You don’t need no ROMs with this USB SNES cartridge reader
CrunchGear —
... The parts you need are listed here, but it actually sounds insanely complicated (I stopped reading after “thousands of little wires”). If you’re a freakishly dextrous tinkerer/retro gamer, this is the project for you, but everyone else should probably just stick with the traditional way. ...
SNES USB cartridge adapter should set eBay aflame
Engadget —
... Sick of having to use your inconvenient mouse and keyboard to do "internet searches" for ROMs of your favorite retro games? Well a gentleman named Matthias might just have the answer to your prayers -- a USB SNES cartridge adapter. The enterprising DIY'er has ...
Geek God Builds DIY Super NES ROM-Creating USB Reader [Hacks]
Gizmodo —
... computer. As he explains in the video, trips to those shady Russian porn sites are a thing of the past. The crazy thing is Matthias claimed this was his first attempt at such a hack, and that he was really surprised at how easy the project turned out to be. The commenters at Hack A Day were unsurprisingly excited about the ramifications of such an invention. Six-slot multidrive reader featuring support for NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Genesis, and N64 ROMs, anyone? [Hackaday]
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Modder Creates SNES-To-USB Adapter
OhGizmo! —
... to show off your mad hacking skills, you might want to check out this little DIY project.
Some guy thought it would be cool to actually plug in an SNES cartridge to his computer and play the game that way. It sounds a little crazy, but it is possible. The video gives you a pretty decent idea of what the end result is. It really only took less than $40 worth of equipment, but I can’t imagine the amount of time it took to solder the “thousands of little wires.”
VIA [ HackADay ]
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Adaptador USB que te permitirá seguir utilizando tus cartuchos de SNES
Gizmología —
... Lo más seguro es que este chico hizo este “experimento” porque estaba muy, muy aburrido. Lo digo porque lo que hizo fue crear un lector USB para cartuchos de SNES. Con él podrás seguir utilizando tus viejos cartuchos que estaban juntando polvo en el fondo del cajón de los gadgets que nunca ibas a volver a utilizar. ...

