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Anybody tried one of these RPi based N64 cart dumpers off Aliexpress?

Looking to ROM dump just a handful of games, so I’m trying not to spend hundreds on a Sanni or Retrode. I saw this on AliExpress for $15.

I’ve personally had good luck with Alibaba and Aliexpress, but I recognize that this could just straight not work. There’s no documentation, but it claims the game data will show up like files on a USB flash drive.

Anybody know where this design came from?

Nutteman ,
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Stick yer rarest cart in there and let her rip

simplymath ,

A sketchy USB device from Alibaba with 0 documentation is significantly less safe than grabbing a ROM, which are widely available and have known file hashes. The security risk alone from a no name USB device is probably not worth it unless there’s a save file you reeeeeeeeally care about, as another user mentioned.

Beacon ,

N64 cartridges rely on a battery inside it to keep the storage alive, and all those batteries are likely all dead now, so there will be no stored game in there any more

MelodiousFunk ,

Stop making me sad. I have hundreds of hours poured into VPW2 customizations on a cart that hasn’t been powered up in 20 years at least. In my heart, that save is still alive.

Don’t take this from me dammit.

yuuunikki ,

Why dump roms when you can just download them faster and free

MrScottyTay ,

Could be to get their save that’s on the cartridge backed up?

Beacon ,

I think any n64 cartridge has long since had the battery inside the cartridge die, which is what kept the game save info stored. So there won't be any saved game in there any more.

https://howchoo.com/nintendo/nintendo-64-cartridge-save-battery-change/

MrScottyTay ,

If that was the case they could’ve replaced the battery since and still have a save on that cartridge that needs backing up

ch00f OP ,

Call it a hobby. Having the data from the physical cart brings me joy. Also, I’m looking to rebuild my collection from childhood for when the Analogue3D finally comes out.

Oisteink ,

Any link to the item? Or name if links are not ok here

ch00f OP ,

a.aliexpress.com/_mtsayi0

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