Thinning the Herd: Any Reason to Keep Doubles?

[mideast | 144]

15 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said:

If you're talking about the unreleased NES prototype of Simcity, it just needs a donor that's MMC5 with a battery, so basically any of the later era Koei games.  I could make one for you if you want one that badly, but I personally feel that the SNES version is far superior to the NES prototype and that's why I've never made a cart of it myself.  However, if you're talking about the original PC Simcity being ported to NES, I'm afraid the unreleased proto is about as close as we're ever going to get at this point...

 

Because I already have all but 12 of the US NES games and I'm zoning in on two thirds of the Famicom libary, so the number of NES/Famicom games I can't already play on real hardware is dwindling by the week.  Why should I buy a tool I don't even need? It's not about being a curmudgeon; it's about scratching both the collecting itch and the gaming itch ALL AT THE SAME DAMN TIME!!!!!!

Is this a reference to the Future song? That’s really cool if it is.

Also, I wanted to ask! What hardware/software do you use to transfer a ROM to a donor cartridge? Is it expensive and do they make software for Mac? And how complicated is it for someone to learn who doesn’t have experience yet with CHRs, PRGs and MMC5s? Lol

[fox | 1,665]

[8bitsupremacy | 208]

One of each game, always (unless you are a variant guy or something).  I sell my doubles like hot potatoes and forge onward.

[Dr. Morbis | 2,088]

7 hours ago, mideast said:

Also, I wanted to ask! What hardware/software do you use to transfer a ROM to a donor cartridge? Is it expensive and do they make software for Mac? And how complicated is it for someone to learn who doesn’t have experience yet with CHRs, PRGs and MMC5s? Lol

Buy one of these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/XGecu-TL866II-Plus-USB-Universal-Programmer-support-SPI-Flash-NAND-EEPROM-MCU/193378461709?hash=item2d0641280d:g:pg4AAOSwETteaO4m

...and a whole bunch of eproms and soldering supplies and then get down and dirty with google and you'll find a bucketload of info all about it on the internet

Example:

http://callanbrown.com/index.php/basic-nes-reproduction

[mideast | 144]

17 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Buy one of these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/XGecu-TL866II-Plus-USB-Universal-Programmer-support-SPI-Flash-NAND-EEPROM-MCU/193378461709?hash=item2d0641280d:g:pg4AAOSwETteaO4m

...and a whole bunch of eproms and soldering supplies and then get down and dirty with google and you'll find a bucketload of info all about it on the internet

Example:

http://callanbrown.com/index.php/basic-nes-reproduction

You sir, have pointed me in the right direction

[Tanooki | 4,932]

On 2/8/2021 at 9:09 PM, Dr. Morbis said:

Yeah, there's only that one proto dump, I was just unclear as to whether that was the NES version you were looking for.

And yeah, a late-era Koei game would have to be cannibalized since you need an MMC5 game with a battery.  Or you could pay about the price of one of those Koei games and BIN this auction and then open it up and take a picture of the inside.  Maybe the Chinese hackers have already got this one down:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sim-City-for-play-on-the-NES-Nintendo-ENGLISH-NTSC/353269446325?hash=item52407ff6b5:g:Fq8AAOSwcbxfFJLO

I had figured as much it would take killing a full blown battery backed MMC5 game, but I had no idea there, good catch on that hacked up copy there.  That's really tempting.

[Bighab | 58]

I have doubles of BaseBall Stars Nes because I've had several seasons with different friends on the go. Same thing with Genghis Khan on the Nes. It's my favorite Koei game and I have a few different games on the go solo or against friends. Both are fairly cheap so no point in selling them. I see the reasoning if you acquired a double of a game that's become rare and using it as good trade bait.

[platformagnostic | 17]

I used to sell of duplicates to help fund other purchases.  I am getting to the point where I think I am going to keep some of the more desirable / expensive stuff as trade bait.  As I have closed in on the loose NES set, I have found that the people who have what I want are more interested in what I have for trade, as opposed to how much I have to spend.