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No, but I have one of these:

and one of these:

Both are pretty cool.

I want limbo and Bastion.
Trade ya:
The Basement Collection
Legend of Grimrock
and
Shank 2

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(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

HWAAAAAH~

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THEN COMMENCE!

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The most difficult part about putting an aruidnoboy or teensy whatchamacallit inside of your boy is not the soldering and it is not the programming. The most difficult part is the drilling. Are you prepared to drill two 1 inch holes in the side of your Boy? If you don't have the perfect drill bit and a steady hand, you're in for some disappointment.

If you're up for that, we can help you with the rest.

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(274 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

thursdaycustoms wrote:

Just popping in to say this is rad. I've been ultra lazy on my programmer...

You sure have man! I was really wanting to build my own into a transfer pak shell but you slacked off. tongue
I didn't want to steal the idea though.

kineticturtle wrote:

Don't forget this: http://thretris.blogspot.com/2009/12/ga … c-osx.html !

Nice, I'll add a link in my tut. Lol at those comments. lol

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(274 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

In any case, I wrote a tutorial on how to use the board. Even as straightforward as it is, you might forget to do something (like erasing ROM before writing it). tongue
http://jazz-disassemblies.blogspot.com/

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(7 replies, posted in Releases)

Whoa @ Tragedienne (The Last Stand). yikes

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DSC wrote:

Really funny as I don't see Barbie even listed.  FUN-e shit.

It actually has only 5 games or so. Barbie, Mario Land, Dr. Mario and the others are repeated under different names. lol
It is probably the worst pirate cart ever and it does have Barbie. It is the first, last and several places in between.

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(274 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Looking at the hex files and comparing the pirate with the official Barbie, there are all sorts of differences. Differences in the header, and many difference in the blank spaces.

The gameplay however is identical.

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12ianma wrote:

How large is the Barbie rom (in actual bytes not in read size)? my guess is it's a custom bank controller (in the cart) that addresses different parts of one rom file. Maybe loads them to ram? any chance of a pic of board? You could also put a cap between +5v and ground (on cart) to test the "rom gets loaded to ram" idea. although I doubt it would do that anyway, I'd only expect a flashcart that loaded games off of external memory to do such things.

Elaborate on the capacitor idea. How do you figure?

you will notice a soldered jumper on the back of the board. At one point, this jumper had been connected to GND. Was it used to pull /WE low?

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kineticturtle wrote:

Have you tried loading a diff. Game then dumping again?

Most definitely. I have dumped every game at my fingertips! It is just the pirate cart that tricks the programmer as sort of an anti-piracy measure...though they are the pirates. lol

DaRkO wrote:
Jazzmarazz wrote:

So you have to cut off the mounting tab too? Not interested I guess. Sounds like that would compromise the strength of the connector.

As for my boards, I am still just programming one after the other and have finally finished the tutorial on my blog. Part 2 will be on the useage of the board, so everyone can benefit.

Funny story, I used it to dump a pirate cartridge I got from a friend over-seas. It is a 32-in-1 cart but when you dump the ROM it is only Barbie! The pirates played a trick on me! The game only works on actual hardware. lol


Yeah unfortunately, I have done so before though and the connectors are still rock solid as that tab hardly does anything, the main thing it stops is people ripping the connector clean off if they yank the cart directly up, there are also two holes which can be used as screw holes directly beneath the connector on some revisions, just have to use precise length screws. Other revisions use and little plastic through hole poles. But yeah it's a bit of a muck around.

And that pirate cart haha tongue

Rock solid eh? That is good to hear, because I am always weary. God forbid my first or second product be a failure because of a single component!

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So you have to cut off the mounting tab too? Not interested I guess. Sounds like that would compromise the strength of the connector.

As for my boards, I am still just programming one after the other and have finally finished the tutorial on my blog. Part 2 will be on the useage of the board, so everyone can benefit.

Funny story, I used it to dump a pirate cartridge I got from a friend over-seas. It is a 32-in-1 cart but when you dump the ROM it is only Barbie! The pirates played a trick on me! The game only works on actual hardware. lol

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Indeed.

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Harry Potter has 32KB, just saying. tongue
It was one of the carts I tested on a completed GB programmer board.

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Well talk after these are sent out. I will definately need a new project to occupy my time.
The z80 boards are much more simple component- and construction-wise.

I am really loving this bitbang thing nitro taught me about. It saved loads of time and assisted with component reduction. You can read all about it in my blog post.