Everdrive. What is it and should i be interested?

[Video_Invader]

I've been seeing alot of talk on here about these and i wonder what exactly is an Everdrive? What systems use one? Where do you buy them and how much?

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

An everdrive is a flashcart that plugs into your cartridge slot and you can download roms, hacks, and homebrews onto the SD card and then place the SD card in the cart so you can play all your favorites or the entire library of your favorite games on your consoles. The Atari 2600 has a harmony cart, 5200 is the atarimax sd cart. For everdrives it's the NES, SNES, Master System, Genesis, and N64 that I know of. Check places like ebay and amazon. I think retrousb.com has the NES and SNES. It is almost like an emulator but instead of it being played on PC or xbox consoles it's on an actual console.

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

I found a place that sells them. They go for around $100-$150.

 

http://shop.krikzz.com/

[CatPix]

The Everdrive are sortof last generation of flash carts for various systems (post crash). They have better compatibility than most others and works in a very simple way.

You can buy them directly from the maker, Krikzz : http://shop.krikzz.com/or from authorized resellers if you are in the US (might cost you less and less risks for package to get lost).

[mikey.shake]

It is an awesome thing, as retrogamer described up there. The built-in instant save states and built-in Game Genie are nice touches, but being able to put one cart in your NES deck and then never have to open the lid again is pretty fantastic.

 

The answer to your second question is "yes". Get one right away. It and the Harmony Cart have changed how I retro game.

[SiLic0ne t0aD]

EverDrive is a brand of flash cart.

If you're feeling froggy, I recommend DIY.. buy the Board Only. Stone Age Gamer sells them, just use a cheap, common cart shell for the ultimate savings and learn something at the same time!

 

 

I own the EverDrive N8 (NES) and EverDrive 64 (v2.5) and they are the best investments I've ever made.. flash carts in general. I could use a couple more EverDrives to round out my collection, just down to the Genesis and SNES now.

[7800fan]

I got Turbo ED, ED GB, ED GG, Mega ED, and Super ED to go with Harmony and Powerpak (it was long before N8 was made) and it gives me a few thousand games to play using real console and real controllers.

 

Everdrive and other flash carts are great if you like to play but not collect games as some original games can go over $100. Bonk 3 for example is worth more than Turbo ED I paid when I bought it a couple years ago.

[NinjaWarrior]

I can't beleave you don't know what is a EverDrive

 

How long have you been in Gaming?

[CatPix]

Not everybody have interest in flash carts. Also not everybody can be knowledgeable about everything in the retrogaming world.

Do you know of the TIA-MC1 arcade machines? of the Data East DECO Cassette System? of the Jeutel arcades?

[Video_Invader]

I can't beleave you don't know what is a EverDrive

 

How long have you been in Gaming?

Since the 80's. I don't usually bother with anything outside the original games and hardware. I haven't bout any homebrews or addons. They didn't have this stuff back then and i usually buy original games.

[chuckwalla]

Since the 80's. I don't usually bother with anything outside the original games and hardware. I haven't bout any homebrews or addons. They didn't have this stuff back then and i usually buy original games.

 

I only cared to read about them at the beginning of this year and it's too bad I missed out on them for all this time.

 

I bought the Super Everdrive v.2 (SNES) and Everdrive MD v.3 (Genesis) and they're absolutely fantastic - I just keep them permanently plugged into the consoles.

 

They play almost every game created for the systems including imports, AND it's a spacesaver.

 

I live in NY and it took 9 or 10 days to receive one Everdrive from Krikkz in the Ukraine (cart only) and 2 days Priority Mail from Stoneagegamer (Deluxe version with box, manual, and sticker).

 

For the cost of a few loose carts (like Contra 3, Super Castlevania IV, Space Megaforce, and Super Mario World/All-Stars), you can get a Super Everdrive for the SNES and play almost the entire library. Same for the Genesis.

 

By the way, the Retro Duo works great with the Super Everdrive if anyone is wondering.

