This is a Flash cart (PicoPac-Multicart) for Philips Videopac G-7000, G-7200, G7400, C52, JOPAC and Odyssey 2 by Andrea Ottaviani.
This Flash cart for Videopac / Odyssey 2 is based on Videopac-microSD Multicart project by Wilco2009 (https://github.com/wilco2009/Videopac-micro-SD-Cart)
PicoPAC is a multicart DIY yourself based on cheap “PURPLE” Raspberry Pi Pico clone, easy to build and not expensive and using its 16mb flash for storing games instead of the SDCard.
How much i paid for the PicoPac-Multicart?
- 1 x RP2040 Pi Pico Purple : €2.69
- 1 x JLCPCB PCB : €1.00
- 1 x DIODE 1N4148 / Push Button : €1.00 +/-
More or less for each single Philips Videopac PicoPac-Multicart complete with all the components you will spend €4.69.
The price of each component also includes the cost of shipping and customs clearance.
Below you will find the photos of how i repositioned the BUTTON, i preferred to install in this position rather than on the upper side of the cartridge (default position of the PCB).
You can also download the front cartridge label, UF2 firmware v1.0a and a ZIP archive with 200 games.
For more information about this and other projects by Andrea Ottaviani please visit his github page.
Gallery:
Download:
source: github.com/aotta/PicoPAC
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- Spheroids &D
- Silly Life +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Silly Life
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #48 [cartridge]
- The Lands of Havoc
- RandomPac V1.2 +2D
- Gems +
- Alien Zoo
- Nesterin Trail V1.0.1 +DS
- Jump +3D
- Fly 64 +
- Game of the Gods
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #49 [cartridge]
- Sherwood Open
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #50 [cartridge]
- Katakis +6DFI *Hokuto Force*
- Whackadoodle +
- Mars Saga +2D [tapecart]
- Mazemen +2DJ
- Light Cycle Duel V1.1 +
- Micro-Chess Preview +T
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #51 [cartridge]
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #52 [cartridge]
- IO +8HFD V2
- Fight Night +1DI
- Shootout at Fort Apache +2D
- Quest for Cash
- Forever young – Alphaville *Hokuto Force*
- RandomPac V1.3 +2D
- Grey Preview 8 *Hokuto Force*
- Splatch! +
- Splatch! +2D
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep +2FD
- Huestack V2 +3
- Mineshaft Gap +D
- Huestack V2.0
- Enduro Preview 3
- Splatch! +2
- Car Chase &D
- Clytron Preview +3D
- Splatch! +4HD
- Grazers +1D
- BCBasic *Hokuto Force*
- Kwaystron +1DJ *Hokuto Force*
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #53 [cartridge]
- Inspector
- Bouncy Bozo +1HD *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- BCBasic +
- Mineshaft Gap V2.4 +D
- Color Water Sort Basic
- Kraksnax Kart for Non-Hosers #54 [cartridge]
- Greenery Puzzle +H
- Decade of Ruin Preview +1D
- Clytron +2DS
- Surfchamp +D
- Beach Commodore Preview
- River Barrage [seuck]
- River Barrage +2H [seuck]
- Zwark +2D
- Grey Preview 8 +4D
- Via Carinthia +D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Color Jump +2HD *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- AntiAir +4HD
- Single Screen Dash +H
- Sperrstunde + *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Escape Room
- Sperrstunde
- Alien Gate +4D
- Escape Room [english/german]
- Speed Duel
- Hot Pop +3H
- Valkyr +5HDT
- Osotos +3
- Caverns of Depth +2D
- Make a big fat Burger +D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Drelbs +3DG *Hokuto Force*
- Clown-House of Horror +2D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Teleport Tangle +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Monkey Food +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Black Ninja +DS *Hokuto Force*
- Bird Mother +3DH *Hokuto Force*
- Life V1.1 +D
- Pooyan +2DGH feat. D.F.S.W.P.M.
