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2016-04-17 19:09:29rev. 3CORRECTAPPROVED
2016-09-29 18:19:58rev. 3CORRECTAPPROVED
2023-01-20 00:46:56rev. 5CORRECTnopeAPPROVED


History of users contributions

Date Content
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Author Comment
2010-01-08 10:45:22rev. 2Chris WeirAll I changed were the names "Gameboy" to "Game Boy," and "Gamepak" to "Game Pak"
2011-05-02 22:55:14rev. 3furrtekTraced with multimeter on a real cart, tested by making a cart dumper.
2018-02-14 09:25:35rev. 5RobertAnimations
2019-05-29 20:46:32rev. 5ArtemisMaxThe pinout said never used for pin 31, audio in, but based on the nintendo website for the MP3 player, it appears that the MP3 is decoded on the cartridge because it has a built in headphone jack. This would mean that the decoded audio would have to be sent to the console speakers whilst bypassing the audio chip in the console. so this is probably the purpose of the audio in pin.

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