Everdrive MD \ SNES

djsim101

Hi fellow retro geeks, havent posted here in a bit. (of buying more C64 crap)

have any of ye purchased one of these yet ??

http://shop.retrogate.com/

Thinking of getting these as an early christmas present for myself:pac:

Great idea, but are they any good?

Andrew76

I have the Everdrive MD and I think it's awesome, worth every penny.

djsim101

Cheers man, no problems to report no?

Think its a great idea.

Have you designed your own box art for the cart:D

Andrew76

No problems at all, upgraded the OS at one stage and it was as easy as copying a file onto the SD card and running it - can't remember now but it gave some new functionality at the time. I got it a good while ago from stoneagegamer, the one with the case so it just came with the Everdrive sticker on it. But you can just get any old donor cart and cut a slot at the top for the sd and away you go. o1s1n went that route I think.
It's a great way to play Jap games that had translations released for them - one of my favs is Monster World IV, brilliant game. You can also play some of those hacks folks have created.
Obviously the best thing about it is having all those games to play.

Relikk

I have an ED MD, 2 Super ED's (one with a DSP1, one without) and an ED 64. I'll be ordering a GG ED within the next week, or so and when the PC Engine ED comes out I'll be buying one of those, too.

They suck!

o1s1n

Yeah I went the PCB only route and cut out a cart to fit it. Didn't get the cut quite right and accidentally made it way too big. But it still works brilliantly so I'm happy

Haven't used it in ages, must dig it out sometime.

Took some photos along the way -

Jack burton

I want to get a SNES one for myself aswell

Stupid question but it saves right? for the likes of chrono trigger etc

Relikk

It saves just fine with the latest OS update with individual SRAM files. The old OS used to be a bit of a nightmare for saves as they were all stored in one single file.

phily2002

never heard of these but want them so bad
definitly putting the md one on the christmas list!

Myrddin

That last pic is like something out of a magazine o1s, surprised Kirkzz isn't onto you for a publishing deal

@Relikk, you have the N64 version? Whats functionality/compatibility like?

80s Synth Pop

There are a few options for these cards.

The SNES options at the moment are the Super Everdrive or the RetroUSB SNES PowerPak option. RetroUSB allows for loading of the largest ROMS (Star Ocean) but the saving is a little cumbersome... I have both but mainly use the everdrive due to the ease of saving. The super wildcard with floppy disks is gathering dust here anyway :pac:
However, keep in mind the ultimate card is coming soon - http://sd2snes.de/blog/ - this cart supports all SNES custom chips as well as Byuu's MSU1 streaming (if you can wait...)

Megadrive - the everdrive works great for me but some of the ROMs need patching for saving (like MegaMan Wily Wars). However there is a new revised hardware "Mega Everdrive" coming soon with a lot of new features. So again, hold off if you can.

Then the N64 side of the house is covered by the everdrive64 and the new 64drive carts. There is nothing separating the two aside from a beautiful looking menu on the 64drive. Personally, I have both cards but still use the old CD V64 anyway as it's more retro and works just as well for 99% of the games.

Relikk

EnterNow wrote: »

@Relikk, you have the N64 version? Whats functionality/compatibility like?

There were some issues with Flash RAM saves in the beginning but the latest firmware update has sorted most of those problems. WWF No Mercy can't save, and there's 2 games that aren't playable, Jet Force Gemini and Banjo Tooie (I think).

Having not owned any kind of N64 flash cart I can't compare it to anything but, I'm happy. Firmware and OS updates can only improve it.

80s Synth Pop

Relikk wrote: »

There were some issues with Flash RAM saves in the beginning but the latest firmware update has sorted most of those problems. WWF No Mercy can't save, and there's 2 games that aren't playable, Jet Force Gemini and Banjo Tooie (I think).

Having not owned any kind of N64 flash cart I can't compare it to anything but, I'm happy. Firmware and OS updates can only improve it.

Just to add to this - All games now work and save on all these carts except for 1 game - Banjo Tooie

64drive has worked since release, but you need the latest firmware on the everdrive64. Saving works for all games (including WWF No Mercy).

Flashing the firmware on the everdrive carts needs separate hardware however that costs around €20 on ebay.

No cart can play Banjo Tooie, and Jet Force Gemini only works with a crack patch. Rumour has it that someone is working on a similar crack for Banjo Tooie. btw - The reason Jet Force Gemini and Banjo Tooie need cracks is because they are the only two games that have copy protection in them that checks for a specific security chip in-game, not just a boot time.

The official everdrive forum is here http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=89

djsim101

Cool lads, thanks for all your help. I will get the megadrive one to start of with so.

Which cart would you cannibalise out of the following :pac:

Double Clutch
The Pagemaster
Joe Montana - Sport talk football

Hank Scorpio

djsim101 wrote: »

Cool lads, thanks for all your help. I will get the megadrive one to start of with so.

Which cart would you cannibalise out of the following :pac:

Double Clutch
The Pagemaster
Joe Montana - Sport talk football

All of them If possible!

Is the device just like a cart where you load rom's onto?

o1s1n

djsim101 wrote: »

Cool lads, thanks for all your help. I will get the megadrive one to start of with so.

