game doctor sf?

[arrrggghhh]

I found a copy at the local thrift store (as well as a Super Famicom system), but left them. How much is the game doctor worth? Is it worth my time to go back? Thanks!

[Flack]

I found a copy at the local thrift store (as well as a Super Famicom system), but left them. How much is the game doctor worth? Is it worth my time to go back? Thanks!

A Game Doctor SF would be worth between $50-$100 US, depending on the condition, the model (SF6 or SF7) and if it is complete and working. Since these units were never sold in official stores they are getting harder and harder to find. Also, eBay shuts game copier auctions down.

They are fun to play with and if it's less than $50 I would highly recommend picking it up and playing with it. Hell if it's less than $50 pick it up and I will give you $50 for it. :D

[arrrggghhh]

After a little searching, it looks like a Game Doctor 3. I couldn't tell if it was working though. I'll probably go back and pick it up, I'll let you know. Thanks for the quick reply!

[Flack]

The SF3 is okay too, just an older model. You probably won't be able to tell until you turn it on, but how much RAM it has will determine what games you can play. Remember that the console industry often refers to megaBITs instead of megaBYTEs ... 8 bits to a byte, so if it has 16M of memory that means 16 megabits = 2 megabytes. If you look at SNES ROM sizes on your PC you can easily tell which ones will work and which ones won't. 32M is much more desireable as it will play pretty much all games. There are a few that due to special hardware simply won't work, but I believe it's less than 10 games or so.

As you probably realize, SFx is responsible for the .SFC extension you see on SNES ROMs, so any one that is named .SFC should work (if you have enough RAM). There are tools out there to convert between the different formats. Also, there are splitters that will span games across multiple floppies. DKC is 4 meg (32 megabit), so you have to put it on 3 floppies. To play it you insert the first disk, then you'll be prompted for each additional disk as they are needed. Once the game is loaded there is no disk access, the game is stored in the unit's RAM and functions just like a cart.

[leonk]

The only thing that can really go wrong with these copiers is a dead FD.

But you can easily replace it with any 1.44MB floppy drive! They plug into the regular SNES and are great for playing games off the net.

The only problem is if games are bigger than a floppy. You end up swapping them.

I hear later revisions allowed you to connect the copier to the PC and transfer via parallel port.. which is much simpler than dealing with floppies.