NEW Famicom Converter plays Imports, FDS and more!

[@muramasaninja]

As a quick note. You need the expansion sound mod if you want the full sound from games that use expansion audio. Also this does NOT work with an Everdrive N8 and am not sure why. Glad you liked it!

[@angeldejesussanchezgonzale9968]

Also if you have the Blinking Light Win from Arcadedworks (Currently unavailable) you can enjoy the experiece for more

[@SmashJT]

Love how there's a seemingly unending amount of retro stuff still getting made. I didn't even know something like this existed!

[@Cha-chingWV]

Sorry, but it doesn't look sweet... it looks poorly constructed with the exposed soldering and plastic. Looks cheap. Plus you have to weigh it down... not really plug and play. The converters with the fabric pull ribbons are still really a better way to go. Again, sorry for the negativity, just being honest with my opinion.

[@boxerblake1]

I wonder if it's a prototype of some sort sent to him as it was already ready to go. In that case, they could send it to him to show off while they wait for the commercial versions to be built. I agree with you about the exposure etc. It definitely looks shoddy.

[@GamesfromtheGrave]

That's a cool design. I've been using a converter I pulled out of a Gyromite for ages.

[@SonicFanChris4]

That bootleg looks dangerously close to my 7 Grand Dad Cartridge

[@cunawarit]

I still have my original small 80s Famicom to NES adapter. Still works great. Ok, I wouldn’t be able to use Famicom Disk System with it but it is really convenient, comes in and out easy, doesn’t stick out of my toaster and doesn’t need weights :)

[@meezuswalks9578]

The whole putting weight on it killed it for me

[@zdp-189]

Once I finalize my RGB fleet with my last holdout, my Sharp Twin Fami, I just need to get a nice 70 to 62 (or is it opposite) pin adapter to just play NES through that. Since I already own the TF I think that will be easier route, but if I had only NES, then def would grab this.

[@jordangates7683]

Love the new intro riggs!

[@sonicaids]

I do the opposite. I bought a AV famicom and a fami to NES converter to play NES games on it.

[@Wheels8504]

If you get a "Blinking Light Win" you won't have to worry about adding weight to the game.

[@shayne1062]

Oh boy, I think I'm going to pick one of these up to get my FDS Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa on :D

[@devjock]

Old Kung-Fu cartridge I had had one of these inside of the cart.

[@alienJIZ1990]

This would pair SO well with the FDSStick. FDS audio is handled horrendously when emulated, so I think this is the best way to experience FDS games with accurate sound here in the US on our front-loaders. So I'll need a ram adapter which is about $35, this converter which is $35, an ENIO Exp Board to hear the expansion audio which is $30, and the FDSStick which is about $15. All in all that's about $115 not including tax/shipping costs to play the entire FDS library in all its glory, all without soldering a single thing =)

[@joeanzalone415]

Thank you john riggs! Doctor Nintendo MD !! I just ordered it you deserve commission!!

[@uSCOTTpwnd]

Hey Riggs! thanks for showing off this product. I just got mine in and I'm glad you mentioned that you need the games weighed down. My NES toaster doesn't require games to be slotted down to read them but for whatever reason with this device the ROM cannot be read or properly loaded without it being weighed down. Still agree with you that this is a better alternative than those Honeybee type converters with the ribbon and such.

[@atranfanatic]

Nice. Finally I can play my Transformers Famicom game in my toaster NES! Very cool video man. Thanks for the info.

[@michaelaranda5220]

You're a Famicom fan and this is good. I am a Turbo fan. Can't we just get along.

[@FloppydriveMaestro]

The one thing it could do with would be some sort of a clip so you dont need to weigh the lid down but other than that its really cool.

[@alienJIZ1990]

I now have this same setup, I got the last one from muramasa a couple weeks ago. My FDS Ram Adapter finally came in the mail and I popped in an ENIO EXP Board to hear the expansion audio, plus instead of the FDS I used the FDSStick instead. Only problem is I have THICK jail bars all in the image to the point where it's unplayable, even after cleaning the pins. I think there may be a bad trace in the RAM adapter somewhere or something.

