Jayleonis | 16 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) Im seeing carts on ebay for sale with photos of the interior circuit board. Is there a resource I can check to see if its the right one? or how are you supposed to know if that board belongs with that cart? edit I found this resource https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0650 https://snescentral.com/pcb.php?id=0650&num=0&side=front although im still unsure. the board in the photo looks correct in terms of layout of the circuitry but the manufactuer says toshiba which the one on snescentral does not. Edited January 22, 2021 by Jayleonis Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/6529-how-to-tell-if-circuit-board-inside-carts-are-authentic-and-belong-to-specific-carts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,680 Administrator · Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 With NES, SNES and N64, the code on one of the chips will match the code on the label. Not sure about Genesis or Master System. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/6529-how-to-tell-if-circuit-board-inside-carts-are-authentic-and-belong-to-specific-carts/#findComment-159066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,968 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 SNES Central is the best for SNES games (and Bootgod for NES) but this info is still very obscure and incomplete in general. Here are 6 Secret of Mana PCB variants, only 4 of which are on SNES Central. Matching the chip code and just seeing that the board looks like all the other PCBs for that console is all I do unless I’m checking something really expensive. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/6529-how-to-tell-if-circuit-board-inside-carts-are-authentic-and-belong-to-specific-carts/#findComment-159095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,242 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 If you're paying with PayPal I wouldn't worry about it. I just buy whatever and if it turns out to be the wrong game I get my money back almost instantly. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/6529-how-to-tell-if-circuit-board-inside-carts-are-authentic-and-belong-to-specific-carts/#findComment-159106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,693 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Unfortunately, some games had numerous manufacturers for the chips. Your best bet is to make sure the PCB is legit with the Nintendo logo (or appropriate third-party publisher logo in certain circumstances) and check the actual codes. 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/6529-how-to-tell-if-circuit-board-inside-carts-are-authentic-and-belong-to-specific-carts/#findComment-159174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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