ataridave Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'm just wondering if it would be possible to convert Starpath Supercharger games into cartridge format, and then sell them as reproduction carts? It would be cheaper then buying a Supercharger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You may be forgetting that each of those Supercharger games requires extra RAM and besides other hardware and software complications, very short answer is no. And no. Just get a Harmony cartridge and download the SC ROMS. Damn, this has got to be the third time I've endorsed the Harmony cartridge this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridave Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 You may be forgetting that each of those Supercharger games requires extra RAM and besides other hardware and software complications, very short answer is no. And no. Just get a Harmony cartridge and download the SC ROMS. Damn, this has got to be the third time I've endorsed the Harmony cartridge this week! Good suggestion, I just might do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You can also ask Albert to put them on cart for you, the Melody board can do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Rabbit Transit was done. So to call it difficult is accurate. But to call it impossible is ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Doh! Always forgetting about that newfangled Melody board. Still, 2 to 3 games in and you could've bought yourself a Harmony or a Supercharger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Rabbit Transit was done. So to call it difficult is accurate. But to call it impossible is ignorance. Isn't that because someone found a Rabbit Transit proto on cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Yes, and presumably put together by an Atari employee. But regardless, my point was that several Atari game manufacturers designed their versions of bank switched roms & extra ram features for their cartridges. The supercharger is no different; it's games can be condensed & implemented into individual cartridges; especially given today's available technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Or make a multi board. Add extra ram to the board as if it were this originally and add all games to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Yes, and presumably put together by an Atari employee. But regardless, my point was that several Atari game manufacturers designed their versions of bank switched roms & extra ram features for their cartridges. The supercharger is no different; it's games can be condensed & implemented into individual cartridges; especially given today's available technology. The Supercharger is different - the entire 6K can be used as either RAM or ROM while the common RAM chips are 128 bytes or 256 bytes. I had to keep chip RAM limitations in mind when writing a development kit to support both the SuperCharger and the extra RAM carts. The Supercharger is powerful enough to handle the 2k and 4k cart ROM's but a cart would need to have 6k of onboard static RAM pre-loaded with the supercharger game image, or loaded on the fly like Melody/Harmony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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