60 Pin in a NES?

[vgthing]

Hi, I'm new here, and I have a quick question that may be kind of stupid but...

I was wondering if it is possible to hook up a Famicom's 60 pin connector to a NES while keeping it's 72 pin connector intact.
Like if you had the original 72 pin connector in the NES, but cut a hole in the side or something and put in a Famicom's connector. Is this possible? I thought it might be, because the NES is capable of running Famicom cartridges through an adapter such as the honey bee family converter. I'm saving up for a famicom, but I thought it would be cool if I could play games from both systems in my NES, like the Generation NEX does... Just without the bad pallet, audio, and weird lines on the screen . Sorry if it doesn't make to much sense, it's kind of hard to explain. I want to try doing this if it's possible, so how hard do you think it would be? And what materials other than a 60 pin connector would I need? Thanks for the help!

[NintendoKing]

Hi, I'm new here, and I have a quick question that may be kind of stupid but...

I was wondering if it is possible to hook up a Famicom's 60 pin connector to a NES while keeping it's 72 pin connector intact.
Like if you had the original 72 pin connector in the NES, but cut a hole in the side or something and put in a Famicom's connector. Is this possible? I thought it might be, because the NES is capable of running Famicom cartridges through an adapter such as the honey bee family converter. I'm saving up for a famicom, but I thought it would be cool if I could play games from both systems in my NES, like the Generation NEX does... Just without the bad pallet, audio, and weird lines on the screen . Sorry if it doesn't make to much sense, it's kind of hard to explain. I want to try doing this if it's possible, so how hard do you think it would be? And what materials other than a 60 pin connector would I need? Thanks for the help!

Actually it might not be that difficult.
I recommend using the original t-90 adapter found in stack-up game carts, wires and soldering. It sounds possible.

[vgthing]

Cool, thanks! I'll have to try this then!
But first I have to get one of those fancy gyromite/stack-up converters...

Where do you think I should put it on the NES? Maybe on top? Or should I make it external and have it attached by a wire or something?
hmm...

[133MHz]

Do you know how to solder? Because you'll be stripping & tinning 60 wires and soldering them in 120 different places!
Also, can you cut decent-looking holes through plastic?

[ericj]

By the time you buy the materials to do this you'll probably be half-way to the purchase price of a famicom. That's not including your time spent.

Sounds like a cool idea, though, and it would be nice to have the component outputs that the NES provides to view Famicom games. Original Famicoms only have RF unless you do the mod; with RF, the picture & sound is less than stellar.

[133MHz]

You can transplant the entire RF/AV box from a NES and put it on a Famicom, you'll get your AV outs, US compatible RF out and Universal AC input! The only problem is fitting that goddamn metal box inside a Famicom...

[nurd]

By the time you buy the materials to do this you'll probably be half-way to the purchase price of a famicom. That's not including your time spent..

Gyromite: 1.99
Wires: 3-7 dollars
Rectangular hole cutting device: 1-5 dollars.
Solder and very cheap soldering iron: 9 dollars.

Total Highest Cost: 22.99

I don't know where you'd get a famicom for ~ 46 Dollars. 

[ericj]

I don't know where you'd get a famicom for ~ 46 Dollars. 

I got mine for $40.

[nurd]

Oh


I payed 110 for my twin.

SAD.

[ericj]

I got my twin for under $30 with 10 disks and 10 carts from Japan. Shipping was $60, though, but not bad for under $100.  I bought my famicom here in Portland, OR, for $40

[vgthing]

Yeah, I can do all that stuff, but I will need to get some supplies first. I don't have a soldering iron at home, so that's first on my list. Second, I need to get a new NES, or maybe even design my own casing and put the guts of a NES inside? I don't want to use my one and only NES, because if I break something, I don't want to be without Mario until I can get a new one

[MarioMania]

You can transplant the entire RF/AV box from a NES and put it on a Famicom, you'll get your AV outs, US compatible RF out and Universal AC input! The only problem is fitting that goddamn metal box inside a Famicom...

Wait..you can do that, Can you do it

[133MHz]

Yes, I can do that. But the big metal box wouldn't fit very nicely inside the small Famicom.

[MarioMania]

Can you do a 60 pin in a NES system..I would like to see pics of it.. Now that would be cool..

Try to wire all the Points for the Famicom Audio