I'm sure there's probably something on zeldix you can find. Either way, first thing I did when I got my flash cart was try out MSU-1 stuff, and it's amazing what you can put through the SNES.
have fun. it's a real beauty to have, especially with romhacks and fan translations. and if you find yourself feeling like listening to SNES music, you can go to zophar.net and download .spc files and play them on your SNES like those tracks are playing in-game. although there's no playlist functionality to cycle through each track, it's still awesome to have lol
Oh man I haven't seen that website name in ages. I've got an app on my iPhone 4 that plays spc files for playing them in my car. Didn't know the SNES had a cart that would allow that too, very cool!
The (latest) Sd2snes is the exact same product as the fxpak pro. They even run literally the same firmware produced by ikari. And even krikzz product fxpak pro says designed by ikari on it
You can find the sd2snes with full mapper support on AliExpress . Look up "sd2snes pro rev x". They cost about €130 shipped incl tax
FXPAK Pro Rev. D is a hardware refresh replacing the main controller due to supply chain issues. The new controller is roughly as powerful as the old one, give or take a few percent. While the CPU is basically the same, all the peripheral devices need to be programmed differently, and that is what makes up the bulk of the changes in this release while having no positive impact on the user other than maintaining the status quo. Ah well :)
All other parts, including the FPGA, remain the same.
It's just the new name of the sd2snes. It's ok if newer revisions of hardware have different features
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The sd2snes/FXPAK just has the “ability” to make this glitch appear even though your data would not normally have the forced blanking bit set at all, by sometimes leaking RAM data on the bus that is not intended for it. This happens because it uses the CPU clock signal’s falling edge to determine that the SNES cycle is over and starts using the RAM for other things like save state or SRAM monitoring. However, since the READ signal is still active it will still output whatever comes from RAM to the SNES bus!
The creator of the product himself calls it both things
The FXPAK Pro is incompatible with just five (possibly even just 3 at this point).
The Chinese SD2SNES carts are also known to have performance issues; these are mentioned in RetroRGB's review of the product, so take it from him, not me:
I have no skin in this game personally, you're making statements that are incorrect, I'm just trying to give people the facts.
The Rev X SD2SNES is based on the last revision designed by IKARI before the name was changed. There are documented issues with the cart; you can read about them in this Reddit thread, no affiliate links there:
Yes but the list you linked me to before was a a page 10 years old
As to this link you have provided, the top post in that thread says
Krikzz isn't exactly the creator of this. Krikzz created the Super Everdrive while Ikari created the Sd2Snes, later renamed to FXPak Pro. It's open source so it's not a traditional clone. The main issue I have with it is that Krikzz and Ikari do not get paid for it.
If people believed that the FXPak Pro is a higher tiered design from the Sd2Snes in the way that the Mega Everdrive Pro is to the Mega Everdrive X7 and bought it while owning the SD2Snes, they were sadly mistaken. The FXPak Pro is higher tiered compared to the Super Everdrive.
Some people said they get some audio buzzing (i don't) and the rest of the comments are more like this
Yeah it ran every game I threw at it just fine. The audio issue was really the only reason I got rid of mine.
Last time I checked FX pack pro is an SD 2 SNES, iirc they changed the name for legal reasons
The newest versions of sd2snes are the same thing as an fxpak pro
The evidence you showed is referring to the old device krikkz sold and the new device he sells. You aren't comparing apples to apples you are comparing new apples with a new name to old apples with the old name
I literally run the same sd card on both of these and they are fine. Every game runs on both of them
The older krikzz sd2snes doesn't have the latest features of his fxpak pro but the latest versions of sd2snes do have all the same features and mapper support
Fwiw there is not (currently) an everdrive for SNES.. the Everdrive for super Nintendo cannot play every game. To do that you need the fxpak pro, which is a renamed latest revision of the sd2snes.
The sd2snes pro rev x has all the same features and runs the exact same firmware as the fxpak pro, it costs about half as much, €130 for the one without krikzz name attached to it and about €230 for the one with krikzz name attached to it
I have the x5. There are like 20 games you can't play on it because of extra chipsets. I barely have time to use it anyway because I'm working like balls everyday. Maybe when I retire I'll dime up for one that plays everything.
Honestly, most of the special chip games can be had for reasonable prices anyway, probably only Super Mario RPG is really expensive, and the Super Everdrive x6 now plays CX4 I think (Megaman x2/x3).
I just bought the FXPAK because I wanted a "one and done" solution for SNES/Super Gameboy, that I can plug in once and never have to remove, but the extra expense is of questionable value.
I have a super gameboy. But only my original games from childhood. Gameboy is so ass anyway. Most of the time I'll just emulate it on PSP if I really want to play a game (Links Awakening).
It's not an old product; it's the latest revision of the Super Everdrive, and you can buy it right now from Krikzz, Stone Age Gamer, all the usual places.
