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List of SD card hack, carts, alternative replacements to CD drive.
ChadTower:
Wow... just read through this thread. I hadn't realized how far behind I am on this stuff. Some really cool stuff. Especially the optical drive replacement SD units. A lot of units with things other than drive failures can be fixed this way. I bought a Sega CD/Genesis combo off a Facebook group recently that was damaged in shipping. The door popped open in transit and the mechanism snapped. Swapping out the old drive with an SD unit would allow the drive switch to be shorted and never bothered with again.
thomas_surles:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 02, 2016, 01:42:37 pm ---Sorry about the mode 7 talk... I was tired and got my snes and n64 mixed up (I was researching both at the same time) but the site went down yet again and I couldn't change the post.
I found a video of the newer version.... apparently it's just as you say, the cic chip is pre installed on the newer version. There is a price difference of around 10 dollars, so nothing significant. I'm just wondering if there is any benefit to the older version. There is a ntsc/pal switch on the top of the new version but I noticed that vendors are advertising it as "enhanced ntsc (Japan/US) only". So maybe you need the older version to bypass the region lockout?
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No benefit of the older version. It's actually more work. You have to have a game of each region to piggy back. The newer one just flip the switch to N for us/j and P for Pal.
If it has the switch it will be all regions. If there is no switch it will just be one region.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 02, 2016, 02:15:05 pm ---
Wow... just read through this thread. I hadn't realized how far behind I am on this stuff. Some really cool stuff. Especially the optical drive replacement SD units. A lot of units with things other than drive failures can be fixed this way. I bought a Sega CD/Genesis combo off a Facebook group recently that was damaged in shipping. The door popped open in transit and the mechanism snapped. Swapping out the old drive with an SD unit would allow the drive switch to be shorted and never bothered with again.
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It is, but some of them don't make sense. Like the psio for the playstation... a 150 dollar sd adaptor for a console that currently retails for around 8 bucks. With the 138 dollars saved one could probably buy any psx title they ever wanted to play. A mod chip would also be a more sensible option. I'm having the same issue with my dreamcast... buy an 80 dollar adaptor or just buy another dreamcast for 30 bucks and burn more cds.
Locke141:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 02, 2016, 06:02:45 pm ---It is, but some of them don't make sense. Like the psio for the playstation... a 150 dollar sd adaptor for a console that currently retails for around 8 bucks. With the 138 dollars saved one could probably buy any psx title they ever wanted to play. A mod chip would also be a more sensible option. I'm having the same issue with my dreamcast... buy an 80 dollar adaptor or just buy another dreamcast for 30 bucks and burn more cds.
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I think you could argue that a lot of what we do in the hobby doesn't make sense. Why mod a NES for RGB or buy a ever drive if there is dam near perfect emulation that can be run on a 10 year old PC that will give you both advantages for free?
In regards to the PSIO, I think the PS2 + hard drive is a more compelling as a not needed argument as the ps2 can play the PS1 library natively, (the PS2 cannot play PS one games off the hard drive) but there is a nostalgia factor to having the original hard ware. Could you get a working PS1 today for next to nothing, shoer. But the CD drive will not last forever (PS1 drive death were/are common) and the PSIO would be a one time perches that will give a chunk of your child hood for decades.
I'm not planning to get a PSIO any time soon, but I definitely want one. For me the PS1 has a very special place in my heart. Growing up with dyslexia was not easy. I remember wanting to play FF7 so bad. It was very hard for me as it took me forever to complete do to all the reading (I maxed out the game play timer), My mom says that game & the other RPGs to follow did more to improve my reading the any thing else up to that point.
Update: I when one eBay and ordered a original scho-1001 play station. I have a working PS1 and a working PS2. This made me want the same model I had growing up, and it was super cheep. Now if, or more likely when, I decide I want a PSIO I won't have any excuses.
I now hate this thread as it is coasting me a lot of money in small $20-$40 increments
Howard_Casto:
Don't take this the wrong way, but a lot of what other people do in this hobby doesn't make sense, not me. ;) I'm far too practical to spend a lot on a console that isn't particularly valuable. I refuse to rgb mod a NES, for example... it's just too costly. There is something to be said for running things on the original hardware, which is why I mentioned other, more practical, methods of playing games on a psx instead of just using a ps2. It's not necessarily a nostalgia thing. Many consoles are emulated well in terms of playability, but still have issues. 8 bit stuff is pretty well covered, 16 bit consoles sometimes have minor differences and anything beyond that ...well... it really depends.
You will notice that the flash carts I've been interested in have been on the lower end of the cost spectrum.... it isn't so much a cheapness thing but rather a practicality thing. I can make/buy usb adaptors for genesis gamepads for around 20 bucks (for two) and deal with having to have a pc in the living room or just spend another 20 to get a cart that plays genesis, master system, 32x and some game gear. That makes a lot of sense to me. N64 carts as well since the cost of games has sky-rocketed and n64 emulation still has issues even after all of these years.
My only point was to think before you buy and not get swept away in a nostalgia wave. Sometimes you can get more gaming for your money doing things the old fashioned way. (Just buying individual games.)
Personally I want to try and get an example of every major game console, but since budget is always a concern I'm going about it carefully. Right now Sony and Sega stuff is really cheap so it's a good time to buy. Odd-ball stuff like the tg16, vectrex, ect is at an all time high, so it's best to wait on those.
I hear you though, a sub 20 dollar psx purchase certainly isn't a big deal even if you use it as a wall hanger. Been thinking of picking one up myself and maybe the updated psone so I can finally have a use for all of those psone lcds. :)
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