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I will buy ALL the homebrews! This is amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Fantastic stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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