My EVERDRIVE & Flash Cart Collection (SNES, N64, SegaCD, Game Boy, NEOGEO, Genesis, etc)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I'm going to do a GIVEAWAY of all my previous generation Everdrives/Flash carts soon, so follow me on social media for the details.

[@Siktah]

Woo! Sorry I'm old so only a FB follow here. Old game tester here. Also drinking mates with one of the OG Ocean devs that migrated to Australia!

[@juanc.3372]

mode in the staturn gdemu in the dreamcast

[@hostillgmail]

OMG!

[@jengelenm]

Very generous! Cool man

[@R.Williams]

I don't know a lot about these, but do you go online to load the micro SD card with games? They seem very convenient. I have the physical of many games that I'm interested in but this would be cool to travel with!

[@JohnnySnipshow]

I have literally no retro games or systems but I friggin love this channel.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Once things open up again, you'll have to hit up a retro gaming expo...You'd love it. Just to be around all that history and people who dig it as well. You don't have to buy a thing...but just enjoy that it exists.

[@MsRougewarrior]

@@MetalJesusRocks Mr MetalJesusRocks which expo would you recommend to go? I did a Google search and the Portland one pops up. Is that a solid choice once we get back into the swing of things?

[@Jack-gl1tw]

I actually didn’t have any old consoles when I started watching and now I have more then I can count and I’m thinking about making a KZbin video on all my stuff

[@georginaK21]

Johhny, over one year later, are you now a retro gamer? Please give us an update.

[@JohnnySnipshow]

@@georginaK21 I’m not I can’t afford the majority of anything available lol can’t even find a mini Nintendo here without paying out the butt for it

[@Trillmxtic]

Every kid in the UK during the mid 2000’s Dad would bring back a DS R4 cart full of games back lol. Good times

[@learnedeldersofteemo8917]

I did this for like 30-40 family's they were so pleased.

[@Trillmxtic]

@@learnedeldersofteemo8917 top guy, different times. Was always someone selling them and pirated dvds filmed off a camcorder in the back of a cinema at the pub 😂. Would never happen nowadays, shame

[@waynetemplar2183]

The first GB flash cart I got for my eldest son was called Mr Flash 64M which I must have bought around 2001. We used it so we could trade on Pokémon games without having to buy duplicate copies of each physical cartridge

[@JohanMoralessoftware_developer]

This is so convenient if you cannot access to a physical library, for example in colombia those cartridges of n64 are so difficult and expensive to get. Thanks for the info!

[@hectorivanceballoslanda6169]

Lo sé bro, hace años quería comprar varios pero el envío (México) estaba carísimo, luego en Mercadolibre los venden de uso más barato

[@fatherelijahcal9620]

This is all you need. You don't need to spend $100k for every cartridge in existence.

[@RUOK2000]

They collect Everdrives now? They collect Everdrives now.

[@SamuelSarette]

Put the MODE in the dreamcast and use a Satiator on your saturn (it lets you still use discs!)

[@Stripestore]

Thank you, I didn’t know this was a thing! Before reading this I would have put the Mode in the Saturn because the Phoebe/Rhea are so rarely in stock but GDEmu clones are common.

[@SamuelSarette]

@@Stripestore I was a backer of the project for a while and I've been loving it. They've opened orders to the public in January - so it's pretty new. Still, the early firmware is great and the homebrew save file backup utility already works with it.

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

@Kyle Reese Incel From The Future pretty easy, just google "xxx" + reddit

[@ChadZeluff]

+1 for Satiator. Mine has been awesome thus far.

[@TieDyeShyGuy]

@@Stripestore I love my Rhea but honestly I’d get a MODE if I didn’t already have Rhea. Adding games to the Rhea menu system is a pain if you want everything organized. Also there’s no sub folder support. MODE is as good as EverDrives IMO.

[@NickBachicha]

I would Install the Mode in the Dreamcast! So many hidden Gems!

[@enterthearcade]

seconded!

[@That_Handle]

👍 Yeah, not to forget some great online experiences for Dreamcast but I'm not sure how a MODE in a Dreamcast compares alongside Dream Pi when considering the connectiom of keyboard, mouse and microphone (not that we don't have other chat options nowadays) ... But performance alongside connectivity of the keyboard and mouse supporting games and while online?🤷‍♂️

[@personavisceration371]

Both, but putting the MODE in your Saturn will save you more money on all the unsung titles.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

Did you say, “hidden gems?”

[@tr1bes]

I would go for the Saturn because the Saturn is one of a kind and hard to emulate. The prices for Sega Saturn games have risen drastically. Getting a Dreamcast is much easier than the Saturn.

[@yjzep9922]

I bought an everdrive for my pc engine to attempt to stop buying expensive hucards. Still buy expensive hucards lol.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

hucards are pretty fun to collect because I so rarely see them anymore.

