EverDrives and SD2SNES - ROMs, Hacks, & More on Real Consoles / MY LIFE IN GAMING

We take a look at all of the major console EverDrives, a series of flash carts that allow you play ROMs, hacks, homebrew, fan translations, and more on real hardware.
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CORRECTION: Turns out that Save States on the NES EverDrive do retain after powering off the console.
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My Life in Gaming makes documentaries, deep dives into retro console hardware, and more.

[@kyan5228]

Each Console: Sega Master Drive: 4:22 NES: 8:39 TurboGrafx16: 14:26 Sega Genisis: 18:37 SNES: 23:34 Nintendo 64: 31:52

[@littlebit670]

It’s Sega Master *System* not Master Drive.

[@thetruth3346]

@@littlebit670 shut up

[@eekturk4258]

But he is revealing THE TRUTH

[@aminam8600]

What about gba everdrives?

[@nothanksnoname7567]

@@thetruth3346 Ironic.

[@mrsg1137]

12:28 "If your favorite isn't supported yet, it probably will be eventually" *Zooms into Action 52*

[@dareelcatskull]

Hands down the best retro gaming channel on youtube.

[@curlyfm]

David DeGraw yeah so in depth. It's funny how all quality KZbin channels have low sub rate.

[@---yn4np]

David DeGraw Look up Game Dave

[@TheGrandMac]

Amen to this. (But yeah, Game Dave's pretty awesome and hilarious himself)

[@nokiabrickvids9570]

snackthegamer

[@Bro3256Films]

David DeGraw so true

[@moonblitz9923]

23:15 I can never forgot the MIdnight Resistance music, classic!

[@GeoDelGonzo]

I liked the engineering that Krikzz has taken to achieve this level of hardware emulation. A lot of titles are hard to come by, and this has given me a new appreciation for console hardware. I have much respect for this form of preservation.

[@SmokeMonster]

You nailed it as usual. Can't wait to see the follow up portables and non-ED flash cart videos. I love using EverDrives with Nomads and Turbo Express portables as well.

[@GAMONSKI4EVER]

Seriously, you guys have one of the best gaming channels on youtube> polished, professional and yet fun....Keep it up boys!!!

[@wielku]

Great video I love watching these longer videos :D

[@MixedNutsProductions]

Very cool. Been thinking about getting an NES Everdrive soon, but especially after yours and Gamester81's videos on them.

[@DarkShock20]

Always a pleasure to see my MSU-1 hacks (Super Metroid, TMNT 4, Secret of Mana) featured in any video :) Great episode as always!

[@seanroy7874]

They weren't.

[@MatBones]

@@seanroy7874 They are. starting at 28:40.

[@seanroy7874]

@@MatBones nope

[@hajilee4539]

@@seanroy7874 what a stick in the mud.

[@agentred8732]

@@seanroy7874 Can you please qualify your assertion?

[@stephenarnquist]

14:26 Hearing Neutopia music for the TG-16 intro put a huge smile on my face :)

[@GameplayandTalk]

It's great to see an episode dedicated to this topic. I personally have many different Everdrive models, but I've had them a while so I admit to being out of the loop when it comes to some of the newer ones or their capabilities (SD2SNES, for instance). Awesome episode as always!

[@garfieldepicmoments]

BTW, the R-Type glich at 27:41 can be fixed by disabling in-game hooks (the in-game soft reset) in the sd2snes options. The Super Turrican glitch a few seconds later is due to an incompatibility that game has with 1CHIP SNES consoles, and also happens when you use the real cartridge.

[@tristanbrown5879]

I love how Sega is very supportive of things like this

[@craigjuan5744]

This is the first video that introduced me to you guys, and the Everdrive. When my best friend found out I was collecting games for Genesis, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, he referred me to this episode. Since then, I became a fan.

[@whalahiguy]

This channel is a flowing spring of knowledge and the best resource at my disposal to find out everything I need to know about retro gaming. Just amazing. Subbed.

[@plutterton]

Insertion count: 40 1:21, 1:44, 2:59, 4:41, 5:01, 7:34, 9:26, 11:53, 13:06, 14:29, 14:58, 15:14, 16:07 (nasty), 18:48, 19:50, 21:56, 22:38 (I came), 24:01, 24:15, 24:19, 24:23, 26:05, 26:44, 30:51, 32:18, 33:00, 34:58, 35:22, 36:20 Welp, I think this joke has run its course. Let's enjoy 2017!

