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Hi all, The original shell for my Ultimate Cart was a hacked Atari grey cart shell, which I spray painted blue. Unfortunately the paint has rubbed off a bit, and its now looking rather tatty. So, now that I've got a 3d printer of my very own, I decided to design a shell for the Ultimate Cart. Like the rest of the project, this shell is open-source. I've uploaded both the STL files and the design files (OpenSCAD) to the github site: https://github.com/robinhedwards/UltimateCart/ The shell should fit any PCBs produced using the board files on github. This should be most of the boards out there, with the exception of the redesign by Panos that he used for his later runs (but I think these came with nice shells anyway). If you're not sure, compare your board to the pictures on github - if the connectors and screw holes are in the same places, it should fit. The cart has been tested for fit in my 65XE, and 800XL. Flashjazzcat has been kind enough to test it for me in a XEGS, 800 and 1200XL, and reports it fits well. If you don't have access to a 3d printer, I'm happy to make a few of these for others. This would be using the same printer and filament colours (bronze & red) as the pictures above. The price would be £22 + P&P (£1 to UK, £3 elsewhere). Send me a PM if interested. Robin

Hi All, One thing I really wanted to add to the Ultimate Cart was an easy way to use XEX files on the cartridge. Thanks mainly to flashjazzcat, we've now added this as a feature to the firmware. XEX files present on the SD card can now be browsed and launched just like cartridge/ROM files. Loading is practically instantaneous. You can program the attached new firmware to your Ultimate Cart using the (free download) Quartus 15.1 programmer. You will also need a USB Blaster (<$10 on ebay). Consider it a beta - there may be the odd bug. This firmware also replaces my original menu with the improved version by flashjazzcat. Since this is now part of the firmware, you should remove any older version of it from the SD cart (i.e. remove _BOOT.ROM if you have it). This will become the current firmware, and I'll upload the source files to github once this has had a bit of a wider test. I'm sure this will be a very welcome addition to the cartridge firmware, and praise and thanks should be directed to flashjazzcat who wrote the XEX loader and the improved menu - tasks both way beyond my 6502 skills! Robin 10M08SAE144C8G.zip

VecMulti SD Card Flash Developer MultiCart 2017 for Vectrex / 光速船 / Kousokusen Yes, accepting offers outside of eBay before the listing closes. No one wants a VecMulti, right? $500 / best offer / Bestes Angebot / Meilleure offre / Mejor oferta / Bästa erbjudande / Paras tarjous / Melhor oferta / Лучшее предложение / Лучшее предложение / أفضل عرض / Eskaintza onena / Najbolja ponuda / 最高の提案 / Beste tilbudet / Beste aanbod / Bedste tilbud / Besta boð / Migliore offerta / An tairiscint is fearr / An tairgse as fheàrr / Y cynnig gorau / بهترین پیشنهاد / Καλύτερη προσφορά / Pinakamagandang Alok / सबसे अच्छा प्रस्ताव / Millor oferta / Parim pakkumine / Najlepsza oferta. eBay Listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VecMulti-SD-Card-Flash-Developer-MultiCart-2017-for-Vectrex-Kousokusen/254067855097 #Vectrex #MultiCart #SDCard #Flash #Loadable #Menu #Developer

I decided to release a compilation of the games that I've made in my half-year or so of working on Atari 2600 goodness. It includes updated versions of my four original games, as well as a fifth, new game. It should be 100% compatible with emulators and cartridges like the Harmony. Enjoy! Current version: 1.1.2 pinata_1_1_2_ntsc.bin pinata_1_1_2_pal60.bin Some of Piñata's features include:Five games, including arcade, action, and adventure: Heartbreak, Ping, Joyride, Fix-It Felix Sr., and Flipside. Hard modes for each game, set with left difficulty switch. Multiplayer modes for Joyride and Flipside, set with right difficulty switch. Driving controller support for Heartbreak. Full AtariVox save support for all games. Support for resetting high scores (hold reset and press joystick fire while on the title menu). Colorful game selection and credits screens. Ability to exit to title screen from games without toggling power switch (flip select and reset at the same time). Thanks to everyone at AtariAge who helped me out! For detailed credits, check the credits screen. manual_finaldraft.pdfpinata_105_ntsc.bin pinata_105_pal60.bin

