Tag Archives: Cartridges

Commodore 64 Cartridge Dumper command-line client 2.1.3 released

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Luigi Di Fraia

Version 2.1.3 of the Commodore 64 Cartridge Dumper command-line client is now available within my Software page. Binaries are available for Windows, macOS (Intel), Linux x86_64 and armv7l. This is the first publicly available release of the client. Bear in … Continue reading →

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Tracking down crashes related to the Action Replay bank switching hardware

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

A few days back Flavioweb and I were having a chat and he mentioned that Jazzcat reported a crash for one of his releases. Here’s the actual comment on the crash: Crashes with Action Replay 6 ROM after leaving intro … Continue reading →

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C64 Cartridge Dumper: teaser update

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

Those who follow my GitHub repo for the C64 Cartridge Dumper have certainly noted that there’s been quite some activity going on recently. I will be preparing a post with all details next week, hopefully. For the time being, I … Continue reading →

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C64 Cartridge Dumper update

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

A few days back Diestro left a comment for one of my blog posts and we had an email exchange afterwards. Among other interesting things, he made me notice that Ocean’s “Space Gun” cartridge is really just a 128 KiB … Continue reading →

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C64 Cartridge Dumper: hardware version 2 testing

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

Today I finally managed to assemble one of the new C64 Cartridge Dumper devices I had re-designed a while back to use a Pro-Micro. I had the PCB manufactured weeks ago, but due to job-related commitments I never got around … Continue reading →

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Commodore 64 cartridges: theory of operation and Ocean bank switching described

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

As I mentioned before, I am rearranging my notes on Commodore 64 cartridges, especially on bank switching circuitry used by exotic cartridges (i.e. neither Normal nor Ultimax ones). I plan to provide some schematic diagram to include in my book, … Continue reading →

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C64 Cartridge Dumper: Hardware version 2

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

As genuine “blue pill” boards have become difficult to source, I decided to re-design my C64 Cartridge Dumper to use a Pro-Micro instead. Here’s a preview of the testing circuit with which I am able to dump EPROMs successfully, using … Continue reading →

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More development for the C64 Cartridge Dumper

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

Yesterday I was checking the cartridge dumps I was sent by Matt for “Double Dragon” and “Space Gun”. As things don’t add up with the dumps, I decided to try and get either cartridge on eBay.Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to … Continue reading →

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Ocean’s Navy Seals Cartridge: Schematics

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Luigi Di Fraia

I am glad to share the schematics for Navy Seal’s Cartridge, which I have put together using the work available at c64-wiki.de as a baseline. Essentially this is a very similar configuration as Terminator 2’s but with two footprints that … Continue reading →

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An Ultimax cartridge dumped too

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Luigi Di Fraia

I finally found an Ultimax cartridge to test my C64 Cartridge Dumper with, so here’s a test I did with it: Stay tuned for more!

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