HOW TO: Use Famicom to Nes Converter found in Gyromite

[johneymute]

dit you know that i probabely wastled a fucking $35 dollars just for such a stupid fucking cheap ass motherboard convertor on ebay, that,s richt,i dit,

even worse it,s hard to tell how to insert bith nes game into a famicom,it,s easy to damage stuff.

i also hate that it does,nt support ext sound from supported games like jap castlevania 3.

i planned to use it with the powertpak for those supported games,too bad no way.

i also had to pay $ 37 for the fucking duane,what a fucking wastle ooohh

[Diaz23]

Thanks man! I just got a few famicom games.today and.i just so happen to have two gyromite games with the converter and.i seen your video and now im playing Dragonball on my nes haha thanks!

[Bolt2600]

mine had the 5 screws and no tabs but no converter :(

[bastarddarsh]

You should shave down your fingernails you nasty fuck! Jackie Chan lives on NES forever!!! BILL FUCKING HEATH FOR PRESIDENT!

[xodusattack]

@bastarddarsh I think Bill Heath dead!

[TOMATOEE99]

can somebody make an adapter to play nes games on snes?

[dondon4720]

@TOMATOEE99 its called a super 8 it plays famicomm and nes games

[Saiyuki2o4]

how do i shave it down without fucking up the converter?

[rang3r34]

This is one of the MOST USEFUL video game how to's on YT!!

[Back2DaFuture98]

Thosed bastards some me comming a mile away lol my game store takes the adapters out

[chinimasse]

Can you play in ANY nintendo or only the early ones? I used to have a converter with the ribbon and all but it has never ever worked in my NES. Please reply! Thanks!!

[kaiserwilhelm]

@chinimasse Maybe you were putting it in the wrong direction. because it worked for this one guy in his video in both systems.

[chinimasse]

@kaiserwilhelm i don't know... because it used to work in my aunt's NES but not in ours. I was actually using a converter that was baught in a small game store at a flee market. Famicom converter model:KC-60. It never ever worked in ours. The screen would just flash forever but my aunt had one of the very first NES that came out and it worked in hers... so i always thought maybe you need to have an earlier model? i really dont know

[Kdarkov]

Great vid, man. I used to have one 72-60 pin converter but my nephews lost it. I'll try to find a geromyte cart with this adapater in. Thanks a lot.

[MarkNESStarFox]

Do you still have the Gyromite PCB?

[xodusattack]

@MarkNESStarFox Yes, I keep all the parts

[Wallcrawler]

Your tutorial is godly.

[xodusattack]

@Wallcrawler THANKS MAN!!!

[BigBoss198387]

I've read that all the copies of stack up a.k.a. robot block have converters in them, so I ordered myself a copy of stack up just to see if it's true or not. I have a nail filer to shave down the sides.

[xodusattack]

@BigBoss198387 Yes, from what I know, all STACKUP carts have a converter. Actually stackup is somewhat of a rare game. There are many more GYROMITE's out these. A nail filer will work, but it may take a while

[garganrose]

2 questions 1 when you were playing slaughter house other than title screen the text was all english does that mean theconverter also translates or was that just that game? and 2 i went to an old comic book store and i saw a cartridge that had those lines on the side like you said but it had 3 screws and tabs do you think it may have had a converter inside?

[xodusattack]

@garganrose Its seems that a ot of JAPANESE games had english text. The converter will not translate games that are written in japanese. As for the 3 screw games, to my knowledge the CONVERTERS were only found in the old 5 screw NO TABS nes cartridges. The lines on the board that I speak of are only a reference to these older games. If you find a game with all of these specs, you should have a converter inside. I have yet to find 1 game that has these specs that didn't have a converter

[garganrose]

@xodusattack you were right i just found a copy of hogan's alley with the converter inside only 6 bucks. but any idea why japanese games have english text and also ware did you get slaughter house? it looked like fun.

[xodusattack]

@garganrose Im not totally sure why some of the Japanese Famicom games have english texts. I know english is widely spoken in Japan, and from what I've heard a lot of the SIMPLE games have english texts. There are many games with a ton of reading that are all in JAPANESE. I bought Splatter House on Ebay actually. And its "SPLATTER" HOUSE. I spoke wrong on the video and called it slaughter house by mistake. I'm glad you were able to find the Converter!

[pennylane4100]

Hi, I have a question about this. My NES is PAL B. Can I use any region gyromite cart, or do I have to find a PAL B one?

