how come nesterdc says only put 1024 games on it?

DaFuZzMaStA · Post by **DaFuZzMaStA** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:00 pm

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az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:03 pm

That's just the maximum it allows - but you can spread your ROMs across multiple directories if you like.

DaFuZzMaStA · Post by **DaFuZzMaStA** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:05 pm

how do you do that? and WHY does it only allow that much? why 1024? why not like 1000?
does it have full compatibility wit all games?

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:08 pm

To do that, just place several directories in the 'games' folder (I think it's called that). And it's probably 1024 because computers work in twos: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024. And compatibility is brilliant, over 99%. It even supports the Famicon Disk System, Keyboard, Lightgun and more.

DaFuZzMaStA · Post by **DaFuZzMaStA** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:11 pm

oh yeah. so thats how you play duck hunt?

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:13 pm

DaFuZzMaStA wrote:oh yeah. so thats how you play duck hunt?

Yep - you'll need the unnoficial version that supports it, and it doesn't support all lightguns, but it's still pretty cool.

DoomDan · Post by **DoomDan** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:14 pm

DaFuZzMaStA wrote:WHY does it only allow that much? why 1024? why not like 1000?

Why would you want it to be less than what it is?

DaFuZzMaStA · Post by **DaFuZzMaStA** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:16 pm

well, i just thought if they were gonna make a certain number they would round it off. maybe 1100

DoomDan · Post by **DoomDan** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:18 pm

DaFuZzMaStA wrote:well, i just thought if they were gonna make a certain number they would round it off. maybe 1100

What's wrong with not rounding it off?

Post by **pixel** » Sat May 03, 2003 6:07 pm

DoomDan wrote:
DaFuZzMaStA wrote:well, i just thought if they were gonna make a certain number they would round it off. maybe 1100
What's wrong with not rounding it off?

People think differently
I cringe when I grab nine oreos... so I grab another to round it off!

Also, if I have to change my alarm clock, if I go over the time by a minute, I go through 59 minutes to get it even (ie I can't go back on the minutes on my alarm clock, same with the hour button).

Skankhair · Post by **Skankhair** » Sat May 03, 2003 6:33 pm

Does the newest version only support 1024 roms? Because a friend of mine gave me a Nester DC with over 2000 roms on it (claimed).

DoomDan · Post by **DoomDan** » Sat May 03, 2003 6:43 pm

Skankhair wrote:Does the newest version only support 1024 roms? Because a friend of mine gave me a Nester DC with over 2000 roms on it (claimed).

He probably split them into 2 directories.

someoneElse · Post by **someoneElse** » Sat May 03, 2003 7:32 pm

tenchi wrote: People think differently
I cringe when I grab nine oreos... so I grab another to round it off!
Also, if I have to change my alarm clock, if I go over the time by a minute, I go through 59 minutes to get it even (ie I can't go back on the minutes on my alarm clock, same with the hour button).

That's called Obsessive-Compulsive disorder.
I know it well...

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:15 am

Well, to me, 1024 is a round number. That's what you get for doing computer/programming stuff all the time.

DaFuZzMaStA · Post by **DaFuZzMaStA** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:23 pm

so if you have 2000 roms you can split it from a to l and from l to x (to different directories) and it works? too bad my 8822 nes roms take up 1.7 gb.. wats the most space you can get on a cd?

syco · Post by **syco** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:20 pm

this is a very ODD conversation.
Oh, well, here goes my contribution to it...

Do u mean to say u actually have over 1024 roms?!?!
I mean, thats LOADS!!! how could you possibly play that many games?

deived · Post by **deived** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:35 pm

I have about 900 ROMs. That's more than enough for me.

deived · Post by **deived** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:37 pm

Oh, and DaFuzz, to answer your question... a CDR will hold anywhere from 650MB to 750 I beleive. Most disks however will hold 700MB, but you also have to consider the first audio track if you make the disk bootable. If you have more than that, you can make seperate ROM disks

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:46 pm

If you used 99 minute CD-Rs, a self-boot copy of NesterDC would hold 840MB. You could create two seperate discs, each capable of self-booting, so that you could either start them seperately or swap when you wanted to.

Craven Moorehead · Post by **Craven Moorehead** » Sun May 04, 2003 3:11 pm

I doubt they even made 8000 Nintendo games.