lucifershalo Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 First, I must say that I am a cartridge consoles collector so my "dream" would be to have a MAME console the ideal would be an original case to house it but as I havent win the lottery, I am planning to put a PC into a case of Colecovision or other maybe.... for controllers I would like to use my X arcade stuff (double joystick and Trackball) but also DB9 plug joystick (if I am correct) like Colecovision, Atari 2600. Now as I like cartridge console, I would like the same "principal" here: like maybe an atari 2600 cart with a SD card at the end, it will plug into an empty (not electronic) atari slot , at the bottom of it would be a SD slot to plug it. The rom of the game would be on a Sd, one game (rom) per SD card. Now what would be ideal, is that when I plug the cart (and the SD card) the game gets loaded immediately.... I am not a programmer or a cant build those things a friend can but he wants all the technical and programming problems to be "resolved" first.... So I am open to suggestions, ideas, help thanks PS Ideally I would to play emulated pinball games the same way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Buy a Raspberry Pi. Make a Linux image on each SD card that auto-plays a specific emulator and specific game. Job's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 That's going to require a lot of SD cards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Lots of SD cards, very complicated, really not worth the trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I am not a programmer or a cant build those things a friend can but he wants all the technical and programming problems to be "resolved" first.... Solving a bunch of problems to get where you want to be is most of the the fun (to me) when you take on a project like this. The rest of the fun is playing it when its all working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 i would prefer the fun of playing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Buy a Raspberry Pi. Make a Linux image on each SD card that auto-plays a specific emulator and specific game. Job's done. Or perhaps a Linux image on each SD card that auto-plays a front-end for a specific emulator, and this front-end lets you select one game (in a list) that works with that emulator. Seems like that would cut down on the number of SD cards dramatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Lots of SD cards, very complicated, really not worth the trouble. a 256 Mb card is $ 3.00 thats ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Or perhaps a Linux image on each SD card that auto-plays a front-end for a specific emulator, and this front-end lets you select one game (in a list) that works with that emulator. Seems like that would cut down on the number of SD cards dramatically. yes, but that is going back to emulation and not being "cartridge" based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 a 256 Mb card is $ 3.00 thats ok lol only the beginning of your problems. I personally do not see this project to be worth it in any way but I look forward to you proving me wrong, good luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 lol only the beginning of your problems. I personally do not see this project to be worth it in any way but I look forward to you proving me wrong, good luck. thanks a lot for your encouragements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Currently building a MAME / Atari console... in a Flashback 4 case (I knew there actually is a use for them!) Raspberry Pi (I picked up three of these babies!) MiniPac Flashback 4 case About half-way done: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 all of you guys, OldSchoolR. , Pixelboy and now PacmanPlus gave me another idea... yes one Sd cart per game is not feasible what about different different flashback mame console each for a different type of controller one paddle dedicated console one rotary one trackball etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 one pinball and some dedicated ones like one console for vector games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Ok - console finished. This worked out quite well... The biggest issue I had was realizing that 'advmame' for debian linux treats the miniPAC keyboard as a *completely separate keyboard*. I.e. your 'regular' keyboard is keyboard 1, and the miniPAC is keyboard 2 and must be assigned as such. (i.e. if advmame is set to use keyboard 1 'esc' and you hit 'esc' on keyboard 2 it won't register.) Anyway, I'm going to create another SD card for stella, and a third for the atari800 emulator (in 5200 mode). The joystick ports are for standard atari 2600 joysticks, and I replaced the 'irda' port in the middle with one of the USB ports. Pics: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Holy cow Bob...that's cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Will the Pi not read an 8GB or 16GB SD card? Hell an 8GB card is $6 and a 16GB card is $10 at Wal-Mart. One for MAME. One for all Nintendo and Sega. One for all the classics. Feasible? EDIT: Was just reading up on this and found a couple interesting things/ideas. 1) There are users that have been using 64GB SD cards with no issue. While some in the thread argue against it wirelessmonk (next to last post) states he is doing it no problem. 2) Same thread. Last post. Set up the SD card with Linux then use an external HDD to store files. PacManPlus - Is there enough room in your case to mount an external USB drive perhaps? That would still keep it all in one case and keep the slimline Atari look. Just some curiosity I had. I am giving this one some serious thought now. I certainly don't need another emulation system but I love gadgets. Edited January 27, 2013 by ClassicGMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thank guys! @ClassicGMR: I don't think there is enough room for a hard drive in that case (even a 2.5")... Also for heat buildup (unless you put a small fan in there with some holes... That being said I didn't worry too much about fitting anything else in there while making this one... Your mileage may vary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnieg Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 The obvious benefit I can see using a Flashback for case is no recessed cartridge slot like the 2600 jr I am using, I'm definitely going to have to hack it away to do what I want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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