Hi everyone Universal Grom/Rom Module I have been trying to track down info on this PCB, but no luck here on previous threads or WHTECH about multi-carts, it has similarities to the Super Extended Basic cartridge around the Grom section of the PCB. I am hoping that the wiser people can dig deep into their memory's and illuminate this Boards history. Any info would be a plus.

I'm looking to sell my Sean Kelly multi-cart. It's version 2.5. The label has a copyright date of 2000, but the actual onscreen menu sez 2015; go figs. Works like a charm. The games that it includes will be listed at the end of this post. I'm asking $35 shipped, US only. Titles on the multi-cart: 3D Crazy Coaster • 3D Minestorm • 3D Narrow Escape • 3D Pole Position • 4D Rotocube All Good Things • Armor Attack • Art Master Bachs [sic] Prelude • Bedlam • Berzerk • Berzerk 2 • Birds of Prey • Blitz! • Bonnie Clean Sweep • Cosmic Chasm Daisy• Dark Tower • Disc Duel Demo Engine Analyzer Figgy • Fortress of Narzod • Frogger Heads Up • Hyperchase • Hypercube Jukebox Melody Master • Melody Master 2 • Mikes Molecules • Mine Storm Cheat • Minestorm 2 • Mr. Boston • Moon Lander Patriots • Polar Rescue • Polar Rescue Beta • Pole Position Repulse • Rip Off • Rockaroids Deluxe Scramble • Solar Quest • Space Wars • Spike • Spike Hoppin • Spinball • Star Castle • Star Fire • Star Hawk • Star Trek • Star Trek 2 Tempest Demo [pardon me for editorializing, but this is AMAZING; I pray that it gets finished some day!] • Tour de France Vector Vaders • Vector Vaders 2 • Vectrace • Vectrexians Web Wars

The system is either not detecting the Flashrom or SD card, what could be the problem?

A few weeks ago I was testing and comparing all of the programs on Ken Lill's latest Ultimulti cartridge (version 3.0) against the listing of programs that he made for it. My method of testing the programs is to switch the cartridge's DIP switches while the machine is still on and then press the reset button on the console to bring up the new game. Sometimes, before I press reset, this causes some pretty weird effects on the TV screen. Most of the time this looks like garbage or a program crash (which, technically, is what is happening because I'm switching out part of the ROM while the program is actually running). On rare occasions, the crashes look a little artistic. Rarer still are programs that continue to run, but act very strangely. Take this weird mish-mash of both Treasure Cove and The Incredible Wizard; it's an insanely cool Treasure Cove title screen mixed in with the maze from The Incredible Wizard: This happened while I was switching from one game to the other. Note that that DIP switch positions have only one bit difference between them: Treasure Cove - DIPSwitch position $3B, or 00111011B to The Incredible Wizard - DIPSwitch position $33, or 00110011B I tried to duplicate this feat again with no luck. I want to mention that this unusual picture is not a fault of the UltiMulti cartridge. This results from normal operation of the Astrocade. This reminds me of the Atari 2600 technique of "frying" (turning the Atari system on and off very quickly) which can get some very strange, and sometimes predictable, results. Has anyone else seen strange effects like this? I'd love to see some pictures of other unusual occurrences. Adam

