Hey Everyone! When I made the video I was under the impression that Sanni initiated the Kickstarter. It has been brought to my attention that Sanni was not involved with the Kickstarter campaign but rather the Kickstarter campaign leveraged Sanni's work which is open-source. I spoke with the Kickstarter creator over discord assuming it was Sanni. Apologies for not getting this right in the video. For those interested Sanni's Github for the cart reader can be found here: github.com/sanni/cartreader The Kickstarter (which again was not initiated by Sanini) can be found here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/save-the-hero/salvage-writes-save-data-to-your-cartridge/description

@dak1st

2 жыл бұрын

Please put that information into the video description at least.

@jorgemena5885

2 жыл бұрын

Tito how can I get one of these?

@NitrosTwitch

2 жыл бұрын

also this version is really old, the newest version is far simpler to build

@Vek007

2 жыл бұрын

@@dak1st I agree. But once a video is posted, it cannot be modified. This video has been seen by many people. Please correct it in the next video.

@JB2X-Z

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vek007 He said to at least put it in the video description, not the video itself.

[Coury] As someone who is obsessed with backing up my save files, this seems like a big upgrade from the Retrode and GB01 that I currently use. Hopefully they'll be available to buy again sometime soon.

@exonymat1471

2 жыл бұрын

Omg it's neat to see that you guys watch Tito aswell. Hope you're both doing well :)

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Coury! These should be available again in the Spring. Definitely follow Sanni @CartridgeReader on Twitter for updates. Hope everything is well with you and Marc!

@androxilogin

2 жыл бұрын

They've been available for years and still currently are. This guy (not Sanni) just took the open source project and cashed in on it without permission. You can build one yourself kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ9mysRxYti4hsY.html or buy one on Etsy. While the community is not opposed to assembling and selling these, crowdsourcing is not the route a lot have found to be in agreeance with.

@blizzzilla

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions There's a bit of a misunderstanding here. Sanni, the creator of the open source project, is from Germany and not involved with the Kickstarter or that Twitter account.

@nurfuermist

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions Please stop spreading fake news in your video and in the comment section! The Twitter account @CartridgeReader is NOT OWNED by sanni who is the original creator of the device!!! This Twitter guy is just a seller trying to cash in one someone elses open source product!!

I just want to say your channel rocks! I learn so much and you got style!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Watson 🙏! Glad you’re enjoying the channel buddy!

This is amazing!!! I've been wanting something like this for so long! Excellent video as usual.

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Andre! Glad you enjoyed this one!

I’m such a massive fan of your introductions man🌿 INSTANT LIKE!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏☺️

This is such an awesome project!

This this pretty cool thanks for sharing 👌👌

Awesome! Great project name.

I love this! Great video, Tito!🤘😎

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Hey Tito, quite cool device to preserve save data from most of the popular consoles. I honestly didn’t know anything about this project, but I may have considered it if it were still active. Cheers dude!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jesus! This should be available in the spring time. I would follow them on Twitter to stay up to date if your interested in picking one up

Great video as always. Never disappointed

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Madblaster 🙏☺️

I’m currently half way through building one myself. It’s a TON of soldering but very rewarding. I really like the clear case you got

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

The clear case that Sanni made is beautiful! That sounds like a fun project. I may have to try building one too 😁

@rajgill7576

2 жыл бұрын

It looks just like this little double tube Amp I got a couple years back I love clear cases

@johnniewinwin3432

Жыл бұрын

How did it turn out?

This seems amazing

The GB vs. GBA problem is odd since it was already solved by Nintendo themselves: A switch that is directly attached at the cartridge slot. It'd be good to have the voltage auto-detected by the type of cartridge you put in as a security feature, so you don't accidentally fry your games. But other than that this is really, really awesome!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

It would be great if it was somehow automated.

@androxilogin

2 жыл бұрын

That is a cool idea, however, repros require less power. Ex. SNES games require 5v, and repros are at 3.3v. N64 requires 3.3v, however, prototype carts require 12v through the barrel plug on the Arduino Mega. The risk of frying your games is not very high. You'd have to leave the cart on there for a significant amount of time to cause any harm. Versatility is the reason.

