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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: bartre on July 15, 2012, 03:28:20 PM

Title: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: bartre on July 15, 2012, 03:28:20 PM: well, i've got a copy of captain commando on the SNES that loads about 90% of the time.
however, 100% of the time when it loads, it omits one layer of the background, specifically the floor.
any ideas on what can be up with that?
i've cleaned the shit out of the cart, and i've resoldered all of the connections on the board, so i'm out.
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: SuperDeadite on July 15, 2012, 03:51:23 PM: sounds like a properly functioning SNES game to me.
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: TheClash603 on July 15, 2012, 05:17:23 PM: Quote from: SuperDeadite on July 15, 2012, 03:51:23 PM
sounds like a properly functioning SNES game to me.

Haha. I play the Mega Man X games and Super Mario World every once in a while, but besides that, I basically never touch my SNES.
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: thesteve on July 15, 2012, 07:01:44 PM: not really familiar with the snes hardware, but it sounds like a system prob.
have you tried it on another system
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: RegalSin on July 16, 2012, 04:23:07 PM: If it is the game, then maybe something inside, is not loading. Various graphics are stored in multiple ROM chips on boards. Also maybe something is loose on the inside.

The SNES mode 7 might be going as well, try other mode 7 dependent games. I say this because this is the only oddity that has ever happen to my original SNES.

SNES games either loads or they do not, they have a very low chance of not working unlike NES games, which is usually the fault of the pins/teeth/etc insert area.

Try some other games, and see if you see things that are missing, here and there.
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: DrBread on July 17, 2012, 05:40:58 AM: Maybe it's your SNES did you try cleaning the shit out of that?
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: esteban on July 18, 2012, 09:29:12 AM: Quote from: DrBread on July 17, 2012, 05:40:58 AM
Maybe it's your SNES did you try cleaning the shit out of that?

Once the sh*t is cleaned out, try removing the dust as well.
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: bartre on July 18, 2012, 04:06:47 PM: well, a little more in depth notes, new testing, etc:

SNES is super clean, i keep in that way
no other games give me any problems, loads games like 90% of the time, 100% after a blow or a q-tip
single chip board, no mode 7 that i'm aware of.

ideas:
change the resistor and capacitor on the board, other than that, i think i'm SOL.
Title: Re: Soo, i've got this game that kinda works.
Post by: ProfessorProfessorson on July 18, 2012, 10:52:06 PM: Sometimes chips just go bad. You can always have a new one burned off for you and just replace the bad rom.