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I have been doing some research on N64 dev carts and keep reading how these carts apparently could wipe themselves after a single boot. Some even claim they can corrupt upon boot with a N64, while using a dumper once is fine.
Now I understand the importance of being careful with this kind of material, and I don't doubt the recommendation to dump before trying to boot in a N64.
But with that out of the way, is there actually evidence of this happening? I find the whole rumor a bit weird.
Some claim this feature was introduced so that reviewers could only play once. They apparently would get the instruction, don't power off your N64 until you are done playing. I find this a very weird way of working. That would mean that if the reviewer encounters a bug during gameplay, they are screwed and have to get a new cartridge shipped?
Is there evidence in the wild that this has happened which cannot be blamed on a general hardware failure?
If this mechanism actually exists, has reverse engineering showed the mechanism in play?
Now I understand the importance of being careful with this kind of material, and I don't doubt the recommendation to dump before trying to boot in a N64.
But with that out of the way, is there actually evidence of this happening? I find the whole rumor a bit weird.
Some claim this feature was introduced so that reviewers could only play once. They apparently would get the instruction, don't power off your N64 until you are done playing. I find this a very weird way of working. That would mean that if the reviewer encounters a bug during gameplay, they are screwed and have to get a new cartridge shipped?
Is there evidence in the wild that this has happened which cannot be blamed on a general hardware failure?
If this mechanism actually exists, has reverse engineering showed the mechanism in play?