SNK Servicing of Home Consoles Resume

TheBakachan

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I wonder if that means you can get them to un-fix SSZS carts. ;P

Seriously though, it's pretty damned cool that they would do that, considering it's 20 year old hardware and it's not like they have any real obligation to do it. I don't even think NINTENDO still services the N64 or Gamecube, let alone the Super Famicom. :P
 
Xian Xi

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I think the real question is, how much will it cost for service?
 
madman

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The only way they can make revenue is off the old SNK stuff apparently.
 
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That's cool they are offering hardware repairs.

But...I'd rather see them release a new AES game every year or two. That would be awesome as long as it is quality.
 
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norton9478

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I'd rather send my stuff to Channemaniac.
 
mainman

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Thanks for nothing because who here or anywhere else can't already repair their own AES/MVS
 
Xian Xi

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I wonder if they have or will reproduce some AES system shells.
 
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That's great news. If the service is offered in North America, perhaps I can then convince my friend to get his MS5 fixed the right way and spare the poor speakers on my cab.
 
Murray

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I would laugh my ass off if this results in officially repaired games that have surface mount flash chips on DIP adapters.
 
arfink

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It would not surprise me one bit if they did that, Murray. Flash is far less expensive and more reliable in read-only mode than an EPROM, and without doing new production runs they will not replace bad chips with mask roms.
 
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They probably won't be able to find commercial sources of those decade old chips even if they wanted to.
 
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