Japanese SA-1 SFC games on US SNES?

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Maybe I am being hypersensitive or hypocritical here, but I just don't see the need for any reaction to mentioning the alternatives, especially when it comes with overtones of the extended discussion not being welcome: I don't think you know what a Forum is for. Nobody "owns" a topic, although I would draw the line at diverting the topic without answering the OP - which you will note didn't happen here, at least not until random (and useless) complaints about my post started showing up, and the original question was answered (but only in one way). There's no harm in getting extra info out there and starting new lines of discussion. I feel my post is worthwhile if it made somebody think about the issue in a way they hadn't before, or considered doing things differently - even if they ended up taking somebody else's advice. For example, your pointing out that SA-1 titles aren't not going to work with the Game Genie is a worthy contribution to the topic. Why can't we have the discussion take a direction more like that?

What is a waste is belaboring the obvious - railing against my little suggestions by stating that it would take "time and money" to try to find a non-destructive route for playing SFC games on a SNES, which I don't deny. For some people, having a pristine, untouched SNES will be worth it. There's no call for "if you ask me" posts which really aim to belittle somebody differing opinion. The sad thing is that Rick Stilwell has pointed out another possibility but it's getting drowned out because let's fight like cavemen over whose opinion is the strongest hurr

That said, it is strange you're apparently now fighting to not go on record agreeing with my statement that tabs-out means damage to the the SNES shell (which it does, even though it's prompted by an original design flaw; the "mod" doesn't look as nice and leaves a gap for dust and other obnoxious stuff to crawl into), and it serves no purpose.

I'm not going to go over the whole CRT issue again, and it's especially stupid to bring it up now because I don't think I left any hint, here, suggesting that what people want to do with their own machines is wrong. (I didn't last time, either, but you never seemed able to comprehend that fact.)

So, how about dem adapters? Aussie2B had one here for sale some years before the Wiggy era, and some Canadian bloke had one on eBay recently. I think all this really entails is just a straight PCB with traces straight through; it's a bit puzzling to me there aren't more out there because you can order a similar product for the Sega Master System, by default in a "more system-tab-friendly" variant, even.

So you are welcome to give your opinion (even when it doesn't help to answer the OP's Q), but I can't share mine regarding what I feel is a waste of time when trying to play SFC games on the SNES? Yes, hypocritical.

We did. All I said was that the SA-1 chip games won't work with the GG and that I think it's both difficult and a waste of time to track down a pass through which will allow that. That's me adding info (i.e. a pass through that will offer what the OP needs is going to be pricey and hard to track down).

So you don't argue with my point. What's the issue then exactly? Do you not like that I feel it would be a waste of time to do so? You feel that breaking the tabs is not the best route to go, and I feel that tracking down a pricey adapter is a waste. I don't take it personally that you don't like the tabs to be broken from the SNES, and my opinion about pricey adapters really has nothing to do with you personally.

I'm not gonna argue semantics with ya. You're welcome to label it as "damage", but don't insist that I called or regard it as such. The mod can be done so that it looks factory and I have no clue what you mean by letting extra dust in or that it "serves no purpose"(?).




I use that thread as another example of how you disregard/misinterpret/misunderstand the questions which people ask, whether it be intentional or not.


There probably aren't a lot of those adapters available at this point because modifying the console itself is so damned easy and pretty much free. You could easily buy 2 or more SNES units for the or the price of that adapter. Soyou could keep your original SNES pristine, and then buy another to modify.

Also, there's this goofy option.

http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/

(under SNES, "SNES SFX (Super FX) import adaptor/convertor")