CRTGAMER wrote:I prefer to use the backs out of extra NTSC-U game carts to play Japan games. The cart notches helps to align the game to the console tabs so I will not mod my N64. Going the back swap route also prevents an extra connection of the passthru cart.
The cart is still going to hit all 4 sides of the tray around the connector as well as the slot in the top of the machine being the same size as the cart. The notches aren't going to really make a difference. Swapping backs is all well and good, but it will also create more clutter unless you get rid of the J cart that now has a US back on it. And we all know that most of the people on the forum here aren't going to do that. It might not be a big deal for 1 or 2 carts, but it is less feasible the more you have between buying crap games and storing them.
Test the cart without fully inserting. There is enough side movement around the console spring slot as well as accidental crooked insert if not put in exactly straight 90 degrees. Even when at the beginning of insert at the connector, before hitting the "springs" you could move the cart side to side a little. Anything to help "lock" in the position correctly is to an advantage, the console electrical connector itself is even loose on the edges. The region slots also helps to prevent damage to the connector from a misaligned insert of a game cart.
In my case the Japan library is small so I place the switched spare carts that have the switched NTSCJ backs separate so they can easily be found. A simple matter if I want to reverse the NTSCJ game carts back to the original backs.
CRTGAMER wrote:I prefer to use the backs out of extra NTSC-U game carts to play Japan games. The cart notches helps to align the game to the console tabs so I will not mod my N64. Going the back swap route also prevents an extra connection of the passthru cart.
The cart is still going to hit all 4 sides of the tray around the connector as well as the slot in the top of the machine being the same size as the cart. The notches aren't going to really make a difference. Swapping backs is all well and good, but it will also create more clutter unless you get rid of the J cart that now has a US back on it. And we all know that most of the people on the forum here aren't going to do that. It might not be a big deal for 1 or 2 carts, but it is less feasible the more you have between buying crap games and storing them.
Test the cart without fully inserting. There is enough side movement around the console spring slot as well as accidental crooked insert if not put in exactly straight 90 degrees. Even when at the beginning of insert at the connector, before hitting the "springs" you could move the cart side to side a little. Anything to help "lock" in the position correctly is to an advantage, the console electrical connector itself is even loose on the edges. The region slots also helps to prevent damage to the connector from a misaligned insert of a game cart.
In my case the Japan library is small so I place the switched spare carts that have the switched NTSCJ backs separate so they can easily be found. A simple matter if I want to reverse the NTSCJ game carts back to the original backs.
I guess. Still, really the Famicom is a travesty compared to your description. You haven't seen carts wiggle until trying Famicom.
shmuk wrote:I suggest you get a N64 passport. It works for most game that were released prior to 1999. But it really doesn't look like it bypasses regional lockout.
The Passport and Passport Plus adapters do in fact bypass that lockout. Not on all the games, but most of them work fine on it.
Whoops, I meant that to be a new paragraph, I was referring to the adapter posted in the first post.
