The BEST Way To Play Famicom Cartridges On An NES! My Arcade Cartridge Converter Review

[@Madlittlepixel]

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[@Akito01]

I just realized why you were having trouble with the Hyperkin style adapter -with those style of adapters, you need to have it so that the Famicom cart has the back label facing upwards. That's another thing in the MyArcade adapter's favor -you can put it in a front loader, and have the front art facing you, just like an NES cart.

[@TheAxelay]

Throughout the 1980's I always used the old faith honeybee converter with the red pull-out sash to play famicom games on the ole' NES, it never failed me but this does look pretty good though...

[@justwilliam4802]

This is just a curious question (I’m young so I’m used to buying anything pre 2010 on eBay) how did you gain access to old famicom games in the 80’s? Was there some sort of mail in service?

[@ChrisDoesTV]

They could easily amend this design to have a two part function, create a lock connection and a slide where you can custom the closing gauge - this would allow access to all custom fami sizes and it could be done quite easily.

[@ghostchaser1631]

I have the small Famicom adapter (with the ribbon) and it works just fine. The reason you are having a problem with it is because you keep putting the Famicom cartridges on it backwards, they go on it with the curved edges lined up and the front label facing away from you.

[@SiccDeville]

i have the converter and it works really well on my top loader. i bought famicom splatterhouse wampaku which is a cartridge bigger than the normal famicom ones. i altered the converter by measuring, cutting and shaving enough space for the splatterhouse cartridge to now fit and it works just fine.

[@magnus87]

I love that new products are coming out for old consoles. Hopefully someone would make one like the HoneyBee Family Adapter, which is super rare to see and is excellent for those of us who want to use FDS on the NES

[@TheGameBeaters]

Interesting product. Cool to see the RAD2x at work too.

[@ecmyersvids]

I've been eyeing this thing too - glad to see you like it! On the one hand, they made a really clever product that I think works better than a lot of alternatives. On the other hand, they screwed up because in their Amazon listing, one of the images says in big letters "Supports all Famicom games," which we know isn't true :-/

[@PabstOban]

This is why having an archive of reviewed products is great. I am in the market for a FC to NES adapter, I was only aware of the Hyperkin one... Hyperkin is a known brand and you expect decent stuff from them... wasn't aware of this other option and I actually like this one a lot better. I have a short list of Famicom games I want to get at some time and just doing a google image search, looks like they will all fit the MyArcade solution... so I bought it.

[@LuckyLizard1979]

Man, I love your videos. Not sure if it's your tone of voice or the no-nonsense delivery but yeah. Continue to do what you do, because it is awesome.

[@garrettnessnes9254]

I bought mine months ago and I absolutely love it I was skeptical about it at first it really surprised me I would recommend this to anyone who wants to play Nintendo famicom games

[@qualorii]

That really is cool. I bought a custom converter a while back. I've never cared for the little small adapters with ribbons, and those wouldn't work for me since I have a 'Blinking Light Win' in my NES. This one looks like it would be perfect with a 'Blinking Light Win' and takes up less space than the big custom job I bought.

[@owlison76]

Wow looks like a really nice product to play famicom carts. Thanks MLP for pointing this out!

[@yarospringglory]

Lifesaver!!! I was looking to play Battle City On my NES and couldn’t figure out how I would do that!! Fell across your channel! SUBBED!! Thank you

[@NinSonyFan]

You are the kind of collector just like me!! 👍we do not aim to blindly buy eveey game that cross our way, we just go for nostalgia, interesting games we missed back in the day or in my case, also weird gimmic games like Boktai or the ines with special features of the GBC and GBA era.

[@JANEMBA9000]

Looks like the same thing from the Retro Champ handheld console you reviewed .

[@bloodybones8027]

Great video. I love your informative content. How are you running that front loader on that HDMI monitor? Thanks for all that you do.

[@8bitjoystick]

He had the Kid Dracula cart facing the wrong way with the Hyperkin adaptor. For Hyperkin and many other adapters you need to have the cart facing the back.

[@ocg-overwatchconsolegamepl2809]

Wow, that thing looks awesome!

[@Frank_D]

Thank you for this. I might check this out. I agree with you that MyArcade really needs to work on some of their stuff, but something like this is a low enough bar that they should be able to do it well.

[@tonytheriault1186]

I have a few Famiclone multicarts. They're pretty much all standard Famicom cart size, so I have a better choice for vintage 8 bit gaming. That, and most of them are popular titles on the NES, so it saves me a LOT of money. I might look online for more English gamer friendly Famicom carts, though.

