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SNES yellowed cart back swapping?

o1s1n · 2017-08-31 14:28:20

Something I just stumbled across today that I haven't heard of before, people removing the yellowed back from a SNES cart and replacing it with a clean one from a cheapo game. Anyone of you ever do this? I've always been more on the side of preservation rather than frankensteining something together, but from what I've…

31-08-2017 03:28PM

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Something I just stumbled across today that I haven't heard of before, people removing the yellowed back from a SNES cart and replacing it with a clean one from a cheapo game.

Anyone of you ever do this? I've always been more on the side of preservation rather than frankensteining something together, but from what I've read, snes cart backs seem to be fairly modular. You just have to make sure you select a cart with the same country.

Going to have a look and see what they're like when I go home, the backs of carts aren't really something I've ever paid much attention to!

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