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NES playing VS Super Mario Bros
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:28 am
by dXtr
Just found this page. it shows how a guy turns his nes into a dedicated VS Super Mario Bros machine. thought it might intrest some
http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/nes_vs/nes_vs.php
b/c the page is in french, and not everyone in the world (including me) talks french.. here is a google translation link:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... uage_tools
(sorry if this is the wrong section, but it kind of felt like a hardware thing)
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:03 pm
by kyuusaku
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:31 pm
by dXtr
ah. even better
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:56 pm
by tepples
Wouldn't it have been easier to patch the game's palette tables and mapper writes, turn it into a CNROM, with dipswitches and coin door either connected to the expansion port or hacked around in code?
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:55 am
by rbudrick
Rather than add code to the game to correct the pallette, why didnt he just put the VS PPU into the NES?
It wasn't clear to me whether he flashed the rom to a cart or if it is internal like the VS system.
If it is possible to just swap the PPU instead of reprogramming the games, it would be really cool to have this modded system to play VS ROMS at home with a flash cart (all VS games used the same mapper, right?).
-Rob
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:04 am
by dXtr
rbudrick wrote:(all VS games used the same mapper, right?).
-Rob
nope, according to this site (I only own SMB.. so I havn't seen the other ones):
http://playchoice.riemen.net/vs_list.html
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:13 am
by rbudrick
Whoa. I guess there are way more VS games than I'd thought. I thought there was only 5-10 early NES titles and maybe Castlevania thrown in for good measure.
-Rob
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:18 am
by dXtr
yeah, I also got very supprised when I saw that page for the first time, especially as I've never really seen any of the games in any arcade halls.
Re: NES playing VS Super Mario Bros
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:33 pm
by Kangsteri
I was planning to design multi / flashcart based on these instructions but it never got anywhere. Here is the schematics for it if anyone else is interested:
Blue connector lines are for Famicart and the boxed one are for NES.