Anyone read Chinese ? Check out this multicart I just got !

[Spirantho]

At least that menu would explain how some space was wasted.

 

It would explain where 2K of it went, yes!

 

208 is an odd number, though - it's 128+80, which is nonsense. It's possible that it has 768K of ROM, divided into 128x4K (as normal), and 32x2K+48x4K on the other ROM... which would explain the ROM size, but I wouldn't like to do the bank switching code on that. I'll take another look at the list tonight and see if there's a pattern.

It is the only clone I've found so far with the menu, though - the other clones tend to just have the same 4K games on.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

At least that menu would explain how some space was wasted.

 

It would explain where 2K of it went, yes!

For a full menu you will need more that just 2K.

 

You have to store an alphabet plus digits (~36*8 = 288 bytes), pointers to each font graphic for each letter (1 byte each, 208 games * ~12 letters = ~2500 bytes), pointers to start of font graphics pointer of each game (2 bytes each, * 208 = 516 bytes), plus some code for displaying etc. Might fit into 4K.

 

Do you have a screenshot of the menu?

[Spirantho]

For a full menu you will need more that just 2K.  

 

Do you have a screenshot of the menu?

 

Ah, sorry, I misled you. It's not a true menu, it's just a screen which lets you choose a number, with some help text and the ditty playing in the background. It doesn't list any names or anything. I'll try and get a screenshot tonight, if you like, but it's not very interesting per se. Just a black screen with yellow text on it.

[Inky]

Haven't quite gotten it to work (super corroded) yet but I'd love to know what it says.  

 

"Help! I'm being held prisoner in a Chinese Atari Pirate Cart factory!"

[Thomas Jentzsch]

I'll try and get a screenshot tonight

No thanks, not necessary anymore.

[Spirantho]

Brought my clone in to work today so I can take a snapshot anyway... just in case it's of any interest to anyone.

 

See how it says "Press to play" yet when you press fire it just resets the console back to the menu. Weird.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Dump?

[Spirantho]

Dump?

 

I don't have a way of dumping it.... unless someone's willing to help?

[Mindfield]

All I can make out:

 

7 - Reactor?

8 - Spitfire Attack

9 - Pooyan

12 - Tac/Scan

25 - Gas Hog

26 - Lock 'n' Chase

[+Nathan Strum]

Haven't quite gotten it to work (super corroded) yet but I'd love to know what it says.

 

My co-worker just happens to read Chinese. Here's what she says it says:

 

(top left)

Bingo

Game Cartridge

 

(next to 32)

Cart

Bingo Complicated Cartridge

 

1) City at the Bottom of the Sea

2) Space Shuttle for Rescue

3) Outerspace Freaks

4) Special Team

5) Visitor from Outer Space

6) Beat the Devil

7) Monsterous Spider

Battles in the Sky

9) Cry Wolf

10) Battle for Saving the Earth

11) Missiles

12) Planning Star Wars

13) Othello

14) IQ 180

15) Brainswirl (or something like that)

16) Golf

17) Tennis

18) Basketball

19) Soccer

20) Bowling

21) Billiards

22) Baseball

23) Pinball

24) Ox, the King

25) Sherlock Holmes (maybe)

26) Danger

27) Octopus

28) Mickey Mouse

29) Asterix

30) Climbing Stairs

31) Seesaw

32) Fishing

 

(along bottom of label)

Turn off main computer power before ejecting cartridge

[CPUWIZ]

Thanks Nathan.

[+Nathan Strum]

No problem - she was glad to help out.

 

Can you post a list of what all of the game names actually are so we can compare them? I think it'd be interesting to try and figure out why they named them what they did. (I learned that Ox, the King is a Chinese fable. So who says videogames aren't educational?)

[CPUWIZ]

1.) Atlantis

2.) Flash Gordon Hack

3.)

4.) Spider Fighter Hack

5.) Space Invaders

6.) Demon Attack Hack

7.) Reactor Hack

8.) Air Raiders

9.) Pooyan

10.) Defender Hack

11.) Missile Command Hack

12.) Tac Scan Hack

13.) Othello

14.) Amidar Hack

15.) Surround

16.) Golf

17.) Tennis

18.) Basketball

19.) Football

20.) Bowling

21.) Trick Shot

22.) Super Challenge Baseball

23.) Midnight Magic

24.) Donkey Kong Hack

25.) Bank Heist

26.) Lock'N'Chase

27.) Name This Game

28.) Jawbreaker Hack

29.) Save Our Ship

30.) Fast Eddie Hack

31.) Circus

32.) Fishing Derby

 

[DeV0]

I love these multi carts from asia, I have many games that I cant identify. Some of the hacks are pretty fun to play. Nice find, Hope you enjoy

[+Nathan Strum]

3.)  

 

Fire Birds (ITT Family Games)

 

 

I am so in the zone today.

 

Also...

 

7.) should be Spacemaster X-7

 

17.) should be Fast Eddie (unless your screenshot is misnumbered on the first page of this thread)

[CPUWIZ]

3.)  

 

Fire Birds (ITT Family Games)

 

 

I am so in the zone today.

 

Wow, I didn't know there was a NTSC version of that.

 

Thomas ?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

At your service!

 

How do you think this is NTSC?

 

CloneSpy says

                                                              0  1  2  3

0 Assault (Bomb)···········································   · 97 88 88

1 Monster aus dem All (1983) (Rainbow Vision) (PAL) [!]····   =  · 90 90

2 Fire Birds (AKA Scorpion) (ITT Family Games) (PAL) [!]···   =  =  · 94

3 Balthazar (aka Babylon 5) (SnailSoft)····················   =  =  =  ·

Only Assault is NTSC.

[CPUWIZ]

Only Assault is NTSC.

 

That is it, #3 is Assault.

 

Cheers.

[moycon]

Only Assault is NTSC.

 

That is it, #3 is Assault.

 

Cheers.

 

No it's not!!! Its Outerspace Freaks ...can't you read Chinese!!??