A Sony Playstation Flash Cart in the works

[Greg2600]

http://psio.com.au/

PSIO is a cartridge that plug's into the back of your PlayStation 1 console, which will let you play your backed up PlayStation 1 games from an SD card.
It will also allow you to boot and run code you have programmed from an SD card on the actual PlayStation 1 console itself, making it a must have tool for homebrewers, developers and most importantly, gamers.

Sounds very cool. Old PS1's are plug and play, but the PS One units would need soldering. They have no Parallel port.

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

It's not addressed in the site FAQ, but this should also significantly reduce loading times. I'm hoping this device will be compatible with the early blue debug units.

[c0ldb33r]

Is it supposed to be a bare PCB? Will it have a plastic enclosure?

[Greg2600]

[InsaneDavid]

That's... pretty freaking awesome. A solid-state solution for the PS1.

[Gameguy]

But then all those burned CD-Rs will become worthless. What will all of those craigslist listers do with them? Think of the value of bootlegs! <cough>

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

If this device is fairly affordable it could be a very good thing for the ps1 homebrew community. Even though modded ps1's are fairly easy to come across, it's still something most casual gamers don't want to bother with. This is just plug-and-play. With a bigger userbase, we might see some more cool stuff, like good ps1 hacks.

[c0ldb33r]

I'm interested to see how it connects with a PS one.

[importaku]

How would something like that cope with games that come on multiple disks?

[Daltone]

It looks pretty cool. I dread to think what it will cost though.

[Greg2600]

It looks pretty cool. I dread to think what it will cost though.

Not clue, guessing 100-150 USD like most of these things.

How would something like that cope with games that come on multiple disks?

Button combination opens an onscreen menu, from which you can do multiple things including switch discs.

I'm interested to see how it connects with a PS one.

Both the PS One and the 3rd iteration grey system (SCPH9000) have no Parallel IO port, so you'd have to solder some kind of wire/cable and likely cut out an opening in the back.

PS: Should work on import images, has yet to be tested.

[Sundowner]

This is really cool! I'm looking forward to seeing the progress on this. I don't have a ps1 anymore because my ps2 replaced it, but if something like this does come out it may give me an excuse to buy a ps1 again.

[InsaneDavid]

I'd easily pay $100 or so for one of these. The moving parts and optics on PS1's aren't going to last forever, even with sourcing replacement components. While I'm not opposed to emulation, I'm all for using devices that work on actual hardware. A device like this, in addition to preserving the operating longevity of the platform, would essentially blow open the entire library of games as a plug and play solution for end users.

[lordvectrex]

Great. Now I really want a Dreamcast cartridge too.

[dendawg]

Great. Now I really want a Dreamcast cartridge too.

http://www.goatstore.com/Products/Se...Reader_Adapter

[Kitsune Sniper]

I thought that thing wasn't very good at streaming games?

[lordvectrex]

http://www.goatstore.com/Products/Se...Reader_Adapter

That's not a cartridge!

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

That's not a cartridge!

It's the equivalent device. Boots Dreamcast game images from an SD card.

[Parodius Duh!]

As a collector of PS1 games, Im totally against this, unless it drives the cost down on some existing expen$ive titles then Im all about it.

[Greg2600]

Firstly, I'm simply not convinced that Dreamcast SD Adapter is a good choice. I bought one, and it's not working properly.

More importantly, the guy who is creating the PSIO (cynbdyn on AssemblerGames forum) is concurrently working on a GD-ROM replacement solution for the Dreamcast. He's using I think the same PCB, perhaps FPGA as well, for that project.