Technical and Repair Assistance

[nurd]

I wanted to make something like: http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/6285/ohhellsyeahto9.png

That.

[michaelthegreat]

You're giving the practical answer. I'm giving the excessively technical and complicated answer .

Yes, but your technical answer is boring. The correct technical answer is: Yes.

What you need to do is to buy a gameboy, a super gameboy, and an fc twin. Take apart the fc twin and discard the nes part. Unsolder the cartridge connector and shrink it down as much as possible. Mix and match the gameboy and super gameboy as needed (I'm not sure which circuit board will be smaller but I assume the super gameboy one is--I don't know how hard it will be to run the lcd off the super gameboy but the supergameboy is--in it's most basic sense--is a gameboy without a screen). Then stuff it all back in the gameboy and play your games on the gameboy and a tv too!!!  ....  Ok, so all that would probably be pretty hard to shrink into the case.

[133MHz]

Mix and match the gameboy and super gameboy as needed (I'm not sure which circuit board will be smaller but I assume the super gameboy one is--I don't know how hard it will be to run the lcd off the super gameboy but the supergameboy is--in it's most basic sense--is a gameboy without a screen).

How'd you do that? The SGB is pretty different to a normal Gameboy, it contains power, display, sound and control interfacing hardware, the display interface being what I particularly described, the only difference is that it pumps raw digital video data into the SNES.

Hey the next post would be your 256th post, hope it does not wrap back to zero and make you disappear!

[michaelthegreat]

I didn't say it would be simple, but I took a glance at their schematics and at least think it would be possible (but say nothing to it's practicality).  I really think the absolute roughest part would be dealing with space. It might be more possible if you dropped it's ability to run on batteries.

[RGB_Gamer]

Anyone experience this? The screen looks like it is tilted to the right (it is very noticable on the lower right hand corner). I have an AV Famicom and Tri-Star/Super 8 converter as well as toaster NES and they all do that on any TV display.

Is there a fix to this?

[Har the cat]

magnetism?
maybe a broken tv..

[133MHz]

That's normal for any NES/Famicom system. The picture is shifted a tile to the right, most noticeable in SMB3. There's no fix, that's the way it should be .

[MaxXimus]

My TV looks like it stretches pixels a bit in some places. In other words it looks as though the pixel is 1 pixel tall and 2 pixels wide. Is this what you are experiancing? If yes it may be a magnetic issue or your horizontal hold may be starting to go.

[famicomfan]

Ok, so yesterday I fixed my FDS, realligning the belt and the head and I finally got most games to work with it perfectly.  Before every game I tried was giving me error 22 as soon as the game was put in.  Now, I've gotten Metroid, Ice Hockey, Smash Ping Pong, and Tennis all to work perfectly fine with no errors so far. 

Doki Doki Panic will initially load on side A and come up with the title screen and little movie and then that message that tells you to switch to side B.  But when I take the card out and put in side B, it tries to load for a few seconds and then comes up with error 22.  I've tried this 2-3 times and I get the same result each time.  Is there something I'm missing here? Do you have to press a button or something before you switch to side B?  It seems weird that the game doesn't stop once that message comes up to let you change disk sides, it just keeps on cycling through the same title sequence. First game I've seen like this. 

But if there isn't a trick to loading it, what could the problem be? My copy of Doki Doki Panic was brand new, factory sealed and purchased from toysonthelink just like all the other games I mentioned above. I just opened it last night so I don't think it could possibly have any scratches or dirt on it yet.  The only other disk related problem I could think of that might be causing it not to load side B is that the disk has become demagnetized over time on that one side.  But how likely is it that a disk would get demagnetized on just one side? Perhaps my FDS just needs some more fine tuning?  I really hope that's all it is.  I have a second brand new copy on its way in the mail and I don't want to have to open it if I can avoid it but I may need to for comparison with the other disk to see if it's a disk problem.  Any help would be much appreciated.

[pinge80]

I cant solve your problem, but you dont have to press any button when you switch to side B on DDP....
And I have a brand new game that doesn´t work aswell (apple town story), atleast not side A (side B i dont know for that reason),

[ericj]

Try wiping the magnetic disk with a q-tip through the opening as you rotate it with your fingers. It worked for several of the games that I have that were giving me errors. Worth a try since it isn't working anyways....good luck!

[kobefn]

Hello, I'm new to this whole famicom deal. I throught I brought a famicom but instand I got this http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-FAMICOM-FC-NES-Game-Console-System-Games-NEW_W0QQitemZ170217258392QQihZ007QQcategoryZ139971QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem would anyone know how to hook this thing up? Where can I get a famicom made by nintendo as I throught this one was unitl I found out it wasn't thanks for any help.

[133MHz]

Welcome to the forums! Check out the Introduce Yourself thread .

There's nothing special about hooking that Famiclone up. Hook it up just like any other console .

BTW this Famiclone appears to be very good, according to members which have it. You made a good purchase .

[pinge80]

dont you read the text in the auction before you buy it??

It says: (not branded, not made by Nintendo)

[satoshi_matrix]

I have one of these exact clones though I paid wayy more for it (I guess I got scammed.....damnit)

As far as I or 133MHz can tell, they're not Famiclones based on the NOAC but are rather instead just a reverse eningeered Famiclone.

I'd recommend you buy yourself an AV Famicom. The original is nice but problematic; RF only, very short, perminately attached controllers difficult to find a clean system, etc.

The AV Famicom is more expensive but has the same AV cable that the SNES/N64/GC use, uses the same pin design as the NES so you can use NES controllers with it and best of all, it looks damn awesome