Single-file executable download:
- Download Windows 64-bit binary
- Download Linux 64-bit binary
- Download macOS 64-bit binary
Through package managers:
- Mac (x86/M1):
brew install rasky/tap/g64drive
- Arch Linux: install
g64drive
from AUR
No driver installation or udev configuration is required. On Linux/Mac, the binary works without sudo, thanks to libusb.
Make sure you have:
- Go 1.16 or newer
- libftdi1-dev
installed on your system. Then, to download and build g64drive from source code, simply run:
$ go install github.com/rasky/g64drive@latest
Make sure you can reach your 64drive:
$ g64drive list -v
Found 1 64drive device(s):
* 0: Retroactive 64drive USB device (serial: RA3B53SW)
-> Hardware: HW2 (Rev B), Firmware: 2.05
Upload a ROM to the CARTROM bank (with byteswap and CIC type autodetection):
$ g64drive upload myrom.v64 -v
64drive serial: RA3B53SW
upload bank: BankCARTROM
byteswap: 2
size: 33554432
offset: 0
myrom.z64 100% |████████████████████████████████████████| [1s:0s]
Autoset CIC type: CIC6102
Download data from the CARTROM bank:
$ g64drive download myrom.v64 -v --size 32M
64drive serial: RA3B53SW
download bank: BankCARTROM
byteswap: 0
size: 33554432
offset: 0
myrom.z64 100% |████████████████████████████████████████| [1s:0s]
See firmware pack information:
$ g64drive firmware info 64drive_firm_hw2_205.rpk
Key | Value
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright | (c) 2018 Retroactive LLC
Date | 2018-01-04
File | firmware.bin
Type | Firmware
Product | 64drive
Device | EP4CE10F17
Device Magic | UDEV
Device Variant | B
Content Version | 2.05
Prerequisites |
Content Note | Adds support for USB communication from N64, rewritable UFLC
| boards.
Content Changes | 1. Block-based USB communication pipe is now implemented,
| see Hardware Spec
| 2. Added standalone commands to allow read/write of UFLC
| boards intended for UltraHDMI upgrade distribution
Content Errata |
Content Extra |
Upgrade firmware:
$ g64drive firmware upgrade 64drive_firm_hw2_205.rpk
Ready to upgrade 64drive (serial RA3B53SW)
Current firmware: 2.04
New firmware 2.05 (2018-01-04) - Adds support for USB communication from N64, rewritable UFLC boards.
Do you want to proceed (Y/N):y
Finished 100% |████████████████████████████████████████| [23s:0s]
Firmware upgraded correctly -- power-cycle your 64drive unit
- Support 64drive HW1 and HW2
- No "sudo" required
- Upload and download data from any available bank
- Transparent byteswapping (with autodetection from ROM header)
- Transparent CIC detection when uploading a ROM, or later at any time
- Transparent Save Type detection using mupen64 ROM database and the special ED64 ROM header for homebrew
- Can specify sizes and offsets in decimal, hex, or even kilobytes/megabytes
- Firmware upgrades (flashing
.rpk
file as distributed by Retroactive) - Debugging protocol compatible with libdragon and UNFLoader
- CTRL+C clean shutdown during upload/download -- don't need to power-cycle 64drive after it
- Shipped as static binary, very easy to install on any Linux and macOS system
What's missing:
- Standalone mode
Please file an issue on GitHub.