@Kniffel101

2 жыл бұрын

@@androxilogin But are there any changes with GB/GBA repros or flash carts? Cause that was specifically meant as an "overwrite" for the Game Boy carts, not any other console.

@androxilogin

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kniffel101 yes. Same deal.

What an awesome device, I really hope to get one eventually!

Was just looking around for GB save file dumpers when I noticed this video pop up in my subscription feed. This looks pretty promising esp. since no new updates have been made to the Retrode. Still, there's definitely room for improvement in a few areas, so will certainly be interesting see how this evolves. Thanks for the review!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Marshall ☺️

That’s a really neat piece of tech

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree 😁

After making my own and having the adapters for MS,WS, NGP, NES, and FAMICOM I have to say I'm happy with it. Glad you did a video on it but I do agree with some where the info provided didn't seem really researched. I'd be glad to help anyone with what I know so far from this project I have the hw v3 with battery so no USB power needed.

this is awesome, back last year I was wondering if it would be possible for someone to make a device that extracts ROMs from multiple different kinds of cartridges, glad it came true

Fantastic and stylish thanks for sharing and of course caring! Stay blessed

I think the biggest pro of this thing is the aesthetic of it :) it looks awesome!

im going to look into this more

This is pretty dope

I already see a problem, and that's expecting the user to always select the correct voltage and settings, it's not trivial, but can be done to check which connector is populated and automatically set the correct settings. There should be no reason why the user should have to remember to manually set everything up beforehand, as I can see some very valuable carts being killed by user error.

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I’m hoping in the future this could all be automated.

@Donalbane

2 жыл бұрын

So fix it.

@PaulTheFox1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@Donalbane me or Tito? I didn't develop it, and neither did he. I can think of a way to do it, but I'm not quite skilled enough at circuit design or software development to do it. I would say what I think the fix could be, but you're probably not the person to discuss it with, as your terse comment suggests someone who likes to be argumentative than someone I could discuss this with in an intelligent manner. :)

@thediamonddust

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to ask what would happen if you used the wrong switch settings...

Your camera work on the device spinning into frame is nextlevel stuff. I hope you're working on multi million dollar commercials as your day job lol. WOW

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

That would be an awesome day job, unfortunately my work is much more boring than that 😅

Very cool gadget!

This is really cool tito ive been looking for something like this for quite a while now. Didnt expect it to be right under my nose😉🗾 Also, This is the first time ive actually been notified of one of your videos youtube is getting their stuff together

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! That’s good to hear. This time I didn’t release the video as a premier. I wonder if that helped?

@ScruffyLookinRGB

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions it could be but i think even before you started doing premieres it wasnt getting to me then either. Who knows. I just happened to find this divice in akihabara after watching your video it was a premium price they also had a bunch of adapers for different carts too. Very cool i might have to grab one soon

cool video i have one of those i put together from the sanni project works great not sure about the kickstarted but id encourage anyone with reasonable soldering skills to make one, its not very hard

That's a pretty cool backup device.

The plug is from the Arduino Mega clone under the main board, can be supplied with a 9V power supply.

i havent watched the video yet, but i can tell i need this lol!

Man, what a time for retro gaming. I need to get one of these and so glad you are making all of these videos despite what my wallet says 😆

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! There has been such a boom in innovation and mods for retro gamers, it’s incredible! 👍

@davidk.4593

2 жыл бұрын

Please don't buy from Save the Hero. They have no affiliation with Sanni and/or the Open-source project, which has been available for years. Save the Hero just took the open-source stuff and sold it, without any contribution to the project itself. Though legally ok, it's basically a bootleg. Also, the quality is pretty shoddy.

Neat.... Very cool, wish it was a little less but, might grab one... wonder, I should be do most of it on my Retron 5...Hmmm

Your videos are all always so professionally done and give off HUGE expert vibes

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏☺️

Something I really like about R4 carts on DS is that you can backup GBA save files

I've been using one of these for a few years now. It is the bomb.