Which cart would you cannibalise out of the following :pac:

Double Clutch
The Pagemaster
Joe Montana - Sport talk football

Joe Montana! Kill the sports game, kill it.... :pac:

eoinf

so with the everdrive 64 i can pop all the roms on a memeory card and play them on my N64??

where is the best place to buy one of these?

Relikk

eoinf wrote: »

so with the everdrive 64 i can pop all the roms on a memeory card and play them on my N64??

where is the best place to buy one of these?

ED's use SD cards for storage. Another bonus of the ED64 is that it can use a NES emulator for NES ROMs. I've found that an 8GB SD is perfect for a full set of N64 and NES ROMs.

You can buy from any of the recommended distributors on Krikzz's site. Just make sure you get the correct CIC chip for your consoles region.

http://krikzz.com/ed64.html

eoinf

for the ED N64 can you use a CIC chip and cart from an existing N64 Cart?

80s Synth Pop

eoinf wrote: »

for the ED N64 can you use a CIC chip and cart from an existing N64 Cart?

You can, but it needs to be the standard CIC, not any of the special ones. There are many pins to desolder/resolder though and for the sake of the extra 10 euros you would be better off getting one with the CIC pre-installed.

The other flash cart - the 64Drive - is the same but you can actually add the special 6105 CIC chip and that will let it play 100% of games including BanjoTooie. This doesn't work on the everdrive64 though.

80s Synth Pop

another guy selling flash card for snes, megadrive etc.
http://ramfactory.com/ (Russian site)

The SNES one supports the Capcom CX4 chip which is a first. Great prices too.

o1s1n

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

another guy selling flash card for snes, megadrive etc.
http://ramfactory.com/ (Russian site)

The SNES one supports the Capcom CX4 chip which is a first. Great prices too.

Those prices look brilliant. Shame I don't speak any Russian!

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

Those prices look brilliant. Shame I don't speak any Russian!

http://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Framfactory.com%2F&act=url

Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

http://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Framfactory.com%2F&act=url

Or press the us flag in the top right for english

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

Or press the us flag in the top right for english

I don't speak American, by choice

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Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

I don't speak American, by choice

.

Either do they

o1s1n

$42.47 is very good for a Megadrive flash cart. Sure half the problem with the Everdrives was them never being in stock!

Doge

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

another guy selling flash card for snes, megadrive etc.
http://ramfactory.com/ (Russian site)

So who's going to be the first Boards Guinea Pig to buy this...






НОВОЕ ИЗДЕЛИЕ?
(New Product!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlzx8D4hYw

Doge

That is seriously the best Light Dimmer Switch Commerical of all time!
(and perhaps the only in existence!)

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

T keep in mind the ultimate card is coming soon - http://sd2snes.de/blog/ - this cart supports all SNES custom chips as well as Byuu's MSU1 streaming (if you can wait...)

sd2snes was officially released 2 days ago!

There was only 29 of them up for grabs (yet to be built) and they were snapped up immediately.

They sold for €120 each + shipping but the owner said the next batch will be sometime in Spring next year:

But he said he will sell 100 max per year, as it takes him 3 hours to assemble each one manually.

Translated Page of the official Forum


It's like the 1541 Ultimate of the SNES world in terms of compatibility, expansion and price.

The creator also has a lot more features planned for the future.

If you would like to pre-order one or express your interest you are to contact the seller here.


Full specifications and videos here




A video of it running Mario Kart and other games that used custom DSP chips inside their carts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5hfoNJgoCc

The MSU1 expansion allows your SNES to play full motion video @ 224x144, 30fps + 44100Hz 16bit stereo audio!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULkopwR8oA

80s Synth Pop

waveform wrote: »

sd2snes was officially released 2 days ago!

There was only 29 of them up for grabs (yet to be built) and they were snapped up immediately.

WOW that was kept very much a secret.. hmmm, but he hasn't finished coding for the SFX chips yet? I'll wait a while longer and keep a close eye on his blog (and that forum)

Doge

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

WOW that was kept very much a secret.. hmmm, but he hasn't finished coding for the SFX chips yet? I'll wait a while longer and keep a close eye on his blog (and that forum)

Nope. Hopefully it will be added in a future firmware update.

He did quite a good job with all the other chips though!

Nice little vid on the Super FX chip here, learned a lot of new things about the snes in the last 12 hours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmHsQfXwppE

80s Synth Pop

If you manage to get your hands on one of those elusive sd2snes carts, you can now play a laserdisc game "Road Blaster" on the SNES (source http://dforce3000.de/). Quite an achievement.



Coming in at a hefty 800 MB, this is technical a showcase for what a SNES CD add-on "could have been" :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wmUhQfFij0

Doge

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

If you manage to get your hands on one of those elusive sd2snes carts, you can now play a laserdisc game "Road Blaster" on the SNES (source http://dforce3000.de/). Quite an achievement.



Coming in at a hefty 800 MB, this is technical a showcase for what a SNES CD add-on "could have been" :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wmUhQfFij0

Ah that's feckin brilliant! Thanks for posting it.


