Nordic Power
 Atomic and Nordic Power Screenshots | |
| Technical Info | |
|---|---|
| ROM | 32 kbyte |
| RAM | 8 kbyte |
| Hardware features | 1 Button Freeze 1 Button Reset |
| Manual | PDF: 00 pages |
| CRT ID | 9 |
| Programming | |
| Control Registers | $DE00 - |
Nordic Power and Atomic Power are Action Replay clones which apparently were available in german speaking countries only. Not even rip offs or hacks of these have been spotted as of yet so please feel free to supply your own. All Nordic Power notes apply to Atomic Power as well as to Action Power Cartridge and Action Gear.
Power Series
Nordic Power 1.0 is a 100% copy of the Atomic Power with just the name and colors changed. It appears they were forced to change the name for some reason. The only assumption this is based on is the existence of the Nordic Power v7.2 dated 1991 though. There is no ROM available for the Action Power Cartridge 8.1 and the Action Gear yet but the current Power line of products likely looks like this:
- Atomic Power Cartridge Version 1.1 (c)Copyright 1990, Frank&Joe
- Nordic Power 1.0
- Nordic Power 2.1 (inofficial? This 64'er review has a screenshot stating 2.1)
- Nordic Power 7.2
- Action Power Cartridge V8.1 (ASI Ltd)
- Action Gear (german review)
Tech
- Action Replay alike hardware with a few changed wires leading to different bank switching behaviour
- Nordic Power registers - missing
ROM Description
Atomic Power 1.1 and Nordic Power 1.0 are likely based on the 4.x series of the Action Replay with quite a few changes which could only be done with the source code available. Investigations here are pending. :)
There are two slightly different Nordic Power 1.0 ROMs on the net. The change does not affect workability or fix bad emulation though and can be dismissed.
Notes
- Category:Extensions for Action Replay should work
Missing
- Action Power Cartridge V8.1 ROM dump
- Action Gear ROM dump
- Expansion disk image
- Manual scan
- Box foto
Binaries
Atomic_Nordic_Power_binaries_rr.c64.org_2010-04.rar contains just the C64 binaries:
- Atomic Power v1.1 bin
- Nordic Power v1.0 bin
- Nordic Power v7.2 bin
Atomic_Nordic_Power_all_rr.c64.org_2010-04.rar contains:
- all of the above
Trivia
- Backup asks for 1541 35 and 40 tracks and 1581 but crashes on VICE (testing required!)
- The command CBM hints for 5.x Action Replay series
- Nova Load file transfer hints for pre 5.x Action Replay
- Loader saving crashes - asks for enhancement disk before - but loader seems in ROM?
Weblinks
- German CBMHardware page - alas - the linked MK.gif is not correct and cannot be the same as the Nordic Power