[@Madlittlepixel]

* during recording this video I was so used to the My Arcade Adapter having the fami carts face up I didn't realize I put that one game on the Hyperkin adapter wrong. On that one its supposed to be face down to boot. But I still have those finicky issues with it occasionally but its still a fine adapter. I f'd that lil test up, but doesnt distract from the My Arcade Converter being pretty damn awesome in comparison. Like stated in the vid I still have many uses Id need the Hyperkin adapter for though.

[@1UpJohn]

I was just gonna post about that! I have the same adapter and I thought it was broken because none of my games worked with it...….. until I flipped the cart the other way. They should really put that on the packaging.

[@SuperNickid]

@Madlittlepixel: Only the old converter you have to place the family computer cartridge face-down I know now that you already know you made that mistake. That comment should have been the one being pin, because that I would not have wasted time asking about it.

[@MisterMorcus]

This looks really similar to a mod that people were doing where they would replace the guts of the NES cleanning cartridge with a famicom adapter.

[@FranktheTank319]

I'm sure you could probably modify the top part of the converter to get the other games to fit, but I know not everyone would be willing to do that.

[@SiccDeville]

i did and it works fine with the larger famicom cartridges.

[@the1ucidone]

I just bought 1 and now there is only 1 left in stock on Amazon. Whoever wants this you better get it right now man.

[@thebigdb1]

For those games that don’t slide in just right… I’d just go to town with a Dremel with it & just neatly cut the top off (& maybe some light sanding) so those carts CAN slide in. But that’s just me.

[@robo_mesr_oner]

KID DRACULA!👍..LOVE THAT GAME!!!

[@retreauxnintendeaux1663]

Hey Ron...great vid and cool product. I'm assuming this bypasses the region lock? I've got the Blinking Light Win on my main NES, but wasn't sure if this would work right out of the box for my others. Grassy Ass mi amigo👍🏽

[@projectnerdvana2820]

If they only thought of cartage size difference. It's a cool device but seems like inner slot need to be slight longer.

[@adimifus]

What other adapters are there that keep the Famicom cartridge facing forwards? The Everdrive N8 Pro does not work in this adapter. Not sure why, though. Regular games all work fine, as does the regular N8. EDIT: Technically, it works, but the menu is all garbled up. If you can navigate it blindly, it'll load and play games fine.

[@joshmiller887]

That thing looks like an Aladdin Deck enhancer?

[@pungisotu]

I wanted to like it, but I think I like the old ribbon style better. Main reason, the only way to get the game out of the adapter is by gripping the label. Doing so often is what causes wear and fading on game cart labels.

[@johnSton71]

once again, one of your videos convinces me to spend some dough.....good vid also

[@poleythepolarbear9706]

I think I will go with this for my AVS. So that the lid can stay closed to keep dust out.

[@aliceinmansonland448]

I swore that I would never buy anything from My Arcade again, this has not changed my mind.

[@timkennedy7683]

I am happy using my AV Famicom with nes to famicom adapter.

[@Kentantino-OG]

really nice little thing you got there

[@RKR2969]

I’ve got the Hyperkin Famicom to nes adapter and it works perfectly fine but there is some discoloration and I tried to return it for a new one and we tested the new one and the discoloration was the same so I kept my old one like some of the colors are way lighter and darker and I cleaned the cartridge’s

[@mrZile1986]

If u cut the bar at the top of the adapter ff 1 and 2 would fit just fine. Just push down on the sides with both hand and that's it

[@SiccDeville]

that's what i did. actually i cut it a little further up and can play the bigger famicom carts.

[@katkillad]

What happened with you and the Evercade? With your exclusive news reveals I thought for sure you'd be one of the first to review it. Noticed some other youtubers already have videos.

[@braddl9442]

I think MyArcade just kinda BUYS up a stock of things they see at one of those product cons like how walmart does them and then packages it up with their brand. I dont think they actively develop things.

[@Clos93]

My Arcade, the new AtGames... In all seriousness this looks actually decent though.

[@TheArmchairCorsair]

Is your NES modded? It looks super sharp on that monitor.

[@justinmiddleton3237]

Can you provide a link to the guy who converts the famicon carts into English carts

[@hectorleon465]

Im just curious how these guys own the US and Japanese copy... Id rather have one of em... Save space in my game room but hey i shouldnt say much cause i do have Both versions of Castlevania 3.... I love the Famicom version WAY MORE!!