[@yjzep9922]

@@MetalJesusRocks translation....I just paid $230 for soldier blade lol.

[@atranfanatic]

@@yjzep9922 Which one? The Japanese or American version? I paid less than $200 complete for the Japanese version a year or two ago.

[@yjzep9922]

@@atranfanatic japanese. A year or two ago might have been 20 with the way the prices have skyrocketed during covid.

[@atranfanatic]

@@yjzep9922 Ok cool. Yeah I hear you there man. I think it was the end of 2019 somewhere. All I know is I wanted it for my Japanese RGB, region modded Duo. I also have just about all the Soldier series games, minus a couple of them. One on the PC Engine and the other on the NES.

[@OneUponADime]

When you say no save states, if the game has a save feature itself, like an rpg, is that still useable?

[@zes793]

Yes absolutely. Everdrives retain all the original functionality of games. Some Everdrives do have save state functionality but in the ones that don't you can still save how you normally would.

[@OneUponADime]

@@zes793 awesome, thanks!

[@johnhancockretro]

I have a MODE in a Dreamcast and love it! So many cool aftermarket games and ports. Recently there was many Atomiswave arcade games converted to the Dreamcast.

[@danieljimenez1989]

What's the difference between a mode and a gdemu for the dreamcast?

[@retr0type]

​@@danieljimenez1989 Original GDEMU's are hard to obtain as there's a single guy who makes and sells them. Secondhand authentic GDEMU's are super expensive and will usually run you hundreds of dollars. I've heard working with the original creator to order one is a nightmare as it can take a long time to ship (if you're lucky enough to catch a preorder when it goes up once every blue moon) and he's been known to cancel preorders out of annoyance if you email him to check the status of your purchase. I do not have firsthand experience of this, but reddit would be a good place to research and make up your own mind. Clone GDEMU's are plentiful and a lot cheaper, however, you cannot update it with the official firmware as the chipset is just different enough that flashing it will brick it. Usage and compatibility seem to be about on par with the authentic GDEMU. It's your call if you choose to support the creator or not, so I won't go any further into the morality of it all. GDEMU's only run games from a full size SD card (or a microSD if you have an adapter). There are several games that have compatibility issues with the GDEMU, most notably Resident Evil Code Veronica X and Skies of Arcadia. RE has a game breaking glitch during a puzzle that will halt progress in the game. SoA will freeze during a certain part of the opening cinematic unless your skip it. On the SD card, all games have to be separated into numbered folders (01, 02, 03, etc..) and the GDI or CDI image will be need to renamed to "game.gdi/cdi". This makes it difficult to know what game is on your card unless you use a tool called SD Card Maker for GDEMU. MODE seems to have 100% compatibility. It will allow you to use SD cards as well as USB flash drives and SATA hard drives. Each game will need placed in their own folder, but you can name the folders whatever you want as well as the image itself. Overall, the MODE is a better experience than the GDEMU, but also a lot more expensive.

[@northofnashira2575]

There you go.... put it in your Saturn and MJ and John can just trade occasionally. Lol

[@marcelofrau8818]

the atomiswave conversion are awesome, totally worth having to play on dreamcast.. :D

[@johnhancockretro]

@@retr0type thank you for your detailed explanation of this.

[@pan5001]

I think you should install the MODE in your Saturn, The Saturn doesn't get enough love.

[@retroactivekev]

Just wanted to throw out a little correction so no one gets confused. You showed the Mega Everdrive Pro but then mention the X7 running CD games while showing Sonic CD. The Mega Everdrive X7 does not run CD games (sadly haha because that is what I’ve had for a while), still an awesome flash cart though.

[@WannaDJ]

Amazing video! It was very interesting that you mentioned My Life in Gaming channel because when I saw the title and thumbnail I thought it was a video from their channel, haha.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Love that channel. I learn a lot!

[@naughtydog9843]

@@MetalJesusRocks Thanks MetalJesus for such an interesting video! This is by far my favorite way to start the day with the morning coffee :)

[@8bvg300]

Wow... the prices of some of the flash carts. Ouch. Man they sent you a ton of stuff thats hard for someone like me to find the spare cash for

[@GamingintoEternity]

MJ, love this video! The Dreamcast please!

[@DanVasc]

I know nothing about ever drives. Is it exactly as if you had the original gaming running? Or are there noticeable differences, like with most emulators?

[@devilmikey00]

It's not an emulator. They basically trick the original hardware into thinking it's a legit cart so it boot roms from an SD card. There is no difference between a game running off the original cart or an everdrive. Except the everdrives (If you get the more expensive models) have some emulator niceties like save states.

