Anyone see this yet? It looks pretty cool. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/02/x-ray-pix-peep-into-video-game-innards-look-awesome/
Very cool indeed. One thing it did make me realise though is how much plastic games companies used to waste. Just look at SMB. 3
It's not a waste. If you looked at a MMC-5 NES game you'll find the entire cartridge space is filled up. feder, I wonder the same thing. I'm not really sure but I would guess it probably doesn't hurt it considering the X-Rays at airports.
I passed my Nomad through an airport X-Ray machine while running and picked it up and kept on when it came out the other end =P. Very cool looking stuff. MRI next!
So how do Famicom games work in the smaller cases? Or am I asking for ridicule in not understanding a basic difference between the two carts and boards?
The Famicom carts don't have Lockout chips and have a lower pin count, still, I don't consider it enough to fit the board inside those carts.
That looks super funky, but it makes you wonder what it cost. I thought hospital X-ray machines were expensive to run? Who paid for it? I know that my dentist has a new X-ray machine that scans to a computer. It allows him to use the plates again, just put them in a fresh sleeve. He said it saves a lot of money that way. I forget the figures. And that's a tiny plate. *EDIT* Here we go: http://www.sussexmedicalchambers.co.uk/departments/prices/xray_prices.php
What, no Sega love? Also, there's a way of dumping various *ROM chips by xraying them and reading the bits manually... At least I think so, I haven't personally tried it.
Well MMC5 are the only NES carts I know that inhabit the whole cart. But I haven't seen the inside of Famicom MMC5 carts. However unlike The US, Famicom Cartridge can be made taller due to not having that toaster loading mech. Top loading allowed some cartridge to be larger and there are such cartridges. If you are really interested then you should check bootgod's site for cartridge pictures.
famicom games differ in height according to the board size. NES games usually don't take up teh whole cart, but famicom games do since the case is smaller.
Took a course once where a student with access to a X-ray machine from a dentist gave the actual cost at something like 10c between the electricity and amortized cost of limited-use parts. Most of the cost of medical X-Rays is tied up in paying the person to push the button, and for their insurance.