[@orangeyosh5]

that was pretty funny ngl

[@Ashton000]

27:30 "You can rest easy knowing that the hardware inside is finalised and will never be updated" Meanwhile... SD2SNES Pro.

[@charleyfeher]

Wasn't the Pro version made because the FPGA chip used in the original SD2SNES wasn't being made anymore?

[@Ashton000]

@@charleyfeher Quite true tbf, but they are planning more functionality with it as IIRC it's also more powerful/capable.

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

*cough* FXPak Pro *cough*

[@Ashton000]

@@SkulShurtugalTCG *cough* 3 year old comment *cough*

[@Nathriel]

Wish I watched this when I got my SD2SNES. I had no idea about the music hacks, can't wait to try it out! I love this channel, thank you!

[@Michirin9801]

Now this was an extremely helpful episode! Now I know pretty much everything I needed to know about the Turbo Everdrive ^^

[@Brunn0121]

when is the handheld version of this video coming, your content is simply amazing.

[@coreylineberry8557]

So an R4?

[@Jdmboi17]

I believe there actually is a way not to lose saves states for the EverDrive N8. You simply press the reset button BEFORE you power off the system. By doing so, you won't lose your created save state. At least that's how I've seen it work.

[@techkingonline]

Was nice to see Doshin the Giant take a dump in the woods at 34:02 xD - Awesome video guys and i still love the music you guys use ! Its Epic

[@02337755]

Love how these guys explain everything. Great vids guys. Just subscribed!

[@BladeBlur]

15:24 kind of funny listening to this now in the age of the SSSD3

[@TheRenegadist]

For anyone looking to see which ROM hacks work on the EverDrive 64 I'm currently working on a compatibility list over on the EverDrive forums. It's currently a WIP but a must have for people who want to play ROMs but don't want to deal with testing every one to make sure they all work. krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=7094.0

[@GeminiJay654]

Aww, I love the work of this channel! It's so, so useful! Fantastic hosts. So much smiling over here.

[@Nobbie248]

Absolutely amazing production quality going on with this channel, well done. Subscribed

[@Ringworm1281]

I foresee in the distant future when CRT's and real carts are hard to come by, these and upscallers will be the only feasible way for most to enjoy OG hardware.

[@DubstructorMusic]

CRTs....sure. But with the release of the Mini Consoles it seems carts are easier to come by. I know more than a few people who got one of those and hacked it (or an everdrive) and dumped their cart collection.

[@medotaku9360]

I see a day when manufacturers start building CRTs to satisfy growing demand. Testing lately is showing that old high end CRTs had better picture and faster frame rates than any 4k TV currently on the market.

[@Ringworm1281]

@@medotaku9360 It's never gonna happen. Even if you spent all day explaining motion blur, RGB etc; the avarage Joe is just gonna look at a flat panel and go " Big slim screen. I want that one." At most someone might be able to make a business restoring old CRT's.

[@ASMRGamingNews]

This channel is so awesome!

[@edstar83]

This is why I love KZbin.

[@B33FY2011]

Amazing episode guys. Absolutely love the channel and is by far the best on KZbin for retro.

[@johnnybelivin3610]

"Queue River City Ransom coin soundbit" ... I love the attention to detail on how ell these guys make their videos. From intro to outro.

[@carnifexx]

fantastic episode as usual, keep it up

[@mowingcowboy]

I have the everdrive 64 . i love it .runs games better than an emulator. The antialiasing hack works great.

[@polynektar]

Awesome video, love the production quality. It's like a watching a real TV show. I have some everdrives, but enjoyed your bird's eye view and rom recommendations.

[@ryanhead2004]

Y'all got some truly 80's-tastic music going on, especially in the background of the 'try these out on the N64'!

[@StephenAnderson98403]

27:30 Rest easy knowing the SD2SNES has been superseded by the SD2SNES Pro!!

[@TheMetalIsNeon]

1:07 That's a nice VCR you got there.

[@gaminghistory101]

I agree! Try, what VCR is that?

[@pj2yyy2]

It appears to be an ultrasound recorder. pretty awesome stuff!

[@gaminghistory101]

He's right, guys. www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-VCR-VHS-UltraSound-Video-Recorder-SVO-9500MD-/151989472976

[@xaviermccloud4586]

LOL the Axelay music comes up when you start talking about the Super Nintendo Super ED. I was just playing axelay on the Supereverdrive lol.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

What an amazing episode! Thanks for this, guys!

