Originally Posted by Drclaw411
Don't care if it's fake; Dat shit is sweet! It would look nice next to my retro joysticks, which I do plan on using with Retron5 in the future:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/302035...7629736738048/
It was possibly the most disgusting cart I've ever seen. I even sealed it in a ziplock baggie because I didn't want my other games contaminated by it's filth. Read this thread:
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/mes...hreadid=100979
Cleaning up the cartridge itself was the easy part. Due to heavy corrosion on the cartridge connectors that even heavy sanding couldn't fully remove, I finally came to the conclusion that the PCB was a lost cause. I meticulously transplanted the mask ROMs to a donor cart (Home Alone 2) which had an identical board and MMC3 revision. The home Alone 2 was meticulous and looked like it had only been played once or twice in it's lifetime. I gotta feel sorry for the kid who opened it up on Christmas morning. That game sucked balls. anyway with the skill, precision, and care of a surgeon, I desoldered the old PR Mask ROMs and planted them on the new board. The job was almost undetectable and the biggest noticeable difference in the boards was a blue instead of black electrolytic capacitor.
Despite this, when I decided to sell the cart six months later, I fully disclosed that the cart was refurbished and the methods used. I likely took a pay hit due to my honesty as there were several interested buyers who changed their mind after reading the "Unminty PR" thread. I wasn't gonna have somebody buy it and then examine the board with a magnifying glass and notice some bull shit discrepancy like tiny inconsistencies with the solder/flux, simply because the mask ROMs, while 100% authentic, had to be hand soldered.
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