Moon Jump
Alfred Garcia's Butler
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- Jun 1, 2003
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Hey folks. If your in the Unrelated section you'll see I've been asking about Krikzz's Everdrive carts for some older systems I've got.
Since I want to pretty much bulletproof all the old systems I've got so they'll last longer I was wondering if it's much of a necessity to get get cap kits for some of my systems. My NES from 86' is still running like a champ, especially after putting in the BLW. It holds the games too tight but still works as long as I made sure I cleaned the carts. I had to re-buy a SNES since my launch system died in a house fire, and that one's been running great since it's a newer version of the original model.
The two systems I was wondering about was my Model 1 Genesis and my old T-16. I haven't used my T-16 in a long time, mostly because the picture looks awful on my current TV only using RF. I was looking at Turf's BoostMastah Plus and was thinking about getting that for the save stuff and being able to use the AV jacks.
My Model 1 Genesis has been flaky since this year. It was running great and then I started to notice it wouldn't play certain games. I had my Power Base Converter in it and it wouldn't run some of my games. I also had a problem with original Genesis games. I had gotten some loose copies of Dick Tracy and Segia and they wouldn't work, even after cleaning the hell out of em'. For some reason it'll work with Virtua Racing..every time but it won't get past the Under Licence screen.
I noticed one of the pins inside had a bit of a bend to it, but I'm kinda nervous about messing up the slot. I mentioned it to a guy that I know that owns a repair shop and he said it might need to be capped. I wasn't sure if that was a thing to do or was he just trying to get a couple of bucks out of me.
So is capping my T-16 and Genny even worth doing? I saw a site online and their only 4 bucks a kit, I wasn't sure how much the guy would charge me to do it since I know dick about fixing stuff like this. Thanks for your help in advance!
Since I want to pretty much bulletproof all the old systems I've got so they'll last longer I was wondering if it's much of a necessity to get get cap kits for some of my systems. My NES from 86' is still running like a champ, especially after putting in the BLW. It holds the games too tight but still works as long as I made sure I cleaned the carts. I had to re-buy a SNES since my launch system died in a house fire, and that one's been running great since it's a newer version of the original model.
The two systems I was wondering about was my Model 1 Genesis and my old T-16. I haven't used my T-16 in a long time, mostly because the picture looks awful on my current TV only using RF. I was looking at Turf's BoostMastah Plus and was thinking about getting that for the save stuff and being able to use the AV jacks.
My Model 1 Genesis has been flaky since this year. It was running great and then I started to notice it wouldn't play certain games. I had my Power Base Converter in it and it wouldn't run some of my games. I also had a problem with original Genesis games. I had gotten some loose copies of Dick Tracy and Segia and they wouldn't work, even after cleaning the hell out of em'. For some reason it'll work with Virtua Racing..every time but it won't get past the Under Licence screen.
I noticed one of the pins inside had a bit of a bend to it, but I'm kinda nervous about messing up the slot. I mentioned it to a guy that I know that owns a repair shop and he said it might need to be capped. I wasn't sure if that was a thing to do or was he just trying to get a couple of bucks out of me.
So is capping my T-16 and Genny even worth doing? I saw a site online and their only 4 bucks a kit, I wasn't sure how much the guy would charge me to do it since I know dick about fixing stuff like this. Thanks for your help in advance!