A shield for the Arduino Mega that can back up video game cartridges.
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We have moved, please visit us at https://github.com/oscartreader 🚀






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Open Source Cartridge Reader

This project represents a community-driven effort to provide an easy to build and easy to modify cartridge dumper. Its main purpose is to dump a video game's ROM and save file to an SD card without the need of a PC.

For any questions you can use the Discussions and/or Issues section here on GitHub, visit the accompanying thread in the Arduino Forum or check out our community discord server, where you can reach most of the devs directly.

Also be sure to check the guides in the Wiki too.

Happy making. 🔧🔨😊

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Features:

  • Modular design
  • Stand-alone operation
  • Easy to modify open-source code
  • Portable when used together with a power bank

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Supported Systems:

  • NES/Famicom/Family Basic
  • Super Nintendo/Super Famicom (including SF Memory, Satellaview, Sufami Turbo, and Game Processor RAM Cassettes)
  • Nintendo 64 (including Controller Pak, Gameshark, and Xplorer 64)
  • Game Boy Color (including GB Memory, Codebreaker, and Gameshark)
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Sega Master System

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Supported with adapters:

  • Virtual Boy
  • Pokémon Mini
  • Sega Game Gear
  • Sega Mark III
  • Sega SG-1000/SC-3000
  • Sega Cards
  • PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/SuperGrafx
  • WonderSwan (Color)
  • NeoGeo Pocket (Color)
  • Intellivision
  • ColecoVision
  • Benesse Pocket Challenge W
  • Benesse Pocket Challenge V2
  • Watara Supervision
  • Atari 8-bit Computer (400/800/XL/XE)
  • Atari 2600/5200/7800
  • Atari Lynx
  • Atari Jaguar
  • Emerson Arcadia 2001
  • Fairchild Channel F
  • Magnavox Odyssey 2/Philips Videopac+
  • Super A'Can
  • MSX
  • Casio PV-1000
  • Casio Loopy
  • Commodore VIC-20
  • Commodore 64
  • Vectrex
  • Bally Astrocade
  • Bandai Little Jammer
  • Bandai Little Jammer Pro
  • LeapFrog Leapster (L-MAX/Leapster2)
  • RCA Studio II
  • Texas Instruments TI-99
  • Tomy Pyuuta
  • TRS-80 Color Computer
  • Vtech V.Smile (Baby/V.Motion)
  • CPS3

Open Source Licenses:

  • Software(everything in Cart_Reader folder) = GPL v3
  • Hardware(everything in hardware folder) = CC BY 4.0
  • Documentation(everything in the Wiki) = CC0 1.0