FamiCom games on my NES?

[Drageuth]

I was going through a bunch of auctions and found one that said this:

For 8-bit Famicom system: This game will also play on the US NES/8-bit Nintendo system with a 60 to 72 pin adapter

Genre: RPG

Language: Japanese

Year of Release: 1986

Now, I was wondering: can you actually play FamiCom games on an NES, or is this guy bullshitting me so I can buy his game? (http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...category=11030)

If you know, tell me. It's interesting.

[ edit ] Ohhh... I read it wrong. My fault. I missed the "adapter" portion of it.

[Norgus]

you are not being bullshitted, because famicom is the nes's real name. You may be thinking of super famicom games which are super nintendo games.

famicom=nes
super famicom=snes

to my knowlage that is how it goes anyway.

[Drageuth]

Famicom uses a 60-pin connector
NES uses a 72-pin connector.

That's my understanding of it. Also, the cartridges for the Famicom are too small to fit into a side-loaded NES. By the way, "Famicom" is just the Japanese name, but it uses a completely different set-up.


Famicom

[Josh]

I think that you should be able to play the game if they make the adapters.

[Drageuth]

They do have the adaptors, somewhere, I've just never seen them before. Perhaps a search on eBay would prove prosperous; I'm really not all that interested if it means another appliance for me to purchase to add-onto my NES.

[crusher]

I saw a site that showed how to make yourself such an adaptor. Pretty cool stuff.