Deal or No Deal — 16-bit edition for the M-VAVE FM-1
Custom firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a Sega Genesis–style Deal or No Deal game: 26 cases on the keys, a pixel-art host, an FM/PSG chiptune soundtrack and a robot voice that reads out the banker's offers.
- Custom firmware
- Beta
- Medium brick risk
- Reversible
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Before you start
- How hard is it?
- EasyCopy a file or use a web page. No extra software.
- What you need
- A USB or MIDI cable
- Comfort with the command line
- A computer
- Can it break my device?
- Small chance of trouble, with a way to recover.
- Can I undo it?
- Yes. You can go back to the official software.
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Compatibility
Devices: M-VAVE FM-1.
No compatibility information yet.
Getting started
From the project's README ("Install on the FM-1"):
You need a Mac/PC with Python 3, a USB cable, and a built package (build/dealornodeal-preview.fwsc, see Building).
Close anything that uses MIDI (DAWs, browser tabs with Web MIDI).
Set up the installer (once):
python3 -m venv .venv . .venv/bin/activate python -m pip install -r requirements-install.txt
Plug in the FM-1, switch it on, and check it's found:
python tools/fm1install.py --info
This should print a line like FM-1... [running] port: .... If it finds nothing, replug the cable and close other MIDI apps.
Install:
python tools/fm1install.py build/dealornodeal-preview.fwsc
Check the listed port, then type y. Keep the cable connected until the installer says done: the FM-1 runs FM-1710. The FM-1 restarts into the title screen.
If an install is interrupted, run the same command again. Never pass --force. If the installer refuses a device or package, stop and find out why.
Recovery
Situation What to do Game is running, you want to reinstall or go back to other firmware Hold OCT− + OCT+ for 5 seconds → update mode, then run fm1install.py with any package Firmware crashes on boot twice FM-1 shows SAFE MODE (USB still works): reinstall Four failed boots Chip enters UBOOT: use tools/fm1rescue.py with M-VAVE's stock FM-1 V15 FM-1.fwsc (see the script header; dry run first) ⚠️ Do not hold OCT− + OCT+ while switching on: that opens panel calibration, which overwrites the user-preset area. …
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Medium
- Reversible
- Yes
- Requires opening the device
- No
From the project's README ("Recovery"):
Situation What to do Game is running, you want to reinstall or go back to other firmware Hold OCT− + OCT+ for 5 seconds → update mode, then run fm1install.py with any package Firmware crashes on boot twice FM-1 shows SAFE MODE (USB still works): reinstall Four failed boots Chip enters UBOOT: use tools/fm1rescue.py with M-VAVE's stock FM-1 V15 FM-1.fwsc (see the script header; dry run first) ⚠️ Do not hold OCT− + OCT+ while switching on: that opens panel calibration, which overwrites the user-preset area.
It's worth keeping a copy of M-VAVE's stock V15 FM-1.fwsc (from m-vave.com) for the UBOOT rescue.
Credits, license and support
- License
- GPL-3.0