[@muramasaninja]

You using RF or composite? I found that if using RF then it has some jail bars but have had not problems with composite output.

[@alienJIZ1990]

Composite, I never use RF. And I know it's not the converter because I tried some famicom games in it and they work perfectly fine. I think I can see the bad trace on the RAM Adapter, I'll have to go the ghetto route and try retracing it with a pencil to see if the jail bars go away.

[@christopherrohr3770]

If you use a new 72 pin connector or take apart your front loader and pull the pins apart on the original connector, you don't need to push down on the cartridge. The Blinking Light Win is another option.

[@Merl-co2nd]

Awesome! Unfortunately it's out of stock at Muramasa, so I decided to buid my own extended adapter.

[@GamingDelight]

Now it's back in stock.

[@magnus87]

Just like to the Honey bee adapter but more cheap 😝

[@salduchi1785]

This is a lot like my Honey Bee Family Convertor

[@St.Augustine]

when he used the disk system it looked like the most janky thing in the world

[@SuperHamsterGaming]

This seems fine for FDS, ideal even, but not for carts if you have to weigh it down.

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Thanks John, I know what I am asking for Xmas!

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

I got mine out of a flea market Gyromite for 8 bucks.

[@theinfinity7s]

I'd like to see an adapter that can load English patches, aswell as play famicom games. Regardless, this is very cool. Like the design of it too.

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

I wish someone would make something like this for the SNES. Sure, there is a super famicom adapter to play SNES games, but not the other way around

[@2j4ez]

Whats a top loader nes some sort of clone? I'm from the uk and hardly saw any new stuff in the shops growing up

[@enginerd80]

Around 1993 or so, Nintendo published new versions of NES and Famicom. They both looked like the same, except for having different sized cartridge slot. And the controllers that came with them were of dogbone type (shaped like SNES controller). Apparently, PAL versions were rare -- possibly mainly sold in Australia.

[@williamdrum9899]

Top loader is official and will play anything. They're much more rare and expensive than the front loading nes. It would probably be cheaper to get an actual famicom at that point

[@aaronatwa2187]

man why is it more for 72 to 60 pins like 20-30 than reverse around 6 bucks? and if anyone can do me up one so i can play NES on my portable fc, that would be rad

[@calambres6614]

Short and informative thats why i hit like before i watch

[@The_RETRO_Gamer64]

Great idea

[@DeathSycthe02]

could you dump those famicom disk games on snes carts? that excite bike vs looks like fun

[@JC-qu5lv]

Any idea if the Famicom/Nes Adapter will ever come back in stock? Pre-orders ended in July 2018 and I don't think it's been in stock since then?

[@TheEmporiumRGshop]

GREAT. Thanks for the video :)

[@carblazer31672]

never understood why someone hasnt added on a handle like the game genie or something to secure the cartridge rather than the pins.

[@MegaManNeo]

I don't get how the cartridge gets detected by the NES as you don't push it down. Still, this looks really handy. Would I collect for the NES/Famicom, this might be one of the things to pick up.

[@williamdrum9899]

If all else fails use the top loader

[@frankbizzoco1954]

But will that thing play the expanded audio from games like Castlevania 3, and most FDS games? I am assuming you probably still have to mod the NES.

[@williamdrum9899]

Other comments say yes but you will need to mod your nes, otherwise you won't hear the extra channels

[@mex420x4]

I'll get one once I find a Famicom disk system being that I have the 10nes bypassed

[@williamdrum9899]

It might be easier to get a famicom which has no anti-piracy features

[@retrogamer-meza7345]

Wow amazing !!!

[@ebm3199]

I need to get this!

[@Colombia20102018]

What’s the difference between this and the smaller famicom adapters that exist since the 80’s? I had one

[@krZabii]

I mean, you just said it. But this works a lot better just due to the size of the thing

[@v-snes6612]

This one allows you to hook up a Famicom Disk System to an American NES. The ram adapter you need for the Famicom Disk System won't fit using those smaller ones you're talking about.

[@Colombia20102018]

The smaller one I had in the 80s did exactly the same. And fit perfectly. Anyway it good to have new options.

