Hello! I've just bought a family member an original Japanese famicom system as a gift, but am way out of my depth to test it. The system in question is complete with a power cable and came with an NES-003 RF switch. Unfortunately I didn't pay attention and the CRT I hoped to test it on only supports RCA (I also have a modern TV with an antenna connection, however they don't seem compatible, resolution aside). Does anyone have any suggestions for an appropriate converter? Or am I better off finding a CRT that accepts coax? To clarify I am US based, if this makes an impact on options.

tl;dr; I recently purchased an untested Famicom from a local game shop, and I'd like to get it up and running. I'd like to do an AV mod with minimal changes to the system. I currently am not sure it's even sending RF signal tho.

I've done a few minor repairs and restores on systems in my collection, so I'm not afraid to get the soldering iron out. But my only testing equipment is my multi-meter. The motherboard seems to be in good shape. It's a HVC-CPU-GPM-02 model.

To test the RF, I hooked into a VCR that takes RF and outputs RCA. That process works with an N64 using an RF adapter. The VCR is the only device I have that takes RF and can go to channels 95/96. But I get nothing from the Famicom when I have it hooked up.

I do get voltage across the power switch, but I'm not sure where else to check to see if voltage is getting around the board as needed.

I'd like to ensure it's working with RF before modding, but I'm wondering if getting AV working would be the only way to know if it is working.

Thoughts? Guidance?

FDSStick site says that it's compatible with the "Game Doctor disk format."

https://3dscapture.com/fdsstick/

Are these disk format files dumped?

If not, what can I do to generate one from a NES ROM file?

If they are dumped, what file format are they in, and what should I be searching to find out where they are on the Internet? File extensions, abbreviations?

>inb4 "use an Everdrive", I am not asking about how to load an .fds file using an Everdrive

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Hi everyone. One of my friends went to japan and bought me one famicom game (dragon quest 3). I'd like to play it on my nes eu pal version. I see that on aliexpress are some black fc to nes converter. Are they good? I cant' find anywhere some reviews

I bought a famicom the other sday and I have been working on it. I cleaned it, the cart, and ther contacts, as well as bent the pins on the connector inwards. I got video and audio, but the video has large amounts of what looks like interference and is constantly moving down.

I understand that the optimal channels are 95 and 96, but my crt only goes to 70. The famicom's display works best on 10 for me.

Not really sure what the issue could be or where to look as everything I see online is about crt flickering or similar issues. If you have any ideas on what the problem could be, please leave a comment.

I recently purchased a famicom from Japan, but when I plug it in I only get a black screen. I've cleaned the pins pretty throughly and tried with 3 differnet games. I am using the famicom AC adapter and NES rf switch. I'm on channel 96 and switched to "game". I opened it up and took a quick look, but didn't see anything immediately problematic. Any advice on what could be wrong or where to go next?

Hey there,

Like the title says I have low volume output on games that have a soundchip, like Castlevania 3, the rest are running fine at normal volumes,

I have made an easy av mod (the easy av mod from ScruffyRGB) on the console, could that be it?

Thanks a lot!

Hi all. I want to start Ultraman Club: Chikyuu Dakkan Sakusen on the FDS from the beginning without save data. How do I do this with the actually hardware, not emulated. Thanks!

Hey, I have a really strange issue with my FDS that I cannot find anywhere. I just took apart the FDS and the belt and spindles are looking ok (though I am still going to reppace the belt). I put it back together and tried my copy of Japanese SMB2, but it read disk error 27. The weird thing os that once I flipped to the B side, which I expected to also not work, but it loads just fine. I have looked online and found next to nothing on the topic. Is there any way to fix this?