Thank you for linking the kit. You kept naming off the components, and all I could think was "I have some of this stuff, but the rest is going to be a nightmare to source." I hate trying to buy individual parts for projects like this, because you end up buying from 8 different shops, all charging shipping fees. That's why kits like this are so much more convenient and affordable, unless you're buying in bulk to build or sell your own kits. Great content. I didn't even know I wanted this cart reader.

@dubesinhower

Жыл бұрын

That’s probably the most annoying thing about all of the open source projects we have, it’s difficult to source everything!

@BrendonReyell

Жыл бұрын

If you bought a kit from me (Bonzo) thanks a bunch and glad I could help!

I've been looking into making one of these for a while now and even ordered some of the parts but I was really confused as to the general build process. And then you uploaded this video and all of my worries are gone. Thanks for making a perfect guide and giving me the confidence I need to get into the retro modding/DIY electronics hobby. Won't be able to get some of the parts until late February at the earliest due to AliExpress shipping times, but nevertheless, I truly appreciate what you have done here.

your channel along with Retro RGB and Macho Nacho, gave me the confidence to get into retro modding/soldering and i just wanted to say thank you! I've had great success with my projects from your videos, I'm not smart enough to figure this stuff out on my own and im learning so much from you guys!

@GLXY23

Жыл бұрын

Same, I agree 👍

@_BELMONT_

Жыл бұрын

@@GLXY23 hell yeah!

@dubesinhower

Жыл бұрын

It's an honor to be included with those guys, I really appreciate your support!

@veridor7522

Жыл бұрын

Ditto. Dubes, Bob, Voultar, and Tito have all been helpful in teaching me these skills.

It took me until the cart reader test for my brain to finally go "Wait a minute. Leaf Green doesn't have a battery. Only Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald do, and it's only used for the clock. The save isn't reliant on a battery."

Well done! 🤩

I've built a V3 a couple months ago and it's awesome. I mostly use it to transfer save files between my SNES cartridges and my analogue pocket. However, when sourcing all the parts to build, you'll likely end up with enough parts to build a few of them. I currently have two extra ones available to sell, includes 4GB SD card, a USB cable and printed case. Message me if interested!

Thank you... I was looking how to drive the Screen, and with this code I made it possible

while you're correct in saying the GB/GBC color games usually do have a battery to keep the save, most (if not all) GBA games don't use the save battery for the save, its usually for a real time clock. the leafgreen you had in frame doesn't even have a battery in it :P

@dubesinhower

Жыл бұрын

Yes I discovered that later in the video lol

@veridor7522

Жыл бұрын

I remember being surprised when I opened up Sonic 3 and saw no save battery despite it having save features.

love that they used a cheap LCD+SD Card module from 3d printers for that

Whoa!!! My 3d design out in the wild... Yes the front left corner should go thru the arduino.

This was a really fun soldering project, and it's really satisfying to be able to use my own copies of games on Everdrives and MiSTer. But one problem I had: It apparently fried my Retro-Bit copy of Holy Diver (mapper 268, which isn't supported anyway). Smoke even came out. So it might not be good to use on repros. YMMV, though.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool video!

@dubesinhower

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great seeing you make one of my most recent builds. Thank you for the tip on the female pin header trimming, as that was a PITA for me. Did you by chance have any issues dumping Famicom games on that slot? My slot from AliExpress was a bit sus and I've ordered replacements, but I thought I'd ask you just out of curiosity.

@veridor7522

Жыл бұрын

Update: replacing the Famicom cartridge slot fixed my issue for all but Kid Dracula. I think my copy of that needs a deep clean or other restorative work.

Hi, could this reader also flash N64 blank flash carts or reflash N64 repro carts? Brilliant video BTW!!!

Any chance the kits will be back in stock soon???

Any chance we are ever gonna be able to use a cartridge reader with Mister and or other FPGA consoles? Or even with an emulation console, perhaps?

Something I picked up from @MarkFixesStuff when you need to hold something in place temporarily and flip it over to solder. Use a small piece of bluetac to keep it secure. I found it very useful when I recapped my Saturn, it was the revision with all surface mount capacitors.

Chisel Tips go woo?

@dubesinhower

Жыл бұрын

Haha been a while since I’ve heard that

Does the pre-assembled one come ready to go?

Buena tarde es un lujo ya tengo uno pero no puedo hacer funcionar. Alguien cin buen corazón podria, proporcionar los archvos ya configurados para que pueda funcionar quedado bien agradecido por el apoyo saludos.

So does the kit come with the mega 2560 pro or does it need to sourced separately?

@veridor7522

Жыл бұрын

It comes with the kit. I bought my kit from the same seller.

can it dump famicom multicart ? because mine didnt work.

Hello, please, how do I put a hack rom saving on a parallel cartridge with a chip and not a battery? Because I put the ROM I wanted on a cartridge I have, but I wasn't saving it. my cartridge is parallel. The cartridge is from (GB) Pokémon Red.... I'm testing the game that I replaced. It works, but it doesn't save

For 50 $ you can get a GB Operator and does everything you want with gb, gbc and gba games

@GLXY23

8 ай бұрын

Well for just the gameboy systems yea, but for other consoles this is definitely a buy.

That poor cartridge! You can press a button combo at the title screen to wipe save data on Pokemon games 😢

Can I play games off the cart on a mister?

@dubesinhower

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately MiSTer doesn't support carts, but you could rip the rom from your carts using this and play them on MiSTer

@bricethompson1922

Жыл бұрын

@@dubesinhower so I can plug this into the mister and dump it onto the SD card on my mister?

@coopercummings8370

Жыл бұрын

@@bricethompson1922 I don't think you can do that directly, this can be pretty power hungry and the wiki highly reccomends you don't plug it into USB ports on devices and instead plug it directly into a power only phone charger, and even if the MiSTer was providing enough power it would need some code to read games from this, but you could dump the carts onto the SD card on this, then plug the SD card into a computer and transfer the roms/saves to the MiSTer over the network or by plugging in the MiSTer SD card also and copy them.

This device writing MD Roms? or only read ?

Does it just dump roms or can you burn EPROMs on cartridges on it

@veridor7522

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean writing repro carts with EEPROM, or writing to saves on EEPROMs? The project GitHub says it supports reading and writing EEPROM saves on some systems and some sizes. It's all there under "Supported Systems"

@MagisterHamid

Жыл бұрын

@@veridor7522 I mean for like installing language patches on games

@coopercummings8370

Жыл бұрын

@@MagisterHamid Original (non-bootleg) games don't use EEPROMS, they use mask roms that can be programmed once at the factory and never again. This can write new roms onto some bootleg carts for some systems though.

@BrendonReyell

Жыл бұрын

@@MagisterHamid For older Sanni versions there was an adapter or two that would let you burn EPROMs but the latest version doesn't support it.

While the Sanni is nice, I still will prefer the GBxCart RW or Joey Jr at least for Gameboy games due to the fast and reliable support from the community.