Will connecting an FDS to a front loading North American NES work? Aside from the obvious cosmetic incompatibility.
Has anyone attempted this?
Yes, it works.
how?
NES + Cart Converter + FDS Adapter + Disk System - NES top cover = NES Disk System
Sometimes you'll need a Game Genie if the connection is not secure enough, but it works 100%.
Quote from: 133MHz on December 20, 2007, 05:45:29 pm
Sometimes you'll need a Game Genie if the connection is not secure enough, but it works 100%.
I think the sound would be a bit off. You can't write directly to the NES's sound output like you can on the Famicom, so I think you would lose the Disk System's
saw wave extra audio channel.
If you want the FDS's sound you can take a wire from the FC cart connector on the converter directly to the expansion port on the bottom, and ba-da-boom, FDS sound on your NES.
Maybe a tidier option would be using one of the unused pins on the NES cart connector to carry the signal to the expansion port.
Here is a great tutorial i found that is complete with pictures:
http://nesplayer.com/technical/FDS.htm
Sorry if this has been done, but I want to purchase a FDS and don't have a Famicom. I have a top loading NES and a converter. My question is, does the disk system function properly on a NES? I think as long as the RAM adapter is plugged into the converter it should work, right?
Yes. You'd have to take the top off your NES & use a Game Genie to extend the cartridge connector though, but it's completely possible.
I would have to take the top off of the top loading verson of the NES? I don't see how that would be much help.
Take a look at the link a few posts above. ;)
Yeah but I have one of these.
(http://tnca.myrmid.com/gfx/topload.gif)
You'd only have to take the top off the toaster, not the top loading nes. Correct me if I'm wrong ;)
Right. Try not to stress the RAM adapter too much by leaving it dangling just held by its connector. Fill the space between the console & RAM adapter with old papers or something.
Quote from: 133MHz on December 20, 2007, 08:31:24 pm
If you want the FDS's sound you can take a wire from the FC cart connector on the converter directly to the expansion port on the bottom, and ba-da-boom, FDS sound on your NES.
Maybe a tidier option would be using one of the unused pins on the NES cart connector to carry the signal to the expansion port.
A couple of months ago I wanted to attempt this on one of my NES systems, but I dont remember quite well what i had to do in order to add the extra channel. I soldered two pins on the expansion port together (pins 18 and 43? I dont remember). So now i would have to solder one of the unused game pins on the NES cart connector to where on the expansion port? ???
Quote from: keiffer01 on June 10, 2008, 05:34:53 pmSo now i would have to solder one of the unused game pins on the NES cart connector to where on the expansion port? ???
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=1860.msg21868#msg21868 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=1860.msg21868#msg21868)
I have an RGB modded (not modded by me) NES system and I was wondering if there was any kind of way to play FDS system on my system without having to open up the top and daisy chain converters/game genie.
thanks!
If it's a toaster, I'm sure there's no easy way to do it.
As for all NESes, won't you not be able to hear the expansion sound channels anyway?
Please read UglyJoe's linked thread. It explains how to mod a NES for extra FDS sound in great detail. The rest is just mechanical aspects that can be solved with a chain of Game Genies.
Quote from: UglyJoe on June 10, 2008, 05:51:30 pm
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=1860.msg21868#msg21868 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=1860.msg21868#msg21868)
Pretty huge headache, tho. I mean it's cool that you CAN do it, but seriously, just buy a Fami, AV Fami or Twin Fami. If space is an issue, get an AV Fami, they're tiny. Heck, perch it on top of a front-loader.
Quote from: mobiusclimber on July 01, 2009, 12:46:02 pm
Pretty huge headache, tho. I mean it's cool that you CAN do it, but seriously, just buy a Fami, AV Fami or Twin Fami. If space is an issue, get an AV Fami, they're tiny. Heck, perch it on top of a front-loader.
Reason I asked about FDS on an NES is my NES is RGB modded and AV fami/Twin fami I have never seen an RGB mod for those.
The RGB mod involves replacing the PPU so it should be the same procedure for the Famicom.
Quote from: 133MHz on July 01, 2009, 07:03:50 pm
The RGB mod involves replacing the PPU so it should be the same procedure for the Famicom.
I talked to acem77, the guy who did my RGB NES, and he says it's such a pain to mod a famicom, that the amp had to be external since it's such a tight fit. I don't really care much about the design of the famicom and hardwired buttons either.
Quote from: RGB_Gamer on July 01, 2009, 07:11:48 pm
I talked to acem77, the guy who did my RGB NES, and he says it's such a pain to mod a famicom, that the amp had to be external since it's such a tight fit. I don't really care much about the design of the famicom and hardwired buttons either.
Well, that's not true :/ You can easily fit the amp circuit in both Famicom and Famicom AV consoles. Here's a pic of my RGB modded Famicom AV for reference:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3836435883_970a9fb9b8.jpg)
And it can be even tinier if you use SMD components.
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=3848.msg60970#msg60970
I have a Unidapter so I can now use it with my RGB NES. And yes, the famicom/FDS extra sound channels are supported
RGB,
that is pretty slick. Have you ever RGB modded a Twin Famicom before?