blast processed
Member
If you don't have a gamebit to open up the cart you can use the eraser end of a pencil and run it side to side on the contacts. Clear the remnants then try it again. Oh and do both sides.
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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
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Ha nice one, congrats
Hopefully it will be alright after cleaning the pins. I had a couple of little graphical glitches the other day with Castlevania and it worked perfectly after giving them a quick rub.
Chomposaur
Neo Member
Ha nice one, congrats
Hopefully it will be alright after cleaning the pins. I had a couple of little graphical glitches the other day with Castlevania and it worked perfectly after giving them a quick rub.
I can't believe the scratch and sniff stickers still work after 21 years lol
Chomposaur
Neo Member
I do have a gamebit every time I buy a expensive snes game I check it immediately. Could it be something is wrong with the battery?
Can you give a little more info on what it's doing when it's "crashing"?
Does the screen go black? Does it freeze? Does the game reset? Does it hold a save at all?
blast processed
Member
I have played games with dead batteries before and tried to save and have had no games crash. If there was some dirt on it than most likely that was the problem. You should really try to get in the habit of cleaning used carts before they go in your system, that could make your system have problems down the line.
Chomposaur
Neo Member
The first freeze it just stopped the picture was still on the screen and the second freeze it went black
The game is still saving I turned it off and I still had my previous save still intact.
I've been playing a little more and I'm not having issues. Perhaps the cart was a little dirty. I'll report back if it freezes again 😥
Do you guys think a Retron 5 is worth buying if I want to pick up some Super Famicom games and patch them into English?
I like that I can actually purchase the cartridge and play it on my TV, with a SNES controller, in English. Comes close to the real experience without having to pay out the ass for a repro cart.
I like that I can actually purchase the cartridge and play it on my TV, with a SNES controller, in English. Comes close to the real experience without having to pay out the ass for a repro cart.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
That's one of the nicer uses of that thing and it's certainly neat but real hardware is always a nicer solution. An Everdrive is cheaper than a Retron 5 and more versatile for SNES stuff.
I've also thought about getting one for an easy way to dump saves. I have some GameBoy Pokemon games I want to dump the saves of before I replace the batteries since my wife had all 150 pokemon + mew.
sixteen-bit
Member
put the Everdrive PCB in your import game shell for the full "actual cart" experience
it's not the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
and I know using the Retron 5 isn't the same either but it feels more "pure" somehow
on the "super famicom patched english game pureness scale"
IrishNinja
Member
hey so i was thinking of asking fellow gaffer gunsmithx if he could bring by one of his several 1CHIP SNES so i can do a comparison on my XRGB and see if i see a difference
gunsmith literally lives two floors below me in mega-city one but i'm soooper lazy so yeah if you read this gun
holla
gunsmith literally lives two floors below me in mega-city one but i'm soooper lazy so yeah if you read this gun
holla
NormalFish
Banned
rofl
Slowdown mainly happens in 2 player, it doesn't happen as much in single player.
Yeah, never noticed it when I tried it alone.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'm dying to buy an SD2SNES to backup my large collection of SNES and SFC games (and patch them into English), but the Canadian dollar is sooooo baaaaad......
$190 USD becomes $275 ;_; ;_; ;_;
$190 USD becomes $275 ;_; ;_; ;_;
IrishNinja
Member
i said goddamn
i thought that thing was expensive enough already...sorry bocos!
i thought that thing was expensive enough already...sorry bocos!
IrishNinja
Member
you know, youse guys could always paypal gift one of us yanks the $ for it + shipping, and we could just save you those fees! alternatively, we could go in a group buy one day & shave a few bucks off together, that's how i got my mega everdrive
This, screw that price!!!
Guess what? Paypal doesn't allow me to do gift payments. Well it does, but it's called something else, and I get charged the same amount of fees. So yeh, lose lose.
Group buy could be good though!
IrishNinja
Member
ah, that sucks...
well, i've got most of the everdrives i want, working on an NES one, might pick up an SMS one down the road, either way the site's terms:
so yeah, bit've work to organize, but 20% off isn't bad! if enough of you were inclined, might be worth it
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I don't know how any of that stuff works but I'd be in for a group buy.
