Earthbound 3 for N64/DD64

So I need to find out if any PCs were purchased from the same place he originally got the disks (I'll add that to my list). I am prepared to make a lot of calls and emails to find the original computer if I must. Even though it may be impossible. I'll still give it a try. Has anyone ever got a N64dd Dev disk to play on anything? Would it have to be the original PC or any PC with an IPL Rom program? It may be possible to track down a PC that was used for N64dd development. But finding the exact one that this was hooked up to may be impossible.

Is there any other game that this could be? If it isn't Mother3 it probably won't be worth the effort I'm going to invest in this project.

 

Shit... Who in the world sold or gave you that?

 

Wow. I really hope its what we all want it to be...

Good luck with the project.

*crosses fingers*

 

any chance of pics of this?

 

Of course there is a chance for pics. I have a digital camera. However it is 12:30AM and I'm at work. I'll be home at 2-2:30 but that doesn't do me much good. I can hopefully take some pics tomorrow. You do realize it will just be a pic of the disks right? I might take a pic of the stuff that came with the dev kit so someone can hopefully tell me if anything is missing. I've had somoene ask for pics of it "in action" but that isn't possible at this time. If people help me it may be possible though. If anyone has heard of someone booting n64dd dev disks I'd greatly appreciate it if they could forward me.

 

well id be curious to see what the labels and such look like, and no one mines aditional pics of what has already been shown.

 

same here

 

Not to burst anyones bubble, but i'm fairly certain 'm3' is a dev company. Although i may be wrong, it sounds familier to me. My fingers are still crossed that i'm wrong and these 3 disks turn out to be Mother 3 beta though.

Can't wait to see those pics!

 

you're going to understand why i 'm very sceptical about one day booting the game, whatever it's.i hope i'm wrong.


:smt1231

 

Here's a link that explains how to use a DD dev kit: http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/slaanesh79/dev/dev_hardware.html
Good luck with getting the discs to work!

 

it's a part of the N64 manual

and you can see that you need the dedicated ipl rom with is in the flash rom or the PC. If you don't have the PC or the flash rom as i think they change for every games, the M3 disk are unuseable.

But i 'll try to help as much as i can, even if i doubt it's possible.

 

Uhm..i thought Ura-Zelda was actually released for the 64dd??

 

It was cancelled at the eleventh hour when Nintendo realized the DD was doomed. It was moved to cartridge and the rest is history. The 64DD version was close to completion, if not actually completed when it was scrapped. So there is almost certainly a copy floating around NCL, but like Mother 3 it is somewhat of a holy grail among collectors that may never see the light of day.

 

released ? it was to be on 64dd.

What is called Ura by Shiggsy is in fact the japanese version of Master Quest

 

Well your sort of correct but the version that was put onto the gamecube bonus disk wasnt the true ura zelda.

The true ura zelda had new areas to acess, remember the fenced off area in kakariko village or the underwater passage in the waterfall area. These were meant to be unocked when ura zelda was connected to the original.

The game was also meant to use the internal clock of the 64DD to allow seasons to change in hyrule. & there were meant to be 2 new weapons the fire & ice rods.

 

And other little details, like signs not returning (though im not sure if that was cut or not)

 

heh, what the hell was i thinking i just gave him the rundown of the original Zelda 64 noy Ura... just realised.

Oh well, Importaku filled brought you up to speed in the end anyway.

 

http://n64.icequake.net/doc/n64intro/kantan/step4/index.html

 

yes same things that just above. part of the n64 manual. DDROM is a better word to understand what i mean for dedicated ipl rom program in fact



i have some ideas to get it boot. We 'll see:ramen

 

I'd definitely love to see pics of the setup you got, when you get a chance! :-D