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Good greif. If I know anything from college, I know this: Do not, under any circumstances, underestimate the power of free food. As a fat-slob/non-musician type of guy I can certainly understand where free food on the road is probably a totally sweet idea. And yeah, it's not selling out, it's CASHING IN! WOOO!

Oh dear, all the dreaded questions all at the same time! Well except for one.

When will there be a tutorial: I don't know. When the beta is over.
Price for programmed chip: I don't know.
Besides beta carts will there be more: Yes, most definitely. But not until it all gets released.

Other questions people might ask:
Can I preorder one: No.
Can I come to your house for $1500: NO. Just no. XD

Well, it's not a gyromite donor, even though you can see the case from a gyromite, that's just so I don't have to cut another case with slots. You'll need an SNROM donor. I suggest Shingen the Ruler or Bard's Tale.

Thanks guys!

Another update, this time with pictures:

First, a picture of the first fully completed Munchausen beta cartridge. This is cart #1, and it's fully functional. You may also notice that the label is a little off. This was unavoidable, as the labels were accidentally printed wrong. So it makes it more "unique" I guess.

This is what the beta cartridges (or rather, beta #1) look like on the inside.

The next two are pictures of the newly completed (and fully functional) Famicom prototype version of the Munchausen cartridge. It's pictured with one of the Famicom to NES adapters found inside of some Gyromite games. Many thanks to Analog for donating the adapter for testing.

Alright, just a few updates for now, with pictures coming along a bit later:

First of all, the hardware is working much better now. Both Sharp and NEC variants seem to be working, and the code just needs some quick cleanup and the beta will be out the door! By removing the MMC1 disable it was possible to remove the primary failure point and simultaneously make the hardware simpler to build. As soon as I have some beta carts put together I can show you all what those look like.

Secondly, I have begun work today on the Famicom version, right now I am tracing out the PCB so I can then make the necessary alterations. I'll have pictures of that hopefully soon as well.

Last of all, the Munchausen project has made it's way to Hackaday!
http://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/munchaus … rogrammer/

OK, well I just looked over the whole works quickly, and it doesn't look too bad. And by doesn't look too bad, it looks like a fine build, though because of the unified design I would not be able to afford to build it myself. XD I have all the tools, including a programming device for the PICs.

I also have a plethora of C64 PSUs and also 2 spare SIDs to get started with. So Neil, if you are interested in getting this built by me please PM me and we can discuss details. Obviously this is a big and expensive project and you'll want to talk about things, and I understand if you want to get it done by a more experienced builder too.

EDIT: I also looked at the SmashTV kits, and they look like a very very good deal to me. The baseboard parts kit can come with a pre-programmed PIC, but that's probably not necessary. As for the control surface board, he doesn't offer a kit of that, probably because the encoders / leds / display are all essentially customizable and it would be a big mess. But he does offer the PCB. And for a PCB that complex, $20 is a steal.

I have some NTSC C64s around, but they need testing. PM me, we can work something out. I'll be quite cheap, as I got a whole bunch of them free from Low-Gain, though they all probably need some kind of work done. I know at least 2 of them worked last time I played with them, but I don't remember if those had any issues.