Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Wasn't the leaked Star Fox 2 ROM somewhat broken? Like I know it was 95% complete but I'm wondering what Nintendo is going to include to make it really complete. Or are they just going to find the ROM on Emuparadise and call it a day or what

Mak0rz posted:

Oyster posted:

The current version floating around is patched to remove the debug mode. There is still a hidden menu that can be accessed by going to difficulty selection and backing out, but gently caress if I can find out what any of the options are beyond sound test.

There are two bugs in the cart that I have: 5 walls (two in cannon betrayers on hard, two in cannon betrayers on expert, and one on Eladard expert) can be clipped through by flying into a corner. Additionally, holding a shoulder button while transforming into walker mode with a bunch (not sure the threshold) of sprites on screen will turn a character into Fox, or if you're playing as Fox, turn Fox into Slippy. The map will still show whatever character you originally chose and they'll keep their weapon distribution, but the charge bar, shields, and arwing model will reflect Fox (or Slippy). That one is extremely hard to trigger, however, I've only done it ~10 times in over 150 plays. Granted, I don't try to, I hate playing as Fox.

Lastly, the line "executing security crosscheck" that starts off the credits is hidden, but really who cares.

There is one patch floating around later than the one in my cart that removes the hidden menu and shows the line in the credits but does not do anything about the bugs that actually affect gameplay.

Phantasium posted:

I don't think those plugs in the front are anything but decorative.

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I would assume that but then where do they plug in?

MazelTovCocktail posted:

Okay, I'm just looking for a solution that doesn't require desoldering as I have absolutely not skill I'm that area. So the easiest thing is just to get the rewriterable chips? Are there any recommend brands or sellers?

MazelTovCocktail posted:

Quick follow up do people feel the SD2SNES is worth the extra money compared to the everdrive? It seems like the SD is really all you need, but it is double the price. Are the improvements over the everdrive, worth the price increase or is the everdrive perfectly good.

Also thanks for everyone talking me out of trying to do my own carts.

TVs Ian posted:

Either on the back or on the unseen right side, I'd assume.

EnvyJ posted:

Really hope they do an n64 mini and then it becomes an emulation machine

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I'm honestly amazed they got Yoshi's Island to run at full fps.

DizzyBum posted:

I went through my storage unit the other day and found an AtGames Genesis a friend gave me for my birthday a few years ago. It's got a bunch of built-in games but I don't recall playing with it for more than an hour or so. Is this thing worth hanging onto? Like, is there anything special I can do with it, or is it considered garbage?

Phantasium posted:

They're still sold at stores and are garbage.

Zaphod42 posted:

What?

Do you know what hardware is in a SNES Classic already or something? Why is this amazing?

Zaphod42 posted:

What?

Do you know what hardware is in a SNES Classic already or something? Why is this amazing?

Crackbone posted:

Tried to order from Game.co.uk, adding to cart hangs for 10+ minutes.

I just want a super famicom classic.

Ornamented Death posted:

I mean... Look at his username.

univbee posted:

Yoshi's Island is the most demanding of the SNES games from an emulation standpoint, it's the one game you can't run with a locked framerate on a Pi Zero even if overclocked, or an OG Wii. I mean, it's not THAT crazy, but it does show that there's probably more processing power in this than in most similar devices.

Zaphod42 posted:

Got me there


Yeah that's fair. That was my point, its not THAT crazy really, but it does mean they're not half-assing it.*


*assuming it actually runs at perfectly stable frame rate

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

It's crazy for how cheap the thing is. Only ten bucks more than the nes one but it comes with an extra controller making them essentially the same price. Whatever guts are in that thing it has to be way more powerful than the NES one.

The new 3ds can't emulate Yoshi's Island at 60fps.

MarcusSA posted:

I can't wait for someone to open it up like they did with the NES mini so we can just load whatever games we want on it.

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

And the star fox 2 ROM will be extracted rendering all those custom carts obsolete!

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

And the star fox 2 ROM will be extracted rendering all those custom carts obsolete!

TVs Ian posted:

The version of Star Fox 2 on this is probably the later one that never leaked, too.

TVs Ian posted:

The version of Star Fox 2 on this is probably the later one that never leaked, too.

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

It has to be. Wasn't a 100% version verified in like 2015?

Also, it begins: http://m.ebay.com/itm/263058118582?_mwBanner=1

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Fun fact I didn't know until recently : find a TV of identical size and you can just swap out the glass and bye bye burn in

Phantasium posted:

That raises an interesting question, what does Nintendo do when people start selling the official rom in repro carts?

Zaphod42 posted:

SNES classic has a good lineup but I already have all those games on cart so who cares


You're going to have to solder the re-writable chips onto the cartridge though.

If you aren't willing to learn soldering just get an SD2SNES and leave it at that, dude.

Zaphod42 posted:

I have all the games on actual cart that aren't compatible with everdrive so they're identical for my purposes. Both are good.

There's not really that many incompatible games, so I'd recommend just collecting those. The only thing I can think of that really makes me want a SD2SNES over Everdrive is the enhanced music chip stuff, but that's pretty niche and I doubt I'd really play them that much.

That said, Mega Man X3 is incompatible and costs a ton these days, so if you're really into MMX consider that. But you can always buy the Mega Man X collection on PS2 or whatever.

Phantasium posted:

That raises an interesting question, what does Nintendo do when people start selling the official rom in repro carts?

Phantasium posted:

That raises an interesting question, what does Nintendo do when people start selling the official rom in repro carts?

TVs Ian posted:

One of the devs mentioned in an interview in 2017 that the ROM that's floating around was an older version, and there was a final one with some changes and additions.

It wouldn't surprise me to see that one in the release, since it would be weird to advertise it like they have without it being a 100% finished game.

Oyster posted:

This is why I'm skeptical. There are a myriad of ROMs floating around now, but the two main base ones are "early alpha" and "final beta". AeonGenesis made a translation patch that fixed many bugs and disabled the debug mode, and ManueLowe made 3 more patches that were essentially typo fixes/shader fixes for the first line of text in the credits. The interview sounds like the early alpha ROM, as the circulated one (and the one that's in my cart, anyway) do have the roguelike encounters and different arenas in different difficulties.

If I'm wrong, I'm more than happy to be, but I'm not getting my hopes up.