List of NES carts with Famicom pin converters inside

[Jedi Master Baiter]

How often do five screw NES carts have the converter inside?  I'm looking at a couple 5 screw wrecking crew & gyromites.  Will they all have the converter or were some made without?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Very unlikely that even one of them will have one,
Stack-Up is your best bet but it sometimes wont have it either.

If you find an NTSC Stack-Up without the converter, you may want to bring it up to some collectors, as I think it might be a rarity in itself.

[NationalGameDepot]

A Stackup without the converter shoudn't exist.  The game only had 1 print run and they all have the converter.  If you find one without it, then you have found something that shouldn't exist and I want it
~~NGD

[son_ov_hades]

A Stackup without the converter shoudn't exist.  The game only had 1 print run and they all have the converter.  If you find one without it, then you have found something that shouldn't exist and I want it
~~NGD

Does that mean that no NES board Stack-Ups exist?

[NationalGameDepot]

What was the region code?  A PAL game definately shouldn't have a converter for this one either.  Euro is almost always the last place to get games.  Usually Japan, US, then Euro.
~~NGD

[satoshi_matrix]

And the reason that most NES carts are dead space as far as I understand it, is because when the NES was first produced, NES carts were actually all ready made Famicom boards with cartridge adapters. Later, NES boards were produced negating the need for the adapters. However, since the design of the NES lent itself to the large, initial cartridge design, they were continuity used. Only a few NES boards needed the extra space that the shell provided.   

[JC]

Wow, that sounds plausible. But do any of the first NES releases actually have converters?

[son_ov_hades]

And the reason that most NES carts are dead space as far as I understand it, is because when the NES was first produced, NES carts were actually all ready made Famicom boards with cartridge adapters. Later, NES boards were produced negating the need for the adapters. However, since the design of the NES lent itself to the large, initial cartridge design, they were continuity used. Only a few NES boards needed the extra space that the shell provided.   

Well not quite. The first releases that have converters are pretty uncommon. The story goes that Nintendo didn't have enough NES boards made for the holiday season launch, so they used the FC boards and converters to add to their inventory.

[nintendodork]

That's what I've heard too.

[JC]

Yeah, I know that story, too. I wrote about it on the site, but I've never believed it 100%. Seems a bit odd to me. I think it's more likely that both are wrong, and Nintendo just had extra Famicom boards from unsold games and decided to make use of them with a cheap converter.

[son_ov_hades]

I guess we'll never know for sure unless we interview someone at Nintendo. 

[Doc]

Wow, that sounds plausible. But do any of the first NES releases actually have converters?

Early copies of Gyromite did, but I don't remember any other games having them. One of the biggest hints is the cartridge seems a little heavier than usual.

[nintendodork]

I totally forgot that Gyromite might have one...and I saw like 4 copies of it at a Pawn Shop...I guess I know what I'm spending my next $3.50 on

[Tupin]

I found my converter in Hogan's Alley. 

[Rob64]

I'm almost positive Dr. Mario or Super Mario Bros. would have one since they aren't changed at all.

[famiac]

The minus world on SMB changes a lot so smb doesnt have one for sure.