What is Gamecube NPDP?

[N 2 Nintendo]

I have stumbled upon some gamecube systems that, allow you to use cartridges, instead of discs for gamecube. Used mainly by programmer and/or developers. All these things I already know. but what I don't know is first, what does NPDP stand for. And secondly, how does this thing work? Much appreciation for any facts.

Here's a pic of the system I'm speaking of:

[kedawa]

no play disc please?

[Oobgarm]

New Product Development Process?

Some info:

http://assemblergames.com/forums/sho...8710#post78710

[N 2 Nintendo]

Ah, thank you for info. I did find out that it's a Nintendo Portable Drive Pak.

[PentiumMMX]

They should have produced Gamecubes in that color instead of Indigo. If there was a version capible of playing game discs, I'd buy one.

[Mayhem]

The cartridge I believe has a small hard drive inside it, and plugs into the top much like an old school console. I'm still looking for that red unit. I have the sea green NR disc reader.

[Icarus Moonsight]

That's a neat dev unit. Especially for those of us that are cart fetishists.

I'd think it's desirability took a major hit when the USB HDD Homebrew Channel App for Wii came out. I'd still love to see one of these Frankenstein'd into a GC library in a box.

Did they ever determine the bus for it -- ATA, RAID, SCSI or (knowing Ninty) Custom (EEK!) etc?

[smork]

The cartridge I believe has a small hard drive inside it, and plugs into the top much like an old school console. I'm still looking for that red unit. I have the sea green NR disc reader.

There's one on ebay right now - I was just looking through such stuff today. Super expensive, though - like bidding at $350-ish and reserve not met...