NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T14:20:52 -05.00 rdrunner 9
Thanks for the help everyone. Much appreciated! ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T14:17:03 -05.00 rdrunner 9 Originally posted by: rdrunner

I am curious though. If the adapters are so terrible, why would my Wrecking Crew cart be worth more for having one? Is it purely for the rarity or is there another reason? The adapters are fine.  It is probably the highest quality adapter you could use, since it is basically the only "first party" manufactured option.

Lincoln is saying they suck for "modular" use, though  (i.e. swapping in other Famicom boards), since so many Famicom boards vary so wildly in size and may not fit within the confines of an NES shell.

Couple that with this Wrecking Crew variant being more rare than other similar-era adapter variants, and you are potentially better off just buying a passable "self contained" adapter.

  ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T14:09:26 -05.00 rdrunner 9 How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T14:03:01 -05.00 rdrunner 9
I didn't know that the adapters from NES carts sucked, so thanks for talking me out of that.

I am curious though. If the adapters are so terrible, why would my Wrecking Crew cart be worth more for having one? Is it purely for the rarity or is there another reason? ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T13:25:03 -05.00 rdrunner 9
First those nes-joint adapters are pretty terrible for use as a general converter. Many famicom shells won't even fit into it. Second wrecking crew with an adapter is a tough find. You'd do better keeping it original and if you're not attached to it, selling to fund a more suitable purchase.

If you want to play famicom carts on a NES, save your wrecking crew and buy a purpose built adapter ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T13:17:10 -05.00 rdrunner 9 Originally posted by: rdrunner
 
Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

You keep saying "chip"... but you mean circuit board, right?

That is, is your copy of Wrecking Crew not just the inner circuit board for a Famicom cartridge that is mated with a Famicom adapter to make an NES cartridge?
Yup, sorry "circuit board", not chip lol. Ok...yeah, that "circuit board" IS the equivalent Famicom board, more or less "as is".

Even without a case, you could just plug it directly into a Famicom cartridge slot, but obviously a housing of some kind would make it easier (and less prone to have something short any of the contacts).


So... are you trying to make it a "Famicom cartridge"?  or are you really trying to somehow turn it back into an "NES catridge" without the use of the adapter it came with?

  ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T13:05:09 -05.00 rdrunner 9 Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

You keep saying "chip"... but you mean circuit board, right?

That is, is your copy of Wrecking Crew not just the inner circuit board for a Famicom cartridge that is mated with a Famicom adapter to make an NES cartridge? Yup, sorry "circuit board", not chip lol. ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T12:28:28 -05.00 rdrunner 9
That is, is your copy of Wrecking Crew not just the inner circuit board for a Famicom cartridge that is mated with a Famicom adapter to make an NES cartridge? ]]> How to Build a Famicom Cart? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=187997 2019-07-16T12:19:16 -05.00 rdrunner 9