View Full Version : What's that switch on my NES cart for?
cessnaace
02-11-2007, 10:16 PM
I have an unlicensed NES game by Camerica called 'Quatrro Sports.' It features four games: baseball; soccer; tennis, motocross. It's in a gold case, as opposed to the usual grey. On the bottom side of the cart is a switch.
Position B. Only Use this position if the game does not work with position A.
Position A.
The game works, but I can't move the switch. The Digital Press Price Guide lists this cart as being in PAL format, but it's in the U.S. release section of the guide.
What's the story on that darn switch?
Mark
swlovinist
02-12-2007, 12:03 AM
ahh the good ol switch to override nintendo's lockout on the system. I never had to use mine, but is what it is for. Some Nes systems were designed to not allow pirate carts to play on them. Camerica used a bypass switch to override this feature.
cyberfluxor
02-12-2007, 12:24 AM
Yeah, I have the same thing on my Bignose the Caveman. Just as swlovinist said, lockout over ride.
Cambot
02-12-2007, 12:30 AM
I have the same switch on my Ultimate Stuntman cart. Another camerica game.
thetoxicone
02-12-2007, 01:12 AM
wikipedia (which I know is not always right) states it is for play on european nes systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camerica
zer0cool
02-12-2007, 02:14 AM
If the game doesnt load in postion a switch to postion b and try.i have this switch on my quattro adventure.
Garry Silljo
02-12-2007, 04:26 PM
Does everyne really need to say which games they have this switch on? It's on all the Camerica games... there... end of list.
icarwngs55
02-12-2007, 04:36 PM
Does everyne really need to say which games they have this switch on? It's on all the Camerica games... there... end of list.
MEAN HEAD! :(
skaar
02-12-2007, 04:42 PM
Don't touch it! It'll trigger zombies.
Damaniel
02-12-2007, 05:17 PM
Does everyne really need to say which games they have this switch on? It's on all the Camerica games... there... end of list.
Actually, the Caltron 6-in-1 (and presumably the Myriad 6-in-1) has a switch too, and a 3-way one at that. :) It serves the same purpose, though (bypassing the 10NES lockout chip in the console).
cessnaace
02-13-2007, 05:12 PM
Don't touch it! It'll trigger zombies.
LOL!
Mark
cessnaace
02-13-2007, 05:17 PM
ahh the good ol switch to override nintendo's lockout on the system. I never had to use mine, but is what it is for. Some Nes systems were designed to not allow pirate carts to play on them. Camerica used a bypass switch to override this feature.
This addresses one issue but not the other. It overrides the big N's lockout chip, ok. I got it. But it's listed as being a PAL cart in the Digital Press Price Guide. Did the NES have a regional lockout as well. My Sega Master System (Model 1) will play games released in Europe as well as North America. Sega was probably so desperate for software support that they didn't include a regional lockout.
Mark