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    Hi everyone, i pop my copy of Super mario kart on my snes, the title screen seems alright as well of the menus, but as soon the race start it becacame glitch hell, no game play what so ever.
    Every thing is clean, because other games like super mario world, star fox, mortal kombat and r-type works fine. Anyone know why the game with the DSP-1 dosn't work?

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    Probably bit rot, as in the cartridge is dead in places.

    Thats something people arent taking into consideration when they buy or sell games for $250, that the games will be only good for their casings within a few years most likely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IHatedSega View Post
    Probably bit rot, as in the cartridge is dead in places.

    Thats something people arent taking into consideration when they buy or sell games for $250, that the games will be only good for their casings within a few years most likely.
    No no no.

    Prototypes suffer bit rot because they contain EPROMs. Production cartridges almost always contain mask ROMs which should last at least as long as we do.

    Edit: Yes, I'm aware that there are some obscure games, almost always unlicensed ones, which do actually use EPROMs. Super Mario Kart is not one of these.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IHatedSega View Post
    Probably bit rot, as in the cartridge is dead in places.

    Thats something people arent taking into consideration when they buy or sell games for $250, that the games will be only good for their casings within a few years most likely.
    I'm thinking the problem comes from the console, because now i have 2 copies of the game and they act the same way

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    Your console has an issue interacting with the DSP chip in Super Mario Kart. If you have any other DSP games like Pilotwings, I guarantee you that they will also suffer.

    Don't worry about what IHatedSega claims since it's nonsense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leo_A View Post
    Your console has an issue interacting with the DSP chip in Super Mario Kart. If you have any other DSP games like Pilotwings, I guarantee you that they will also suffer.
    Years ago I had similar issues with this game also, but only in one of two SNES consoles. As soon as the race started, the graphics would go screwy and the game was unplayable.

    The cart worked fine in another console, so your comment sounds very likely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jperryss View Post
    Years ago I had similar issues with this game also, but only in one of two SNES consoles. As soon as the race started, the graphics would go screwy and the game was unplayable.

    The cart worked fine in another console, so your comment sounds very likely.
    It seems that it is a common problem, im looking forward on modding this bad boy, so if you know a way in to fix it or know the reason why it happens it would help me a lot

    thank you very much, its been hours on the internet looking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leo_A View Post
    Your console has an issue interacting with the DSP chip in Super Mario Kart. If you have any other DSP games like Pilotwings, I guarantee you that they will also suffer.

    Don't worry about what IHatedSega claims since it's nonsense.
    No i dont have a copy :/... and yes i think so to

    thanks for the support

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