- Jerry Kavinsky Versus Space Goblins +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Maze Cleaner 4k +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Drone Zone +1HD
- Hydrogen 4k
- The Revenge of the Blobby Thingies +
- MoruBoost +2D
- Treacherous Platforms 4k +1D
- Act Natural! *Hokuto Force*
- Oh No! More Bones 4k
- Jerry Kavinsky Versus Space Goblins
- Escape from the Metaverse (Extended Edition)
- Escape from the Metaverse (4kB Edition)
- Hydrogen 4k +2D
- Invitation to Leave 4k +1D
- Shark Under the Sea 4k +
- Stop the Bomber 4k +1D
- Crap Basket 4k +1D
- Nice Day for Fishing
- Vesperrari 4k +1D
- Nightmare 4k
- The Revenge of the Spiders
- CracPac +2
- MoruBoost +2 *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Weights and Crates 4k +7HD
- The Revenge of the Spiders
- Cavern Drone Race
- Weights and Crates 4k
- Golf Dash
- Nice Day for Fishing +D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Interceptor +
- Bat in the Cave +1D
- Maze Cleaner 4k +1D
- Banana Syndrome 4k +1D
- Crap Recovery 4k +2D
- Nightmare 4k +1D
- Golf Dash V1.31 +1D
- Vesperrari 4k +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Cat ‘n’ Bombs 4k +1D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Space Wars 4k +1D
- Escape From the Metaverse Extended Edition +
- Tsunami Toso +1HD
- Cavern Drone Race +D
- Oh No! More Bones 4k +
- Act Natural! +2D *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Firewizz +1D
- Robot Spy 64
- Arkanoid NTSC +3
- Roadblasters +7DGHI *Hokuto Force*
- Nixy and the Seeds of Doom Preview +1D
- Hydrogen 4k +3HD
- Nixy and the Seeds of Doom Preview +
- I see you around… +DS *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Below The Root +D [Easyflash]
- Wordle +D
- Tsunami Toso V1.1 +1HD
- Dragon’s Kingdom +6DH *Hokuto Force*
- Dice 255 +DH
- Dice 255
- Hangword +D
- The Speed Date *Excess, Hokuto Force*
- Hangword +1D
- Mikael on the Run +2HF
- Stargate +2
- Nightmare 4k
- Night Mission Pinball Extended Bugfix
- Harm +2
- Hydrogenese Preview
- Sealculling Preview + *Hokuto Force*
Download: All Games in One Archive (165)
source: csdb.dk
This is a Flash cart (Pico-Multicart) for SABA Videoplay by Andrea Ottaviani.
This is a forked version of 3DMaze PicoVideocart for using a cheaper and simpler pcb based on pico “Purple” clone and using its 16mb flash for storing games instead of the original SDCard.
How much i paid for the SABA Videoplay Pico-Multicart?
- 1 x RP2040 Pi Pico Purple : €2.69
- 1 x JLCPCB PCB : €3.00
- 1 x DIODE 1N4148 / Resistor 330Ohm / Push Button / LED : €2.00 +/-
More or less for each single SABA Videoplay Pico-Multicart complete with all the components you will spend €7.69.
The price of each component also includes the cost of shipping and customs clearance.
Below you will find the photos of how i repositioned the LED and the BUTTON, i preferred to install both in this position rather than on the back of the cartridge (default position of the PCB).
Another thing i want to say is to solder the Pi Pico Purple as close as possible to the PCB, i soldered the strips and then removed the plastic holder, this is to avoid you having difficulty closing the cartridge case.
You can also download the cartridge label (front and back), firmware and games in UF2 format, the games must be programmed first and then the firmware.
Gallery:
Download:
source: github.com/aotta/PicoVideocart
.- the inexpensive dual-SID/FM replacement that you can build yourself -.
SIDKick pico by Frenetic is a microcontroller-based C64 SID replacement. Analog inputs for paddles and mice are available just as for the original SID.
Changelog:
- Flashing PRGs from disk drive 8 (<200 blocks)
- Timing diagnostics and adjustment
- Removing of audio bumps/ramps in PWM output
- Optional offsetting of paddle values (in case diagnostic ROMs complain)
Note:
There are different .uf2-files are firmware files with PWM and/or DAC output, flashing (RGB-)LED on/off AND for hardware revision 0.1 and 0.2.
Please read the troubleshooting section in case you experience problems.
Review:
My SID Player plays SID tunes with the SIDKick-pico.
SIDKick-Pico by Frenetic.
Download: SIDKick-Pico Firmware v0.21 (92)
source: c64-wiki.com github.com/frntc/SIDKick-pico restore-store.de
It’s been 4 years since i last updated the firmware of these devices, so it was time to do so.
Gallery:
Download:
A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.
Changelog:
- Support MACH 5 cartridge. Thanks Lord Kopromaster.
Download:
source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash
SD-1000/PiCOLECO/PiRTO-II are Flash Multicarts for Sega SC3000/SG-1000,CBS ColecoVision,Mattel Intellivision by Andrea Ottaviani based on the cheap version of the Raspberry Pi Pico clone (purple PCB).
I wanted to try and assemble this interesting project and i must say that i was very satisfied. I also contacted Andrea for a small problem of loading the ROMs for the Multicart Intellivision and he was immediately available even though it was Sunday lunch time :-)
I assembled two Multicarts for each console model because as soon as i informed my friend Andry about this project he wanted them too :-D
The Multicarts you see in this article are NOT for sale, for more information about firmware,flashing fw,gerber,3D case model i recommend you visit the github site where these projects are published.
How much did i spend for each multicart?
- 6 x Raspberry Purple Pi Pico clone (Aliexpress): €18.12
- 5 x JLCPCB PiCOLECO PCB: €1.87
- 5 x JLCPCB PiRTO II PCB: €3.74
- 5 x JLCPCB SD-1000: €3.74
- 1 x JLCPCB Shipping Charge: €6.66
- 1 x JLCPCB Customs duties & taxes: €3.52
- 1 x JLCPCB PAYPAL FEE: €0.47
- 6 x Diode 1N4148 (spare parts)
- 2 x Transistor BC547 (spare parts)
- 2 x Angled Push Button (spare parts)
- 4 x Push Button (spare parts)
More or less for each single Flash Multicart complete with all components you will spend around €6.00.
