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lorddoomicus
PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:03 am 
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The fine folks at playpower.org have made the famicom platform available to the US:

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails ... Code=MKPP1

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:25 am 
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lorddoomicus wrote:
The fine folks at playpower.org have made the famicom platform available to the US:

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails ... Code=MKPP1

- Derrik


Hmmm...that's interesting.

I hope they emulate an MMC1 or MMC3 cartridge. The stock NES basically expects its character graphics in ROM, and only carts that have a special MMC in them can use RAM for graphics.

(I did two projects on the NES in 1988-1989.)

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The idea is to be able to extend both ram and rom for programming purposes. QWe had good discussions :D

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Nightmaretony wrote:
The idea is to be able to extend both ram and rom for programming purposes. QWe had good discussions :D


QWe?

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We. No brain here and welcome in! :)

also, are the MMC patents expired yet?

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lorddoomicus wrote:
The fine folks at playpower.org have made the famicom platform available to the US:

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails ... Code=MKPP1

- Derrik


I just re-looked at the website and its on sale for $30 if anyone is intersted.

Edit - Its also out of stock so I may have been too late. There is a place to leave your email to be notified when more are available.
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lorddoomicus wrote:
The fine folks at playpower.org have made the famicom platform available to the US:

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails ... Code=MKPP1

- Derrik


I just re-looked at the website and its on sale for $30 if anyone is intersted.

Edit - Its also out of stock so I may have been too late. There is a place to leave your email to be notified when more are available.

The reviews are some what less than glowing

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Still has potential, am hoping the Playpower group can get the junk units weeded out, hope refunds can occur. would be better out here with a PS2 keyboard port and a tiny box instead. For developing countries where a ton can be shipped in for cheap, the entire unit would be a better bet.

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They are in stock again.

I'd be interested if it were possible to pull the ROM and install my own but I'm assuming it's probably soldered down.
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I think that they are using a die on board with an epoxy glob over it. The computer itself is a NOAC kind of thing. (nintendo on a chip). not sure how, I will still have to get one in general...

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Hi there, does anyone know any updates on PlayPower? The website seems less than maintained...
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