tools:hardware

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Dumping hardware

Dumping tools
Media Sanni RetroFreak Retron 5 Retrode 11) Retrode22) INLretro Kazzo3) Retro
Blaster
2.04)
NT Mini NES + flashcart (TapeDump) Famicom +flashcart (TapeDump) CopyNES Super UFO Pro 8 Super NT 64drive + UltraSave JoeyN64 N64
Game
shark5)
Old N64 copiers (specify)6) VB Cart Progr. GBxCart RW BennVenn Joey Jr. Krikzz FlashKit Programmer MD DS 3DS (JP) 3DS (US) 3DS (EU) Switch (Non-
China)
Switch (China) QDC (more than FDS) FDSStick PSVITA
PS Vita Cart 1
NES cart (specify) A
Famicom cart (specify)
Family Basic cart
SNES cart (specify) A
SNES Memory Paks 7)
GB/C cart (specify) A8) 9) A
GB NP cart ?
GBA cart (specify) 10) A
GBA Movie ?
VB cart
N64 cart A 11) A
N64 dev cart 12) A13) 14)
DS cart (specify)
3DS cart
Switch cart (Non-China)
Switch cart (China)
FDS diskette
Mega Drive/Genesis cart 15) A 16)
Master System cart A A17) A
Game Gear cart A A18)
Sage Mark III cart A19)
SG-1000 card A20)
WonderSwan cart A
NGP/C cart A
PC Engine/TG16 cart A
PC Engine SuperGrafx cart
Atari 2600 cart
Dumping tools
Media GCN with SD Gecko TDEV NR Reader Wii RVT-R Wii U CAT-R21) Plextor ASUS BC-12D2HT Kreon 0800 (x360) PioneerDVD
(some PS2 protos)
SonyBD (for PS3/4) 3k3y Bluray PS3 PSP
CD
GD-Rom
Xbox Disc
Xbox 360 Disc
Xbox 360 XDG3 SS Info
PS2 protos (certain types)
PS3/4 Discs
PS3 Disc Keys
PSP UMD
LaserDisc
GameCube disc
NR disc
Wii disc
RVT-R disc
Wii U disc
CAT-R disc

ROM chips and similar.

Dumping tools
Media Sanni GQ-4X (USB) Xeltek SuperPRO 280U Xeltek SuperPro 6100N22)
ROM chips (specify)
Dumping tools
Media Pauline Kryoflux Greaseweazel SCP ZoomFloppy Applesauce Domesday Duplicator
Floppy Disks (specify)
Dumping tools
Media Sanni RetroFreak Retron 5 Retrode 123) Retrode224) INLretro Kazzo25) Retro
Blaster
2.026)
NT Mini NES + flashcart (TapeDump) Famicom +flashcart (TapeDump) CopyNES Super UFO Pro 8 Super NT 64drive + UltraSave JoeyN64| N64
Game
shark27)
Old N64 copiers (specify)28) VB Cart Progr. GBxCart RW BennVenn Joey Jr. Krikzz FlashKit Programmer MD DS 3DS (JP) 3DS (US) 3DS (EU) Switch (Non-
China)
Switch (China) GQ-4X (USB) Xeltek SuperPRO 280U Xeltek SuperPro 6100N29) QDC (more than FDS) FDSStick Tape Player GCN with SD Gecko TDEV NR Reader Wii RVT-R Wii U CAT-R30) Plextor ASUS BC-12D2HT Kreon 0800 (x360) PioneerDVD
(some PS2 protos)
SonyBD (for PS3/4) 3k3y Bluray Kryoflu Pauline Greaseweazel SCP ZoomFloppy Applesauce Domesday Duplicator PS3 PSP PSVITA
Audio tape
Hardware Shops
Sanni Cart Reader Shop31)
RetroFreak Japan
Retrode 2 USA Europe
INLRetro Worldwide
RetroStage RetroBlaster 2.0 Worldwide except UK
GBxCart RW Worldwide, USA, Europe, Canada
BennVenn Joey Jr. Worldwide
64Drive + UltraSave Worldwide (orders temporarily on hold)

3) , 25)
predecessor to the INLretro
4) , 26)
No cart dumping functionality without an adapter, but you can't buy it standalone anyway
5) , 6) , 27) , 28)
unreliable
7)
with BSX Cartridge and Adafruit Clock Generator
8)
GBx Plug-in
9) , 10) , 11) , 15)
may be unreliable
13)
“N64 Pro” adapter only
14)
some copiers may work
16)
Frank Cifaldi has dumped lots of prototypes with this with no issues
17) , 18) , 19) , 20)
“Gear Converter SMS” adapter
21) , 30)
“CAT-I”s (kiosk consoles) are basically the same as “CAT-R”s
22) , 29)
better compatibility than the GQ-4X
31)
not affiliated with Sanni, but the hardware designs are open source so anyone can build and sell them if they follow the license
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