Retrozone Powerpak. Get it while it's hot.

[d_stilgar]

These go fast. I went to the site a couple times a week for over two years waiting for one to be in stock. I just got mine and love it. Any NES fan needs to have this. It is worth every penny. I promise.

http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?productID=133

[nevermind1534]

That's great. Too bad it's so expensive. Do they have the 10NES chip in it? It doesn't really matter, since I have already disabled it in all of my systems anyway.

[d_stilgar]

However they do it, it works with all systems and all areas. It's $135, but really worth it, especially if you want to download homebrew games and play them on the NES proper and not an emulator.

[TheGreatSatan]

I don't get it.

[Vexxx_2007]

I don't get it.

Hopefully not sounding rude, but there isn't much not to get.. it adds all your NES games to some memory device (didn't read all of it, only skimmed a bit) and when you turn on your NES, it'll show a library or something of all the games you've saved to the device.

Kinda cool in my opinion!

Too bad i don't use my NES anymore..

great find!:D:D

[nevermind1534]

However they do it, it works with all systems and all areas.

I think they use the cyclone chip that is available through them.


It's $135, but really worth it, especially if you want to download homebrew games and play them on the NES proper and not an emulator.

I'm not saying that it isn't a good deal. I think it's great. Actually, I would probably get that and the USB CopyNES if i could. If only my parents would let me spend that much money on it...

[d_stilgar]

I don't get it.

It's pretty much been nailed on the head, but you put your legally backed up .nes files onto a compact flash card, and put that card into your cartridge, and all those games will be on the cart when you put it in your NES.

[TheGreatSatan]

You can save .nes files? How do you get them off the cartridge? And what's "the cart"?

[nevermind1534]

The "cart" is the cartridge. They have a chip for $70 to get them, although the .nes dumps can be found on the internet, which may be legal, if you already own the game. I'm pretty sure that it is in every country, except for the US, and it might even be legal here, if you already own a real copy of the game.

[d_stilgar]

Yeah, forum rules states that downloading roms, such as .nes files is a touchy subject, and may be illegal, so we just don't talk about it or link to them, or help each other in that way. The only reason I even posted the powerpak was because the same site has the Copy NES.

And sorry, the cart is the cartridge. You copy all your .nes files from your computer to a Compact Flash (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000070000+1053107923&Tpk=compact+flash) card and then put that card in the Powerpak. It really is amazing. After I made a backup of every Nintendo game ever and put them on a CF card and put that in the NES, they all came up. I can load any game I want. It is amazing.

[d_stilgar]

Just a quick update, it's now available at $125, so go ahead and get it! I'm going to be showing mine off with a few NES portable systems soon!

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=34

[Drum Thumper]

Wonder how long it will be until Nintendo puts the kabosh on it?

[d_stilgar]

Well, this device is interesting because Nintendo doesn't own the rights to the hardware anymore. That's why people are allowed to make things like the Generation NEX or whatever that stupid thing it. They do, however, own the rights to the games. But the Powerpak doesn't come with any games, so there's nothing they can really do. Nintendo does shut down most the 3rd party consoles that have games included though.

I searched for this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Player_Super_Joy_III) for a long time and only found overpriced stuff on ebay. Then I searched for its other name, XA-76-1E, and found it for $15 a pop, so I got 3.

[nevermind1534]

Well, this device is interesting because Nintendo doesn't own the rights to the hardware anymore. That's why people are allowed to make things like the Generation NEX or whatever that stupid thing it. They do, however, own the rights to the games. But the Powerpak doesn't come with any games, so there's nothing they can really do. Nintendo does shut down most the 3rd party consoles that have games included though.

I searched for this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Player_Super_Joy_III) for a long time and only found overpriced stuff on ebay. Then I searched for its other name, XA-76-1E, and found it for $15 a pop, so I got 3.

Nintendo does still own the rights. The clones are ok, because they use NOAC technology, for the most part, and only emulate the hardware.

[d_stilgar]

Eh . . . you know what I mean. If someone were to make a PS3 clone right now they would get their butts sued and lose, but Nintendo can't sue the makers of Nintendo clones.

[nevermind1534]

Eh . . . you know what I mean. If someone were to make a PS3 clone right now they would get their butts sued and lose, but Nintendo can't sue the makers of Nintendo clones.

Yeah, I get you. They're not hardware clones, though. They're basically very different consoles that emulate the NES.

[Collinstheclown]

I was wondering if anyone knew if something like this exsisted for N64, I was recently given a 64 and quite a few games. I'd realy like to condense them into 1 cart. I've been googling but nothing has come up.

If I was an electronics engineer I would try to make one, but I'm not. :(




-CollinstheClown

[nevermind1534]

I was wondering if anyone knew if something like this exsisted for N64, I was recently given a 64 and quite a few games. I'd realy like to condense them into 1 cart. I've been googling but nothing has come up.

If I was an electronics engineer I would try to make one, but I'm not. :(




-CollinstheClown

There was something like this, but it would store them on zip disks. I saw one in the UK on ebay a few years ago.