Hello all,
I'm in the planning stages to create my own adapter so I can play games with my Game Genie in my wife's toploader NES-101. I already have a "Hunt for Red October" cartridge that has volunteered for this experiment. Since, you know, the game sucked in its original intended purpose...
My idea is to use modified floppy drive connectors and their attached ribbon cables to connect to Game Genie's extra-thick PCB and attach to HfRO's standard-sized PCB. i already confirmed that HfRO has all the contact pins commonly found on NES carts (missing 16-20, 37, 51-56.)
My biggest question is the easiest way to bypass the chips on the HfRO PCB. A previous project I'd seen online had all the chips de-soldered from the donor cart's PCB. This seems cumbersome and unneeded. Would there be an issue as long as my ribbon cables bypass the chips and go straight to the pins? If simply bypassing the chips doesn't work, can I simply separate the pin edge of the PCB from the rest of the board using a razor saw?
Thanks in advance for your help. Hopefully I'll get this done soon and post pics!
I'm in the planning stages to create my own adapter so I can play games with my Game Genie in my wife's toploader NES-101. I already have a "Hunt for Red October" cartridge that has volunteered for this experiment. Since, you know, the game sucked in its original intended purpose...
My idea is to use modified floppy drive connectors and their attached ribbon cables to connect to Game Genie's extra-thick PCB and attach to HfRO's standard-sized PCB. i already confirmed that HfRO has all the contact pins commonly found on NES carts (missing 16-20, 37, 51-56.)
My biggest question is the easiest way to bypass the chips on the HfRO PCB. A previous project I'd seen online had all the chips de-soldered from the donor cart's PCB. This seems cumbersome and unneeded. Would there be an issue as long as my ribbon cables bypass the chips and go straight to the pins? If simply bypassing the chips doesn't work, can I simply separate the pin edge of the PCB from the rest of the board using a razor saw?
Thanks in advance for your help. Hopefully I'll get this done soon and post pics!