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This is just fantastic. I wonder how small older consoles can be these days while still maintaining full hardware compatibility.
by pryelluw 2y ago
This is just fantastic. I wonder how small older consoles can be these days while still maintaining full hardware compatibility.
- yieldcrv 2y agovery, could make an adapter dongle for anything requiring pins
- spondylosaurus 2y agoThe PS2 Ultra Slim is a fun one: https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/ps2-ultra-slim.5077/ https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/ps2-ultra-slim... And it still has the original controller/memory card ports!
- whalesalad 2y agowith FPGA's you can have 100 consoles in one. https://misteraddons.com/ https://misteraddons.com/
- pryelluw 2y agoThough I might say that’s cheating, it is a welcome solution
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoYou would likely get into “full compatibility” lawyering very quickly. Many of the consoles have weirdo hardware components in some module or another that is still poorly understood.
- haunter 2y agoSee the R36S clones from China https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006152991376.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006152991376.html
- jsheard 2y agoIf we're counting emulation they can get even smaller than that, practicality be damned. https://www.funkey-project.com https://www.funkey-project.com
- pryelluw 2y agoI already own a miyoo with the emus though I meant something that replicates the original hardware and can run the actual game cartridges/ISOs
- userbinator 2y agoA NES SoC would fit easily within the area of a microSD card containing all ROMs ever published for it, and the embedded controller in the latter would still have a few orders of magnitude more transistors and be faster than it.