BackBit Cartridge (C64) Review

[@hotheadtxt]

C64 videos are what drew me to your channel. Always an interesting watch.

[@RetroGameCouch]

Cool! Oh, and I used to have a classmate with your name. 👍

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I never owned a C64 only a friend of mine back at the day.. I started with the NES. Still fun watching these video's of you, 12:23 that sound nice ! 😎

[@RetroGameCouch]

The sid sound chip is legendary!!

[@djbassgun]

A red cartridge for a C=64 makes my heart beat faster... anyone remember the good old KCS PowerCartridge 🥰? And yes... must...have...backbit... Thanks for the awesome review!

[@RetroGameCouch]

The Power Cartridge is my all time favorite fast loader!!

[@speedsterh]

Wow, amazing hardware for the C64 ! Thanks for reviewing it !

[@RetroGameCouch]

Be sure to also check my Kung fu flash review. Also a great cartridge. Bit cheaper.

[@JurgenValks]

Awesome! It's so good to see that the 'good old' C64 is still alive! So much good memories of this great machine!

[@dansalmon2698]

its still freakin roarin! just got my first full setup with monitor and tape/disk drives, IM HOOKED. why did nobody tell me about its majesty like 10 years ago!!

[@RetroGameCouch]

Welcome to the club 😁

[@thisisrob8750]

@@dansalmon2698 me too just bought c64. Disk drive, tape, 1702 monitor and tons of games love it.

[@JGreen-le8xx]

I may give this a try. At the moment I'm using an SD2IC w/ a 2GB SD card and an EPYX fastload reloaded cart to speed up load times.

[@johandenhertog6878]

Heb zelf al de Turbo Chameleon 64 V1 , 1541 Ultimate II, Nordic Replay en de EasyFlash cartridge.. Zijn al oude cartridges en ze kunnen behoorlijk veel. Leuk bedacht de BackBit, maar hou ik het bij mij cartridges. De 1541 Ultimate II combineer ik met de FM YAM op een X-Pander 3. En de Turbo Chameleon 64 V1 is pas nog een nieuwe 9K update ervoor uitgekomen. Heb al veel van mij C64 spullen verkocht en heb veel plezier ervan gehad. Nu hou ik het bescheiden en vind mij C64’s nog steeds mij beste computer waarmee ik ben opgegroeid in de jaren 80. Ben tevens ook veel bezig met mij AMIGA 500 en vooral de AMIGA 1200 projecten bezig. En wil later een SIDFX kopen voor de C64 Reloaded MK1. Heb nog steeds mij C64 Breadbin FAT 250425 RevA bewaard en werkt nog steeds geweldig als toen in 1984. Vind mij C64C 250466 uit 1986 de beste C64 vanwege de VIC en de SID6581R4AR. Heb nog een C64 Reloaded MK2 in een transparante C64C behuizing. En ik vind het nog prachtig om floppies af te spelen op de 1541-II diskdrive waarvan ik twee bakken vol van heb.

[@deg6788]

Ik heb ook nog 120floppies vol spellen . Beste is om ze zelf op te laden.

[@LUCKO2022]

Does this work on a NTSC C64?

[@RetroGameCouch]

Yes. It's made in the US. Works on pal and ntsc.

[@AjayAjay-ig3it]

I remember having a red cartridge with a little button on the top. Never knew what that was used for? Cheats???

[@RetroGameCouch]

Most common were fast loader cartridges. Mine was red too. Google 'power cartridge c64'.

[@ZxSpectrumplus]

Can i ask what is that yellow cart with an LCD screen plugged into the user port on the left at 5:30? I don't understand this part. Recently i have got my hands on a C64 and trying to fix it. Take note i have never own a C64 back in the days, so it's all new to me. Bought a SD2IEC+FastLoader. I think the cart port is working as i can see the "FASTLOAD" word on startup, but i can never access the S2DIEC sdcard which i eventually came to conclusion that both my 6526 CIA chips are at least partially faulty hence it can't access the SD2IEC and Datasette (i have an ori physical one). I really don't want to spend any more money going down into the rabbit hole trying to fix it....bought new PSU, new cables, new ARM SID on the way (SID is dead), fastloader and buy ancient CIA chips which could probably die soon anyway. The Backbit seems like a good solution since it's only using the cart port and it allows me ti run the games/apps from SD card without needing to access to any of the IEC, cassete port and user port (all which likely not working due to bad CIAs). So i just need a clearer picture of what is that yellow cart and do i need it for BackBit to work? Any response is much appreciated! Tq!

[@RetroGameCouch]

The yellow cartridge is called the UK1541. It's a diskdrive emulator, just like the SD2IEC, but on a much deeper level. You don't need it to get the SD2IEC working.

[@Eskodisk]

Great video as always... Does it work with games that span over multiple discs like most microprose games? Or is it more for single file games?

[@RetroGameCouch]

Yes. That works. Check the manual for details. Backbit.io

[@jmc1000]

Which motherboard is in C64 that you are using in this video?

