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>That essentially made them hot-swappable extension cards for the console. I can't think of any game that involves removing or inserting a cartridge while the

>That essentially made them hot-swappable extension cards for the console. I can't think of any game that involves removing or inserting a cartridge while the console is on.

vaindil 2y ago
Not quite the same thing, but several of Rare's N64 games (most notably Banjo-Kazooie) had a planned feature called Stop 'n' Swop [0] that would allow you to unlock things by inserting a different game's cartridge. Nintendo made them cancel the feature because the system was not intended to be used that way. [0] https://tcrf.net/Banjo-Kazooie/Stop_N_Swop https://tcrf.net/Banjo-Kazooie/Stop_N_Swop
maxbaines 2y ago
Can't remember the game, but removing and inserting the cartridge, enabled some kind of glitch I could use to cheat as a kid.
- tiptup300 2y ago
  Perhaps Sonic 3D Blast for the Sega Genesis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZs2HUW9tDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZs2HUW9tDA
- 31337Logic 2y ago
  We did exactly this for several games on the old (woodgrain) Atari 2600 consoles.
- MrMember 2y ago
  One of the Sonic games for Sega Genesis had some weird trick you could do by only fully inserting one half of the cartridge.
- skywal_l 2y ago
  Maybe you're thinking of this trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFHNgJlJSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFHNgJlJSg (Access Glitch Worlds in Super Mario Bros. via NES Tennis)
  - maxbaines 2y ago
    Was a similar hack, for sure another game though! I could never handle sports games, although I loved playing them about level 3 or shot put in olympics games I was done for.
- xanderlewis 2y ago
  I remember trying that kind of thing with Pokémon Emerald when I must’ve been about ten. It was supposed to allow me to clone an item. When I put the cartridge back in, the screen was blank apart from a message simply saying something like ‘The save file is corrupted. A new save file must be created.’. I was devastated. 200 hours and what felt like a life’s journey. And it was all gone.
  - maxbaines 2y ago
    Ouch!

>That essentially made them hot-swappable extension cards for the console. I can't think of any game that involves removing or inserting a cartridge while the console is on.

vaindil 2y ago

Not quite the same thing, but several of Rare's N64 games (most notably Banjo-Kazooie) had a planned feature called Stop 'n' Swop [0] that would allow you to unlock things by inserting a different game's cartridge. Nintendo made them cancel the feature because the system was not intended to be used that way. [0] https://tcrf.net/Banjo-Kazooie/Stop_N_Swop https://tcrf.net/Banjo-Kazooie/Stop_N_Swop

maxbaines 2y ago

Can't remember the game, but removing and inserting the cartridge, enabled some kind of glitch I could use to cheat as a kid.

tiptup300 2y ago
Perhaps Sonic 3D Blast for the Sega Genesis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZs2HUW9tDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZs2HUW9tDA
31337Logic 2y ago
We did exactly this for several games on the old (woodgrain) Atari 2600 consoles.
MrMember 2y ago
One of the Sonic games for Sega Genesis had some weird trick you could do by only fully inserting one half of the cartridge.
skywal_l 2y ago
Maybe you're thinking of this trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFHNgJlJSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFHNgJlJSg (Access Glitch Worlds in Super Mario Bros. via NES Tennis)
- maxbaines 2y ago
  Was a similar hack, for sure another game though! I could never handle sports games, although I loved playing them about level 3 or shot put in olympics games I was done for.
xanderlewis 2y ago
I remember trying that kind of thing with Pokémon Emerald when I must’ve been about ten. It was supposed to allow me to clone an item. When I put the cartridge back in, the screen was blank apart from a message simply saying something like ‘The save file is corrupted. A new save file must be created.’. I was devastated. 200 hours and what felt like a life’s journey. And it was all gone.
- maxbaines 2y ago
  Ouch!