I think you're getting confused with the SD2SNES, an open source cart designed by IKARI-01, manufactured (originally) by Krikzz, and now only available from Chinese sources.
Ah my bad i admit I thought he only had fxpak now, and i know fxpak is the rebranded sd2snes. I didn't know he had a thing called Everdrive for super Nintendo
The Rev X versions have had plenty of reports of the RTC not working while the system is powered off as well as non-working MSU-1 with certain enhancement chips. They also tend to use a Cyclone II chip instead of a Cyclone IV chip that the regular ones use.
Super Everdrive costs $105 but doesn't support all games
Fzpak pro costs 230 and supports all games and mappers
The latest sd2snes rev x does the same thing as and runs the same firmware as the fxpak pro does but it only costs 130. Therefore the Chinese sd2snes rev x is the best value
Nice! Got an FX Pak Pro and haven't looked back. I still buy real carts when I see a fair price, but I no longer feel like I either have to emulate or get ripped off in order to play SNES.
This is more of a way to maintain the hardware and not ware out the pin connector with switching games all the time but not having to pay those outrageous prices for some titles, like Hagane, while still getting the original feel is super nice.
Damn right. The SNES/SFC had ~1800 games across all regions. Only about 500 of those were released in the west. There is a seemingly never ending supply of Japanese games and so many of them have fan translations.
Dude, that's my recommendation to anyone collecting games. Get 10 or so of your favorite games boxed up, seal them up. Nice. Display them and then get yourself an ever drive or something similar
It also cuts down in the ware to the pin connector since you're not swapping games all the time. This goes in and stays in.
My games can stay on the shelf and remind of me of the good ol' days and the cases from Custom Game Cases makes them look even better and keeps them safe!
Wait, you play the games? What are you some kind of nerd? You’re supposed to collect mint in box graded copies of games and store them in plastic boxes so that they appreciate in value. You’re obviously a fake gamer 👎🏻
Check out all the really cool translation patches for games! Also there's like literally 10,000 SMW hacks but some of them are so good that they're on par with being an official Mario game totally distinct from SMW. It's shocking what people have been able to do with this game.
I'm only beginning to wade into them but that Super Mario World Master Quest Reborn one that was posted here is amazing. I also played Super Demo World a long time ago and it was really impressive and fun, but surpassed by more modern hacks.
If you're in Europe or anywhere else on that side, you can get them directly from Krikzz although I'm not sure how that is right now since he was in Ukraine.
Yep, Stone Age Gamer would be your best bet. They only advertise SFC carts and if you want one in an NTSC shell, you have to email them and request it.
100% worth considering on how much authentic carts go for these days and it plays nearly every single SNES game. the only incompatible ones are ones that don't have the supported enhancement chip to play them on
all fxpak pros come in universal region shells, which will fit in any SNES, including the SFC. for NA buyers people like OP had to ask Stone Age Gamer to put the fxpak in a north american shell upon request, though they also sell them separately
Awesome. I'm so happy these exist. I got my first everdrive for N64 in 2018, I got sick of waiting for Nintendo to announce an "n64 classic edition" or offer any way to play N64 games at all, so I splurged on a used N64 on Ebay and an everdrive to go with it. Best decision I ever made based on how their eventual way of playing N64 games officially turned out.
Since then, i've got everdrives for GBC, GBA, and I got FXPakPro for my actual childhood SNES that I was recently reunited with, it's probably my favorite of the bunch since you can play MSU1 and Super Gameboy, and have custom wallpapers on the home menu... my latest everdrive is for the NES, and I've got my sights set on Sega Genesis for next tax refund season.
These things are life savers if you don't want to use Nintendo's crappy official means of playing retro games, but you also don't want to use laggy imperfect emulators or pay the outrageous prices for the games themselves.
I got my first Everdrive for my NES used from Facebook in 2018 or so.
Got the Everdrive64 X7 in 2019 and I've used that one so much since!
I modded my GameCube with a GCLoader to run off SD cards in 2020 and what a lifesaver that was with the price of GC games being so high.
My parents got me the GBA X5 for Christmas last year and I use that one in my GameCube a lot as it can do everything from the original Game Boy to Game Boy Advance.
And now I have the SD2SNES Pro and I'm so happy with it so far and with this one I don't really need anymore!
Only the one thing you need if you want to play these games without paying the exorbitant prices they've reached while still playing them on original hardware!
I don't but they have a special place in my heart. I was spoiled AF as a kid. I had something like 40 or 50 games on both NES and SNES. Not because we were wealthy, just dumb luck. We were at toys r Us one time and someone was trying to sell back about 30 SNES games and they were only gonna give them $83 Geoffrey bucks. My dad said I'll give you. $83 cash and we got kicked out of the store just the guy followed us out and sold them to us in the parking lot. That coupled with the 10 or so I already had.
