ydcl Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi all, I just bought an action replay cartridge for my Sega Saturn and a King of Fighters 97 import. I put the disc in along with the cartridge and it tells me that the disc is not for my system. The action replay card I bought says that I can play imports on the guys FAQ... Maybe I am not doing it right... This is the item I bought: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 180574196229 and this is the game: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 120676655873 Can anyone let me know? Thanks! Yan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Are you getting a menu at all with the cartridge plugged in? The slot can be finicky, I think you need to also hold down some buttons when booting to engage the region overide? UPDATE: according to online FAQ: http://www.consoledatabase.com/faq/segasaturn/segasaturnfaq.txt Apparently for the GAMESHARK: "You can also play imports using Interact's Game Shark accessory. Just press Start while holding down X+Y+Z when the Game Shark asks if you want to start the game with/without enhancements. Newer Game Sharks apparently let you just press Start without having to hold down X+Y+Z when it asks that question." I am guessing it might be the same for Action Replay? Edited February 28, 2011 by OldSchoolRetroGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydcl Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Are you getting a menu at all with the cartridge plugged in? The slot can be finicky, I think you need to also hold down some buttons when booting to engage the region overide? No, only the Saturn disc menu... Nothing that boots up anything, same menu as if you put no disc at all... I think it is not recognizing the action replay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Are you getting a menu at all with the cartridge plugged in? The slot can be finicky, I think you need to also hold down some buttons when booting to engage the region overide? No, only the Saturn disc menu... Nothing that boots up anything, same menu as if you put no disc at all... I think it is not recognizing the action replay... I have had this issue, as I say the cart slot is one of the more troublesome/finicky. Blow into slot and cartridge, make sure it is inserted firmly, you may have to plug in and out a few times but you should be getting a menu for the cartridge for sure. I get a menu for my Gameshark and my action replay, just keep at it. Apparently KOF '95 requires it's own bundled proprietary 1MB cart, I am not sure if this is the same for KOF 97. Either way, you should have a menu. Edited February 28, 2011 by OldSchoolRetroGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydcl Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Are you getting a menu at all with the cartridge plugged in? The slot can be finicky, I think you need to also hold down some buttons when booting to engage the region overide? No, only the Saturn disc menu... Nothing that boots up anything, same menu as if you put no disc at all... I think it is not recognizing the action replay... I have had this issue, as I say the cart slot is one of the more troublesome/finicky. Blow into slot and cartridge, make sure it is inserted firmly, you may have to plug in and out a few times but you should be getting a menu for the cartridge for sure. I get a menu for my Gameshark and my action replay, just keep at it. Apparently KOF '95 requires it's own bundled proprietary 1MB cart, I am not sure if this is the same for KOF 97. Either way, you should have a menu. Thanks for your help, on the 2nd try the menu came up and it works perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Excellent, glad to hear it! Now if I could just get cheat codes to actually work for me....... Thanks for your help, on the 2nd try the menu came up and it works perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taskmaster99 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yup. They are finicky. Another word of advice......once you get it in and working......leave it. They say that taking the cartridge in and out all the time will eventually wear out the contacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydcl Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yup. They are finicky. Another word of advice......once you get it in and working......leave it. They say that taking the cartridge in and out all the time will eventually wear out the contacts. Its a 4mb ram cartridge also, so there is no point in taking it out. I left it in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Yup. They are finicky. Another word of advice......once you get it in and working......leave it. They say that taking the cartridge in and out all the time will eventually wear out the contacts. I leave mine in constantly and still need to reseat it regularly. I know of other people who have the same issue. I'm not 100% certain if the slot itself is at fault or if the action reply carts might be a tad too thin. Given I've never had this problem with the official RAM cart, I choose to blame to Action Reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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