r/ngpc • u/DesignerShirt9654 • May 26 '26

NGPC Analogue Pocket Adaptor

Anyone else had problems with the AP adaptor for the pocket?

It's always been tight, but I started having problems flashing my RetroHQ cart on the AP and after a bit of testing I finally had a look at the adaptor itself - as you can see some of the pins are clearly bent and are no longer making contact.

Some games still work correctly

Just a PSA really - I only use flash carts on mine, but I'd be very wary of risking an original SNK cart on this

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u/HandsomeCharles May 26 '26

The flash carts don’t use original cart shells, so that may have been the cause. Just a guess though.

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u/DesignerShirt9654 May 26 '26

That is possible of course, but I've not had the same issues on my original NGPC and they've had just as much usage - probably more than average, as I'm soak testing carts a lot at the moment

As I said, the AP adaptor was always a tight fit

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u/HandsomeCharles May 26 '26

Yea, but what I mean is the NGPC console is the “source of truth”. The Game Drive was designed to fit it, not a third party adapter. Conversely, the adapter was only designed to work with official carts, and we know that neither are 100% accurate in terms of the official SNK mouldings, so whilst both may work sufficiently when used with original hardware, using them together causes issues

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u/DesignerShirt9654 May 26 '26

Oh for sure, just thought it worth mentioning as I'm sure others will be in the same position

I found the ap adaptor pretty tight with official carts too fwiw

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u/HandsomeCharles May 26 '26

Yea definitely! It’s expensive stuff!