![]() ![]() Some of the games that can be run on the DockStar-console can be viewed in the enclosed video, the author of this mod believing that SNES or even Mame and Playstation games can be run with a little bit of extra work.Įnd of it all this is one of the coolest projects that I have seen in a long time, giving the OnLive gaming service a run for its money, especially if you shop around for the DockStar as this can be bought for as low as $25 if you know where to look. Unfortunately, this doesn't come with an display port so, in order to be ready for console duty, the hacker had to go for a DisplayLink USB-to-VGA in order to connect this to a computer monitor.įurthermore, adding sound meant that an USB sound adapter had also to be purchased, upping the conversion costs a bit, although not above that $99.99 that Seagate asks for the DockStar.įinally, Debian GNU/Linux was installed together with all the necessary drivers and game emulation software, in the end the DockStar being capable of running a wide number of games including Quake 3 (OpenArena to be more exact). On the connectivity side of things we get an Ethernet port and two USB connectors. Three high-speed USB 2.0 ports allow for three other USB storage devices to be managed by the DockStar and shared across the network. ![]() Speaking of hardware, ubergizmo reports the DockStar comes with a 1,2GHz Marvell processor (ARM based), 128MB of RAM and a 256MB of ROM. Superior ConnectivityThe FreeAgent DockStar features Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for lightning-fast file transfers so your digital media can be made available throughout your home quickly and easily. Most of you reading this probably know Seagate's FreeAgent DockStar as just a docking solution for your USB enabled storage drive, but one hacker saw things differently and transformed Seagate's Internet-connected device into a pretty powerful gaming console.Īlthough I am sure that Seagate never though of using the FreeAgent DockStar as a gaming console when it designed it, the company nonetheless decided to use a pretty powerful hardware configuration in this thing, allowing hackers all over the world to try their best at modding Seagate's device. ![]()
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