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MottZilla wrote:I just have to point out that loading time is not really relevant because the difference between similar products is a matter of a few seconds. And typically when you load a game you will be playing it for far longer than you had to wait.

True enough. It's not a HUGE deal, but it's the difference between minor, very tolerable load times and basically no load times. It's icing on the cake.

MottZilla wrote:Being able to play DSP2, 3, and 4 is just 3 more games that alot of people have no interest in. Cx4 support is nice if you are a Mega Man X fan but could not afford the real carts and somehow don't own the MMX Collection or just want the actual SNES versions.

I'm with you on this as well.

MottZilla wrote:The Satellaview support shouldn't be confused with actually making all the games work as they never will all work. It's interesting if you are a fan of it I'm sure.

Sutte Hakkun is one of my favorite games for the console (perhaps even in my top 5 - I have possibly wasted hundreds of hours just on the cart version), so this was one of the biggest draws for me.

MottZilla wrote:But for those just interested in playing actual games it isn't that impressive. Super FX support in the future is a nice feature primarily for Star Fox Super Weekend Competition and Star Fox 2.

Well, and adding Star Fox, Doom, and Yoshi's Island to the general iPod-like convenience of a flash cart will be nice. SA-1 support, if it is ever implemented, would be better still, as it would add stuff like Mario RPG and Marvelous to the list of games not to worry about an SRAM battery on.

Bregalad wrote:Also Seiken Densestu 3 (which I'm playing these days) is 32 megabit loads in about 10 seconds, therefore I think Star Ocean should load in about 30 secs.

Well, I'm going on memory alone here (hence the "IIRC"). Pretty sure it was at least 40 seconds though.

No one plays Doom on SNES. =) I agree that SA-1 support would be nice, but of the games that I know use SA-1 the ones I would care to play are Super Mario RPG, Kirby's Superstar, Kirby's Dreamland 3, and maybe Dragon Ball Z Hyper Dimension.

When it comes to the games that SD2SNES supports or may support that haven't already been supported by every copier and flash cart ever, for me we are talking about something like 10 games. The two unobtainable ones being Star Fox 2 and Star Fox Super Weekend (well you could buy it but it's crazy). And even those could actually be obtained if you wanted if you threw an eprom in a cart.

The MSU-1 is a neat feature but I haven't heard much about it being used yet. I thought the most obvious use would have been to add CD soundtracks to games. Particularly games like Castlevania Dracula X or others were great source material could be dropped in. Or people like those at OC Remix remix the entire soundtrack of a game and insert that. Only time will tell.

For me, the support of those extra few games and the nigh-instant load time are enough of a plus to be worth the little extra. Especially given that, to obtain copies of the games that the other carts don't play, like the MMX games, you'd probably end up spending that much anyway.

Really hoping SA-1 support is a possibility. As far as I know, Ikari hasn't taken a proper in depth look as to whether he thinks the cart is capable of supporting it yet. If he starts working on it and seems confident it'll happen, the cart will be an instant buy from me =)

BUT, to stick to the topic, I've only ever ordered a USB adapter from retrousb, so I've fortunately had no reason to deal with the supposed shoddy customer service. Aside from frustratingly long wait times on replies though, seems like he's at least good to honour returns and help fix issues. Eventually.

the SNES powerpak I just received isn't working properly either. It keeps throwing up a "no internal header found" error.

I have a feeling its the powerpak itself; the SNES powerpak I previously owned a few years ago worked flawlessly.

I tried the cf card that came with my NES powerpak, same result. (NES powerpak works great) I have tried different romsets, from good to no-intro.
I set DMA=0. I have tried the powerpak on both a US and JP snes/sfc. I'm not sure what else to do. I emailed retrousb but I fear it will be a long, long time before I hear back from them from what I've read here and elsewhere.

That is a shame if quality or quality control has taken a hit at RetroZone. Atleast when I bought my NES and SNES PowerPAKs, they worked excellent and I had no issues.

I threw my SNES PowerPak in the garbage. I tried for over 6 months contacting via his website and several other message boards...Never got a response. I should of known if something went wrong I would of been screwed. A RL friend of mine sent something back to him a few years ago (I was riding with him when he stopped at the post office). Delivery confirmation said he received the item back, but yet he claimed he never got it, and his excuse several times was "I will check with the post office and see what is going on". Even after he had PROOF it was delivered. The guy is a total jerk.

Sounds like we need to get some support and maybe try to boycott him until he has better quality/support for his own products. Not staying in contact with your customers and making sure you can get the broken product back to them fixed is pure bullshit, especially after spending $130.

I'm surprised bunny hasn't chimed in yet and answer some of these publicly.

I knew I should've just waited for the SD2SNES to get back in stock, or ordered a super everdrive. You guys really have me convinced I'll never get a reply to my emails. I'm just glad the NES powerpak works so now I'm only out $150 instead of $300. Still, very frustrating.

I have not been the one answering emails for almost 2 years, updated the FAQ to state that. Email has always been low priority with IRC/AIM always the fastest. I am only really active at NintendoAGE so forum support simply does not exist.

And yes SD2SNES is by far the best SNES flash cart!

Well then whoever is and is also managing that part of your business needs fired, as it's not working.

bunnyboy wrote:I have not been the one answering emails for almost 2 years, updated the FAQ to state that. Email has always been low priority with IRC/AIM always the fastest. I am only really active at NintendoAGE so forum support simply does not exist.

And yes SD2SNES is by far the best SNES flash cart!

IRC? What is this, 1995? Funny how you come running over here to defend yourself after everyone is bitching about having problems, and talks of boycotting your wares, THEN you decide to chime in. Shows your true character.

the powerpak passed the sdram test. I'm starting to think my problem lies with either the supplied usb card reader or the card itself, because I am getting some errors in windows 7 while trying to move large folders of roms to the card. I have ordered another cheap card reader off amazon and will give it a try. if that fails I will see about sending it back for refund or replacement.

Tormenter wrote:IRC? What is this, 1995? Funny how you come running over here to defend yourself after everyone is bitching about having problems, and talks of boycotting your wares, THEN you decide to chime in. Shows your true character.

IRC is still a very widely used method of communication. More reliable and far less bloated than most modern alternatives, imo.

I don't see why you're attacking him, anyway. Yes, there's been some shoddy customer service and people are pissed off, rightly so, but he's given alternate methods of contact through which you are apparently more likely to get a faster response. I don't see why that's a bad thing?

Tricky wrote:

Tormenter wrote:IRC? What is this, 1995? Funny how you come running over here to defend yourself after everyone is bitching about having problems, and talks of boycotting your wares, THEN you decide to chime in. Shows your true character.

IRC is still a very widely used method of communication. More reliable and far less bloated than most modern alternatives, imo.

I don't see why you're attacking him, anyway. Yes, there's been some shoddy customer service and people are pissed off, rightly so, but he's given alternate methods of contact through which you are apparently more likely to get a faster response. I don't see why that's a bad thing?

IRC is dead compared to basically EVERY other way of communicating. And I don't find it more reliable or less bloated, either.

I dont think I have even had an IRC client installed in the last 10 years.