[@intel386DX]

Nice adaptor :)

[@sangbeta2043]

The regular Everdrive N8 Famicom doesn't fit either. I notice that for this converter, the cartridge label is face up, whereas with the other converters it's face down. Another plus? Will it pass cartridge audio with a modded NES?

[@AguFungus]

But does it work with audio expansion games for modded systems?

[@owlnonymous]

^ Was going to ask this as well.

[@elguero117]

This is so cool

[@leefischer5814]

That's awesome as all hell. If I wouldn't have seen it I would have agreed about my arcade stuff being crap😁

[@SameNameDifferentGame]

No Splatterhouse compatibility, no sale! 😂🧟‍♂️🪓

[@veloci1254]

Which Converter do you have? I hope you read it

[@SodaGumX]

can you cut off the top part of it to fit in the everdrive n8 pro? also you dont have to push down and lock the game for nes games to work

[@QueenViolet8]

Thanks a lot just ordered mine now I gotta get a Retrobit trio. So I can play on my get Trinatron. Question can I use my power base converter on the trio?🤔 So I don't have to shell out for a Model one Genesis. Thanks again for the info could you do a famicom platformers.

[@bloodybones8027]

Lol sorry about getting to excited and asking my question before finishing the video 😅

[@inspector4204]

Hey there, I was looking to get one of these for my NES, and I just want to be sure of something before I get one. Do the adapters bypass the region lock inside the actual NES itself? Or do I need to mod the NES by dismantling it before the adapter works? Just want to know before I get one delivered and find out it doesn't work lol. Thanks in advance. EDIT: I also have the front-loading model (the same as in the video) if that changes anything

[@mlmskates]

The adapters I've used actually contained the official chip, as found in certain copies of Gyromite, among others. You might have a shitty game that's two steps from being an adapter. It was common to make your own in the day.

[@mikem7005]

What Turtles game is that? Looks like it is in a clear cartridge.

[@Madlittlepixel]

TMNT 3 Manhattan Project. I have the real cart but was playing it off a everdrive n8.

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

You got your Famicom carts facing the wrong way in your Hyperkin adapter.

[@natevirtual]

try it with the blinking light win

[@paingamingv2208]

The hyperkin one is not good for toploading consoles

[@MegaManNeo]

I'm not big into NES/Famicom stuff but this adapter cartridge looks amazing! With the Game Genie attached to it, it reminds me of the MegaDrive tower though :D

[@bigtimenintendogamer8854]

Does someone knows if it works with PAL NES consoles ?

[@tedpeek76]

Does it get around region lock? Can I use this to play foreign famicom games on my American NES?

[@SiccDeville]

i have a top loader nes and play all my famicom games on it with this converter with no issue.

[@pekholtz]

Do you need to "unlock" the NES hardware in any way?

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

No.

[@carlcarpenter214]

hey whats the best way to clean the famcom carts ?

[@SiccDeville]

qtip and water or alcohol. just like cleaning regular game carts.

[@DrKMaTaaDoR]

Now, what about the opposite?

[@ootwii]

This is neat..

[@RexxReviews]

What wimaxit monitor is that?

[@Madlittlepixel]

This one amzn.to/2SFg6jM

[@s3np411]

does it support the expanded sound?

[@8bitjoystick]

No.

[@lukedougan7908]

Damn I can’t get my games out of mine it’s so tight 😂

[@duskc6773]

Does this work on a toploader

[@Madlittlepixel]

yes

[@josepartida1711]

I’d get this just to play kid dracula

[@yurilis1348]

NES was knightmare design. Why didn't they just recolored the Famicom?

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

They designed it like a VHS to avoid the stigma of video game consoles being a toy back in the 1980s. The crash happened with the 2nd gen of games, so Nintendo made the frontloader not look like the Atari 2600 and others for marketing reasons. Once people got hooked on video games again, they just did the recolors with the top loader and the SNES onward.

[@purplesabbath9057]

Is it just me or do famicom cartridges look a lot like audio cassettes?

[@8bitjoystick]

Not an accident. Japan calls them "Famicom Cassettes"

[@richardleedahl1308]

when i use the adaptor for famicom games, my famicom cart faces down

[@xexyl]

Review is trash. You are putting the Famicom carts in upside down with the Hyperkin converter, so of course it won't work. Or are you intentionally doing this because you work for MyArcade?

[@DeathVortex]

boom... first here

[@joshmiller887]

That thing looks like an Aladdin Deck enhancer?

[@DaveChurchill]

Do you need to bypass the region lock chip to use these?

[@gamosama]

Does it work with the rounded famiclone cards?