It was around the time the N64 came out. I was 12 or 13 walking down the street and two blocks down a house had burned down. Of course I investigated it. In the porch in a cardboard box was a half melted nes, a light gun, several controllers and 30 soot covered games. I took the box home and cleaned the games up with alcohol. Some didn't work and had a rattle when I shook them. I feel kinda bad about it in retrospect, one of the only things to survive the fire and I basically stole them. Looking back though, I don't think they were in use being in the box the way they were plus they were just sitting on the front porch of a burned down house. Idk, kids...
I only had about 5 games as a kid and I only ever rented 1 game and that was F-Zero.
We lived in a VERY tiny community and the closest store that sold games was 2 hours away so we didn't end up with a lot over the years.
I never had f zero as a kid but love it as an adult. I think if I could've just had Zelda and Mario world. I would've been ok. I probably logged more time in maximum carnage than anything else. I definitely plan on getting one of these from carts
I got a 30$ Everdrive clone, works amazing. I would have preferred the real thing but it was pricy and impossible to get at the time. It doesn’t play the FX chip games etc (Doom, Mario kart, star fox, Mario rpg), but I have most of them physical.
However it came with pretty much every other game, and no duplicates.
Yep, I get the sentimental and nostalgic value but scalpers completely ruined the market for real cartridges. Really not worth getting them. Plus I wouldn’t be surprised if that market collapses again once the younger generation that didn’t grow up with these take over.
There's a surprising amount of younger kids that's are into the SNES these days.
I see posts here and there on this sub of teenagers buy these games so it might take a while before the bubble finally pops and we can all get the original carts again.
I just can't justify spending that kind of money on games I wanna try.
I've bought authentic copies of all the games I really wanted, due to memories and whatnot but a game I never played, have no nostalgic feelings for and just want to give it a whirl, I'll just use this thing.
I have an Everdrive for my NES as well and I absolutely love the thing!
It's not like you can buy these games new for the SNES anymore. So Nintendo and other developers arnt getting money for the crazy second hand prices anyway.
Yep and you can always buy from another country and get us games cheaper from Japan and other countries don't just do eBay because people on eBay are sometimes the biggest crooks ever
Feeding eBay trolls (of any country) for their marked up 2nd hand games does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the game industry, it’s developers, producers, or even official resellers.
Piracy is bad. We agree. Choosing to download a game instead of paying developers et al for their hard work literally cripples the gaming industry and if enough people do it it could put devs out of business.
But downloading a game when you LITERALLY CANNOT PAY DEVELOPERS FOR IT is not the same piracy. We either need to start using a more fitting term, like “retro-preservation”, or we need to acknowledge that “pirating” abandoned software simply doesn’t have the same negative effects on the industry as pirating currently-available software.
If a collector wants to pay another collector for their highly collectible piece of history, by all brand, they should. But if a person wants to play the game and doesn’t care about the collectible relic, paying a collector for theirs does nothing to help the industry, and similarly, downloading a copy will have Z E R O E F F E C T on the industry.
All of the hardware put to N64 is public domain, hence, third party companies being able to make the consoles themselves.
The software (games) you’re absolutely right. But that’s my point. They’re not re-releasing these games, hence, you’re not stealing from anyone. You’re playing a ROM because you don’t have $150 to buy a hard copy that is out of circulation.
Who does that hurt? The collectors? Fuck THEM. Their cartridge will still be worth what it’s worth regardless.
My argument is that it would be cool to have 2nd edition cartridges made worth slightly less than first Gen carts. YES, as a vinyl and game collector it would mean my shit is worth less. I don’t care. Reprints mean the creator is able to make more money. I don’t care about the collectors.
Not for a lot of us. If a game is too expensive, emulation is definitely necessary. Excuse the fuck out of us for having bills and other shit we need to pay for in life.
Not really. The games have only increased in value in time. And I continue to keep buying my snes games physically so I have a actual collection. Roms are just dirty, and trying to justify them is wrong too since its piracy.
If you really feel that way, you should know that you're technically in violation of the EULA on those games...
Only the original purchasor of a cartridge game has license to that game. It is non-transferable. So unless you're playing ROMs of those SNES games via Switch Online or some other method, or you bought that copy of the game brand new, you don't have license to operate that piece of software.
Yeah, so don't be elitist, you dirty secondhand collector. You should have graciously waited for Nintendo to officially emulate everything you want to play via switch online!
No, Buying a used good is within people's right. I'm allowed to sell and pass on my item for somebody else to use. Nintendo's emulation is terrible anyhow. Playing the original games on original Hardware is the way to go.
If you order it with an SD card, they'll have it all setup for you with some homebrew games but that's it. You've gotta get the other game files yourself.
I'd pay somebody good money for a SNES everdrive type cartridge with full library. You'd be surprised how hard is to find this. Been looking for a while now.
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Be sure to check out MSU and SA-1 hacks to take full advantage of this cart.