I totally vibe coded this in claude code for this very purpose has a built in barcode scanner via mobile camera and scrapes lddb, very much built for me and have no plans to maintain .. github.com/paran01d/lddb

Ok well a reflow of the connector didnt help, im going to try check every trace from it.. see if i find anything.

Yeah thats just off during testing, fully assembled its the same behaviour, im going to try reflowing the connector.. perhaps on INTF as well. I do remember my PAC-N1 can have video issues until its jiggled a bit.

Yeah everything is recapped , the pac and the player, also with the scope during these resets the 5v that I can read from the cart slot seems consistent, I'll try and check all the pac connections

Ive also checked as far as i can with a scope on the cartridge pins and all the signals including the clock signals and reset signals. Pressing the LaserActive reset doesnt seem to cause an effect