/vr/ - Retro Games

Nobody uses the eject button anyway

Gotta save pennies on that plastic, bro.

>>1416976
there was an eject button?

>>1417029
big dark grey thing in the center that says "EJECT" on it.

>>1416976
I'm confused. the cartridge designs don't affect whether the eject button works or not..

>>1417029
SNES2 babbies not welcome.

People actually just rip those out? I remember being horrified when I went to a friend's house and he did that

>>1416976
You people actually just rip those out? I remember being horrified when I went to a friend's house and he did that

>>1417054
works on every other cartridge based console ever made. I always thought the eject button was pretty silly.

>>1417056
I still use the eject button to this day and get pissed whenever someone doesn't use it, but I know perfectly well that it doesn't even matter. The mechanics of pulling a cart out and using the eject button are the same. They just thought it would be easier for small children to push the eject button instead of pulling the cart out because there weren't any grips on the cart. Turns out kids didn't care.
Also, the SNES/SF is so light that the friction between the contacts can actually lift most models off the ground.

>>1417056

I use the eject button on my SNES-001 but the mini deck doesn't have an eject button (or red light) so you have to rip the cart out,and I think that's why I use my 001 more.

>>1417065
Yes, the eject button is just for fun and ignoring it is completely harmless. They thought kids would be entertained by it. Instead, it horrified people like myself by making them think people "tearing the cartridge out" would damage the system and make it harder for the cartridges to stay connected or something.

I still prefer using the eject button anyway. Popping it loose with a lever is more satisfying than just pulling it up.

>>1417065
> the SNES/SF is so light that the friction between the contacts can actually lift most models off the ground.
Usually not with the standard models, but the SNES jr can definitely be picked up by the cart.

>that shitty eject button

Another reason why jp/eu SNES is plain better

>>1417087

I'm going to have to agree, also please resize your picture bro.

>>1417087
Yes, but where is the funky purple?

I love the sound of snes cartridges being ripped from the console.

>>1417097
All the others have been posted!

I remember sometimes having to slam my Genesis carts into the system to get them to be read.

The SNES was like that too but considerably less temperamental.

>>1417065
>lift most models off the ground
Good point. Any model that won't lift has a bad connector.

>>1417075
So you have a jr and no standard models to test it on. Why comment on them then.

>>1417087
I love the JP design, but the fact that the NTSC-U model plays Japan and North American games with minimal modification really makes it take the cake for me.
Euro version can just suck a dick. at least you can mod it for 60 hz, but the fact that you have to in the first place sucks

>>1416976
>>1417029
>not using the eject button
I think I feel ill

>>1417468
welcome to every PAL console up to the 6th gen

Early US models had a little tab connected to the power switch that swings out into the slot on the cart just like the SFC has. Apparently due to kids being retarded trying to rip a locked cart out and to save costs too, the locking piece was left off newer SNESes. Mine (model 1, 1chip 02) is missing it but my SFC has it. The original cart design no longer made sense, I suppose.

Basically, it's for the same reason the US SNES design was supposedly designed to be difficult to set a drinking glass on after seeing how many NESes came in for repairs due to stupidity. Humans are retarded. Some more than others.

>>1417593
They can't stop me. I'm using mine as a coaster right now.

>>1417614
Pics or it didn't happen.

>>1417620
Try and stop me.

>>1417642
>SNES
>sanic 2
>qt mug

outstanding, please come over to my house, we can play pinball and you can fuck my sister.

>>1417642
Is that sonic 2 in your snes?

>>1417642
My hat's off to you good sir. Not only did you counter my claim of shenanigans, but you even stuck an extra level of badassery without a care for decency in there.

>>1417642
Can't stop laughing, well played sir.

>>1417642
Take that Sonic 2 out of your SNES right now

>>1417730
He only takes it out to dunk it in his coffee.

Wow, holy shit op. I thought you were talking about how the carts are different from the Jap/Euro ones but then I looked at your pic and never noticed there were 2 different designs before.

