EverDrive

[NEG]

Wasn't sure where to ask with no EverDrive thread so I figured I'd make one.

EverDrives are flash carts made for retro consoles, as a brief summary. The upside to using these is there is no emulation when using the original hardware for these old games.

Got a Master (System) Everdrive last year and only just started organizing the roms, but in two instances now certain roms crash:

Super Tetris (as soon as you press anything, otherwise it runs)

Street Fighter 2 (I got up to Balrog before it decided to crap out on me, God this looks amazing considering the hardware it's on, mind.)

I've got a 50/60hz and language mod on the system but far as I can tell, those are not affecting Tetris.

Is it just the case that the Everdrive may not be compatible with completely everything?

I've also been pondering how to organize the list when you switch it on because the roms show up twice (when I know they shouldn't)

[Lorfarius]

Have you tried different versions of those ROMs in case they are corrupt?

[SeanR]

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?31861-Review-SMS-Master-Everdrive-English

These are the only roms that I found not to work. I am only at OS 2 and I noticed it is on OS 4 currently so I will have to retry these once I upgrade:

Master System:

Asterix & The Great Rescue

Back to the Future 3

Baku Baku Animal (No control)

California Games 2

Chase H.Q (Graphic Glitch)

Cosmic Spacehead (Graphic Glitch)

Desert Strike (Graphic Glitch)

Home Alone (Graphic Glitch)

New Zealand Story (Graphic Glitch)

Operation Wolf (Graphic Glitch)

Predator (Graphic Glitch)

Prince of Persia

Rambo III (No Control)

Space Harrier (Graphic Glitch)

Speedball (Graphic Glitch)

Sports Pad Football (Controls are weird, might need "Sports Pad" to play)

Super Tetris

The Simpsons: Bart Vs. Space Mutants (Graphic Glitch)

Wanted (No control)

SG-1000:

The Castle

Kamikaze

Poseidon Wars - Space Panic - Rambo

see also: http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12123&highlight=super+tetris

(linked further down that thread)

[NEG]

Thanks, I'd found that thread (and the list) but not about Super Tetris specifically.

Not that I understand why it doesn't work.

No Tetris on the Master System for moi.

Now I wonder why Street Fighter exploded...

[NEG]

Figured I'd post some Everdrive vids while I'm here as a sort of knowledge base. I'll be able to afford the Mega ED one of these days! ::weeeep::

Only SD2SNES isn't made by the same guy, but I point it out because it (currently) does/plays more than the Super Everdrive.

Edit: Game Boy one currently in development.

[Camel]

I've got the PCE one and it is superb. My gf bought me a Harmony cartridge a couple of weeks back for my birthday, which does the same thing on an Atari 2600. I love modern retro technology

[Droo]

I can tell you that Aladdin on the Megadrive crashes out around level 4.

Which annoyed the piss out of me.

[klargon]

I have the standard Everdrive for the MD, SNES, N64 and GG. They each have their limitations, but are excellent for the price. Would pay a lot for an NGPC model.

[super_quincy]

Agreed, everdrives are awesome! I've got ones for megadrive, snes and PC engine. There was a thread about them a while back called the flash card thread or something

[gone fishin]

I got the Everdrive 64 when a group buy was organised on Amibay.

It's a nifty piece of kit. I was tempted to get a SNES one, but never got round to it....

[SMD]

What are the sort of prices and availability for these?

[Camel]

http://shop.retrogate.com

[SeanR]

http://shop.retrogate.com

gnnnn!

[Vimster]

Was tempted to get an MD one. Is it easy to mount in an old cartridge?

[SeanR]

I've been thinking about picking up a turbografx for £70 from

http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/

a turbo everdrive would be the icing on that particular cake.

[Camel]

Don't get a 50hz one.

[NEG]

Got mine from Stone Age gamer, for what it's worth got zero import duty, which was nice.

[Protocol Penguin]

Don't get a 50hz one.

General gaming rule: never get a 50Hz anything.

[SMD]

http://shop.retrogate.com

Cheers! How close do these run to the original cartridges?

[NEG]

No emulation involved because it's the original hardware being used.

[SMD]

Yes but some cartridges had their own chips, that's why I'm asking.

[Camel]

For the SNES, if you want maximum compatibility you'll want SD2SNES rather than Krikzz's Super Everdrive.

[SMD]

If I bought a Mega Everdrive, would I be able to play Master System games without the Power Base converter?

[Camel]

I believe so, yes. Be aware that there are two Everdrives for the MD; the Mega Everdrive and the Everdrive MD. I don't have either so you'll have to poke about on the net to find out the differences, but as I understand it, the Mega Everdrive is the better of the two.

[NEG]

Mega allows for quicker loading, 32x support (you'd of course still need the 32x itself) and is usable as a mega CD save data cart as well.

I believe the only incompatible game is virtual racer fx or whatever it was called (special chip cart)

[klargon]

I thought the standard Everdrive MD also supported 32x.

[super_quincy]

My standard everdrive supports 32x

[merrychan]

I'm really tempted by the PC Engine one, I was wondering does anyone know if I can use the MD variant to play all region mega cd games (US Snatcher) on a Wondermega M2?

[SMD]

I'm confused, how would an Everdrive make a Mega CD region free? Wouldn't it still need modding, along with the Mega Drive? I assumed it'd play all ROMs at 50Hz.

[super_quincy]

It plays roms at the console's clock speed. As for the mega cd you could load the datel cdx bios into its memory, but I don't think the cdx was compatible with the wondermega