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Shredder
06-02-2004, 04:01 PM
It was supposed to be out in April, and it's now June.

I also noticed that success-hk charged our credit card, but the online tracking system they have states that the order is still being processed. Just checking, thanks..
ManekiNeko
06-02-2004, 04:21 PM
What eeeez it, man?

JR
Lone_Monster
06-02-2004, 04:43 PM
Very cool, an adapter that lets you play Famicom games on your GBA

http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3334
Pantechnicon
06-02-2004, 04:52 PM
They need to put out a 72-pin version. Then I'll sit up and bark. Until then I'll content myself with my Super-Joy Famiclone and GBA TV Tuner. It's a lot of extra spaghetti, but what the hey...
HellStar
06-02-2004, 06:44 PM
Do you think they'll make one for NES games?
Scoots
06-02-2004, 06:53 PM
Damn, that is fuckin' boss.
Querjek
06-02-2004, 08:22 PM
Do you think they'll make one for NES games?

They need to put out a 72-pin version. Then I'll sit up and bark. Until then I'll content myself with my Super-Joy Famiclone and GBA TV Tuner. It's a lot of extra spaghetti, but what the hey...
No. That would be very uncomfortable to hold.
Pantechnicon
06-02-2004, 08:52 PM
No. That would be very uncomfortable to hold.

I don't think that has to be the case. Off the top of my eye, a 72-pin cart is only about 1/2" wider than a 68-pin. So at most you're only adding 3/4" overall width to a unit like this. All you have to do then is recess the cartridge port all the way to the bottom of the unit to prevent the cart from wobbling and you're in North American business.
Scoots
06-03-2004, 07:54 AM
Well, you can buy a Famicom-to-NES adapter so that should work, right? I mean, it would most likely be ugly and awkward, but still...
digitalpress
06-03-2004, 08:08 AM
Well, you can buy a Famicom-to-NES adapter so that should work, right? I mean, it would most likely be ugly and awkward, but still...

Indeed. Just like the one you use for the Game Axe to play NES games. But that's difficult enough as it is, that tower of plastic (NES to Fami/NES cart) going into a handheld system.

Then consider that you'd be going even bigger (Fami to GBA/NES to Fami/NES cart) AND the tiny GBA SP... gotta ask yourself at that point "is it worth it?" and "is this still considered 'portable'?"
Scoots
06-03-2004, 09:11 AM
Then consider that you'd be going even bigger (Fami to GBA/NES to Fami/NES cart) AND the tiny GBA SP... gotta ask yourself at that point "is it worth it?" and "is this still considered 'portable'?"

Yeah, but I have to think if you're buying a converter to play Famicom games on your SP it's likely that you're already too far gone into the realm of obsession to be worried about such tenuous concepts as "value" and "portability." LOL