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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
- Thread starter DidntKnowJack
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You can use the Retrode to transfer saves from cart to computer, and from computer to cart. You can use this to backup saves, or transfer them to a new cart. Some emulators even save directly to the cart if its plugged in.
You can also transfer the cart's rom from the cart to your computer. This way you have an exact legit copy of your cart rom to use with emulators.
You can NOT overwrite cart A with cart B's rom.
Yeah, the official Retrode shop is down while the creator takes a break for a few weeks/months to be with his newborn baby.
stoneagegamer is also down, until March 8th. You should be able to pick one up there!
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
I had to watch a youtube video and even that was slightly wrong. The key here is that wall jumping is slightly different than just about every other game that has wall jumping.
• You have to spin jump
• When you come into contact with the wall, you tap in the opposite direction of the wall
• Just AFTER tapping the direction, press jump—you can't tap the direction and jump at the same time—I think this is why so many people fail
It's easy once you get in a groove. The pattern of tapping the direction and then pressing the jump button comes in an easy cadence. I think of it as a quick "tap tap" in my head while doing it. One right after the other.
I recently got to the little green dudes who teach you how to do it. Spent about an hour perfecting it there. My partner had a go and picked it up pretty easy but couldn't explain how. He was saying to press them both at the same time but I think he just has trouble working out what he's actually pressing. Anyway I can pretty much do it on command now. Feels good man. I'm jumping up walls I'm pretty sure I'm not even supposed to go up yet, haha...
Fox Mulder
Member
I currently use a retron 3 for the convenience and i like how it lets me use all the real controllers. It has some issues that real hardware doesn't have, but its a small trade off for me at the moment.
My collection isn't that huge or expensive yet, and I haven't run into a game that doesn't work on it so far.
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
missfuuchan
Neo Member
I'm thinking about getting back into SNES collecting, so I'm very pleased to have spotted this thread! This is my current collection (I have some of the Boxes/manuals in my parents garage too) - I'm pretty sure I mostly have common stuff, but I guess you have to start somewhere!
UK Pal games:
Super Famicom
Earthbound is the dream - I wish it had gotten a PAL release ;_;
UK Pal games:
Super Famicom
Earthbound is the dream - I wish it had gotten a PAL release ;_;
atomic moth
Member
What emulator do you use?
Fox Mulder
Member
A retron 3, plays nes, Genesis, and snes. It's kind of ugly and had some issues, but there's a pretty good two part review on YouTube from the classic game room.
I use it to save space right now.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Just giving you guys a heads up...I've decided that I'm no longer interested in buying SNES CIB. I'll still buy the games and manuals (And what else comes with it) but not the boxes since I am liking those plastic cases more. SO, I'm planning to sell all my SNES boxes off (Ranging from 10-20 bucks) to buy the cases and what not. Sooo I'll probably be putting them up on the BST thread here shortly!
Here is what I have:
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Kirby Super Star
Super Metroid
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All Stars
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Super Mario RPG
Here is what I have:
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Kirby Super Star
Super Metroid
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All Stars
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Super Mario RPG
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
Getting the Dreamcast version via kickstarter myself.
Seven Force
Banned
Bought that screwdriver that opens up Nintendo cartridges so that I can replace some of my batteries. I don't know how to solder, but I hear that using electrical tape is fine too, as long as you can secure it well, so I might as well give it a shot.
I have a bunch of GB games I need to change the batteries for anyway, so that kills two birds with one stone.
I have a bunch of GB games I need to change the batteries for anyway, so that kills two birds with one stone.
Fox Mulder
Member
Soldering isn't hard, you can just mess around with it until you feel comfortable or try on a cheap game first. Then you would have learned a new life skill.
Plus, aren't old SNES batteries held in place with solder? You will at least need to melt them off.
Soldering costs about $8 for an iron and solder. A two minute youtube video will show you anything you need to know.
I can also answer any questions you may have.
Seven Force
Banned
I guess I can give it a shot, I'm just really paranoid about potentially screwing up my games (especially Earthbound) because I can't keep a steady hand to save my life, and I don't want to mess up the board.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
The battery itself is like pressed into the clips. So you either pry it out or replace the clips (which are soldered in). I'd just buy those batteries off ebay that are already on clips that somebody posted. Never knew they existed, be doing that from now on.
These.
