Announcing the 64drive nearing completion

**nesworld** · 05-26-2011

Just a small reply to what you're asking... I've tested it with a Kingston 16gb CF and it worked :-)

I really see no reason why anyone would want to change the menu, it's nice and slick looking - kept simple which is awesome.

Also, no saves ever saved on the "N64 itself", but on the cartridge of controllerpak. These cartridge saves will be written to the CF in a "saves" directory. Who knows what the future will bring regarding Controllerpak.

The 64drive won't let you down, it's so easy to use :-)

**Lady Eklipse** · 05-26-2011

So the testing seems to be over... Does anybody have an idea when is it coming out?

**nesworld** · 05-26-2011

afaik testing isn't over... bugs are still being ironed out and new features added.

**mdmx** · 05-26-2011

Originally Posted by nesworld

afaik testing isn't over... bugs are still being ironed out and new features added.

could you test if it's possible to save in Dezaemon 3D? The game has a different SRAM size. thanks in advance :)

**nesworld** · 05-26-2011

Well Marshallh is still working on flashram... so there's not much point in testing Dezaemon now.

**stefan.iro** · 05-27-2011

Originally Posted by mdmx

could you test if it's possible to save in Dezaemon 3D? The game has a different SRAM size. thanks in advance :)

That´s what I am looking for, t^oo^ !

**nesworld** · 05-27-2011

Why is Dezaemon so important?.... wouldn't it be easier just to buy that one game?

**Lady Eklipse** · 05-27-2011

and why not to know whether you have to buy that game or not?
Update: Just read this in Wiki:

Dezaemon 3D (Japanese title: デザエモン3D) is a game creator for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1998. The game was one in which one could design their own shooting game levels similar to the levels shown in Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth. The game had nearly limitless options, from creating the stage boss or adding a custom soundtrack for each level.

So, according to this, first it is a Japanese cart and 64drive is region-free, so owners of US and EU consoles don't have to buy a pricey Japanese version of N64 or a glitchy hardware region changer.
Second, saving your progress in creating your own game is much better to do on a compact flash card to share the results then in the Internet. I can't even imagine how can it save on a 256k memory Pak... and how you dump the save from Pak to PC. 64drive would make these things much easier, even if you have this cartridge (which is also rare, I can't find it on eBay).

**stefan.iro** · 05-27-2011

Originally Posted by nesworld

Why is Dezaemon so important?.... wouldn't it be easier just to buy that one game?

First:
The 64drive would be the only cart to support 768kb SRam. That´s someting that really adds valour to the cart!

Second:
Lady Eclipse is right. It would be so much easier to share self designed games. :thumbsup:
Currently there is no way to share your games, maybe Dezaemon DD will make this possible, but not for now...

**Lady Eklipse** · 05-27-2011

thanks, but I'm Eklipse.

**marshallh** · 06-02-2011

Results from beta test are mostly done. ready to go :)

**Evotistical** · 06-02-2011

What country will they be made in?

**derekb** · 06-02-2011

marshall will your cart be using the same sort of save setup as Everdrive is using, wherein you have to reset before poweroff to backup the save data, or is 64Drive going to save like a regular cart and just backup when needed

**pcc10** · 06-04-2011

Will we need to format the Compact Flash card into 2GB partitions like the ZD64 CF Mod requires or can we put everything into one big partition?

And will the partition need to be FAT or FAT 32?

Thanks. Looking forward to the release.

**nesworld** · 06-05-2011

I have a 16gig cart as one big partition... (64drive tester)

**pcc10** · 06-05-2011

Originally Posted by nesworld

I have a 16gig cart as one big partition... (64drive tester)

Great! Thanks. Is it formatted Fat or FAT 32?

**DarthCloud** · 06-05-2011

Originally Posted by pcc10

Great! Thanks. Is it formatted Fat or FAT 32?

I bet FAT32, since FAT is limited to 2GB IIRC ;)

**Chilly Willy** · 06-05-2011

Originally Posted by DarthCloud

I bet FAT32, since FAT is limited to 2GB IIRC ;)

If you change the clump size, you can get 4GB out of FAT16, but that's the limit. Also, some systems won't read a 4GB formatted FAT16 card because they use signed arithmetic for the filesystem variables - 4GB FAT16 depends on unsigned.