Krikzz has recently announced that work is well underway on the Turbo EverDrive PRO, the followup to his critically acclaimed PC-Engine and TurboGrafx-16 romcart, the Turbo EverDrive. Over a week ago, Krikzz posted a picture on Twitter showing a Mega EverDrive Pro (Mega Drive/Genesis romcart) connected to the EXP female port of a PC-Engine Interface, […]
Recently Krikzz posted a new “core” for the Everdrive 64 X5 and X7 rom carts that replaces the Neon emulator for NES emulation on the Nintendo 64. This update uses the FPGA in the newer Everdrive 64 carts with the goal of getting a more cycle accurate experience than what the Neon emulator could provide. […]
Krikzz is releasing a limited edition Everdrive 64 X7 today that is limited to only 100 copies–all profits from the sale will be donated to the defense of Ukraine. The Everdrive X7 is a wonderful rom cart that can load roms of the entire Nintendo 64 library very quickly, supporting both NTSC and PAL. […]
Krikzz has just released a new firmware update for the EverDrive N8-Pro rom-cart. In this new update, Krikzz added support for yet another NES/Famicom mapper. For the uninitiated, mappers refer to the different hardware configurations used in some NES/Famicom carts to bypass the console’s limitations. Some of the most common uses of mappers include: extra […]
Krikzz just released a new NES core, specifically developed to run on the EverDrive-64 X series of rom carts. NES emulation on N64 is not new as Neon64, an open-source NES software emulator for the N64, has been available for years now. While early revisions of Neon64 suffered from game compatibility, audio, and lag issues, […]
Krikzz has just released firmware updates for both models of his N8 (N8 and N8 Pro) line of rom-carts. Both updates introduce an updated YM2413 core by Necronomfive. The YM2413 (aka OPLL) is typically associated with the Master System/Mark III as it is the chip that generates the FM audio found in over 60 games. […]
Hardware and rom cart designer Igor Golubovskiy “Kr!Kzz” has just announced that the much anticipated Mega EverDrive Pro is now available for purchase. This improved “Pro” model SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive cart is due in large part to the necessity of the hardware design and components used. Some of the microchips used in the making of […]
Since the release of Firmware v2.07 just a few days ago, Krikzz has been working on adding even more features to his NES/Famicom flagship rom-cart, the EverDrive N8 Pro and here’s what’s included this time around, with the latest firmware upgrade v2.08: New mappers: 104, 153, 155, 157, 159, 170, 210, 262, 290, 516 EEPROM […]
Krikzz just posted an update via twitter showing off his prototype Mega EverDrive Pro. With any luck krikzz will get this finished soon, and users of this EverDrive variant will have many more options including the much requested Sega CD support. Making this more powerful “pro” version of EverDrive a good form of competition to […]
Krikzz just announced that the anticipated NES edition of the N8 Pro is now available for order. The NES N8 Pro shares the exact same features as its already released Famicom counterpart. The cartridge pinout difference (NES: 72-pin, Famicom: 60-pin) between both cartridges stands in the way of systems cross-compatibility. I would like to note […]
