NES PowerPak: play ROMs on a real NES system!

[scooby105]

Well, mine just arrived yesterday and it looks like it'll be going back to be fixed. I don't have the technical skill to do it myself.

 

Bill

Same here.

 

Yeah, I just mailed mine back today. Updated roms helped fix most of the issue, but I'd rather just get it all fixed.

[nintendo]

Got my Power Pak today and it has the resistors to fix the bus conflict. Yes!

 

Now to try it out on my A/V Famicom and Super 8 NES to SNES adapter.

[+remowilliams]

It's definitely the 'newer' NES hardware that shows the sprite glitching. I picked up a mint boxed original release deck and it only exhibits the known mapper issues.

 

The downside of that is now I have a reason to be lazy about installing the resistor pack fix.

[GorillaSpawn]

Got my Power Pak today and it has the resistors to fix the bus conflict. Yes!

 

Now to try it out on my A/V Famicom and Super 8 NES to SNES adapter.

 

 

How's it working out for you?

[nintendo]

Got my Power Pak today and it has the resistors to fix the bus conflict. Yes!

 

Now to try it out on my A/V Famicom and Super 8 NES to SNES adapter.

 

 

How's it working out for you?

 

Seems to be working well on both A/V Famicom and the Super 8. I haven't seen any graphic glitches. Only some games won't work but I think those are mapper-compatability issues.

 

I haven't tried too may games; maybe about 30. Do any of the English-translated roms like Sweet Home and Samurai Pizza Cats work? I think I have some bad dumps because the Mike Tyson's Punch-Out I have also doesn't work. The Earthbound proto works well though.

 

I finally got to play Little Samson on my NES. I was always curious about it since it's "rare" and hard-to-find. It's a decent game so far. Haven't finished it though.

 

Also, do any of the Dragon Ball Z Famicom games work with the Power Pak?

[Kenny_McCormic]

Because CF is pin to pin compatible with IDE wouldnt it be cool to hook a hard drive up to the nes?

[nintendo]

Because CF is pin to pin compatible with IDE wouldnt it be cool to hook a hard drive up to the nes?

 

Not really. That would add more bulk to the system. And I think some one said you could fit all the NES games on a singe CF card. Not sure what capacity though, but I think at least a 2gig CF card could hold all the games. So no need for an actual hard drive.

[PsychedelicShaman]

Because CF is pin to pin compatible with IDE wouldnt it be cool to hook a hard drive up to the nes?

 

Not really. That would add more bulk to the system. And I think some one said you could fit all the NES games on a singe CF card. Not sure what capacity though, but I think at least a 2gig CF card could hold all the games. So no need for an actual hard drive.

 

256mb will hold all the licensed us releases apparently. A hard drive would be overkill and probably just as fast.

[Shannon]

Neat. I'll have to keep my eye on this and maybe get one when the job situation is a little more stable.

[nathanallan]

Because CF is pin to pin compatible with IDE wouldnt it be cool to hook a hard drive up to the nes?

 

Not really. That would add more bulk to the system. And I think some one said you could fit all the NES games on a singe CF card. Not sure what capacity though, but I think at least a 2gig CF card could hold all the games. So no need for an actual hard drive.

 

256mb will hold all the licensed us releases apparently. A hard drive would be overkill and probably just as fast.

I think it would be cool. li<cough>nux

[nintendo]

So, how is everyone doing with their PowerPak?

 

I don't have too many roms to test, so could someone maybe post a compatability list (Please )so we can see at a glance which games are currently playable on the PowerPak?

[Largo2000]

The NES PowerPak is here! Now you can play ROMs on a real NES system!

 

Can someone please let me know WHEN the NES PowerPak is expected to be on sale again?

 

I want one really, really bad

 

Thanks!

[Gregory DG]

I want one really, really bad

Me too... I keep checking the website to see if it's available... Me want now.

[SRGilbert]

Honestly, you are probably looking at several months before they will be available again. The initial run was only around 100 carts, and those were sold out AFAIK.

[Lord Helmet]

Honestly, you are probably looking at several months before they will be available again. The initial run was only around 100 carts, and those were sold out AFAIK.

 

I waited a long time for my kroko cart. I can wait for one of these...but I REALLY want one

[Draikar]

Do they sell the clear cart's shell case without anything inside ?

[INTV_Nerd]

Yes:

 

http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?productID=140

[Breakpack]

The NES PowerPak is here! Now you can play ROMs on a real NES system!

 

Can someone please let me know WHEN the NES PowerPak is expected to be on sale again?

 

I want one really, really bad

 

Thanks!

 

 

NOW!!!!!

[bones]

Awesome, just ordered one, thanks for the heads up! I was on the site yesterday and it still wasn't available, guess timing is everything

 

I'm hoping to use this as an excuse to downsize my NES cart collection, just keeping the games I really like, have cool artwork, etc. Is there a list of incompatible games out there? Or a list of what games use which mappers? I could spend an afternoon downloading and testing a couple hundred games but it'd be great to have a reference list handy.

[Breakpack]

Awesome, just ordered one, thanks for the heads up! I was on the site yesterday and it still wasn't available, guess timing is everything

 

I'm hoping to use this as an excuse to downsize my NES cart collection, just keeping the games I really like, have cool artwork, etc. Is there a list of incompatible games out there? Or a list of what games use which mappers? I could spend an afternoon downloading and testing a couple hundred games but it'd be great to have a reference list handy.

 

Yes!With this and Racketboys Saturn chips back in stock,I figured it was a sign for me to order them now

Edit:Nevermind-Racketboy is out again!

 

I'll test mine out thoroughly once I get it and check out whats good to go and what needs work :D

Edited October 24, 2007 by Breakpack

[bones]

Does anyone have an email address for Retrozone? I'm just getting around to trying out my PowerPak and all it does is display a solid orange screen. I tried it on both the original toaster and original top loader, no dice.

[slorrin]

I just got my powerpak, but there is a looooud 60hz hum coming out of the audio channell.. like.. as loud as regular audio.. but not for any of my other carts, obviously.. has anyone else noticed anything like this with their powerpak? Is it unusually noisy?

[phaxda]

I have never noticed a hum from my PowerPak.

 

I did have trouble getting it to run, but it was apparently due to bad ROM dumps. Probably no help with the orange screen problem though--that sounds a bit more serious. Did you ever get in touch with them?

[Jagasian]

I just got my powerpak, but there is a looooud 60hz hum coming out of the audio channell.. like.. as loud as regular audio.. but not for any of my other carts, obviously.. has anyone else noticed anything like this with their powerpak? Is it unusually noisy?

 

I had the same problem. It was because I was using an unofficial third party AC power adapter for my NES. I switched to an official Nintendo AC power adapter and the problem went away.