ST-V Multi cart

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www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?248092-ST-V-Multi-Game-Cartridge

darksoft quote - "I'm not sure in which category this post should go, so moderators, feel free to move it.

I've been working on the design of a ST-V multigame cartridge that reads games from SD Card and transfers them to cartridge own RAM and then will run like a normal ST-V cartridge.

The idea is to make it independent, so no change is needed in the BIOS. It will run transparently and will support most (if not all) games like Soukyugurentai, Golden Axe, Radiant Silvergun,etc. I still haven't decided if it will just run a fixed file name on bootup or it will have some buttons on the cartridge (LEFT, RIGHT, ENTER) so you can sort of navigate on the files of the SD Card. In the second case I should accomodate a small display listing the current filename.

I've been runing some numbers and in order to make sense at least 50 units should be made. Selling price would be around $200. This is a complete new PCB, not a conversion of an existing ST-V cartridge. There would probably be just one batch.

I'm just checking what is the interest of the people on this. If I go ahead, I'll make a list of people interested and I expect them to get one ))

Please avoid comments like I don't think it's a good idea, or I don't think people will buy it. Only comment if you'd be interested on getting one and what is your point of view about how it should look like.

Looking forward to your comments."

An interesting project that I thought some of you might be interested in!

[superdeadite]

Useful for those on a budget I suppose. But I don't see much of a point personally. Most STV carts are very cheap. Only about 5 or so go over $100, and only really 3 break $200. Which seems a lot to a console gamer, but any PCB collector will drop $100 on a board without thinking twice.

Plus there's the fact that STV has both horizontal and vertical games, as well as a few different control methods (JAMMA/Kick/Mahjong). It's a neat idea I suppose, but no real interest myself.

[mick_aka]

As has been said a good STV collection isn't a bank breaker so this would have to be cheap, perhaps £100 or less.

If that were the case I'd be interested in one, be nice to be able to retire my carts.

[darksoft]

Well this cartridge has many good things, like saving space for starters and making available some titles that are impossible to find. First batch of 50 units has been sent. Look forward for a nice review if any of the forum members here got one.

Cheers.