This includes the components that i already had at home and the minimum order from JLCPCB for each PCB which are 5 pieces, as a result i did the division on the JLCPCB invoice total.
Download the ROMs for Sega SC3000/SG-1000, ColecoVision, Intellivision (including CFG mappers) fully renamed and divided into folders in alphabetical order here.
Flash Multicarts Cartridge Case Shell Cover:
The last photo with a small modification of the hole to insert colored button covers.
How to update the firmware with the case closed? You have to press the button on the PI Pico Purple while inserting USB-C for firmware updating.
Totally excluded unscrewing and retightening the screws each time, so 1.5mm micro hole in the right position, perfect.
Gallery:
A new firmware update for the ARMSiD has been released by Nobomi.
News features and fixes in FW 2.16:
- Fix for 2 MHz mode C128. Since this firmware ARMSID is functional for all modes and types of communication with C128 (even those incompatible with SID documentation).
- Added to the configuration the possibility to use the EXT IN input (pin 26) as an analog input and connect it to the internal mixer, as on the original chip. You should expect a slight increase in noise background from this input, I recommend using it only when you really need this feature.
- Also added to the configuration the possibility to change the emulation detection threshold of the 6581/8580 according to the input voltage (pin 28), so called autodetection. Originally this limit is set to 10.5V, what is below indicates 8580 emulation, what is above so 6581. With the new setting, this limit can be about 2V, so you can use logic levels of 5V or even just 3V for switching the emulation type (pin 28 is not used for power supply in ARMSID, only for voltage measurement, no power supply on this pin is required for function).
Download: ARMSiD v2.16 [PRG/D64/CONFIG] (284)
source: nobomi.cz github.com/nobomi/Arduino-ARMSID-configurator
.- the inexpensive dual-SID/FM replacement that you can build yourself -.
SIDKick pico by Frenetic is a microcontroller-based C64 SID replacement. Analog inputs for paddles and mice are available just as for the original SID.
Changelog:
- This release contains the fix for the NTSC-specific bug of firmware version 0.20 (and the fix for the bug I introduced with 0.201 :-)).
Note:
There are different .uf2-files are firmware files with PWM and/or DAC output, flashing (RGB-)LED on/off AND for hardware revision 0.1 and 0.2.
Review:
My SID Player plays SID tunes with the SIDKick-pico.
SIDKick-Pico by Frenetic.
Download: SIDKick-Pico Firmware v0.202 (225)
source: c64-wiki.com github.com/frntc/SIDKick-pico restore-store.de
.- the inexpensive dual-SID/FM replacement that you can build yourself -.
SIDKick pico by Frenetic is a microcontroller-based C64 SID replacement. Analog inputs for paddles and mice are available just as for the original SID.
Changelog:
- This release contains the fix for the NTSC-specific bug of firmware version 0.20.
Note:
There are different .uf2-files are firmware files with PWM and/or DAC output, flashing (RGB-)LED on/off AND for hardware revision 0.1 and 0.2.
Review:
My SID Player plays SID tunes with the SIDKick-pico.
SIDKick-Pico by Frenetic.
Download: SIDKick-Pico Firmware v0.201 (213)
source: c64-wiki.com github.com/frntc/SIDKick-pico restore-store.de
A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate U2+L by Gideon is released.
Changes in 3.11a:
- WiFi support – Now that the WiFi modules for the U2+L are available, you will need this firmware to enable it. In this zip there are two files; the firmware update for the cartridge itself (.u2l) file and the firmware file for the ESP WiFi module (.esp). They have to be applied in this order.
- Ethernet fix – Improves compatibility with some switches and routers. The LAN should now work with these.
- Garbled characters fix. – On some machines, especially on NTSC machines, the 3.11 firmware gave some timing issues. This build should fix that.
- Ulticopy fix – In 3.11 Ulticopy was broken; it should work again – supposedly – not tested.
Due to “life” (e.g. house renovation) there has not been any time for testing this firmware for other hardware platforms. Will come soon.
Download: Ultimate U2+L v3.11a Firmware (263)
source: ultimate64.com github.com facebook
.- the inexpensive dual-SID/FM replacement that you can build yourself -.
SIDKick pico by Frenetic is a microcontroller-based C64 SID replacement. Analog inputs for paddles and mice are available just as for the original SID.
Changelog:
- FM emulation
- built-in PRG launcher
- Some bugfixes, better stability (e.g. paddle/mouse handling).
Note:
There are different .uf2-files are firmware files with PWM and/or DAC output, flashing (RGB-)LED on/off AND for hardware revision 0.1 and 0.2.
Review:
My SID Player plays SID tunes with the SIDKick-pico.
SIDKick-Pico by Frenetic.
Download: SIDKick-Pico Firmware v0.20 (219)
source: c64-wiki.com github.com/frntc/SIDKick-pico restore-store.de
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