Turbografx-16 & PC-Engine Reproduction Hucards & Cases Now for Sale!!!!

[ichigobankai]

So by the time you add a microcontroller, rom to hold the boot loader thingy, and additional rom for multiple games it'll look exactly the same as these and not cost any more?  Sweet!

You seems to speak about something you do not understand, so i will not spent time in technical explanation.
I've used and make code for few µC past years.
Like bankswitching for games or far more advanced things (mappers).
The main problem with a physical switch is its reliability...

With a very tiny pic you can make nice little things, like this compilation :
(gameboy / megaman xtreme 1 & 2 (translations)/ cycle with on-off)

[thesteve]

no need for uC or menu rom for power cycle switching
a dual flip-flop and a few supporting parts will do it for 4 games

[Necromancer]

You seems to speak about something you do not understand, so i will not spent time in technical explanation.

Unless these hueys already contain those extra parts, I don't need a technical understanding of how things work to understand that more parts means a redesign and more cost.

I've used and make code for few µC past years.
Like bankswitching for games or far more advanced things (mappers).
The main problem with a physical switch is its reliability...

Like I said in my previous post (but you couldn't be bothered to read), it'd be okay if it was used for something as simple as a power cycled multi-rom cart.  It's when you go beyond two (maybe four) games and add a boot menu that you end up with something that no longer feels like a huey (in use, not physically).

But whatever floats your boat, man.  You're the genius here.

[technozombie]

I'm away from the board for awhile and miss this awesomeness.

[ichigobankai]

Unfortunately, I'm far to be a "genius"...
And i'm agree, with the "cycle system", do not put more than 4 games.

with the pic, you can make an interesting thing (that i've already used in other systems like master system, megadrive(genesys), super nintendo...)
Use the reset line to switch games (and save the state in the pic memory).
When you power cycle, the games loaded will always be the same unless you make a reset. (run+select on pce/tg if i'm not wrong)
the pic cost is completely out of problem (less than 1$, what a joke) and 100% free if you use the microchip samples parts.

Maybe turbokon will use this kind of thing in a future version.

I'll stop writing here, i think i've already polluted his thread.

PS. yes for the flip flops, but as you stated it can not work alone, so a pic is more easy to integrate (8 pins, far more than 4 games).

[thesteve]

as for run-select as reset, its a software reset and not supported in hardware

[Punch]

Less than $1, time to program and test microcontroller, time to redesign hucard, possible expansion in area and/or thickness of the board possibly requiring new plastic mold for something that people might not need/want.

What a joke !

[MotherGunner]

Goes to show I've been away for too long.  Fantastic work on these!

[turbokon]

Did somebody asked for terra cresta ii?

[johnnykonami]

That looks tight.  So you can set these PCE titles to playback on a US system, right?

[Duo_R]

Can I get a Keith Courage game hacked to say "Kanye West in Alpha Zone" on the title screen? Lol

[turbokon]

That looks tight.  So you can set these PCE titles to playback on a US system, right?

That's correct.

[turbokon]

Can I get a Keith Courage game hacked to say "Kanye West in Alpha Zone" on the title screen? Lol

You betcha if you can get somebody to hack the rom[emoji6]

[wilykat]

If you're going to hack the title screen, be sure the hack the player sprite to better match a black guy not a white boy.

[Duo_R]

Can we have a Taylor Swift cameo?