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Boom Saturn Booster Pack 4M plus

Supergrom - Dec 2, 2001

		Supergrom		Dec 2, 2001
			i finally have the money to buy a PAR, but this is the only one i can find. Does anyone know if this one is a good deal for $25 or if i can find one cheaper anywhere else. I am mostly interested in the 1m and 4m functions. thanks

		jotted		Dec 2, 2001
			It works fine for me. It's a bit chintsy, but that's to be expected. There is a switch on the front to change from 1meg to 4meg.

		mal		Dec 2, 2001
			NCSX... have the AR 4M Plus for $29. I know it's a little more, but it is an AR and a few people have reported flakey behavior from their Booster Packs.

		megametalgreymon		Dec 3, 2001
			my 4mb bootser pack for example didnt work after i received it, then just started working after a week they also lack the comms port, although your probabbly not concerned about that from what youve said

Cloud121

Dec 6, 2001

	
	
		
		
			Quote: from jotted on 7:24 pm on Dec. 2, 2001



It works fine for me. It's a bit chintsy, but that's to be expected. There is a switch on the front to change from 1meg to 4meg.

what do you mean "it's a bit chintsy"? I don't understand that word.

		Captian Crazy		Dec 6, 2001
			it means it dosent work good, its crap just doesnt work that great. NCS's one sounds good, but buying from there website is a pain

		mal		Dec 6, 2001
			What problem did you have with NCSXs webstore Captain Crazy? I've had no difficulty ordering from them.

		Shaneus		Dec 6, 2001
			btw with my ar4m, doesnt seem to wanna save from the saturn mem to the carts mem... just freezes on 'saving to cartridge'... dont like it but the ram features work, and thats all i got it for

		Captian Crazy		Dec 7, 2001
			When I bought Dyanmite Deka 2 and VF3tb from them, the page would just say "cannot find server" or some java script error, that cause me to have the store give me 2 copies of each game I ordered, though I got one copy of each one though

		rosewood		Dec 11, 2001
			the Boom 4MB+ cart from Lik-Sang, it tells me on boot-up "Action-Replay", so is it really the 5in1 PAR in different package? i also have some difficulties w/ StreetFighterZero3, I can only play it for 30 minutes or so, then the gfx and sounds become partially corrupt and the game will boot only when i remove the card and let it cool down fpor some time... (but only on this game, other game 1-4MB games are fine, even with a "hot" cart) also, i can't save directly from ANY game to the cart mem, i first have to save it to sys mem and then transfer it w/ the PAR-MemoryManager, is this right or am I missing something???

		megametalgreymon		Dec 11, 2001
			i think you have to use the carts own feature to transfer files to it and yes, direct saves arent supported (only the offical sega one does that afaik)

		Phantom		Dec 13, 2001
			I have a pal saturn and both a AR 4M Plus and a Booster Pack 4M Plus. Both do not work well on my system. I got replacements for both, but that didn't make any difference. Below an overview of what does and doesn't work on my system: AR 4M Plus Working: Imports, Cheats, 4M RAM Not Working: Savegames, 1M RAM Booster Pack 4M Plus Working: Imports, Cheats, Savegames Not Working: 1M RAM, 4M RAM What I mean by 'Not Working' is that those function do not work on a cold saturn. Basically, all of these problems disappear when the saturn gets hot. But who really wants to wait an hour before playing Metal Slug for instance? And a final remark, the booster pack appears to be nothing more than an older version of the AR 4M Plus. Same interface, different copyright and version number. It's ofcourse possible that the carts work flawlessly on your system, but I wouldn't count on it. I tried several of these carts on several saturns and have never seen a combination that worked perfectly. Maybe these carts work better on ntsc systems? (Edited by Phantom at 1:33 pm on Dec. 13, 2001)

		rosewood		Dec 13, 2001
			that's strange, with my saturn it's the opposite, SF-Zero only plays when it's cold... what's the newest AR version ? in my boom cart i have AR v1.94

		Phantom		Dec 13, 2001
			My AR 4M Plus is v2.01. I think the latest version is v2.02

		mal		Dec 13, 2001
			I've got an AR 4M Plus and a PAL Saturn and all of its functions work OK.