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That likely isn't necessary.dudegladstone wrote:
...where all the switch points are connected to a DIP switch or a single throw quad pole if such a thing exists.
NOACs are HK junk, made in bulk on an extremely low budget. Each one acts differently, the sound can be godawful on one, almost tolerable on another, but that one will have video problems or refuse to run games without crashing. In one way or another, they're all uniformly bad.NESJohnny wrote:I have one of these clones, it works fine but the sound sucks. It's prone to crashing too. Any suggestions for a similar but good sounding/well built NOAC? My area's devoid of video game shops
I've got two Famikonyarou systems, and they're basically the same as the thing that I started this thread with in a case, and with a cartridge (yes, an entire cartridge with the pins and everything) soldered into it. They're pretty crappy build quality but they work perfectly well. So I expect these things to as well. I'll probably be picking up a couple if anyone else is interested. I'm expecting them to cost around $15+$2 shipping or so (I'm just gonna send them to family in the USA first probably). We'll see though.I couldn't put it more succintly myself. We should all praise Hiroshi Yamauchi for the strict quality control methods he imposed on the factories making his Famicom chips for their reliability, stability and consistency. The various Famiclones I have seen recently run the gamut of problems, leading to rather high levels of returns and customer dissatisfaction. The cartridges too are tiny and crappy, failing often. Try an MMC5 game on them and watch them fail.
NOACs are HK junk, made in bulk on an extremely low budget. Each one acts differently, the sound can be godawful on one, almost tolerable on another, but that one will have video problems or refuse to run games without crashing. In one way or another, they're all uniformly bad.
You are better off using the REAL ICs from an NES/Famicom to build anything, the NOAC/FOAC is worse than a bad emulator.
The NeoFami is quite nice though. Made for a Japanese company so I would imagine quality control is high- since Japanese stores pretty much take back anything no questions asked. If they all started failing, the store's credibility would be in trouble which would then be thrown back at Gametech. The Famikonyarou is basically your typical pirate Famicom though with a neat little case. (Still, mine seem to have excellent quality and haven't had any trouble playing almost anything on it yet- there's one cart I'm not sure if it even works because I bought it from a flea market)