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The '''Super Magic Drive''', manufactured by Front Far East, is a copier that dumps game [[cartridge]] info to four different types of floppy disks or to a PC directly via a parallel port. These files come in [[.SMD]] format, which in turn can be used on an [[emulator]]. In addition, putting different floppy disks in the Super Magic Drive allows them to be playable on the [[Sega Genesis]]. With an adapter, the Super Magic Drive can copy and play [[SNES]] games too. Another allows PC Engine games to be copied, but the games have to be loaded from the external disk drive every time instead of being able to play them from the memory. In addition, the Super Magic Drive serves as a Japanese/North American/European ROM converter.
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[[Image:Supermagicdrive.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Super Magic Drive, sitting in a European Megadrive.]]The '''Super Magic Drive''', manufactured by Front Far East, is a copier that dumps game [[cartridge]] info to four different types of floppy disks or to a PC directly via a parallel port. These files come in [[.SMD]] format, which in turn can be used on an [[emulator]]. In addition, putting different floppy disks in the Super Magic Drive allows them to be playable on the [[Sega Genesis]]. With an adapter, the Super Magic Drive can copy and play [[SNES]] games too. Another allows PC Engine games to be copied, but the games have to be loaded from the external disk drive every time instead of being able to play them from the memory. In addition, the Super Magic Drive serves as a Japanese/North American/European ROM converter.
  
 
==Technical Specifiactions==
 
==Technical Specifiactions==

Revision as of 15:21, 7 April 2005

Super Magic Drive, sitting in a European Megadrive.

The Super Magic Drive, manufactured by Front Far East, is a copier that dumps game cartridge info to four different types of floppy disks or to a PC directly via a parallel port. These files come in .SMD format, which in turn can be used on an emulator. In addition, putting different floppy disks in the Super Magic Drive allows them to be playable on the Sega Genesis. With an adapter, the Super Magic Drive can copy and play SNES games too. Another allows PC Engine games to be copied, but the games have to be loaded from the external disk drive every time instead of being able to play them from the memory. In addition, the Super Magic Drive serves as a Japanese/North American/European ROM converter.

Technical Specifiactions

  • 8 Megabits RAM (1MEG) onboard (expandable to 16Mbit)
  • 256k Battery Backed RAM (save to disk for RPG games etc.)
  • 3.5" High Density Disk controller (drive supplied) 720/800k/1.44/1.6Meg
  • PC-Link interface through Parallel, Edit/Upload/Download files..
  • Auto download cartridge to disk - or play cartridge directly
  • DOS can be updated by disk (ala Kickstart image files)
  • Utility to allow conversion to and from Magic (?? - ed.) Game Doctor files

When formatted to 1.6 Meg, one can have three games per disk (4Mbit each) or TWO games (one 8Mbit game and one 4Mbit game) or even six 2Mbit games.

Special Thanks

Charles MacDonald