Honeybee NES - Famicom Converter gold (and some Mario game ?)

[Krabonq]

I did some searching on the board, but couldn't find a price tag, just what it does and is needed for, so I hope making a thread is ok.
Also couldn't find anything on eBay or Amazon.

I found this today at a flea market. It also had a Mario game with it, but I don't know anything about Famicom games, so I'm not sure which one it is.
I'm guessing it's one of those pirated versions of a Mario game.
Since I don't have a NES right now I can't try it out and might just sell it.

Also, I found it on a flea market here in Europe, so I'm not sure if this is some kind of PAL version (but I guess not).

[SparTonberry]

The Mario game is definitely a pirate, I think I've seen that picture on some Lost Levels bootleg cart ports, but Mario bootlegs are so common, it's hard to be sure without testing.

[Krabonq]

The Mario game is definitely a pirate, I think I've seen that picture on some Lost Levels bootleg cart ports, but Mario bootlegs are so common, it's hard to be sure without testing.

Yeah, I thought so. hah

Any idea about the money on the Honeybee ?

[Gameguy]

Any idea about the money on the Honeybee ?
$10-$15. The official HoneyBee adapters seem to be more in demand than other generic ones.

[Krabonq]

$10-$15. The official HoneyBee adapters seem to be more in demand than other generic ones.

Ok, thanks for the info !

[Krabonq]

Sorry, for the double post, but something occured to me... I guess it's not actually possible to play FC games on a PAL NES with this thing, right ?
It's probably only JP -> US-NTSC ?

[markusman64ds]

Sorry, for the double post, but something occured to me... I guess it's not actually possible to play FC games on a PAL NES with this thing, right ?
It's probably only JP -> US-NTSC ?

Luckily you live in Europe, which is right next to Russia, home of the Dendy. One of the more sucessful clones of it's time, you should be able to find one for a low price. It can apparently play NTSC games better than the actual PAL NES. If you do find one, it will probably come with some more pirate cartridges, but that's pretty much all that were out back then.

[Krabonq]

Luckily you live in Europe, which is right next to Russia, home of the Dendy. One of the more sucessful clones of it's time, you should be able to find one for a low price. It can apparently play NTSC games better than the actual PAL NES. If you do find one, it will probably come with some more pirate cartridges, but that's pretty much all that were out back then.

Well, as I said in the OP: "Since I don't have a NES right now I can't try it out and might just sell it."
I'm not really interested in using it (or even buy another one), I just picked it up on a flea market last week and don't have a NES here anytime soon.
But in case I sell it and a buyer asks if it even works on a PAL NES, it'd be great if I could tell him/her.

"It can apparently play NTSC games better than the actual PAL NES" - Wow, I never knew the PAL NES could play JP NES games ! Just goes to show how little I know about it... haha

[SparTonberry]

"It can apparently play NTSC games better than the actual PAL NES" - Wow, I never knew the PAL NES could play JP NES games ! Just goes to show how little I know about it... haha

Famicom games don't have lockout chips, so they won't play on any front-loader NES unless you use a convertor with a lockout chip in it. (though the top loader doesn't have lockout so it will play any NTSC/PAL NES game, or any FC game with converter.
Unfortunately while a PAL toploader reportedly exists, it is extremely rare. Some PAL games will also have graphics glitches on an NTSC console, and probably any PAL-optimized game will run at the wrong speed.)

[Krabonq]

You guys are really confusing me with all the NTSC console stuff...

[Krabonq]

You guys are really confusing me with all the NTSC console stuff...

Ok, maybe I didn't make this clear enough. haha
Does the Honeybee work on PAL systems for JP games ? Or do you not know ?