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Points Track https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=3229 Rules Default Settings Achieved on 20170409. Attempt begins around 5:08. A Penultimate Cart (multi-cart) was used.
Commodore VIC-20 - Omega Race - Points - 82,300 - Andrew Mee
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Points Track https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=3229 Rules Default Settings Achieved on 20170409. Attempt begins around 5:08. A Penultimate Cart (multi-cart) was used.
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The penultimate has been on my list for a while. It will be nice to have a consistent set of ROMs to use. The VIC has so many game ROM versions it's hard to know what the hell is going on.
It was the same with the ZX Spectrum in the mid 90s - massive tape library and imaging software wasn't precise, so lots of people generated lots of the same images but the files didn't match so duplicates proliferated. Thankfully on the ZX Spectrum the World Of Spectrum site (lots of users) did a fantastic job of whittling that set down to good TZX images. Not so sure the Vic has such a dedicated group behind. :(
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Great stuff. :D The Penultimate only has 40 games on it, so there's definitely a need for another device to get through the Vic's large library.
The problem the Vic has for any cart/image loader is that it has bizarre memory requirements from the extensions. However, that's where the Penultimate kicks in again: it has every conceivable RAM combination in its capability:
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There are five regions of RAM (labeled 0, 1, 2, 3 & 5 - no idea why 4 was skipped) and they have their own address spaces allocated which do not overlap. The first 3K is the built-in for the Vic so that's always available. The second 3K was used in many earlier carts so the 16K won't support those games. There are two different 16K address spaces from different 16K expansions - either the ** regions 1+2 or the ** regions 2+3 - depends on the expansion manufacturer. Many 16K cart games load into region 5 - making most 16K expansions incapable of supporting pirating games. :( Apparently the genuine Commodore 16K expansion has the capability but needs re-soldering to make it region 5.
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??? 8-K (without the hyphen) was censored?!
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