Snes Cartridge pin question

Includes but not limited to: SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Game Gear and I guess the Virtual Boy.

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Snes Cartridge pin question

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Is there any one pin that the Snes games dont use? Because I lost one of the pins when I desoldered the cart slot :oops:
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According to pinouts.ru a lot of pins are not used, but when you look better, the empty spaces are the pins used for the FX chips of the cartridges to the SNES.. Some of them might never be used, but you can't be sure, so I would get a new connector..

Maybe you can use the connector of a converter and wire the converters pins to the SNES mobo, then your pSNES (or whatever you're making) is also regionfree..
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Post by schmellyfart »

Hmm. Looking at that pinout, shouldnt I be fine if I just leave out one of the grounds?
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