Starfox Overclocked

[Drakon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOU2GikRRY8&feature=player_embedded

[Psygonis]

What is it?

Looks just like an US cartridge put on a japanese SNES using an adapter...

[CrypticQuery]

What is it?

Looks just like an US cartridge put on a japanese SNES using an adapter...

I believe he/she overclocked the hardware on the cartridge to allow the game to run at a somewhat faster framerate, though I'm not entirely sure. In any case the red cartridge is nice,

EDIT - to SF-O, Drakon! ^_^

[Psygonis]

Ok, did a bit of research.

You nailed it crazy, he soldered a Super FX 2 chip on the board to replace the original Super FX one. Since Mk. 2 runs at ~27MHz and Mk. one only at 21, it seems to run faster.

EDIT:

Oh right Drakon, now that you edited your first post, it's clearer...

EDIT 2:

Oh and welcome on StarFox-Online by the way! ;)

[CrypticQuery]

Ok, did a bit of research.

You nailed it crazy, he soldered a Super FX 2 chip on the board to replace the original Super FX one. Since Mk. 2 runs at ~27MHz and Mk. one only at 21, it seems to run faster.

Ahh, gotcha

And I actually got something right! HAPPY, I AM, SO MUCH!

[Drakon]

Haha. Actually I soldered a starfox rom chip (stores the game data) onto a super fx 2 cartridge. That catridge used to be doom. The super fx 2 normally goes at 21.5 mhz. I had to modify the cartridge and add my own clock circuit to get it going at a higher speed. The higher speed makes the game much smoother with much less slowdown. It also runs a bit faster.

[Icy]

Pretty cool, I must say! :D

[Drakon]

Here's a promo video for my next starfox related mod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZgNIvB4ppk&feature=channel_video_title

[kkstarfox]

Interesting... Some one is handy with technology. And wires.

[Psygonis]

I believe the Super FX and the Super FX 2 chips have similar pinouts...

[Drakon]

yes all three chips (mario chip, super fx 1, super fx 2) are fully compatible with each other. They're even pin compatible. I have starfox 1 running on all three different superfx chips

All three chips the clock input is the same pin I assume the rest of the pins are the same too