Hi all - kind of new here. This is my 1st forum topic. Getting ready to go for this Atarimax Ultimate SD for the 5200. I guess I will ultimately figure it out, but weary of wasting {free} hours/days, which will translate into month(s) before I get it all figured out and can focus more on simply enjoying the games. I'm not finding a lot of how too info. on this stuff, and the Atarimax forum topics seeking help when problems do arise don't seem to get much attention. Anyway-Is my worry for naught? Is the finding and downloading games process pretty straight forward? Any other tips or guidance on best places to grab games (should I be saying ROMs??) or how to do it if/when I do get it? Not as clueless s I may be seeming, but I just don't have much interest in having a "can not open/access file"-type experience right now. I hope I got this out in a way that can be found by others here & Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer. Also-If anyone has Sean Kelly or the like that they might be happy to part with in order to build funds to get their own Ultimate SD, I may be able to help towards that end. {but, I should note that I may move on this before the 7/27 deadline they currently have going, which could, but not necessarily, affect my interest in that regard} - Thanks again.

Let's have a look at flashcarts and multicarts for the Vectrex and also the Sean Kelly repro cartridge shells. You will also see the new homebrew shooter game VecZ.

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 322309433858 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vectrex-Multi-Cart-MultiCart-by-Sean-Kelly-SK-Verson-2-0-Rainbow-Le-Tech-/322309433858 Vectrex Multi-Cart (MultiCart) by Sean Kelly (SK) Version 2.0.2000 Release date. Has the entire original Vectrex library less one title, AnimAction. These were sold without a box. If you see one like it with a box it is an aftermarket addition. Please note after shipping and fees ALL PROCEEDS DONATED to the Rainbow Le Tech Girls Team to support their patenting, development, and first batch production of their idea, Aplidigum: the first all-natural, biodegradable gum. Even if you do not win this auction, I invite you to support the Rainbow Le Tech team efforts via their Indegogo campaign here: ** Web Link :Change the World with Every Chew - Aplidigum ** More about the target charity of this listing: Help Fund Our Award Winning Compostable Gum - Aplidigum Rainbow Le Tech is Ocean Shore School (OSS) all girls Robotics Team. Rainbow Le Tech has been asked to work with Hasbro, the toy and games company after their Makers Faire presentation. The girls competed in the 2015-2016 Northern California First Lego League (FLL) Silicon Valley Championship and won 1st Place in the Innovative Solution Award as well as the Global Innovation Award. As part of their winning entry, the girls developed a patent-pending compostable chewing gum to reduce the burden on landfills. We'll keep you updated on our adventures with Hasbro! Change the World with Every Chew - Aplidigum Innovative solution to gum on the ground - Aplidigum: the first all-natural, biodegradable gum OVERVIEW FOOD Aplidigum was created by an all-girls' robotics team trying to reduce the burden on landfills, by making a food product that was compostable yet tasty. Through extensive research and multiple experiments, we have created a gum that biodegrades using a Japanese food-safe mold called Koji spores. Right now we are patent-pending, and we want to use the money from this campaign to secure our patent. With a patent, we can make sure the world has an eco-friendly way to chew gum! Last year, as 6th graders, we created our school's first all-girls' robotics team. We took part in the First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Competition. At the Silicon Valley FLL Competition, we received 1st place in the Innovation Solution Award.Our Innovative Solution: Have you ever had your day ruined by stepping on a piece of used chewing gum? Not only does gum stick to your shoes, but with 100,000 tons of chewing gum consumed every year, gum is also filling up our landfills. Therefore, we