Did the Super Nintendo ever have a device like this...?

[Anthony1]

Did the Super Nintendo ever have a device that could plug into the cartridge slot to play old NES games?

You know, like the Sega Genesis had the Power Base Converter to play Master System games.

[maxlords]

Nope.

[Raccoon Lad]

WHat was that thing called Super-8? you could use that to play NES on SNES couldn't you?

[jaybird]

Yep. It's called a Super 8 & works really well. It wasn't officially made by Nintendo, though. I think a company called Innovation made mine.

[Mr Mort]

WHat was that thing called Super-8? you could use that to play NES on SNES couldn't you?

Yes, but I heard that it's not that reliable, and it doesn't have any sound support, however I may be mistaken.

[jaybird]

http://www.gamebits.net/snes/super8.shtml

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/hardware/super82.jpg

[Keir]

I have a Super 8. It plugs into the cartridge slot of a SNES and has 3 slots for SNES, NES and Famicom cartridges. Mine works great, sound and all (well, as good as NES sound can be :roll: ). Only thing is you can't use the RF output despite the fact that it has an RF out on the back. You need an A/V cable which plugs directly into the back of the Super 8.

[Dire 51]

It's a decent little device. It's nice to be able to run all of my 8 and 16 bit Nintendo games off of one system. The sound is off on a few games (most notably in the first level music of Super C, plus some explosions and whatnot don't always sound right), but that's the only major complaint I have with it.

[Anthony1]

I have a Super 8. It plugs into the cartridge slot of a SNES and has 3 slots for SNES, NES and Famicom cartridges. Mine works great, sound and all (well, as good as NES sound can be :roll: ). Only thing is you can't use the RF output despite the fact that it has an RF out on the back. You need an A/V cable which plugs directly into the back of the Super 8.

Ah, so it doesn't use the Super Nintendo's audio video output. Damn! I was hoping there would be some way to play old NES games in RGB. I play my Super Nintendo in RGB, and I thought if I used some type of device that plugged into the Super Nes and that played NES games, then I could see these NES games in RGB. Guess not.

[Qixmaster]

The super 8 is beautiful. I believe it also allows famicom and super famicom games and they used to sell em on ebay.... now they are banned, oh well, i got one :D . Also if i remember right i was reading through an old Nintendo Power Magazine and I came across an article about it. suprising... considering it is unlicensed and all... maybe nintendo was thinking of making it. oh well... get one if you can.

[hydr0x]

it's called Tri-Star in europe, and it works quite well, yes, it does also play FC and SFC games

you could order it from some game-magazine-shops back in those days, so i suppose it's not rare here, but you don't see it often on ebay, haven't seen it on fleas either

[digitalpress]

I've got a Super 8, it works fabulously. It's not on a high-quality TV though, where you'll definitely see some static interference. Mine has been hooked up to my SNES for ages. Great for Famicom games too.

[BenT]

Note that it has the "stripey graphics" problem that NES 2's exhibit. The Super 8 / Tristar FAQ (check google) has a hardware mod to address this, though.

Also, the box touts RGB support. As someone noted, it does not actually support RGB.

[Tom61]

I have a Super 8. It plugs into the cartridge slot of a SNES and has 3 slots for SNES, NES and Famicom cartridges. Mine works great, sound and all (well, as good as NES sound can be :roll: ). Only thing is you can't use the RF output despite the fact that it has an RF out on the back. You need an A/V cable which plugs directly into the back of the Super 8.

Ah, so it doesn't use the Super Nintendo's audio video output. Damn! I was hoping there would be some way to play old NES games in RGB. I play my Super Nintendo in RGB, and I thought if I used some type of device that plugged into the Super Nes and that played NES games, then I could see these NES games in RGB. Guess not.

Two ways to play NES games in true RGB; get a Play Choice 10 board, or get the video chip from one and replace the video chip in a NES with it (and do some other wiring).

The French NES apears to output RGB, but it is not native RGB, it is converted from PAL (in other words, none of the RGb goodness).

[Tetsu]

I have a Super 8. It plugs into the cartridge slot of a SNES and has 3 slots for SNES, NES and Famicom cartridges. Mine works great, sound and all (well, as good as NES sound can be :roll: ). Only thing is you can't use the RF output despite the fact that it has an RF out on the back. You need an A/V cable which plugs directly into the back of the Super 8.

Ah, so it doesn't use the Super Nintendo's audio video output. Damn! I was hoping there would be some way to play old NES games in RGB. I play my Super Nintendo in RGB, and I thought if I used some type of device that plugged into the Super Nes and that played NES games, then I could see these NES games in RGB. Guess not.

DONT WASTE YOUR TIME IT CAN'T BE DONE IT CAN'T BE DONE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY NES IN RGB! TO ATTEMPT IT IS TO GO MAD!!!

with an actual system, that is. Trust me, I spent about 100 man-hours researching the problem. The simplest and cheapest way to see NES games in RGB is with an emulator (DC, XBox with VGA box, or PC). Getting RGB out of an actual NES requires a PPU that outputs RGB, and you can only get those inside a Playchoice or a TV/Fami combo, not exactly the cheapest way to go.

[rbudrick]

How does one connect a standard nes cart into a Playchoicew 10 system?

-Rob

[BenT]

I don't think that's possible. What IS possible is putting that PC10 PPU into a regular NES.

Not the hardest thing ever, from what I understand... I'm going to have some tech-savvy guy I know do it for me at some point.