IMPORTANT: To ALL DD DEV DRIVE OWNERS.

Yes, what I meant was it is a dev unit and it is not requiring an IPL. So what he says is proven in the picture

 

Sorry got that straight after i posted ^^; !

 

Nobody thinks it can be a retail with blue trim?

 

:nod:

 

no, because the disk inside is also blue.

no, because nintendo are very organized with their development kit layouts.

and no beause why would they swap a blue trim? Have you ever tried to yank that thick piece of rubber? Its more trouble than it's worth honestly.

Simply put, it's more probable than not that the drive is a Development DD with an internal IPL. Trust me, I ve been into DD and Dev DDs for tha past 5 years almost every day

PS: the picture was taken long before Kyoshin No Doshin got a grey disk pressing.

 

I have to keep on barc0de's side this time also. The arguments are pretty good, especially the disk-related one.

 

Further proof of a Dev DD with an internal IPL:



notice how the disk inside is blue AND there is a red access light (a clear indication of the IPL, for without it, it wouldnt even come to life)!

 

Sticky-Icky?

 

what is the "DT" refering to?

 

DT is the title of the software (Like saying Metroid or GTA).

It comprises of the DT GB gamepak and the DT DD Disk.

 

Doshin Test?

 

No, it's unrelated to Doshin.

DT is the final title of the game and it wasn't released. That and a card game as well as a version of Derby Stallion , took advantage of the N64's GB-cable, as depicted.

 

*dreams about getting his hands on the disk that is inside the drive* ^^

 

Unless my eyes are deceiving me, that does not have the blue port surround, only a blue disc inside.

 

And the only reason is is these were the units on display at Spaceworld 1999, and the simply swapped the fronts over to avoid consumer confusion that there was two 64dd systems. This system is however the exact same as the last version of the development/debug system that has the IPL/DDrom built in. The only reason it has the black front is nintendo swapped over the blue ones for the unit's that were being displayed externally to avoid consumer confusion. BTW this was only done for a few units that were being displayed externally at spaceworld 1999 and by swapped over, I mean, the probably built these units with the black trim. All the other units at spaceworld 99 running games, were hiddden because of the blue front.

So that's that cleared up.