Home > Front FarEast, Gallery, Retro Computers and other stuff... > Super Wildcard SWC DX 32Mb – Front FarEast

Super Wildcard SWC DX 32Mb – Front FarEast

Super Wildcard SWC DX 32Mb - Front FarEast

Autopsy:

Il DX Super Wildcard è un’unità di backup per Super Nintendo (Super Nes / Famicom) realizzato dall’azienda Front FarEast. Il Super Wildcard e’ equipaggiato con 32 megabit (4 megabyte) di RAM, espandibile fino a 96 megabit.

La parte superiore della unità contiene il connettore femmina per l’inserimento delle cartucce SNES. La parte sinistra contiene l’unità floppy. La parte inferiore dell’unità contiene la porta cartuccia che si inserisce nel Super Nintendo e sul retro c’e’ la porta parallela per l’interfacciamento con il computer.

Download: Super Wildcard DX (EPROM & EEPROM DUMP) (470)

 

  1. Geoffrey.Farrugia
    24 September 2013 a 11:34 | #1

    I’m an owner of a Super Wildcard SWC DX 32Mb – Front FarEast. After some time the floppy drive went faulty. Instead of changing it with a similar drive, I’ve changed it with a 3.5″ 1.2MB USB SSD Disk Simulation Floppy Drive Emulator for Embroidery Machines. Now I have all games on only two USB sticks since the drive emulator can only emulate 100 floppies per stick. I got rid of all that flimsy floppy disks ;)

  2. Toine
    8 March 2014 a 17:22 | #2

    @Geoffrey.Farrugia

    Hello Geoffrey.

    I’m interested in your conversion.
    Was it an easy fix?
    I also have a Wildcard DX and think it’s a good idea to play from usb stick.

    Greetings,
    Toine.

  3. realtimesave
    24 May 2014 a 23:40 | #3

    @Geoffrey.Farrugia

    The FDD doesn’t go bad, it is the user at fault. If your FDD doesn’t play the games properly 99.9% of the time it is going to be the operating system you are using. These are friendly with MS-DOS operating systems all the way up to Windows ME. If you use Windows XP or any other NT kernel based O/s (windows 7, windows 8, windows 9, windows server 2000/2003/2003r2 etc), don’t expect your games to run properly because the NT kernel takes full control of the FDD from the BIOS and for some reason the SWC DX is not compatible with games written to FDD from any NT kernel based o/s.

    I own two of these and they both run flawlessly. I’m looking for information about upgrading to 96mbit although I probably won’t bother and looking for SWC DX 96 BIOS before I swap out the chip. SWC DX 96 BIOS is not compatible with the SWC DX 94 and I notice that my SWC DX 95 has a different PCB and different circuitry inside so I am guessing there is a possibility that the SWC DX 96 BIOS might work with it.

  4. realtimesave
    24 May 2014 a 23:43 | #4

    @Toine

    Toine, use Windows ME and below for writing games to floppy. I have tested this and verified fully that was the issue. I purchased a genuine cartridge of a game that I was having difficulties with to check this. I verified that writing the game from the copier to a floppy worked fine and then I copied the game in Windows XP and it still crashed and then I copied the same exact ROM file to floppy in Windows 98 and it worked flawlessly.

    Windows 98 = MS-DOS 7.0 with a GUI. The GUI is not the operating system nor the kernel, MS-DOS 7.0 is. These copiers work fine with MS-DOS 5, 6.xx, and 7.

    Also don’t crack open these things if you don’t know what you are doing. If it isn’t in need of repairs, don’t open it.

  5. Geoffrey.Farrugia
    3 July 2014 a 13:44 | #5

    Toine.
    Yes it’s an easy fix. Just unplug the FDD and plug the USB to FDD emulator.
    The emulator have same interface as the FDD.
    Disk switching is done by two buttons (forward & reverse) on the USB side of the emulator.

    Search for “3.5″ 1.2MB USB SSD Disk Simulation Floppy Drive Emulator for Embroidery Machines” and you will have a better idea what I’m talking about.

  6. Geoffrey.Farrugia
    3 July 2014 a 13:46 | #6

    @Toine
    Toine.
    Yes it’s an easy fix. Just unplug the FDD and plug the USB to FDD emulator.
    The emulator have same interface as the FDD.
    Disk switching is done by two buttons (forward & reverse) on the USB side of the emulator.

    Search for “3.5″ 1.2MB USB SSD Disk Simulation Floppy Drive Emulator for Embroidery Machines” and you will have a better idea what I’m talking about.

  7. Rene
    25 August 2016 a 17:13 | #7

    Hi guys,

    I recently got my hands on one of these but sadly without a power supply.
    I’ve got a few weeks of work and my hands are tingling but I don’t want to fry it !
    So could anyone off you tell me what kind of power supply I need for this baby?

  8. Philipp
    27 August 2016 a 21:26 | #8

    @Rene
    You don’t need a PS at all. It’s powered by the SNES.

  9. 7 March 2017 a 15:35 | #9

    Hi, I’m grateful if someone help me
    I’m a super wildcard but I can not transfer my game to the floppy drive

    Who can help me so that I can play my transfer from PC to device

    Thanks, dear friends

  10. 16 May 2017 a 10:07 | #10

    Hi
    Some of the game’s high capacity 1.44-owners would split the field who guide and ticks

    My questions are Can I split a rom up into 2 or 3 parts & put them on 2/3 disks? or Is there another way I can play games over 1.44mb using my Super Wild Card?

  11. Valens
    30 December 2017 a 15:45 | #11

    Hi,
    I just bought a floppy emulator meant for musical keyboard and tried to install to my SWC DX. It does read and write the thumb drive but it gives a black screen after loading the rom. Is it because of the floppy emulator (meant for musical keyboard)? Or do I have to get another floppy emulator meant for embroidery in order for it to work?

*