quick question: will a Japanese N64 play American games?

[bombman]

thanks in advance :p

[Aussie2B]

Yes and no. You can't pop a game in and instantly play, but the regional lockout is only physical. You'd have to remove the plastic tabs that are inside the cartridge slot. An American N64 has the plastic tabs in the corners, while the Japanese N64 has them farther in, not unlike the tabs in a Super Nintendo.

[Poofta!]

take the game apart and put the pcb into a jap plastic cart container. quicker than sawing the plastic (and doesnt ruin your game's cart)

[neist]

Just for some visualizations, IGN has a very good guide on this.

http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/n64/usmodification.html

It doesn't require any cart modifications at all. In fact, you can do the mod without cutting anything at all. You simply unscrew the little piece of plastic blocking the carts. You can replace it later once you're done playing your import.

That way you actually don't damage anything. :) This what I did to play my imported N64 Bangai-O. Works fine.

[smork]

How does that work in reverse? If you want to play a US game on a JP console, what mods need to be made?

I have both versions, but have never tried playing one on the other...

[Poofta!]

How does that work in reverse? If you want to play a US game on a JP console, what mods need to be made?

I have both versions, but have never tried playing one on the other...

this is exactly what this post is about.


do you mean how to play jap games on US console?

[kainemaxwell]

do you mean how to play jap games on US console?
Other way around: US games on a Jap N64 console.

[The 1 2 P]

Yes and no. You can't pop a game in and instantly play, but the regional lockout is only physical. You'd have to remove the plastic tabs that are inside the cartridge slot. An American N64 has the plastic tabs in the corners, while the Japanese N64 has them farther in, not unlike the tabs in a Super Nintendo.


take the game apart and put the pcb into a jap plastic cart container. quicker than sawing the plastic (and doesnt ruin your game's cart)


Just for some visualizations, IGN has a very good guide on this.

http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/n64/usmodification.html

It doesn't require any cart modifications at all. In fact, you can do the mod without cutting anything at all. You simply unscrew the little piece of plastic blocking the carts. You can replace it later once you're done playing your import.


Other way around: US games on a Jap N64 console.

Or you can simply get a $5-10 import converter, stick it in the cartridge port and play any import game you want---WITHOUT modding/cutting/tearing/unscrewing/changing anything.

[The 1 2 P]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/HPIM0913.jpg

Heres what the convertor/adaptor you would be using looks like.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/HPIM0914.jpg

And heres what it looks like with your import game on it. Now put it into your N64 and have fun. It doesn't get any more simple and effective than this.

[neist]

Is there any place that actually still sells these?

Or do I have to hunt one down via ebay? I tend to be lazy, so. :P

[The 1 2 P]

Is there any place that actually still sells these?

Or do I have to hunt one down via ebay? I tend to be lazy, so. :P

Besides for ebay you can hit up import stores, Play Asia's website and a few others. Do a google search to point you in the right direction:wink 2:

[Aussie2B]

I don't know how N64 converters are, but after my experience with SNES ones, I like to go the system modification route (I definitely wouldn't recommend mutilating carts one by one; a SNES or N64 is cheap to pick up another if you ever want an unmodified one, although I don't know if I'd personally do a modification to a Japanese unit). Anyway, most converters tend to be cheap Chinese junk, which can mess with the games or not allow them to play at all. I spent around 20 or 30 bucks several years ago on a SFC to SNES converter, only to discover that the slots for the side tabs of contacts that some games have were just empty, with no connectors at all. So any game like Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Star Fox, what have you couldn't play at all. And apparently, this is a common trait among SNES converters. So right then and there I decided to modify my system, having no experience with it before, and it was so easy and came out so clean and nice that I vowed to never waste money on a converter for a system that just needs a simple physical mod.

Now as for Famicom games, that's one system where I'm reliant on a converter. :P

[smork]

this is exactly what this post is about.


do you mean how to play jap games on US console?

No, I mean I can't read correctly. ***Sigh!***

Carry on. :)

[bombman]

thanks for the answers about the tabs and stuff, i was trying to decide if i wanted to buy banjo kazooie but i think i'll just play on project 64. thanks