{"id":48086,"date":"2021-08-22T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T10:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=48086"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:28:41","slug":"vine-co-founder-unveils-nft-based-blockchain-console-replacing-game-cartridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vine-co-founder-unveils-nft-based-blockchain-console-replacing-game-cartridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Vine co-founder unveils NFT-based blockchain console replacing game cartridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann announced the blockchain console Supdrive, which uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as virtual game cartridges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">\ud83d\udc40 New project alert<\/p>\n<p>Supdrive<br \/>On-chain fantasy game console<br \/>Coming soon<a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/supdrive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@supdrive<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELu9Hvj9ng\\\">pic.twitter.com\/ELu9Hvj9ng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dom (@dhof) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhof\/status\/1428093313412915203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In the project&#8217;s <a href=\\\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/877658143784579133\/877659385571180594\\\">Discord-\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0435<\/a> Hofmann said that Supdrive is aimed at \\&#8221;arcade-style video games in the spirit of old-school\\&#8221; such as Galaga, Pac-Man and Asteroids. The launch of the blockchain console is scheduled for October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abAs firmware updates roll out, the games will become more complex. Perhaps one day we will see Super Supdrive or Supdrive 64\u00bb, wrote the project&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The first game for Supdrive is called Origin. It is being developed by Hofmann himself. If things go well, he plans to launch a platform where external teams can publish their own projects for the console.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Because the Supdrive cartridges will be issued as NFTs, their supply is limited. In conversation with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/8\/19\/22632765\/vine-creator-dom-hofmann-blockchain-video-game-nft-supdrive\\\">The Verge<\/a>, Hofmann noted that each copy of the game will be unique \u2014 users will receive different cosmetic configurations and even levels of difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the project\\&#8217;s founder, Supdrive is similar to the Art Blocks platform, which allows the creation of programs for the procedural generation of NFTs. <\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, in August the daily active users of the NFT game Axie Infinity <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/axie-infinitys-daily-active-audience-surpasses-1-million\">exceeded 1 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-founder of the Vine mobile app Dom Hofmann announced the blockchain console Supdrive, which uses non-fungible tokens as virtual game cartridges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1155,1213],"class_list":["post-48086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-games-and-gamefi","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48088,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48086\/revisions\/48088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}