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Quickdev16 cart opens up wonderful world of SNES homebrew

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 26th 2009 7:30PM

Has your homebrew SNES masterpiece, Secret of Manilow, been trapped within your computer for a decade or so due to technological restraints? Time to dust off your old ROM file -- the Quickdev16 SNES developer cartridge has all you need to get your brainchild up and running on Nintendo's Super console. The cart includes an Atmel AVR ATmega644 with boot loader, a USB connection with which to upload a ROM, 16 megabits of SRAM, and an RS232 converter.

We're assuming that if you possess the technical know-how to craft custom SNES games, then you probably know what all that stuff means. We're also assuming that you'd be more inclined to pony up for the cart's $120 price tag than we are. That's just a tad too steep for an SNES cart -- or rather, an SNES cart that isn't a sealed, mint condition copy of Chrono Trigger.

[Via Engadget]

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Tags: adapter, emulation, hack, homebrew, mod, quickdev16, rom, snes

Reader Comments (25)

$120 that's way to much for technology that's so many years old.

Or, you know, less than a day old.

Anyway $120 isnt that bad, think about it, it's for collectors and bedroom programmers. It's cool having your own SNES game sitting on your HDD but it would be so much more awesome if you had a physical copy that you could pop into you SNES. That's what they're selling, the cartridge is probably worth consicerably less.

Why are spammers NEVER able to speak or write coherent English?

If they could then they would get a better job.

Actually, hardware to run custom code on your SNES has been around for almost as long as the SNES itself. The same hardware put into a small cart like this has also been around for a few years (and cheaper than this one to boot). Unless there are some HUGE improvements in this particular device, it's just not worth looking at.

My guess would be the price is that high because of the limited market. But given the sensitivity of the SNES hardware, I wouldn't try it.

AHH! *blasts with Force Lightning*

Spammers. Must. Die.

That copy of Chrono Trigger needs to be enshrined.

Enshrined in a diamond case and guarded 24/7 with laser trip wires and the Masamune handy for a hero to wield in protection...just in case.

You know how a car enthusiast who owns a car, no matter how priceless, rare and in beautiful condition, still takes it to the road? Cars are meant to be driven, it's their only purpose.

Rare game collectors are fucking retarded.

If I ever managed to get a copy of that game sealed like that, I'd unwrap and play it for the world to see. The poor thing must be so scared in its plastic prison...

I often wonder how people managed to end up w/ having these SNES (or NES) games still factory sealed? Lost Christmas presents in the closet? Stolen while they worked @ an electronics retailer or toy store?

I really don't see too many people seriously collecting games in this manner back then.

I also hope the people that are buying these games/collecting them have insurance. Otherwise it would be a shame if there were a fire or someone broke into their home & stole their collection. After all we are talking about something that is nearly IRREPLACEABLE.

2 Words: Time Machine.

Step 1: Shrink Wrap
Step 2: Heat Gun

You'd still need the box and manual though, and both are rare (especially in anything even approaching mint condition). Either way, it wouldn't be that hard to pull off (I'm not suggesting anyone try. Actually, please don't)

I knew I should have bought two copies of Chronno Trigger when I was a kid >

I recall my cousin owning Earthbound. I wonder if he still has it. Hmm.

Actually, shrink-wrapping and a heat gun won't fool a real collector. There's small vent holes that have to appear in the wrap for it to be genuine, among other things.

if it runs ROMS (NTSC on PAL with NTSC enforced - yes it CAN be done) then I AM SOLD!!!!

hmmm... would I rather have 1 snes flash card or 6 DS flash cards??

is this either/or? Probably not anyway, NES and N64 flash cards please...

The only N64 flash carts I've ever seen are the bulky HDD=based ones. That said, I'd drop a pretty coin to have all my N64 games working and in one place.

And I don't mean Virtual Console. I want my classic trident controllers!

You know, I was looking at the box art for Chrono Trigger in that Ebay auction link and I was surprised at just how much it stayed faithful to the original character designs. Most localizations of games back then bastardized the original designs for ones that would supposedly be more appealing to US audiences.

Bidding on that Chrono Trigger's up to $610 as of this writing, BTW.

I'll stick to my $5 Chrono Trigger I found at a flee market 8 years ago.

And man, I will eagerly watch this development. Can't wait when it supports DSP or even FX chips. THAT would be hot.

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