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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: trekiej on May 01, 2008, 04:35:22 AM
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Do you think that cartridge based game consoles are still popular?
I liked the NeoGeo and would like to build a console similar to it.
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Are you talking about designing your own system? If so, you should just use the MiniMig, and call the SD memory a "cartridge". This would give you a cartridge based game console with specs almost identical to a NeoGeo. If you want a more "cartridgy" feel, then replace the SD cards with Compact Flash.
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i think cartridge consoles were great as there was no loading time so you got straight into the game.
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i loved the snes and n64
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For a while I wondered if it was possible to add a cart slot to a normal Amiga and then somehow make the games boot off a rom of some sort. Never had a good hard look at it though.
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Use PCMCIA cards and access the files on your Amiga :-D
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i think sd or cf devices are the new cartridge based systems. no load time on emu games for psp/ gp2x cards.
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I love my old Atari 2600!
Nothing like a good game of KABOOM!
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i've got 2 of them. i sold the best one and 50 games. took up way too much space. and a pain to set up especially as some tv's display them badly. to think "all" that fits on one sd card!!!
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Making a notebook out of the Minimig might be a good hack and I think it is very possible.
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Whip Rush on the Sega Megadrive is still my all time favourite game. I can now also play it on the Amiga using AmiGenerator 8-)
(Whip Rush is like T-Zer0 but it appears that no-one else has ever heard of it :lol:)
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I wondered what it would be like to put a cartridge port on the A500. The NeoGeo had up to 330 megabits at least. (40 Megabytes is 320 mbits)
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DS is doing alright (understatement), if you consider it a console.
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I never liked them, cartridges were too expensive and small capacity.
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C64G
cost reduction gone mad :)
http://www.homecomputer.de/images/machines/Commodore_Game_System_Large.jpg
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@ddniUK
It is not a bad looking machine, but there is better, imo.
It sounds like a rehash of older tech.
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beller wrote:
I love my old Atari 2600!
Nothing like a good game of KABOOM!
:bow:
The 2600 rules !!!! :-D
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trekiej wrote:
@ddniUK
It is not a bad looking machine, but there is better, imo.
It sounds like a rehash of older tech.
c64gs was just a C64 without the keyboard datasette and serial ports.
You cold already use cartridges in a normal C64 so the whole thing was pointless. Clearly aimed at master system fans
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foleyjo wrote:
c64gs was just a C64 without the keyboard datasette and serial ports.
You cold already use cartridges in a normal C64 so the whole thing was pointless. Clearly aimed at master system fans
The Master System was more powerful then the C64 except for the sound that was very crappy and Sega didn't release the FM add-on outside of Japan. The Amiga was what got the attention of Sega fans, it made the SMS look totally primitive and the Genesis didn't come out till '89 in the US.
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Belial6 wrote:
Are you talking about designing your own system? If so, you should just use the MiniMig, and call the SD memory a "cartridge". This would give you a cartridge based game console with specs almost identical to a NeoGeo. If you want a more "cartridgy" feel, then replace the SD cards with Compact Flash.
If you want a really powerful console, forget the Minimig and go with either the Natami (http://www.natami.net/index.htm) with its SuperAGA chipset or, if you don't mind running your Amiga stuff in an emulator, the Pandora (http://www.openpandora.org/) hand-held will be a welcome addition to any developer's toybox.
Note: Both are close to being released so it's probably not worth starting over from scratch just to find somebody else is doing what you wanted to do.