ED64 Plus... my impressions. Any Owners around here?

[MrCokeacola]

Wow very useful thread. I got an ED64Plus about a year ago mostly due to all the salt from the EverDrive community. It's been a great flashcart no problems. Am having troubles with Alt 64 though. Finally got it to boot after reading the whole thread but it does not want to boot any of my nointro roms. The default software works no problem but Alt 64 just does not want to work gives a black screen or no roms found error. Tried changing the folders and everything. Once I got it to boot Goldeneye but I was trying to boot Cusin USA, just weird.

 

[Bonny]

I have a 2012 model. It loads it from the SD card, the firmware is not baked in like other Chinese flashcarts. Mine uses the official OS64.v64 v1.28, along with the OS64P.V64. Using the official v1.29 temporarily causes a brick. Here's my setup you can use. https://1drv.ms/u/s!An21oPDJ725k30LHmtcqKozUGjUX

I downloaded your set-up and placed it on my card. Thanks for that! One question: With your set-up, the ED 64 + boots in it's own normal menu, and i have to launch Alt64 everytime manually, right?

Is there a way to boot into the (newest / best) Alt64 / Original ED64 menu instead the normal ED64+ menu?

 

[zfreeman]

There is no manual booting. Alt64 looks pretty much the same as the official OS barring any aesthetic tweaks, so you should already be in it. Highlight a ROM and press C-Left; that should show you the boxart that Alt64 enables. Or try booting a 64DD game. Rename one of the wallpapers as 'bg_01.png' to change the background. Rename a ROM to its corresponding cheat file (.yml) to use cheats. You can also change additional settings and paths in the ALT64.INI file.

ED64 v1

Alt64

 

[Bonny]

Sorry, but no. If i download your set-up-pack, the folder structure in "copy contents to SD card" is the following:

64DD
ED64
ED64P
MEMPAKS

If i turn on my N64, the normal ED64P OS boots up. C-left dosent work etc... If i then manually start OS64.v64 in the ED64 folder, Alt64 appears. But saving does not work.

 

[zfreeman]

I'll verify next week with mine when I'm home. Just for the record, you are pressing reset after saving, correct?

 

[Bonny]

I'll verify next week with mine when I'm home. Just for the record, you are pressing reset after saving, correct?

Sure, i've pressed reset. A save-file has also be created, but when i load the rom again, there is no save data.

Would be nice if you could take a look at it, when you're home. Another thing: Should i take the OS64.v64 from the ED64 folder, rename it to OS64P.v64 and place it in the ED64P folder? Would that start Alt64 directly after boot?

 

[zfreeman]

It should, but now I'm wondering if there was a hardware revision at some point.

 

[Bonny]

Just tested the following...

"Should i take the OS64.v64 from the ED64 folder, rename it to OS64P.v64 and place it in the ED64P folder? Would that start Alt64 directly after boot?"

And the answer is no. Black screen. No sign of life.

 

[Steejo]

I have a 2012 model. It loads it from the SD card, the firmware is not baked in like other Chinese flashcarts. Mine uses the official OS64.v64 v1.28, along with the OS64P.V64. Using the official v1.29 temporarily causes a brick. Here's my setup you can use.

Can anybody else confirms this works?

Just bought an ED64 Plus, have been wanting one for a while and I really want to play some OOT. I'll use the stock firmware if I have to, though.

 

[Bonny]

The Stock FW isn't bad at all. Of course, no boxarts, no cheats and no MEMPAK feature. But it plays and saves OOT flawlessy. Example: I played throu Paper Mario 64 without any trouble.

 

[MrCokeacola]

In a perfect world I'd want to get this to boot on my ED64 plus.

Game saves mess up for me though.

 

[Bonny]

Maybe it would be useful, if all active members of this thread post some info about their ED64+. So we can maybe see differeces/hardware-revisions. I'am starting with 4 pics of my device/box:



And when operationg with the cart on its own OS, the point "Device Info" lists the following:

Firmware: 1.16
OS: 1.28a
SD interface: 1 bit
System Type: NTSC
Assembly date: 24.14.2076
Assembly time: 30:14:40

 

[Bonny]

In a perfect world I'd want to get this to boot on my ED64 plus.

Game saves mess up for me though.

Uhhh... an Alt64 compilation/pack from that Netinirvana guy. I once used his update pack/method for my gateway card to run on EmuNAND 11.6. I'll guess i'll give this a try too.

Are only the save's not working?The rest is OK?

 

[MrCokeacola]

hh... an Alt64 compilation/pack from that Netinirvana guy. I once used his update pack/method for my gateway card to run on EmuNAND 11.6. I'll guess i'll give this a try too.

Are only the save's not working?The rest is OK?

Uh I couldn't get the Gameshark stuff working but could be user error on that. Here I'll post my ED64Plus mine is very different it's the model that has the built in lock-out chip.

 

[Bonny]

Thanks for sharing! I knew that a version with in-build-chip exists. And that of course, answers zfreeman's question: there are at least 2 hardware-revisions. I will test the Netinirvana version of Alt64 in the next few days. If it's not working for you, maybe it will work with my ED64+ Version. And if it won't, it would be very intresting what Netinirvana has been using...

 

[MrCokeacola]

Firmware: 1.16
OS: 1.28a
SD interface: 1 bit
System Type: NTSC
Assembly date: 24.14.2076
Assembly time: 30:14:40

Weird my Device info was the same besides the Assembly date & time which was even more into the future.

Assembly date: 2.9.2084
Assembly time: 4:15:36

 

[kutteke]

I just tried the alt64 from the youtube vid. It works but I can't force the menu in PAL like in the other ones. Saving works on all the standard games. DD roms work and do want to save (4min save) but since i have to go to sleep i cant test it further.
Aleck64 games don't work but do in stock firmware.
will test more tomorrow

 

[Steejo]

I received my ED64 from an eBay seller a few days back, and it worked for a day or two but then reached a black screen that I got every time I turned on the N64. Thankfully he has a large stock of them so I exchanged it with a new one and will test it again sometime this week.

 

[MrCokeacola]

I received my ED64 from an eBay seller a few days back, and it worked for a day or two but then reached a black screen that I got every time I turned on the N64. Thankfully he has a large stock of them so I exchanged it with a new one and will test it again sometime this week.

That sucks, I've literally dropped my ED64Plus from the top of my shelf were the N64 is to the hard wood floor (twice) and the thing still works.

 

[trigao]

i managed to get to work with this atl64 provided by @zfreeman, copying and paste the OS64 from ED64 to ED64P folder and rename it to OS64P
works... BUT THE MENU IS PAYFULL SLOW.... MY GOD... didnt know if i make something wrong in the process tho



EDIT
The version from the video above works flawless!