Vectorman Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Hi, Has anyone tried to replace a PS1 or Sega Saturn's CD-Rom drive with a fast, modern hard-drive or create a drive using SD card storage? It seems it would be a great way to salvage many of those older systems with flaky, dead or dying CD drives. Plus the load times could be eliminated, you could store all your favorite games on one hard drive, no CD swapping, unlimited save space, download games from the net with no CD-burning. Even the Coleco ADAM and the TI-99 both have SD card drives now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatta Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Yeah, I think this is the next trend in retro gaming hardware. You can already load Gamecube games from an SD device. There is a prototype for a Dreamcast SD loader, but it's not commercially available. I don't think anyone has done this for the Saturn or PSX. I'm sure it will happen eventually, as more and more drives die and replacement laser assemblies become harder to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Given enough time, and inclination, sure it will happen. Just have to get the right modder interested in it. It would be nice to see happen but I am sure it is not as easy as just swapping wires or something similar like a controller modification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haunted360 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 It is in development: http://psio.com.au/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I know there was a Chinese pirate console a while back that would play PS ISO files, essentially a Playstation version of the Dingoo. The technology is apparently getting pretty close, it's just a matter of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 It has recently been done for the 3DO as well (only works with FZ-10 units at this moment): http://3do.cdinteractive.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2237&start=0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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