Canadian Psycho
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This guy replaced my NES Baseball Stars battery: http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&catid=6&threadid=31878
SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
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Gotta love old school game mag ads.
EDIT: More people need to play Plok, if only to experience the soundtrack.
I could probably do it for you. I can also restore game saves if you have an existing one already.
But it depends, how many games are you looking to have the battery replaced on?
beanman25
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For now, only Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, and FF II & III. I have dups of FF III and CT, but I won't worry about those for now.
KDash31987
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Just got this a few hours ago...
Finally, I can play my childhood copy of Tin Star properly!
Finally, I can play my childhood copy of Tin Star properly!
Gotta love old school game mag ads.
EDIT: More people need to play Plok, if only to experience the soundtrack.
Just got it in a few days ago! I haven't got around to trying it yet because of SC2, but once I finish that, I plan to play a bit. I really love the way it looks.
Man, the only thing with collecting Dreamcast is that you have to be real careful with the system and games. If you're the type to leave shit lying around the tiniest scratches will ruin a GD-ROM. Not to mention the longevity of the DC laser itself.
Somehow I doubt most of collector-GAF would have those types of problems though.
Canadian Psycho
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McBradders
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Hero_of_the_Day
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Jealous. Really wanting to find one locally since they cost so much to ship if you go the ebay route. I have Battleclash and Tin Star just sitting there waiting to be played. Can you play T2: The Arcade Game with one? Have that also.
UFO8's sound like complete garbage from what I've heard. SD2SNES is by far the best it seems. Here is the list of games that it won't work with. From what I've seen, that blows away the rest of them by a long shot.
They seem to be kind of hard to find, though.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I believe Stone Age Gamer will restock soon.
Problem is that they're totally expensive! $260+
If you decide to go with a cheaper flash cart like the Super Powerpak or Super UFO Pro 8, at least notice that very few of the games you'd want English-patched use any special chips anyway.
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BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Yeah I noticed that! Kobun did mention his fascination with watching the thread a few pages back.This thread was mentioned in the latest (last?) retronauts
Hero_of_the_Day
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Yeah, it's crazy expensive. You can get the board only for $200 though. Not as nice as having a custom cart, but for $60 cheaper, may be worth it.
And, yeah, very true about the chips. If you're just wanting things like Final Fantasy V and whatnot you'll be fine with the cheaper carts. The only games I personally want that won't work are Star Ocean, Tales of Phantasia, and Star Fox 2. Still a ton out there that will work just fine without any special chips in them.
KDash31987
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I haven't tried it myself, as I only have the Genesis version, but I've read that it does indeed work with the Super Scope. I might get the SNES version at some point, too. Tin Star and Super Scope 6 are the only Super Scope compatible games I own.
A warning, though...the Super Scope requires 6 AA batteries to work. Just thought I'd mention it in case you, or anyone else here, didn't know already.
Fox Mulder
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Hehe yeah the UFO8 claimed to work with all enhancement chips, but it turned out that to for example run Yoshi's Island, you need to put in a cart of Yoshi's Island in the top... completely defeating the purpose. Perhaps the idea is that you could use one SuperFX game to run another one, but that doesn't seem to work either from what I read.
I recently bought the SD2SNES as I mentioned a while back, and it is indeed fantastic. But as BocoDragon said, if you're only interested in translated Japanese games the Powerpak should probably be enough. Do note however that you will need to desolder the DSP chip from an original game that uses one, like Super Mario Kart, to put in the PowerPak, basically destroying the original game. I'm not sure how many games use the DSP chips but it seems to be the most commonly used enhancement chip.
Another "problem" with the Powerpaks for both the NES and SNES is that it seems they're not being worked on anymore. That is, there hasn't been any updates for them in years. And they're not open source so no one can take over development. But they already work well enough.
Fox Mulder
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The powerpaks also seem to have a complicated way to save games from what I've read.
I'll get the sd2snes if I do get one.
I'll second the SD2SNES recommendation. It's actively being developed, and aside from the incompatibility list, everything plays great. Translations, mods, even things that don't work in some emulators, it pretty much plays anything perfectly; just drag and drop to the SD card. Gotta pay that premium though, unfortunately >_>.
Sure have come a long way from the old floppy disk rippers/players!
There's also the Super Everdrive. But it seems to have the same compatibility as the Powerpak. And looking at the PCB here, it seems pretty barebones. http://krikzz.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=51
Especially compared to the SD2SNES. http://shop.retrogate.com/images/dsc003hj8vf (1).jpg
So it's easy to see why it's so expensive. Both carts are actually manufactured by the same dude, krikzz, who is behind all the Everdrives.
Especially compared to the SD2SNES. http://shop.retrogate.com/images/dsc003hj8vf (1).jpg
So it's easy to see why it's so expensive. Both carts are actually manufactured by the same dude, krikzz, who is behind all the Everdrives.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I seem to remember Star Ocean has a patched version that will run on any flashcart.. It only used the chip for compression or something.
That is correct. The patch uncompresses the rom into a 96Mbit rom, so the cartridge would have to support at least that romsize. I think all flashcarts supports up to 128Mbit roms. That's 16Mbyte, which is insanely huge for a SNES game. Were there even any official games that big?
I've got a SuperUFO Pro 8, and it's okay. Not anything amazing. You get what you pay for. It's super cheap compared to the rest, and also readily available.
Running patched games is weird on it. Some work, some don't. Some suddenly start working when they didn't work before, and vice versa. The interface is kinda bad, too, since it only shows the first, like, 7 characters in a filename. Also, the cart smells weird!
I could never get special chip games to work properly, even with the original cartridge plugged in to the top. And the top connector feels super tight and I feel like i'm damaging my games every time I try to take a cart out of it. So I wouldn't recommend it as a "region converter" to get foreign carts to fit in your system without modifications.
Running patched games is weird on it. Some work, some don't. Some suddenly start working when they didn't work before, and vice versa. The interface is kinda bad, too, since it only shows the first, like, 7 characters in a filename. Also, the cart smells weird!
I could never get special chip games to work properly, even with the original cartridge plugged in to the top. And the top connector feels super tight and I feel like i'm damaging my games every time I try to take a cart out of it. So I wouldn't recommend it as a "region converter" to get foreign carts to fit in your system without modifications.
Its not bad...just more or less above average. Certainly in the mid tier. Soundtrack kinds pushes it over the top for me though.
I will say the guy talks too much (walls of text).
Hero_of_the_Day
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I know for sure the patched one will work for SD2SNES. I don't have a clue about the rest. I'm curious what exactly the difference is, or if there is literally no difference (or at least none that you would actually notice).
I really know nothing about Star Ocean. I thought I read it was something to do with voices in the game. Which got me wondering, I assume the voices are Japanese since it never came out in the US?
My US SNES collection is getting a bit stronger. I started on it last month and currently have:
Super Mario World
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Earthbound
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Kirby Super Star
Planning on selling some extras and duplicates tomorrow.
Super Mario World
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Earthbound
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Kirby Super Star
Planning on selling some extras and duplicates tomorrow.
Fox Mulder
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nice ass list, I havent gone after anything pricey or rare yet. I've only got like 30 games that are pretty cheap now. I had to get stuff like the DKC trilogy and super mario allstars + world again and play Yoshi's Island for the first time.
McBradders
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This thread is kind of disgusting in the way it's wanting me to pay good money for games in genres I have zero interest in. I am currently considering buying Earthbound. Why? I have no love for that series. Hell, if it wasn't for Smash Bros. I wouldn't even know it existed.
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Hero_of_the_Day
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Have you played any of them? I really don't like modern/real world settings in my RPGs, but I really fell for the NES one despite it being balls hard. Had some really awesome moments/characters/music. Hope parts two is as good or better.
SonicMegaDrive
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I wouldn't, then.
I'm not a big RPG player either, outside of the really, really, really fucking good ones like Chrono Trigger, FF3, and the like.
If you don't think you'll like the game, I wouldn't buy it. The #1 rule of game collecting(or any hobby) is that you should enjoy your collection, don't just buy it just to be able to say you have it. Otherwise you risk burning yourself out.
I bought Earthbound and tried playing it. I'm not into it but my taste in games always seems to shift so I'm keeping my copy for that day. You may regret it one day as I have with other games.
akidnamededdy
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I've recently started collecting SNES games...though probably not collecting in the same sense that some of you do. I don't particularly care for complete items with boxes and manuals and stuff like that, just getting the games is enough for me (for now at least).
There are a couple retro game shops near my place that I go to once in a while just to see what they have. Occasionally they have pretty decent sales (got Chrono Trigger, Mario RPG, and FF3 for 20 bucks each at one a while back, batteries still work) but usually I just pick up the random garbage game I remember from my childhood that happens to be dirt cheap (Buster Busts Loose, NBA Jam TE, NHLPA Hockey '94, stuff like that). I got Yoshi's Island off Amazon for like $15 not too long ago, too (cart only again).
I still have some fairly big name games I'm on the lookout for: Super Punch-Out, Super Metroid, the DKC games, Star Fox, Earthbound. Wouldn't mind Kirby's Dream Course either.
There are a couple retro game shops near my place that I go to once in a while just to see what they have. Occasionally they have pretty decent sales (got Chrono Trigger, Mario RPG, and FF3 for 20 bucks each at one a while back, batteries still work) but usually I just pick up the random garbage game I remember from my childhood that happens to be dirt cheap (Buster Busts Loose, NBA Jam TE, NHLPA Hockey '94, stuff like that). I got Yoshi's Island off Amazon for like $15 not too long ago, too (cart only again).
