WTB: SNES half of a retro duo?

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:40 pm

So does anybody have the Super NES half from a retro duo with SNES and NES?

There are already decently made NES portables from a factory but not SNES ones so I wanna do that.

Also if someone does have it I want super Mario all stars+world.

Sharp Sapphire · Post by **Sharp Sapphire** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:51 pm

...Why would someone buy a retro duo for the NES half?

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:07 pm

He's not looking for that. He said Super NES, as in SNES.

And Dr.K your best bet would be to buy a broken one, or just buy the retro duo and take out the NES. I'm sure someone would be willing to buy the other half of it as long as you didn't butcher it.

mothatrucka · Post by **mothatrucka** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:55 pm

GoldenfrankO wrote:He's not looking for that. He said Super NES, as in SNES.

And Dr.K your best bet would be to buy a broken one, or just buy the retro duo and take out the NES. I'm sure someone would be willing to buy the other half of it as long as you didn't butcher it.

You've got it wrong. Sharp's right. Anyone who buys a Duo isn't going to want just the NES side. And to get the controllers and video out, you need all of it. Just having one half or the other doesn't work.

Post by **Triton** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:57 pm

You've got it wrong. Sharp's right. Anyone who buys a Duo isn't going to want just the NES side. And to get the controllers and video out, you need all of it. Just having one half or the other doesn't work.

wrong! its almost stupidly easy to wire up the snes half to work by itsself check the snes section for more info. havent tried the nes half standalone tho, should be just as straight forward if you bridge the correct pins so it will power on

mothatrucka · Post by **mothatrucka** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:53 am

Triton wrote:wrong! its almost stupidly easy to wire up the snes half to work by itsself check the snes section for more info. havent tried the nes half standalone tho, should be just as straight forward if you bridge the correct pins so it will power on

Without the front board with the power switch and controller ports? I've yet to see it done. I suppose you might be able to ditch the rear board with the power jack and video outs, but what I was saying is that you can't just take the SNES board and make something with it. The front board and the controller board are still necessary.

EDIT: To clarify what I was originally saying, before someone latched onto the insignificant part of my statement, anyone who buys the Retro Duo is buying it to USE the SNES. They aren't buying it just for the NES side. I know full well it works without the NES board, but I have not yet seen anyone make two separate portables from one Retro Duo. I've been trying, though.