It'd still probably be expensive in Canadian ;_; but I do really want one.
I feel like I can say goodbye to collecting anything for the next few years. Everything at about 1.5x the price just makes it stupid..
It'd still probably be expensive in Canadian ;_; but I do really want one.
I feel like I can say goodbye to collecting anything for the next few years. Everything at about 1.5x the price just makes it stupid..
IrishNinja
Member
yup, this is me in 2k16 - everdrives & the odd cheap thing i come across (just got Make my Music Video featuring Kris Kross CIB for $15! haha), that's it. it's a fine time to pay stuff down & rearrange my backloggery to remind myself i've 40 something games to tackle before needing more anyway
done with white whales, done with panicking when stuff i wanted skyrockets. barring garage sales/swap meet stuff, it's just not any fun.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'd love the thrill of the hunt if money allowed! But alas.
Good find. They actually have a stack of sealed copies of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Make my Video in a mom n pop game store near me... Haha.
IrishNinja
Member
...how much they askin
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I think it was $15 Canadian .. Which should be like 50 cents USD or something haha
Ill check if they're still there next time I go. They sat there for a loooong time. I imagine they are.
IrishNinja
Member
oh man, i can totally work on completing my set if i start checking canada! haha that's awesome, yeah man let me know!
socksfelloff
Member
It's a nice offer but if I PayPal you $200usd its still the same. I've ordered 2 everdrives so far and never been dinged customs. I am in the market for an sd2snes as well but...damn our dollar.
mikefrails
Banned
Is it worthwhile going the Super Famicom route as a NA citizen?
IrishNinja
Member
ah, you're right...it'd only be customs that'd be saved there, damn. maybe currency will be more favorable by the next black friday sale?
That's my hope at least!
With the price of the SD2SNES it wouldn't take much to get up to $800 though to be honest.
Depends on what you want to use it for, the NA Snes plays Super Famicom fine with a very small modification, but I think the Super Famicom looks much better.
Anyways, Ive been playing some Dracula X, and I used to think the game was decent for what it was, but now im not so sure anymore. Its just so lazy in every way, enemy placement, level design, bosses, alternate levels, story etc. Only the music is really great in this game imo.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
SD2SNES barely supports any more games than the Super Everdrive, I think for fan translations you're only looking at Star Ocean extra so you might as well just get the Everdrive. If you had gotten it during the last "Black Friday" sale you could have saved a bit as well.
I have 4 everdrives and they didn't hit me for customs on any of them. I can't remember if Krikzz marks them down or not. Only thing I ever got hit on was buying my GC component cable from Japan, had to pay like an extra $20 (still way cheaper than normal price).
It looks waaaaaaaaay better but if you ever want to play US games on it you're not going to have fun cutting a ton of plastic. You could always get an adapter, but the purple boxy thing we got here is probably just more flexible.
Our $0.69 Canadian dollar was just predicted to drop in value to $0.59 over the course of this year.
Right now it's so weak we want to put off purchasing from America, but it's only going to get worse. And then, knowing our luck, the next forecast is going to say we're headed down to $0.49.
The best part of this is since my new semester started and I've gone to ground a bit he txted me to look at this thread >< yeah yeah, i'll swing by this weekend.
As to the ED talk, I really love my little collection(just missing n64 from what I really want, and the GBA one when it comes out) and I have been thinking about not replacing my snes ed for a sd2snes cause I own most of the games I care about and frankly it's not worth it just for star ocean though man I'd love faster loading time some day. If they ever get fx support then I'd probably upgrade though.
Sucks about how much more stuff costs for alot of you guys now, wish there was some way we could help you all.
Do you have a 1CHIP-03?
I have no idea...though my model is a late one, came out in 1995.
What's the serial number? Quick! Off the top of your head!
IrishNinja
Member
yeah, waiting to hear back on my ED 2 but loading times are pretty much the only draw...one guy here posted a cool way of using better sound files for your ROM's, but the list of stuff we're missing out on, ive got what i'd want to play. again if we were talkin higher compatibility, save state options etc i'd give it some thought, but at nearly 3x the cost, i passed on it just like you did
UN321515085
I guarantee that is a 1chip - 03. That revision is known to not have csync.
Is that rare?=O