Yeah, all the gameboy batteries I've replaced have those clips. Tap them for half a second on the end of the tab and pull the whole battery out. I think that is a lot less risky than prying them off.
Okay, I just opened my copy of Earthbound because its been years since I've replaced an SNES battery. The battery sits on the top left, far from any of the chips or cap, so it would be really hard to screw up the board. You can just hold the cart with battery facing downward and tap both solder areas on the top and the battery will fall out. Doing the opposite with the battery facing up will cause it to fall in, you don't even need to buy new solder, assuming you don't spend too much time cooking it. If the solder is still shiny and silver you are good, if it is brown and dull, you might need to add a touch.
I wonder what the cheapest battery save SNES game is to practice on. I guess Super Mario World.
Gameboy415
Member
I'd be interested in these 3 boxes if they're in good shape!! (especially Kirby as I have a cart-only copy!)
Do you have any pics you could post?
tiggerkiddo
Member
Would but someone cleaned me out! Now I need my order of UGC's to come in!
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Ughh. I wish ebay would snuff sellers like this out:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-5-Ea...8231?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item460d4ecab7
5 copies of earthbound. Looking at his feedback, he has sold tons of copies of this game, and has openly sold a "reproduction" (ie fake) Hagane, and some other rare games. Obviously makes a good chunk of money selling fake games.
EDIT: Seriously, fuck this guy. Has sold every rare game you could think of, and passes off things like Mega Man and Bass and Secret of Mana 2 as "rare".
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-5-Ea...8231?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item460d4ecab7
5 copies of earthbound. Looking at his feedback, he has sold tons of copies of this game, and has openly sold a "reproduction" (ie fake) Hagane, and some other rare games. Obviously makes a good chunk of money selling fake games.
EDIT: Seriously, fuck this guy. Has sold every rare game you could think of, and passes off things like Mega Man and Bass and Secret of Mana 2 as "rare".
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
ebay/paypal are collecting 11.9% of that sale. They don't care.
If you were feeling particularly inquisitive, you could message some of those buyers and ask them to check their carts for authenticity. The earthbound collecting site has pictures of fake carts.
Yeah it's grossly over priced but they don't pull auctions for stuff like that. Amazing the guy has 5 copies in good shape must hit every garage sale, pawn shop and goodwill store in a 100 mile + radius.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Yep. The tragic thing is he has 100% positive feedback. Which is the major problem, how many fake Earthbound, Harvest Moon, Metal Warriors, etc are out there to people who honestly have no idea they have fakes? And if they ever try and sell it, and someone like me gets it, and opens it and find out it's fake, they're going to get fucked for it. Shit situation for everyone, outside of this piece of shit who is making a killing.
He has also sold sealed games, which I'm going to assume were also fake re-seals as well.
They're fake.
How do you know? I'm not being a ass either I'm asking since I am not sure how to spot a fake, just by the label?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
By looking at his feedback. He has sold more copies of Earthbound than everyone in this thread will ever see in person, and he has sold other reproductions, which makes it pretty obvious.
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
The first time I attempted to buy Earthbound (2010), I waited in the mail but it never came. I checked the seller's feedback and she had sold many copies of Earthbound but every single one was lost in the mail.
Not the same situation as this seller. But if a seller is selling the same type of item many times, and not much else: be careful. This seller has two auctions. Totally suspicious.
EDIT: Looking at his buyer feedback, he is snatching up copies of Earthbound to feed the price war. I guess he is legit, but a total resale scum.
I assume you got your money back?
I had similar issue with a copy of MMX2 a week or so ago. Some kid was just relisting it over and over. Would have you pay, but wouldn't go anywhere cause he wasn't actually on PayPal. Would then file a "cancel transaction" report and then relist it. Though I kinda think he was a complete idiot and had no idea what he was doing. Either way, his account got nuked.
btw, when you go to leave a neutral or negative comment, for the LOVE OF GOD, please actually don't list it as positive. I don't understand why some buyers will try to warn others about someone being fraud and then give positive feedback...
I had similar issue with a copy of MMX2 a week or so ago. Some kid was just relisting it over and over. Would have you pay, but wouldn't go anywhere cause he wasn't actually on PayPal. Would then file a "cancel transaction" report and then relist it. Though I kinda think he was a complete idiot and had no idea what he was doing. Either way, his account got nuked.
btw, when you go to leave a neutral or negative comment, for the LOVE OF GOD, please actually don't list it as positive. I don't understand why some buyers will try to warn others about someone being fraud and then give positive feedback...
