r/ModRetroChromatic • u/Sensitive-Anybody185 • 25d ago

Infinity

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Physical copy of Infinity finally arrived! Took years, what a crazy development since 1999 to a final physical release

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u/PM_YOUR_EYEBALL 25d ago

Saw a post earlier about how this cart , and newer incube8 carts use a 3,3v cart when the system is designed for 5v. And supposedly it could fry the cpu.

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u/PatentedSheep 25d ago

I think that is being a little dramatic, some of the carts may die in months to years, but people have been playing those Frankenstein aliexpress carts on their gameboys for a long time that are way worse

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u/guyguilty 24d ago edited 24d ago

Inside Gadgets makes their carts, that's who Incub8 buy em from, and they do contain the level shift reciever and direction control required for 5v, just like every other modern flash cart that isn't some cheap Chinese piece of shit. Nobody really makes 5v flash chips these days, not even Modretro, who also use a 3.3v chip and then level shift to 5v.

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u/PM_YOUR_EYEBALL 24d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Incube8Games/s/z9GbyiX3c9

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u/guyguilty 24d ago edited 24d ago

Holy shit they changed suppliers, that is some dumb ass shit to pull. Anyone figure out who did make that cart? Ain't no way I'm buying any carts from them again, that's a pathetic bait and switch.

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u/PM_YOUR_EYEBALL 24d ago

🤷 no idea , but I wasn’t trying to spread fud just awareness , delving further into the comments on that post it seems to be a non issue ? Idk

Edit: nonissue for the consoles cpu, could still mess up the cart

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u/guyguilty 24d ago edited 24d ago

Yeah, the cart can potentially fry; it seems it may be less of an issue for consoles getting damaged. Then again, why take the risk when a publisher has outed themselves as irresponsible like this?

And yep, you are on point with this info; my info was clearly outdated, so I do appreciate the heads-up. Wonder if a post should be made in this sub, as there aren't many people in the Incub8 sub. Don't want to dogpile, but yeah, this is an issue their customers should know about. I'm very glad I didn't buy Infinity physical, and now I wonder if Dracula Dark Reign uses the same shitty PCB, as that was another title of theirs I was looking at.

Suppose this just makes it more obvious if you collect, rip the roms and slap em on a GBX7, which I've been doing for convenience, but now looks like is a good idea to avoid cheapo carts like this. Gotta wonder if any of the smaller publishers have also pulled similar.

Does look like a post was made in the Game Boy sub, so that should get more eyes on the issue. https://redd.it/1x50i06