Lucid Apogee 3 in 1 multi cartridges for NES / Famicom compatible systems

[lucidapogee]

Presenting the Lucid Apogee 3 in 1 educational personal computing cartridge series.

Cartridge 1 offers a math game, a puzzle game, and an action game.

Monkey Math ... IQ Puzzle ... Stalactites
https://www.lucidapogee.com/3-in-1/cart1/


Cartridge 2 offers a spelling game, a puzzle game, and an action game.

Animal Trivia ... HEX Puzzle ... Garden Snake
https://www.lucidapogee.com/3-in-1/cart2/


Cartridge 3 offers a 16 bit integer tiny BASIC, an integer RPN calculator, and a calendar.

65FC BASIC ... RPN Calculator ... Calendar
https://www.lucidapogee.com/3-in-1/65fc-os/



These software products are considered freeware, but we will be accepting donations and producing cartridges to sell in limited quantities. We already have one prototype of cartridge 1 and it works on real famiclone hardware!

These products are primarily intended to be part of the famiclone market as opposed to the Nintendo market as we are not affiliated with them in any way. We will be ordering Famiclones branded with our company to sell with our carts.

The idea is to make new, simple, and inexpensive 8 bit educational personal computer systems. The included BASIC interpreter doesn't require a physical keyboard. It displays the keyboard on screen only requiring a controller. The interpreter is severely limited compared to G BASIC or F BASIC, but it only uses the 2k RAM and is 100% homebrew.

Regardless of any limitations, here's a few examples of what it can do:

guess the number

Code Select Expand

1 N=RND MOD 100+1
2 PRINT "GUESS THE NUM"
3 PRINT "BETWEEN 1-100"
4 INPUT G
5 T=T+1
6 IF G<N 9
7 IF G>N 11
8 IF G=N 13
9 PRINT "TOO LOW"
10 GOTO 4
11 PRINT "TOO HIGH"
12 GOTO 4
13 CLS
14 PRINT "CORRECT IN"
15 PRINT T
16 PRINT "TIRES"

binary to decimal

Code Select Expand

1 N=1110
2 R=N MOD 10
3 S=S+R*2^I
4 N=N/10
5 I=I+1
6 IF N>0 2
7 PRINT S

decimal to binary

Code Select Expand

1 N=12
2 I=1
3 R=N MOD 2
4 N=N/2
5 S=S+R*I
6 I=I*10
7 IF N>0 3
8 PRINT S

prime numbers

Code Select Expand

1 PRINT 2
2 N=2
3 N=N+1
4 A=2
5 IF N MOD A=0 9
6 A=A+1
7 IF A<N 5
8 PRINT N
9 IF N<50 3
10 PRINT "DONE"

factors of an integer

Code Select Expand

1 N=22
2 I=I+1
3 IF N<>I*(N/I) 5
4 PRINT I
5 IF I<N/2 2
6 PRINT N

[fcgamer]

Please let me know when these become available, I am interested in purchasing a set of cartridges as well as the machine you are selling.

[lucidapogee]

To see interest is encouraging.

Where the project stands at the moment:

I have one test cart in my possession and need to order two more test carts.
Last night, I ordered a small batch of Famiclones with cartridge ports.

Things are coming together. I am currently looking into more "mass" production. The challenge now is to get the prices as low as possible.

Right now the carts are produced for $18 each approximately (shipping included). Hopefully I can get that down.

I was able to source the consoles for about $11.30 a piece in low quantity (that includes shipping, tax, and fees).

I am assuming that my consoles will be between $15 and the carts $25. Or something like that. Unfortunately that sounds very high to me so I need to find someone willing to make these in bulk at a lower price.

One thing that would help is if I can have some famiclones made with the games built in like with those 400 in 1s. Imagine a BASIC handheld for $10.

Hopefully I will have some good news in a month or so. These things take forever to ship from China. In the meantime, hopefully I will catch any errors and make some cool additions to the ROMs before they are committed to physical copies.