What's the connector for on the bottom of an N64?

[Stealth1024]

I flipped my N64 over the other day and found a massive sized connector of some sort under there... What is this used for?

 

[HombrePequeno]

64DD

 

[silent tone]

Memory card, rumble pack, anything else?

 

[ViperMagic]

<< 64DD >>

 

[Wallydraigle]

No, he means the console itself. My sister ran away from home and stole my N64 (true story) but if I remember correctly it looks kind of like a parallel port. Maybe an add on modem or something that they had plans for but never released?

 

[HombrePequeno]

It's for the 64DD. A disk drive that only came out in Japan. It was supposed to hit the US but got cancelled.

 

[Aves]

<< No, he means the console itself. My sister ran away from home and stole my N64 (true story) but if I remember correctly it looks kind of like a parallel port. Maybe an add on modem or something that they had plans for but never released? >>


Yep and it is for the 64DD. Too bad that thing never made it.

 

[Gunbuster]

I think the black market cdrom "backup" player used it too

 

[So]

It (the port) was for the 64DD, a disk drive peripheral that never made it to the US, it came out in japan but to my knowledge was a failure over there too.

A quick google search turned this, this and this.

Suffice it to say, the thing never amounted to much.

istallion: You are thinking of the port on the bottom of the controller.

 

[HombrePequeno]

<< I think the black market cdrom "backup" player used it too >>



Yep. What was that thing called again? The Docter64 or something?

 

[Migroo]

<< 64DD >>

 

[So]

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<< I think the black market cdrom "backup" player used it too >>



Yep. What was that thing called again? The Docter64 or something? >>



I think so.

 

[GhettoFob]

Yeah, it could be used for the DoctorV64 by some company named Bung. It allowed you to play "backup" of games. Games were amazingly small too. Most were in the 16-32 meg range.

 

[Colt45]

i noticed they have one of these on SNES's too.

dunno what for though

 

[WhiteWonder]

<< No, he means the console itself. My sister ran away from home and stole my N64 (true story) but if I remember correctly it looks kind of like a parallel port. Maybe an add on modem or something that they had plans for but never released? >>



can i hear that story? sounds interesting

 

[Angrymarshmello]

SNES one was for add-ons like the SNES CD, which became the Sony Playstation. (Imagine that)