[@ChadZeluff]

There’s no emulation in this, it’s identical to having the real cartridge in the device. As an example, most consoles don’t load the entire ROM into memory at a time - they couldn’t, not enough memory to do so! - and so the console would frequently go back to the ROM cart to grab more instructions. EverDrives mimic this perfectly. This does not mean there haven’t been bugs with particular ROMs, and how a cartridge’s chips intended to be read by the console. However, at this point, EverDrives are 99.99% bug free :) The firmwares are all upgradeable, just in case.

[@Azari_D]

The other 2 comments may know more than me about it, but I use the Snes and GBA Everdrives. I did have to put an emulator on the Everdrive for it to play games at all, so I was assuming that it was running them like an emulator. On the GBA Everdrive you can run GBA, GB, GBC, NES, and Sega Masters System.

[@brandonkick]

@RaniaIsAwesome This.... the most expensive everdrives handle the "extra chips / extra hardware? games very well.. cheaper ones either are very limited or do not support that at all. Some systems, like the game gear, the carts had no enhancements in them. The ROM simply gets dumped into system memory and executed. Some systems, like the genesis, VERY FEW games had any kind of enhancements.... if you could live without support for the one or two titles that need it.. your fine. Some systems had a lot of games with enhancement chips. The EverDrive, at its lowest levels, does two things. It provides the game ROM for the system to run and it can try to emulate any extra chips the original cart may have had through the EverDrives built in FPGA (so it's hardware emulation).

[@DanVasc]

Awesome, guys. Thanks for the info.

[@vsaurabh84]

Wonderful video! You’re the grand daddy of retro gaming for sure! I’ve been following your channel for years. Lots of respect for you. Love from India

[@jon-knee-dee2133]

Great video! I don't know if this is weird but I find when I use a pc emulator or everdrive I'm like less inclined to complete the games I have on there. Like when I actually go and purchase a game I think I value it much more if that makes sense, like the only rpg I've ever completed on an emulator is Shin Megami Tensei if.

[@4zy1]

It feels a lot more natural to play it on actual hardware.

[@theconfusingwords]

It’s awesome that there’s an Everdrive for the NeoGeo Pocket Color because that’s one I definitely wouldn’t buy all the games for.

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

man I'm obsessed with flash carts for some reason, this video makes me so happy.

[@ThaddeusMaximus]

May I suggest a ColecoVision vs Intellivision video?

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Interesting video idea... 🤔

[@majordragonborn2308]

I've been watching your old Best Album videos. You had some great picks I even bought a couple of the Albums. You should do a current top 10 Albums list maybe like the last 20 years or so.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

That's a good idea!

[@Hoytehablode]

One correction here. the old sd2snes everdrive cart supports and run superfx chip games and sa1 games, dsp games and cx games. Making basically 99% of the catalog work. only. some. obscure japanese. games. dont work

[@toaks2804]

I think he was referring to the Super Everdrive, which is much cheaper but doesn't play a lot of the special chip games.

[@Hoytehablode]

@@toaks2804 he saidd the sd2snes, the super everdrive does, check the website it was update by a fan and incorporated officialy

[@toaks2804]

@@Hoytehablode Well to be fair, he also called pretty much all of them everdrives which they are not. Lol. The Neo Geo GD and the Lynx GD are made by RetroHQ. I checked Stone Age Gamer and according to their site, the Super Everdrive does not support the MSU or any enhancement chips. The original SD2SNES i know does support almost all enhancement chips now. That's what I currently own.

[@_Thrackerzod]

The Super Everdrive and SD2SNES (which was renamed due to "SD" being trademarked) are made by different people which makes it a bit more confusing. Krikkz makes the Super Everdrive, and the other one is by Ikari.

[@austinminor9368]

I have the Everdrive 64 X7. With MAME and Neon64, its turned my N64 into my universal retro console

[@gamesessions]

Do you know which of these devices has a “random game” feature - I really like that idea

[@zachammer666]

The N64 Everdrive X7 does, pretty sure some other ones do too but that one does for sure! Fun feature

[@Inv8erZlM]

Everdrive GBA and Everdrive GB have it

[@krzysztofszmytkiewicz1029]

I've had my flashcart for NeoGeo Pocket Color for years - by the Flashmasta company. I have also installed a frontlight from HandHeld Legends. There is also a replacement screen on AlliExpress. I love my NGP and I have enjoyed your video with Reggie about it a lot!

[@ghjfjhfdgh]

Backlit replacement screens for the Neo Geo Pocket are available and really easy to install. The screens are a bit smaller than the original but the jump in quality is absolutely worth it. They even have touch sensors to control screen brightness. One tip: Get a set that includes a bracket so the screen will sit in the correct position.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I heard there is a new screen for the Pocket that is slightly LARGER. I'm gonna be all over that!

[@ghjfjhfdgh]

@@MetalJesusRocks Uhh, that would be awesome - if you manage to get one please make a video about it! :)

[@linkboy321]

I've got a SD2SNES and an Everdrive N8 that I use with my RetroUSB AVS and Super NT.

