Hi, looking at getting a snes and hopefully getting an ntsc one. My question us, can you play US games on a JP console and vice versa? With the use of a Converter obviously..? Are they reliable and easy to get hold of, and which "way" is preferable?
Hey yes you can if you dont care about looks the US snes just cut two very small bits off and you can play all jap Games
You won't even see the cuts because they're under the dust-trap doors. It's not just the tabs in the back, though, you also have to cut the rectangular protuberances in the front. Still, if someone that is functionally an imbecile at modding, like me, can do it, anybody normal can.
You should get the snes mini (jr, 2, what ever) - theres a noticeable picture difference and the console looks nice. Need to RGB mod it and cut out the tabs tho
Import a North American SNES. You cannot put a US cart into a Japanese or Euro system without an extension adapter. You can use a knife to cut the plastic tabs that block Japanese carts from going in. Use a standard GameCube RGB cable on the NTSC SNES, not a PAL SNES RGB cable which is actually different. Not sure what you meant about reliable.
Reliable as in - some are cheap and bend the contacts/damage the console etc, or simply act as a physical bridge rather than performing some processing should they need to etc?
Unless you *really* need Japanese RF, or the Satellaview, a North American SNES is both cheaper than a Japanese system and can be made to run 99% of the same games with little effort. It'd take an unbelievably idiotic approach to damage our SNES when modifying it for Japanese carts. Just two plastic tabs inside (meaning an ugly job won't be visible whenever a game is inserted or the door flap closed) to snap off or file down. Even easier to do than N64, which also had US and Japan carts share the same region coding.
Honestly I own a sfc and owned an snes, and will say a U.S. snes is a better bet cuase its simple as breaking off two tabs inside. Now with sfc you gotta use a converter cause of the cart size difference (if you cut the cart slot to accommodate the U.S. carts it's a really ugly eye sore and kills the value of it). Plus sfc cords are half the length so expect to be a little closer to the tv. I like my sfc and all, but at the same time I have a cart converter for it and got it for a real good price. Like everyone said stick with a U.S. snes as it's so much cheaper and easier to modify.Only issue you might run into is a worn out eject button but even then you can still easily pull the cart out. Plus doesn't the european logo and design look the same as the sfc with just naming difference?
Snes mini doesn't have an eject button, is better picture quality and is easy to modify (same as large us snes). It's the ideal choice really
I agree that the all around design and function of the SNES Jr. Outweighs its counterpart, but back when I was in the market for purchasing multiple SNES's the Jr's always fetched substantially more cash, but I am sure times have changed (but still suspect they are pricier.... Its worth it). That thing is pretty sleek (JAP Version better... but mainly only the colorful ABXY Controllers and the nice Super Famicom label). I still hate the North America choice. One thing I always wondered was the run for the SNES Jr. I remember seeing them incredibly late in the 16 bit era at various stores, always with the Mario from Mario RPG on the front, but never purchased one back in the day since I had no reason too really. I just don't remember them lasting long in the market.
Paid $22 for mine with no leads. I use Uk colourful pads and I swapped the weird power jack for something more common (2.1mm). Actually cost more to ship to the uk than the console cost.
In Japan the Jr. is still a bit more expensive than the regular Super Fami. You can get a SF for 3000 yen on average, while the cheapest I've seen a Jr. is 6800 yen.
Yup Jr is the same way. US ones of that cost less than JPN too. Ignore the ludicrous ebay BIN's. A potential annoyance is US Jr's (dunno about Japan) need a mod to restore s-video and rgb.
its like 3/4 wires.... http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:snes2rgb If you dont want to do the work, just have it delivered to someone in the UK who will do it, then forward it on or something? The picture quality improvement is worth it IMO. http://sd2snes.de/blog/?p=75 Also they look better and will take all size carts (US Snes jr, which I didnt make very clear in my previous posts)
Seems like a simple mod, but personally I think the Mini/Jr look like toy junk. Also since the trend is to make them cheaper as time goes on, I'd rather an older model personally. Same reason why I use an old Sega Genesis Model 1 and not a Model 2. Better quality. Though I haven't heard of any operational differences with the SNES like I have with the Genesis such as Sound Quality.
I did not see the link before. Interesting. But the link seems to suggest not all original form factor units will have the same result? Either way, I've never noticed anything like that on my SFC or US SNES via RGB. It probably makes more difference on a digital TV.
you know actually some revisions of the MD2/Gene2 have audio that is just about on par(not entirely same/perfect) with the First 6 revisions of the MD1/Gene1 and not distorted audio like the early ones. http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/2...f-genesis-md-audio-across-hardware-revisions/ http://milkcrate.com.au/_other/sega_comparisons/
