Doctor V64
|
|
The Doctor V64 is a backup/development device, made by Bung Enterprises Ltd, that is used in conjunction with the Nintendo 64.
The Doctor V64 came out in 1996 and soon dominated the market by the end of the year, facing virtually no competition. Many third party developers used the V64 in lieu of the PC64 Development Kit sold by Nintendo because of its much lower cost. Recently, individuals have been using the V64 for video game piracy.
Bung was at one time contempelating releasing a Doctor V2, but instead decided to release the Doctor Jr. in December 1998. This was basically a more cost-efficient condensed version of the original V64.
The Doctor V64 is not at all user friendly. It was mainly designed for game designers even though you can back up cartridges with it. The setup procedure is moderately harrowing and the user interface is very plain: text with no graphics. The CPU of the V64 is a 6502 chip (ironically, the CPU from the Nintendo Entertainment System); the operating system is stored in the BIOS chip.
The following is the operation window:
- Alternate and BootCrack
- Load Boot Crack Routine
- Backup Card Auto → DRAM
- Backup Card Auto → PC
- Manual Slide Show
- Auto Slide Show
- V64 Self Test
- Fully Test 128M DRAM
- Fully Test 256M DRAM
- Upload DRAM Data → PC
- Fix CRC Code → run game
- Show Game Name in DRAM
- Upload V64 BIOS to PC
- DX256 Upload to PC
- PC Download to DX256
- Swap Bytc Order in DRAM
Specifications
- CD-ROM access speed: 8x or 32x
- RAM: 128mb or 256 mb