One of the best tech products (value for your $) i've ever bought and i'm 70. It keeps my 2600, atari800, intellivision and colecovision working and easy.
@RetrogamerGenX And..... As your interview showed, a person behind that tech in Evie that is enthusiasticly improving and expanding the capabilities of the product and the systems the product serves. People even get Evie's individual support to solve how to get something working.
The BackBit multisystem cart is an interesting concept that would be neat to have for someone who owns various different video game consoles and home computer systems. What intrigues me is that the menu system first shows which systems are on the SD card that is in the BackBit. Thus let's say if one has an Atari 7800 one can select either the Atari 2600 games or the Atari 7800 games to play on the Atari 7800 without the need to switch out the Atari 7800 cart adapter that connects between the BackBit and the Atari 7800. My only problem is that I don't like the idea of messing with the interior of my Atari 7800 game console itself.
It's a pretty nice product. Something I've wanted for a long time now, a cart that works with multiple systems. The Issue I was having with the 7800 not booting without the reset wire has been patched in firmware now. So it's not necessary, unless you want the one touch reset. You'd have to power cycle the machine to get back to the menu. Really just like the old harmony cart for the 2600.
@@RetrogamerGenX I have seen the original Harmony cartridge advertised on the AtariAge website until Atari SA bought AtariAge from Albert Yarusso a few months ago. It is unfortunately not there anymore.
Great idea and saves on supply too. I mean I assume there's some kinda FPGA processor in there running the whole show. You could buy multiple flashcarts for multiple systems and in theory they could/might have the same FPGA processor in them meaning you're buying for the same chip over and over. Then you hear oh we can't make more right now because supply of said chip is low! This is a much better way and the fact it manages to just work in different systems with a menu system like that is wild.
Yep. It's a great idea man. Really something I dreamt about years ago. An all in one flash cart. I decided to not open it up on camera. I didn't want to release the magic inside online. Evie, gave me permission to, but I decided against it. But if you want, hit me up on the facebook and I'll send you the pics of it, since I've known you for like 15 years man. (Not sending anyone else pics!!... sorry guys)
Good video. Enjoyed the interview. Thanks for the shoutout. Here is a tip about the Backbit. If a new firmware gets released and it ends up breaking something (let Evie know and will fix it) but in the mean time you can down grade . Just download an older firmware and will revert right back. Easy.
Yeah that's the nice thing about the back bit is you can actually downgrade. Makes it real simple. If something gets broken you can just go back to the last firmware. I haven't ran into this problem but I've read in the forums some people have.
@@IntellivisionDudeGaming Awesome.. Its a cool adapter. Pokey works fine from what I can tell. All my OG game roms seem to work (except choplifter has graphic glitches )But I haven't tried homebrews yet. You should give some a try. I just need to download some.
Thanks man. Yeah she is brilliant. If she ever does take on employees I'd be willing to make some of these for her that's for sure. I was going to take it apart and show people on the channel what was inside of it and how it ticked. But honestly, I didn't want to do that because somebody might try to reverse engineer what she's done and make it for themselves specifically China. So I decided against that. But I have opened it up and looked at the magic inside. Pretty cool stuff.
Great analogy, good thing is, if you use the forums, Evie can usually get games working for you. Most the ones I've ran into are bad rom dumps. So downloading better roms or dumping my own roms fixed the issue. However, 7800 homebrew is a mixed lot. But she's been working on them too.
Unfortunately not. This is strictly for 8-bit systems running less than 7mhz. Pretty much the cap for the hardware inside. I haven't asked Evie if she would ever do 16/32/64 bit carts in the future.
@@RetrogamerGenXnot to be pedantic, but the intellivision runs a 16-bit general instrument chip :) I assume whatever is powering the cart just doesn't have the juice for the complexity of a 68000 and above
@@dyscotopia That's cool, your right. The Intellivision was the first 16bit console. The Intelli's cpu is 16bit. But Instruction code is run on an 8bit bus at 3.58 mhz, making it compatible.
@RetrogamerGenX good distinction. I doubt anyone is going to mistake Astrosmash for populous. I wonder how well the port of pitfall for the intelli runs?
Pretty pricey. These adapters run up to 30 bucks each on top of a 129 Dollar cart cost. A bit of friendly criticism for you, no offense.... But you have a gigantic description and there isn't any links to Evie's channel or the website. All these hashtags and links to your sites, but nothing to the subject of the video.
Ok fixed. Links are in the description. It was late when I did that. Thought I put them in. Anyways, yeah $130 for the cart comes with one free adapter of your choice. The adapters range from $10 (DIY kit) to $30 adapters premade with the custom chips (like the fake pokey) and hardware on them. So it's cheaper then buying individual flash carts that can cost over $200 each. Just with the Coleco, 5200, and NES flash carts I have cost in total, back when I bought them, over $600.
