KungFuFlash VS Guide_3DS

Not Linux related, but I've been trying trying recent (at least to me..) C-64 accessories:

I've tried the "Kung Fu Flash"- it's a software defined cartridge that is cheap- just a single STM32 and can do pretty much everything. I bought this because I'm trying to duplicate the developer experience I see on "8-bit show and tell"- it can emulate the "super snapshot", but not the REU. It's a really nice way to quickly try a lot of C-64 software and games.

https://8bithardware.wixsite.com/website/post/kung-fu-flash

https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

I also have an SD2IEC: what I've learned is that it would have been useful to get a variant with an extra DIN socket. It's nice but I was never a fan of C-64's DOS and this reinforces it. To mount a D64 disk image you have to: OPEN1,8,15,"CD:MYIMAGE.D64":CLOSE1... yuck..

JiffyDOS (replacement ROM for the C-64) improves this (it's faster and includes a permanent DOS wedge), I bought one- it's on the way. I'm curious to try it with the real 1541 drive.

The advice I've seen regarding current videogames seems sound (particularly: Get a Steam account).

Here's some advice regarding C64:

>Floppy disk is incredibly slow

Floppy really is slow without a fastloader. I use EPYX fastload[0], as an emulated cartridge on kung-fu flash[1].

Also consider sd2iec[2] as an alternative to an actual floppy drive.

>it's super difficult to find new games (these floppy disks with games are crazy expensive on eBay)

Research TOSEC[3][4]. Some archives[5] are available at The Internet Archive.

And about retro-gaming in general:

>maybe using a multi-system platform like the Overcame console?

I suggest the miSTer[6], a multi-system FPGA solution, because it is open source and has the strongest ecosystem there is for this sort of thing.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx_Fast_Load

1. https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

2. https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/SD2IEC

3. https://www.tosecdev.org/

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSEC

5. https://archive.org/details/tosec

6. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Wiki_MiSTer/wiki

The fact that the KFF Helps doesn't seem to be electrically. The reset line is only connected to the Collector of a NPN Transistor, see Q1 in https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash/blob/master/hardware/KungFuFlash.pdf

Maybe Kung-Fu Flash will work with your system. It allows you to load cartridge files from a MicroSD card. So, you could have all of the fastloaders like FastLoad, Mach III, Super Snapshot, etc, on a single cartridge.

I use the Kung Fu Flash for loadin images; https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

I recommend modding the 3DS. Only because it adds so much features that the 3DS doesn't have now. On top of that, backing up the ROMs for your cartridges is great for long trips where you really don't want to bring every game you own, or just when you can't be bothered.

Homebrew your 3ds and put cfw on it (if you want to have an easy time rng abusing) Download Pcalc Download PKSM Inject the Zeraora event into your savefile with PKSM Download 3dsrngtool on your PC Watch the tutorial from Im a Blisy about wondercard rng

have you been following 3ds.hacks.guide?

You can homebrew your 3DS, it's surprisingly easy.

Restart the process following 3ds.hacks.guide instead