Rad Racer II

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Oct 15, 2026

Oct 15 · 2 Mentions

AceGUEST

34:14

The thing is, this clone has it, and it also has CI RAM not CE, which is the enable line for the PPU's own RAM that's on the board.

AceGUEST

34:25

And that is a trip up for Rad Racer 2, because this game disables the CI RAM to put its own RAM that's in the cartridge in its place.

AceGUEST

34:39

It's just a...

AceGUEST

34:40

From what I remember, it's just an MMC3 in this, but it's using four-screen mirroring.

JackHOST

39:21

Interesting.

AceGUEST

39:22

You know, it speaks to the lack of consistency with that.

AceGUEST

39:24

And this is actually a dangerous thing with Rad Racer 2 specifically.

AceGUEST

39:29

Because of the way that this disables the CI RAM, some clones will actually be shorted completely to ground-