- Feb 26, 2020
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Hi all. I'm new here and have been recommended by a friend to speak to everyone here about my journey trying to get an NTSC Super NES working.
Basically, I acquired an NTSC SNES from someone local (I'm from the UK so we're used to PAL) for free, and it came untested, and with what appears to be a SCART mod coming out of the RF port. With this knowledge I found an appropriate power supply which I ordered from retrogamesupply.com, which got the console to turn on, which was a plus for me. Unfortunately, not much else goes on from there. I tried the four cartridges I have and 3 of them (Terminator, WrestleMania Arcade Game and Mortal Kombat 2) have the same result, a black screen. However when I put in Final Fight, the Capcom screen comes up and hangs after popping up for half a second.
I should note that I know the cartridges work fine because I can use them without fault in a SNES multi-region adaptor.
After some cleaning with isopropyl and opening up the console to have a look at the inside, I am still at square one. It's odd since nothing looked broken or out of the ordinary from the inside. I'm guessing one of the chips is outdated, but my friend has noted that maybe the SCART mod was done poorly and is cutting out the circuit. He has offered to have a look at it for me as he is really good as modding consoles, but before I do, I thought I'd come on here and get some extra opinions.
If anyone wants pictures and video, I have chronicled my misadventure on Instagram. Links below.
Any advice or opinions would be really helpful. If you guys need anymore pics let me know and I will supply. Thanks in advance.
Basically, I acquired an NTSC SNES from someone local (I'm from the UK so we're used to PAL) for free, and it came untested, and with what appears to be a SCART mod coming out of the RF port. With this knowledge I found an appropriate power supply which I ordered from retrogamesupply.com, which got the console to turn on, which was a plus for me. Unfortunately, not much else goes on from there. I tried the four cartridges I have and 3 of them (Terminator, WrestleMania Arcade Game and Mortal Kombat 2) have the same result, a black screen. However when I put in Final Fight, the Capcom screen comes up and hangs after popping up for half a second.
I should note that I know the cartridges work fine because I can use them without fault in a SNES multi-region adaptor.
After some cleaning with isopropyl and opening up the console to have a look at the inside, I am still at square one. It's odd since nothing looked broken or out of the ordinary from the inside. I'm guessing one of the chips is outdated, but my friend has noted that maybe the SCART mod was done poorly and is cutting out the circuit. He has offered to have a look at it for me as he is really good as modding consoles, but before I do, I thought I'd come on here and get some extra opinions.
If anyone wants pictures and video, I have chronicled my misadventure on Instagram. Links below.
Any advice or opinions would be really helpful. If you guys need anymore pics let me know and I will supply. Thanks in advance.