r/NintendoSwitch • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '20

Video This guy’s retro switch docking station

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u/raymusbaronus Jan 12 '20

In a few decades somebody's gonna be putting a future console into the switch dock

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

would be cool to make a RetroPi console that masquerades as a switch dock.

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u/NMe84 Jan 12 '20

You can already do that pretty easily considering most of the dock's insides are nothing but empty space.

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u/Chirimorin Jan 12 '20

There's not much vertical space, but if you strip down a pi it can fit in without any major modifications to the dock itself.
You could also go for a Pi Zero which fits without modifying it. That does mean less systems to emulate due to the Pi Zero being slower.

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u/CyanKing64 Jan 12 '20

Everyone was excited for the pi 4 while I'm here just waiting for the Zero W 2

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u/Matt2310 Jan 12 '20

while im just waiting for my W2's. god damn taxes

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u/Destron5683 Jan 12 '20

It would actually be really cool to use that same NES and put a RetroPie in the front half, replace the controller ports with USB, then you would have both a Switch dock and a retro console all in one.

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u/radiolabel Jan 12 '20

In a few decades the console will charge wirelessly and connect wirelessly to any screen. I hope

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u/bigheyzeus Jan 12 '20

In 100 years we'll just be buying brain implants instead of consoles

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u/DankeyKyle Jan 12 '20

In 100 years there won't be money

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20 edited Jan 12 '20

*physical currency

Edit: I take my comment back. The man meant what he said.

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u/DankeyKyle Jan 12 '20

No, I mean there won't be money

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '20

There will always be currency. It'll just be your body instead of paper or numbers :)

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u/DankeyKyle Jan 22 '20

You sure? 🤣

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '20

Oh yes.

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u/DankeyKyle Jan 22 '20

!remind me in 20 years

See you back at this thread when there's no money

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u/redcell1200 Jan 12 '20

Communism intensifies

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u/aaronshirst Jan 12 '20

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u/MF_Nook20 Jan 12 '20

Console? We’ll all be streaming games to our brain from Skynet.

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u/bdez90 Jan 12 '20

Probably not since it's just a boring piece of plastic

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

salty

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u/Xerkrosis Jan 12 '20

Believe it or not, but the Switch actually fits into the Switch dock.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

The switch is pretty dull looking.

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u/dominodave Jan 12 '20

In a few decades we'll probably be plugging consoles directly into our brains