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How to make multi-game disks
Vinny Mainolfi provided this info on the fb group page regarding how to make your own multi-game disks:
From Vinny:
Making your own C64Mini Multi Disks:
- Download FIBR from http://csdb.dk/release/?id=162390
- (this is the small menu file that needs to go at the start of every disk you build)
- Download DIRMASTER from http://csdb.dk/release/?id=148169
- Install and run on your PC
- Select: Disk / New / D82
- Drag FIBR.PRG that you downloaded above, into the disk you have just started, so that it's ALWAYS the first file on your disk.
- Grab some .PRG game files from the Net and drag them into your newly created disk
- Save the disk on you DESKTOP
- Go to desktop and change file extension from .D82 to .D64
- Rename file to THEC64-drive8.D64
- Put file on USB Stick
- Plug into C64Mini
- Turn on C64Mini and load AlleyKat (
or any other built in game)- GI NOTE: Not all games in the carousel activate the fastloader+d81/d82 support (read more about it here)
- So to play it safe, select either Alleykat or Avenger.
- Press MENU button on joystick
- Open BASIC
- Type: LOAD“*”,8,1 and press ENTER / RETURN button
- Type: RUN and press ENTER / RETURN button
- Use joystick to select a game and press FIRE to load
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Paul Smallman's walkthrough video
Paul provided a walkthrough video on how to create multi-game disks. More info here:
Using NAV
Darko mentioned further details on NAV. I haven't had a chance to give it a try, but will share his details here:
after this procedure, done once, user does not have to use keyboard anymore to load games/disk content. Everything is driven from joystick/mouse and very nice gui. You don't need a Fibr anymore (but it won't hurt - it is compatible afaik).
There are “secret options” also, some very advanced and useful (for most users is enough to know that they could change bkg pattern with “@£” ; “@help” for help).
Link is
http://is.gd/nav96
This is Alan Reed aka HowlinAl aka Redjac official page.
Using Auto-Menu
D. Judland aka iadoremy64 made detailed The How-To for Auto-Menu at his blog.
Auto-Menu is simple utility by Shawn Ort, published in issue #45 of Loadstar.
Multi-game menu tools
A few people have made mention of the multi-game menu system tools they use to prepare such disks. I've compiled a list of the ones mentioned so far:
List of numerous disk-menu tools:
- Disk Menus at commodore.software