I spent two years trying to make SD cards more nostalgic
The YouTube video speaker explores nostalgia for physical game cartridges and movie discs. They describe a project building a drive to read cartridges using a floppy drive and single board computer. Experimenting with designs and materials, they developed a standalone external drive with a USBC port.
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The speaker in the YouTube video discusses nostalgia for games on cartridges and movies on discs. They detail a project involving the construction of a drive capable of reading cartridges using a floppy drive and a single board computer. Initially facing issues with 3D printed cartridges, they later introduced a new computer named the gamework featuring a custom drive. The speaker conducted experiments with different cartridge designs and materials, leading to the creation of a standalone external drive equipped with a USBC port.
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2 commentsI do wish that companies doing those FPGA based consoles would sell empty cartridges too. The multi-game flashcarts are cool but it would be awesome to have single game cards on the order of $10/ea.
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