TheForce81 wrote:
Thanks for your input as well, I already thought it could be the cart, but as it happens with the FB and the repro cart as well, I kind of dismissed the cart itself. But that never had me doubt it could have been the cart slot of the mainboard, so I checked it and cleaned it, the only thing I didn’t try is special contact cleaner.
So I will try that soon just to be sure that isn’t the problem as your experience does give me at least some more empirical data! That is more than I had hoped for to be honest!
No worries, I just remembered about it when I saw the pictures. The reason I mentioned the fireplace is I could have lit a fire after it had happened, or maybe I had a fire going. My thinking is either the heat and cool cycle kicked whatever went out of line back, or maybe it was really warm in the room when I was playing (it can get to I’m sure 35 degrees in that room). Maybe that VB was exposed to some higher than normal heats, causing a chip to overheat? A wild guess but hey, it’s something.
Huh, sorry I don’t really any ideas as to why, but this happened to me for like a day with my Bound High cart on my VB.. I thought my displays were loosening up, but when I tried a different game it played fine. The next time I played Bound High (a couple days later) all was back to normal, and it hasn’t happened since.
Unfortunately I didn’t think to try my other VB, but it sounds like you’ve tested that already.
The only useful bit of info I can think of is my house is heated with a woodstove, so it can cycle from warm to cold quite a bit over winter time. Have you tried doing a couple heat cycles to the main board (nothing crazy, maybe from like 10 degrees C to 30 degrees)
I agree. Although it means I’ll probably never own one, I think it is a nice treat for the people who worked hard to make their entry for the competition. Why spoil that by putting them up for sale.
Wow, yeah you gotta watch out for some ebayers. I saw like a $10 Saturn game for $3,000 the other night…Not sure who they think they’re going to sucker in.
I’d pledge anywhere from $50-100, depending on how interested I am in the game, if the rom was released to at least the backers, and if there was some sort of perk for bumping up my number (the graffiti idea is cool)
Well I think you succeeded. This thread is very interesting and informative, bringing to light the details of the unreleased games. I’ve learned a ton from this thread, so thank Ben. Even if its out of boredom 🙂
I have a spare Mario Tennis (Japan). I’m in Canada though, so It’d probably end up being around $10 shipped. You could probably find a boxed copy for $20, or a loose copy in a local game shop for like 5 bucks.
Yeeeah, well we’re both dudes so no issues with children. Its not that I’m totally against them, my nephew is real cool. Just not something I aspire to have.
