SainT Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 I'm on a roll tonight... *MSTERE0 = 0; Now all games (I've tried) have audio -- time to fill up my memory card and have a play. This is now fully functional. Just needs a bit of optimising in the firmware, and adding a few more pull-up resistors here and there and it's ready to make some units up. Although I still need to add generic file access to the firmware too. That shouldn't be too much work now I have proper comms with the Lynx working now, though. w00t! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 So far only Toki and Chips Challenge don't work. I think I need to fully reset the hardware to just turned on values... I'll see if I can put a video up tomorrow showing it in action. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsxrboy Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wonderful progress, many thanks from us all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzoff2000 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 So far only Toki and Chips Challenge don't work. I think I need to fully reset the hardware to just turned on values... I'll see if I can put a video up tomorrow showing it in action. Can't wait to see it in action... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billysastard Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Can't wait to see it in action... i cant wait to buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzoff2000 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 i cant wait to buy one I hear ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 That's great news! Eek at having to init hardware back to default values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) One thing that's nice is that this is all controlled by the menu code, which is run on the Lynx and read from the memory card on startup. I will release the code once everything is working nicely, so if there are any issues with particular games, anyone can take a look and try and fix it! I'm getting generic file i/o working next so this would open up the possibility of new games accessing the memory card directly if people wanted to. Hopefully if this is really popular (quite how large the Lynx scene is these days I really don't know!) I can get the carts made in the PCB fab shop in China as Karri mentioned before and actually make them in some quantity without having to hand build them all myself. All good fun, glad I'm getting time to work on this a bit more now. Edited October 25, 2019 by SainT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Eek at having to init hardware back to default values. Thats a very common thing to have to do with multi-carts. Not all BITD games did a full initialisation of the hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Makes sense really, I've seen similar issues on neo geo carts where they start executing assuming certain hardware config from boot, yet if you've run code prior to starting the cart you lose sound etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoface2 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'll take one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm not sure if you are keeping a list of who is interested in buying this cart but if you are can I please be added to the list? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aminor00 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Can I also be added to the list of interested parties? Thanks Andy (similar avatar to manic23 but not the same person - although obviously we have a shared love of Manic Miner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) (similar avatar to manic23 but not the same person - although obviously we have a shared love of Manic Miner) LOL, sorry about that aminor00, yes I love Manic Miner, one of the first games I ever remember playing. Edited July 17, 2015 by manic23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aminor00 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 LOL, sorry about that aminor00, yes I love Manic Miner, one of the first games I ever remember playing. No worries buddy, anyone who likes Manic Miner is OK by me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm not sure if you are keeping a list of who is interested in buying this cart but if you are can I please be added to the list? Many thanks. There's no list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrtlebeachbums Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 That looks great, SainT! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Here we go folks, recorded in my lunch hour and has just uploaded. The SD cartridge in action... Nice!! I think demand is going to be pretty high... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Can I ask how will it be sold? Just using this thread it will you have a web page set up? Apologies if this has been discussed already but this thread is quite long to read every post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wow this is very exciting! Awesome job, I can't wait to see the production pcb. You know red pcbs look pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Production PCB may well be black. But I also want to have a go at a 3D printed shell to enclose all the electronics as well, which you would be able to have as an optional extra. I've tried it in the Lynx 1 now as well, works a treat. Is it just me, or is the screen better in the Lynx 1? It will be sold direct from here initially, but I may well do a simple shop one day. I've been meaning to do something like that when I have enough retro add-ons I've developed ready to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamer Deluxe tm Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Great work, that looks really good. I've been reading through this thread and there is a lot of really interesting technical information in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange-Phantom Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Just amazing! Tis a very exciting time for the olde Lynx and it's community. SainT, you sir are a genius! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm really pleased you are making a 3D case that is awesome, really looking forward to getting my hands on one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Thank-you all! I've tried to document everything I've done reasonably well as I hoped it may be interesting to read back through for myself or others. I've just been playing a load of games, there are a few which don't work, so I'll have to look at the hardware initialisation, but about 90% work great. The Lynx is such a lovely little bit of hardware, such a sad thing it didn't sell better. Its amazing looking at the 3D floor effects and full on filled 3D which its capable of all due to the fantastic hardware design. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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