UltimateCart
SD-card multicart for Atari 8-bit computers (by robinhedwards)
PicoBoot
Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) based IPL replacement modchip for GameCube (by webhdx)
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| UltimateCart | PicoBoot | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51 | |
| 100 | 1,077 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 8.2 | |
| over 1 year ago | 24 days ago | |
| Eagle | Python | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
UltimateCart
Posts with mentions or reviews of UltimateCart.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-19.
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PicoCart64: Nintendo 64 flash cart using a Raspberry Pi RP2040
The UnoCart is the Atari 800 version of this:
https://github.com/robinhedwards/UnoCart
Uses an STM32, a tight loop responds to changes on the Atari's address bus to emulate a ROM, all through STM32 GPIO. Atari 800 has a 1.8 MHz bus, but it's still cool that microcontrollers are fast enough for this to work.
Alternative is to use an FPGA, the UltimateCart:
PicoBoot
Posts with mentions or reviews of PicoBoot.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-26.
- Picoboot question
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Raspberry Pi-based mods for retro consoles/computers
Consoles: 1. PSX Pi SMP Share - lets you play games from USB device on your PS2, using Pi and Ethernet cable. Perfect solution for slim PS2 consoles. Video review 2. Gamecube Picoboot - use Pi Pico as modchip with built-in Swiss; lets you play GB backups. Video review
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The GameCube controller adapter for the Nintendo Switch works natively plugged into the Dock.
A Raspberry Pi Pico with picoboot and either an official SD Card adapter or an SD-Gecko (both go in memory card slot), or an SD2SP2 (goes in serial port 2 on the bottom, doesn't work on DOL-101 GameCube). Requires soldering, but relatively easy.
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New PicoBoot v0.2 release
Grab new PicoBoot release here: https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot/releases/tag/v0.2 and be sure to read update instructions.
Yes. Please refer to update guide in the repository: https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot/wiki/Updating-PicoBoot
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PicoCart64: Nintendo 64 flash cart using a Raspberry Pi RP2040
Have you see the RP2040 based GameCube modchip?
- I installed the Pico Boot mod into my Gamecube. I can now finally boot into Swiss without a disc.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing UltimateCart and PicoBoot you can also consider the following projects:
swiss-gc - Swiss - The swiss army knife of GameCube homebrew
N64-FRAM-Memory-Pak
betterww - Better Wind Waker
FlappyBird-N64 - Clone of Flappy Bird for Nintendo 64 built using the open source LibDragon SDK. Original game design, graphics, and sound effects created by .GEARS