[@dotheevolution78]

Same here

[@mscottjohnson3424]

We saw the Mega SD and MODE, but no mention of Terra Onion's Super SD System 3! Like the Mega SD, it emulates CD games, but for the TurboGrafx/PC Engine. In Japan, the PC Engine got more CD games than Hu Card games, so no CD support means the TurboGrafx Everdrive won't play most of the games. The SSDS3 won't work with a Turbo Express, but for the console, skip the Everdrive, get the SSDS3

[@Level1Sword]

Everdrives were tempting for a while, but I'm glad I waited for the classic systems to come out. I have hacked NES, SNES, GEN, and PSX classics with my favorite games on them that suit me just fine.

[@naughtydog9843]

Same here dude, I can't wait for the Dreamcast Mini!

[@TheRestartPoint]

No TerraOnion Super SD System 3 CD-ROM emulator? That's the the best one!

[@mscottjohnson3424]

100%! Shout out to the SSDS3 community!

[@tylerpeterson5179]

Put it in the Saturn, no brainer. You can get a gdemu for cheap and plug it right into the Dreamcast easy (no soldering). I learned that from a man named Riggs, you may have heard of him.

[@jamin63]

I would do the mod to the Saturn because it’s generally more expensive to collect for and it would be easier for you too play the games you want without spending too much money. The Dreamcast isn’t as expensive, and its also easy to make games for. Go for the Saturn.

[@SonicFanChris4]

I would say to put the MODE into the Dreamcast. It's easy to burn most Saturn games to CD-Rs. Dreamcast games are much larger though and often have to have data removed or compressed in able for them to fit on a CD-R. CD compatible rips of some games like Shenmue II have a lot of missing audio files because of this. The MODE would allow you to play games fully uncompressed.

[@NIC_Pineiro]

I looove my life in gaming. Learned so much from try and cory

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Yep. Those guys know their stuff.

[@jestar06]

I would definitely install it in the Saturn. Dreamcast games you can still get for a reasonable price where as Saturn games are $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@pwnswoggle]

The MODE is really easy to install into the dreamcast. Trust me, watch Todd's video and you will be done in 10 mins. It really is just unscrewing some screws, plug and play and you're done. It's awesome in both channels but the DC install is ridiculously easy.

[@_Thrackerzod]

One great thing about the Everdrive N8 is you don't have to worry about the horrible, unreliable cartridge connector on the toaster model NES anymore. Just plug in the Everdrive and you never have to take it out ever again (the SD card can be removed without taking out the flash cart).

[@kevin1337ninja]

The MODE can also be installed in a PS1 with some modifications to the shell.

[@That_Handle]

Isn't there the Xstation for that without modding the shell? Though, I recall coming across a product where the modification gave you a vertical-loading card holder underneath the PS1 lid.... Is that the MODE ?

[@kevin1337ninja]

@@That_Handle Yeah, Xstation is probably a better choice, but I was just mentioning that the mode could be installed in the PS1. The whole appeal of the MODE is that it can be used in multiple systems and can swap back and forth depending on what the user wants. It will also probably get more systems supposed later on down the road.

[@TheCleveland1987]

i wish they would make one for d.o.s so we can play 90's pc games on modern gaming computer

[@_Thrackerzod]

You don't need a physical device to do that, it can be done in software. You can play old DOS games on Windows 10 using DOSBox.

[@hailthehordes5932]

If you buy a Everdrive 64 is there any pre installed games or you have to download them yourself?

[@patriotsvirtuoso]

Hello Metaljesus I love ur vids

[@Plattipuz]

Still waiting for a video on the Sharp X68000. That system has no shortage of shmups, so I'm surprised it hasn't already been featured yet.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I've never seen a Sharp X68000 in person and don't know anybody who owns one.

[@Plattipuz]

@@MetalJesusRocks They seem to be pretty rare! I'd love to get my hands on one. Thanks for reading my comment :)

[@dstarr3]

These flash carts sound expensive until you think of what some games run on the used market. Like, the FXPAK Pro is only a little more expensive than buying a Chrono Trigger cartridge. If you're a collector, a flash cart won't get you anywhere, but if you just want to play games, there's no other way.

[@StabStabStabStabby]

You should mention that if you want to buy one make sure it's by Krikzz. Dont buy the chinese knockoffs on ebay that steal krikzz's design. Support the creator of this product.

[@jasonmatney9037]

they work just as good for alot less money.

[@_Thrackerzod]

@@jasonmatney9037 They're cheap garbage and if one breaks on you you're screwed because you can't get it replaced as Krikzz will do for you if you buy from him. Also he deserves to be paid for his work and not have it stolen.

[@jasonmatney9037]

@@_Thrackerzod more bullshit, have had mine for over a year with no issues, don't get your panties in a bunch cause i paid half for the exact same thing. keep on believing your sheep bullshit idiot.

