Pick a cartridge
Every physical cartridge represents one game in your local library.
An independent R36S experiment
Cartridges
are back. Sort of.
BirdBoy turns physical NFC cartridges into a delightfully simple way to launch games on the R36S.
See how it works
No ROM inside.
Just one tiny NFC tag.
THE 8 SECOND DEMO
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The simple version
Pick it up.
Drop it in. Play.
BirdBoy detects it
The built-in reader identifies the NFC tag in a fraction of a second.
The game launches
No searching and no menu diving. Remove it when you are done.
WHAT IS ACTUALLY INSIDE?
The honest answer
Not a ROM.
A tiny key.
The game stays on the handheld. The NFC tag tells BirdBoy which title to launch—giving a digital library a physical ritual again.
Project status
Built, working,
still evolving.
Working prototype
BirdBoy is an independent maker experiment for the R36S. The launcher, cartridge detection and automatic game exit are already running on real hardware.
Build notes & updates coming soon.