Okay, so I understand that the FC Twin has some compatibility issues with certain SNES games (NES too, but those aren't as big a deal to me). I found a very short list on Wikipedia with the one game that I was looking forward to playing on it: Kirby Super Star. Quite possibly my favorite GAME ever, much less favorite SNES game is NOT compatible with the FC Twin.
The system was bought almost for the sole purpose of playing Super Mario Bros. 3 (which I assume works), but I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to upgrade to a system that plays NES and SNES when it only costs $30 more. I do own an original SNES, but for some reason, it no longer plays in color. No matter what cables I use or what games I play, the picture always appears in black and white, which really sucks for Kirby Super Star (or any game, for that matter).
I ask this without having any kind of knowledge about the inner workings of video game systems, but is there any possible way to use parts from the SNES in the FC Twin to make Kirby Super Star playable? I don't really know if anything like that is doable, but I bought the FC Twin because my SNES no longer works in color. If there's no way to do that, is there anyway to make my SNES work in color again?
I don't actually have the game anymore, so I can't test it, but I hear that it's one of the few that doesn't work. I don't want to waste money buying it off the internet if it won't work. Although I haven't tried any pawn shops yet, so maybe I can find it for cheap.
No you cant chop some SNES parts and stick erm in a FC Twin. The way the FC Twin plays SNES games is completely different (through emulation) then what a normal SNES does.
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Rekarp wrote:No you cant chop some SNES parts and stick erm in a FC Twin. The way the FC Twin plays SNES games is completely different (through emulation) then what a normal SNES does.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the FC Twin's SNES board had pretty much the same chipset as an SNES? So it's not really emulation then, is it?
I dunno but it might be fixed by putting the CRC from an original snes in the empty D411 space on the FC twin... At least that's what I always thaught was the problem with the system.
Rekarp wrote:If it was the same chipset then all games would work on it
It's definitely not emulation. That would be too expensive. It's pretty much just a hardware replica. Just not a perfect one (obviously), which is why some games have troubles running.
Also theres a slight change the makers ommited some lines to the cart slot to save costs. Also without the original docs it can be very hard to make a hardware clone.
The only reason the snes part cant play certain games is because there isnt a lock out chip. Theoretically you could rip a lock out chip from some crappy sports game and wire it into the fc twin.
Yeah, why... Probably because they felt it wasn't really worth the effort. If you see which games don't work because of this and compare it to the cost of the actual ic, you've got yourself a good reason
Anyway, if you don't want to break open a sports game you could just buy a counter ic.
