The other weekend I stumbled across a NES (Famicom-adaptor) Chinese Pirate Multi-Cart. It advertised 42 games on the label, including Milk and Nuts and Chack 'n Pop, so I gladly purchased it. After cleaning the game and powering up my NES, I was disappointed to find only 20 games on the Mappy mascoted menu, but overinflated number of games in Chinese multi-carts is supposed to be par for the course from what I understand so I took the disappointment in stride. Well, tonight I popped the game in and instead of getting the Mappy menu screen with 20 games I got a totally different screen with 22 games, different music, and an unknown mascot. Pleased and a bit confused, I tried to figure out how to switch between the two sets of games, and the best I can figure out is that it has something to do with hitting/holding power or reset, but nothing I try gets consistent results. Does anyone know what the deal is? How can I consistently switch between the two menus? Are separate menu screens a common occurrence for Famicom Pirates?
Here is the cart:
Here is the pcb:
Here are the two menu screens: