+atari2600land Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I accidentally one day pulled out a Game Boy Advance cartridge with the power on on my Game Boy Player. I thought it had said it was safe to switch cartridges when in fact it wasn't. I got a message saying not to do this because it might harm the cartridge. That's the reason I ask. That, and there doesn't seem to be a thing in the cart slot to "lock" it into place if the power gets turned on (like a Game Boy or something.) I guess this could be true for any cartridge-based system. The reason I asked here is because I'm currently on a Jaguar kick. So, what would happen if I pulled out a Jaguar cartridge while the power was still on? Would it damage the system or the cart or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I really can't see how a mask ROM chip would possibly be damaged by removing it while a system was on. I also don't see why on Earth anyone would do this. Has this been a problem with any of your other systems in the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) There are some people on youtube who intentionally pull cartridges out of certain old systems to see what kind of glitches might result. I've seen it done with sonic on sega genesis.Unfortunately, I wouldn't say that anything cool ever happens. Either the game plays like normal, or there are a few pieces of corrupted graphics that are never that interesting, or else the game doesn't boot up.On the other hand, it was kind of cool to slightly pull a gamegear cartridge out of a gamegear back in the day, because if one of the cartridge contacts on the side did not connect, the gamegear would switch to "master system mode" where it would change the screen resolution and maybe the palette, while leaving the game fully playable. Was kind of cool to mess around with if you're a bored kid in the 90s Edited November 15, 2015 by sirlynxalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I always avoid hotswapping cartridges. I don't ever want to risk any chance of damaging a system or cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnovaX5 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Cartridge tilting is fairly popular to produce glitches. The Easter Egg Hunter does this often with Nintendo 64 games. It can be mildly entertaining to watch but I personally wouldn't do anything like it ever. I'd be too scared of it damaging something and my luck it would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Not tilting, pulling the cartridge completely out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
032-Bias Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 The console will definately freak out since a set of pins act as a circuit to let the Jaguar turn on, if I remember correctly. A CD unit would probably just reboot to the no disc screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Pulling carts out in anger when the system is on to throw them against the wall may be detrimental to their (and the consoles) long term health? Shocked... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Don't do it. You can fry chips that way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) I confess, I did it a few times, especially at the red screen of death when in anger at the umpteenth attempt. But I normally do not put them back in (no hot-swap per se). Another thing I noticed is that if I tilt the Jag carts the unit sometimes reboots (you can actually see the power led go off and back on), many times it is not exactly intentional, other times (red screen of death) "jiggle'n'tilt" seems to do the trick. I don't have a NES toaster to compare, but of all cart based consoles I have the Jag is the only one that is very temperamental with the slot (maybe the Saturn can reach those levels, but given it's a CD system once the AR4in1 works it's settled for a few months at a time). Edited November 15, 2015 by phoenixdownita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantis Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 You have too much time on your own. Get kids, and problems solved!I like that you have words/phrases for this: hotswapping, cart tilting......LOL, this must be the decadent end of our civilization. No hard feelings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagosaurus Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 The Jag must detect a cart to power on. Try turning on the console with no cart, nothing. I'd think the console would turn off or reboot as mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Apparently it is SO inconvenient to just hit the power button before swapping carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Apparently it is SO inconvenient to just hit the power button before swapping carts. Not about inconvenience, but about 20th+ attempt desperation, at that point you only want it to start playing even if that would cost you a fried console .... you're already mad enough that you could eat a battery and fart a lightning bolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I accidentally one day pulled out a Game Boy Advance cartridge with the power on on my Game Boy Player. I thought it had said it was safe to switch cartridges when in fact it wasn't. I got a message saying not to do this because it might harm the cartridge. That's the reason I ask. That, and there doesn't seem to be a thing in the cart slot to "lock" it into place if the power gets turned on (like a Game Boy or something.) I guess this could be true for any cartridge-based system. The reason I asked here is because I'm currently on a Jaguar kick. So, what would happen if I pulled out a Jaguar cartridge while the power was still on? Would it damage the system or the cart or both? I wouldn't do it. There's too few Jaguars out there. Having said that, you can hot swap 5200 cartridges in a 5200. I still don't like doing that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Apparently it is SO inconvenient to just hit the power button before swapping carts. It's not that, I just was wondering what would happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Ripped the Bruce Lee game out of the Jaguar and threw it into the next room once. I tilt Jaguar cartridges slightly to get them to work. Honestly sometimes they just don't work when inserted right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I wouldn't do it, who knows you might lose your saved game data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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