I know this is beyond far fetched, and would probably never happen, but I was wondering if it would be theoreticallypossible to have a usb key type device which contained the basic IC's of an n64(video processor, cpu, etc) that would run the rom, then transmit the video/sound information to the computer? Basically, have the n64 parts on a USB key, but the computer be the controller.
Would something like this be possible?
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What's the point of making the poor little thing do all the processing when it's just going to be connected to a computer (with bigger, less expensive chips in it) anyway?
EDIT: Anyway, to answer your question, "Is it possible?" - probably, if someone went to the trouble to design and manufacture the thing (it would probably be very expensive, and I'm not sure how small it could be), but I can't see much benefit that this would offer over just installing an emulator onto a USB drive that the host system would run.
EDIT: Anyway, to answer your question, "Is it possible?" - probably, if someone went to the trouble to design and manufacture the thing (it would probably be very expensive, and I'm not sure how small it could be), but I can't see much benefit that this would offer over just installing an emulator onto a USB drive that the host system would run.
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Well, the idea, hopefully, would be that because the IC's were the same as the ones in the n64, emulation would run flawlessly. As good as project64 is, it doesn't perfectly emulate the graphics or sound of games. This can only be achieved by the real n64 parts.
mikesown said:
Although not using a USB key, a homebrew NES card for PC using the old ISA interface was constructed, allowing NES games to be played natively on a PC. Here is a link about it if you are interested:
http://www.bripro.com/low/hardware/nesvidcard/index.php?page=how