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I totally agree, game changing 👍

@RamonHernandez

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions If you are baller baller silver dollar with the soldering you can make some(all?) of the adapters. I have a HuCard one and some of the parts for the NES one.

Definitely buying one

That's a rad little box.

Wow , You are really lucky to have that Device , their really Expensive to Buy

Grazie Tito, fantastico, ciao fratello 🤜🤛👍

This such a cool product, it already consolidates the devices I have to dump Gameboy and SNES cartridges and does so much more beyond that! Thanks for another great video!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! I love it an hope it continues to get better😁. So glad you enjoyed the video Nathan 🙏☺️

@dak1st

2 жыл бұрын

Don't buy from Save the Hero. He is not affiliated with the project. He just took the open source files and cashed them in on Kickstarter. Also his quality is pretty bad. There have been tons of failures.

Very cool

😮 so cool!!!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

As is it’s great! It has a ton of potential too!

See this is the type of device we need for the MISTer, to allow us to be able to play original carts. That would be awesome!! Simply allowing us to rip the ROMS off a cart is nice & all, but it's use is a bit limited when everyone has access to literally the entire game libraries for pretty much every system already. Kinda redundant. If you have some sort of rare prototype or something along those lines that u want to dump then yeah It'd be great for that. And it's very cool to see a device like this that can read carts for a multitude of systems. Pretty cool device!

Nice video and nice device! Whish I had one device like this one 30 years ago 🙂 BTW all my repro carts bought from China, upon insertion in sega megadrive console, they oppose mechanical resistance because the PCB edge does not have a V shape cut. Yestarday I played castlevania Bloodlines from a repo cartridge and I berly inserted and remove the cartridge from de console. I got angry and sanded both edges of the pcb cartridge at a relative 45’ angle in order to obtain the V shape cut. Now it inserts and remove more easely.

There were adapters in the Kickstarter. The dip switch settings are printed on the adapters.

Super dooper smashing great....as always

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you dude 🙏!!

Thank you for the SINGLE notification for the upload. With KZread's recent updates anything that helps limit my notifications is appreciated!

Love the Retrode2

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard good things about it

I'm a little disappointed this doesn't support NES games. I'll probably just stick with my RetoBlaster. It's a little less user-friendly, less aesthetic, and still needs a PC and software to run, but it costs way less and at least I can back up my NES library.

@TheCoolDave

2 жыл бұрын

Never knew about the RetroBlaster. No question not as elegant as this device but, it looks like it will do everything for a notable less money...

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently there is an adaptor that Sanni will offer that allowed for NES and more

@belangerpm

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the USB-NES. Supports NTSC, PAL, Famicom, and many more. Can also read/write battery backed saves. DIY kits and pre-built models are available on eBay.

This is actually pretty sweet

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 😁

See this is the type of device they need for the MISTer to allow it to play original cartridges. That would be awesome!!

This is super cool. Man, I wish I'd have waited to sell all my old carts, I could have been playing those exact roms now lol

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’ve sold my fair share of games from my collection that I wish I hadn’t 😅

@Lenoh

2 жыл бұрын

And then there’s me, who regularly went garage saling and flea marketing ;D

I would like something like this that I could hook it up to the TV and play when I come home from deployment.

The moment i saw this my first reaction was " ugh yeah cool but i don't own a computer" then you mentioned that its not required and i was like OH HELL YEAH!!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

That’s my favorite thing about it! I love that it is stand alone. Makes it so much more convenient 😁

@kr4t0sg.28

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions yes in deed! Thanks for another great video.

Very niche product but still very cool!

This is so very well designed! and not as expensive as getting a dumper per supported device, or even a retrofreak, which doesn't do n64. Man, what a time to be alive!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, what a time we live in 😁

@davidk.4593

2 жыл бұрын

Don't buy from Save the Hero. They have nothing to do with the open-source project. They just took the code and cashed in. It's basically a bootleg, with shoddy quality, since Save the Hero can't solder properly.

