Unknown Nintendo 64 dev cart

Does anyone here know what this development cart was used for? From the looks of it it was made specifically for Iguana as it has their name on the PCB board.

http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/willis82_photos/dev%20cart/?action=view&current=100_1426.jpg

I bought it on ebay for $30 out of curiosity just for the simple fact I'd never seen one before. So any ideas on what they used this for?

 

Im not sure, but thats a pretty cool find - congrats :nod:
I dont suppose you have a picture of the rear of the PCB aswell?

 

yeah let me upload one and it'll be in the same slideshow the link goes to.
edit: uploaded, not much to see lol

 

it remember me PV-Backup
http://aleste520.narod.ru/html/pvbackup.html

 

wow cool webpage, is that yours? So this thing might actually be able to be used?

 

Couldn't have been used for a lot -- it's only 512KiB. Probably for engine testing.

The Zilog chip is a SCSI interface and the Altera chip decodes/interfaces the flash and provides the burst-access counters, that's all there is to it. Top connector passes through the CIC and possibly save memory.

 

cool thanks for the info. I never really planned to use it when I bought it, but it would have been a nice bonus if it was usable. Probably not too many of these around either. thanks for the knowledge.

 

I see a JTAG header + fpga, 4mbit ROM, adjustable linear voltage regulator (probably for the fpga corevoltage) and 25pin SCSI.

I'd hang on to it. Was there a front cover on it?

 

yeah but nothing's on it, just blank. The back of the cart has a silver sticker with a number, probably an inventory number for iguana.

 

Wait, so Acclaim games was technically still Iguana Entertainment, at least at the development level? I thought Acclaim was their new name at some point, and that we could even date the cart based on that.

 

The most recent part (the CPLD) is dated late 97, so it was probably assembled sometime in 1998.

 

Hmm Ive seen a cart like that before. Doesnt Assembler have one? I think Ive seen it here on the forum.

Nice piece tho!

Shiggsy

 

thanks, if you want you can use the pics for your website. I've been there quite a few times just to look at all the dev stuff, it's a nice site.

 

Awsome purchase... I saw the auction a few hours too late ;-)

 

Probably this cart was used for debugging Turok 3. I remember an article on the old dextrose website about the development on Turok 3.

They had some nice photos showing David Dienstbier with a Doctor V64. In the N64 cartridge slot was a special adapter plugged in. As far as I remember it was a grey cart with a parallel cable. It could be your cart, but I'm not 100% sure.

You may find this article here, but the photos are missing unfortunately:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010425203457/www.dextrose.com/info/0428turok3dev.htm

If someone has the photos please post it here.

 

I'd love to see those photo's if anyone still has them.

 

update: I was messing around with this thing (finally got a cable to hook it to my PC) and found this when I turned on the N64:

http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/willis82_photos/dev%20cart/?action=view&current=100_1541.jpg

I asked assembler if he had and software to this thing in his mountain of acclaim stuff but havent heard from him. Strangely enough it wont accept anything but a 6102 cic chipped game as well. Just thought someone out there might be interested..............

 

cool, wonder how many they made? did you happen to get one in the pile of acclaim stuff you got?

 

Just found this on an old CD... the Turok 3 dev pics from Dextrose, yeah I have too much junk backed up

http://dextrose.64scener.com/0428turok3dev.htm