FDS on N64

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:06 pm

Ok, here i got again wih my crazy ideas, i wanted to know if i some how changed the pins on the RAM adapter, would i be able to play an FDS on a N64? i was thinking aobut it becuase i am getting an N64p

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:07 pm

Go through several pirate adaptors, and you could play anything the NES could play on the N64.

What's next? FDS-GBA SP?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:08 pm

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:09 pm

Famicom Disk System. It was a way for Famicom players to get games on programmable floppy disks in the mid 1980's. You would buy a yellow disk and insert it into a machine. It would then write a game on your disk for 40 yen or so. It was scrapped because of reliability and piracy issues.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:14 pm

bicostp wrote:Famicom Disk System. It was a way for Famicom players to get games on programmable floppy disks in the mid 1980's. You would buy a yellow disk and insert it into a machine. It would then write a game on your disk for 40 yen or so. It was scrapped because of reliability and piracy issues.

I just relized that after I posted. Cool, anyways.

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:56 pm

anyway i think i'll just make a combo unit but its going to be hard
anyone got any ideas?
other than not doing it or somhting else?

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:18 pm

Just wondering, where did you get your FDS games. They are hard to find nowdays.

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:28 pm

ebay

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:07 pm

<pause>...FDSMAN...could it be? I have had sleepless nights pondering, what is this acronym...famicom disk system. It makes so much sense now.

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:15 am

Don't bother buying them unless you know the seller, the elastic band in the drive is worn out on most of them nowadays. A lot of the discs are dead too; the irony is that in a decade or so the only way to play FDS-only games will be to find pirate carts of them.

As for connecting to the N64, you'd need a Tristar and a pinout, assuming that the NOAC has compatibility with the bus that the FDS used (as far as I remember nothing else used it, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't bother).

Unidentified Assilant · Wed May 04, 2005 10:32 am

I know this is an old post, but I had an idea for F-Man

You will probably need for this, a NES (Not a NOAC, or a Famicom would actually be better)

You will need Audio/Video passthroughs for the NES too, and possibly power, connect the Audio and Video to the N64, so ythere are no need for anything else, controls may be able to be done usign N64, but you may need to supply your own controls (if you don't want to mod your N64)

Then do the FDS mod for NES or use a Famicom, and you have the FDS on N64!

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:14 pm

You don't make sense. How would you get audio, video and control to "pass through" an N64? Are you suggesting FDS->Famicom->N64, and if so how would you suggest connecting the Famicom to the N64?

Plus if you've got a Famicom, what would be the point?

Post by **gannon** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:09 pm

Even the tristar just plugged into the a/v port. There's no passthrough

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:18 pm

then couldn't you just use the tri-star as an nes???

Unidentified Assilant · Thu May 05, 2005 12:06 pm

fine, use the a/v port but don't have a go at me