dissect the bumble bee

[rolins]

That's it? What waste of space.

[Kitsunexus]

Wow, I completely did not see the pics. Wow. That was disapointing, not even one resistor.

I am entirely grateful you did this however! ^.^

[TR0N]

done.



Halleluja!!

btw: the game still works fine

Ok but the game didn't have this bumblebee in it!?

Shoot it isn't much of a spolier then jk.

[nat]

Don't act so surprised. I told you what he would find before he even opened it up:

I don't think there is anything [under] the bulky area.

The chips themselves will only be on the backside of the black PCB.

Furthermore:

There isn't any use for the hump whatsoever. If anything it was a marketing ploy to show how full the HuCard was with ROM when in fact the actual chip is the same physical size.

was also explained in the very same message:

The raised area is only provided as a means for Capcom to get a chance to have a picture label the same size as all the other HuCARDs.

I was being completely serious.

On HuCARDS that utilized more chips than "normal" HuCARDS, thereby increasing the size of the "black area" (upsidedown PCB), they glued on a raised piece of plastic so the cart could have a normal-sized picture logo. And that's it. Exciting, huh?

[SignOfZeta]

I uh....don't get what you mean...how does a raised area give you more area for a label? If anything it would give you less since the raised area is beveled.

[Necromancer]

I uh....don't get what you mean...how does a raised area give you more area for a label? If anything it would give you less since the raised area is beveled.

Without the bump, the label would have to be partially printed on top of the pcb (black area) or made smaller.

[nat]

Exactly. Notice how the raised area overlaps some of the black PCB, giving the label the same area that it would have on a 4 or 8 megabit cart.

With the label piece taken off, observe how far down the card the PCB extends. Without the raised plastic piece, you're stuck with a tiny area for the label.

[Joe Redifer]

Without the bump, the label would have to be partially printed on top of the pcb (black area) or made smaller.

Exactly.  God forbid the artwork be shrunk!!!!

[lkermel]

Waooo, this is crazy, I also always thought the card was thicker because of the extra memory...
Nat, you're right, it makes sense that they raised it for the art work. I wonder why they didn't make it thinner though, the bump is nearly as thick as a HuCard if I remember well...
Interesting find !!!!

[Kitsunexus]

Why does the HuCard surface look like a tacky leather couch?

[nat]

Because you're looking at the backside of a PCB (circuit board) painted black. If you flip it over it looks just like your standard PCB with super-low-profile ICs.

[guyjin]

Why not just use a sticker?

[Turbo D]

it would easily peel off. Although Dr. Neo just used a sticker 

[Necromancer]

Why not just use a sticker?

If they did that, then Black_Tiger wouldn't be able to wash it in the sink without ruining the label.

[spenoza]

If they'd have put the chips on the bottom of the HuCards instead of the top they could use most of the surface for the label.