accousticguitar Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 It's hard to believe we are almost 20 years into the new millennium and we still don't have SD multicarts for these very popular systems: Atari 7800 Intellivision Odyssey 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 +1 on all of these. I went looking for one for the Ody 2 and I think the most I found was a multicart of some sort. Maybe make a 7800 harmony cart? (or add 7800 compatibly to the current one?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 It's hard to believe we are almost 20 years into the new millennium and we still don't have SD multicarts for these very popular systems: Atari 7800 Intellivision Odyssey 2 So not counting flash carts? Only taking into account carts with an SD (or equivalent) type of memory card you can insert/remove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 +1 on all of these. I went looking for one for the Ody 2 and I think the most I found was a multicart of some sort. Maybe make a 7800 harmony cart? (or add 7800 compatibly to the current one?) I have the dip switch multicart for the O2. It's a lot better than nothing but it is a pain to use. So not counting flash carts? Only taking into account carts with an SD (or equivalent) type of memory card you can insert/remove? Flash carts typically take a special program to run on your computer to interface with the flash cart. That program is usually hard to use and often won't even run on your computer without downloading special files etc and when you get a new operating system on your computer chances are it won't work at all then. SD multicarts are by far the best way to make a multicart. Just drag and drop the roms with no special programs to mess things up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I have the dip switch multicart for the O2. It's a lot better than nothing but it is a pain to use. Flash carts typically take a special program to run on your computer to interface with the flash cart. That program is usually hard to use and often won't even run on your computer without downloading special files etc and when you get a new operating system on your computer chances are it won't work at all then. SD multicarts are by far the best way to make a multicart. Just drag and drop the roms with no special programs to mess things up. Never found flash carts any harder to use than any other multicarts, but I do get what you are saying about the ease of carts with removable memory. They only reason for my question was that we do have programmable carts for the 7800 and the Intellivision, flash, SD or otherwise, as far as I know. Now, working 100% or actually available to buy, that I cannot say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Manhattan Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 The cart that I would like the most is the Atari 7800. We already have outstanding carts for the 2600, 5200 and the Lynx. We also have a Jaguar Cart on the way. Someone needs to complete the set. Of course I'd also buy INTV and Odyssey 2 carts in a heartbeat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Well there's the Cuttle Cart 2 for the 7800 of course.. but no longer buyable and it uses an MMC card. Still though, works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Id like a flashcart or sd cart for the Mega Duck but probably never happen lol. Finding games I dont have that arent part of a big lot is tough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I'm only waiting on a 7800 multicart. I already have that thing for the INTV whatever it's called... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Well there's the Cuttle Cart 2 for the 7800 of course.. but no longer buyable and it uses an MMC card. Still though, works! Yeah, I missed out on BOTH the Cuttle Carts 2 and 3. Now they are unobtainium. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 This leads me into ny plea for people to open source their projects when they are done Not saying making money off hard earned work is wrong but it just sucks when useful things become impossible to get due to time and lack of intrest from the original person (or worse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 There's no need for an sd card based Intellivision flashcart. The LTO Flash! has more storage than every existing game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 LTO doesn't use SD card and doesn't show up on computer as removable drive. You need to download a program and maybe additional files to add ROMs to LTO. I didn't need to download any extra files on my laptop with Windows 10, worked the first time. But renaming files is a bit fiddy, it seems I need to select file, select rename 3 or 4 times before I could actually type something in. 7800 is #1 on my list to get but I am not paying eBay price for unobtanium Cuttle Cart, I'd have to wait for the SD cart whiz to sort out 7800's idiosyncrasies and make the new SD cart work on all variations of 7800. I also need to get one for GBA and N64 (both currently available) and that would cover all of the cart based consoles I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'll gladly buy any kind of Wonderswan flashcart. What we really need is available flashcarts of any kind for every classic console and portable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I think most systems but the more B tier and obscure have them now. I would take a non-obscenely expensive one for the Neo-Geo and in that same vein of pricey hell same for the CD based PC Engine too being run off a SD card loaded with ISOs/ROMs. What's out there now is defective (TO) or just even higher priced and incomplete (UG2.) I know other stuff is in the works, maybe someone will get it done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'll gladly buy any kind of Wonderswan flashcart. What we really need is available flashcarts of any kind for every classic console and portable. Flashmasta made a wonderswan flash but after the early adopter red board run and 1 run of green boards theyve been silent on any further plans to build more. Im glad I got one but wish theyd make more as Ive heard from a few people that would love to buy one :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 There's no need for an sd card based Intellivision flashcart. The LTO Flash! has more storage than every existing game. True, but getting it loaded is a bugger, and if you want to add roms you have to go through the whole rigmarole again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Isn't GroovyBee's Hive cart supposed to be SD based, whenever it is ready? Or perhaps I only skimmed the details and it requires a cable to be reflashed. When it comes to second tier systems, a SD card following the same principles as Rolo's multicart for the Dragon 32/CoCo probably would be the best way to go ahead. By using various cartridge adapters, he got the same multicart (using an EPROM) to also run on Vectrex, Videopac G7000/Odyssey^2, Interton VC-4000 and general APVS 1292 systems with possibly more adapters coming. Now his design uses two rotary switches and the EPROM is segmented into blocks of 8K IIRC which might not be the ideal way to treat a SD card unless you run a custom software on your PC that basically puts together an BIN image which is put on a SD card instead of burned to an EPROM, and then the cartridge reads that specific file off the SD card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Isn't GroovyBee's Hive cart supposed to be SD based, whenever it is ready? Or perhaps I only skimmed the details and it requires a cable to be reflashed. Yes it is. When it comes out I'm sure I will buy one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 It's hard to believe we are almost 20 years into the new millennium and we still play these old video game consoles. Would love to see an SD cart that supports both 2600 and 7800. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 It's hard to believe we are almost 20 years into the new millennium and we still play these old video game consoles. Would love to see an SD cart that supports both 2600 and 7800. There are people who still drive cars made in the 19th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Is there any SD card based solution for Babbage's Differential Engine? I suppose his Analytical Engine never got finished, so perhaps no need for a SD device for that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 There are people who still drive cars made in the 19th century. There are still people who ride horses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Llama, camel and donkey too! But yeah, a 7800 SD cart would sure be nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The Cuttle Cart 3 uses an sd card but it also requires a menu file. Custom software was provided to build the menu file. What you want is the firmware in the cartridge to automatically scan the files and folders and build a menu. The sd card is not necessary if the cartridge presents itself as a usb mass storage class device to your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.