The History Of Nintendo Flash Carts And The Big Mystery Behind MIG-Switch

Around the turn of the new year, when 2023 became 2024, the video game community was blindsided by the release of the MIG-Switch, a flash cart for the Nintendo Switch that can run downloaded games on any iteration of the console, regardless of hardware or firmware changes. This raised all sorts of questions. For starters, why now? Flash carts — specialized flash memory cards that run preloaded programs on cartridge-based game systems, potentially including pirated material — take time and

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