I still have some fairly big name games I'm on the lookout for: Super Punch-Out, Super Metroid, the DKC games, Star Fox, Earthbound. Wouldn't mind Kirby's Dream Course either.
McBradders
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Sense and reason. I like it
Nope. But I fucking love Persona 4 (some of that is to do with its setting).
My biggest fear is that one day I will happen to really want to play it and it will be a million dollars or something
I got around 350 for my boxed copy (box and manual were in bad shape). I think for the cartridge alone it'd be around 150. I don't think you'll be able to find a genuine box without the game though.
IrishNinja
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Yeah i can relate, recent castlevania kick has mw wanting dracula x despite knowing its nowhere as good as others like bloodlines
actually it sucks and one of youse should sell me a loose copy for like $50 or trade me, i gots stuff
actually it sucks and one of youse should sell me a loose copy for like $50 or trade me, i gots stuff
Canadian Psycho
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Castlevania: Dracula X is a very good game. It gets a bad rap (less so in recent years, thankfully) only because of the greatness of Super Castlevania IV and Rondo of Blood. On its own, it is a highly enjoyable game for any traditional Castlevania fan out there.
Caught the SNES bug again and bought a couple of games this week.
Already beat Run Saber earlier this week. Great, but short, game. Gradius is awesome, and pretty damn hard a soon as you get hit and lose all your powerups mid level. Love that it actually saves your high score, as opposed to Super R-type (and Run Saber for that matter).
Also have a CIB copy of Donkey Kong Country on the way.
Already beat Run Saber earlier this week. Great, but short, game. Gradius is awesome, and pretty damn hard a soon as you get hit and lose all your powerups mid level. Love that it actually saves your high score, as opposed to Super R-type (and Run Saber for that matter).
Also have a CIB copy of Donkey Kong Country on the way.
In a similar vein, I'm wondering which Super Famicom games either have full English screen text, or so little Japanese text that it's still a good game to pick up for someone who can't read Japanese.
IrishNinja
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I hear you, so sell it to me bro!
haha maybe itd be cheaper to just mod my shit and get tge sfc version, what do you guys think?
Canadian Psycho
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You wish.
Got it at a local store for $35 (cart only) in 1998. I'm not surprised it's worth so much these days: even then it was extremely hard to come by. If you have some disposable income right now, I would pony up the cash as the game is not going down in price anytime soon.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It would be cheaper, and the SFC version is uncensored. The censorship in Dracula XX wasn't on the level of Super Castlevania IV, but it's still there.
IrishNinja
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huh...okay
1) how much does X for sfc usually go for?
2) what all do i gotta do to my snes to make it work?
3) anyone know if theyll fit in universal game cases? This might be a better option for overpriced/non text heavy SNES carts
Hero_of_the_Day
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I scored pretty good last night:
Has that small tear right above the left shoulder spike, but it's not bad at all and the rest of the label looks great. Got some other stuff with it just to flip, depending on how ebay sales go it will have cost me $50-70 in the end.
I'm pretty ecstatic. Thought it'd be a long time before I could afford that game.
Has that small tear right above the left shoulder spike, but it's not bad at all and the rest of the label looks great. Got some other stuff with it just to flip, depending on how ebay sales go it will have cost me $50-70 in the end.
I'm pretty ecstatic. Thought it'd be a long time before I could afford that game.
IrishNinja
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Congrats hero! Looks about as good if not better than my week 1 copy, heh...and a solid price too.
I can't answer the other ones, but if you have a North American SNES you just need to cut off the plastic tabs inside the cartridge slot. That's the only form of region protection the NA SNESes had. Or you can get a passthrough adapter, but make sure it has passthrough pins for enhancement chips if you want to import games that uses them.
If you have a PAL SNES you need a converter to play NTSC games. I recommend the so called AD-29 Universal Adapter. It has worked with everything I've thrown at it including Earthbound which doesn't work with any of my other 3 adapters. I'm guessing that you'd need a converter to play PAL games on an NTSC console as well, but that doesn't seem to be a very common thing to do anyway.
I scored pretty good last night:
Has that small tear right above the left shoulder spike, but it's not bad at all and the rest of the label looks great. Got some other stuff with it just to flip, depending on how ebay sales go it will have cost me $50-70 in the end.
I'm pretty ecstatic. Thought it'd be a long time before I could afford that game.
Wow that is indeed a great price. Congrats on the get!
IrishNinja
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Ah cheers, its a US SNES - got a simple tutorial link for dummies? Its a great unit, would hate to fuck it up
I've never done it myself as I have a PAL console, but here's something.
http://www.cgcc.ca/articles/view.php?article=Play SNES Imports
As you can see on the picture there it seems very easy, and quite hard to mess up.
http://www.cgcc.ca/articles/view.php?article=Play SNES Imports
As you can see on the picture there it seems very easy, and quite hard to mess up.