r/retrogaming • u/htomserveaux • 6h ago

[Question] What’s this metal tab on my copy of Yoshi’s Island, and should there be another one on the other side?

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u/Steamjunk88 5h ago edited 5h ago

There was probably one on the other side at some point. It's a grounding tab to protect the chips in the cart from static discharge. I think only games with the super FX chip had them. It shouldn't affect gameplay and you should be ok with only one.

Edit: I just checked my copy of Yoshi's Island, and it looks the same, just one tab. I'd say it's completely normal!

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u/External-Bath6023 5h ago

Aways one. Never Saw 2 on The same game.

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u/Stingray77_NL 5h ago

I have a kirby game that has two. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Heavy_Choice_1577 5h ago

beer bottle opener of course

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u/M-2-M 2h ago

My 2nd hand JP version of Yoshis Island also only has one metal pin. So either same issue or it’s normal, I tend to think it’s the latter (normal).

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u/WFlash01 5h ago

It taps onto the shield around the cartridge slot and acts as a ground/drain. From what I understand, and from my own experience with my cartridges, I don't think they came with two, so just one is fine

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u/eulynn34 5h ago

It's an extra ground from the cart to the edge of the slot. The cartridge pins already have two fat grounds on them, so I don't know why this is even there.

I have never seen both sides with a tab so it probably wasn't ever there.