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Which Option Do You Prefer For Darksoft's Neo-Geo Multigame Cartridge?
I'm making a small FAQ to avoid answering and answering again the same questions....
The goal at this moment is to have a cartridge based on FPGA+DDR that can hold 4 games at a time. I'm striking at the moment with the PROM bus which seems to be very fast, so I'm optimizing code and timing. I want this option to be 100% similar to an original cartridge, however if I see that this is not possible, I may have to switch back to Flash Roms. The cost of each solution is similar for the end user. The advantage of FPGA+DDR is that it will load a game in less than 10 seconds and can hold 4 games at the same time and the ARM+Flash (like STV Multi or CPS2 Multi) will load load the biggest game in 120 seconds and can only hold one game.
FPGA+DDR version always has to load when you power up, but ARM+Flash has zero load time, once the flash has been programmed.
I will not emulate any encryption hardware, the romsets will need to be decrypted to run.
I will also not add support for any new games like NG Dev Team. I will actually introduce some routines to stop them from working. I hope this is clear.
There will be 2 cartridges, one for AES and another for MVS. The design is 99-99% identical.
Cartridges will come with a plastic case like original MVS/AES Games.
It's still not clear if the cartridge will come with a menu incorporated like the chinese ones or will come with a LCD extension as usual.
Price without plastic shell will be around 400 USD.
Which Option Do You Prefer For Darksoft's Neo-Geo Multigame Cartridge?
I'm making a small FAQ to avoid answering and answering again the same questions....
The goal at this moment is to have a cartridge based on FPGA+DDR that can hold 4 games at a time. I'm striking at the moment with the PROM bus which seems to be very fast, so I'm optimizing code and timing. I want this option to be 100% similar to an original cartridge, however if I see that this is not possible, I may have to switch back to Flash Roms. The cost of each solution is similar for the end user. The advantage of FPGA+DDR is that it will load a game in less than 10 seconds and can hold 4 games at the same time and the ARM+Flash (like STV Multi or CPS2 Multi) will load load the biggest game in 120 seconds and can only hold one game.
FPGA+DDR version always has to load when you power up, but ARM+Flash has zero load time, once the flash has been programmed.
I will not emulate any encryption hardware, the romsets will need to be decrypted to run.
I will also not add support for any new games like NG Dev Team. I will actually introduce some routines to stop them from working. I hope this is clear.
There will be 2 cartridges, one for AES and another for MVS. The design is 99-99% identical.
Cartridges will come with a plastic case like original MVS/AES Games.
It's still not clear if the cartridge will come with a menu incorporated like the chinese ones or will come with a LCD extension as usual.
Price without plastic shell will be around 400 USD.