A while ago we spoke to Jason Lindsey, who's well known on YouTube as MetalJesusRocks, about a remarkable discovery for his collection. He picked up a North America Nintendo 64DD, which was seemingly the first of its kind. The 'Lot Check' sticker suggested it was used to test games at Nintendo of America, though he was seeking expert help to boot it up and also discover the contents of a blue dev disk that he also picked up with the unit.
He's now shared that status update, in which he talks over his progress in recent weeks booting up the system, and also taking a copy of its firmware in the name of preservation. He also uncovers what was on the blue disk - he had help from the Hard 4 Games channel and knowledgable enthusiasts online.
Though there's nothing earth-shattering so far in his discoveries, it is worth noting that it's progress on testing a unique piece of hardware - check it out below.
It'll be interesting to see if any more blue disk owners answer the call to action at the end of this video - who knows what gems will be discovered?
[source youtube.com, via 64dd.org]
Comments 11
Cool stuff.
I saw this thing on sale at a crappy indoor swap meet in LA. It was 20 bucks and it was pretty clean. Not sure if I should buy it since I am not a collector.
@BioOrpheus
If I saw N64 DD, for twenty dollars, I'd get it. I mean, it's pointless if you don't have an N64, but you'd probably be able to make a profit.
Metal Jesus rocks🤘
This is pretty cool. I'm happy to hear the initiative that they dumped the contents and released ot the public, whereas some people (example, the owner of the Super Mario Kart beta) don't like doing that.
My only concern is, aren't they entering hot water for publicly stated they dumped the firmware of the 64DD? Mainly because it;s like mentioning that one dumped the bios of the consoles or sharing ROMs.
I know a north American 64DD would be pretty useless but having grown up with the N64 and having waited impatiently for the thing to release, I want one.
If I saw one for sale I wouldn't hesitate in buying it especially if it was cheap
@Gridattack
Definetly illegal, however I doubt Nintendo would care as they never sold/made any money on it and never will.
Metal Jesus Rocks!!!
and now the prices of these hidden gems will rise higher again LOL
Did the DD provide any performance enhancements? From what I gathered, it was just a reader for games that could run on larger disk media.
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