I bought another one of these things witch has the save function and idk if it has something to do with the save function but I put one game and it works fine. But if I try to change the game to something else it doesn't work.it works fine on the first one
Does the second one you bought have those extra holes that look like you can solder some other breakout board on? I wonder if those solder holes are for adding a micro SD slot breakout board. Also I wonder if those rpi pico clones will ever get a 32 or 64MB version or if there is some limitation of the pico preventing them from making clones over 16MB. I wonder if the new pi pico 2 with the RP2350 chip would help if there are limitations on the flash size for the RP2040. Would be great to get SD and or WiFi loading on pico With 64MB of flash
@@reddoggames3011 huh I just saw some other fork project called dream drive 64 but it seems like it is hardware overkill It says it uses 2 Rpi pico RP2040 chips and an esp32 for the WiFi plus some extra flash memory chips. I wonder if they could just use one RP2350 W instead. Or one pico W instead of needing to add the esp32 just for WiFi I mean one pico W and one non W ,either the 2040 or 2350 I am not even sure if the dream drive is complete yet but it sounds like it is getting close to the price of an ever drive clone with all that extra hardware, also it has the SD loading and potential for WiFi loading
I've been having so much fun putting Pi Pico and RP2040s in all of my consoles (Switch, XBox, GameCube so far), but I might pass on this one. The ROM size limit is kind of a deal breaker for me. Maybe there will be an update to the Pi Pico or SD card support for this board at some point.
It costs twice as much but tbh one of the other devices might be worth the higher cost, simply because it will work on more N64s and has more space, you can also use an SDcard and load as many roms as you can fit...
I tried to assemble it using an F1 World grand prix PCB, but I tried everything and it didn't work, my N64 revision 03. The only one I left on the board was the original save chip from the F1 World cartridge.
Idk anything about making one of these. But could you have tried putting a rom that was to big on it. The think there's only a 16mb limit on these things. Or maybe you forgot to put the firmware on it
What would happen if you tried to load a game larger than 16 MB? I ordered one to run a SSB Remix tournament (ROM size is 64 MB) but I just realized there's a limit.
@@reddoggames3011 ok gotcha, thanks for the info! I stumbled across the Daisy drive 64 from here, and that seems like another really affordable option with more functionality than the Pico drive. It’s all interesting stuff.
Bought it, flashed it. And it doesn't seem to work on motherboard revision 8 unfortunately. Any insight on getting it to work? Wish I would have read the description.
There are a bunch of games that save using password or memory pak. Could also just use it for those and homebrew that don't rely on saving settings etc.
I bought another one of these things witch has the save function and idk if it has something to do with the save function but I put one game and it works fine. But if I try to change the game to something else it doesn't work.it works fine on the first one
Does the second one you bought have those extra holes that look like you can solder some other breakout board on?
I wonder if those solder holes are for adding a micro SD slot breakout board.
Also I wonder if those rpi pico clones will ever get a 32 or 64MB version or if there is some limitation of the pico preventing them from making clones over 16MB.
I wonder if the new pi pico 2 with the RP2350 chip would help if there are limitations on the flash size for the RP2040.
Would be great to get SD and or WiFi loading on pico With 64MB of flash
I was thinking the same thing
@@reddoggames3011 huh I just saw some other fork project called dream drive 64 but it seems like it is hardware overkill
It says it uses 2 Rpi pico RP2040 chips and an esp32 for the WiFi plus some extra flash memory chips.
I wonder if they could just use one RP2350 W instead.
Or one pico W instead of needing to add the esp32 just for WiFi
I mean one pico W and one non W ,either the 2040 or 2350
I am not even sure if the dream drive is complete yet but it sounds like it is getting close to the price of an ever drive clone with all that extra hardware, also it has the SD loading and potential for WiFi loading
Huh I never heard of it maybe I'll have to check it out
I've been having so much fun putting Pi Pico and RP2040s in all of my consoles (Switch, XBox, GameCube so far), but I might pass on this one. The ROM size limit is kind of a deal breaker for me. Maybe there will be an update to the Pi Pico or SD card support for this board at some point.
You do not need to wait to unplug it. As soon as it dismounts that is the guarantee that it is flashed in case of the Pi Pico.
I just wanted to be sure that it was done. But thanks for letting me know
It costs twice as much but tbh one of the other devices might be worth the higher cost, simply because it will work on more N64s and has more space, you can also use an SDcard and load as many roms as you can fit...
Can you link me to it I might check it out
I tried to assemble it using an F1 World grand prix PCB, but I tried everything and it didn't work, my N64 revision 03. The only one I left on the board was the original save chip from the F1 World cartridge.
Idk anything about making one of these. But could you have tried putting a rom that was to big on it. The think there's only a 16mb limit on these things. Or maybe you forgot to put the firmware on it
There are plenty of cell phone stands to hold your phone while you record, some can mount to a standard camera tripod.
What would happen if you tried to load a game larger than 16 MB? I ordered one to run a SSB Remix tournament (ROM size is 64 MB) but I just realized there's a limit.
I don't believe that the game runs.
Not sure why youtube keeps removing my comments but you can reflash repro carts with a dumper
Just make sure flash size (can be higher), save type and cic match the rom you want to overwrite with.
I'm not trying to be critical, I'm genuinely curious - why this over an Everdrive (or clone)? This seems like a step backwards?
No doubt the ever drive is better. But if you don't have the money to drop for one this is a good option. That's really it
@@reddoggames3011 ok gotcha, thanks for the info! I stumbled across the Daisy drive 64 from here, and that seems like another really affordable option with more functionality than the Pico drive. It’s all interesting stuff.
Bought it, flashed it. And it doesn't seem to work on motherboard revision 8 unfortunately. Any insight on getting it to work? Wish I would have read the description.
Have you tried a different game you might have flashed something to big the version I have can only hold up to 16mb games
you don't get it to work, because it's not compatible with Rev 8 64s
Hi why is mine not saving the game I just played?
Yes mine doesn't either. But there is a way to do it if you take the long of an og cart and put it into that pico
Which is the maximum file size?
16mb I believe
Cool!
I bought one of thesw only to realize it has no save functionality... useless
Yes I didn't realize that at the time either. They do have another one that cost a little more that do have the save function
@@reddoggames3011 you have to add the missing components to get the save to work.
What do I need to get to put in ?
There are a bunch of games that save using password or memory pak.
Could also just use it for those and homebrew that don't rely on saving settings etc.
@@reddoggames3011 A BU9850 chip. You can buy them from Ali. I will try to solder it to the board this weekend.