N64 HDD?

monster · Post by **monster** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:34 am

could you put games onto a hard drive? a 100GB ultra slim line hard drive would be so much more portable than a bunch or cartridges. it would be great to have a HDD but still keep a socket to play the cartridges.

can/has this be done? if it would take L33t soldering and programming $k1llz that means its out of my league

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:06 am

No

The closest you'll get would be to buy a C64 or similar and play roms off a CDR.

Post by **gannon** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:32 am

Can it be done: yes
What would it take: A not so complex circuit, a lot of ASM programming knowledge, a lot of n64 cartridge and cpu interface knowledge.
Can you do it: no

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:48 am

I know some ASM (enough to ask where the bathroom is). The N64 is 32bit right?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:40 pm

No the N64 is 64bit (check howstuffworks.com).

I can see how you can save storage space not having carts, but really considering that almost all games for the N64 ar $15 or less its not bad.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:10 pm

dawn it I don't know 64-bit assembley. In my day we used 8 bit and liked it. Though i know some 32. And could learn

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:40 pm

crap, i guess i'll just have to get a bigger backpack.

isn't it called the N64 because it's 64-bit?

monster · Post by **monster** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:42 pm

sorry, that was me ^^^

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:27 pm

I always thought it meant 64-bit grafix with it does have.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:45 pm

Could someone explain how this works?, cause this would be so amazing if it would work...

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:48 pm

you would program the n64 rom to think it has a regular cart but you put a menu and conect a hard drive (thats without going in depth)

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:50 pm

How big is the average game?, Mb's?

Post by **gannon** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:03 pm

I think a n64 game is anywhere from 5 to 30 MB, but I could be wrong

cyco vision · Post by **cyco vision** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:29 pm

The highest N64 game is 512 megabits.

So that's roughly 64 Megabytes.

At least I'm pretty sure.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:35 pm

wow, this would be so good..., wait could this be done with a portable, Nes, or Snes, Or a gameboy(shutup im talking about making a HD for tons of games so there is no switching around.) Wow i want to do this so much.