Was only watching videos of Road Blaster the other day, after they appeared in the related videos while watching a gameplay of "RoadBlasters".


That Road Blaster laserdisc game is renowned for having such real life physics!

80s Synth Pop

The SD2SNES (seen as the "ultimate" SNES flash cart) will be available soon to the general public http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=556170&postcount=36 Looks like the SD2SNES guy is partnering with the Everdrive guys

Doge

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

The SD2SNES (seen as the "ultimate" SNES flash cart) will be available soon to the general public http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=556170&postcount=36 Looks like the SD2SNES guy is partnering with the Everdrive guys

That is the best news you could hope for with SD2Snes really!

Now every retro enthusiast will be able to get their hands on it......
eventually.

If the price will be lower due to volume, I might just have to buy one along with a SNES!
Edit: will probably be the opposite actually! The creator is probably making the first batch close to cost.


God damn this forum it has me wanting to buy a vectrex now and everything!

Really hope the postman brings my everdrive MD this week.

Doge

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

However there is a new revised hardware "Mega Everdrive" coming soon with a lot of new features. So again, hold off if you can.

Completely forgot about this until today, when I bumped across this thread of features planned for the Everdrive:

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36123

The save states, instant loads and firmware update sraight from SD will probably be the most useful features.
Netplay would be amazing too if he can pull it off, but would be quite difficult to implement.

There's a video of Krizzz demonstrating the save states here, he's using Start + Up / Down to save and load them in-game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkXEr-uV9KE

I'm not sure if I'd part with my Everdrive MD to upgrade to this when it comes out.

I think I'll try and beat the games the old fashioned way rather than relying on save states for now.

I'm having an absolute blast with Everdrive MD all week, must take pictures of the finisihed cart soon, and what tools I used.

And after playing Sega emulators for years, I now realize how essential the 60Hz mod is!

Everything feels like it's in slow motion on the real thing.

Doge

The new Mega Everdrive Cartridge was released by Krikzz on the 22nd of March.

http://www.retrocollect.com/News/krikzzs-mega-everdrive-mega-drive-flash-card-now-available.html

You can buy the PCB on its from Retrogate for $143.

Stone Age Gamer are doing a Deluxe version with a choice of coloured carts and case for $209.99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SOEUwnjgMY

Steve X2

I've not got an everdrive so this new version seems to be the one to get.
It's a bit on the pricey side but I guess its well worth it.

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o1s1n

Roms writing in a couple of seconds?
Exiting to the ROM menu in game and changing games without resetting?
Save states???

Ah man, now my Everdrive feels like a piece of junk!

I may convince myself I need this. Leave the old everdrive with the Nomad and use the new one with a console (I hate having to get up off the chair to reset and change game - especially when the write went wrong and the game wont boot)

Doge

Looks like KrikZzZZZzzzZz has been taking pre-orders for the SD2SNES since April 19th:

http://shop.retrogate.com/SD2SNES-SD2SNES.htm




It can be yours for just 190 MILLION DOLLARS!





Coming soon to gp2x.de and Stone Gamer also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DdJw3GaAJI

Doge

"This side to BACK of SNES!"


It's almost like staring at a claymore mine as it blows you away with it's ultimate POWER!

CiDeRmAn

So many SD Slots...
I'm all a'quiver...

Doge

Looks like the SD2SNES shipped to people already, and some of those have already received theirs:

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?37008-sd2snes-comming-soon/page12


Also here's a video showing the latest firmware compared to the last release:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE_zHLFacsU

Hank Scorpio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULkopwR8oA

saw this the other day, top comment sums everything up!

80s Synth Pop

PC Engine /Turbo Graphics Everdrive coming soon - "Turbo Everdrive"



I wonder will this drive up the price of the PC Engine consoles too. Glad I have a nice Duo-RX waiting for this

CiDeRmAn

That Turbo Everdrive is going to be a stone cold insta-buy for all pc engine and TG16 owners.
Given the incredible star line up of games on the format you'd be mad not to get it, Bomberman, R-Type, BC Kid, Alien and Devil Crush, just to name a few.
The console really should replace the NES as the console you must own to be considered a true Retro gamer, all non owners are just plastic, phoney, casual retro gamers, wannabe types, gods bless them...

Doge

Emulators tbh........
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CiDeRmAn

Emulation is the methadone, consoles are pure heroin man....

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Emulation is the methadone, consoles are pure heroin man....

I find emulation to be quite far removed from the experience of sitting playing the real thing. It's all so, 'fake'

CiDeRmAn

Well, it is the act of running a model on a computer, and models, by their very nature are generally hot and wear small bikinis...
Oh wait...

...models are ultimately always a marked by their respective of compromises, even the mature systems that are emulated, the Nes, Snes, MD, have issues that mark them as not quite the real thing.

If you are doomed to never own a Nes that actually works, emulation may well be the way to go, official on a VC of course, but nothing replaces the actual hardware, this is not a recommendation, it's not a suggestion by an enthusiast, it's as true as gravity, it's a law!

Doge

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Emulation is the methadone, consoles are pure heroin man....

Now that's a classic quote right there!