For example, shows how a relatively easy to work with 12 pin USB-C connector can be used on your USB 2.0 projects to embrace the new physical connector without diving into a full USB 3.0 implementation. But it’s still an interesting piece of hardware, and if you look close enough, you just might learn a thing or two from the design. What you do with the image file after you’ve dumped it is your business, but presumably loading it up in an emulator would be the next step.Ĭonsidering how easy it is to find ROMs for these old games online, do you actually need a GenDumper of your own? Probably not. Right now the hardware depends on a Windows program, but according to the documentation, is working on a platform-agnostic Python script so everyone can play along. Sounds like a good deal to us.īased on the ATmega324PB, the GenDumper can take those dusty old Sega cartridges and back them up to an image file on your computer. But we’re betting that was just looking for a challenge, and as an added bonus, the world gets another cool open hardware gadget in the process. Perhaps they want to play their well-worn copy of The Lost Vikings on their phone, or they want to keep their QVC Limited Edition Maximum Carnage box set in near mint condition. You might be wondering why anyone would build device to dump Sega Genesis and Mega Drive cartridges.
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