I came across a post from Pixel Cherry Ninja on X of a new flashcart made by David Brito, who has turned this thought into a reality. David has a big history of modding retro consoles, having adapted N64s to be powered by USB-C, working with HDMI mods, and creating better controller solutions. He even made a built-in display for the Xbox 360 which is incredibly cool!
Screendrive 64 Is A Flash Cart That Displays Your Game Art While Playing
https://retrododo.com/screendrive-64-is-a-flash-cart-that-displays-your-game-art-while-playing/
14 Comments
inari@piefed.zip · 48 pts · 145d
Would probably look even better in color eink
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 13 pts · 145d
Absolutely, hopefully that's a V2 thing.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 144d
DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 145d
That's a thing??
village604@adultswim.fan · 4 pts · 145d
Has been for about 15 years, although decent ones didn't come out until 10 years ago.
DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 145d
Huh, TIL. Crazy that I've never encountered them.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 145d
I've only ever seen one IRL, and it was insane how much like actual paper it looked.
DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 145d
That's fucking cool. I'll have to look more into it.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 144d
I think they've got a number of drawbacks, so that's why. IIRC they have a low refresh rate, and they're pretty pricy. For this application, where it's a small screen and you only need the one, and you'll only refresh it rarely, it makes sense though.
DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 143d
Worse refresh rate than B&W e-ink even?
Steve@startrek.website · -6 pts · 145d
Too slow
inari@piefed.zip · 26 pts · 145d
How often do you expect to refresh the cover art?
Steve@startrek.website · 17 pts · 145d
Oh, nevermind
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 145d
This is a really cool thing that I would like to have that will never be put to use because I already have every retro game ever made on 5 different devices that I have spent hundreds of hours setting up and optimizing as well as most of my favorites on physical media and play exactly zero of them at any given time
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 145d
It would be cool if there was a cart like that which let me actually play the game on the screen. Not very practical, but cool.