[+sramirez2008]

Just stumbled across this thread. Thinking of purchasing the Everdrive for my sons N64, however, I don't know much about the system. What site(s) can I download the roms, hacks, etc. from? - Thanks.

[CatPix]

I think AtariAge doesn't allow us to talk about ROM downloading; as I assume you mean commercial games and not demos or homebrews.

[omegadot]

I ended up with an SD2SNES for Christmas. Quite happy with it ruling my SNES. More than worth the investment.

[78001987]

I think AtariAge doesn't allow us to talk about ROM downloading; as I assume you mean commercial games and not demos or homebrews.

atariage hosts thousands of Atari 2600, 5200, 7800 roms right on this site. Talking about roms is fine.

[CatPix]

The cease&Desiste letter Albert received from the sale of Princess Rescue prove that, for Nintendo at least, it's more of a concern to them.

[Austin]

The cease&Desiste letter Albert received from the sale of Princess Rescue prove that, for Nintendo at least, it's more of a concern to them.

 

That was completely unrelated to ROMs on the website, and the Princess Rescue ROM is still available in the original thread. A C&D was received because carts were made and were being sold. When you start involving money, that's when flags are raised.

[+sramirez2008]

I think AtariAge doesn't allow us to talk about ROM downloading; as I assume you mean commercial games and not demos or homebrews.

 

I Apologize. I don't want to get anyone in trouble, or get myself banned from AA.

[7800fan]

Not all Atari rom are available on AA, there is no Activision or Imagic because Activision were actively selling the games on handheld devices or compilation for game system and computer.

[Austin]

 

I Apologize. I don't want to get anyone in trouble, or get myself banned from AA.

 

You're fine, don't worry about it.

 

An Everdrive 64 is a great investment. For ROMs, just run a quick Google search and the top sources for them should come up for you.

 

The ED64 itself can be had at Stoneagegamer.com, or straight from Krikzz himself (the guy that created it)--http://shop.krikzz.com/.

[CatPix]

That was completely unrelated to ROMs on the website, and the Princess Rescue ROM is still available in the original thread. A C&D was received because carts were made and were being sold. When you start involving money, that's when flags are raised.

I know. It still mean that Nintendo is extra cautious about their IP. And many of their Nintendo 64 games revive under one way or another as 3DS titles.

When it come to Nintendo, you gotta be extra careful.

I know per se that it's not banned to talk about ROM on AA - things like Vectrex ROM are freely available legally, so it's fair game. But discussing about Nintendo 64 ROM might bring unnecessary trouble on AA.

Just because it's old doesn't mean that no one cares about. Abandonware is a very gray area - for computer games at least, there is a kind of "laissez-faire" attitude from most editors. It doesn't mean it's legal in any way. It's just that most editors prefer to ignore it rather than risking to settle a precedent that might end bad for them, and to alienate gamers.

[+sramirez2008]

 

You're fine, don't worry about it.

 

An Everdrive 64 is a great investment. For ROMs, just run a quick Google search and the top sources for them should come up for you.

 

The ED64 itself can be had at Stoneagegamer.com, or straight from Krikzz himself (the guy that created it)--http://shop.krikzz.com/.

 

Thank you.

[Austin]

I know. It still mean that Nintendo is extra cautious about their IP. And many of their Nintendo 64 games revive under one way or another as 3DS titles.

When it come to Nintendo, you gotta be extra careful.

I know per se that it's not banned to talk about ROM on AA - things like Vectrex ROM are freely available legally, so it's fair game. But discussing about Nintendo 64 ROM might bring unnecessary trouble on AA.

Just because it's old doesn't mean that no one cares about. Abandonware is a very gray area - for computer games at least, there is a kind of "laissez-faire" attitude from most editors. It doesn't mean it's legal in any way. It's just that most editors prefer to ignore it rather than risking to settle a precedent that might end bad for them, and to alienate gamers.

You are overreacting.

[Rick Dangerous]

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