Cartridge-based consoles have often been celebrated for their robust and reliable media. You put a simple ROM chip in a tough plastic housing, make sure the contacts are fit for purpose, and you sh…
  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    How’s it sketchy? It’s no different than doing it dead, and it removes plenty of other steps.

    Flashers cost money, corrupt, lots of people want to stay true and that creates an avenue for cheating and other stuff that isn’t true to original.

    • GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Because these are geriatric components. I would never shorten the life of my chips by applying heat to the circuitry under powered operation.

      Also because doing so while the PCB sits flat or suspended by aligator clip arms is LEAGUES better than setting your gameboy face down where you have to apply pressure and have it rock forward under said pressure leading to you unseating a chip, component, or scratching traces.

      Also because hot solder dripping on the plastic of my gameboy sounds easily avoided by not doing this.

      Also because backing up my saves to my PC is personally important to me. I want my achievements to be backed up.

      Also don’t gatekeep singleplayer retro gaming. If cheating is so bad, don’t use a gameshark and enjoy your very tall horse.

      Edit: typo

      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 days ago

        You…. Uhh… don’t need to solder it back on. Conductive tape, this also makes it simpler for next time, since it’ll happen again.

        And a piece of cardboard levels out the work area. These are all non-issues you are making into mole hills and then mountains.