Re: TI-H: An idea for separate game carts.
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Re: TI-H: An idea for separate game carts.
He means that the cartridge would be programmed by an 85 programmer,
specifically for the 85. I think it would be possible, but you'd need to
have a interrupt installed to check for a special cartridge.
At 09:49 PM 8/12/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Kevin Buck wrote:
>>
>> I was reading on Richfiles, underProgramming tips and Tricks, and he
>> brought up how The GAMEBOY, and other hand held video Gaming devices
>> (other than TI-Calcs) use assembly languages on their game carts. Would
>> it be possible for someone to develop A type of chip, or chips that
>> could be used primarily for a single lone game, and I mean an awesome
>> game. Then put it into the Spinterface cart, and then make a special
>> interrupt driven _shell_, or whatever that is completely ZShell
>> compatible, yet when you plug the game cart into the Spinterface port,
>> then turn the power on, you would then be running the cart. So, this
>> _shell_, upon turning on the calc, runs a test on the Spinterface port,
>> that sees if anything is connected, if not, starts up normally, if so,
>> directly runs the game on the cart. Does any of this sound feasible at
>> all?
>
>Well, not really (sorry to say). The problem is that handheld video game
>devices each have their own design with their own processors and other
>hardware. Even if a gaming device used the Z80 (the processor of TI-85
>and others) as its processor, so the language would be the same, the ROM
>code, display hardware etc. would differ so the games wouldn't work.
>
>-Ozone
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