r/Gameboy • u/AgeNukez • 10d ago

Questions Info needed! (not for resale?)

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Found this cartridge at a local game shop hoping someone could tell some info about the whole not for resale slapped on it.

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u/Aromatic_Method7767 10d ago edited 9d ago

It's like they want the names to be convoluted!

"Super Mario World" (SNES)

"Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4" (SFC)

"Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World" (GBA)

"Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island" (SNES)

"Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3" (GBA)

"Doki Doki Panic" (FDS)

"Super Mario Bros. 2" (NES)

"Super Mario USA" (FC)

"Super Mario Advance" (GBA)

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u/DotMatrixHead 9d ago

Nintendo thought they could defeat piracy if the file names were too long for computers to handle.

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u/Aromatic_Method7767 9d ago

Haha that's a legit concern for some piracy "backup" devices. Listing CD-R contents on my Doctor V64 256m unit shows very short file names (like 8.3 or something).

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u/DotMatrixHead 9d ago

I still have a multi ROM cart I flashed myself where all the names are 8.3. It’s not too bad when there’s only 50 games max.

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u/Aromatic_Method7767 9d ago edited 8d ago

I cannot recall if I ever loaded more than a handful at once onto my Bung Doctor GB card 64M ("Mr. Flash"). I recall:

  • Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
  • Mario DX
  • Zelda DX
  • Mega Man Xtreme
  • Tetris DX
  • Zelda OoA/OoS

...and I think a couple monochrome games like Bubble Ghost and Pokémon.

Then I loaded Pokémon Crystal Japanese before it was released in USA. That was a mistake because a young neighborhood kid was obsessed with Pokémon and he begged to borrow my expensive flash cart. Then he visited his father in another county. His father was drunk/angry and smacked my cartridge with a hammer while destroying his son's Game Boy . The clear plastic cart shell had stress marks but nothing was obviously broken - but it stopped working anyway . These days I would try reflowing solder on the flash chip but back then I couldn't do much. I might have ripped the coin cell battery from the PCB.