The last, but not the least important system, is now ready for the MGC show!
I have not gotten the Intellivision video upgrade done yet, but either way (and I hope I get it done), the Intellivision is now officially in the show. Nice, because this is the last system to be finalized for the Underdog Chamber for ’07. The reason I am putting it into a ready status is that I finally got my Cuttle Cart 3 up and running. Chad and a friend of his updated the Mac software, which now works just great. Combine this with some momentary headaches trying to get my MicroSD card to work, and I now have a lot of game available for the show, without having to bring all of my games!
I’ll have to admit that the memory card problems kind of made me mad somewhat, just because it is so darn odd – and was frustrating at first. For both Cuttle Carts II and III, I could not initially get the memory cards that they need loaded with any games, mainly because my Mac (or my one PC) would not see the card(s)!? For the MMC card, I ended up buying a newer card reader, which worked for that. For the Intellivision, the new card reader also was supposed to work with MicroSD cards. Well, it didn’t, much to my frustration. Just for the heck of it, I tried it on the old card reader (which is not supposed to work with MicroSD Cards), and the darn thing worked!? So, as the original Willy Wonka said, “strike that, reverse it!” I’m just glad I got this stuff working.
Now I can get on with getting the instruction cards ready for Quake, and making up UC signs to put around my area as well. Plus I am going to try to make some plastic shields for the game systems, so that people can’t just come up and mess with my multi-carts! I hope I get these done, but if not, I’ll just have to keep a sharp eye on people.
Only 12 days to the show (11 before I start setting up!).
Cuttle Cart II main screen – Intellivision and CC3 in action!
Close-up of Intellivision – The Cuttle Cart 3 (without case, of course)
