WTB: method to play imports on a Super Famicom

[theclaw]

Hi. Anyone willing to help out here? I want my SFC to play at least FX chip US games. While PAL isn't important as I lack any such titles, it'd be nice if some work. Any that still won't I could just use a flashcart for.

I don't need cheat code support. I've already got an ordinary Game Genie that'll work for most games once it's able to fit in the system. Thanks. :)

[theclaw]

bump. NES-to-Famicom is also OK, as I have use for that too.

[APE992]

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/nintendo/snes-switches-1.htm

Region switches? Though you do need something to physically allow American games on a SFC.

[theclaw]

Well if all else fails I could switch with my cut tab US snes. It'd make this SFC obsolete, I'm not daring enough to hunt down Satellaview games.

[APE992]

Pretty sure even with the cut tabs (or hell, with them intact) you'd have to be able to selectively disable the lock-out chip.

Don't quote me on that. Pretty easy to do as well.

Addendum:

Apparently the only region lock for Japanese and American SNES titles are those bloody tabs. European games would require a lock-out chip modification.

BTW, in some early NES games they didn't bother building entirely new PCBs for the American market so they used Famicom boards with a 60->72 pin adapter inside the thing. Not sure what games had this but I'd imagine that they'd be cheap. This is assuming you have a NES you want to play imports on and not the other way around.

[theclaw]

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[theclaw]

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[theclaw]

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[theclaw]

Still looking. Would any of these (http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=snes+converter&_sacat=0&LH_LocatedIn=0&_sop=2&_dmd=1&_odkw=battletoads+sega&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313) be right perhaps? Most are advertised for playing American games on PAL but it's worth a shot.

I should note my Super Everdrive is in a US shell. That makes it all the more important.

[schnuth]

I have this adapter:

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=13749

I use it to play the US SNES games on my Super Famicom that my PowerPak isn't compatible with (Kirby, Yoshi's Island, etc.). Hope this helps!

Aaron

[theclaw]

Neat, looks tricky to find. I guess par for the course here. SFC's larger library gave Japan users little point to care about our games...

[theclaw]

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[theclaw]

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[SEgamer]

The only thing I can think of is the Nakitek SNES game saver. It acts like a save state where you can (supposedly) save a game at any time and reload it at that point.

I know it works as a super famicom converter for NTSC Super Nintendos. I think it works the other way around based on this thread (unless if I missed something), though they say there's issues with Starfox. Not sure about the other FX games
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=4670.0

They're pretty cheap too, one sold for $8 shipped on ebay recently

[theclaw]

Yeah it'd be so much easier if I were on a site with many Europeans. SNES adapters are way more common over there.

[theclaw]

bump.