**Repro Carts UPDATE!!!**

[JakeHC]

Just a note, if you haven't purchased yet, there's the usual site that has a 15 percent off sale.

yea thats where its at, but im sending in 10 random sports game donor carts i got in which they also have a special to credit me $10 per donor accepted so i sent those in and waiting for my credit code first. bad timing on the 15% off for me i think its only running for another day or so.... bahhh

Perhaps just put through the order and then they can credit you back? Definitely bad timing haha.

[jrjigga57]

So i got my $100 credit and going to order my games this week... any last minute suggestions on titles im getting the idea noone here cares too much about reproductions haha...

[Hoggs17]

I did the same thing (bunch of sports games for $10 each).  Since i'm pretty certain we ordered from the same place here's a hint.  It takes a few months to get your games assuming they are all easy games (and do not require special carts).  My star ocean SNES took 3 months to receive and my Star Fox 2 has been 2 months "in production."  I ordered the special 10 games SNES and I got 9 of them after 2 months.  They all look and function wonderfully, you just have to wait a while.  I ordered FF2 and FF3 for NES from another website and I got them within 2 weeks.  Of course the $10 credit on donor (aka sports carts after 95) and 15% made me purchase from the "slower" website.  If you're willing to wait, the work is top notch and the games look and play like they were actual releases.  Plus, you save money.  I received the following repros so far

FFV
Live-A-Live
Treasure of the Rudras
Ys: Mask of the Sun
Star Ocean
Energy Breaker
Secret of Mana 2
Bahamut Lagoon
Tales of Phantasia
Terranigma

Still waiting on my Star Fox 2.  I've only played Treasure of the Rudras but so far everything is perfect.  I prefer the US localized games; don't care for redesign levels.  I would suggest Secret of Mana 2, Bahamut Lagoon or Terranigma.  Get a game that people often say "why wasn't this released in the US, they really missed out."  I got the "quality labels" and took a pic so you could see them.  Not sure what the regular labels look like.  

[jrjigga57]

Good that makes me feel a bit better knowing someone else did same thing and was happy with the results. Sucks about the time it takes but as long as the quality is solid it is worth the wait. And with doing the donor cart credit and doing the 10 at a time the price per cart is actually surprising low.

Now that u mention it i think i see your point about sticking with mostly the US localized carts and not so much the hacks. I may get the one zelda parallel worlds but leave it at that and forget about any super metroids n such

So i think i narrowed it down to these 9 for sure and just gotta figure out my 10th one...
Final Fantasy V
Bahamut Lagoon
Dragon Quest 1&2
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Secret of Mana 2
Treasure of the Rudras
Terranigma
Zelda Parallel Worlds

Thanks Hoggs!

[shenske]

The "Slower Site" you speak of is the main reason I purchased the equipment to make repros myself. They got the label i sent them wrong and I ordered 2 games from them and it took SEVEN MONTHS to complete. This is just slightly over their 30 - 35 day estimate 

After month 4 months of waiting and poor communication I was thinking to myself "This is ridiculous! It can't be that hard to do." Did some research, dropped some cash and voila I am good to go to make my own 

[wiggy]

It's pretty easy these days.  Unlike a couple of years ago, there's a wealth of info and FAQs about building them. 

You should see how we make em.  You'd seriously laugh (or cry I suppose )

[Hoggs17]

I know it would be cheaper to do it myself but i've been too lazy to learn it.  Anyone got a good link to where we could learn ourselves up on it?  Man - making covers, making repros - wish i could put this on my resume

[wiggy]

I can prolly dig something up. There are MANY ways to go about it at this point.  Typically the cheapest methods will require the most labor, and the inverse is true of the pricier choices.

If you're just planning on making a handful for yourself, then the cheap, old fashioned way is prolly the best. They'll take longer to build, but we're not talking 40 hours per game versus 10 seconds. More like 20-30 minutes per game versus a couple of minutes for the fastest, most expensive method.

[Hoggs17]

thanks Wiggy, i'd like to take a look.  I don't mind about it taking 30 minutes.  I mean, you know how much time i've spent making all these damn covers?  Probably more than I put into my studies.  And by probably I mean definitely. 

[sheep2001]

I can prolly dig something up. There are MANY ways to go about it at this point.  Typically the cheapest methods will require the most labor, and the inverse is true of the pricier choices.

If you're just planning on making a handful for yourself, then the cheap, old fashioned way is prolly the best. They'll take longer to build, but we're not talking 40 hours per game versus 10 seconds. More like 20-30 minutes per game versus a couple of minutes for the fastest, most expensive method.

That's just writing the chip right?  I take it your method still de solders and resolders, or are you using custom boards?

[romevi]

I'd like to know how to make my own repros as well.

[wiggy]

thanks Wiggy, i'd like to take a look.  I don't mind about it taking 30 minutes.  I mean, you know how much time i've spent making all these damn covers?  Probably more than I put into my studies.  And by probably I mean definitely. 

Yeah, 30 mins is nothing if you're just gonna make em for yourself. It's very satisfying too

I can prolly dig something up. There are MANY ways to go about it at this point.  Typically the cheapest methods will require the most labor, and the inverse is true of the pricier choices.

If you're just planning on making a handful for yourself, then the cheap, old fashioned way is prolly the best. They'll take longer to build, but we're not talking 40 hours per game versus 10 seconds. More like 20-30 minutes per game versus a couple of minutes for the fastest, most expensive method.

That's just writing the chip right?  I take it your method still de solders and resolders, or are you using custom boards?

For about 95% of NES and SNES games it's a lot like plugging in a USB drive and copying the file.  The only games which would require donors and soldering are things like MMC5 NES carts (which we don't bother with), and special chip SNES games like Star Fox 2 or the Yoshi's Island hacks.  Those are typically a pain in the arse, but we actually have a pretty awesome shortcut/tool for them as well

[Hoggs17]

Sweet, can't wait to learn a new skill! 

[TDIRunner]

What do you think the initial investment would be if you were looking for a slower method that covered 90% of the games one would want (in other words, skipping the games with extra chips)?

[KMSoulja]

I'm interested as well.