ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) For those looking for an SNES, Gen, Master system, Gameboy, and N64 dumper. The bundle set, which has the extra adapters sold out, but you can still get the Retrode 2 here: https://www.dragonbox.de/en/accessories/cartridge-dumper/retrode-2 Edited May 11, 2020 by ICrappedMyPants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Back in stock with all adapters again! https://dragonbox.de/en/cartridge-dumper/retrode2-with-all-plugins.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 10 hours ago, ICrappedMyPants said: Back in stock with all adapters again! https://dragonbox.de/en/cartridge-dumper/retrode2-with-all-plugins.html From what I can see that bundle is all the addon they ever made for it? I'm a little surprised there's not a NES/FC module. I currently have a GB Operator that does GB C and A, but this looks tempting. I like how with the GBO I can play my old gameboy carts on my computer. I take it this is basically the same, also secondarily allowing for tampering/transfer of save data too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Tanooki said: From what I can see that bundle is all the addon they ever made for it? I'm a little surprised there's not a NES/FC module. I currently have a GB Operator that does GB C and A, but this looks tempting. I like how with the GBO I can play my old gameboy carts on my computer. I take it this is basically the same, also secondarily allowing for tampering/transfer of save data too. Yep, you’re exactly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Good, but they never did the NES/FC one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 They never did. My guess is because there was already an NES product on the market at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHCGreg | 111 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 The likely reason for there not being an NES Retrode adapter is that it wouldn't be able to be plug and play like the other systems it supports are (for most games). For a few games for the systems it supports you have to edit the Retrode's config file in order to force it to use the correct ROM size or whatever. For NES games, you would have to do that for every single game, providing the mapper number, PRG ROM size, CHR ROM size, and save RAM size if there is any. And that's just to read the raw ROM data. If you want a dump that can play in an emulator or flash cart, you also need to provide all the information that's in the header format. If you want to dump NES games, your best option is to build or buy a sanni cart reader, an open source Arduino project. That prompts you for mapper number, PRG ROM size, CHR ROM size, and save RAM size. You still have to add the header yourself after dumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Fair enough I know from experience trying to figure out mappers, how they work, and queuing them up as headers for .NES style roms as I had a hand in it in the 90s in a solid way. I was hoping in times since maybe a way was simplified to pick off the data in a way a retrode could do it. The device is tempting as I like my GB Operator the idea of using my legit cart on the computer is nice for its various features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector | 18 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) I wish I could find a Neo Geo AES rom dumping tool. I have the original AES version of Blue's Journey that allows you to select difficulty at startup and Easy mode allows you to start with 3 hearts. Something the MAME rom (basically the MVS version, also used for later AES print runs) does not allow you to do. If I could I would make that rom and convert it to .neo for play on my Neo SD Pro. I'm surprised the rom scene never shared that one when they did share all the versions of Magician Lord. Edited January 6, 2022 by TheGameCollector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/usr/bin/brian | 2 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) I have one of these with all the add-ons. I bought it eternity ago when it came out. I've sold almost all my video game collection (except SNES and NES). I don't really have much use for this anymore. I'd probably be more than happy to sell (or trade) this. I didn't know people were still interested in it so it's just been collecting dust upstairs. Edited January 14, 2022 by /usr/bin/brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Yeah but what do you want for it though is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/usr/bin/brian | 2 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) I guess that’s a great question. The only thing I really collect is SNES CIB. Other than that I’d probably be willing to sell it for whatever the going rate is. I’d rather obtain some snes thing I don’t have than money if I’m honest about it. Im not trying to maximize my gain here, just figure if I can get something I want for something I’m not really in need of, I’d be happy to. Edited January 16, 2022 by /usr/bin/brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthewnimmo | 113 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 1/14/2022 at 9:32 AM, /usr/bin/brian said: I have one of these with all the add-ons. I bought it eternity ago when it came out. I've sold almost all my video game collection (except SNES and NES). I don't really have much use for this anymore. I'd probably be more than happy to sell (or trade) this. I didn't know people were still interested in it so it's just been collecting dust upstairs. @/usr/bin/brian im interested if you still have this. Also sorry everyone for the necro lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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