Looking for Mash-Mods programmer or Retrode 2

[Khaz]

Huh. I own a Retrode 2 myself with all the official adaptors, so I've got SNES, Genesis, N64 (including controller paks), SMS, GBC and GBA all covered, with eventual support for NES and Atari 2600 proven possible too. It's also a lot cheaper than it used to be at the moment. Never heard of mash-mods but maybe it's better for SNES specifically? Or is it supposed to be better for everything?

Anyway what I guess I'm saying is if someone ever wanted to compare capabilities between the two I could probably help with that.

[prototector]

The Mash-Mods programmer was designed only with SNES in mind. Unfortunately, it has much less special chip support than the Retrode 2. On the plus side, it has been flawless in backing up every proto tested with it, whereas the Retrode 2 has some reported failures. I'm willing to bet that it would have been at least as successful on special chip games if support for them was implemented (since it was discontinued some years back). For the record, I have both a Mash-Mods and a Retrode.

What have you been testing the Retrode and its adaptors on? I'd imagine it would do really well with retail games. But there's really little point in that.

[nintendo2600]

I don't know if I'm answering your question for not, but I got the sd2snes and it works great. I've heard that it is even better than the super ufo. I got it at stoneagegamer for $200

You can get SNES flash carts on aliexpress for $60 to $80 with free shipping. They are pirated pcbs made from the original design IIRC. If you can't beat'em join'em then beat'em.

EDIT: Looks like all the ones on Aliexpress are gone.