aotta Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) After designed flashcart for several consoles, now i finally build one for the "first" console of my life, the Videopac: https://github.com/aotta/PicoPAC It's a fork of the wilco2009 Videopac microSD cart, and I tested only on a G7400 since now, and it has some limitation for the gamelist (it's hardcoded in program, so files uploaded in flash must have the same naming convention). But it works pretty well and it's cheap to build! Edited August 7 by aotta 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Cool. I haven't built one of these, so I could be wrong... it looks like the game list is fixed, and you need ROM file names that match the list? I'm guessing you could add a homebrew game by naming it as one that's in the list? The problem, then, is that you wouldn't be able to play the game you're replacing. Maybe not a big problem, unless you really need all the games. If I'm getting this correct, it might be good to add a few pages of games to the list, with name something like HB-01.BIN, HB-02.BIN, etc., to allow additional games to be added beyond the original list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 Yes the fixed list is not so smart, I recycled the menu code from wilco2009's since I'm not good in programming videopac games and this way i had to do only minor changes to 8048 assembly source. I'll work for a reading files in flash for filling menu in next weeks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 2 hours ago, aotta said: Yes the fixed list is not so smart, I recycled the menu code from wilco2009's since I'm not good in programming videopac games and this way i had to do only minor changes to 8048 assembly source. I'll work for a reading files in flash for filling menu in next weeks That'd be cool, but at least it works in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparisthebest Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Thanks! This looks really awesome! I'm going to try to build one of these, what kind of diode is that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mr. Video Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I just dug out my Odyssey 2 yesterday, so this seems like something I can make on a rainy day. It's the age of purple pico flash carts and I'm here for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparisthebest Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 PCBs came in yesterday and I built one, but it boots to garbled characters and sometimes sound. I can press "reset" on the keyboard and see the "PicoPAC" logo for an instant before it goes back to being all garbled... Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 It works well on my NA Odyssey2. I need to be patient, though, waiting a few seconds for things to happen, before pressing the reset button on the console. Example: Console on Console reset Wait for menu Select game Wait about 3 seconds Console reset Play game Cartridge reset when done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 It's been reported to me (and i'm not surprised) issue if used with Voice module (like with the original microsdcard), just to inform you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 The cutouts on the sides are a bit off for an Odyssey2 cart. A little filing takes care of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 Yes, the hole is not perfectly centered for Videopac holes too, and part of the tracks are exposed, i moved a bit the tracks and reuploaded the gerber and kicad files, while working on the 3d shell design. I also inform all that new FW v. 1.0a now read filenames from flash, so you can change the bin filename how you prefer, with the same limit of 200 files, in root only. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 36 minutes ago, aotta said: I also inform all that new FW v. 1.0a now read filenames from flash, so you can change the bin filename how you prefer, with the same limit of 200 files, in root only. That's cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tissemon Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 14 hours ago, aotta said: Yes, the hole is not perfectly centered for Videopac holes too, and part of the tracks are exposed, i moved a bit the tracks and reuploaded the gerber and kicad files, while working on the 3d shell design. I also inform all that new FW v. 1.0a now read filenames from flash, so you can change the bin filename how you prefer, with the same limit of 200 files, in root only. Awesome! Good job, Aotta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdoty Posted Monday at 02:04 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:04 AM I think we're in the golden age of flash carts, even for relatively obscure systems. I've build the SG-1000/SC-3000, Intellivision, and Colecovision ones. I still need to build the Odyssey 2/Videopac one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted Monday at 05:59 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:59 AM 3 hours ago, cdoty said: I think we're in the golden age of flash carts, even for relatively obscure systems. I've build the SG-1000/SC-3000, Intellivision, and Colecovision ones. I still need to build the Odyssey 2/Videopac one. The obscure system you mentioned is the Fairchild one, i suppose? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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