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by catapart 293 days ago
This is very cool! My one gripe would be the one-card, one-game situation. I understand why it would be done, but I also remember growing up in the 90's and there was no point where I was happy that I had to switch out the games.

It's not terrible, but if the cards can store more, they should. It's just practical.

Other than that, though, this is something I've been dreaming of! Mostly just the "it plays games and those games are yours to play" angle of it, not so much the "no internet, no dlc" kind of stuff. Those seem less like features and more like eliminating avenues for future bad actors. Which, again, is understandable, I just wasn't particularly hoping for that.

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They're literally just SD cards, so I think you can do whatever you want... none of this is new or novel at all to my knowledge.

I understand the novelty, and maybe I'm just grumpy, but I just can't get on the nostalgia cashgrab bandwagon personally.

But whatever floats your boat.

Maybe a good idea for you would be to have a few cards per system (like: SNES plaftormers, or Game Boy RPGs). Or even just 1 card per system: SNES card, Game Boy card, etc. with the full catalogue. There would still be wasted space, but much more practical.