genfuyung Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I remember the lto being the only option years ago and even then you couldn't buy the thing. Was a flash cart ever released for this system that's actually able to be purchased? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 You could try looking at these. I think Backbit maybe readily available. I cannot vouch for any as I only have an LTO. Backbit https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-pro/ PiRTO RTO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash7 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 33 minutes ago, genfuyung said: I remember the lto being the only option years ago and even then you couldn't buy the thing. Was a flash cart ever released for this system that's actually able to be purchased? Get a Backbit on eBay. The price is more than reasonable and Evie's service is top notch. But for Homebrews you'll need them in ROM format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) RTO and PiRTO are previous carts of the family, the latest is this: But it's a DIY cart, not for sale on official site. Edited August 7 by aotta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 3 hours ago, Crash7 said: Get a Backbit on eBay. The price is more than reasonable and Evie's service is top notch. But for Homebrews you'll need them in ROM format. This thing looks awesome. I can buy in flash cart and a couple adaptors and have it working on an intellivision, 7200, and colecovision? Incredible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 6 hours ago, Crash7 said: Get a Backbit on eBay. The price is more than reasonable and Evie's service is top notch. But for Homebrews you'll need them in ROM format. I'll add to the statement that the ROM format is good with the BackBit for most games. However, if you have a game that uses ECS-style (aka Mattel-style) bank-switching, you will need the BIN+CFG files for the homebrew and convert them to an ECS using the bin2ecs tool. You can download the tool from here: https://github.com/evietron/BackBit-Convert Only some homebrews require this (if the homebrew is >48KB, it likely needs this tool). Of the original 125 games, only World Series Major League Baseball requires this tool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeFaction Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 18 hours ago, aotta said: RTO and PiRTO are previous carts of the family, the latest is this: But it's a DIY cart, not for sale on official site. @aotta are the benefits for PiRTO II being able to use the "Purple" Pico Pi clone and having hardly board level components (thus a much cheaper BOM)? Are there any code advantages or functionally is it the same? I actually like the original PiRTO design as having a SD card makes it nice, and at least here in the US there isn't much problem getting Pico Pis, they are $5 each, ship fast and cheap, The purples I have to order internationally, pay extra shipping and wait, even though they are about $2.20 .each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 @EdgeFaction no, from a technical point of view, there's no differences in functionality from PiRTO and Pirto II, i prefer the onboard flash to an additional sdcard, but i can understand why you'd like stay on pirto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 How do you deal with not having controller overlays when using a flashcart? That didn't occur to me at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, genfuyung said: How do you deal with not having controller overlays when using a flashcart? That didn't occur to me at first. You can get overlays on eBay. You can find them on the internet and have it displayed on your phone or print it out for ease of viewing while you play. For the games that you start to play often, you should start to memorize it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 32 minutes ago, fdr4prez said: You can get overlays on eBay. You can find them on the internet and have it displayed on your phone or print it out for ease of viewing while you play. For the games that you start to play often, you should start to memorize it. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 8 hours ago, fdr4prez said: You can find them on the internet and have it displayed on your phone or print it out for ease of viewing while you play. most images can be found here: INTV Funhouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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