saw this one on ebay recently. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl.../search.dll?from=R40&satitle=8223841416&fvi=1 i wanted to go for it in the first place, but figured its not worth the money. from what i can tell, this unit could have been used to test video and i/o stuff, probably at one of these nintendo repair centers. my assumumption is that there has to be a special cartridge made for that unit cause the snes cant boot from the bottom ext slot and testing video output with some random game probably doesnt yield any usable results. but then, this is just speculation. anybody got some reliable information concerning this unit?
I also saw it on ebay. I was interested in it but didn't see the point in buying something if I don't know anything about it (well if it went too high atleast). I'd assume it's worth more than what it sold for though.
I've never seen a small tester like that but I remember seeing (just can't remember where) one that was the size of a desk.
from what i can see, it has a multi out and various chinch connectors. chances are that the unit contains a modified snes system and that the seller just put the snes unit on top of it to take the picture. i'm gonna ask the buyer if he can provide bigger pictures and a functional description once he receives it.
aww damn, I was actually half looking for one of these, meaning I wanted one but it would depend on the price. I never even saw that auction before now. For once I actually know a little bit about someone's question on here instead of always asking my own... You may be familiar with the NES Test Station, this was the add-on sent out to repair centers after the snes was released. From what I understand it connected through an expansion on the right side and back of the NES test station and then you could test snes functions through the attached tv on the NES unit. I do not know if they are functional without an NES test station. The inputs on the station (for the nes and presumably the snes) are for testing controllers, ac and rf adapters and also a slot for cartridges. The NES is a large, metal box shaped unit that does not have the obvious retail unit on the top, but I've seen pics before of other snes ones and know that's how they made those. You don't need a special cartridge for these. They have the test program built into them and cannot be used to play retail games. You can test a retail cart(which just starts it up), but I'm not sure if the controllers would work at that point as you have to switch to each portion of the system to test it individually. I've never really tried to play a game on one so I could be wrong about whether the controllers would work at the same time as a game or not. These units always seemed like a bit of a waste on Nintendo's part because most common problems could be checked with the test cart, and no need for a big expensive station. But I think the original idea was to have these on the counter's of authorized nintendo dealers and people could bring in their own system, cords, games, etc, and check them on the test station. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well. I have an NES test station stored away, I can get some pics sometime if anyone is interested (may take a good few days before I get a chance to dig it out) The snes test station would have been a good addition to complete my "set".
