DEVELOPMENT TOOL USER’S MANUAL 121414
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Product comprising physical circuit board, software and related IP © 2010-2014 Retroactive “Nintendo” is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America Inc. Nintendo 64 is a registered trademark of Nintendo Company, Limited. Disclaimer: This document is for informational use only. The user of this device assumes full responsbility ensuring its use in accordance with local and federal laws.
USER’S MANUAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL Introduction The 64drive is a tool designed to be used with the Nintendo 64 video game console for the ends of game development and/or modification. Conceived out of frustration at the lack of options available on the market, it incorporates a capable feature set, robust hardware design, and incredible attention to detail. Getting Started Check Formatting The 64drive only works with memory cards that are formatted with the FAT32 filesystem.
USER’S MANUAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL Menu - Options Every time the 64drive is booted, it will check for the presence of this file. If it is found, and you also have an Expansion Pak installed, it will decode the JPEG, convert it to an intermediate format and render a transparent overlay using FloydSteinberg dithering. In the “Options” tab you can tweak a few things. The changes are committed once you load an image, and are stored in the “settings.cfg” file on the memory card.
USER’S MANUAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL Using Saves From an Emulator Internal game saves can be used in an emulator, and vice versa. However, file naming is very important. PC emulators such as Project64, Mupen, 1964, etc., generally create their own save files when they run games that need them. EEPROM saves can be simply copied back and forth, if the file names are what the emulator or 64drive expects.
USER’S MANUAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL Tech Details This section pertains to information that some may find useful as background knowledge, or to further their understanding with troubleshooting an odd issue. Region Information • NTSC - Used in the United States, Japan • PAL - Used in most other countries such as the UK, most of the EU, Australia • MPAL - Brazil For more detailed country listings consult your favorite search engine.
USER’S MANUAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL Support for 6105/7105 A 64drive with a corresponding 6102/7101 chip will run all known software in the wild with the exception of the two previously named. For those that want complete compatiblity without patches, the 64drive hardware has a provision for that. A x105 may be soldered on to the circuit board in lieu of the 6102/7101, and the “BANK” jumper immediately above the CIC footprint should also then be shorted closed.
DEVELOPMENT TOOL In Menu • After upgrading menus some buttons are inconsistent with the effects I’m seeing, or inexplicably broken. →→ Delete the “settings.cfg” file from the memory card, and let the menu rebuild it. • “Sector too close to MBR” error →→ Please email me at the support address. • “Filesystem issue” →→ This may indicate a problem with the FAT table. Put the memory card in a computer and run a disk integrity scan such as “chkdsk”. • “Settings.
64drive.retroactive.