@@RetrogamerGenX You didn't really cover it directly, but it sounded to me like compatibility is very hit and miss. How is the 7800 compatibility, particularly with all the new stuff? I'm curious about the computer systems like the C64 and Atari 8 bit line. It sounds like it works with cartridge images. The vast majority of games for these systems are disk or cassette based.
@@tarstarkusz For the 7800. All the OG roms I've tried work. However I haven't dove into homebrew on it yet. I know Evie has worked to get homebrews working. Although I don't know which ones. As far as computers go, on the C64 it supports ○ BBT (BackBit multi-drive format) ○ CRT (up to 1MB) ○ D64, D71, D81, D8B (read & write support, PRG/SEQ/REL/USR files, built-in Burn & Rip feature) ○ FRZ, VSF (snapshots) ○ KOA, KLA (Koala multicolor viewer) ○ P00, PRG, T64 (up to 62KB, w/ freezer support) ○ SID (built-in music player) ○ Mappers supported: C64GS, Comal 80, Dinamic, EasyFlash, Epyx Fastload, Final Cart 3, Funplay, Gmod 2, Mach 5, Magic Desk, Ocean, Prophet 64, Simon’s BASIC, Super Games, Warp Speed, Zaxxon ○ CP/M diskettes supported I also know on the Apple II it acts as a disk controller/drive and supports read write too. It will be my next adapter.
Good question.. I don't use the Backbit on my C64. I have a sd2iec, so I really couldn't tell you. However, I chatted with Evie about it, and here's what she said. "Multi disk games are best played with an EasyFlash conversion. If there is no copy protection or fast loading, you can combine several D64s into a D81 or even a D8B. (Using the backbit menu system) That worked for the AD&D games. But most multi-disk games incorporated mandatory fast loading (which interferes with BackBit), and might be best experienced with something like a Pi1541. Also check on csdb.dk. Also you can ask on forum64.de or lemon64.com/forum to see if somebody can make a conversion." Hope that helps...
One of the best tech products (value for your $) i've ever bought and i'm 70. It keeps my 2600, atari800, intellivision and colecovision working and easy.
Yes it is. It's nice to have an all in one solution.
@RetrogamerGenX And..... As your interview showed, a person behind that tech in Evie that is enthusiasticly improving and expanding the capabilities of the product and the systems the product serves. People even get Evie's individual support to solve how to get something working.
For 7800
Great video and interview, this is something I'll definitely have to look into.
Thanks!! It's a really cool product with all the different systems it supports.
i got the backbit and the c64 early version and its a amazing multifunction tool hope it moves onto 16bit computers as well.
Nice.. Unfortunately the hardware inside wouldn't be able too. Not to say Evie might one day make one for 16 bit systems.
The BackBit multisystem cart is an interesting concept that would be neat to have for someone who owns various different video game consoles and home computer systems. What intrigues me is that the menu system first shows which systems are on the SD card that is in the BackBit. Thus let's say if one has an Atari 7800 one can select either the Atari 2600 games or the Atari 7800 games to play on the Atari 7800 without the need to switch out the Atari 7800 cart adapter that connects between the BackBit and the Atari 7800. My only problem is that I don't like the idea of messing with the interior of my Atari 7800 game console itself.
It's a pretty nice product. Something I've wanted for a long time now, a cart that works with multiple systems. The Issue I was having with the 7800 not booting without the reset wire has been patched in firmware now. So it's not necessary, unless you want the one touch reset. You'd have to power cycle the machine to get back to the menu. Really just like the old harmony cart for the 2600.
@@RetrogamerGenX I have seen the original Harmony cartridge advertised on the AtariAge website until Atari SA bought AtariAge from Albert Yarusso a few months ago. It is unfortunately not there anymore.
Great idea and saves on supply too. I mean I assume there's some kinda FPGA processor in there running the whole show. You could buy multiple flashcarts for multiple systems and in theory they could/might have the same FPGA processor in them meaning you're buying for the same chip over and over. Then you hear oh we can't make more right now because supply of said chip is low! This is a much better way and the fact it manages to just work in different systems with a menu system like that is wild.
Yep. It's a great idea man. Really something I dreamt about years ago. An all in one flash cart. I decided to not open it up on camera. I didn't want to release the magic inside online. Evie, gave me permission to, but I decided against it. But if you want, hit me up on the facebook and I'll send you the pics of it, since I've known you for like 15 years man. (Not sending anyone else pics!!... sorry guys)
Good video. Enjoyed the interview. Thanks for the shoutout. Here is a tip about the Backbit. If a new firmware gets released and it ends up breaking something (let Evie know and will fix it) but in the mean time you can down grade . Just download an older firmware and will revert right back. Easy.
Yeah that's the nice thing about the back bit is you can actually downgrade. Makes it real simple. If something gets broken you can just go back to the last firmware. I haven't ran into this problem but I've read in the forums some people have.
