Finds (Famicom/FDS)

[madman]

Well, nothing too exciting in the pile yet.  The FDS disks are pretty standard, about 15 wouldn't load without errors, but I didn't have my game doctor plugged in so they may be hacked cart games that need a doctor.

The 100 in 1 cart has the following games:
TMNT 2
Famicom Castle game (not sure of the title)
Adventure Island
Ice Climber
Binary Land
Nuts & Milk
Lode Runner
Dig Dug
Galaxian

The Pokemon cart, as expected, is four hacked games.  One of them is based on Little Nemo Dream Master, another on a Dastardly and Mutley game (of Wacky Races fame).  The other 2 I wasn't sure of. 

The 1995 Super 8 in 1 has the advertised games: Ducktales 2, Prince of Persia, Wrestlemania, Caesar's Palace, X-Men, California Games, Little Mermaid and Double Dribble.

The 52 in 1 has 52 unique games, one of which is an SMB1 hack called "Fancy Bros."  Basically, the left half of the screen is drawn with what is the next half of the screen you will encounter, but you can't interact with it.  Pretty stupid and useless.

The 212 in 1 has a load of repeats including some HK original called Frog River.  It's basically a Frogger ripoff, except no matter what you do, your frog dies on the first jump you make into the playfield.

The purple one with the Tetris on the label is a 64 in 1 with some repeats.  Legend of Kage is on it, along with an SMB1 hack called "Fast Bros II" which is basically SMB1 running at double speed.

The 4 in 1s use reset to switch between games.  If I recall, the 76 in 1 are all uniques.  The FDS disk with the SMB3 artwork is one of the common SMB1 hacks where the first thing you encounter is a 1-up and turtle locked in a box of bricks.

[Doc]

Awww shoot, so it looks like no one ever really made SMB3 for the FDS...

[JC]

Do you have a better pic of it?  What's the top look like?  How many pins?

Looks like it converts 62 pins to 62 pins? Got a clue? Four pins isolated at each end and the rest in the center.

[madman]

I forgot to follow up, I came across another one of those, it's just a SNES/SFC convertor.  Probably so you can play SFC games on a SNES, or vice versa 

[JC]

What does the converter actually do? In the case of the NES/Famicom, there are different numbers of pins. But with this converter its got the same number on each end (game/console ends), in the same four-four-isolated arrangement.

[madman]

SFC games won't fit into a SNES due to some tabs being inside the SNES that prevent insertion of the cart.  Likewise I imagine there is some reason a SNES game wont fit into an SFC.  But, in terms of pinouts, they are the exact same thing.  It's just a physical lockout.

[Nickv]

i just cut out the little clips with some plyers. Btw i scored a mini snes at value village for 6$ complete :-D oh yeah

[FamicomFreak]

YAY found my pirated tmnt cartridge at last. Been looking for it for a while since I was 9 years old! I'm 22 now so WAAAAAA
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170064850520&rd=1&rd=1

love pirated cartridges!

[Doc]

That is one cool pirate cart! And welcome.

[FamicomFreak]

THANKS I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE TMNT CARTRIDGE TO ARRIVE!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH

[vealchop]

$20 Shipped:

[vealchop]

$17 Shipped (Nintendo Licensed Toy):

[Doc]

Jeez, are you planning to make a site or something?! Awesome stuff!

[vealchop]

haha maybe someday. I have the feeling this pre-famicom stuff is going to start getting hot in the next few years. Prices are already starting to rise a bit over on Yahoo Japan. Grab what you can now!

[FamicomFreak]

Those are some awesome items. I might try and look for some of them soon.