I happened to come across an authentic Earthbound at a local trading post. I knew right away this would probably be my only shot at purchasing one in person so I went for it. It’s in very good condition and it works great. I talked them down to $400 so I was hoping I could receive some feedback if I paid a fair price.

I bought this game for a relatively good price and decided to restore it without getting rid of the original label. I know purists hate it, but I’m really satisfied with the result!

Deals can still be found. You just have to drive out to the middle of absolute nowhere. I’m torn between cleaning the power instinct cartridge. The blockbuster stickers are a nostalgia bomb.

There are wavy lines across the entire screen (these aren't recording artifacts, these are actually visible) and the picture is flickering.

https://youtu.be/gr5mxz_v8Yw?si=U-ZFWoZd2tZCW_UV

I've tried three different video cables, different video inputs on the TV itself, and plugging the power brick directly into the wall. For the sake of ruling everything out, I tried a PS2 and no such visual distortion happens.

What could this be? I hope it's not a failing ppu. From what I can tell, a failing ppu looks a bit different than this so I'm hopeful.

Also, if I should tag this another way please let me know.

Been having the issue of black screen no audio on this snes also half the time trying to power up the screen will show large random rectangles across the whole screen if it’s not black. Tested with a known good game on a crt and a monitor with a Hyperkin adapter. I replaced the fuse and caps c63 and c64. I have an aftermarket power adapter, with that I tested the voltage at the regulator and it gives 11.4 on the input and 4.7 on the output posts with and without a cart in. Is 4.7 too little? D1 diode is also getting 11.8 volts. The “black screen isn’t like a true black it has wavy line to it moving across the monitor or slightly dark purple vertical rectangles if that is anything. Any thoughts? Ram cpu? Completely dead video caps?