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I didn't put mine back. Nothing bad has happened so far.

1. Who are you? There are some who call me............... John 2. Where are you from/Where do you live? Born and raised in Memphis, TN. Lived in Birmingham, AL a couple of years. I ended up coming back to Memphis. 3. Why are you into NES emulation? I also prefer real hardware. I like how easy it is ...

I've been wanting to get a hold of some dogbone controllers.

I guess the cartridge connector is more reliable, nothing a new one in your toaster can't fix.

I'd be interested to figure out how to mod a top loader for extra audio.

Man tell me about it: http://cgi.ebay.com/Mr-Gimmick-PAL-EXCLUSIVE-COMPLETE-CIB-Nintendo-NES_W0QQitemZ290281927642QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games $750 for a real PAL NES Gimmick! cart. Ouch! I also put the NES PAL gimmick! on my powerpak. The music plays faster on PAL roms so noticing the diffe...

So would I. For the record I was speaking hypothetically about the 2600, but I would be impressed.

I just found both versions of Hebereke/Ufouria and played them on my power pak. There is a difference in music. I also find it funny that in the Japanese version the birds drop exploding poop but in the NES version they just drop bombs.

I was unaware of Hebereke/Ufouria. And I didn't think Gimmick! had an NES counterpart?

I say push it to the limit. I'm not all caught up in the whole "is it still an NES game" argument. If you can figure out how to boot a 2600 rom on a powerpak more power to you. Go for it I say.

Well, there are only a handful of famicom carts that have the sound enhanced in the first place. And the only one I know of with an NES counterpart is Castlevania 3/Akumajo Densetsu. And there is a noticeable difference in music. I suppose you can say there are some sound effects that used the extra...

I piped the famicom extra audio to pin 3 of the expansion port through a 100k ohm resistor and a 4.7 uF capacitor.

http://johnslife.tripod.com/NES_pin_article.pdf

The power pak does not need a mod. You just need the most up to date mappers + loopy's mappers. You need to solder a resister around 50k ohms between pins 3 and 9 of the expansion port. The powerpak already outputs the extra audio. Some say they use 47k, I used 56k cause it's all I could find in my ...

The fact that it outputs at any volume is awesome enough.

That's better. I couldn't find a 47k in my pile of resistors so I used a 56k resistor. I bypassed my original modification and just connected 3 to 9. It sounds alot better. It's just like the real cart now. I'm just impressed that bunny boy thought ahead and actually connected the expansion port pin...

Well it looks like the power pak doesn't output at the same volume as a real famicom cart because the real Akumajo Densetsu cart is just right with a 100k resistor and a 4.7uF capacitor. Maybe I'll just bridge 3 and 9 with a 47k resistor and not connect pin 9 to my existing modification and see how ...

Ok I'm going to try yours out.
I just finished soldering pin 9 up. It works great.
Since I have a real Akumajo Densetsu cart I could tell a slight difference. Probably just a slight difference in volume. Nothing too major.