I have some questions! please help me solve them ASAP if you are an expert in the matter! here: http://tototek.com/ they have the device. the device is said to be for NTSC SNES. The questions are: 1) is this webpage safe for buying? 2) does this unit work on a PAL SNES with cartridge and 50/60 Switch? 3) is it worth to spend extra money to get the 64Mb version? also, is it worth to buy compared to a flashcard? what are the pros and cons of both? really thanks, for any help you can give me
yes. tomy is one of the friendliest guys around selling backup units. yes, you can plug in a pal cic. pass-through should work too, but i never tested it. if you want to play tales of phantasia: yes. for star ocean in english, get 96mbit. flashcart: -easier to use -small and portable -holds games without power gd7: -has cheat, realtime save and slowdown features -doesnt need a pc in order to backup games(using floppy disks is a pain in the ass, though) -plays nevikstis 96mbit star ocean patch overall, i'd recommend a flashcart unless you need any of the gd7s special features. both can backup carts and download/upload sram. the tototek flashcart software sucks, though.
can you explain, sorry? You mean "go on it'll work?" also, so you would suggest this: http://www.tototek.com/pio/main1/SUBMENU/PARTS/LINKS/OS/superflash.htm right? it seems a little too much cumbersome is it safe to use? also in these page, it's not clear wich part is the flash programmer and also they suggest: IC-161 Chip (Japan) for SUPER-FLASH 64M Card SUPER T CONNECTOR for SUPER-FLASH CARD what is the point of these 2? the price raises vary quite a lot... for pointing it out a sf7 32mb is 55$ (reasonable i guess) a sf7 64mb is 80$ a Super Flash 64M Cart with plastic case is 76$ do i need these 2 IC-161 Chip (Japan) for SUPER-FLASH 64M Card 5$ SUPER T CONNECTOR for SUPER-FLASH CARD 10$ or not? how can i backup my carts with this one? with the SF7 is quite straightforward... and as final question, how does both of them work in relation with games containing special chips like dsp, sfx, ssa1 etc etc? Edited to add another question : for the sf7 do i need extra alimentation or not? can't find proper infos on the topic anywere....
Its probably me ^^... I confirm what D4S says... Tototek's boss is really a guy to support. He take many time to make things for old systems, and make us happy ^^.
The FlashCart and the GDSF7 cannot play any games that use extra hardware/coprocessors. The only exception is DSP1. Both can play DSP1. SF7 needs a special hard to find blue connector cartridge. SuperFlash needs the T-Connector which lets you plug in a DSP game cart you own to use its DSP chip with whatever you flashed on your cartridge. Atleast that's what I'm lead to believe the T-Connector does. If you get a GDSF7 with 96mbits of RAM you can play Star Ocean in English. Also if you have a big caddy full of floppies you can have a huge bunch of games without needing the PC. Or if you have the PC or laptop you could just use UCon64 to upload games to RAM. Also you could try building your own SF7 CD add-on that lets you load games off CDs. You pretty much just have to make a choice for yourself wether you want a FlashCart or the SF7. Both have perks the other doesn't. Both will play the same games (with the exception of Star Ocean). As far as the 32M SF7 vs 64M, unless you want to play japanese RPGs you don't need more than 32M. If you need more later you can buy a RAM board from them. 48M is enough for everything but Star Ocean which you need 96M for. I have a SF7 with 32M but I could yoink my 16M expansion from my SF3 to upgrade my SF7 to 48M if I really wanted. ;p If you are like me like to be able to change games alot rather quickly you might prefer the SF7 over the Flash cart. If you are more of the type to choose a game and play all the way through it, the FlashCart would suit you. There was another topic just like this a week ago or something.
1) I just buyed a GD7 from them, and it works great! Comes only with the unit tho, but you can easily get the manual online. I can send it if you want. 2) Yes and no. I had troubles with last generation games (like FEoEZ) because of the lockout chip. 3) Sure Btw, you can get a new one (only 32M tho) from Robert Webb. It actually needs external power. Any PSU from 9-12 V and 850 - 1500 mA should do the job. You'll find the specs under the case. I agree.
I find the Genesis model 1 power adapter to be ideal for the SF7. It outputs 9vdc center negitive at 1.2Amps. Radioshack probably sells new adapters that are close to that, or you can find the sega adapter perhaps. The system either won't do anything or will give you a drive error message if you don't have the power adapter plugged into the GDSF7. There are supposively other backup devices that can run on just the power of the SNES but it's no big deal. Plus as long as your SF7 is plugged in the DRAM contents remain meaning whatever games you have loaded should be retained for however long you want.
Eh...that's another part of the story For the moment Im fighting right off with the CIC chip - it doesnt work even without GDSF7, and my SNES is modded...
sorry to revive an old topic but i have one last really important question... i have a PAL SNES with a 50/60Hz switch... if i buy a flashcard do i need the PAL CIC chip mounted on it or i just have to boot ithe SNES in 60hz? please help because i doesn't want to buy a useless item! thanks in advance, karsten
if you've disabled the CIC chip you shouldn't need a PAL CIC in the cartridge, otherwise just get a one of those NTSC->PAL SNES converters I think that would work
If you disable the lock-out chip be aware some games (SA-1) will not work at all reguardless of region.
Mmmm no. Just a small help on the CIC : I remember I got a doc from somewhere telling some of the CICs mechanisms. The CIC in the SNES sets the reset state at low on startup. You could bridge the CIC's out with an inverter to the reset switch (after you lifted a pin), but I dont remember which pins those were :/ this way you should be able to get every game to work..I just cant remember the docs url... xD
i see... by the way TOMY seems to be MIA... he's not answering question in the forum since a long time... is it safe to buy from him right now?
