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Nintendo Wii The Size Of A Game Boy Cartridge Finally Released Open Source (retrododo.com)
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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Instant disappointment.

Thought this was a homebrewed Wii system made with modern components.

No.

It's original Wii system cut-up and repackaged. An actual Wii system gets destroyed each time one of these get created.

So much for preservation...

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  • [+] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not really, as that's emulation. I mean hardware that is smaller than was on the Wii (because it's newer and we've had many years of miniaturisation) and natively runs the Wii system with all its functions.

    Yes, the Wii sold millions, but millions is still a finite number.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Doing some sort of equivalent would be very expensive. I imagine getting the chips and redesigning the PCB and its traces could be a lot of money.

    Doing an FPGA version would also be the same. People can barely do FPGA accesible for the N64 and PSX, and even then I think there's limitations with those implementations.

    Boards trims of the Wii seem very plausible as the hardware wasn't as complex as other consoles from the era. I have no idea about sizes, but there's a chance the Wii has a smaller processor thanks to die shrinks.

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