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Braintrash
Enthusiast
I wouldn't mind an official support for NGit's not just the space that is a potential issue.. It's the piracy component. NGEV does some amazing work, and making it possible to put their games on this new flash cart opens up some pretty bad arguments/discussions/possibilities for everyone in this scene that does homebrew.
EV games. Like, I pay a licence fee and I get an official ROM (either with some DRM tying it to my registered flash card of with my ID bounded into the ROM for prosecution if I share it). Some carts are sold out and won't be remade, and many people just won't buy a cart but would still pay a fee to legally play the game.
I want to say that I read in one of the many threads around that they have been approached for official support for something like this in the past and refused. But yes, a system like this would be awesome. ArcadeSD does this with D2K. Basically, each board has a serial number which you enter when you go to a purchase site to buy the game license. You serial is verified and your game is unlocked. Do a n update to your ArcadeSD board and the game is then available.
As I mentioned before. NG
EV told me that their games are bigger than the regular game, so thats enough as no game will fully load.
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jassin000
I will never support software lockouts... I really want this cart, but most importantly I really want this cart open!
Serial numbers unlocking legal downloads? Is this really what WE want for the arcade enthusiast community???
I'm asking ^!
I do support the cart being unable to load NGDEV games because of size limitations, so long as said limitation has no effect on loading original MVS/AES games.
I can see how that would be unpopular (mainly among people who want to play NGDEV games). I do not see this as Darksoft's problem, or why he should provide a solution (aka you should be asking NGDEV for reprints/whatever).
Serial numbers unlocking legal downloads? Is this really what WE want for the arcade enthusiast community???
I'm asking ^!
I do support the cart being unable to load NGDEV games because of size limitations, so long as said limitation has no effect on loading original MVS/AES games.
I can see how that would be unpopular (mainly among people who want to play NGDEV games). I do not see this as Darksoft's problem, or why he should provide a solution (aka you should be asking NGDEV for reprints/whatever).
synbiosfan
Enthusiast
NG DEV games aren't a big deal to me.
It will work with a Unibios I hope. I'm no longer a true arcade gamer as I like to pause a game for whatever real life throws at me.
Tell me how fun it is trying to finish MS 3 without a break.
It will work with a Unibios I hope. I'm no longer a true arcade gamer as I like to pause a game for whatever real life throws at me.
Tell me how fun it is trying to finish MS 3 without a break.
I honestly can't name any NG DEV game. That's how out of the Neo-Geo loop I am at the moment....
Braintrash
Enthusiast
Working for free, is that you want ? Open is one thing, but it can't justify not supporting people working hard to provide the said community...
If the NG DEV were the same size as your standard library of Neo games then the cart would have the ability to play them. I'm sure there would be no software lock. Especially after the whole debacle at a few of the other forums regarding the CPS2 kit and the phoenix block. I will not start that argument over here again but we never should have agreed to it. The only good thing that came from that situation is these forums. We play by our own rules here and answer to no one when we decide to do certain things with our projects. We want to take lots of peoples ideas into consideration but if someone tries to dictate to us how we MUST do things we will not so kindly tell them to fuck off.
We do want to support other people in the arcade scene and luckily the rom size is a fortunate way to not have to deal with any blocks and keep the independent devs happy.
We do want to support other people in the arcade scene and luckily the rom size is a fortunate way to not have to deal with any blocks and keep the independent devs happy.
chrisapple
Student
MVS Multi. I can't wait to get 1 with LCD.
silverfox0786
Student
TAKE MY MONEY
I'm definitely in for one of these.
My only suggestion/request would be to make it not as picky as the multi-CPS-II on which memory cards it accepts.
And that it wouldn't be as confused by foreign files. Like the .DS_Store files that OSX creates. Possibly just have it ignore files that it's not expecting...
My only suggestion/request would be to make it not as picky as the multi-CPS-II on which memory cards it accepts.
And that it wouldn't be as confused by foreign files. Like the .DS_Store files that OSX creates. Possibly just have it ignore files that it's not expecting...
totoroslayer
Beginner
I'd definitely be down for 1. As a feature request, would it be possible to re-engineer the firmware flashing method from the Multi-cps2? Having to solder in a bunch of stuff just to update the firmware is a little hard.
silverfox0786
Student
there are only 2 ways you can update firmware when using one of those ST chips that Pablo uses, and any for that matter
1. completely DE-solder the chip, clean it with solder wick and then find an adaptor and programmer for it that will program it. then solder it back in (hot air re work)
or
2. do the easy way of a few soldered pins & make a easy cable and buy a discovery for £12 delivered
there is no 3rd way (but maybe Pablo can pre-solder the pins in for us in future runs)
I already have an idea for this. I'll run it by darksoft.
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