Rare Gaming Dump

RGD is a community dedicated to the documentation of rare information related to computer hardware and firmware, with a focus on Nintendo game consoles.

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

We've made a new video on the scrapped handheld Nintendo was planning to release after the 3DS. This new video is totally rewritten from our old one, with more accurate info and information on a phase of development which was missed before. Check it out: https://t.co/0piNRFyf9Z

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

@psx_collector Awesome! Does it work?

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

The download link can be found here: https://t.co/PvVB041DUo

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

The fundraiser was a success! We are now releasing 12 prototype builds of Shantae: Risky's Revenge for the DSi, along with a pitch for an unreleased Shantae title - but there's still more to get! The seller has offered 22 additional builds for $500, so we're still raising money.

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

@PretendoNetwork To learn more about how to contribute your SpotPass data, visit the SpotPass Archival Project website: https://t.co/ua7VCyCjBO

You can also join the SpotPass Archival Project Discord server: https://t.co/GloyQAWqKc (3/3)

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

SpotPass is a feature on the 3DS and Wii U that allowed Nintendo to distribute data over the internet, such as special event items or characters. When Nintendo shuts down the 3DS and Wii U online servers on April 8, these SpotPass features will be lost - without your help.

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[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

By contributing the SpotPass data from your 3DS or Wii U systems, we can archive the SpotPass data from many 3DS and Wii U games such as Mario Kart, StreetPass Mii Plaza and Pokémon, and eventually allow them to be used on replacement servers like
@PretendoNetwork. (2/3)

[rmc @rvtr_rmc]

I'm hosting a fundraiser to obtain 10 builds of a Shantae game + a design document for an unreleased Shantae game

A donation link and more info can be found here:
https://t.co/JlGgcnhcsL

Any amount helps, so please feel free to spread this around!

( @raregamingdump )

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

@rvtr_rmc is hosting a fundraiser to get 10 builds of a Shantae game, along with a design document for an unreleased Shantae game.

You can donate here: https://t.co/S2UyKhRsWo

Any amount helps, and please feel free to spread it around!

(Reposted since it got flagged)

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

@rvtr_rmc is hosting a fundraiser to get 10 builds of a Shantae game, along with a design document for an unreleased Shantae game. You can donate via PayPal here: https://t.co/XDQ2KFylFU

Any amount helps, and please feel free to spread it around!

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

Discoveries from the Nintendo Gigaleak show that Nintendo and Nvidia were working on a prototype DS successor around 2006, using an early pre-Tegra mobile chipset. Check out our new video about this lost piece of Nintendo history - more coming soon!
https://t.co/kcUGKahVtV

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

@glitchedheart Yeah, I've seen A13 through 15 and A25. We have 9 A25s, plus an A13 and an A14, and are going to try installing each type eventually.

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DeadlyFoez has successfully installed an engineering sample Gekko CPU onto a final GameCube board! It boots up, runs games, and the official software for checking the processor's revision identifies it as "DD1.0 or 2.0", with no ID (final is 2.4 and has an ID programmed)

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The recording of the Gekko stream is now up on YouTube! This shows the board at the completion of the BGA swap, it being installed into a retail GameCube, it booting up for the first time, and running the official CPU info tool as well as a retail game. https://t.co/jFzQ9Z0uyb

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Since Swiss thinks anything that that doesn't have one of the standard GameCube CPU revisions is a Wii, it identifies this as a Wii

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NERD, the division of Nintendo which developed several official emulators including the GC/Wii emulation in 3D All-Stars, has put up a job posting requiring experience in C++ 03, the C++ standard used for Wii and DS/3DS games. It seems Nintendo's working on more Wii/DS emulation.

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

TotK's codename is "EX-King" (BoTW's is "U-King"). This confirms a leak from 2021!

(Splatoon 3's codename ended up being "Thunder" instead, but they said they were going off memory, so they probably just mixed it up.)

https://t.co/tSY4SYpI6I

[Dark Samus Hunter | Nintendo Leak and News Inside @SamusHunter2]

@HiccupJul I don't remember the full codename but it was "Red"+Something.
Other codename I remember, If I'm not mistaken it, Splatoon 3 is "Lightning" while the Sequel to BotW is "EX-King".

[Rare Gaming Dump @raregamingdump]

@raiid_dev It's for the RTC (clock).

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For 12 more days, the Wii U will still be able to play every 3D Zelda ever released!

[Tim Stamper @InTimsWorld]

I have way more than Twelve Tales to tell... 🤫

#intimsworld #conker #twelvetales #n64