Might be related to what the Game Sack video talked about. It appears to be specific to certain board types and, for non-NeoCD games, ones that use the RAM slot. Future firmware update should fix it.Originally Posted by RAZO
Might be related to what the Game Sack video talked about. It appears to be specific to certain board types and, for non-NeoCD games, ones that use the RAM slot. Future firmware update should fix it.
Im late to the party, would there be another run of the NeoSD pro?
We aren't sure yet. The are really costly to produce.
If the demand is there, I'm sure we will look into it.
What games are confirmed to have this problem? I would like to test them. And is this only for 2 slot boards?
Last edited by 2D_Master; 01-05-2021 at 07:00 PM.
Crom, give us strength.
I tested on two 2 slot boards and I have sound issues. Sometimes Music and SE are missing or sound weird. Only with NeoCd games though. The roms work no problem.
Ninja Commando was one. Game Sack tested it on Joe's 1-slot board.
Here's the video.
Thanks for the info, Fygee.
Crom, give us strength.
I’m finally ready for one as well. Is there somewhere on the TO site to show interest?
Follow us on Twitter as we will announce when more are available.
Stone Age Gamer just announced it will be taking pre-orders for a new batch of NeoSD Pro on Jan 24
I may end up caving and getting one. Be tempted to just drive up and pick it up from the shop.
Stone Age Gamer also has MVS Pro available for pre-order.
Yep, got mine ordered last night. They were a bit later than they listed, but grabbed it once it was up.
I’m having a hard time justifying buying the Pro since I have the normal one. But that’s awesome they opened up orders again for people who want them.
The fast flashing slot is nice too.
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That’s what I did too. Just pair it down to my favorites and have the MegaSD for everything else. I’m not getting rid of my Slug MVS set anytime soon either.
Anybody have (or have extensive experience with) both the Darksoft one and the TO Pro and care to weigh in on which is better?
State of Yo
Well i dont own the darksoft one, but i think i know a few differences of booth.
If you Compare NeoSD Pro with Darksoft Neo Flashcart
NeoSD Pro plays even roms with copy protection while Darksoft need patched / copy protection removed Roms (afaik not sure its stated otherwise on the feature list)
NeoSD Pro plays Neo-Geo CD Games while Darksoft dont
NeoSd Pro got 4 Flash slots where Games stay untill you overwrite em and one fast Ram slot Darksoft got 3 Ram Slots
NeoSD Pro got Plug for linkable Games Darksoft dont
NeoSd Pro got Cheats and Jukebox Darksoft dont?
NeoSd Pro is more expensive then the Darksoft one
The rest of the features should be mainly the same.
Booth carts have problems (my dont have any) not sure what is more worse.
If im wrong or missed something feel free to correct me. Its not my intension to let one cart look bad.
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Darksoft doesn’t get much love in these forums (bridges were burned over the CPS2 Multi) but I have his AES cart and it works fine. The early firmware had some glitches but the latest firmware works great. Three RAM-based slots and they all load games quickly-no complaints here.
Last edited by ShootTheCore; 01-25-2021 at 07:50 PM.
He doesn't get much love for other reasons but no doubt he does make some cool stuff. That being said, I would stick to the NeoSd when it comes to Neo Flash carts. It seems like the one that has the least amount of issues and more features.
I know the Ds Neo Multi had alot of issues when it first came out but I think most of them were resolved.
I've had a vanilla NEOSD MVS since it was released and have definitely enjoyed it. That said, having 4 flash slots on the PRO version so I can switch between my favorite games without having to wait to reflash games or fiddling with swapping MVS carts and the ability to play CD games is what sold me on the idea of upgrading. So I preordered one last night shortly after the new batch went live.
What are some of the issues with the NeoSD PRO that you can think of?
Last edited by aoiddr; 01-25-2021 at 08:05 PM.
Issues:
From what i did see in the past.
1. Spacer problem between the 2 PCBs causes trouble on newer batches, cart is hard to insert. Leads to glitches or failing connections between the pcbs.
2. Voltage problems if someone uses powersupplys not strong enough or to old, leading to glitches/ sound- graphics problems. Dont know i use an old Megadrive powersupply and its works.
3. Some ppl had tiny pixel errors in some games but i guess thats fixed. Actually i did not spot on my so i cant really tell.
4. Some ppl did receive faulty? carts that did not work on the hardware they use.
5. Support took long or was bad in the past, some ppl posted half a year on TO forums without getting the problem fixed. Dont know if its now better, i guess forums are taken down for that reason.
6. 1 year warrantly, i saw posts that you dont get much support after that is gone. Cant tell if that is true or not.
7. Firmware updates getting rare after a new TO product is released.
8. If you live in the EU you have to pay import dutys now, because of tax saving practics of TO. But thats something you have to do when ordering Darksoft too.
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The spacer problems are a legit issue. I had to shave the openings on both mvs and aes pro. They did not make solid contact and on some boards wouldn't work at all.
Also I'm experiencing sound issues with my mvs pro when playing NeoCd games on 2 slot boards. I've only experienced this issue with NeoCd games though, not regular roms.
Done
It's a miracle that the Neo CD sound works at all, but it seems to be quite buggy, even with the optimum image files. Not sure if it's really good enough to play and ignore for some games. Too many sudden volume changes and stray noises.
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