converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

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converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

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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
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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 ..
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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.
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I use Jiffydos kernel, it's really fast.
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yes jiffydos and/or action replay cartridge
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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
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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
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Thanks for the replies, I got JiffyDOS working and it's good enough for now
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Re: converting d64 games to prg for faster loading

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shift+esc = load "*",8,1
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shift+esc didn't work for me but /* does
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It's Alt+Esc (when using the JiffyDOS kernel)
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Sorry !
It's with the "mister" version
Both works
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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
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