SFC to SNES?

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:01 pm

Can Super Famicom games be played on the SNES? I vaguely remember hearing this somewhere, but I wanted to be sure. Also, if I order Tales of Phantasia, it's in Japanese, right? Anyone have
a translation guide?

x24 · Post by **x24** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:05 pm

go here.. http://gamesx.com/
check out the playing imports section on the side bar

EDIT:oh sorry, didnt actually read the articles in there.. apparently the roms act differently on the carts

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:29 pm

Thanks! But I will mostly be playing this on my portable SNES. Are the tabs still on that? I really can't see the pic, so could someone post a pic of just a SNES cart connector and where I need to cut?

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:20 pm

The tabs are not on in that picture

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:49 pm

Dude,

First, all Japanese games WILL run on an American SNES because the frequency standard is the same (NTSC).

Second, I wouldn't order Tales of Phantasia, because you won't be able to read a darn thing.

Trust me. I have the rom with DeJap, and it still is not very easy to read. The original was ALL Japanese. Unless you've taken a lot of kanji, then the best way to play it is on a rom with DeJap (Translator).

SNESguy

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:52 pm

Oh, that bad? I can speak Japanese, but I don't know a lick of kanji. I think I'll just stick with SoM. Thanks!

CronoTriggerfan

Mode7 · Post by **Mode7** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:01 pm

Chrono fan

1) Go HERE to snip the tabs off http://www.gamesx.com/importmod/snescon.htm
(It's much easier if you have the 4.5mm toolbit - trust me, just spend ~$10 for the set on eBay. Melted pens SUCK.)

2) Find your Japanese intensive games here
http://www.dejap.com/

3) Follow the instructions here to assemble your own translated/unreleased carts
http://snesdev.romhack.de/
(Even play StarFox 2 on real hardware - not the emulated crap!)

You'll need the 3.8mm and 4.5mm bits, a soldering iron, an EPROM programmer AND EPROMs IF you want to do what I've shown you. With those, you'll be able to suck a lot more out of the SNES.

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:10 pm

I'm not really sure what dialect is on Jap SNES carts, I just figured kanji was the most common dialect of japanese. Excuse me for my ignorance.

If you can read japanese, then give it a try.

SNESguy

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:24 pm

Oh, I didn't mean to confuse you! You were right, they are in kanji; I was just saying I can speak the language, not read it. Sorry.

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:45 pm

if your playing them on your portable then there should be no problem, as the gray tabs are part of the consoles casing, so it should fit perfectly fine on your portable SNES.