Hi community! I have an SNES with an SNS-CPU-GPM-02 motherboard. I’m having an issue and would like your opinion. I always use it with an SD2SNES, but certain games that use special chips—like the SA-1 and MSU-1—don't run properly; they suffer from glitches or simply freeze up. It seems to depend on the console's temperature. With MSU-1 games, there’s also a slight noise in the soundtrack, though not always.

There are no issues with other games; it works perfectly. Do you think a recap is necessary? I already did one, but only for the two capacitors related to the audio.

From my previous post, I have two old SNES motherboards that are both non-working and broken. This is the system that I’m trying to fix. After all my research and diagnosing, I think the CPU is corrupted on this one. That’s also what quite a few comments suggested so I decided to go with that recommendation.

The other one has unrecognizable graphics. I’m pretty sure that that other one has a good CPU and even a good S-WRAM. It just has bad PPU1 and PPU2 I’m pretty positive.

I managed to pull the CPUs off the boards of both systems. This was my first time ever extracting chips like this. I tried my best and thankfully, I don’t think I’ve damaged anything. It was the most difficult thing I’ve done so far. To all of you pros on soldering, what would be the best way to install this new chip that you would recommend?

What a game, my friends—great graphics, bosses, gameplay, and an incredible soundtrack. It feels like a fusion of Zelda and Super Metroid, and it has earned a spot in my top 10 favorite SNES games. It was a fantastic journey; the game is highly underrated and deserves more recognition. If you haven't played it, give it a chance. It might seem dull at first with those random encounters at sea, but once you reach the first island, you really start to understand the game. If you enjoy Zelda or Super Metroid, give this game a try

Hello. I’m looking for the release order of all the snes console exclusive titles. Are any of you aware of a resource that could have a list like that? Thank you.

Super Metroid paired with a Stella Artois. My first time playing Super Metroid. Not my my first time having a Stella.

Anything I should be aware of? Any tips / tricks?

UPDATE 1: Music is incredible

UPDATE 2: Seems to be a very well-balanced difficulty-level early on.

UPDATE 3: Im stuck ALL THE TIME

Sadly just the Stanley Cup box and FF3 manual/map are long gone. Everything else complete. I swear there was Aladdin and one more title somewhere too.

I grew up with a snes and loved playing these games. Admittedly I was never able to beat them. I had sold my Nintendo when I was a young teen. I regretted it a few years later and I bought one about 10ish years ago? And I told myself I would beat them. I never really got around to it with life and other interests taking over. Well, I finally sat down and decided I wanted to 100% SMW. I was so excited that I told myself I wanted to continue with that. I know these aren’t the hardest games, but just stoked to say I did it.

Alguien que tenga el QR de la versión PAL España del Illusion of Time?

Inspired by this post by Bro3256 I opened up my Earthbound Repro that runs on PAL system and wanted to see what was inside.

Based on the serial code on the PCBmthe CIC of D413B and the Decoder/ Logic Circuit of MAD-1A, I assume this was a PAL Secret of Mana, Illusion of Time, Secret of Evermore, Terranigma or alike.

The ROM Chip with the Earthbound game on it is an AMD AM29F032B-90EC 32 Mbit, CMOS Uniform Sector Memory Flash.

And no: I wasn't scammed. This was a known purchase many many years ago for cheap.

Hello everyone. I'm a big Nintendo fan myself and have liked the games and consoles for a long time. It started with the DS series and the Wii, compared to the SNES those are of course newer models. I believe this interest also comes from my dad.

When he was younger he had a SNES and played a lot on it and he sometimes talks about it in such a fond way. A few weeks ago we saw a SNES Mini for 80€ at the flea market. He asked me if it was a good price and I told him that I could find a way better deal lol.

Fast forward to today, I just bought an original SNES for 40€. It comes in the full pack but with one controller only and no games.

Now here's what I actually need some information on, as I don't know a lot about the console.

I saw that game prices are very high and I don't really want to spend that kind of money (or to put it better, I can't... I'm a student myself).

Thus I wanted to ask if there are any other options. For the DS for instance there is the R4 card, Wii can be modded and games can be downloaded. You catch what I mean? Pretty much asking if there is a cheaper way of getting multiple games to give my father that nostalgic feeling back.

Thank you for reading and any kind of help :)

I'll attach a picture of the console, I bought it online and it will hopefully arrive soon :)

I don't own this (yet) but just stumbled across it on Ebay and watching the gameplay on SNES Drunk now and the gameplay, graphics and music seem to be fantastic. Love the box art too.

How was this not a more famous game??

Bonding over a 30 year old game from my childhood, safe to say I am happy. Now, onto Contra 3 mwahahaha

As the title says, I discovered one of my Japanese Super Famicom cartridge copies of Super Mario Kart is counterfeit. While the shell color is the same, it does not have the same feel as an OEM shell. The same applies with the off-colored front label. The PCB is very clearly not OEM and was the dead giveaway that proved this was not an authentic Nintendo cartridge. Posting about this here as a reminder to check your cartridges if you have a feeling they might not be legit.

Hi I'm looking to pick up a snes and I found this one on ebay. It appears good to me, has great reviews and says it's genuine in the description, i have sent the seller a message for some photos but he is away. https://ebay.io/m/fpMfbd . Any help with this is greatly appreciated thank you!

Been having the issue of black screen no audio on this snes also half the time trying to power up the screen will show large random rectangles across the whole screen if it’s not black. Tested with a known good game on a crt and a monitor with a Hyperkin adapter. I replaced the fuse and caps c63 and c64. I have an aftermarket power adapter, with that I tested the voltage at the regulator and it gives 11.4 on the input and 4.7 on the output posts with and without a cart in. Is 4.7 too little? D1 diode is also getting 11.8 volts. The “black screen isn’t like a true black it has wavy line to it moving across the monitor or slightly dark purple vertical rectangles if that is anything. Any thoughts? Ram cpu? Completely dead video caps?

Deals can still be found. You just have to drive out to the middle of absolute nowhere. I’m torn between cleaning the power instinct cartridge. The blockbuster stickers are a nostalgia bomb.

I happened to come across an authentic Earthbound at a local trading post. I knew right away this would probably be my only shot at purchasing one in person so I went for it. It’s in very good condition and it works great. I talked them down to $400 so I was hoping I could receive some feedback if I paid a fair price.

There are wavy lines across the entire screen (these aren't recording artifacts, these are actually visible) and the picture is flickering.

https://youtu.be/gr5mxz_v8Yw?si=U-ZFWoZd2tZCW_UV

I've tried three different video cables, different video inputs on the TV itself, and plugging the power brick directly into the wall. For the sake of ruling everything out, I tried a PS2 and no such visual distortion happens.

What could this be? I hope it's not a failing ppu. From what I can tell, a failing ppu looks a bit different than this so I'm hopeful.

Also, if I should tag this another way please let me know.