[@kumiliarostreamsarchives3079]

I have the everdrive for the n64. Me and my friends does retro night often and have a blast with it . Bit expensive but worth it

[@Pooper]

I need one of these. I really do. I’d love one for NES, SNES, or N64. Maybe even GBA.

[@RudeDude]

Hey look I'm early in the comments..

[@RichGuano]

SAVE STATES!

[@netforce0]

prolly dreamcast because i've had issues with that disc reader

[@SJ-mh1rg]

The SD2SNES and FXPak Pro can both play the Super FX, SA1 games and etc. You might want to revise it. The NES N8 Pro comes with more mappers to allow more games to be playable.

[@Jordan-bf5xk]

+1

[@fieldingmellish2917]

It took him so long to get around to the MegaSD that it became a hidden gem.

[@Siktah]

Lynx Batman Returns rules man!!! Do yourself a favor and use different combos of the A B and start buttons to go through menus for different enemy sets. Also that menu music is great once it loops

[@gamefreakjoey]

Someone get this man a backlit Neo Geo Pocket Color. Heck, I’d even install one of my own full sized IPS kits pro bono.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

RetroRGB was talking about a new mod that has a slightly LARGER screen! I'd be all over that.

[@kingarthur7255]

You wanna sell your sd2snes? I’m looking at getting one and I’d love to have one from metal Jesus!!! Lol

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I'm going to be doing a GIVEAWAY of those previous generation everdrives, probably on FB. I'll figure out the details and post on social media so follow me on Twitter/FB.

[@kingarthur7255]

@@MetalJesusRocks awesome!! I just got a Sony pvm crt and a cib snes but only have 6 snes games and with current game prices there’s no way I can just buy all the games I want at once chrono trigger alone costs more than an everdrive so that’s what I’m gonna get until I find the expensive games in the wild🤞 still plan to collect physical copies but want to play on original hardware until that happens! That’s where these shine that and Rom hacks etc. I can’t wait to get one! I’ll check out your fb I don’t have Twitter

[@davidv2002]

have you seen the virtual boy flashcart? it even has a e ink screen on it

[@speedpunxclub7550]

Would LOVE a Dreamcast DIY on this install .

[@retrogamerfan123]

i use the nes one myself it’s a blast playing games i grew up with my 8 year old nephew :) i want to get a snes one that was the system i played the most

[@professoroak9721]

Probably a dumb question, but if you get the Gameboy Everdrive that doesn't have save states, are you still able to save in games that normally have a save function? or are save states the only way to save on an everdrive?

[@retr0type]

The GB Everdrive X5 version will save the same way that the actual game would save. The X7 allows you to save anywhere and has a real time clock that would be used for Pokémon games.

[@toaks2804]

Just a heads up, there definitely are backlit screens available for Neo Geo Pocket Color.

[@MP-vd1ck]

He needs to get a back light installed on his Neo Geo pocket color.

[@jeremydavidspeaks]

Easier to find a replacement Dreamcast if you mess up.

[@lonewolf5322]

Do you have to add your own games or does it bring games?

[@humanice2]

I have Everdrives for Genesis, Snes, N64 and Terraonion's MODE installed on my Japanese Saturn (I also have a european Saturn and a PAL disc collection). Downloading the entire library of Genesis/SNES/N64 games was easy, but I've been obsessively downloading absolutely everything I possibly can on the Saturn, it runs everything region free and there are so many Japanese games that I missed and it offers an entire world of unexplored games and translation hacks, 4MB ram hacks and so forth. Saturn is my favorite system and getting the Terraonion MODE for my Saturn was the best thing I've done in a long time.

[@ACanuckNamedTex]

The Dreamcast is the easiest install for the Mode. Saturn has a lot of extra steps and ribbon cables to deal with.

[@lockshabaz1876]

METAL JESUS VIDEO!!! Day is made!! Hoping for another switch video soon! Thoughts on Streets of Rage 4? =]

[@bones2015ify]

Dreamcast . Can you do a video on the GameCube you got going love to see that working .

[@RDJ134]

Love the Everdrives, i have the following: Everdrive 64 V2 (Nintendo 64) Super Everdrive V2 (Super Nintnedo) EverDrive-GBA X5 (NIntendo GameBoy Advanced) Mega EverDrive X5 (SEGA MegaDrive)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Very nice!

[@RDJ134]

@@MetalJesusRocks Thank you :)

[@vicentealvarez9284]

I dont know if there is a gba everdrive but if there is. Would it work on the nintendo ds lite gba slot?

[@sillkthashocker]

I'm willing to say yes it would

[@philosophicalharmonics3470]

i'm waiting for the flash cart that will allow you to sort roms by various categories like genre and year and region. you can have that info in the rom title but they need to be able to make a sortable list of that info.

