The Open Source Cartridge Reader (OSCR) is a versatile tool designed to help preserve video game cartridges and save data. Developed by Sanni and the community, this device allows users to back up ROM files and save games from a wide range of vintage consoles.

  • @_sideffect
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    3117 hours ago

    Someone should buy this and then charge like $5 to backup someone’s cartridge for them.

    Too expensive for everyone to own

    • @[email protected]
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      315 hours ago

      Yeah seriously.

      Also are we not at a stage where most games have been dumped perfectly already?

      • @NewNewAccount
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        2614 hours ago

        This is for preserving one’s own library, which makes emulation fully legal instead of the wink wink “legal” that many gamers find themselves in.

        • @Fergie434
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          613 hours ago

          Some people care about piracy laws?

        • @[email protected]
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          -213 hours ago

          Most of the cartridges this device can dump are so old that nobody will come after you for owning such dumps, whether they’re from your cartridge or not. It’ll also be hard to prove that the ROM isn’t from your own cartridge if it’s a clean ROM.