We need a hero...

[nullity]

So...

Samiam and Elmer are cranking out translations.

Bernie and co. are cranking out Tobias booties left and right.

All these games and our Duos still only have 2kb save ram.

Who among us is man enough to hack out the Memorybase 128 management tool from Emerald Dragon and turn it into a translated ROM we can load from our everdrives? MB128 are still cheap, and I can't help but dream of a future where I can manage save banks and boot a system bios all from the same hucard, swapping discs only to change games.

* nullity casts glances in bonknuts' direction...
Anyone?

[Dicer]

Is it possible to hardwire more save space directly into a Duo?

Thought I saw this somewhere, but I can't be entirely positive...

[GohanX]

Peasants, just buy multiple Duos. One for every five games or so.

[elmer]

Who among us is man enough to hack out the Memorybase 128 management tool from Emerald Dragon and turn it into a translated ROM we can load from our everdrives? MB128 are still cheap, and I can't help but dream of a future where I can manage save banks and boot a system bios all from the same hucard, swapping discs only to change games.

If you've got an Everdrive ... is there some reason that you don't just want to move save data from the PCE to the SD card? That would seem to make the most sense.

Should be possible with either version of the TED ... just needs a programmer.

Now that CC65 is supposed to work on the PCE, it shouldn't be too difficult for any of the community's C programmers.

[SignOfZeta]

I can't program anything, but I'm man enough to just play through my games again if my save disappears. If the PCE had Six Man Scramble or Mario Maker it would be a different story, but few if any of these kinds of games exist on the system. What are you going to do, beat Dracula X once? I clear it every year. If there is an RPG I like, unless I'm saving before cinemas (which I used to do all the time) I don't see what good a four year old save file is for a game I can barely remember at that point. If I beat it, the only way to enjoy the game more is usually to beat it again. I can't think of any New Game + RPGs on PCE. If it's an incomplete, years old save for an RPG, I know I'll never finish it without starting over.

I arrived at this conclusion after losing my saves many times and realizing it doesn't matter. The only save I actually make a point to keep around is the Force Gear unlock for Tokimeki, and I have a CD-R with that on it.

I don't want to discourage a good idea like this, I'm just trying to spread the world that losing a PCE save isn't as tragic as it sounds, partly because the amount of save space is so tiny that it really can't store anything important.

[Bonknuts]

Who among us is man enough to hack out the Memorybase 128 management tool from Emerald Dragon and turn it into a translated ROM we can load from our everdrives?

 That would be ccovell. ;>_>

[Bonknuts]

I got other stuffs I'm working on. Too much food on the plate, and the gravy is going to pour over the edge. And nobody wants that.

[sirhcman]

So...

Anyone?

I'm here. Close the thread!

[ccovell]

Who among us is man enough to hack out the Memorybase 128 management tool from Emerald Dragon and turn it into a translated ROM we can load from our everdrives?

 That would be ccovell. ;>_>

This coming from the guy who made a nes cart play on a pce cd?!

* nullity makes hailing-esque eyes at ccovell...

You'd better get that thing fixed.

[TheOldMan]

I nominate ccovell, too....But not to hack a memory base128.

What would it take to use your rs232 code to send/receive a text file (ie, hex digits) to/from the pce?
A cable can be hacked together, and for those without rs232 an rs232->usb converter used. I like the idea of having my saves on a computer more than on a mb128; no batteries to worry about, etc.

Just give it some thought.

[thesteve]

adding a save bank to a duo would be as simple as adding another chip and a switch between, done just like a sega multibios setup

[HailingTheThings]

Who among us is man enough to hack out the Memorybase 128 management tool from Emerald Dragon and turn it into a translated ROM we can load from our everdrives?

 That would be ccovell. ;>_>

This coming from the guy who made a nes cart play on a pce cd?!

Fixed.

[johnnykonami]

Thread soundtrack:

[ccovell]

I nominate ccovell, too....But not to hack a memory base128.

What would it take to use your rs232 code to send/receive a text file (ie, hex digits) to/from the pce?

Right now my PCEmon program can send/receive the BRAM as binary... What are any advantages to doing it in text/hex?

Of course right now typing "p0, <, c" gives you a hexdump of BRAM.

[Bonknuts]

All we need now is elmer or touko to nominate Chris, and it's a done deal