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So, I want to put my romhacks on actual cartridges (GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES) and sell them to the kids or nerds on the market. I know that almost all consoles had these read-only cartridges, so I will probably need some special machinery to do this. Even if it means making cartridges from a scratch, buying blanks from the original devs or replacing the data with some ancient computers, I think 'm ready for this. I just want to know what kind of equipment is needed, so here I am, asking all of you guys, hoping that there's an anon that knows everything. Also, a general romhacking thread.

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>>3535613

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>>3535632
Well, I'm not a tech savvy, so It's hard for me to figure it out, but I'm a fast learner. Making romhacks is easy, I've done it before. I came here to know if things like this are possible these days. I mean, they had to do this back then, and making a small 'factory' with an old friend shouldn't be hard for us; we don't want to make lots of money on this, it's mainly for kicks. There's no such thing as 'Homebrewing for Dummies', and I'm on /vr/ almost every day, so I thought that it's the best place to look for the answers.

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>> No.3535705

>>3535668
>be you
>too lazy to get a job
>go to /vr/
>omg repros is where da moneyz at!
>I'll make my own reproz and make lotsa money!
>guys tell me how to make these repros!

Get a fucking job, less work and you'll earn more.

>> No.3535709

protip: sell rare repros like earthbound or little samson, they're worth loads of money according to ebay and craigslist

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>>3535705
I've just said that having a good laugh is more important than money. It's not that I want do do this for a living, I separate this and having a job. I just like the vibe that's connected to finding shit like 'Mario World 17' or some obscure platformers with replaced sprites being sold as original Shrek, Lion King or Sonic franchise on the market. I always found this to be hilarious and ridiculous and wanted to take part in this.

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Tfw youll never patch your sexy pal snes games with ntsc roms

>> No.3535727

>>3535613
Search for Game Boy cartridge + flasher or writer & reader or programmer. Not sure if the rewritable cartridges are currently available.

>> No.3535731

>>3535709
Yeah, shit is crazy.
I've tried to purchase LSD: Dream Emulator for Play Station a few years ago and it was about 280$. Then I've heard about the Earthbound cartridges and was even more surprised, so I've just decided to emulate both of them.
Anyways, aren't people keen on checking the cartridges' insides to find if they are original?

>> No.3535773

>>3535709
>be him
>spend lots of money to make Earthbound repro
>figure out for how much to sell it to at least break even
>still more expensive than getting an alixpress earthbound repro.

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>>3535727
Thank you very much. ^^ Turns out that this GB Cart flasher is way cheaper than I expected, and DIYing a GB cartridge seems to be easier when compared to other consoles, so now I'm one step closer to the idea.
Also, looking for the Earthbound repros mentioned by someone a few minutes ago, I've stumbled upon this: http://callanbrown.com/index.php/basic-nes-reproduction
It seems to be very helpful. ^^

>> No.3535893

>>3535613

I don't think this place has the answers. Have you tried zophar's domain forums?

>> No.3535936

>>3535893
No, will try in a moment. Thanks. :)

>> No.3535992

>>3535613
Honestly expensive though they may be, in the long run flashcarts would end up cheaper because if you found some bug in your hack/want to update something that may mean you need an entirely different cart.

Plus you aren't nuking another cart to make your own.

>> No.3535996

>>3535709
Makes you wonder what Maternalbound would fetch for if you were really nasty, because there's still "uncensored" EB carts floating around.

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>>3535893
>zophar's domain forums

>> No.3536510

>>3535783
>^^
Please tell me you're pointing upwards to something and this isn't some retarded emoticon.

>> No.3537680

>>3536510
I have to disappoint you, I do sometimes use this retarded emoticon.

>> No.3537686

That cartridge OP posted makes me laugh fucking hard... But what game is on it? It,s a game about broken cats or something?

>> No.3537695

>>3536510
>retarded
>emoticon
Is there any other kind?

>> No.3537706

>>3537686
http://tinycartridge.com/post/1099078432/bootleg-game-boy-cartridge-with-a-cat-hologram

>> No.3537710

>>3537686
>>3537706
Basically, it's just a 80 in 1 bootleg and one of the previous owners sticked the holocat to it for kicks.

>> No.3537743

> ^^

I would have helped you OP but this shit infuriates me

>> No.3537793

>>3537743
I am a bit childish sometimes. I'm kind of trying to get rid of using emoticones but I keep catching myself doing this.
Anyways, I've never thought that it may seriously infuriate anybody.

>> No.3537814

>>3537710
Oh, that,s kind of disappointing... But that dude sticking that cat on the cartridge is a fucking genius.