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by shanafan
January 21st, 2015, 9:54 am
Forum: Hardware & Modding
Topic: Play ROMs directly off the SD card
Replies: 33
Views: 80698

Re: Play ROMs directly off the SD card

I haven't tried it myself yet but this should be of some serious interest to people that are interested in playing roms but don't like the method of having to write a patch for a specific cartridge and that cartridge only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zSivt5pJ4k The program in this video will t...
by shanafan
January 21st, 2015, 9:22 am
Forum: Compatibility
Topic: Troubleshooting games that don't work on your Retron 5
Replies: 6
Views: 38860

Re: Troubleshooting games that don't work on your Retron 5

The q-tip or eraser method can work, but my Super Mario Bros. 3 cart had a black mark on it that neither of these methods could clean. I watched this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEqhgTqvV0Y - and it cleaned the black mark, and made the cart looking great! It's a process using Brasso meta...
by shanafan
January 20th, 2015, 9:26 pm
Forum: Compatibility
Topic: Unofficial Compatibility List
Replies: 70
Views: 312836

Re: Unofficial Compatibility List

Haven't been able run Donkey Kong Classics, even after a tough cleaning and factory reset. I get the failed to dump ROM error.
by shanafan
January 20th, 2015, 9:24 pm
Forum: Hardware & Modding
Topic: Is my Retron5 failing?
Replies: 1
Views: 4712

Re: Is my Retron5 failing?

Was able to fix my issues. I did a factory reset on the Retron5, and also cleaned SMB3 and others with the above video's trick. It has done wonders! Brasso metal cleaner and some alcohol really cleaned up the cart well. I haven't been able to run Donkey Kong Classics on NES yet. Keep getting the Fai...
by shanafan
January 20th, 2015, 1:12 am
Forum: Hardware & Modding
Topic: Is my Retron5 failing?
Replies: 1
Views: 4712

Is my Retron5 failing?

I purchased my Retron5 just this past month. I haven't had much issue with my NES running on the Retron5. Punch-Out, Double Dragon, and Super Mario Bros run perfectly. I ran into an issue recently that it would not run Legend of Zelda. After many trials of cleaning the cart, I decided to exchange th...