worked together to develop a way to reduce gum’s impact on our environment. Our innovative solution was to make biodegradable gum. We developed a patent-pending compostable chewing gum that will lessen the burden on landfills. Now we are seeking your help to secure our patent, which will allow us to continue our innovative work - we want to change the world with every chew! We are asking for $5,000 for our project. The money will be used for applying for a patent ($3,000), kitchen safety and hygiene training ($1,000), and supplies for our first commercial batch of flavored gum ($1,000). As part of our food safety plan, we will get the proper permits and licenses necessary to produce our gum. We are trying to get a special designation as a "cottage industry" in our home kitchen, to keep our costs lower. People who donate will be among the first to sample our new gum flavors, and may even have the opportunity to select a new flavor for us to make! Why donate? On the internet, if you look up “Does gum biodegrade?” most sites will say, “Nope, it lasts forever.” The reason why most existing gums do not break down is because they are made from latex, which is the same substance used to make rubber. As anyone who has seen an old spare tire left by the side of the road can attest, rubber does not readily biodegrade, and the same goes for gum. To address this problem, we have invented a gum that uses all natural ingredients along with a food-safe mold. So, it will not only biodegrade, but it will biodegrade faster than competing all natural gums. While there currently exist a handful of gums on the market made from natural ingredients, none contain an active agent to make the gum compost-friendly. Furthermore, in sugar-free gums, xylitol and sorbitol are often used as its sweetening agent. However, those sweeteners are poisonous to animals such as dogs. And, the long-term impact to the environment of xylitol and sorbitol gums are unknown. Our gum will only use sustainable, natural ingredients that can be consumed safely and will break down properly in composting sites to ensure we do not waste the earth’s precious resources. History of the name of our gum: Aplidium is the Latin word for ecology. We wanted something that would represent our commitment to the environment, and to sustainability. Aplidium is also the name of an ocean-dwelling species, the sea squirt. The ocean is always a big inspiration for us because we live in Pacifica, which is a beach town! To the word Aplidium, we added the word "gum," to put our own, special spin on it. Hint: if you cannot pronounce Aplidigum, you can always say "a little gum," really fast, and it sounds almost the same. Our journey: We began this journey when we formed an all-girls' robotics team, and competed in the First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Competition in San Mateo. As part of the competition, we were asked to identify a problem related to trash, and then to find a solution. We were thrilled to win the Project Award for our gum! From there, we went to the Regional Championships for the Silicon Valley area, and won first prize in the Innovative Solution Awards. We were also invited to apply for the National Innovative Solution Award Competition in Washington, D.C. Our team worked hard on our application and we were ready to do whatever it took to get ourselves to the capital. Unfortunately, we weren't selected among the global applicants, but we haven't let that slow us down. Our team was also selected to present about Girls and Robotics at the Makers' Faire, of San Mateo County. There, we presented our story in front of a large audience, and shared our great success in making our biodegradable gum. After the presentation, we were approached by Hasbro and they asked if we wanted to collaborate with them on a project! Now, we want to take our project to the next level. Our plan is to produce our gum in a certified kitchen, package it, and sell it commercially. To do this, we need our patent and some starter funds to get our project going. Includes as shown in pictures: 1 item as shown in pictures. #RainbowLeTech #Aplidigum #Vectrex