[@philosophicalharmonics3470]

Maybe add shortcut files linking to the rom files? That way you could have multiple presorted batches ordered in any manner you like and it would only require kilobytes of spaces instead of megabytes.

[@bryangriffin8028]

You should install it in your saturn instead

[@Gohan1138]

My Life In Gaming's intro music is just the best

[@Rezigunn]

Surprised you haven't modded that neo geo pocket with a new screen. I know you were talking about it and there is a full screen lcd mod I'd suggest you look into it. Same goes for wonderswan if you have one of those I genuinely don't remember if you do or not

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I just saw there is a new larger screen mod. I'll probably look into that

[@TubbyJ420]

the Dreamcast had a notoriously noisy drive motor and laser assembly. imagine a silent Dreamcast console. along with fresh VMU batteries so they don't beep!

[@zes793]

I don't have to imagine! GDEmu (optical drive emulator), replacement fan mod, HDMI modded. My dreamcast is dead silent, outputs 1080p via HDMI and runs any game from the SD card.

[@emmettturner9452]

I've got some crazy flash carts and RAM carts myself. -Bung MGD³ "Multi Game Doctor" with V64jr512, GB X-Changer, Doctor GB Card 64M, and Multi X-Changer This one literally lets me plug a Game Boy flash cart into the back of a PlayStation and then lets me use the PlayStation to load games from CD-R onto the N64 RAM cart. -UperGrafx UGX-02 Like the Super SD System³, this thing has built-in flash cart and CD-ROM² emulation... but it also works like a plug & play Hi-Def NES/UltraHDMI for PC Engine. That's right: It doesn't convert analog video to digital... it taps into the digital video bus on the back which normally goes to a VCE/DAC (Video Color Encoder/Digital to Analog Converter). It uses the FPGA to replicate the function of the VCE except instead of spitting out analog it spits out DVI/HDMI, much like the Hi-Def NES replicates the PPU (Pixel Processing Unit) of an NES. The original PPU only has composite video so they had to replicate it's internal functions and clone it in FPGA to get digital video. -Datel Max Media Drive Believe it or not, this one was bought at Walmart and can be used to play commercial Nintendo DS games from a Compact Flash card in the GBA slot (Slot-2). ;) You have to patch the games but it really does work. It was supposedly intended for playing music and movies from CF card, but I'm not so sure I believe that since Datel also made the SD Media Launcher for GameCube. ;) Speaking of which, I may be part of the reason that thing exists. Right after the Cobra BIOS was extracted from the ViperGC modchip and released as a DOL called "Anaconda," I went to the #Dextrose IRC channel and suggested that someone could use a Datel Action Replay cheat to bootstrap the code from a memory card. This prompted a discussion about bootloaders, micro-bootloaders, entry points, etc and in a matter of days we had Samson's AR Loader. -Naki Game Saver Plus I also got this at Walmart even though it's secretly Bung hardware in disguise (Professor SF/Game Doctor series, Multi Game Doctor series, etc). Most people think it's just a cheat device with true slo-mo and save states, but you will note that it looks an awful lot like a Doctor V64jr with its horizontal pass-thru cart on the back and battery door above that. Open it up and you will find a big, fat, "Bung" chip. Makes sense because this was something their game copiers could do, like Game Doctor SF7. It even has an unpopulated parallel port connection inside. I believe it's basically a Bung MGD² Super NES backup unit with less RAM and more-restrictive Naki-branded firmware. Even the famous Doctor V64 shipped with firmware that disables backup support (users always had to download/flash the "Backup Enabled" FW themselves). Though there are a lot of talking about this thing I seem to be the only person pointing out that it is from Bung and is basically a piracy device. Fun fact: The scan of the code sheet that everyone shows when they talk about it is actually my copy where my twin brother shared it on ZSNES boards. ;) I still have it in the box with my Walmart receipt from the '90s and it has the exact same stains and creases seen in videos about it today. ;) -RetroActive UltraHDMI Update Cartridge with UltraSave flash linker and 64Drive HW2 programmer/flashcart. Years ago RetroActive was working on a line of low-cost N64 flashcart PCBs with built-in UltraCIC support No, they would not have intruded in 64Drive because these were intended to make dedicated universal-region games (homebrew, hacks, translations, repros, etc), though they could be flashed/reprogrammed with a RetroActive UltraSave. That's an interface device originally intended for backing up save games and dumping original N64 games (RetroActive UltraSave). The 64Drive is needed as the FPGA "brain" and the USB interface, since the UltraSave itself just has power and two cartridge slots (no USB). The flashcart boards were finished but the RetroActive UltraHDMI really took off and focus obviously shifted. Eventually many other flashcart solutions appeared and production of the 64Drive HW2 had fallen behind (still is), so RetroActive dropped all ambitions of making cheap flashcart PCBs. I received the PCBs back in 2017 pre-loaded with UltraHDMI 1.07 update ROM only days before 1.07A was released (DOH!). Since I didn't have what I needed to reprogram them I ended up making my own UltraHDMI 1.07A Update loaner cartridge out of a RetroStage N64 Blaster board and updated it again when FW1.08 came out, but I needed to modify both updater ROMs to support a different CIC security chip. Marshall at RetroActive actually reverse engineered the CIC/PIF chips with some friends (look up Mike Ryan's RE:Con 2015 presentation upload) and released the design for everyone to make their own clone CICs but kept the universal CIC they developed for things like 64Drive, and these UltraHDMI Update Cartridges. When you look at the board there is no clone CIC because they implemented it in the same FPGA that controls the ROM addressing. I figured an FPGA would be more expensive than a PIC chip CIC clone but these were only $7.50 each. Anyway, an UltraHDMI competitor was just announced with WiFi updating, so UltraHDMI customers without a flash cart need to know that they will be able to update even without WiFi. UltraHDMI HW2 shipped literally 2 days before the announcement with FW that was never intended to be shipping FW. That means new FW is on the way and I need to update my updater boards and make several loaner carts. I mentioned this to Marshall/RetroActive and he threw his personal 64Drive and UltraSave into a box with 150 UltraHDMI HW2 kits and shipped them on the first of this month. :) I ended up getting the earlier package with 80 UltraHDMI HW2 on the same day (5th). Yes, I have a lot of mainstream flashcarts and ODEs too, like Everdrives and SD2SNES/FX Pak Pro and even more obscure ones like a Wii ODE that connects to a PC instead of a HDD/USB/SD/flash (I built a Pico-ITX PC into the Wii's horizontal stand and now the stand itself is considered rare/valuable ;)). I'd love to show all of this someday. ;)

