Play Famicom Carts On Your DS - Kotaku Comments

Play Famicom Carts On Your DS

guy_jin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:48:24 MST

@Pisto3: if you find such a beautiful thing, let me know.

. o (I'm gonna go cuddle my box of 30+ game gear games now.)

guy_jin

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izarate — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:12:55 MST

It looks that it doesn't use the DS as more than a display device. Not even the speakers are used, the device comes with its own. My best estimation is that it's a NES on a chip device.

izarate

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Pisto3 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:19:05 MST

I swear that someone made this for game gear a while ago.

Pisto3

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Moonshadow101 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:57:59 MST

Yawn.

Call me when it plays SNES games.

Moonshadow101

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guy_jin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:04:55 MST

because of the way the famicom disk system cartridge is shaped, i think it would be difficult to get it to work with this without modification.

Because of this, I suspect FDS compatibility will be spotty at best, or nonexistent at worst.

guy_jin

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gaming_otaku — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:50:08 MST

...or it simply uses the DS as a TV screen...

gaming_otaku

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Overlord44 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:16:40 MST

Awesome, an emulator with no legal drawbacks!

I'll tell you exactly how this'll work. There'll be a Famicom emulator on board that reads the ROM data from whatever's in the cart slot, so because it uses original data it's in no way associated with illegality! Brilliant!

Nintendo needs to make official things like this.

Overlord44

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The Great Moof — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:16:29 MST

I think that on the list of ridiculous crap you can get for your portable gaming device, this ranks up there with the "giant magnifying screen/LED light-up/fold-out speakers/joystick D-pad" monstrosity that modified your old GameBoy.

Still, I know that people are gonna buy it and a few might even enjoy it.

The Great Moof

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Snowcone — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:54:44 MST

@nflchampion: I'd buy one for my NES games in a heartbeat. Any idea who makes it?

Snowcone

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nflchampion — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:52:29 MST

They very much have these for US NES games. I saw one for sale at my local Last Stop CD Shop when I was there over Thanksgiving (I very nearly bought one too).

nflchampion

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Benjo — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:22:38 MST

It certainly takes the Lite of the portable, but it certainly is something that I'd buy for NES games.

Benjo

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evilralphwiggum — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:09:26 MST

i had one of these when i had a game boy advance...
it played both nes and famicom games..
although i sold it a long time ago..

evilralphwiggum

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Onizuka-GTO — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:54:54 MST

hahaha. those emulator just got a kick in the shins.

if you got the original carts, now you can play anywhere you like, no need to be stuck at your pc, fiddling with emulator software and searching for ROM.

heh.

this rocks!

Onizuka-GTO

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gaming_otaku — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:05:06 MST

@Billkwando:
That must cause some nasty finger cramps...

gaming_otaku

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Billkwando — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:47:38 MST

Can I stick an import converter on that and then plug in a US cart? You know, just to keep it low profile.

Billkwando

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Akin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:36:22 MST

Hahaha, why? No, seriously, isn't the whole point of mobile gaming devices to be small enough to carry around?

Just get an emulator. (PC or DS)

Akin

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jerrt — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:26:14 MST

very cool indeed. they get all kinds of fun things in japan.

jerrt

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cayton — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:22:56 MST

The chip for the Famicom and the SNES is the same, just with a different case. So you probably could play all of your SNES games too, unless I am mistaken

cayton

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Superstar90 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:12:20 MST

@bluesquareapple:
How many eyes do you have?

Superstar90

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bluesquareapple — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:00:00 MST

This thing doesn't look obtrusive at all..

bluesquareapple

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Mattz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:59:15 MST

Obligatory comment about having to blow into NES carts.
It does look particularly funky and is an awesome gateway to retro for that box I have in the loft. If only the wifi worked for mad Double Dribble action on the bus.

Mattz

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Nayl — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:58:51 MST

EPIC WIN!

Now all I need is a DS, this thing and some NES games....

Nayl

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denki — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:41:02 MST

Seeing as how I can't find a goddamn RF switch anywhere in Japan to replace the old one that just crapped out (aside from the internets, where I should be looking), I might just pick this bad boy up. Except that it it probably going to be $46 (5000 yen), which is exactly 10 times the amount I paid for my Famicon in the first place, and more expensive than recent 3rd party systems that play famicon carts. Damnit.

@SAKY: They make adaptors for that, and providing you had some NES gates around you could probably make your own, too.

denki

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photoboy — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:38:50 MST

I have to say a NES emulator on an R4 would be a much more convenient option as you don't have to carry that bulky device or the bulky cartridges.

On the subject of the NES emulator for the DS, I noticed in the credits to Contra 4 that the emulated versions of Contra and Super C were using a modified version of the DS NES emulator!

photoboy

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fleshribbon — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:30:36 MST

All we need is the US Nintendo Club to start giving these away for NES carts and we'll call it even with Japan.

fleshribbon

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Astrofox — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:30:26 MST

@blacksamurai87: haha I hope the next Asimo has a Famicom slot in his chest :)

Astrofox

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SAKY — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:23:39 MST

man, I want one of these for US carts. sweet.

SAKY

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Witzbold — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:23:02 MST

Oooo thats fucking spiff!

Witzbold

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Cchrist — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:15:01 MST

Familator? Sounds icky!

Cchrist

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diktafunk — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:13:49 MST

What about disk system games ? lots of great famicom classics has been released on this format in japan...

diktafunk

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CRUNK — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:08:13 MST

Any information on weather or not the TV out will also display your DS games?

CRUNK

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blacksamurai87 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:04:58 MST

Winner for best product name ever. Sounds like what the Asimo's supposed to be.

blacksamurai87

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TKWarrior — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:53:26 MST

@QuickPick: Exactly. One of those "just because you can doesn't make it a great idea" products. I like the novelty of it all, but it would be easier (and most likely cheaper) to simply get a blank cart and load it with emulators. Didn't this come out for the original GBA, too?

TKWarrior

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Karoshi — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:52:46 MST

Any idea if the mic will work with it?
I say this because I miss haggling with the merchant in Kid Icarus.

Karoshi

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QuickPick — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:34:49 MST

wait for the rom carts to come out

QuickPick

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FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:32:31 MST

Pfft, you don't need to be able to read for SMW and Metroid. This thing wins. :D

FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence