repro carts

[Sgt.Pepper1983]

I first started hearing this term when I bought an ntsc 8 bit version of final fantasy 3. I was just curious about what exactly it means. Does it refer to an unofficial game like an ntsc version of a game that was never released in the US?

[Wickeycolumbus]

Reproductions are carts someone took apart, removed the original ROM chip, and put an EPROM into that contains a different game.

[Crazy Climber]

It means it is not original, it is a reproduction

[Blur2040]

A fancy name for a bootleg.

[fdurso224]

Hi guys,

 

Where can a Starfox 2 repro cartridge? That looks so cool!!

 

Anthony....

[CGQuarterly]

I would REALLY like to learn to make my own NES repros (for personal use). I thought about buying the powerpack, but I would rather just make repros, and I think I would have to further mod my NES to make it PP-compatible.

 

Chris

[Koopa64]

I would REALLY like to learn to make my own NES repros (for personal use). I thought about buying the powerpack, but I would rather just make repros, and I think I would have to further mod my NES to make it PP-compatible.

 

Chris

 

Honestly, it's not worth it trying to de-solder and re-solder chips onto a board when you can just pay $30 some bucks for a pre-made one. You won't be saving any money by doing so. A good EPROM Programmer will set you back at least $100. Not to mention the skill you need to do the necessary work. It's also a total bitch to write good EPROMs, you'll find yourself going through trial and error just to figure out what switches need to be set in order to put out a good EPROM.

 

These two sites sell such repros. One is strictly for NES games while the other deals in a wide range of titles. I think NES repros is Canadian and Game repros is in the US.

 

www.nesreproductions.com

www.gamereproductions.com

Edited June 10, 2009 by Koopa64

[Koopa64]

Hi guys,

 

Where can a Starfox 2 repro cartridge? That looks so cool!!

 

Anthony....

 

This is probably the only instance where being able to repro your own games would come in handy. Game Reproductions doesn't officially do Star Fox 2 yet, last I checked. Though you may get lucky if you inquire about it.

 

Still, it's a massive pain in the ass to do this if you aren't very good at soldering or don't have the proper equipment already available or in your possession.

[Spazmonkey]

I would REALLY like to learn to make my own NES repros (for personal use). I thought about buying the powerpack, but I would rather just make repros, and I think I would have to further mod my NES to make it PP-compatible.

 

Chris

 

Honestly, it's not worth it trying to de-solder and re-solder chips onto a board when you can just pay $30 some bucks for a pre-made one. You won't be saving any money by doing so. A good EPROM Programmer will set you back at least $100. Not to mention the skill you need to do the necessary work. It's also a total bitch to write good EPROMs, you'll find yourself going through trial and error just to figure out what switches need to be set in order to put out a good EPROM.

 

These two sites sell such repros. One is strictly for NES games while the other deals in a wide range of titles. I think NES repros is Canadian and Game repros is in the US.

 

www.nesreproductions.com

www.gamereproductions.com

 

lulfalseinfo

 

De-soldering doesn't really need to be done if you don't care about the sac board. Just clip the legs so the chip falls off, and pull the legs out individually. The only hard part is that the eproms arn't plug and play,so you just need to wire the eprom to the right pins. Not hard at all. I would say the hardest part of starfox 2 is overclocking it, since normally it's quite slow. You can get a cheapass willems burner, in fact, more often than not you'll find yourself spending more money on good eproms.

[Reaperman]

I've really enjoy my NES repros, they let me play games/hacks that I otherwise wouldn't try. And they're inexpensive all things considered.

 

what I don't like are those filthy punks that occasionally pop up on ebay selling them as though they're legitimate carts. A lot of people who aren't in the loop don't understand what they're buying from those fraudulent auctions and I do try to report them whenever I see it happening. Those guys aside, the reputable repro sites are at least upfront about what their product is, and I can respect that. I use gamereproductions.com myself.

Edited June 10, 2009 by Reaperman

[kool kitty89]

A problem with doing Star Fox 2 is it requires the 21.48 MHz Super FX 2, the only games using that are Doom and Yoshi's Island (the former lacking a save feature. Both of which use 2 MB (16 Mbit) ROMs, while Star Fox 2 is only 1 MB, so I think the program would need to be "doebled" to work in these. I found a thread on people woring on these awhile back, but I cant remember where...

 

You could use a Super FX cart (Star Fox, Stunt Racer, Vortex, and Dirt Trax) Vortex (and maybe Dirt Trax) are only .5 MB (4 Mbit) so those are no good, which leaves the original Star Fox and Stunt Racer FX. It has been shown to work (a guy in the aformentioned forum had it working using a Stunt Racer cart) but it runs pretty slow and I'm not sure how much overclocking you can push on the GSU-1 (SFX-1). I've heard of people pushing the imput signal past 24 MHz but this still only means it's running at 12+ MHz. (which will help with slowdown in Star Fox but insufficient for Star Fox 2)