Hey guys, just bought myself a Sharp Twin Famicom from Japan and am absolutely in love with it. I'm hoping to clean it up a bit, but I need some help. The sticker to the right of the eject lever was completely gone when I received it and the sticker below the cartridge slot was starting to peel away, so I took it off as well.

I would normally be fine with these being off because they're more like extraneous labeling you see on a brand new electronic device "Please only use FAMICOM cartridges", "Do not eject cartridge while device is powered on". HOWEVER, the bottom right label that was missing when I got it was placed over a very obvious spot on the shell, it's completely smoothed out compared to the rest of the textured shell, so it's obvious that it's missing and it irks a bit.

Was curious if anyone knew of a site, a shop, an etsy seller, anywhere I could get a replacement label. I've searched already to no avail. It would need to be clear with light grey font and a thin line border if possible. Approx. 1.3 x 3.8 cm

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Like the title says; Is there anyone with a stock NES, connected to a Retrotink 4K?

I legally would like to see the images, as I only know it from a Retrotink 2x when I had one myself.

Pardon the flash on the white label.

Is your NES not working? Are your games acting glitchy? Controllers behaving strangely? This is the place to get help!

Link to previous thread

First steps to take:

NES Repair:

1. Clean games
   1. Disassemble cartridge (might need special tools, check amazon or ebay)
   2. Gently use rubber eraser with no grit on edge pins
   3. Use window cleaner or isopropyl alcohol with lint free cloth
   4. Spray contact cleaner on the pins
   5. NEVER EVER BLOW IN IT
2. Clean NES connector
   1. Ancient cleaning kit
   2. Spray contact cleaner on the pins
   3. Boil it
   4. Bend pins (risky)
   5. Replace the connector
3. Already tried all steps for cleaning game & cleaning NES above?
   1. Try a Game Genie, the thicker PCB might make better contact with the NES and the tighter connector might make better contact with the cartridge
   2. Try another game cartridge
   3. Try another NES
   4. Try r/consolerepair
   5. NES Schematics

Power Supply:

1. For the NES any power supply that can provide 850mA (or higher) at 9V and has the right shape connector will work. The original NES uses an AC adapter but a DC adapter will work too.
2. For the Famicom you must use a DC power supply with center negative that can provide 850mA (or higher) at 9V-10V. Do not use a NES AC power supply on a Famicom!

Controller buttons don't work or think a different button was pressed:

1. Take them apart and clean the contacts on the PCB, not the rubber membrane

Display problems:

1. Use a CRT monitor or TV
2. Don't use an LCD or LED TV - many LCD or LED TVs do not understand the 240p video signal that the NES puts out
3. If you must use an LCD or LED TV, get an upscaler
4. Use the composite RCA/AV connectors on the side, don't use the RF/antenna/aerial
5. If you must use RF, don't use the RF/antenna/aerial switch box, use a small adapter instead

Before asking for help, make sure you have followed the steps above.

This was my Halloween, and it was awesome.

Dracula is dead

I’m happy I have them.

Recently picked my NES back up after struggling to get into it in the past due to hardware issues. After a day and a half of work disassembling and cleaning both the console and my games, all of them play pretty easily now.

I really enjoyed UFO 50's progression system of being able to get a gold medal and a cherry on each game. For context, gold would usually be beating a game, while a cherry would require doing something extra. (Winning with no continues/with a certain score, finding the secret collectibles, getting 100% completion, getting the true/secret ending)

My question is this: What would be a good way of applying this progression system to my NES library? I know that most of these would be just "beat the game" but I'm not sure what would be a good fit for a cherry on most of these games. Like obviously Ghosts n' Goblins would have Gold = Beat the game and Cherry = get the true ending (beat the game twice), but I'm not deeply familiar with all of these games to come up with all these myself.

Are there any good resources for finding challenges to do in these games (that are actually fun)? And what challenges would you suggest for these games?

Hey everyone I just wanted to share my NES collection of loose games. Half of these are from my childhood the other I have collected over the years.

My brother and I loved Dragon Warrior but we always rented it from a local store. Now, 35 years later I am the owner of DW. yessssss

Just so much charm.

Hello, looking for these 3 games CIB, Does anyone have a lead on their local game store or suggestions of where to buy them?

Athletic World (original or big box) Chubby Cherub M.U.S.C.L.E Ninja Kid

So happy to finally have this trilogy completed. Also can’t believe I found the Ninja Gaiden Shadow for GB in the wild been looking for it for 8 months now!

I just learned two days ago a lone ranger game exists and it's...good? Konami was on a hot streak back then

Hey everyone, I'm contemplating purchasing Action 52 on NES. The only way I play NES games is the Super Retro Trio +. All the other unlicensed games I own (games by Wisdom Tree, American Game Cartrudges Inc and HES) all work flawlessley on it, but I have heard that Action 52 is a bit buggy and the lockout chip spark makes the NES smell like it's melting after an hour, so I just wanted to check before I potentially make purchase, as it isn't the cheapest game on the system. Also the game in pics looks bigger than other NES games but that might just be the pics I've seen. Thank you.