[SC64] Revise README to include Feature subheadings for easy at-a-glance 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 <sc@mateuszfaderewski.pl>
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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
- **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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