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converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:18 am
by bengmo
does anyone know of a tool that could convert my collection of d64 files into PRG so I can launch them instantly from the MISTER menu? Loading from disk files is soooooo accurately slow

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:05 am
by ericgus09
Use a fastloader CRT?

multi part games cant really be converted like that.. though you could use the old freezer cartridge but honestly just enabling a fastload crt is your better bet.

you could also replace your kernal with a Jiffydos kernal as well ..

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:04 am
by FPGAzumSpass
I was searching for the same thing a while ago and used "DirMaster" for it: worked great!

At least for single D64, i didn't try the batch mode yet, but it also has one.

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:43 am
by akeley
I use Jiffydos kernel, it's really fast.

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:28 pm
by tontonkaloun
yes jiffydos and/or action replay cartridge

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:33 pm
by tontonkaloun
there are multi-loading and multi-disk games, so you have to go through a d64 file.

For simpler games, you can extract the prg with dirmaster and put it in a crt file with menu for example

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:38 pm
by tontonkaloun
here an example with easy flash cartridge :
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/a336795 ... e53d083f40


I put for example 3 floppy manager in a cartridge
The loading is almost immediate

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:39 pm
by bengmo
Thanks for the replies, I got JiffyDOS working and it's good enough for now

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:48 pm
by tontonkaloun
shift+esc = load "*",8,1

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:24 am
by bengmo
shift+esc didn't work for me but /* does

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 2:14 am
by rhester72
It's Alt+Esc (when using the JiffyDOS kernel)

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:45 am
by tontonkaloun
Sorry !
It's with the "mister" version
Both works

Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 4:53 am
by tomxp411
DirMaster on the PC does the thing you're asking for... it can create D64 images (among others) and add or extract PRG files from those images.

https://style64.org/dirmaster