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Post by derboo on Sept 17, 2012 18:38:14 GMT -5
Alright, I'll take care of it.
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Post by derboo on Sept 19, 2012 11:54:26 GMT -5
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Post by Ike on Sept 19, 2012 14:42:34 GMT -5
Only two things I'd ask about it:
1) A link to this thread so if anybody has questions they can ask here and
2) if I can add a section about disabling the 10NES chip. I can't do it right now because the only one I have that I haven't already disabled has stripped screws and I can't get it open yet, so I'll have to add it in a little while. Should I just contact you about it?
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Post by derboo on Sept 19, 2012 15:02:18 GMT -5
Ah, I meant to link to the thread, but I forgot about it.
Additions are always possible. You can just post it here, or send me a PM. Do you want us to wait for the addition before it's being posted officially on the main site, or add it in later?
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Post by Ike on Sept 19, 2012 16:23:08 GMT -5
Nah, go ahead and post it. It'll be a bit before I can get the right tools to open this thing... probably going to have to drill out the old screw.
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Post by 8 Bit Dreams on May 5, 2016 19:20:31 GMT -5
One thing I'd like to add to this article is the use of white erasers as a first step to cleaning your contacts. It's a lot less abrasive then the end of a q-tip, also the guys at my work who assemble electronics recommend it over the use of chemicals.
Also investing in a bottle of deoxit is highly reccomended for long term care and protection.
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Post by GamerL on May 5, 2016 20:41:10 GMT -5
Weird, why was half of a NES cartridge empty space?
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Post by Allie on May 5, 2016 20:42:25 GMT -5
Weird, why was half of a NES cartridge empty space? Ask NoA.
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Post by GamerL on May 5, 2016 20:45:18 GMT -5
Weird, why was half of a NES cartridge empty space? Ask NoA. Maybe they thought American kids would too easily lose them if they were too small?
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Post by X-pert74 on May 6, 2016 2:55:44 GMT -5
Weird, why was half of a NES cartridge empty space? It was part of the entire design philosophy of the NES outside of Japan. NOA wanted the system to not seem like a typical video game console, so along with making it look kinda like a VCR and including R.O.B. and whatnot, they had cartridges that were much bigger than was actually needed - perhaps so they would be easier to put in and take out of the front-loading system. It was a big waste of plastic, lol, but Nintendo came out ahead that generation, so it paid off.
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Post by GamerL on May 6, 2016 17:06:05 GMT -5
Weird, why was half of a NES cartridge empty space? It was part of the entire design philosophy of the NES outside of Japan. NOA wanted the system to not seem like a typical video game console, so along with making it look kinda like a VCR and including R.O.B. and whatnot, they had cartridges that were much bigger than was actually needed - perhaps so they would be easier to put in and take out of the front-loading system. It was a big waste of plastic, lol, but Nintendo came out ahead that generation, so it paid off. Nintendo almost always does something weird like that, like the N64's controller or the Gamecube's mini-discs or the entirety of the Wii.
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Post by Aoi on May 7, 2016 0:04:28 GMT -5
Some early NES carts are actually a standard NES board acting as a local converter with the Famicom game board jammed on top of it, lol. Aside from NoA marketing as a toy/VCR equivalent, as others mentioned, the space is sometimes used too.
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Post by Ike on May 7, 2016 2:57:04 GMT -5
Some early NES carts are actually a standard NES board acting as a local converter with the Famicom game board jammed on top of it, lol. Aside from NoA marketing as a toy/VCR equivalent, as others mentioned, the space is sometimes used too. I've found two copies of Gyromite and harvested their converters for sweet import action. The weird thing is that they're both different sizes - one fits any standard famicom cart while the other only fits some of them. You can kinda tell which ones have the adapter because they have a more proper center of balance than the ones without it, which are heavier on the contact end.
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Post by Aoi on May 7, 2016 16:25:45 GMT -5
That's interesting, I thought all Famicom chips were the same size.
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Post by GamerL on May 7, 2016 18:42:07 GMT -5
Aside from NoA marketing as a toy/VCR equivalent. Didn't clueless parents and grandparents actually call them "game tapes" back in the day?
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