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macwest
06-03-2005, 03:57 AM
hi eveyone just received in a nintendo gateway 64. Interesting piece of hardware. Controller that hooks up has what looks like a phone cord

here are some pics

http://www.macleodwestern.com/gate1.JPG
http://www.macleodwestern.com/gate2.JPG
the_steadster
06-03-2005, 05:56 AM
Nice. Thats the hotel system i guess - There was a big discussion here a while back about it.

anything you know about the system - its operation etc.?
macwest
06-03-2005, 10:08 AM
Per nintendo..

"gateway is one palyer only. Multiplayer options are not supported on the gateway 64SRam is used as a temporary storage media only in the gatway 64 system. The gateway 64 system uses dram as a game program memory rather than the mask rom used in the N64. When a guest finishes the game play, the dram is purged"
the_steadster
06-03-2005, 10:24 AM
So basically, theres a server somewhere with the game images on, and each time a guest orders a game, it's sent to the system to be executed locally?

How big is the dram for storing games?

heres the thread from aaaaages ago when it was being discussed:
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=824
Topic Archive
06-03-2005, 02:07 PM
Very nice, thanks for sharing those piccy's, I've never seen a controller like that before m8.
Borman
06-03-2005, 05:46 PM
Yep, I see them, along with PS1 versions in hotels pretty often. Can you actually get it to run games though?
macwest
06-03-2005, 06:21 PM
Yep, I see them, along with PS1 versions in hotels pretty often. Can you actually get it to run games though?

Just arrived last night so have not had a chance to try. ALthough I am pretty confident it will since I know who sold it to me and what work he has done in game programming.
abionic
06-03-2005, 07:58 PM
i have the controller, but nothing to attach it to :(
AntiPasta
06-05-2005, 07:34 AM
I am damn curious how the PSX versions work... N64 can be romulated rather easily using SRAM (as mentioned above) but how would that work on the PSX....
Greatsaintlouis
06-05-2005, 05:13 PM
Amazing, there really was a N64 system designed to work behind those Lodgenet systems. I wonder where the system itself was located, though - I never ran into anything that looked even close to large enough to hold ~70 of those things. I wonder if the units were contained inside the television sets - if I remember correctly, they were all a certain brand of Zenith TV.
hl718
06-05-2005, 10:41 PM
I am damn curious how the PSX versions work... N64 can be romulated rather easily using SRAM (as mentioned above) but how would that work on the PSX....

The PSX versions actually run all the way back to an equipment cage filled with PSX units with games. Silly as it sounds, when playing those you are really playing on a standard unit with a set of really long cords. The authentication interface sits between you and PSX and basically makes the proper conenctions after you've been billed.

-hl718
macwest
06-06-2005, 02:49 PM
The PSX versions actually run all the way back to an equipment cage filled with PSX units with games. Silly as it sounds, when playing those you are really playing on a standard unit with a set of really long cords. The authentication interface sits between you and PSX and basically makes the proper conenctions after you've been billed.

-hl718

If I can get it working Maybe I can charge to play to my kids friends. There parents would love me. :) hehehehe
ASSEMbler
06-06-2005, 03:23 PM
It looks like a standard n64 board with the special cartridge on top of it, I wish I could compare them side by side.

Is that port lan or rj11?
AntiPasta
06-06-2005, 04:37 PM
The PSX versions actually run all the way back to an equipment cage filled with PSX units with games. Silly as it sounds, when playing those you are really playing on a standard unit with a set of really long cords. The authentication interface sits between you and PSX and basically makes the proper conenctions after you've been billed.

-hl718

Ah, interesting. I thought they would've accomplished it in a somewhat more leet fashion (perhaps finally some first-party use of the expansion connector) but alas.
macwest
06-07-2005, 05:31 PM
It looks like a standard n64 board with the special cartridge on top of it, I wish I could compare them side by side.

Is that port lan or rj11?

The controller connects to a black box via a rj-11 plug. The black box is connected with a plug similar to a microphone plug. There is also another rj-11 plug on the top board.