[xodusattack]

@pennylane4100

Thats a good question that I honestly cannot answer.  Maybe someone else can chime in

[giankaXD]

@pennylane4100 As far as I know, you can find the converter only in american cartridges, so you need one of those.

Obviously you have to mod the nes (the lockout chip) to play famicom games.

[russell56443]

Thanks!

[xodusattack]

@russell56443

No problem, I hope the video helps.

[russell56443]

@xodusattack I went to the Play & Trade in my area today and with your video's help was able to grab the 1 Gyromite with the converter  out of 5 carts with no problem and I got it for $2.99 :0)

Checked all the games out and that was the only one in the store with the converter lol,Im going to be looking for these babies every where I go!

[xodusattack]

@russell56443 Cool, I'm glad my video helped.

Once you are familiar with them, its easy to spot them.

You can't judge by weight with the later games. But now if I see a NON TAB game with 5 screw, I can tell by just holding the games. Of course I look at the BOARD in the light to be 100% sure. BUT like I said the weight is a dead give away to me now that I've seen alot of these.

I recently got 2 Hogans Alleys & 1 Gyromite with converters, & the weight was massive for just 3 games!

[MarkNESStarFox]

@xodusattack "2" copies of Hogan's Alley with converters?! Great job! Apparently, I had 2 FA Gyromite, and 1 FA Hogan's Alley. Hogan's Alley has more FA cartridges than I thought. FA = Famicom Adapter

[duce8585]

what type of screw driver works on it

[xodusattack]

@duce8585

I use a small flat head screw driver. The old "5 screw" nes games you can use a small phillips head or Flat head screw driver. The later 3 screw games require a special allen wrench

[1Sandwitch1]

It scrambles at least 10 times before the game works properly...

[xodusattack]

@1Sandwitch1 Hmmm. Its really tough to say.

I would suggest getting another famicom game, and seeing if you can play it without problems. If your still getting glitches, then I would have to guess its either the system or the converter itself. I hope that helps. Its process of elimination, and its a pain!

[1Sandwitch1]

actually Im using the dumb Yobo Top loader which is pretty crappy, and I guess its possible that I got to clean the Famicom cartridge...but I doubt its that since I only removed it once from the converter, if anything its the system which is brand new, infact my saved game was erased!....what do you make of that?...It scrambled again and erased my saved game I had on FF2 Famicom. and I put it into the system right and it doesnt do any good it rarely works right away...it

[1Sandwitch1]

HEy I would like to say THANK you for the tutorial, it works pefectly! My friend baught me a copy of the "special" Gyromite with the converter, getting those screws out was a pain in the ass XD and ya I got a copy of Final Fantasy 2 Famicom and it took sometime to get it working properly the graphics kept scrambling on me

[xodusattack]

@1Sandwitch1

I'm glad it worked!

If you have a small screw driver, then its not that tough to get the screws out. So far I've had no scrambling problems, but then again I think between trying to get 2 items to work and using both on a nes there are bound to be occasional glitches & problems. Having said that, I've been pretty lucky, and my FAMICOM games work with 0 problems.

Make sure that the game is clean. Because thats probably the source of your problem, if not, it may be your nes

[damienmetalwind]

Man, I did this, but it didn't go as smoothly as in the vid. It seemed like the volume level would get quieter and louder for no reason. I also had to stick it onto my game genie because it was so small I didn't think it would connect to my front loader.

Is that stuff common?

[xodusattack]

@damienmetalwind

Well, I'm no expert by any means. I would try to put it in your front loader without the game geanie and see if its still giving you problems. Also try a different famicom game and see what happens. Your best bet would be to try it every way possible to find out what is causing these issues.

I guess its also possible that something was wrong with the converter in the 1st place.

I hope this helps! Goodluck!

[ZataMachi]

I knew about this, but still a good video to check if you have placed the parts right and in the right way.

[Hatecrew118]

I'm shocked you were able to use that dremel with those t-Rex arms

[Hatecrew118]

Wow you're incredibly gay. You should eat my shit. My dickshit.

[bastarddarsh]

Can you reverse the Bill Heath laser to shoot pennies?

[xodusattack]

@bastarddarsh

I am no expert or anything, but I believe the BILL HEATH LASER was meant to shoot a dime, and that it is unable to shoot any other form of currency

[SsjSned]

can u reverse it and play US nes games on a Famicon system?

[xodusattack]

@SsjSned

Yes, from what I understand it is reversable. But I'm not ure if you have to take out the NES GAME BOARD in order to connect it to the converter to be able to play the NES game on your Famicom