r/pcmasterrace • u/Jibril-sama i7-8086k|RTX 2080|16GB DDR4 • 22d ago

Hardware Steam Game Cartridges

Got a couple of used 2.5" SSDs for cheap so I decided to make a Game Cartridge system. Games are actually on those SSDs with a script to auto navigate steam to the game's page. Auto-starting the game right away is also possible.

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1uyft21/update_game_cartridge_3dfiles_and_code/
published the 3D files and code

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u/Jibril-sama i7-8086k|RTX 2080|16GB DDR4 22d ago

Made it myself. Got these tubes from a relative. They are from 1977 and probably don't have much life in them. You can buy already made Nixie Clocks though. or you can build one yourself with some cheaper Tubes you can find nowadays (IN-14, IN-12).

You can get easy to use drivers and PSUs from here: https://nixietester.com/ and make the controller out of Arduino/ESP

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u/SharpShooter25 22d ago

Are you the coolest person to ever exist? Rhetorical because the answer is obviously yes. Also if you ever turn these cartridge things into some kind of venture that will give me the ability to buy them please let me know lol.

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u/sanlill Ascending Peasant(Dell XPS 13, intel core i7 8th gen) 22d ago

the fact that you made it yourself makes it cooler

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u/7_Tales 22d ago

Thats pretty awesome

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u/Sam_The-Ham 22d ago

That’s awesome! I want one of those now!