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Some people have tried to explain it away as being because whatever liquid Robotnik drops exerts its effect by attacking the protagonist's eyes. I'm not convinced!

Meat Miracle, on 05 September 2013 - 05:39 PM, said:

From retro_console_accessories? No. I specifically bought one that was advertised as being for NTSC Saturns. Besides, it didn't work on that or PAL.

Edit: Bah, you were probably talking about the other seller who was linked below your quote. Oh well, this will clarify things either way.

I've bought an RGB SCART cable, main PSU, and spare disk drive PSU for my Amstrad CPC 464 and 6128 from Retro Computer Shack. All worked fine, aside from the fact that some TVs simply disagree with that type of signal.

To be clear, I'm not wanting to slander retro_console_accessories, but I can't fathom how the problem could have been caused by me and not their cables. As I said above, if anyone wants to school me and vindicate r_c_a, feel free.

Shadow Hog, on 29 August 2013 - 12:15 AM, said:

Devil's advocate here!

I bought two cables from this seller, hoping it would fix my aforementioned problems with my aforementioned NTSC-J Saturn. Both provided pictures with huge distorted bands emanating from any hard-edged shapes and other problems. This occurred on various TVs. I tried both cables on my PAL Saturn into multiple TVs and got all the same problems

I eventually got a refund, but not without retro_console_accessories basically telling me that had never happened to anyone else and so I must be doing something wrong.

Considering how I controlled my tests with two cables, two Saturns, two regions, and at least three TVs, I find it hard to believe all of those things of mine had the same problem(s), whereas their cables were innocent.

Of course, any enlightenment that might explain the whole thing - and make me look like a silly ass - would be welcomed, but at least for now, I thought it was worth recording that not everyone has had a flawless experience with their products.

I guess the question is less whether it's possible and more whether someone else is actually going to do it on other people's behalf.

Of course, it's perfectly possible. There are various fixes and threads about them. Someone who's done the relevant reading and can make the necessary changes could easily put together a multi-patched ROM.

But firstly, that's a lot of work for the person making the patched ROM, which other people could do in their own hacks if they really want it. And secondly, there comes a point where a certain fix isn't unambiguously a fix, where some people think it should be left how it is - and how do you please everyone in situations like that, short of contriving a complex, customisable build system or something?

Thus, providing fixes as modifications to disassemblies is not a bad idea, letting people pick and choose the fixes they want and implement those themselves. I guess a compromise to placate the less 68000-inclined, somewhere between providing patches as code and expecting someone else to do all the work to make an edited ROM, would be to provide the patches in IPS format, though I'm not sure how feasible that is.