WELL THIS IS INTERESTING.. Retron 5

[Gunstar Green]

Edit: I found out about the Sonic 3 problem at least, yikes. I was always worried firmware updates would unintentionally break compatibility. They should have had a rollback on this one. Usually I wait until after the beta releases but I'll make an exception this time.

Can you clue in the rest of us? I just boguht this game for Together Retro and was planning on playing it on my Retron5.

After the 2.2 firmware update Sonic 3 was crashing back to the menu at certain parts. I installed the beta patch and just ran through the vanilla game quickly on my Super Sonic save and had no troubles.

[ExedExes]

Stick with 2.0 BETA 6 until all the issues are ironed out. It seems to be the sweet spot of fixes right now.

[DonSilvestre]

Anybody have a repro copy of Earthbound or Earthbound Zero for NES that they've tried in their Retron? I'm in the market for one (preferably one with the original NES Earthbound ROM as opposed to Earthbound Zero) and want to make sure it will work.

Yes, I know the difference between Earthbound and Earthbound Zero is literally the word "zero" on the title screen, but I'm a purist and want the exact version that Nintendo had prepped for release in the states, unaltered in any way if possible

[BoneSnapDeez]

So you don't want to just get Mother and patch it??????

[Gunstar Green]

Yeah, you'll pay as much or more for a repro when you can patch the real deal now with the Retron 5 instead. I recently replaced my Front Mission: Gun Hazard repro thanks to this.

[Stark]

So you don't want to just get Mother and patch it??????

[BoneSnapDeez]

Now picturing kids on the schoolyard saying "I patched yo' mother last night!"

[DonSilvestre]

I guess I could patch the famicom cart. Somehow I felt differently about this one given it was supposed to have an American release and was fully localized by Nintendo. Somehow it felt more natural to have an American cart repro, almost to stick it to nintendo for never actually releasing it or something. I dunno. Mixed feelings.

[BoneSnapDeez]

It's more natural to have a reproduction some guy put together in his basement than the authentic original released by Nintendo? I still don't understand the repro love I guess.

[DonSilvestre]

I don't know if I do either. Maybe the thought of having one lone famicom cart on my shelf irritates me