[@RetroGameCouch]

I opened it up for you and made a picture. twitter.com/RetroGameCouch/status/1361409061544222724?s=19

[@jmc1000]

Nice! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@shaun4bigblocks993]

What joystick are you using?

[@RetroGameCouch]

The off white version of TheArcade. The best microswitched joystick for the c64.

[@Webendowed]

I really love my assortment of BackBit products. Yes there are more cool things besides the BB cart. Reminds me it is time to update the firmware.

[@methanoid]

What's the joystick you use and did you paint it?

[@RetroGameCouch]

It's called The Arcade and it's the best joystick in the world. And it comes in black, or this awesome cream color.

[@methanoid]

@@RetroGameCouch lol. An impossible search term. Oh damn

[@RetroGameCouch]

suzo the arcade joystick. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arcade_(joystick)

[@methanoid]

Only one same colour I found was buying and shipping from NL. They call that brown?? Expensive though. Like a smaller Competition Pro

[@RetroGameCouch]

How much?

[@bugjamdrm6747]

The noise in Outrun should be from depacking, not from loading. ;-) Otherwise good overview, but it would have been interesting to know how the dead test performs on a really dead C64 (ie with black or scrambled screen output). Normally diagnosis should be given through LEDs on the cartridge itself in such a case.

[@mdomarus]

Is the T2 'boot menu ' also on the original cartridge? Looks like something added later by the crackers.

[@RetroGameCouch]

It is on the original cartridge as well.

[@mdomarus]

@@RetroGameCouch Aahh, so well done authors, well done indeed :)

[@RetroGameCouch]

Just proves how they didn't think the Commodore 64GS through well enough.

[@esshahn]

A great review, thank you. I had to sit through four ads in total. KZbin is really killing it.

[@RetroGameCouch]

At least you enjoyed the review. Thank you.

[@KimReneJensen]

Cool video.. Thanx

[@jonathanplante5471]

Hi how did u convert photo or image in .koa files ? thanks keep up the good work!!

[@RetroGameCouch]

I used a program called convertron.

[@satan3959]

The problem with the 1541 isn't so much the drive itself as it was the fact that Commodore in their infinite wisdom hardly put any native disk commands in their BASIC, so it had to rely on separate chips within the 1541 itself.

[@menotu000]

That isn't the only problem. They could have gone parallel but decided not to.

[@Mr_ToR]

I was wondering if you were able to find a GS after getting scammed. 👍👍

[@RetroGameCouch]

Yes! Thanks for asking. I found one locally but almost got scammed again. Luckily it turned up in the post after some persuasion. 😉

[@Mr_ToR]

@@RetroGameCouch Also, youtube is really so stupid not recommending this video until now. I'm really so tired of constantly clicking on youtube's recommendations of videos I've already watched to set not-interested then to be able to say "I've already watched this video" while it's not recommending videos I obviously want to watch. I can not browse the videos in the subscribed channels area too because there are about 300 channels and all channels release videos at different intervals and also I don't want to watch every released video about all my interests all the time too. I wish there was a youtube subscription management software :-)

[@RetroGameCouch]

I mostly only watch the subscription tab. But then you miss older videos.

[@estebanvillalobos2303]

it's the same thing as kung fu flash but twice as expensive

[@claudioquintanilla1471]

besides KFF it's an open project so anyone can build by their self, I build my own, and was fun!!! and cheaper even. ;)

[@shaun4bigblocks993]

​@claudioquintanilla1471 The 3D printer for the case probably cost you more than buying a genuine Backbit...

[@BT-km7nl]

Is there a way to transfer games from this to a physical cassette in c64?

[@nateschultz8973]

It would require running the program that performs the transfer out to the cassette from the cart (or chain loaded from some other source), but I am pretty sure that it's theoretically possible.

[@jsangilg]

Backbit or kungfu?whats your opinion?. Thanks!

[@RetroGameCouch]

For a cheap way to load games I'd say Kung fu. If you want a more feature rich cartridge (for example vic20 support) then I'd say backbit.

[@nicolaliguori1]

Cannot buy it from amazon? Anyone knows please?

[@RetroGameCouch]

Link is in the description. backbit.io

[@mistermark8755]

COOL VIDEO BUD

[@RetroGameCouch]

THANKS BRO

[@EviesRevue]

Awesome video!

[@FlyingSurprise]

Nah, 1541 Ultimate is still my best C64 buy ever (except the C64 itself).

[@Huddison]

Have to agree totally with that 👍

[@El_Guapo74]

I love that thing. I found an old C128 with JiffyDOS installed and with a little tinkering I find 1541u2 can run the jiffy rom in emulation. Its no faster than cartridge based fastloads though but still cool

[@messatsu1981]

how long it takes to get it in europe? sadly all the good retro stuff are from america :(

[@RetroGameCouch]

That's not really true. A lot of retro stuff is from the EU. If you have questions about shipping, there are contact details on the website.

[@messatsu1981]

@@RetroGameCouch been unlucky then...all i saw Is from US 🤣