Previously on #NES buying adventures...https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/this-cartridge-is-a-tiny-time-bomb-limited-run-accused-of-selling-carts-which-can-damage-your-nes

Just got my replacmeent #PioPow and #Rugrats NES games. Picturesd is the PCB for PioPow and screenshots of the relevant datasheets for the PRG and CHR RAM used for PioPow. They actually sourced 5V chips!

https://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/55569/AMD/Am29F400BT-70SE.html

https://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/82661/ALSC/AS7C256-12JC.html

I can't believe it. #LimitedRunGames actually kept their word and sent properly-working cartridges!

Heh, this is ALL OVER the retrogaming news now. I'm glad the word spread that this can be a problem and that LRG has done the best possible thing they could to fix it. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=limited+run+games+piopow+rugrats&ia=web

#LimitedRunGames #Rugrats #PioPow

I want to make it clear why it's such a big deal to make sure that the Pio Pow release got fixed.

Pio Pow is a posthumous release by Jeremías Babini, a beloved member of the #NESdev community. It's a gorgeous NROM game (40 kB, like SMB1 or Micro Mages) done with a lot of love. Jeremías passed away just a few months before the release of the game, and his family did the finishing arrangements to get LRG to publish the only full version that is currently public. Here you can see the state of Jeremías's page on the game, which I guess will now be preserved for as long as the hosting stays up:

https://jeremiasbabini.xyz/piopow/en.html

I don't know if his family will also arrange a ROM release, but I hope they do. If a digital release happens, it will probably take about a year, as LRG typically negotiates exclusivity for a year. I risked putting the cartridge into my NES only long enough to dump it (about 15 minutes), and it's never going back in again.

It's a really cool game, a turn-based roguelike with some very interesting mechanics.

Part of the reason I went on this whole crusade to get the cartridges fixed is for the sake of the memory of Jeremías. He deserved better than this release.

#PioPow #NES #LimitedRunGames

More coverage. LRG has issued a statement and will issue replacement cartridges to all buyers.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/be-warned-two-nes-titles-from-limited-run-games-may-damage-your-console

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/limited-run-games-says-two-of-its-recent-nes-releases-could-damage-the-console/

#LimitedRunGames #NES #PioPow #Rugrats

Warnung vor NES-Spielen von Limited Run Games: Mögliche Schäden an Konsole und Cartridge

https://nintendo-connect.de/heimkonsole/nes/warnung-vor-nes-spielen-von-limited-run-games-moegliche-schaeden-an-konsole-und-cartridge-134592/

New game, Pio Pow, released posthumously by Jeremías Babini.

Unfortunately, LRG sourced a bad supplier for this board again and it has the wrong voltage, which poses a hazard to both the cartridge and my NES. I put the game in my NES only long enough to dump the ROM, which I will now play from my Everdrive, and never again put this cartridge inside the console.

#NES #PioPow #LimitedRunGames #WrongVoltage

Last chance to get Piopow, perhaps, or at least that's how LRG makes me feel: https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-games/products/piopow-nes

#PioPow #NES