Goldfinger 64

[nickfil]

Reguardless of if it is possible, it is unlikely that it is going to be put on carts. Homebrew and hacks tend to be very ambitious and never see the light of day. We will probably all be lucky and thankful if it coms out at all.

I just hope it emulates nicely on my wii

[Ziggy]

If you ever find that thread post it up, since I'd be really interested to hear what would make you unable to repro a cart.

This isn't the thread, but...

http://www.retroactive.be/64dev/forum/v ... 94a4bf3e51

That's the guy! I can't remember if that was the forum I read it on or not, but that's the guy. Not only do I remember the user name, but I recognize his PCB plans. Took me a while to find that! But now I'll try and find the exact thread I was reading...

edit: BOOM, found it

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28866

This dude seems to be VERY knowledgeable with the N64. He's aparently the site admin of the first link I posted. And when I googled his user name, I found a portable N64 that he made! lol

http://www.retroactive.be/l64/

[MrPopo]

So he doesn't go into too much detail, but if I'm reading it right there are essentially two issues. The first is that the ROM chips include decoding data for the mux that isn't part of the actual game code and isn't reproduced by dumping groups (it's just some circuitry on the mask rom before it reaches the game code). The second is sheer chip size on EEPROMs.

It sounds like it's not impossible, just infeasable. It isn't as simple as swapping out the existing ROM chips on an SNES board for the EEPROMs (and whatever other minor jiggary you do). It seems like you'd need some extra logic circuitry to impliment things. It really sounds like the N64 cartridge functions a bit more like a CPU than a RAM chip, like how the SNES does. Maybe when patents expire we'll see groups willing to create N64 carts like how they've been doing with Genesis stuff. It probably still wouldn't allow for Goldfinger 64 to be carted with a legal deal with Rare, but it would allow for new N64 carts to be released.