Finds (Famicom/FDS)

[wholesalewatch648]

wow, im jealous that you have the complete pulse line set MIB.. all i have is the set cartridges only..

[son_ov_hades]

Looks really nice L_E_T! Once you play with it let us now what you think. I have a feeling I'm gonna need one of those soon.

[lobdale]

Anyone else getting one of these?  I don't think my Powerpak's going to get much use from here out...

I have mine ordered as well, and also planned on putting it in a Salamander cart (have one here with the front label off ready to be trimmed down once the board comes in).  It does look like there are a few little tabs and notches that will need to be trimmed down a good bit to make the Everdrive fit in.  Did you just use an exacto knife or something?  I feel like getting it all set up in a cart shell is gonna be a project in itself.

[L___E___T]

I used a craft knife, I am not sure what an exactly knife is but it's not too tricky, mostly just trial and error.
I would say it is a project in itself, to do it smartly and beautifully.

[Rosser]

I used a craft knife, I am not sure what an exactly knife is but it's not too tricky, mostly just trial and error.
I would say it is a project in itself, to do it smartly and beautifully.

Its just a brand name for a hobby knife sort of like how people call  an adhesive bandage a "Band Aid" at least in the states I heard they call them plaster's in the UK

[L___E___T]

That's pretty much what I used, thanks for the tip


By the way here's a clearer picture of the board front if you want to consider making amends to a cart in advance. 



I've ordered two more Salamander carts to use in the meantime in case I don't get it right first time.  I like the game, so I'll swap it out into the shell of some not so good games and put their PCBs to one side.

[lobdale]

Ah thanks!  I still am not sure I'll be able to get the cart apart without wrecking it, but not sure if I wanna spring for a quick grip.

Post more pictures!  I am craving them.

[Rosser]

8bit games are so tiny i'm thinking can load the majority of the tiles with 4gb sd

[L___E___T]

You should be able to fit every NES/Famicom/FDS game on there - but I'd recommend against downloading and adding a compete platform library - it'll be 50% rubbish, just pluck the best games and build a library from there. 

Start with Satoshi Matrix's top 100, or a personal memories list and then make folders for hacks, protos and betas etc. or something along those lines, you won't need 4GB that's for sure.

[MarioMania]

Would just a 1 GB Card do for Famicom/NES Games?

[L___E___T]

If you only played the best ones, absolutely.  Micro SD cards are cheap though so you can always replace it with a bigger one later if you needed.

[UPDATE]
Got a nice find this weekend.  I'd asked my lady to bring back something from Hong Kong.  She guessed it was games and asked what type so I just said 'famicom games', which came as no surprise.

This is what she brought back:


I was pretty amazed, I was expecting a couple of pirate games!  What a gift.

As well as that, NintendoDork sorted me out with this awesome little score as well:




It was a San Diego Comic Con exclusive, I've been playing a lot of Castlevania lately so decided to pick it up as it looked pretty unique.  

There are 1000 of these.
Thanks Dork!!

[joestar3]

Nice!!  I've only seen the Simon's Quest version that I got as a preorder at Gamestop, yours looks much better.

[L___E___T]

Can you post the Simon's Quest version?  Wish I could get one of those as well.

Ah, found it - I like it:

[Nightstar699]

Very cool... other than the fact it says stage 3, when it clearly represents stage 1!

[L___E___T]

Yeah I think it's because it was the third round of Castlevania figures they made.  Daft though.