Reflashing or making reproduction N64 carts?

Discussion in 'Modding and Hacking - Consoles and Electronics' started by PixelButts, May 28, 2016.

  1. PixelButts

    PixelButts Site Soldier

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    Seconding this. You sure that's a retail cart?
     
  2. Paar

    Paar Rising Member

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    N64 cart contains MASK ROM and it's not possible to delete it or rewrite.
     
  3. abveost

    abveost Robust Member

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    What carts do you use that can be rewritten?
     
  4. darkspire17

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    no not retail, Dev carts.
     
  5. Bad_Ad84

    Bad_Ad84 The Tick

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    So to make repros, you want people to buy dev carts?
     
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    no, im saying its what i do, and cirtian types of Retail carts can aparently be reflashed.
     
  7. rso

    rso Gone. See y'all elsewhere, maybe.

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    > certian types of Retail carts can aparently be reflashed.
    No, not unless you count chinese fakes as "retail". How about "retail-looking"?
     
  8. Bad_Ad84

    Bad_Ad84 The Tick

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    Your post literally said "if you wana make repros, just get yourself a DOCTOR V64"

    I am very confused.
     
  9. TriState294

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    Aren't some of the AliExpress recent (2016-2017) pirate/repro carts possibly rewritable with the right tools?

    @sanni 's cartreader GitHub says:

     
  10. darkspire17

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    i thought you could Flash retail carts, got told by a freind that not all carts can be flashed, and i was going to mention Alill express carts. if you can find the right ones, and its cheap enough, its a pretty good alt way to make repros.
     
  11. Bad_Ad84

    Bad_Ad84 The Tick

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    Ok, that makes more sense. Your original post did seem to suggest retail carts.

    Everyone makes mistakes, was just confusing as you said after you weren't talking about retails.

    Tristate, yes the aliexpress repros can be rewritten
     
  12. Paar

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    Don't forget carts from RetroStage. Those can be rewritte too.
     
  13. gwald

    gwald Net Yaroze '99

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