I did tiny 512kB flash cart for Atari 2600. sources and eagle files are on my git https://github.com/tdididit/a26-flashcart .a26 file contain 4kB rom picker binary rombuilder pc appliation will be soon - WIP a26-flashcart.a26

The Atari 5200 was my first system, after 30 years I just bought one with composite mod off EBay. I see I am 9 years too late to get M.U.L.E. on a cart so I was hoping someone could tell me if the M.U.L.E. conversion to the Atari 5200 was ever available as a ROM. If it was I would appreciate playing one of my favourite games on the 5200. Is there a place I can at least buy the ROM. Thanks

Hey, AtariAge. I'm a new user who has always had a small collection of 2600 games, usually very common NTSC ones I just enjoyed playing. Recently I've gotten into more serious collecting and have a few Quelle games and this oddity. I purchased it from Spain for about 50 euros. It came cartridge-only, without a box or game list. What I find most interesting is that I cannot find an entry for it on Atarimania. I have seen a few 160 multicarts online but with different labels and no dip-switch on the front. Now, let's get to the physical description. It has one single dip-switch on the front, which can be switched 3 ways. I don't know if there's 3 ROMs in the cart, or what the significance of the switch is. I would open up the cart and find out but the label's in good condition and I'd hate to ruin it. What I find interesting is that the label dips down a bit in 5 little sections which means that the same shell was probably used for 32-in-1 carts with actual dip-switches. Also, it takes a little wiggling to get into my Atari. It might just be the console, or the circuitboard. To select the game, you select a mode with the dipswitch and turn the Atari on and off until you find a game you like. What's annoying is that since I don't have a list it's like blindly grabbing a 2600 game from a box of them. So far I've seen Spiderman, Alien's Return, and some interesting European games I haven't seen before. I've attached scans for future reference and to aid Rom Hunter in his quest for HQ scans, and also a size comparison with a standard NTSC Tennis cart. For anyone with experience with PAL carts: is it standard for the front label to be pointing towards the end-label, instead of the cartridge slot like NTSC games? The two Quelle games I own and this multicart have their labels like this. Also, how much would this be valued at? Also, if someone can aid me on how to dump the ROM I'd be very appreciative. Thanks, BizarreBootlegs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZ_Gwx3k3OAJ7tMNR05dQQ

EDIT: Found one! Thank you! I want to buy your great condition Intellicart with all original materials. Send me a PM. Thanks!

Hi All, I thought I'd post to announce my new hardware project - I'm building an SD-card based Multicart. https://youtu.be/PjkCTXqirv8 Although its far from being finished, it already shows the available ROMs/CARs on the SD card on an Atari menu, and will then reboot to the selected cartridge. At the moment it only supports 8k ROMS and 8-mbit Atarimax ROMs, with bankswitching etc, but I plan to support all cartridge types soon. Adding a new ROM is simply a case of copying a new file to the SD card - no more flashing ATRs etc. Not sure if there's any other available hardware that currently does this? I don't have an SIDE or MyIDE. The hardware is a Altera Max 10 eval board, with my 3.3v cartridge breakout board attaching it to the atari. There's an external 1 megabyte SRAM which cartridges are copied to. Initially the atari boots to a small 8k boot ROM which is stored in dual port memory on the FPGA. The FPGA is also running a soft-cpu to copy files from SD card to SRAM. I'm planning to make a PCB for this next, with the aim of fitting inside a standard cartridge case. Never done an FPGA board before, so that may take me some time. The boot ROM is also far from finished - I'm having to learn 6502 from scratch. There are some other possibilities for this too - the same cartridge could be re-programmed e.g. as an atari co-processor/accelerator board. I'm planning to leave a JTAG/USB Blaster header on the board to make this easy. Robin

Hi everyone, I wired up a little 2k/4k multicart that uses a 74LS04 for a CE hex inverter. It works with the AMD 29F010A-90PC and with some minor wiring changes, the smaller Atmel 28C64-15PC However, it will NOT work with the Atmel 29C010A-12PC and I've tried several. Sometimes I get a glimpse of the game screen before it blanks out. An older post http://atariage.com/forums/topic/21851-2732-eeprom-and-problem-with-6-switch-atari/?do=findComment&comment=240804 describes a similar problem (though I have a 4 switcher) and he solved it by using a 7406 inverter. Before I take a chance on that inverter does anyone know what might be causing this problem? I'm trying to understand why it would effect the 120ns chip but not the 90 or 150? I really would like to use these chips since I have a few lying around. Many thanks.

I thought it is time to show "The Voice of Odyssey2" in action on video. I now could connect it to my European PAL G7400 thanks to the Voice+ adapter. I also got the C7060 multicart.

