Wanted: Super Famicom converter

I'm looking for a converter to play US SNES games on a Super Famicom... any idea where to find/buy one? Just a basic converter would be nice, or a Super 8/Tri-Star

 

I believe newer Game Genie units will do the trick. But older ones I believe don't have the extra pins passed through to the system, so games that use those extra pins for chips like SuperFX, C4, SA-1, etc. will not work. I could be wrong though, I'm not certain the Game Genie fits into the SFC right.

The other thing you might try is a backup device which would let you plug in non-chip games, and some of the better ones like Super Wild Card DX can even play chip games when you plug them in.

I have a Super Famicom rather than a SNES but ofcourse I have 99% SNES cartridges, so I just plug them into the Game Doctor SF3 unit I have. Ofcourse I can't play my chipped games with that unit. ='( No Mega Man X2, X3, or Star Fox for me.

The TriStar/Super 8 will NOT function with chip games either by the way. Again I believe it doesn't pass through the extra pins on each side of the main edge connector. The Super Gameboy counts as a chip game too.

 

Ok thanks for the info, l'ill try to get a gamegenie (will the US version work for this?)

 

Well, I decided just to be sure to check for you. No, you'd probably need a japanese game genie, if they exist I'm not sure. The US cartridge is not shaped quite right to fit. Sorry bout that. You may want to try Tototek.com and getting a Game Doctor SF3 as they are cheap and will allow you to plug in most US cartridges. Most as in anything that doesn't use a special chip ike C4, SFX, SA-1, etc.

If you require that, maybe you can try down a Super Wild Card, I hear from the cartridge port you can run SA-1, C4, SFX, etc. Probably cost just as much as it would to aqquire all the chip games I have again in their japanese forms. Ofcourse you could buy crappy SFC games, open them up to switch boards with your american game, and change the label. =)

There are other import adapters out there that will work generally for non-chip games only. But the cost is generally so high, I'd recommend getting a Game Doctor SF3 as they are cheap and can get the job done just as well. Plus then you can backup your games.

 

A japanese gamegenie? arent they called Action Replay, like in europe?

And how about a simple "universal converter" like this one?
http://www.robwebb.clara.co.uk/shop/snes/snes.htm
Should work with most games, right?

 

Yup, for all games that don't use chips it should be good. Remember like I keep saying, games that use extra chips include Mega Man X2, X3, Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star, Star Fox, Doom, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Metal Combat Falcon's Revenge, any game labeled Super FX.

But that adapter costs 15$ plus shipping and for a mere 15$ more you could get a Game Doctor SF3 from tototek.com. Though perhaps you aren't interested in a backup unit.

 

Well, I don't really know how backup units work, what would I need to use it?... parallel port? floppies?

 

Try to find an adaptor (maybe on eBay UK) that simply extends the cartridge connector. A Game Genie (there is no JP version) will not work because the GG is also shaped like American cartridges, and won't fit in the SFC. An Action Replay is also a good idea. It extends the pins, and you can cheat! =)

 

Depends on the backup unit. Most use 3.5" Floppies which are ultra cheap these days. You could buy 100 disks and a 100 disk caddy for like 10$ or so. Other ones, more expensive, have CD-ROM support, some even have hard disk and zip drive support. The last 2 as far as I know only work on the Super Wild Card DX series I believe. You might be able to get a Game Doctor SF7 with CDROM. But for 30 bucks plus shipping I think that the game doctor sf3 32mbits is a good deal. Even if it is floppy loaded. It'll let you plug in non-chip USA games, and load/backup from floppies.

 

The SF7 needs a specific CDROM drive, I think. The DX2 is pretty much the king of backup units, it can load from Zip drive, HDD (formatted to FAT16, so max 2gb), and is the only unit I know that does so.

If you're going for a SF7, get an old p100 laptop with a parallel port and use Ucon64. Tototek have an SF7 available for $80, which is reasonable.

Alternatively, I've got an import adapter that works for everything I've thrown at it (chip games included), except for Super Mario RPG which is known for being almost impossible to get working on import. The adapter's called an AD2047, or something like it.

 

The SF7 is only 45$ if you go for the 32MBit version opposed to the 64Mbit which is only require for some japanese games.

Remember that the SWC DX2 require the Disk Dual for the HDD or CDROM. I "think" maybe you can hook up an old parallel port zip drive to it directly. To get a SWCDX2 with Disk Dual you'd better have several hundred dollars ready to spend. They are really pricey from what I've seen. I wish I had one. I also wish I would have gotten an N64 device while they were easier to get.

Sounds like that adapter though might be the thing to get if you don't wanna backup things. Assuming you can get it for a decent price. Ofcourse if you don't want chip games, nearly any adapter will do regular games.

 

yeah, I'll get a japanese Action Replay, I don't have any us snes chip games I think. thanks for the help.