And both of those things are true! Probably just set expectations too high, with it being marketed as the first true title from modern Sunsoft, and having played Hebereke for the first time a month before it released.
Interesting read about why some Twin Famicoms exhibit slowdown in Compile and Irem’s Guardic Gaiden: Is the Twin Famicom Flawed? The Case of Guardic Gaiden
I picked up a bottle of レトロゲーム復活剤 (roughly Retro Game Resurrection Agent) on my last Japan trip, forgot about it until January, then went on an applying spree across my entire Famicom cart collection.
Noticed it never really dried off on the carts even a week later, almost like it was lubricant or preservative. I’m guessing this protects the contacts from oxidation while simultaneously cleaning them…
Just wanted to report back though, even the most troublesome carts seem to read either first time or second time, a big improvement!
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I swear by DeoxIT D100L for that sort of thing, if that stuff starts to fail you - it revived my Pokemon Heartgold cart which barely read ever to reading 100% of the time, and my Super Famicom which had trouble with carts to now not having any. It’s not cheap - like $45 for 25mL - but I’ve applied it to pretty much every cartridge I own, including my Famicom carts, and have plenty - I’d say like 2/3s, if not more - of the bottle left.
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Deoxit is the new hotness everywhere over the last few years. Electronics repair, instrument electrics… when I went to buy some I actually had to get it from a music shop!
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I’m a skeptical dude, and it worked better than I’d hoped it would. Was a relief, after spending so much on a bottle lol
Been using the same bottle for over a decade. Magic stuff!
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Will have to give this a shot, got a DS card of Bowser’s Inside Story that’s proven to be very troublesome. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Man I just bought a copy of Baseball Stars in immaculate condition inside and out and it is completely dead. Nothing, nada on boot up. I cleaned e PCB—it was already on great condition and it looked shiny and perfect with a bit of alcohol but still nothing. So frustrating. I bought it local, though, so I can return it.
Do you have any pictures of the pcb? I wonder if there’s a broken trace, or the cartridge pins are corroded or something… Just curious. If you don’t feel like posting pictures of them, don’t worry about it!
Good idea — I will!
NES cart?
One thing about having multiple consoles is I can test games on them all. And I’ve got some carts that just won’t work on my lockout disabled front loader NES, but load up perfectly on Famicoms via converter.
And yet with a nicely restored pin connector, most games boot first time on my front loader. It’s all a bit odd.
I had a copy of Dragon Warrior 2 that wouldn’t boot.
I took it to my local mod guy and he fixed the traces (I think that’s what he said) and now it works every time.
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Yeah NES cart. Opposite issue for me. I’m trying it on an AV Fami via converter. My NES is not connected right now but I will try that next when I can.
I got a write-enabled FDS and finally got the cable to be able write disks a while ago.
I had copies of Moon Ball Magic and Janken Disk Jo which had been written over, so I restored them to their real game, and bought these box slips, neither game had a box originally, Moon Ball Magic’s cover was printed in a magazine to cut out!
My collection of NES style Konami Silver box Switch games keeps growing. I probably shouldn’t have bothered, it was cool to start with but now so many, with Gradius coming too lol.
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Man those silver box switch games looks sweet. They did a nice job with those.
Looking forward to seeing the Gradius Origins box when it eventually happens. Gradius II is one of my favourite Famicom boxes.
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That’s amazing. It has the same vibe as many of the great sci-fi themed 2600 carts.
still having an absolute blast rediscovering some of my childhood favorites in their original FDS format now that i have the hardware, this thing’s just so cool (and not enough folks talk about how the composite on fami is so much better than NES one for some reason)
anyone else planning a lil NES house party for october when it turns 40 or is that just me
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FDS is super fun to play with. The little disks load quickly and are nicely packaged, and you get that extra audio is many games.
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