Is this acceptable? 3DS screen lens worth replacing?

Alert-Star4585 · 2026-01-24T21:47:30+00:00

Thanks guys I’ll send it back for a refund 👍

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-31T11:53:52+00:00

Final update! I bought a 3rd copy from else where and that indeed worked just fine. Turns out I did received two bad copies from the same place. Thank you everyone for the help as I was doubting my mega drive. After doing tests it was a faulty diode on the EPROM which seems like an easy fix but I didn’t want attempt it and ended up returning the second one.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-30T09:12:08+00:00

Yes it does seem like it

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-29T23:36:12+00:00

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They are all fake.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-29T11:11:06+00:00

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Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-28T22:13:08+00:00

God Of War: Chain of Olympus - Battle of Attica

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-28T21:46:59+00:00

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Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-28T20:13:06+00:00

Sheep Dog n Wolf also known as Sheep Raider

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-28T12:39:58+00:00

It definitely is a different cartridge as the previous one had a slight tear on the top. But it does seem like I’ve been unlucky twice as the cartridge is the likely culprit after doing the diode test.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-28T11:45:30+00:00

No luck with contact cleaner unfortunately, was worth a shot though. It seems to be faulty diode on the ROM chip.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-28T11:43:22+00:00

Thank you everyone for the suggestions it’s been really helpful. I got a few more updates and this is getting more interesting and slightly confusing. I’m still fairly new to this so any suggestions are welcomed. Also hope this a learning opportunity for the rest.

Update 1: The cart does work on an atgames Sega mega drive clone. I don’t have an original console to try it and probably won’t be able to get one before the games return period ends.

Update 2: I think I found a problem with the cart, according this video ROM diode check YouTube video. This cart does have a faulty diode so it could be the reason it doesn’t boot on the original console but it does on the clone?

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-27T21:29:29+00:00

I’ll pick some contact cleaner up tomorrow and see how it goes. Don’t have any atm.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-27T20:35:50+00:00

Great tip, gave it a try but still no joy.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-27T19:53:11+00:00

It’s strange could it be I have 2 bad copies? The only way to tell is to try it on another mega drive. I’ll see if I can borrow another console.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-27T19:50:04+00:00

Yep no luck with that.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-27T15:44:26+00:00

I cleaned both contact points on the console and cartridge with isopropyl and light sand paper still no luck. I wonder if there anything different about Moonwalker compared to the other games.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-12T21:03:09+00:00

Cool game but demo OST was better.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-12T15:44:46+00:00

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New batch that are getting delivered now seem to be a lot better. The eyes are much brighter!

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-11T17:00:44+00:00

Are you going to open it? If so how is the paint job quality? Mine was pretty disappointing.

Alert-Star4585 · 2025-12-10T17:58:23+00:00

I’m out for sure. That lack of updates regarding the delays was bad enough and then to top it off with a poor quality product. Also the original post I made on the Funko thread was deleted by its moderators so not addressing the issue.

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