Inexpensive way to get SNES games to play on a Super Famicom

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Sure, it's super easy to get an SNES to play Super Famciom games (just remove the two plastic tabs) but have you ever wanted to play SNES games on your Super Famicom? Most of the mods out there would have you ruin the Super Famicom's beautiful cartridge bay or have you buy an expensive pin adapter. If neither option appeals, this video is for you!

[GameMasterGuy]

Sure, it's super easy to get an SNES to play Super Famciom games (just remove the back of a Game Genie)

Fixed, much easier and doesn't defile the console. Only downfall is that it can't play games with special chips, like Star Fox or Megaman X 2 and 3.

[flojocabron]

I hate to be a mean one, but I think that this would be too much trouble!

If you already have the screwdriver then thats fine. But once you have this and you lose those screws, or damge the plastic on the cart, it gets much harder from there.

I know you did this for fun Satoshi and it does work, but you have to put a disclaimer, so you can save your own skin.

Maybe the same can be made with a US SNES to Super Famicom adapter? I've seen those in the past. Maybe you can get a crappy Super Famicom game, gut it and add the adapter to it? Or do the same with a game geine?

Or just use a SNES? Much more safer!

[vlame]

this is not feasible nor safe. shame on you satoshi! why not just swap casings with a cheap japanese game? or mod a game genie?

[Hobie-wan]

This might be appropriate for testing 1 or 2 games until you have a proper solution and I have done it with bare PCBs while testing fixes, but getting oily fingers all over the board and connections doing this more often and blowing on it? Boo!

[Satoshi_Matrix]

just remove the back of a Game Genie to play SFC on an SNES. much easier and doesn't defile the console. Only downfall is that it can't play games with special chips, like Star Fox or Megaman X 2 and 3.

Exactly right. I'm well aware of that. The problem with doing that is it will only work with games that don't have the extra pins, whereas simply removing the two hidden pegs will allow the SNES to work with any SFC game.

I hate to be a mean one, but I think that this would be too much trouble!
If you already have the screwdriver then thats fine. But once you have this and you lose those screws, or damge the plastic on the cart, it gets much harder from there.
I know you did this for fun Satoshi and it does work, but you have to put a disclaimer, so you can save your own skin.
Maybe the same can be made with a US SNES to Super Famicom adapter? I've seen those in the past. Maybe you can get a crappy Super Famicom game, gut it and add the adapter to it? Or do the same with a game geine?
Or just use a SNES? Much more safer!

This is why I say to put the removed screws away immediately in a storage box for safe keeping. Male to female pin adapters for SNES/Super Famicom exist, but they are pricy and most of them don't have the extra pins required for games like Star Fox or the Super GameBoy. Even modding a GameGenie won't get these games to play on a Super Famciom. While yes, the solution to just use a SNES is obvious, that's not the point of this video.

this is not feasible nor safe. shame on you satoshi! why not just swap casings with a cheap japanese game? or mod a game genie?

This is feasible and safe. The word you're looking for is that it's not practical. I'll be the first to admit that. I should probably add a disclaimer that your hands should be clean when handling the PCBs, but otherwise there's nothing your finger oils will do to damage the carts. and yes, I plan to -eventually- case swap my entire SNES game collection with SFC cases from crappy sports games and then put on custom new labels. The point of this video is to show a $4 solution to the problem.

This might be appropriate for testing 1 or 2 games until you have a proper solution and I have done it with bare PCBs while testing fixes, but getting oily fingers all over the board and connections doing this more often and blowing on it? Boo!

Again, I know this isn't practical but it does get the job done. As you're dealing with mask roms and machine drawn traces I don't see how finger oils will do anything at all to the boards. I've been doing this kind of thing for at least several years now and have yet to have any problems.

Blowing on carts isn't ideally what I like to do either. I've got to take some time, dismantle my SFC and thoroughly clean it. When your NES is more reliable than your SNES, you know its time for some deep cleaning.

[Hobie-wan]

Again, I know this isn't practical but it does get the job done. As you're dealing with mask roms and machine drawn traces I don't see how finger oils will do anything at all to the boards. I've been doing this kind of thing for at least several years now and have yet to have any problems.

Blowing on carts isn't ideally what I like to do either. I've got to take some time, dismantle my SFC and thoroughly clean it. When your NES is more reliable than your SNES, you know its time for some deep cleaning.

You'll get oils on the contacts and on the pins sticking out the non business side of the cart just because they're being handled.

Blowing on the carts should never be done ever. You end up spitting or at least getting humidity on them which corrodes them. Your video will perpetuate the bad habit of blowing on NES carts which is bad for them. SNES carts shouldn't need help anyway. They generally have to be really filthy to not work.

[ZenErik]

I broke the tabs off my SNES. I don't really see it as "defiling" the console. No one can even see that they're missing unless they really really want to see what the the cart slot looks like. And now I can pop any Japanese games I own right in.

I can understand wanting to keep your console "pure", but I am a fan of enhancements as long as they're not completely ruining the look of the console.

[vlame]

Really, only 2 types of people have super famicoms,the actual market and people who should have an SNES.

[ApolloBoy]

I have a Super Famicom and I actually went through the trouble of modding the cart slot for SNES games. Yeah I know, flame me away, but it was dirt cheap and I think SNES games actually look great combined with a Super Fami. I've always liked the look of the Super Fami too and the fact that it uses the same power supply as the original Famicom and model 1 Genesis helps. As long as you don't go nuts on it, the looks of the system aren't compromised.

However, I won't do it again as it's actually a bitch to mod the cart slot, much harder than a Genesis.