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Licenses - Open Source Cartridge Reader

June 10, 2022 • 松浦哲夫

Software Licenses : GPL v3

Hardware Licenses : Open Source Hardware Created by modifying "Open Source Cartridge Reader" (sanni Github (Licensed under CC BY 4.0))

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Open Source Cartridge Reader V3-ALTER Build service
Aphixe
Very cool device lets you legally backup your collection for safety.

Its really cool product it let me backup my collection. At first the nes and famicom games said bad crc. I asked support and were super cool, first had me update sdcard didn't work, then update the firmware and it worked after we found a error with not having a rtc. before he knew i had rtc on my unit the system looked dead it's screen was off, but he figured it out, and ever since its been backing things up with ease.

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Slot cover
匿名
久しぶりに使ったら埃が気になったので…

こちらの商品を見つけたので購入、この商品だけを郵便配送で注文させて貰いましたが数日後無事に届きました。サイズもピッタリでハートのくり抜きがしてあります。良い買い物ができました。

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FDSKEY with 1GB Micro SD card
Kyon
Gorgeous little live saver

Like I'm sure many of us interested in the FDS have experienced, the aging maroon box can be a bit of a handful. In my search for answers to why my FDS could be corrupting my disks, I found out about the FDSKey. As I studied teardown and calibration videos, I decided to pick one up to salvage the games I lost.

Being an open source project, I was initially hesitant on picking up the FDSKey from Save the Hero - there are of course cheaper alternatives, I could probably even fabricate it myself from various sources for cheaper - however, STH's FDSKey had a nice aesthetic and looked like a premium product in comparison to some of the garish toy-like ones I saw, so I took the plunge. And I can say, it was absolutely the right call. The build quality on this little monster is fantastic. It looks nice, it feels good to handle, the sdcard slot is easily accessible and the RAM port gives me a solid connection with little effort in both plugging and unplugging- that may seem like an unnecessary point, but in the process of rewriting disks it's quick and reliable ease of use is incredible. If you plan on picking up an FDSKey instead of fabricating one - pick this one for sure, you will absolutely not regret it. Even the screen is super clear!

Now for the FDSKey itself, I believe it is an absolute necessity for FDS owners. Backing up your disks and preserving both your game collection and your precious disk drive are going to be a necessity going forward. And with an early model FDS you can even rewrite disks, which has been a blessing for game collection (I recently had an Ai Senshi Nicol disk arrive with corrupted data on Side A and was able to successfully rewrite it with a backup)

TL;DR get an FDSKey, and get this one!

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Perfect USB-C Arduino Mega *Only with Cartridge Reader V3-ALTER build service
Jose Mejia
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READING SNES SA1 CARTRIDGE & Save N64 Eeprom+RTC
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Japanese Quality and Aesthetic is visible throughout this Device. I am very happy with this purchase and appreciate the Quality Craftsmanship. I highly recommend this product to anyone that wants to preserve their video game collection digitally. Much Love and Many Blessings to my Japanese Brothers and Sisters. Felix, a Cuban Brother.

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NES Adapter
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Japanese Quality and Aesthetic is visible throughout this Device. I am very happy with this purchase and appreciate the Quality Craftsmanship. I highly recommend this product to anyone that wants to preserve their video game collection digitally. Much Love and Many Blessings to my Japanese Brothers and Sisters. Felix, a Cuban Brother.

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Open Source Cartridge Reader V3-ALTER Build service
F.A.P.

Japanese Quality and Aesthetic is visible throughout this Device. I am very happy with this purchase and appreciate the Quality Craftsmanship. I highly recommend this product to anyone that wants to preserve their video game collection digitally. Much Love and Many Blessings to my Japanese Brothers and Sisters. Felix, a Cuban Brother.

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Open Source Cartridge Reader V3-ALTER Build service
Jose Mejia
Great overall experience.

I am extremely happy with the service, the communication, the product, everything!

I will definitely recommend this seller and will buy again as soon as I can!

Thank you for the great communication and help.

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Open Source Cartridge Reader V3-ALTER Build service
Justen Blacklock
Seller kept me in the loop on shipping even when parts supply was short

Seller kept me in the loop on shipping even when parts supply was short. Once it shipped it arrived very quickly. Product was very high quality and has workedflawlessly very pleased and will be buying more adapters in the near future

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Open Source Cartridge Reader V3-ALTER Build service
Aaron Crawford
A Xennials Dream

It's hard to put into words how satisfying it to be able to pull some old boxes out of the closet that are full of SNES, N64 and Sega Genesis cartridges that you haven't played in decades and then extract the ROMs from said cartridges so that you can play these classics anywhere on emulators that can play on your PC of even your phone, let alone the several affordable emulator devices out there that can play all the retro consoles. The Save-The-Hero-Builders cartridge reader makes this dream a reality, and now I can take ALTTP, Super Metroid, OOT and Gunstar Heroes with me wherever I go without having to dust off old consoles that I'm afraid to plug in for fear that they may no longer work. The cartridge reader works great! Out of around 60 cartridges that I dumped the ROMs from I only had trouble with one cartridge and I only had to try that one twice. Extremely easy to use and well worth the price!

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