Flash cart development

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

Awesome, I can now see that we have the opportunity ahead of us as a community.
I volunteer to print off the labels, plastic cover then and cut them out., I could also design them but I think we all know whom should develop the label design for us.

[YoshiFan501]

i think the cover should be the famicomworld cart IMO

Post Merge: June 30, 2012, 11:20:15 PMhttp://www.sparkfun.com/categories/92 and here is some sockets for chips like the MMC1

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

Hmmm... Not a bad idea at all.
I also think we should now form a thread for the project; 80sFreak, that is up to you because this was all your idea.

[YoshiFan501]

Famicom ROM system
Famicom Flash System
FamiSD (if SD cards)
ComFlash

are my ideas

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

The third posting link looks like it may fit, .89 each if you buy 10+.
I am now quite jazzed up on this again, I hope these carts get developed as they would be the best!

How hard would it be to use a SD card?

[YoshiFan501]

they have sd card boards and micro if interested.
http://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=sd&what=products

[YoshiFan501]

ok. sd out re programmable chip in.

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

True, we should keep it priced for basically anyone's budget. Brilliant on the possibility of MMC3/NROM, that would be killer also.

Yes, SD card definitely out.

[YoshiFan501]

something you might like
http://www.callanbrown.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62:advanced-mmc3-nes-reproduction-tutorial&catid=36:home-console-projects&Itemid=61

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

http://callanbrown.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69:nes-custom-multicart-super-mario-all-stars&catid=36:home-console-projects&Itemid=61
This is an exceptional project design. Also if you make the carts NROM/MMC3 they could have SMB2J installed and that would be fantastic!

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

This project is mega awesome, but what I was saying is a pirate of smb2j is like $40 so this cart would be a big money saver and absolutely fantastic.

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

People would need the cable otherwise they are stuck with the same games forever. But I was thinking we jump the price to $65 to insure that all the treatments are given to the carts. People could print off the labels themselves and attach them.

[YoshiFan501]

we going serial or usb for cable

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

Could we wire up a usb transfer cord directly to the cartridge itself with one of those adapters that has a tether that is windable.
Is this a possibility?

[The Uninvited Gremlin]

Good as I find that this would be less costly then buying the expansion port adapters, I like the idea of cheapening the costs of the FamiFlash.

Actually, we should install a usb port on the cart itself where you can plug a cord into it yourself thus lowering the price even more.