[@amerikaOnFire]

Probably 30 comments like this, but they aren't called Everdrives. That's the line of Krikzz carts. They are just called flash carts and ODE's.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I have a friend of mine who works at Microsoft Bing. She gets annoyed when I say I'll "google it"...when I mean search. Everdrive is kinda like one of those terms these days...

[@amerikaOnFire]

@@MetalJesusRocks I get what you're saying, but it's not been like that for a long time. Saying Everdrive to encompass every product is like calling a game a Dota-like instead of a MOBA in 2021. Or Doom clone for any FPS shooter. It's not a huge deal, but all of those people put in thousands of hours to make some cool stuff and it just sounds weird today. It takes away from Saint, TO, FlashMasta, Furrtek, Akari and even Krikzz since they all make different products. Even the title of your YT video isn't accurate since you differentiate. It should be My Flash Cart and ODE collection.

[@bigfriki]

11:52 There's one game too many there

[@videogameobsession]

I'm going to pretend he didn't just call the NEO-GEO POCKET COLOR, a "Low powered handheld system"... It's a 16-bit color handheld. Also.. Complaining about the lack of a backlit LCD screen, then showing a modded GBC with an aftermarket backlit screen.. The NGPC can also be modded. The NGPC flashcart is also not made by Krikzz.. I.E. not an EverDrive.

[@brno95]

Name of game? 00:35 please

[@snowblindeclipse]

I have the Chinesse replics of AliExpress very low cost for my Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, SEGA Genesis, Nintendo and Game Boy/Color/Game Boy Advance, for GameCube i play in my Nintedo Wii with emulators in the console, for the SEGA Dreamcast i have from China too a USB mode with MicroSD, insert in the back, the happy life of the Colombian por gamer.

[@TheDrisk]

recent discoverer of your channel... I have almost all the everdrives... apart from the mega cd one (have just mega drive) and love them. For me I had to move my entire collection into storage a few years ago, when my daughter still living with us had a baby... living in the uk in a 2 bedroom appartment, meant my collection had to be boxed away. 3 years later and I have changed my retro focus to everdrives and cd sd cards and a powerful gaming pc with launchbox front end. I also invested in adaptors, so I can plug in real controllers in to the pc. I have to say I am blown away for all the reasons you give in your video. Everdrives is real deal, but Emulation for most part has really impressed me with Dolphin, Duck Station, redream., pcsx2, project 64, tekno parrot and Saturn, all upscaling the graphics if you want...making them look better than they ever did and as you think you remembered it. I still retro collect, although have definitely slowed down, partly like you have many of the main ones I like... Of course one day I hope to have a bigger place and my own game collection on display, as I do miss them... but having my beautiful 3 year old grand daughter in our place and our daughter, bringing joy is something worth infinitely more than me having a game room. Anyway keep up the fab vids, loving them and your hidden gems vids have introduced me to many new games.

[@vinnielangdonshow]

I just got a Hyperkin 2 HD NES/SNES. I regret tossing out my old NES back in the early 1990s and the 30 cartridges I had. I figured since I cannot find a PS5 I rather blow my money on a Retro console and now going to just start collecting the games I once had as a child. Would love to see the other more affordable Multi Carts for these systems. Thanks!

