Famicom imports on my NES

I finally got around to snagging the necessary hardware to play Famicom games on my top-loader NES. I tested the 60-to-72 pin adapter with my two Famicom games, Karateka and Bubble Bobble 2, and it works just fine. I'd never used the actual physical cartridges, so they had the usual videogame cartridge gunk on the contacts. With a little alcohol and a cotton swab, they cleaned easily and booted right up. One interesting point: when assembled correctly, the game's label faces the back of the machine, not the front like you see with domestic NES games in a top-loader.If you're looking to do the same, I got my adapter from Rob Webb in the UK. (The adapter is in the NES/Famicom section.) With the standard shipping it took 7 days from payment to my doorstep.

I've also ordered a copy of Akumajo Densetsu, known domestically as Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. The Famicom version reportedly has extra hardware built into the cartridge, and it will be interesting to compare with my American copy of the game, provided the Japanese game works properly through the adapter.

One last comment: I've spent some time looking more closely at my Famicom copy of Bubble Bobble 2 and I'm a little suspicious that it's a pirate. Compared to Karateka, a game I figure no one would make the effort to pirate, it has a cheaper looking label and uses a different plastic housing. Anyone have concrete tips on how to tell pirate Famicom cartridges from the real thing? Nintendo's anti-piracy site doesn't appear to cover the Famicom...

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--jvm at 00:46

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