Rare N64 Disk Drive dev kit unearthed

TheTechRobo · Mar 27, 2021

raxadian said:
We know they still have some Gameboys

We do?

Reynardine · Mar 27, 2021

TheTechRobo said:
We do?

I remember seeing a photo from inside one of Nintendo Japan's storage rooms a few years ago that had shelves of unopened Famicoms complete in box.

Makes me drool to think of all the stuff they must be keeping there.

Edit:
https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/0275103c-85e5-11e6-9b38-063b7ac45a6d

raxadian · Mar 27, 2021

TheTechRobo said:
We do?

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-replaces-grandma-broken-game-boy/

They couldn't fix it so they got one from storage.

Hells Malice · Mar 27, 2021

CTR640 said:
Cease & Desist incoming including getting dragged to the court!

Wat. Kids say the dumbest things, do you even know any of those words?

HarveyHouston · Mar 28, 2021

I like articles like this; it's always fascinating to find out stuff about abandoned hardware. Hopefully modders can make the 64DD popular again; I'd like to try out some stuff on this detachable unit.

Silent_Gunner · Mar 28, 2021

HarvHouHacker said:
I like articles like this; it's always fascinating to find out stuff about abandoned hardware. Hopefully modders can make the 64DD popular again; I'd like to try out some stuff on this detachable unit.

I think someone enabled either some internal code or some build of SM64 running with some enhancements from the 64DD. IIRC, I think the draw distance was a little better, and maybe the framerate was slightly improved, but nothing mindblowing.

It'd be cool if someone found one of these and it had the N64 build of Mother 3, Resident Evil 0 for N64, URA Zelda/an earlier build of OOT, etc..

BitMasterPlus · Mar 28, 2021

Reynardine said:
I remember seeing a photo from inside one Nintendo Japan's storage rooms a few years ago that had staples of unopened Famicoms complete in box.

Makes me drool to think of all the stuff they must be keeping there.

Edit:
https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/0275103c-85e5-11e6-9b38-063b7ac45a6d

You mean to tell me Nintendo has a stash of fresh unopened old consoles in their storage? Forget robbing banks, I'm breaking into Nintendo and stealing those gold coins!

Silent_Gunner · Mar 28, 2021

BitMasterPlus said:
You mean to tell me Nintendo has a stash of fresh unopened old consoles in their storage? Forget robbing banks, I'm breaking into Nintendo and stealing those gold coins!

*NinteNinjas lead by Sheik appear from behind and take you down faster than Ryu Hayabusa can say WTF at that one cutscene in NG2 on NES where Irene is falling towards him rather...suggestively.*

DarkCoffe64 · Mar 28, 2021

So, who's going to remake the cancelled Mother 64 with this, lol?
Cool find, saw a youtube post about it like some days ago (possibly the same guy of the twitter there), didn't give it much thought as I'm more interested in the games than devkits, but findings of the sort are always nice.

t1232088 · Mar 28, 2021

Deleted member 518296 · Mar 28, 2021

Awesome ! This drisk drive is beautiful

That's a bit shocking that after these years it's still looks like new!

Revlic · Mar 28, 2021

Would be awesome to have!

TheBoingo · Mar 28, 2021

Wow, still feels like ancient history. lol.

ChibiMofo · Mar 28, 2021

I am surprised that Nintendo went to the trouble of creating that official box for a dev kit. Maybe they always do that, but it seems a waste of the marketing team's resources when a plain brown box will do.

Silent_Gunner · Mar 28, 2021

ChibiMofo said:
I am surprised that Nintendo went to the trouble of creating that official box for a dev kit. Maybe they always do that, but it seems a waste of the marketing team's resources when a plain brown box will do.

They probably do this to simulate what the actual console is like, and to ensure that whatever devs do will translate to the main system itself.

acometiscoming · Mar 29, 2021

rimoJO · Mar 29, 2021

time to play some mario artist

proffk · Mar 29, 2021

It will be interesting to know what hard4games thinks of this. Its a youtube channel and the dude is an expert in 64dd. He also helped metaljesus with the rare usa 64dd.

Deleted User · Mar 29, 2021

That looks amazing, not gonna lie.

andyhappypants · Mar 29, 2021

Thats an awesome find! What lovely bit of kit. My N64 is broken sadly. Id love to get it going and play some Wave Race and 1080 with my kids.

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