Finally got around to finishing my Star Fox 2 repro. Thought I'd come show off. No label yet, but it's the PCB work I wanted to show off anyway.
And saving works too, so the battery is still good.
Also, info for anybody wanting to make their own repro, there's a lot of misinformation out there about the differences between the SuperFX-1 and SuperFX-2 chips. Star Fox 2 does NOT need the SuperFX-2, it runs fine on the SuperFX-1, as the only real difference between the two is that the SuperFX-2 can map 16Mbit ROM, and the SuperFX-1 can only map 8Mbit (however, the MARIO-CHIP version used in Star Fox has a couple other issues so it doesn't work for Star Fox 2, you need a GSU-1 chip).
Anyway, if anybody's wondering, here's a list of all of the SuperFX games and their suitability as a Star Fox 2 donor (SNES Central doesn't have any info on Winter Gold, so I'm not sure on that one)
And saving works too, so the battery is still good.
Also, info for anybody wanting to make their own repro, there's a lot of misinformation out there about the differences between the SuperFX-1 and SuperFX-2 chips. Star Fox 2 does NOT need the SuperFX-2, it runs fine on the SuperFX-1, as the only real difference between the two is that the SuperFX-2 can map 16Mbit ROM, and the SuperFX-1 can only map 8Mbit (however, the MARIO-CHIP version used in Star Fox has a couple other issues so it doesn't work for Star Fox 2, you need a GSU-1 chip).
Anyway, if anybody's wondering, here's a list of all of the SuperFX games and their suitability as a Star Fox 2 donor (SNES Central doesn't have any info on Winter Gold, so I'm not sure on that one)
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______Game______|_______PCB_______|__Rev__|_RAM_|_Battery__|_Conclusion_
Dirt Racer | SHVC-1CA0N5S-01 | GSU-1 | 256K | No | No
Dirt Trax FX | SHVC-1CA0N6S-01 | GSU-1 | 512K | No | Yes [1]
Doom | SHVC-1CB0N7S-01 | GSU-2 | 512K | No | Yes [1]
Star Fox | SHVC-1C0N5S-01 | MARIO | 256K | No | No
Stunt Race FX | SHVC-1CA6B-01 | GSU-1 | 512K | Yes | Yes
Vortex | SHVC-1CA0N5S-01 | GSU-1 | 256K | No | No
Wild Trax | SHVC-1CA6B-01 | GSU-1 | 512K | Yes | Yes
Winter Gold | ??? | GSU-2 | ??? | ??? | ??? (I've heard it works, but it's expensive)
Yoshi's Island | SHVC-1CB5B-01 | GSU-2 | 256K | Yes | No
[1] Game is playable, but it won't save high scores or Pepper coins
Also, upgrading 256K PCB's to 512K isn't hard, and it does make the game playable
Dirt Racer | SHVC-1CA0N5S-01 | GSU-1 | 256K | No | No
Dirt Trax FX | SHVC-1CA0N6S-01 | GSU-1 | 512K | No | Yes [1]
Doom | SHVC-1CB0N7S-01 | GSU-2 | 512K | No | Yes [1]
Star Fox | SHVC-1C0N5S-01 | MARIO | 256K | No | No
Stunt Race FX | SHVC-1CA6B-01 | GSU-1 | 512K | Yes | Yes
Vortex | SHVC-1CA0N5S-01 | GSU-1 | 256K | No | No
Wild Trax | SHVC-1CA6B-01 | GSU-1 | 512K | Yes | Yes
Winter Gold | ??? | GSU-2 | ??? | ??? | ??? (I've heard it works, but it's expensive)
Yoshi's Island | SHVC-1CB5B-01 | GSU-2 | 256K | Yes | No
[1] Game is playable, but it won't save high scores or Pepper coins
Also, upgrading 256K PCB's to 512K isn't hard, and it does make the game playable