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- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...