[@AnOfficialAndrewFloyd]

Best idea: disable lockout chip, bypass door interlock.

[@jeremymalaspina8458]

thats awesome

[@clover831]

Hey, John. When are you going to do a review of your Classiq HD 2 clone console? How accurate is it?

[@geovani60624]

Hey guys you know what nintendo game it is? It's basically a little caveman in a scroll up game i don't remember if the screen scroll itself i think yes and you shot something that i don't remember eighter, you get power ups to have better projectiles and theres one that turn you into a big caveman. I used to like this game when i was a kid (not enought to remember the name apparently) and now i want to complete it, they have a very similar look of that king Kong 2 game

[@Colombia20102018]

Adventure land?

[@geovani60624]

Colombia20102018 no, it scrolls up like that king Kong 2 game, even the ground is similar with the color and apearence

[@Colombia20102018]

Toki?

[@KBrownson]

It’s Dino Riki.

[@Colombia20102018]

That’s right. The adventures of Dino R

[@MasterRBertLink]

How do I know if I’m putting the cartridges into such converters the right way such as this one?

[@williamdrum9899]

I think it will only fit one way

[@zhan85]

How is the sound on disk system games?

[@williamdrum9899]

I imagine it would be nonexistent since the nes can't do that without modding it

[@PixelGameSquad]

Can you convert a Famicom game to Christianity?

[@8-bitkiwi77]

.......?

[@williamdrum9899]

Yes but it won't have expanded audio

[@turdfurgason6659]

So....why no audio? Does it not output music?

[@williamdrum9899]

The US and PAL models of the NES are missing the required parts to output audio beyond the five standard channels. The Famicom (Japanese NES) has these features built-in. A few Famicom games used this ability along with custom chips in the cartridge to add additional sound channels. (It's important to note that Nintendo personally manufactured every NES cartridge, this was not the case in Japan.) Since the NES cannot play expanded audio, no NES games used those custom chips either. In addition most Famicom to NES adapters don't have the necessary pins to transfer expansion audio anyway. This one supposedly does but you would need to mod your NES to play expansion audio

[@MrBuckshot198722]

Link in description for the converter no longer works

[@geovani60624]

Hey i like the famicom, also do they make nes to famicom converters?

[@muramasaninja]

Eventually. It's definitely on my list of things to do.

[@geovani60624]

Muramasa Ninja yeah, usually these adapters have some problems in some games

[@johneygd]

But does it support external sound?

[@emio2318]

Oh good

[@BeatlesCuber]

Do you know if this has the expanded sound channels?

[@muramasaninja]

It has the expansionsound channels hooked up, as long as your NES has been modded to have audio.

[@enginerd80]

That looks awkward to use if it can't be locked. Could the adapter be shaped differently to allow locking? I mean, instead of this NES cartridge slot ▄▄▄▄▄▄ FC cart could it be like this? NES cartridge slot ▄▄▄▄▄█▀ FC cart (illustrated from side; shapes not exactly to scale because of limitations with the characters) Wouldn't that allow the adapter to lock properly, while leaving the Famicom slot accessible? Also, if I've understood correctly, the lockout code is different for PAL and NTSC. Could the chip support both, and have a small PAL/NTSC switch on the adapter? The point is that the product may be an improvement to earlier ones, but there's still something left to improve.

[@muramasaninja]

Pauli Varra. So Honeybee actually made a converter just like you described with the exception the famicom games plugged in vertically into the end of the converter. Unfortunately though it would probably need a custom shell for something like that which would put it out of range of a small project. Realistically not enough demand. As far as the lockout chip it uses the AVRCIC which has different codes for all the different regions. When you hit the reset button it tries a different region every time until it find one that works. It then remembers that from then on.

[@pokepat4433]

I’d rather go the hardcore way and just buy a sharp twin or famicom and disk system separately

[@oldirtygamer]

I don't play my toaster but every once in awhile.

[@retreauxnintendeaux1663]

Haha!! Toaster-coaster!!