[@videogameobsession]

You guys should do a show on the classic methods for playing roms on actual console hardware someday,, I.E. The Super Magicom, Profighter X, Super Wild Card, Super Magic Drive, MGD, V64 Doctor 64, and so on. I've been into that stuff since 1992 and found it to be really interesting and fun to follow over the years.

[@akxmedia0]

videogameobsession I agree. These devices were the forerunner of the modern flash carts and it would be nice to get a history of them. The only problem I see is finding them nowadays and in working condition.

[@videogameobsession]

They are actually easier to find than you may think. I have many of them on my eBay watch list just to keep an eye on them and they tend to pop up every so often. Another good place to see them listed for sale is on Tototek, but that seems to be dying down a bit over the past few years. When the Everdrives first came out there were many older copiers for sale on their.. no surprise there. I still own quite a few copiers from the early 90's; A Super Magic Drive (32Mb) w/floppy drive, Super Magicom (12Mb), Super Wild Card DX (32Mb), Pro Fighter X (32Mb), Doctor V64 (256Mb), and several portable flashcarts. If they were closer I'd be happy to let them borrow my hardware, but honestly I'm not sure some of them would travel very well.

[@RetroRGB]

Awesome episode! One correction though - As long as the ROM cart supports FAT32, you're not limited to 32GB, provided you format it correctly: www.retrorgb.com/romcarts.html#format This is ESSENTIAL for the SD2SNES, since the full romset, plus MSU-1 games are over 32GB. I imagine the full set for N64 might someday be over 32GB as well (it's currently at 25GB).

[@beefcurtainz69]

Scientiae Magicae what about it?

[@KesMonkey]

Care to use that word in a sentence? What about autism, and what does it have to do with the comment you replied to?

[@craigjuan5744]

@RetroRGB good to know! Thanks for that additional info! I still don't own any of these cartridges yet! But plan to sometime this year!

[@ErikGPL]

You guys are my fav youtube channel atm, top notch quality everytime! Best wishes for 2017, hope to see even more video's!

[@videogameobsession]

Great timing on this guys. I just purchased an Everdrive N8 and Mega Everdrive x3 during Krikzz's Black Friday sale. Only $82 and $31, respectively! I own most of the games I like the play so I bought it mostly out of convenience and for the hacks, translations, and demo type stuff. I found the X3 Mega ED to be perfect for me since I don't really need the extra SCD RAM, the SMS Pause button would require me to get up to press on the cart, and I would probably just not use it at that point. Also, the MegaKey (for playing the few region encoded Japanese Mega Drive games on a Genesis can also be achieved by entering a Game Genie code and IPS patching it for a permanent solution. To me it was worth saving around 50% to do this myself.

[@GlobalGarageAus]

You'll need to do a follow up for Saturn Phoebe and Dreamcast GDEmu

[@ccateni28]

Global Garage they did.

[@MellowGaming]

That SD2SNES having the cd quality audio thing is pretty impressive. I'm not super into running ROMs on my PC. is that something people have been doing on PC emulators already? Closest I get to emulating is being a filthy Retron 5 user or emulating old computers like Amigas and Spectrums. Some real interesting stuff in this episode.

[@Noelis]

Mellow Gaming dude, under what rock you've been living, emulators made fan translations, hacks possible and the best thing is you can play your games on the go with your smartphone and wireless controllers.

[@midasmagnezone4282]

yeah CD quality music on emulators (SNES afaik) have been available for a while.

[@Hostile_Design]

That CD sound sample feature truly sold the SNES EverDrive to me. I was already set on getting EverDrives for my systems for convenience and to play games that would be otherwise hard to acquire. I didn't expect these extra features. Your channel is crazy in depth and is truly helping me make good and thought through choices for my work in progress retro game setup. A big thanks for all this information.

[@mylifeingaming]

+Billy Lundevall [Try4ce] Just to be clear, the CD sound is only possible with SD2SNES, not the Super EverDrive.

[@Hostile_Design]

You made it very clear what is what in the video, my brain just labeled all of these SD carts under "EverDrives" and I miss-typed the title of that specific cart :). Thanks anyway.

[@albertaaltitude5858]

Man, you guys just reminded me to update the firmware on my SD2SNES. Totally forgot that it didn't have support for SMRPG and Starfox 6 years ago. Cheers!

