DIY Game Console Does It With Optical Disks
DIY Game Console Does It With Optical Disks No comments by: Tyler August September 30, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Optical media may be dead for video games on the big corporate consoles, but not in [Emmet]’s heart– or on his DIY game console, that he built specifically to use optical media. Not fancy blu-ray or newfangled DVDs, either, but good old fashioned CDs from the Orange Book. Yeah, he’s not fitting modern AAA flagship games on those disks, but the Intel N150 on the single board computer he’s using isn’t going to power through them, either.
- ▪DIY Game Console Does It With Optical Disks No comments by: Tyler August September 30, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Optical media may be dead for video games on the big corporate consoles, but not in [Emmet]’s heart– or on his DIY game
- ▪Not fancy blu-ray or newfangled DVDs, either, but good old fashioned CDs from the Orange Book.
- ▪Yeah, he’s not fitting modern AAA flagship games on those disks, but the Intel N150 on the single board computer he’s using isn’t going to power through them, either.
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DIY Game Console Does It With Optical Disks No comments by: Tyler August September 30, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Optical media may be dead for video games on the big corporate consoles, but not in [Emmet]’s heart– or on his DIY game console, that he built specifically to use optical media. Not fancy blu-ray or newfangled DVDs, either, but good old fashioned CDs from the Orange Book. Yeah, he’s not fitting modern AAA flagship games on those disks, but the Intel N150 on the single board computer he’s using isn’t going to power through them, either. That’s fine, though, because there are literally decades of content this machine can handle.
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