I pulled out my Super Nintendo, but my saves keep vanishing

[Reiker000]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like the idea of that cartridge but how did they get to be so expensive? Gap in the market there, someone must be able to make the same thing but half the price...

I suspect this. I bought a memory card reader for my DS back in like 2007 or 2008 and it was like $60 for the read, the microSD card, and an attachment for the GBA slot that allowed you to play GBA roms as well. I'm assuming a memory card reader for an SNES would be a bit less advanced, not sure how it warrants more than 2x the price, besides just unavailability. http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?products_id=84 is also $145. Probably a mix of not a lot of people making them + not a lot of demand.

Also these only seem to support DSP-1 which means no Super FX, SA-1, CX4, etc. ROMs. So, no Starfox/Starfox 2, Doom, Megaman X2/X3, Kirby's Dream Land 3, etc.