Woodgrain Cartridges?

[JetSetIlly]

Gameboy cartridge made from wood. Very neat.

It would be fun to have a 2600 cartridge produced like this. Not sure if it would be usable though.

https://mastodon.social/@DiConX/111037743154443273

[Andrew Davie]

That's awesome. I wish I had the machinery to let me do that kind of thing.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

No 3D-printing of wood yet?

[Andrew Davie]

No 3D-printing of wood yet?

You can buy 'wood' filament for 3D printing. But it doesn't really impress me.

[Bomberman94]

They also made this with a Neo Geo MVS cartridge some time ago:

https://retrogamingstuff.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/looking-inside-a-razion-le-ngdev-team-mvs-cart/

[Adam]

I can see this being possible with a 2600 cart, with some internal reinforcement. I've had the thought a few times about making a wooden shell for one of my 2600 Jr boards. If my hands were still what they used to be, I'd try...

[JetSetIlly]

The same person has gone to build a fully wooden Gameboy chassis. https://mastodon.social/@DiConX/111166456905357384