Everdrive...

[pceslayer]

How many of you guys own/use one? I plan on getting one for each of my consoles as they come out.

KRIKzz is currently working on a Turbo Everdrive for the TG16/PCEngine. I'm excited!!

[jcalder8]

I've never used one. I have thought about it but for me it would take the fun out of collecting. The reason I buy games is so that I can play them, if I could play them all anyway then I would have no reason to buy them, this happened to me while burning games for the Dreamcast.

[pceslayer]

I'm glad this is not the case for me or else emulation would have ruined all collecting.

[ffxik]

I run emulators just to give my hardware a break.   

[pceslayer]

I like to have as authentic an experience as possible, that's why I went with a Everdrive. Nothing beats the real hardware.
I also have way too many games to sift through and it gives them all a break. I only keep the games I own on the cart.

[jcalder8]

I like to have as authentic an experience as possible, that's why I went with a Everdrive. Nothing beats the real hardware.
I also have way too many games to sift through and it gives them all a break. I only keep the games I own on the cart.

I never thought of doing this. I am going to have to consider doing it but I'll probably never update it.

[soera]

What exactly is an Everdrive? When I first read the topic I was thinking Megadrive as in the JP version of the Genesis.

[pceslayer]

What exactly is an Everdrive? When I first read the topic I was thinking Megadrive as in the JP version of the Genesis.

Its a flash cart that will play roms from a SD card. The compatibility is almost 100% outside of anything that required a special chip/co-processor on board.

http://krikzz.com/

[soera]

They sound interesting. I may check into this!

Hrmm, I dont see one for NES.

[pceslayer]

No nes cart yet...

[turf]

Check out RetroUSB.com
They have something called a Power Pak that is just what you're looking for

[pceslayer]

Check out RetroUSB.com
They have something called a Power Pak that is just what you're looking for

Only issues I have with the Powerpack are the fact it uses compact flash cards instead of SD and Castlevania III doesn't work (at this time). also I don't think it sorts the game list alphabetically.

Compatibility for Power Pack here:
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=28507

[ffxik]

I like to have as authentic an experience as possible, that's why I went with a Everdrive. Nothing beats the real hardware.
I also have way too many games to sift through and it gives them all a break. I only keep the games I own on the cart.

So do I.  Cartridge based systems I don't worry about too much.  As long as you take care of them and the games they will last a while.  I should have stated I use the emus for my disc based hardware.  Those aren't nearly as reliable as we all know.  So now that I have amended that I'm going to shut up, becuase upon further inspection I'm not adding to the conversation.