I just got my 7800 adapter in the mail yesterday and I'll be putting it to the test tomorrow night. 😎
@@IntellivisionDudeGaming Awesome.. Its a cool adapter. Pokey works fine from what I can tell. All my OG game roms seem to work (except choplifter has graphic glitches )But I haven't tried homebrews yet. You should give some a try. I just need to download some.
Great interview with Evie, she's awesome !
Thanks man. Yeah she is brilliant. If she ever does take on employees I'd be willing to make some of these for her that's for sure. I was going to take it apart and show people on the channel what was inside of it and how it ticked. But honestly, I didn't want to do that because somebody might try to reverse engineer what she's done and make it for themselves specifically China. So I decided against that. But I have opened it up and looked at the magic inside. Pretty cool stuff.
I have one. I like it. But the best way to describe….its a jack of all trades and a master of none. A lot of roms work and a lot do not.
Great analogy, good thing is, if you use the forums, Evie can usually get games working for you. Most the ones I've ran into are bad rom dumps. So downloading better roms or dumping my own roms fixed the issue. However, 7800 homebrew is a mixed lot. But she's been working on them too.
i wonder if this could be used with the atari st in the future ??
Unfortunately not. This is strictly for 8-bit systems running less than 7mhz. Pretty much the cap for the hardware inside. I haven't asked Evie if she would ever do 16/32/64 bit carts in the future.
@@RetrogamerGenXnot to be pedantic, but the intellivision runs a 16-bit general instrument chip :) I assume whatever is powering the cart just doesn't have the juice for the complexity of a 68000 and above
@@dyscotopia That's cool, your right. The Intellivision was the first 16bit console. The Intelli's cpu is 16bit. But Instruction code is run on an 8bit bus at 3.58 mhz, making it compatible.
@RetrogamerGenX good distinction. I doubt anyone is going to mistake Astrosmash for populous. I wonder how well the port of pitfall for the intelli runs?
Pretty pricey. These adapters run up to 30 bucks each on top of a 129 Dollar cart cost.
A bit of friendly criticism for you, no offense.... But you have a gigantic description and there isn't any links to Evie's channel or the website. All these hashtags and links to your sites, but nothing to the subject of the video.
Ah crap. Yep I forgot those links. I will put them in. Thanks for pointing that out.
Ok fixed. Links are in the description. It was late when I did that. Thought I put them in. Anyways, yeah $130 for the cart comes with one free adapter of your choice. The adapters range from $10 (DIY kit) to $30 adapters premade with the custom chips (like the fake pokey) and hardware on them. So it's cheaper then buying individual flash carts that can cost over $200 each. Just with the Coleco, 5200, and NES flash carts I have cost in total, back when I bought them, over $600.
@@RetrogamerGenX You didn't really cover it directly, but it sounded to me like compatibility is very hit and miss.
How is the 7800 compatibility, particularly with all the new stuff?
I'm curious about the computer systems like the C64 and Atari 8 bit line. It sounds like it works with cartridge images. The vast majority of games for these systems are disk or cassette based.
@@tarstarkusz For the 7800. All the OG roms I've tried work. However I haven't dove into homebrew on it yet. I know Evie has worked to get homebrews working. Although I don't know which ones. As far as computers go, on the C64 it supports
○ BBT (BackBit multi-drive format)
○ CRT (up to 1MB)
○ D64, D71, D81, D8B (read & write support, PRG/SEQ/REL/USR files, built-in
Burn & Rip feature)
○ FRZ, VSF (snapshots)
○ KOA, KLA (Koala multicolor viewer)
○ P00, PRG, T64 (up to 62KB, w/ freezer support)
○ SID (built-in music player)
○ Mappers supported: C64GS, Comal 80, Dinamic, EasyFlash, Epyx Fastload,
Final Cart 3, Funplay, Gmod 2, Mach 5, Magic Desk, Ocean, Prophet 64,
Simon’s BASIC, Super Games, Warp Speed, Zaxxon
○ CP/M diskettes supported
I also know on the Apple II it acts as a disk controller/drive and supports read write too. It will be my next adapter.
For the life of me I can't figure out how to set up multi disk games on the 64. Any one have it figured out?
Good question.. I don't use the Backbit on my C64. I have a sd2iec, so I really couldn't tell you. However, I chatted with Evie about it, and here's what she said.
"Multi disk games are best played with an EasyFlash conversion. If there is no copy protection or fast loading, you can combine several D64s into a D81 or even a D8B. (Using the backbit menu system) That worked for the AD&D games. But most multi-disk games incorporated mandatory fast loading (which interferes with BackBit), and might be best experienced with something like a Pi1541. Also check on csdb.dk. Also you can ask on forum64.de or lemon64.com/forum to see if somebody can make a conversion."
Hope that helps...
@@RetrogamerGenX Thanks for the info.