[@DatGameCollector]

as a big collector i like the real games. but this video does make me want to get these for my system. but thats like a grand for all my systems. I feel like if i ever got one of these it would be hard to commit to finishing the game.

[@torgogorgo1888]

Ya, so many of these are tempting, and I would definitely get one if I were to decide to sell off the majority of my collection, but I have many of the games I already want and it feels like my money is better spent just buying the remaining ones I really want here and there for the time being.

[@scottblanchard7542]

i'm kind of opposite. i'm debating selling off tons of games BECAUSE i have the everdrives, and keeping maybe only 100 cart games. but who knows.

[@torgogorgo1888]

Scott Blanchard think long and hard, once you sell off, if you decide you want the physical copies again, it will be a bitch to re-acquire them for some time.

[@DatGameCollector]

Torgo Gorgo TRUE THAT i'm still missing most of my ds collection, gameboy color collection and all of my psp collection. Handheld were always first to go.

[@ColossalMcBuzz]

Flash carts are perfect for people like me. I wanted to get into game collecting but grew frustrated at having to wake up at 6AM on the weekend, drive 30 minutes to the nearest swap meet that had old games and have to constantly haggle down from ebay prices. The constant rising of game prices not knowing where I'd store hundreds of cartridges put an end to my collecting days pretty quickly.

[@zebular]

Also as a heads up, you can rewire the Genesis to play the SMS games on the Everdrive with the 32x attached. It's kind of convenient as then you are covered on SMS, 32x and Genesis without having to disconnect anything.

[@mylifeingaming]

[Coury] Yeah, I've seen it mentioned. I think I might get this done in the future, and will probably make a short episode about it.

[@zebular]

My Life in Gaming I've done it but if your soldering skills are something to be desired you will want to have someone else do it. Soldering to pico legs can be frustrating. It's the same process of enabling 32x and Virtua Racing compatibility on the Genesis model 3.

[@DavetheNESGuy]

You guys simply have the best gaming channel for information, presentation and let's be honest here, enjoyment. The detail you go into is simply incredible. It's well thought out, well presented and enjoyable to watch. I have thought numerous times about purchasing Everdrives for my systems. I want to play hacks and fan made games. If you haven't checked out Super Mario 3 Mix check it out. It's great. Anyways, thanks for the content. You guys are simply amazing!

[@wrightguyz]

Really enjoyed this - specifically covered what I was interested in on the SMS Everdrive (SG 1000 games) right off the bat..."I like your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter" :)

[@solarstrike33]

I wonder if the DSP chip excessively complains that it's games are bugged and acts like a spoiled child inside...

[@FrostyWorld]

The chip makes a very weird noise when you die in a game. It sounds like a 9 year old saying: WHOOOOAAAAAT????

[@solarstrike33]

"I sent that signal! My effects are bugged! ACKACKACKACKACKACKAH!!"

[@vhsdinosaurgo]

"Time to play some Super Mario" *Boots Megaman* "Wooooooooooow bugged loading mechanics"

[@TheMetalIsNeon]

Probably leaks battery acid when it thinks that no one is looking, and then says that it was polishing its contacts

[@BobofWOGGLE]

SolarstrikeVG Dodged that, still got hit. Fucken online lag man.

[@tonycrazy88]

One thing is not taken into consideration here which is people who live in PAL territories. The flashcarts are blessed here because when it comes to collect retro games here it can be pretty overwhelming. As most (if not all) our PAL games are 50 Hz only, we cannot experience the games the way they were intended. We need to mod our systems to get 60 Hz and most of the time PAL games do not run well with those mods (I said most; for instance, Master System games and PAL Megadrive games will run fine). Plus, certain systems such as the PAL N64 cannot be modded and will only run NTSC games at proper speed via flashcarts. The only way to have the original experience is to import NTSC games (US or Japan) which rise the price way up (as they can only be bought online you can forget to have decent prices or nice opportunities from garage sales for exemple). I have a decent collection of PAL games but getting NTSC games here is quasi impossible. As soon as I got flashcarts for my retro system, it opened a whole new world for my retro gaming.

[@JohnDoe-cg8st]

tonycrazy88 50hz is the reason USA split off of the UK

[@RottenMuLoT]

The wear. Let's not forget the wear. Especially for that old 72-pin NES connector. I put my Everdrive in there and I forget it. Works flawlessly every single time. No blinking red light. And as a bonus, my original cartridges are being preserved as well. Great episode, nonetheless! Very accurate. Oh, I would add that krikzz is super responsive and helpful when you have a problem. This is a big plus in my book. I keep buying new Everdrives from him because of that and because he delivers top quality.

