[SC64] Revise README to include Feature subheadings for easy at-a-gla…

…nce reading (#77) I made some minor changes to the README to try and address the most common read-the-manual moments seen in the N64Brew Discord. Specifically, I broke out the features listed in the README into sub-categories, with the non-developer features up at the top for non-technical people to read first. The categories are: - Hardware-Dependent Game Features - Game Saves - Menu - Game Development - Cartridge Production Co-authored-by: Mateusz Faderewski <[email protected]>
Polprzewodnikowy · Oct 11, 2024 · e2c100a · e2c100a
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 **For non-technical description of the SummerCart64, please head to the https://summercart64.dev website!**
 
 ## Features
- - 64 MiB SDRAM memory for game and save data
- - 16 MiB FLASH memory for bootloader and extended game data
- - 8 kiB on-chip buffer for general use
- - ~23.8 MiB/s peak transfer rate USB interface for data upload/download and debug functionality
- - ~23.8 MiB/s peak transfer rate SD card interface
- - EEPROM, SRAM and FlashRAM save types with automatic writeback to SD card
- - Battery backed real time clock (RTC)
- - Status LED and button for general use
- - 64DD add-on emulation
- - IS-Viewer 64 debug interface
- - N64 bootloader with support for IPL3 registers spoofing and loading menu from SD card
- - Dedicated open source menu written specifically for this flashcart - [N64FlashcartMenu](https://github.com/Polprzewodnikowy/N64FlashcartMenu)
- - Enhanced [UltraCIC_C](https://github.com/jago85/UltraCIC_C) emulation with automatic region switching and programmable seed/checksum values
- - PC app for communicating with flashcart (game/save data upload/download, feature enable control and debug terminal)
- - Access to the SD card via USB interface with the use of the PC app
- - [UNFLoader](https://github.com/buu342/N64-UNFLoader) support
- - Initial programming via UART header or dedicated JTAG/SWD interfaces
- - Software and firmware updatable via USB interface
- - 3D printable plastic shell
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+ - **ROM and Save Memory On-board**
+   - 64 MiB SDRAM memory for game and save data (enough memory to support every retail game without compromise)
+   - 16 MiB FLASH memory for bootloader and extended game data (with extended memory flashcart supports game ROMs up to 78 MiB)
+
+ - **Game Saves**
+   - EEPROM 4k/16k, SRAM and FlashRAM save types with an automatic writeback to the SD card (no reset button press required)
+
+ - **Hardware-Dependent Game Features**
+   - 64DD add-on emulation
+   - Battery backed real time clock (RTC)
+
+ - **Menu**
+   - Dedicated open source menu written specifically for this flashcart - [N64FlashcartMenu](https://github.com/Polprzewodnikowy/N64FlashcartMenu)
+
+ - **Game Development**
+   - ~23.8 MiB/s peak transfer rate SD card interface
+   - ~23.8 MiB/s peak transfer rate USB interface for data upload/download and debug functionality
+   - PC app to access the flashcart features:
+     - Game/save data upload/download
+     - Feature enable control
+     - Debug terminal
+     - Access to the SD card
+     - Firmware update
+   - [UNFLoader](https://github.com/buu342/N64-UNFLoader) support
+   - IS-Viewer 64 debug interface (fixed 64 kiB buffer with a movable base address)
+   - 8 kiB on-chip buffer for general use
+   - Status LED and button for general use
+   - [UltraCIC_C](https://github.com/jago85/UltraCIC_C) emulation with automatic region switching and programmable seed/checksum values
+   - N64 bootloader with support for IPL3 registers spoofing and loading menu from SD card
+
+ - **Cartridge Production**
+   - Initial programming via UART header or via dedicated JTAG/SWD interfaces
+   - 3D printable shell
 
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