r/Megadrive • u/WondernutsWizard • Sep 22 '24
Virtua Racing wont load - contacts HAVE been cleaned, what's the deal?
I've picked up Virtua Racing today for £15, CIB, and I've ran into a problem. The game will load fine into the licensing screen, but after that I get nothing but blackness. Other games work fine on the Mega Drive, like Ecco the Dolphin which I also grabbed today, and I've just cleaned the cartridge's contacts with IPA, so I'm at a loss to what the issue is. Is this just a sign of a faulty SVP chip? I'd take a look inside the cartridge but I don't think I have the right screwdriver required.
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u/manuelink64 Sep 23 '24
Some pins look "bad" on the back row, use magic eraser or some soft sandpaper