[@LifeWithMatthew]

I don't really care that you have to push down on it, after all if you were playing a famicom game that wasn't the standard size then you wouldn't be able to push down on the system anyways, but the exposed pins is a big issue for me. I hope they make a version some day that covers that up... of course it's been three years since you made this, so probably not, lol!

[@MasterRBertLink]

I wanna get one, but the page keeps saying “ Out of Stock “.

[@outpostorange9580]

Sounds great, but does it play prototype games?

[@JohnRiggs]

I don't have any famicom prototypes, but if I did it would.

[@Xx1SailorScoutxX]

Does that toaster have the Blinking Light Win mod?

[@JohnRiggs]

It doesn't.

[@andrewdupuis1151]

i never know nes had disk drive. i know snes had one but it never came to other countrys like Canada

[@MrBuckshot198722]

John I am wanting to get a famicom and a disc system what would be a good price

[@painter194]

Why don’t you check eBay sold listing. They’re fairly cheap. Got mine with a new belt installed for $50.00

[@MrBuckshot198722]

i will do that thank you for responding

[@williamdrum9899]

I heard the belts are likely to fail and there are a lot of dead units, be careful. Also the disks may have a different game than what's on the label. Nintendo had a program where you could trade in your disks and get new ones for a cheaper price, using a machine that would erase the old game and write a different game to the disk

[@johnhancockretro]

Sweet adapter and nice price!

[@DJIncendration]

What is a "Toaster" NES?

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

The NES where you slide in the cartridge from the front.

[@williamdrum9899]

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel Seems more like a VCR to me

[@retreauxnintendeaux1663]

Anybody know if this will work with the "Blinking Light Win"?

[@muramasaninja]

In fact it works best with a Blinking Light Win.

[@kyugiyeneku1803]

Does it have sound ???

[@emio2318]

Does it also work on the toploader

[@painter194]

So many better options to use then that thing. And you have to put weight down on it to use it??? No thanks. I’d stick with a AVS or any other kind of adaptor.

[@JohnRiggs]

$35 converter vs. $185 avs, but the AVS is a neat system if you already have one.

[@painter194]

Ok, take getting a AVS or a different adapter out of the discussion. You had to put a can of soda on it to make it work. Who in their right mind would want to have to deal with that when there are SO MANY other options on playing Famicom games. I wouldn’t order one if they gave them away for free.

[@moderusprime]

If you disable the lockout chip, 99.9% of the time you don't have to put any weight on it.

[@troy4393]

Yeah...that's not true for about 90% of the systems that still exist. And don't say a word about replacement pin connectors.

[@boogiemanspud]

But if you disable it some bootleg/unofficial carts can literally catch fire. Wisdom tree sends voltage to the lockout, if it's not there it can literally melt the cartridge. Doesn't matter for most games, but disabling the lockout isn't a perfect solution, just a good one.

[@mattmyers2863]

can i use this for a top loading nes?

[@williamdrum9899]

I would imagine so, the top loader doesn't care about bootlegs unlike the front loader, or so I'm told

[@landmind666]

Is it compatible with the blinking light win mod

[@GamingDelight]

Said so in the link in the description: "The Front loader needs to have perfect pins or a Blinking Light win."

[@Workingpour]

AV famicom is way better for everything

[@ConfusionDistortion]

Yeah this thing looks like junk. You have to weight it down to get it working. Id rather just use a ribbon at that point. If I was dead set on using a FDS I would just use one with my Famicom. Normally I wouldnt rag on new products for Nes, but in the world of cart adapters, this one is something I would rather not use. Its like a last resort, if all else kind of thing. Otherwise Id always try to use one of the other better built ones out there.

[@mattmyers2863]

sorry. asked the question before i watched the whole video.

[@skunkcabbages5040]

Playing famicom disk system games on an American toaster n.e.s. :0 what sort of black magic is this?

[@melissamartin6880]

Its out of stock

[@doug104321]

Riggs love your channel if if I send you two nes battletoads that both freeze during level two can you send me one back and gift the other to a fellow gamer. I really miss some battletoads

[@ebm3199]

Btw first!

[@St.Augustine]

when he used the disk system it looked like the most janky thing in the world