[@Stinger2578]

I was introduced to the NES PowerPak in July 2007 from a video posted by retroware, and I've owned one since then. The cart itself wasn't cheap but over time had features added like support for famicom disk system games. It was a short time later that I fixed my NES and thought it was worth the cost. The PowerPak, even when I could play almost every game for free tempted me to seek out real carts.

[@grungyperry7530]

Bought me an Everdrive 64 v3 last year and been in N64 heaven ever since! I don't care what they say, its pretty much 100% compatible with all games in all the regions. Worth ever cent peeps!

[@fhuckgoogle4171]

That’s good to know. I’ve got a v3 on the way and I can’t wait to use it.

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

At first, I wasn't quite interested in these emulation cartridges, but seeing the MSU-1 capabilities of the SD2SNES, color me extremely intrigued! I wanna play a lot of these games for that new sound quality alone!

[@MrCumstein]

Is "emulation cartridges" really an accurate description? I honestly don't know for sure.

[@Mogura87]

+MC 808 No it's not emulation at all. It's basically just pooling all the ROMs of individual cartridges together on an SD card with much larger storage capacity, then playing them the same way as the original cartridge on original hardware. It gets more complicated with all the special chips used in specific NES and SNES games, as you can see in this video, which none of the NES and SNES Everdrives seem to have an ultimate solution for. Such additional features would involve either adding the chips, or using an FPGA or an emulation solution, as seen in the video.

[@Waifu4Life]

Thanks for this holiday video guys. Happy new year Coury and Try ^_^

[@NyquistMatthew]

Another great video. Thanks for all your time and effort putting this together.

[@SkyeAstraea]

Akumajou Densetsu uses VRC6, not MMC5 Dracula's Curse US/PAL uses MMC5 but doesn't use it's expansion audio

[@mylifeingaming]

+ZeroShift [Coury] thanks for the clarification. I think an early version of the script had vrc6 in there but it got changed to mmc5 somewhere along the way. I've gone back and made a corrected master version for the future. Hopefully one day KZbin will allow people to replace videos

[@SkyeAstraea]

Thanks for the reply! Didn't mean to seem irate by the way!

[@mylifeingaming]

+ZeroShift no offense taken. I'm annoyed i messed up that and a few other things for this episode. It happens, despite having multiple fact checkers. At least I can make a fixed version for the future, y'know?

[@SkyeAstraea]

Truth. It'll be ready for the future Blu-Ray release of all your great videos ;)

[@SkyeAstraea]

oldgraphics I know for a fact that the Analog NT and Hi-Def modded NESs support expansion audio (Albeit Hi-Def NESs need some modifications for the audio to work) The Hi-Def NES mod itself handles the expansion audio from a legit game or flash cart. In theory the AVS should be able to do expansion audio from an Everdrive on supported mappers, but I suggest asking someone who owns both an AVS and an Everdrive

[@dreamcastfan]

What's the music that kicks in at 2:49? It's really cool!

[@wisnia2737]

I'd like to know too

[@NikolaiUltra]

It's "Like the Wind" from Power Drift

[@querpmuerp]

Phalanx yay :) Very good episode as always. Packed full of information!

[@querpmuerp]

Oups...it was Axelay.

[@joseromero81]

Great episode, Coury! Really enjoyed this.

[@sebastianmelendres4538]

Why don't you do a RGB 2 Series for the turbo Grafx 16/PC Engine?

[@mylifeingaming]

[Try4ce] This is absolutely something that we've been planning for a long time. We want to get our hands on a couple more pieces of hardware before going into production with it, but we are getting closer to being able to do it.

[@tomasdelizia3695]

My Life in Gaming A PS2 one!!!

[@Minns_du_mig]

And a Saturn one ofc :)

[@dougdabandit2003]

waiting on the engine block av, are we?

[@Mogura87]

+Sebastian Melendres AFAIK your best bet is to have a PC Engine Duo-r or Duo-RX modded with an RGB amp. For the original PC Engine with no add-ons, you can also buy a special cable with a built-in RGB amp that goes from the ext-port on the back directly to a SCART cable. I have both and find the results to be very good on a PVM. However I've also heard banding issues typically manifest themselves when using an upscaler, but I haven't tested that myself.

[@retroftw]

SD2Snes now has SuperFX support :-)

[@RustyRat]

Rune André Liland and SA-1 now =D

[@TeamStevers]

Amazingly helpful and the production was amazing for KZbin. You Are Ana asset to the community.

[@RanyBx]

Superb video! You seriously nailed it. I own pretty much every EverDrive product out there and yes the TurboEverdrive will run SuperGrafx games just fine. I use my SuperGrafx as my main Pc-Engine system while I keep my Interface unit for CD games.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

Dragon Wang

[@RichGuano]

That is exactly why I can't wear shorts.

[@PAEMusic]

@@RichGuano LMAOOO

[@braydenh190]

Someone somewhere who has red this comment is exploring the internet searching Dragon dong for the wrong reasons

[@braydenh190]

@@RichGuano .....how does that work

[@F3bruary]

Николай, спасибо за субтитры)

[@scottblanchard7542]

thanks for doing this video guys! top-tier work as always. i always look forward to new content from you.

[@oneall9895]

This is the best Stoneage Gamer/ Everdrive / Krikzz commercial i have seen so far. Wish the everdrive wasn't so expensive :(

[@mspeter97]

They do cost a lot sadly. I can't afford an Everdrive for my N64 :/ *yet*

[@PatoCrioyo]

Le Docteur Yeah, they're not cheap, but when you consider how much it'd cost to buy certain original games for some of these consoles (and sometimes those are the best ones) the Everdrives become veeery cheap. Just to play Earthbound, Turtles in Time and Secret of Mana you'd spend what the SD2SNES costs, and you get to play so many more and get extra features too. I value playing on original hardware a lot, and while my collection can wait till I find a good deal on the games I want, I don't want to wait till then to be able to play them. :)

[@mspeter97]

it's always better to play on hardware, because most emulators don't emulate games with the correct timing unless you have a powerful computer.

[@theharvardyard2356]

I've been playing on one of the "Chinese versions" I got from Amazon for ~$30-$40 and have had zero problems.

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

Just compare it to the price of Conker's Bad Fur Day.

[@trotman000]

the Harvard Yard Which ones that?

[@Warrax22]

My savestates stays when I turn off my NES, the battery might be defect.

[@Lone432345]

Its a good thing all Everdrive batteries are replaceable. And not soldered.

[@RedVisor1]

My save states are also retained after turning off my NES. This is a good thing as I can play my saved ending of Blaster Master whenever I want. :) I suspect Coury might either need to change his battery, or he might have an older revision of the Everdrive N8 where save states weren't retained after powering off.

[@stingersplash]

Thats the only problem with the knockoff ones, no save states.

[@RedVisor1]

I have the official Everdrives for the NES, SNES, and N64, but save states are only offered on the NES cart. Krikzz explained that he couldn't include save states for the SNES Everdrive due to conflicts with the sound chip. I'm not sure why save states weren't included on the N64 Everdrive, but at least most games offer an option to save your progress.

[@shadoninja]

The production value you guys have is truly admirable. Thank you for educating the masses on retro gaming!

[@slot9]

This was great! Thanks for putting this out before 2017 started!!!!! Great stuff

[@tinostarks]

took u guys long enough, I swear u guys were trying to ignore flash carts. Also, I wish u guys would've gave the USB-GDROM(Dreamcast) and Rhea / Phoebe (Saturn) an honorable mention.

[@wafflesports]

I believe they're saving that for another episode.

[@tinostarks]

hey how's that thing handle multi disc games?

[@ObjectionBigot]

You should have mentioned that all the Everdrives except the Mega Everdrive, Everdrive 64 and SD2SNES use flash memory, which only have a lifespan of about 10000 rewrite cycles.

[@RedArremer]

100,000 to 1,000,000 depending on memory used, but I hear there's recently developed flash memory that can last 100 million rewrites. That's far more than we can possibly use in our lifetimes.

[@RedArremer]

Also wanted to add that some of the more expensive Everdrives use P/SRAM (Everdrive 64, Mega Everdrive, Everdrive N8) which does not have the decay factor.

[@ObjectionBigot]

I thought the N8 used flash memory. Guess I was wrong. I don't think the flash memory in the Everdrives will last longer than 10000 unless it uses the newer expensive type. Krikzz does claim it's 100,000 in his EDMD vs MED comparison chart.

[@user-rd5wj2mm8n]

SquareOliver ONLY 10'000!? That's, you know, a lot!

[@TheGameBench]

Awesome information as usual guys!

[@pentiummmx2294]

i just ordered a NES, a SNES, a Everdrive N8, and a SD2SNES, excited for the retro stuff to come

[@teddybushpig1247]

Kinda seems like a commercial for Krikkz, but otherwise, not a bad vid.

[@shoobopper]

Teddy Bushpig I mean, he is the best in the business...

[@AaronH9111]

You can have the WHOLE N64 library on the EverDrive 64 with just a 32gb sd card?? For real??

[@Captain_Dark]

ZomBee yep

[@glinteastwood]

Glad to see them getting some excellent exposure from streaming with Digital Foundry. That’s a LOT of knowledge in one virtual space.

[@MidnightGrind]

I'm glad there's a realistic mention of people using the EverDrives to download and test games; it's nice to see when a lot of other people shy away from the topic altogether.

[@8bitDNA]

you all forgot to cover Marshall's 64 Drive (N64 Flashcart) 64drive.retroactive.be/ Marshall is the creator of UltraHDMI

[@mylifeingaming]

[Coury] It makes an appearance at the end when we say that we'll be talking about it in a EverDrives alternatives video

[@8bitDNA]

oh crap! took my eyes off the screen for the last minute cause i thought it was wrapping up :)

[@emmettturner9452]

My Life in Gaming Are you going to talk about the Doctor V64, V64jr, and Mr. Backup Z64?

[@emmettturner9452]

8bitDNA There are tons of non-ED flash carts that weren't covered: Power Pak, Dr. GB Card, all the flash linkers, and on and on and on.

[@curlyfm]

I have a cheap flash cart. Super everdrive. China edition. For Snes. Works perfectly. Edit: they just mentioned it.

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

+curlyfm - "China Edition" means Fake. It's not made by, or supported by Krikzz. If it goes wrong you're screwed

[@warpspeeding]

Try updating your OS and it'll brick

[@curlyfm]

warpspeeding I understand it's not the best option, but for me it's fine. Especially as a causal snes player.

[@HalSamuel]

Thank you for another frankly definitive resource for old school gaming. Looks like you guys have a variety of PVMs between you now, would love to hear your perspective on the difference between 600 and 800 line models, and also how much difference age/generation makes to the picture quality i.e., have you noticed a substantial difference in brightness/colour reproduction between the newer L4/5 series and older 90s PVMs? Thank you for the continued help and inspiration.

[@Chromotrigger]

You are my new favourite channel :)

[@aterraformer]

Unfortunately, most N64 hacks won't work. Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 specifically.

[@KashiwaDaisuke]

Hacks or ROMs? I can live without hacks, but it better play my ROMs

[@aterraformer]

I cannot live without hacks tbh

[@tonycrazy88]

Those hacks were programmed with tools that were not crafted well and were originally intended for emulators. The problem lies with the programmers of those hacks not the original hardware. Some hacks definitely work on original N64: you should check GOLDENEYE X. Best hack ever.

[@Nitroxity]

Or F Zero X Climax. Dear god that game is amazing.

[@tonycrazy88]

True that!

[@nabman11]

. . . Nintendo Switch everdrive that supports Hard Drive and Solid State Drives for downloaded titles. Someone get on that.

[@Nate-sq7mw]

Nabman11 yea

[@gamersinacontainer]

1:19 I’m sorry. I couldn’t pay attention to what you were saying because of that hilarious PilotWings song. I’ve always laughed at it.

[@rodneybrett5088]

Before these were out, I owned one of those cartridge to floppy disk converters for the SNES in the late 90s from Hong Kong. Mine was the Professor SF

[@over00lordunknown12]

18:37 Did I hear you right did I hear you sayin' that your gonna make a copy of a game without payin'? Come on guys! Don't Copy That Floppy! 6:24AM 8/16/2017

[@EverScrolls]

"To me playing an authentic cartridge is just as important as playing on the original hardware." Uh... unless the flash cart cannot handle the game, like from a SNES Superchip enabled Game, there's, quite literally, zero difference to how the console handles the game's code. Sounds like a bold statement when you say it, but it's really not.

