NINTENDO 64 DEVELOPERS KIT- PARTNER 64

Manufactured by Kyoto Micro Computer

The NINTENDO 64 developers kit! Impossibly hard to get, but it's here with pictures and boardscans!

Made for Nintendo by Kyoto Micro Computers, the N64 dev kit is composed of four seperate components. The N64 unit seen above, the RAM cartridge emulator, PC card + cable, and the partner software package.

The developers kit comes in a plain brown box. No special graphics on the box, no yarouze-ish logo. Eye candy is for the consumer. This machine is for business, and it comes well equipped to do so.

Let's start with the actual machine itself: Modified bios, and the use of unencrypted (not piracy protected) ROM files (Actually a RAM card, more later). Other than that, it is seems completely stock. Games in development are viewed on the development workstation's screen, so the unit only comes with a standard composite cable. I had hoped for an RGB or S-Video cable. A suprise.

Let's move on to the computer interface card!>>>        PAGE TWO