@inubass

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidk.4593 time to promote the original project, then! You can even order the PCB with the SMD components done for you.

@inubass

2 жыл бұрын

however, this is open source. If you build it, you're allowed to profit. Hardware is not free. This goes for either this project, or the guys selling them in etsy.

Wow this would be perfect for my Super Mario RPG which till this day still has my saved data stored on the cart

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, got to get that backed up asap 😅

i would love to find original carts one day. all i got is fire red and would love to get the OGs

What an incredible concept! In regards to the price tag it could of had bigger buttons, felt more premium as you insert the cartridges and was more compatible with familiar formats like NES. Overall awesome vid as always Tito, I’m always looking forward to the next one dude 🤓👍✨

@androxilogin

2 жыл бұрын

There is an adapter for NES as well as others available. The "Save the Hero" guy is not Sanni. Unfortunately this video is filled with misinformation about the project.

@belangerpm

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the USB-NES. Supports NTSC, PAL, Famicom, and many more. Can also read/write battery backed saves. DIY kits and pre-built models are available on eBay.

What an incredibly useful tool! Great video as always Tito!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

With the issues I have been having finding the adapters for my old retrode 2 this may be on my wishlist. Though will depend on the adapters for Master System and GameGear for me

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’m hoping to take a a look at the adaptors when they are available

@Jonny5a

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions Great to hear, am looking forward to it :) Legitimately thought about making my own for the Retrode.

Will it dump master system if you stick a power base converter on it? Otherwise, looks neat. I'd imagine there'll be firmware updates for compatibility.

Kind of obscure but, the design of this reminds me of "The Flask" that was created to back up amiibo data. I saw that on Wermy's channel (another retro tinkerer dude). The part that made me think of that though is he designed and 3D printed a protective shell for his "Flask" because, like this All-In-One device, the sides are exposed and risk getting dirty inside.

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Still need to get my hands on the flask

@Punmaster9001

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions I want to get one, but I don't know that I need one right now

Oh I need this! I have a bunch of sega genesis and N64 carts that I’d want to dump so that if I want to put them all on my everdrive or emulate them through software.

That's very cool. I'd hope that Gameboy Camera support could be added in via Firmware update. Other than that, and the other systems mentioned, the only other thing I'd like is an interface for the various memory card types out there. Though, there's enough of those to justify a separate device altogether!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! It would be great great if there was gb camera support. Finger crossed 🤞

@mynamehasspacesinit8687

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? I was able to dump my GB Camera saves and load them in an emulator

Kinda wish it had a way to attach a CD reader to backup my CD based games as well. Would also be nice to have a general port that could read memory cards as well such as the PS1 and N64 memory paks.

@nozomuitoshiki9292

2 жыл бұрын

The complete system version could do it but wasn't shown on video - for reading and writing back memory cards.

hey tito. I have researched a bit and, and find out that you can connect nes games to snes slot. you just need to have a transition. that's why it's on the menu :) you can definitely do that with the other cassettes too :) sorry for my poor english i have used google translator. really appreciate your videos they are instructive and good. love from norway :

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Colin! Thank you for sharing! Yes they have several adaptors. Like you mentioned they have one for the NES and also for the NGPC and wonderswan. It’s a very flexible platform 👍

Awesome concept, cool design, great ease of use... This could quite possibly be the most incredible piece of retro gaming tech that I will never need.

This is awesome but what I really want is a cartridge adapter to plug into my MiSTer and turn it into the ultimate FPGA console!

Heya! I saw on the Save the Hero store page that they are selling the international 50-pin Master System adapter for their cartridge reader. Do you think Save the Hero will plan on working on a Japanese 44-pin variant of the adapter supporting Japanese Master System/Mark III/SG-1000/SC-3000 cartridges and/or SEGA Card/My Card games via the Card Catcher? Also, will they plan on working on a Game Gear adapter?

