ydcl Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Hi all, Now this has me interested; and can someone explain this to me how it's done please. This guy on etsy makes custom cratridges that work on your NES, and some games include Mario Forever and Metroid Ultra. Does anyone here know how the process is done and how hard it actually is? is there a tutorial somewhere? https://www.etsy.com/shop/RetroFools?ref=custom_order_convo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 There are a lot of hacks out there, SMB in particular. I think they just take the existing source code and alter it to make a "new" game out of it. I don't have any repros/hacks yet but I am looking to get some soon for my NES. I don't know exactly how they do this but I am interested in learning myself.. I'd search around and read up on everything, NintendoAge is probably a great resource for information on those types of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 No source code necessary; just write the game files to chips... ta-da, cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydcl Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 No source code necessary; just write the game files to chips... ta-da, cartridge. and how do you write files to chips? Where do I get the chips? The guy I spoke to said he can put many 8bit games into cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Here you go: http://callanbrown.com/index.php/basic-nes-reproduction 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Just skip the foreplay and go to www.retrousb.com and purchase the powerpak. Or wait a couple months and purchase the powerpak2 which will have an incredible amount of compatibility. Either way, the amount of hacks you'll be able to play w a flash cart are endless and considering repros run around $30-50 id you're going to buy more than 4-5 it is more than worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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