>>1417642
U r the king of this thread

Most epic thread i've seen on /vr/ in a long time. good job anon

>>1417754
Don't even joke about that anon
Is Sonic 2 a joke to you?

>>1417960
>epic
>alias
>avatar
pls stop, I don't want to have to filter anyone else

>Why was the SNES cartridge design changed?

The first revision of the SNES has a lock bar that sticks into the slot on the front of the cartridge when the power is switched on.

This is supposed to deter you from yanking a cartridge out while the system is on.

Long story short, people are retards and this only resulted in a lot of damaged consoles and cartridges. The cart design was changed to give the lock bar no purchase on the cart, disabling this functionality. You can see the channel on the revised cart body that allows the bar to pass.

Later revisions of the SNES deck omit the lock bar entirely.

The eject lever is just there to make it easier to eject a cartridge. It has no bearing on the revision of the cart design.

>>1417980
>avatar

Reaction images are not avatars.

>>1417526
Caring about the eject button is bad enough but caring whether other people use it, well that it a certain type of illness.

>>1417642
›there are /vr/tualboys that won't know the origin of Genesis games in a SNES.

>>1417075
>>1417413
>So you have a jr and no standard models to test it on. Why comment on them then.
I do have a standard model. In fact I have two of them. I was saying that it happens alot with jr's, but is uncommon for the standard models.

>>1419931
their fathers are not electronics

>>1419962
Such bad luck to get two consoles and they both have shot cart slots. Do the abnormally loose slots cause any problems playing games? Even my Saturns can be lifted by a cart without it coming loose and they weigh a buttload more.

>>1420007

I loved mashing that eject lever just so I can launch my SNES games into the sky.

>>1420102
Uh... oh ok I think I see what you're saying now.
Well first of all, it's really just standard models in general that are like that, the cart slots are pretty strong, but not enough to keep the carts in like that. At least not if it's had any use, the only one's I've seen that could do that were systems that had just sat on a shelf all their life. Saturn isn't a very good comparison as the cartridge slots on those were not often used, and when they were, the carts were just left in.
The jr however is insanely light, and would probably still be able to grip the cart if you tried shoving bad dragon products in it.

But to answer your question, it can go either way. if it's too tight then you run the risk of the pins connecting to each other. And if its too loose, then yes, it'll have problems playing. Though the loose ports you're talking about usually don't have any issues. Personally, my ("loose") model 1's work better in that aspect than my model 2.
The number of unplayable loose model 1's I run into is proportionally equal to the number of unplayable loose model 2's by the way. So you're just as likely to get a shitty jr as you are a shitty model 1.
Although I obviously don't run into as many jr's.

I work in a game store in case you cant tell.

>>1416975
1- so they look more businessy and less like a play thing
2- top labels. fixing nintendo's mistake

>I've been using the eject button for 22 years
>only today do I learn that just tearing the cartridge out was an option.
>mfw ._.

>>1417593
>Humans are retarded.

Not just any humans.

Murrikans.

>>1420317

Why do some games have a bold red stripe on the upper right side of the label where it folds over the top, and others are lavender?

>>1420309
this

>>1420331
lavender is for faggots and sissies
red is stained with the blood of the dead.

>>1420320

Murrikans aren't Americans. Murrikans are the ones who ride on electric scooters at Wal-Mart and wail like walruses when they clap to the national anthem. Murrikans are the ones who sue McDonalds for making them fat, despite the fact that they eat breakfast, lunch, AND dinner there.

I'm American myself.

>>1417642
oh wow. amazing

>>1420365
so basically murrikans are americans

>>1420203
>I work in a game store in case you cant tell.
I can tell you think I might believe you and it would some how lend credibility to the silly claim you're clinging to and trying desperately to back up.

>>1420489
I'd post something to support this, but then you'd just call it a shoop or say its not mine or whatever.