Yeah. The seller was really good about giving refunds. That is how she maintained a positive feedback. She also bought about 200 penny auctions (muffin recipes) per day.
I realized some sort of fraud was going on and left negative feedback after I got my refund. She ended up with 200 straight negative feedbacks once she stopped doing refunds and probably is on the eBay hall of fame for worst seller ratings
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Yeah, saw this. So maybe they're legit. I know I wouldn't buy anything from him since he's openly sold fake Hagane's and listed Mega Man and Bass and Secret of Mana 2 as "rare". Person is very shady at the least.
IrishNinja
Member
gonna offer $49.99. wish me luck!
holy shit, ebay/paypal swung way more in the buyer's corner in recent years, how is she still selling? i thought after enough complaints they still banned you, used to be quick about that in the day
**LOOSE COPY OF SONIC 2 OMG RARE OOP! XBOX PS4 PC IOS**
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
The point is that he's trying to pass them off as real. Secret of Mana 2 isn't "rare", it doesn't exist, it's a repro. Which there's nothing wrong with selling, but trying to pass them off as some legit rare cart is pretty sleazy. And yeah, a "repro" Hagane is actually a fake pirate Hagane.
I can't remember what game it was, but a couple weeks ago there was a hilarious "Rarer than Earthbound - Wild Guns - Evo ... etc" listing. That shit is ridiculous that ebay doesn't squash that shit.
IrishNinja
Member
devil's advocate: is repro one of the flagged words on ebay? they also used to be pretty hardcore about catching/removing copied stuff, wonder if they're trying to get around that. even so, yeah, you should let people know what they're buying, even if you gotta dance around "CUSTOM ROM CART"
Posted this a while back in a Fire Emblem thread, but I was looking at eBay to see all the copies of Fire Emblem for 3DS and was really annoyed by all the sellers trying to pass off some of the early Fire Emblem FC and SFC titles (other than Thracia) as rare and expensive. Hopefully buyers are doing a little research and not just jumping on stuff because "ooooooh Fire Emblem!"
Seven Force
Banned
My favorites are the guys that have *Insert game here* ULTRA RARE MINT CONDITION and then proceed to list it with a $5 BIN price
I was just about to mention this guy, haha.
I was just about to mention this guy, haha.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Nah, they're fine with repros, surprisingly.
Terranigma
Earthbound Zero
Splatterhouse
Most people just don't put it in the title to trick people into think they're buying something rare instead.
IrishNinja
Member
ah, its cool they recognize that market & don't go after it, then. makes it even shittier to not tell the buyer, though.
i mean, you could prolly make a killing selling those bootleg earthbounds at like $30-50 and properly marking them, just for people who wanna play em.
i mean, you could prolly make a killing selling those bootleg earthbounds at like $30-50 and properly marking them, just for people who wanna play em.
vincent vega
Member
Has anyone played clocktower? If so, how is it? I'm thinking of picking up a repro.. it looks pretty fun on youtube
BarrelMakingPenguin
Member
So what is a repro exactly? Just an English translation put on a game and put in a custom box? What's the deal here because I'd also be interested in version of Clock Tower that I could play on my SNES.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Exactly. Taking a game that was never released here (or a compatible donor cart), taking one of the chips off the board and replacing it with a new chip with the english rom on it, and putting it into SNES cart shell. There are so many games that never came out in the US, it's pretty awesome this exists.
You could also go down the SD cart path instead, but from the little I've read there are a lot of incompatibility problems with special chips and said carts, so none of them are 100% compatible with all games.
Pretty much, minus the custom box...unless you really wanna pay for that.
They usually only put english translations of games that never hit outside of Japan, were never released anywere, or hacks on a cartridge, and do a nice custom label to match.
Like so.
Not to mention having an actual cart just looks cooler
Really wish a mod would clarify whether linking to good repro sites is against rules same as providing rom links. Guess I could PM one?Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Since we have a post by a mod talking about repros and linking to where to buy them, I assume it's okay.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30858394&postcount=386
In that case, http://www.ocdreproductions.com/ seems pretty cool. They dont charge shipping if you're in the US, and they seem to have the lowest prices...so far.
Bandersnatch1
Member
I don't know much about console hardware, but can there ever be repros of disc based games? I'd love a translated Policenauts or Shadow Tower Abyss.