3:38 the "unused" port is a dc port, needed 5 volts

Would be cool if you did a video on how to update the firmware!

What do you think about the polymega? It essentially dumps all of these too. It also dumps others… although the rooms are proprietary to that machine…

Oh shoot, I built a whole stack of these late last year and have been dragging my feet about listing them on ebay. Gotta get my butt in gear, it’s a tremendous little box.

@patrickarnold237

2 жыл бұрын

I want to back up my wwf no mercy cartridge. Because of the infamous. Save glitch. Can I dump the save file then if the save glitch happens would I be able to just put my latest save file dump back on the cartridge?

it seems like a good device, saves are very important if you have some sort of emotional attachment to the games, I would only want to keep a backup of my pokemon in 3rd gen, but I can do that with a ds and some useful homebrew, all other games seem like a chance to play them again when their save files go *poof*

Awesome Tool! Is there any way to still buy this? Unfortanetly there is no way to still support the Kickstartet Campaign atm.

This is game changer, Literally.

Would the device dump games/backup saves through a converter? For example could you plug a Power Base Converter into the Mega Drive slot to backup Master System games?

I may have missed it but can you reupload save games back onto the original cart once you have changed it’s battery?

Bro flexing that ChronoTrigger

I would love it if a future revision of this thing supported NES games! But even now, what we've got so far is pretty cool!

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, nes support would be great!

@belangerpm

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the USB-NES. Supports NTSC, PAL, Famicom, and many more. Can also read/write battery backed saves. DIY kits and pre-built models are available on eBay.

With more polish, I’d be interested. Especially sad gameboy camera doesn’t work.

Cool I want one

I wonder, will it read Master System carts via the Genesis master system adapter if you have one?

Can you connect this up to a computer like the Retrode 2 or GB01? Thank you!

Looks really cool. Not a fan of the fiddly switches, I feel like I may fry my games.

This unit really looks like must have! Now I just have to pray that my save batteries just last a few more months until I can get my hands on one

The Gameboy Camera should work with just a software update. The cartridge is quite unique in how it is addressed, I think it has a unique memory bank controller from memory

Cool video. This is definitely something I will add to my arsenal, as I have a Retrode, but the lack of support after the original creator abandoned the project has made it lacking in many ways. Any word on whether or not it has support for Genesis 32X cartridges?

@MachoNachoProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I need to look into 32x support. I think it’s unsupported but it’s worth looking into for sure 😁. Cheers Justin!

@davidk.4593

2 жыл бұрын

Don't buy from Save the Hero. They have no affiliation with the open source project, but just took the code and cashed in without contributing at all. Also, their soldering quality is apparently sub-par.

@nozomuitoshiki9292

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachoNachoProductions No 32X support at the moment. In discussion for a future firmware update.

I wish they had something like this for DS/3DS and Switch cartridges.

Nice

Why am I watching this? I don't even have the carriages anymore

I just got emulation set up on my steamdeck and am thinking about this to dump all my old gam3s to play on it

Are there plans for added functionality of flashing carts? So say I get a reflashable cart and want to flash a ROM to it, would I be able to in a future revision?

@blindsniper9794

2 жыл бұрын

Or perhaps a rom chip gets corrupted and I want to reflash it.

Have already built mine. Pretty much did it just to challenge myself after finishing Makhos portable cart read (awesome, btw). These devices are so much fun to build if you have the skillset!

I can understand backing up saves especially for n64 but for dumping Roms it's basically easy to go online download those not to mention downloads are extremely fast because of how small those are now

@shivasthong4924

2 жыл бұрын

Playing the data pulled from people's own carts makes them extra special. Its essentially like making your own cookies.

Can this product write to cartridges? I've been wanting to make custom GB/GBA carts and been eyeballing a GBxcart RW, but if this does what that does and more, I'd get one of these.

Could you make a video on how to update the firmware on one of these?

do you think that could be possible to use this device with few modifications, to read a real cartridge directly attached on a raspberry pi with emulators running ?