[@The90sGamingGuy]

I would love to upgrade my stock Game Cube with the GC loader or Terra Onion mode for and get a Dream Cast and swap out the disc reader for SD card reader. I have Ever Drives for N64,NES,SNES, and Genesis. All are different generation models. I currently don't own any of the newest models of Ever Drives but might get the Genesis Ever Drive X7 for the save feature. I know you are into metal so have you heard the 20th Anniversary of Pantera's Reinventing the Steel? I have and the remixed tracks sound very clear and good. I have yet to hear the straight remastered tracks i bet those sound great too. The b-sides off the album are killer too, a shame they didn't give us a live disc. Great video dude!

[@not2tired]

Harmony for Atari 2600! Very affordable. Also really practical because it super common to change games often during a 2600 session.

[@FirstLast_Nba]

Better than collecting stamps.

[@videogameobsession]

I'd put the Mode in a Saturn. Especially if you're a fan of shooters (SHMUPs).. as it has a treasure trove of them. Also, the DC is simple to play CDR copies in.. That is as long as you have a MIL-CD model. The Saturn isn't too hard to play copies in either.

[@TheJakeMG]

My GameCube looks exactly like yours. I went for the GCLoader as games like Paper Mario, Mario Kart etc. cost the price of a kidney now, unfortunately. Have you heard of the Laser Bear mount for the GCLoader?

[@ElcanaldeEspetero]

I have an everdrive in my sega megadrive (your sega genesis), a 150 games in 1 for my NES, and de GDEMU installed in the dreamcast with a 128Gb SD that is AMAZING.

[@scottythompson940]

Cool video tech talk lol yes ok yep

[@bigwut123]

Great overview! Though I’m not a fan of using “everdrive” as a catch-all term for flashcarts since that name is specific to the krikzz product line

[@nintenjoel]

So how is this footage all captured in HD, if it's on original hardware? Or will these work on something like a Retron 5? Great vid... Man, I want that Sega CD one.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

I spent thousands of dollars since 2020 on retro games and that's just mostly Gen 6 and 7! i got sick of it and decided to sell my collection, i've made bank selling it on my store and i've used some of the money to get everdrives for all my cartridge consoles and ODE's/Modded hard drives for the rest. At the end of the day i just want to play the game on real hardware on a CRT and i can do that so much more conveniently on these things, plus you get rom hacks and translations and other quality of life improvements to many games making the originals irrelevant. Plus you don't have to worry about bad CD drives dying, lasers going bad (good luck finding a PS2 console that reads all the discs and DVDs correctly these days), disc rot or corrosion on carts etc.

[@KristofferEk]

I'm looking to get an everdrive 64 just so I can have all my games with me when I go out with the system and not have to bring all the carts with me.

[@not2tired]

Do it. I got one last year and it's much easier to bring my N64 on the go. You won't be disappointed.

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

@@not2tiredWhy do you need to bring it on the go? Do you play it during business trips etc?

[@not2tired]

@@user-yk1cw8im4h Business trips... Actually, yes! Some of what I do involves groups of older and younger kids overseas. The N64 is a good platform for several reasons, including limitations of internet access or available displays (4 players on one console; works with old or new TVs). Sometimes the games are just for fun, other times were are building trust, skills, and confidence by doing a bit of programming. The Everdrive 64 can also play most NES games, which are a great way to learn some simple programming/design, and then try out your creation first hand with friends. Between my N64 and NES libraries, this saves me the suitcase space of over a hundred carts. I know my situation is not common, but I will say even if you aren't traveling thousands of miles with limited space, it is handy to bring a few hundred games in one cartridge to a friend's house across town for an evening of retro fun. Nothing wrong with just bringing a basket of N64 carts either, it all depends on your gaming preferences and life logistics.

[@se7encureton]

Question friends. How is the best way I can play ol Brito games on like ps1? Should I get a ps1 again or should I get one of the mini ps1s and have it hacked?

[@aplien5077]

That Genesis Everdrive with the Sega CD emulation sounds great! I bought a secondhand Sega CD but it never worked so maybe this is something I need to finally play those Sega CD games I haven’t gotten to play.

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

Nice but I’ve got em all 😎

[@klwthe3rd]

What the heck is an everdrive?

[@retroguy2525]

Put the mode in your dreamcast because the Dreamcast didn't get the last as long as the PS2 or at least until early 2006 just before the 7th generation of video games and i think that the Dreamcast was the best Sega console at the time besides the Genesis

[@PicMus]

What game is that on 12:30 ???? I played this on game boy more than a decade ago and I was never able to find the name.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Solomon's Key

[@PicMus]

@@MetalJesusRocks Life saver

[@joloooranil4375]

Everdrive is a really good accessory for the n64, you can play your favorite game on only one cartridge wow