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    I was wondering if the disk system would work on my top loader American nes?

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    It will- you'll just need a 60-pin to 72-pin converter and something to hold the RAM cart up with.

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    It's a bit more complicated than that - the FDS used the Famicom's support for additional sound channels. If you don't do any sort of mod to play the additional sound channels on the NES, you'll basically be playing FDS games with glitched music and missing sound effects. (This applies to both the front and top loaders, to my memory.)

    This link seemed to be the first relevant one in a Google search, if this helps you.
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    If you want to get an fds I highly recommend you spring for a sharp twin famicom. Theyre all over ebay. They may cost a bit more, but you can use composite video and everything works right out of the box, including the fm sound channels. Plus you get a port for famicom carts.

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    If i bought a sharp twin famicom will i need a special adapter for the power supply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred5687 View Post
    If i bought a sharp twin famicom will i need a special adapter for the power supply.
    As long as you live in North America, no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham Mitchell View Post
    If you want to get an fds I highly recommend you spring for a sharp twin famicom. Theyre all over ebay. They may cost a bit more, but you can use composite video and everything works right out of the box, including the fm sound channels. Plus you get a port for famicom carts.
    Yup, Twin Famicom all the way!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred5687 View Post
    If i bought a sharp twin famicom will i need a special adapter for the power supply.
    The one that comes with it works in U.S. wall sockets no problem. (kind of strange because the original Famicom doesn't. I've fried one that way.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham Mitchell View Post
    The one that comes with it works in U.S. wall sockets no problem. (kind of strange because the original Famicom doesn't. I've fried one that way.)
    That doesn't make sense. The one that comes with the Famicom is rated like other DC converters as you'd expect and I have one, and use it, and I assure you I haven't killed any Famicoms. I can double-check what I have and post its info if necessary to confirm its the original; it has the part number to match with the Famicom though..

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoxNtd View Post
    That doesn't make sense. The one that comes with the Famicom is rated like other DC converters as you'd expect and I have one, and use it, and I assure you I haven't killed any Famicoms. I can double-check what I have and post its info if necessary to confirm its the original; it has the part number to match with the Famicom though..
    Same here, I use my traditional Famicom Adapter and it works fine.
    My FDS uses a Super Famicom AC Adapter and that seems to work OK as well.

    (And yeah, I don't have a Twin Famicom setup. The price was too high for me; I got my Famicom and FDS on the cheap.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiddo View Post
    Same here, I use my traditional Famicom Adapter and it works fine.
    3rd. I've been using the normal Famicom adapter since I bought mine... no problems at all. Graham, you must have done something else to fry your system.

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    this reminded me I have an FDS (anyone want to buy it?) either that Or i need to buy a famicom and ac adapter (anyone wanna sell me those?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ze_ro View Post
    3rd. I've been using the normal Famicom adapter since I bought mine... no problems at all. Graham, you must have done something else to fry your system.

    --Zero
    4th, I have an AV Famicom with the proper official Nintendo power adapter and have been using it for 3 years now with no problems.

    Quote Originally Posted by otaku View Post
    this reminded me I have an FDS (anyone want to buy it?) either that Or i need to buy a famicom and ac adapter (anyone wanna sell me those?)
    You have a PM good sir.

    Like everybody else mentioned, spring for the Twin Fami, it's gonna be the best choice in the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FoxNtd View Post
    That doesn't make sense. The one that comes with the Famicom is rated like other DC converters as you'd expect and I have one, and use it, and I assure you I haven't killed any Famicoms. I can double-check what I have and post its info if necessary to confirm its the original; it has the part number to match with the Famicom though..
    You're right. I was incorrect. I think I forgot intentionally so I could forget how dumb I was...the Fami I bought had no AC adaptor so I thought I was clever using one from a US NES. Yeah, that didn't work out too well. Smelled like burning plastic.

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