Author Topic: What do we need to know about SNES Repro's  (Read 381 times)

December 04, 2013, 08:55:19 AM
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kingjohn3

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I really want the SNES games that were never released in the US, in particular Dragon Quest 5&6, Terranigma, Secret of Mana 2, any Final Fantasy and any other sweet RPG that I don't know about. I've seen these on eBay but every description has the caveat "works". It leads me to believe that there is a common problem with English translation games playing like they should. Who has experience with these and what can you tell me about it?

December 04, 2013, 08:58:41 AM
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If it's built correctly there shouldn't be any problems.

Also, don't buy them in eBay.

December 06, 2013, 08:01:08 PM
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There can be a ton of work that goes into them and if the would-be repro maker doesn't know what they're doing there can also be a lot of issues.  ( programming the chip correctly or bad soldering/wiring.)

For example if I pad a rom the wrong way for genesis, the game will boot, you can go threw the options and selection screens and options, but as soon as you hit start the game will crash.

google image search snes repro wiring and check out some of the crazy rewired carts =P

December 06, 2013, 08:06:44 PM
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anyplace in particular you would recommend I buy from?

December 07, 2013, 02:10:44 PM
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Ill PM you a list Arseen gave me Ive gotten  a few repros and all work fine so far

also dragon quest 4 5 6 all rereleased on ds if you dont want to go the repro route

December 10, 2013, 01:39:06 PM
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^^^ You can't post links directly to repro maker sites.  Might wanna edit that ASAP.

December 10, 2013, 04:35:50 PM
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^^^ You can't post links directly to repro maker sites.  Might wanna edit that ASAP.

Whoop there it is... whoop now it's not.