Or tell him to buy a Retrode and the N64 adapter for it. USB>parallel, but yeah, same point.Hatta wrote:$2500 to "get the equipment"? Someone should link him to DinnerX's write up on how to dump N64 ROMs with just a Gameshark.
Not debating any of that, but still, "$2500 for equipment" is just bullshit. Call it what it is. We're not stupid.AppleQueso wrote:The proto scene is expensive, and prototypes that are dumped lose an insane amount of value.
Most people holding protos for 'ransom' are basically just trying to recoup their potential losses. A proto that might've cost someone a few thousand dollars to obtain might be worth maybe a couple hundred after it's dumped.
So yeah, it's not really cut-and-dry "greed" when that happens.