What is this SFC/SNES cart?

[marvelus10]

Was found at a second hand store before being traded to me.

[DreamTR]

It's a pirate of something, I know that

[Milk Thistle]

Can't you plug it into a SNES and find out?

Looks fried, whatever it was.

[Superman]

Without playing it or seeing some other distinguishing physical marks, DreamTRs answer is about as much as anyone can give.

[marvelus10]

Unfortunately when put into my SFC it displays a blank screen, I tried it in my SF7 think it may be a RAM cart and it wont even allow the SF7 to boot to its menu screen. So naturally the easy answers have been tried, that's why I turned to the forums to ask.

Explanation:

This cart is most definitely a CIC cart:

GND 05 36 GND
CIC out data (p1) 24 55 CIC out data (p2)
CIC in data (p7) 25 56 CIC in clock (p6)
Vcc 27 58 Vcc

[JLukas]

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151322

Apparently it's for the MGH copier, check the copier4 pic. Maybe the seller that posted that topic knows more about it.

[mark_k]

This isn't a pirate game.

As you can see from the pics, most lines on the cart connector are unconnected. The lines which are connected related to the lockout chip (CIC). The little circuit board covered in epoxy must be a lockout-defeating circuit. I don't know whether it's a clone of the Nintendo CIC or defeats the lockout some other way. (Some unlicensed NES carts zapped the lockout chip with a negative voltage to disable it.)

Possible uses for it would be to plug into the top of a copier (like the MGH mentioned) which doesn't have a built-in CIC. Or if you have a SNES universal adaptor/converter which allows foreign games to be played, you could plug it into the back of that, instead of any random domestic cartridge.