Hey everyone, I have been toying around with developing an Atari 2600 enhancement cartridge, but I am not into the scene as much as others. Basically, I love the Atari 2600/800, used to write games for the A800 (but not the 2600, but played them of course), and now I develop gaming hardware, 3D engines, etc.. That said, I have been trying to make sense of the different products available for the 2600. So, after doing some research, seems the Harmony Cartridge does what I wanted to do more or less. I wanted a cartridge with a microSD card, that supported bank switching, RAM, and maybe had some support for features that Atari 2600 home brewers wanted as long as I could add them without shaking the trees too much. I am thinking about everything from added sound support in the cart, to a color LCD screen to RGB LEDs to add special effects. Anyway, I have been developing hardware for about 30 years, and the last 15, I have my own manufacturing in china, so if I did this, I would hope to sell 1000+ carts to break even, thus, I am just wondering about the market size. I found one cart that sold 204 units then the company seemed to go defunct, or the license expired? In any event, if I did this, I would probably put it on kickstarter at some point to get the word out and use that to generate sales, so any "special" features in the cart, hopefully enough people would get it, so it became a standard ideally. But, primarily I would follow the rules for all the bank switching and RAM carts that have been reverse engineered to be compatible. So, I can tell over the years that many of these "super carts" or "multicarts" have been developed, but its not clear to me if they are successful? Seems many never ship, or ship a little, or whatever. Maybe the problem is many developers have not done formal manufacturing and get overwhelmed? Alas, I guess I am putting out an "RFC" of sorts with the simple question -- is there a need for another multi/supercart for the Atari 2600 (sorry 7800 people, I never got into that console, so I will stick with the 2600 for now -- and if there is a need, based on my specs above, is there anything else that is very common that home brewers are desperate to have? As well, as making something that normal 2600 fans can use to play games that range from 4-64K. Finally, I don't want to go nuts on this and make a huge project that never gets done. I have shipped about 50-60 embedded systems over the last 15 years and the one lesson I have learned is keep it simple as possible to serve the purpose, you can always add stuff LATER! Comments? (I will post this on Atari Museum, and Atari 2600 on Facebook as well, so I can get a good cross section of comments, not sure were "developers" hang out primarily). Thanks --

Does anyone here know anything about this Jag "multicart kit"? "Retro-kidz" is printed on the label. I couldn't find anything about it online. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 171415654545 The same seller also has a multi I/O board listed as BIN.

Im looking for the multicart made back in 2007 here us a link for reference http://www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/multicart.php I am just looking for one that works it doesnt have to look nice but Id appreciate all the help I could get since this is pretty rare Id pay over retail so just pm me thanks!

Hi, first time poster here. I just recently picked up this Multi-Cart at a local game shop. It had two price tags on it; a $2 tag, and a $99 tag. The guy didn't know which was right so he gave it to me for $2. I brought it home and tested it right away, and it works great. I guess each combination of dip switches gives you a different game, though I have no way of knowing which combination will produce what game. I tried doing research on this cart, and I've brought it to a few game shop owners for more information, but all I've been told is that it's a homebrew multicart, and it's been estimated to be worth between $50-$100. I was able to find one other image of the cart that I have online, but it has no information to go along with it. Can anyone tell me more about this? If it's rare, how many may have been produced, who made them, value, etc. Thanks guys!

I have 1 fully operational colecovision ... and another that operates but will only run 32k cartridges. If I put in the Ultimate multicart or a megarom cart it will not run. Multicart gets the splash screen and then goes blank. It seems to have problems with the bank switching. Just wondering if anyone has a suggestion .. other than blowing into the cartridge slot. Attached is pictures( more gold & yellow) of the coleco mother boards top & bottom from the system that will only run 32k carts And yes, it has a modified power switch but that was only installed last night and the problem predates it. And here is the fully working system ( more green & silver) of the coleco mother boards top & bottom from the system that will run all cartridges carts

Slowly selling off part of my collection of PAL rarities. Supervisions to be sold as one lot. Over 70 titles on these multicarts. AU$ make an offer SOLD Up to 500g to the USA is AU$17.25 standard post or AU$23.25 with tracking Europe is AU$21.25 standard post You can go to the Australia post website to get a postage estimate for more - or ask me.