After cutting the motherboard down to palm-sized dimensions, he’s been able to create a handheld system that’s only a bit larger than the console’s original cartridges.

The rarest Nintendo 64 games can set collectors back thousands of dollars, particularly those on the lookout for new and sealed copies.

In a particularly impressive example of the art, [GmanModz] has made what he claims is the world’s smallest portable Nintendo 64.

And because it's been engineered completely on an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) integrated circuit, the Analogue 3D will play your N64 cartridges natively without any emulation.

So the cartridge technology really saved the day. In terms of weaknesses we fought hard against the fill-rate limitations of the N64.

0 Image: via Guinness World Records With the NES and SNES Classic consoles all wrapped up, plenty have wondered whether we might see an eventual Nintendo 64 Mini system.

The $250 Analogue 3D can take most of the N64’s library and boost the resolution 10 times to 4K. Games on the N64 natively play at 320 x 240 up to 640 x 480.

The same process should work for everything from the oldest console games up to N64 classics. This should work pretty reliably for most busted cartridges, but if one really can't be saved, there ...

Some N64 games have the ability to save data to the cartridge, while others rely on a Controller Pak, but the ability to quickly save progress as a memory, as introduced with the Pocket, will be ...

Meanwhile, in the make-believe land of eBayia, someone's auctioning a "mysteriously blank Nintendo 64 cartridge" - promising only that the game works and doesn't suck. "Are you man enough to buy a ...

Analogue 3D is a modern take on Nintendo's beloved 64-bit console that will let you play every N64 game in 4K. It's launching sometime next year.

Considering coding for Nintendo 64 is borderline rocket science, I’m very grateful and proud that Rasky and I came up with the first-ever music cartridge for this console, and the first cartridge for ...