Storage?

thatmariolover · 09-18-2006, 04:15 AM

No, it's been public for a while: 512MB of flash memory built in for whatever you download, plus you can add SD cards for more memory. There are USB ports however, so I suspect Nintendo will eventually release a Hard Drive or license 3'rd parties to do so.

Dyne · 09-18-2006, 04:24 AM

I think they've confirmed that any mass USB storage device will work. I have an 80 gig here raring to go.

Yoda9864 · 09-18-2006, 04:29 AM

Cool. How big would your average N64 game be though?

Dyne · 09-18-2006, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoda9864

Cool. How big would your average N64 game be though?

Not too big. 32/64/128/256/a few 512s megabits would be significantly smaller in megabytes. But I am too lazy to do the math. Basically, 8 bits in a byte.

Null · 09-18-2006, 10:22 AM

wonder how the actual files are made, what kinda file they are.

Wonder if people will eventually be able to get the rom files from the pc to work on it. actually i bet they will be able to eventually.

Crash · 09-18-2006, 01:39 PM

THey'll have some way to keep you from trading the files. I'll be willing to bet that the game "authenticates" itself everytime it starts. IE, I wouldn't be surprised if you can't play a VC game unless you're online.

thatmariolover · 09-18-2006, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Crash

THey'll have some way to keep you from trading the files. I'll be willing to bet that the game "authenticates" itself everytime it starts. IE, I wouldn't be surprised if you can't play a VC game unless you're online.

I'll bet it tries but allows you to play if it can't get a connection. I mean, crap happens, internet goes out or whatever, it'd be pretty aweful if you couldn't play your VC games.

As for N64 games, Resident Evil 2 was the largest ever at around 64MB, Ocarina of Time was around 32MB, but most games are gonna be in the 8MB to 16MB area.

Null · 09-18-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Crash

THey'll have some way to keep you from trading the files. I'll be willing to bet that the game "authenticates" itself everytime it starts. IE, I wouldn't be surprised if you can't play a VC game unless you're online.

im not talking about trading thier files. and i highly doubt they'll only let you play em when your online. whats more likely is a system like the DRM music files on itunes. that put a digital signature on your file or computer that registers it with that machine. so since each machine has its own identity, the signiture burned into the fire (unchangable) only allows it to play on that system. which is fine.

what im talkin about is im wondering how long it'll be till someone finds a way to play a normal rom file on it. which im gunna say within the first year.