[@mylifeingaming]

[Try4ce] I didn't mean to imply anything about the game operating differently (though there are some cases, as Coury shows). I just mean that I really enjoy owning and using the actual official cartridge. I'm not saying there's a functional difference, it's just how my brain processes the whole thing. There's a connection of "I paid money for this game, I want to see what it's about" that pushes me to get more enjoyment out of the experience. Taking a game off my shelf and putting it into the system makes me put more into it, and I'm not gonna just stop and move onto the next thing. That's all I mean. My interest in flash carts is much more about what I can't do with the original cartridges, like fan translations, but I would still prefer to own the Japanese cartridge for games I do play translations for.

[@EverScrolls]

But if that's true, you can own a cartridge that has the fan translation, for example, too. People can modify the old games to run the new ROM file :P

[@mylifeingaming]

[Try4ce] True, there are a ton of ways you can approach it. I don't know much about modifying the cartridge, but I imagine it would require removing the ROM chip itself and replacing it with another. That feels like it would be a bit of a shame, especially for some rarer games. I've never really gotten into repros either.

[@EverScrolls]

It would be a shame if you were doing this for a superchip game, but most only require a regular cartridge meaning you could take a random sports title to do the "surgery"

[@RedArremer]

For me, I collect the physical carts and use everdrives. Saves me from incidental wear and tear. For example, my 100 or so SNES carts that I painstakingly collected in near mint condition have not been touched other than the day I bought them to make sure they work. I keep them in beautiful protective plastic cases with original box art printed on them, with the original boxes and papers being stored in water-tight crates. The SD2SNES allows me to load up almost all the games from my library onto my SNES console, without disturbing my collection.

[@enrique9754]

Another great video! Thanks for all this great info

[@clarkegibson464]

Great episode, I'm not subscribed, I like to dip in and out but have seen most of these vids now. Apologies if said already, but it'd be cool to have an episode on ODEs like the GDEmu. Especially since the Saturn (which has one too) has been reverse engineered now - there are all kinds of possibilities for new devices there. Really great channel guys, keep the videos coming!

[@papercliphoarder66]

I'd buy it if they weren't hundreds of dollars

[@theharvardyard2356]

Just get a knockoff, they're fine

[@papercliphoarder66]

the Harvard Yard I don't even have any of these consoles, just saying I'd like one if I had a snes or n64 but it would be cool if an ever drive for ds existed

[@rickyandrews9127]

Brennen Carey there is, it's called the R4

[@papercliphoarder66]

Ricky Andrews ok that's pretty cool I want it

[@luketaylor9144]

Its a fraction of what the whole library would cost you.

[@rossoreilly05]

Please stop propagating the fallacy that flash carts made from anyone other than Krikzz are garbage. It's simply not true.

[@mylifeingaming]

+DCJY - the1ross [Try4ce] It's less about performance and more the fact that they are intentionally stealing his brand name. That's kinda crappy. We're going to be looking at a few alternatives in the near future (not necessarily the ones with the fake EverDrive name) and they certainly do have plenty of strong points.

[@rossoreilly05]

I'd have to disagree. You cannot own the rights to an unlicensed product. As retro gamers, do we only buy RGB/ region free/ 50/60hz mods etc from the guy who originally invented them? Of course not. They're unlicensed products and to be shared by the community. As you mention yourselves, he didn't invent the sd card reader. I have sd card readers for Naomi, ST-V, CPS2, Dreamcast, Saturn, Megadrive, Taito G-Net and multi carts/HDs for NES, Neo Geo MVS, Taito X-2 and probably a few others I've forgot to mention. None were made by Krikkz and yet all work absolutely perfectly. There's no need to pay his extortionate prices.

[@rossoreilly05]

Do you see any trademarks or copyright symbols on his products? Anywhere? I wonder why that is...

[@BCProgramming]

The code krikkz wrote for the FPGA is his intellectual property to which he owns the copyright. Copyright is automatic, and this is protected internationally through the Berne convention. Most countries have some form of trademark law whereby using a term as a brand name or otherwise in the process of business gives the term common-law protections. copyright/tm/r etc. symbols don't have any meaning except as a courtesy to show what is and is not protected. There is no feasible recourse for krikkz to pursue offendors, however, so the best protection, and best way to encourage community efforts of this sort, is to support original works.

[@rossoreilly05]

" There is no feasible recourse for krikkz". Because he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[@DontPaniku]

Wow you guys do a great job on these. Keep it up.

[@hotscorcher9544]

Nice episode. Would be nice if you guys could do an episode on the whole homebrew scene for the PS2.