I can't get this super joy to play nes games

reliant · Post by **reliant** » Sat May 26, 2007 2:47 pm

i have a superjoy 3 13 pin version, i bought a family converter and i cant get them to play nes games. i have a nes game, its called golf, it was 1 dollar at a store at the flea market (also where i bought the super joy) and when i plug the converter in, i just get wierd artifacts on the screen that fade away and i'm left with a white screen, sometimes the screen is white then fades to black, i have plugged in the cart. and the converter every way possible, and i connected pins 1 and 60 ( like it says in the definative noac pinout guide) and pins 30 and 31 ( like ben says) not at the same time of course though. do i even need a wire connecting those 2 if i use the family converter? can i even use this? or am i doomed to playing 76000 lame nintendo games?

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Sat May 26, 2007 2:51 pm

Dirty Pin problem. Just clean the cart contacts.

reliant · Post by **reliant** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:55 am

i cleaned it and still no go, is it possible that the cart is bad?

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:59 am

reliant wrote:i cleaned it and still no go, is it possible that the cart is bad?

Could be. What exactly did you clean, and how? Clean everything. Take a q-tip with rubbing alcohol and rub the NES cartridge pins and the family converter pins vigorously. You should physically see black coming off. Keep on rubbing until you stop scrubbing out dirt.

Next, you have to clean the actual NOAC cartridge slot. Take a playing/Pokemon/Yugioh card (

) and wrap a paper towel around it. Then, dip one end in rubbing alcohol and shove it into the cart slot, cleaning it out. If that still doesn't work, perhaps the solder job on the actual unit was bad? Make sure there are no cold solder joints on the cartridge slot in the NOAC. But make sure you're POSITIVE things can't be any cleaner before you try fiddling with it! Good luck!

CTFan

reliant · Post by **reliant** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:42 am

did all that, still doesnt work, about that wire, do i need the wire connecting 31 and 30 or 1 and 60 for it to work or does the family converter do that?

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:09 pm

reliant wrote:did all that, still doesnt work, about that wire, do i need the wire connecting 31 and 30 or 1 and 60 for it to work or does the family converter do that?

The family converter does it. The pins are all connected, and instead of booting the ROMs when a cart is inserted, it boots the NES game. Have you tried using multiple games, perhaps? Or maybe a Famicom cart? I know that family converters can be quite shoddy if they're not in exactly the right position, so try fiddling with that.

CTFan

reliant · Post by **reliant** » Sun May 27, 2007 5:45 pm

got it, apparently one of the pins on the converter was not soldered, i guess that should have been the first thing i checked,

thanks for your help