Finds (Famicom/FDS)

[adori_12]

Some Famicom games I bought that just arrived today, been a long time since I bought FC carts, glad to be back! 

[FamicomFreak]

Awesome stuff ! I got some new stuff coming , it's been a while

[Ghegs]

DANGIT.



My plans for Wizardry have been hit with a setback. I bought the Turbo File II with the thought that I could have one save bank dedicated to each of the Wizardry games and even have one extra for Castle Excellent or whatever, but to my disappointment the device does not work the with Analogue NT Mini. I tested it with an AV Famicom and it works fine there, so the Turbo File II itself is not to blame. Not the first time I've happened upon a peripheral that isn't compatible with the Analogue NT Mini, I'm sad to say.

Why this is a setback is that my current gaming setup is so that it's much more convenient for me to play my HDMI systems as opposed to those using my CRTs. It would also have provided me with a spot for a notebook where to draw the games' maps. When using the AV Famicom I don't have that, so I'd have to get a separate small table or one of those lap desks to have a solid surface to get my cartography on.

I may have to ruminate on this a bit.

[P]

That's a bummer. I'd prefer to play it on original hardware and a CRT though.

Nice find anyway. I've always wanted a Turbo File II. I only have the TFTwin for SFC but I never got it to work, possibly due to corroded battery contacts from leaking batteries of a previous owner.

[Ghegs]

OverObj GET!



Thoughts in the thread.

[ericj]

It's been a decade, but I finally found a Front Fareast Magic Card game doctor.

Still looking for the red and white versions if anyone has one to sell.

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[MS-DOS4]

This thread hasn't had a post in a while... 

I went on Ali and Yahoo Auctions recently. I used to be uninterested in these sorts of new-age pirates, but these did catch my eye. The Kirby Halloween hack is especially good! Pokemon is that english hack of Lei Dian Huang Bi Ka Qiu Chuan Shuo.





Pacman Championship Edition was sold on an everdrive N8 clone and thus supports the game's NAMCO-163 expansion audio. Very fun game, though I felt foolish for buying it after finding out it was just an everdrive.



Anyway, now for the interesting bit. Recently on Aliexpress, these Gameboy to Famicom adapter cartridges appeared.



The Chinese have perhaps reverse engineered either RetroUSB's RetroVision, or the Famicom WideBoy. Could be an original production too!



Here's someone's video of it operating. https://youtu.be/YaI8vuufXMA

Of course, it had to be opened. I was curious if they cannibalized something, or if they did it on an FPGA.







Looks like they cannibalized a Super Gameboy CPU. Note the unpopulated EXT link port. The device plays games pretty well, though there is screen tearing. You can control the palette, but only shades 2 bit b/w. No GBC color enhancement! GB audio is passed through the expansion audio pin I will assume.