Thread by @shanebattye, Prototype thread:Battlefield DOMINATION - Map Strategy. One of the demos included on [...]

Prototype thread:

Battlefield DOMINATION - Map Strategy. One of the demos included on the #Nintendo64 ‘Secret Screen’ prototype. The only functionality in this demo is a moveable arrow, controlled by the D-pad...

The proto is a one off and appeared in the Sept ‘97 EGM below an article about the Dreamcast (later leading the inventor to claim the DC VMU was a copycat design). But what’s going on inside this N64 controller add-on unit? Let’s crack it open and find out...

Inside the main body is ... a modified #GameBoy

with ROM board soldered via wire ribbon cable. The N64 controller is also heavily modified.

Nintendo rejected the concept but would themselves pursue handheld interfacing to consoles more seriously from #GameCube + GBA onward

Inside the main body is ... a modified #GameBoy with ROM board soldered via wire ribbon cable. The N64 controller is also heavily modified. Nintendo rejected the concept but would themselves pursue handheld interfacing to consoles more seriously from #GameCube + GBA onward

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