Screendrive 64 Is A Flash Cart That Displays Your Game Art While Playing
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!
https://retrododo.com/screendrive-64-is-a-flash-cart-that-displays-your-game-art-while-playing/Open linkView original on piefed.social163
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Would probably look even better in color eink
Absolutely, hopefully that's a V2 thing.
That's a thing??
Has been for about 15 years, although decent ones didn't come out until 10 years ago.
Huh, TIL. Crazy that I've never encountered them.
I've only ever seen one IRL, and it was insane how much like actual paper it looked.
That's fucking cool. I'll have to look more into it.
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.
Worse refresh rate than B&W e-ink even?
Too slow
How often do you expect to refresh the cover art?
Oh, nevermind
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
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.