Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I can't find a site that sells them!

I want to warn you, top-loaders are very over-rated. First off the picture quality is low, I've noticed small black lines during some games, they come and go though. And there's no A/V output. They are also very hard to find and fetch high prices on ebay.

What I recommend is to find a front-loader and replace the contacts in it. MCM Electronics http://www.i-mcm.com/welcome.jhtml has them, enter "Nintendo Type 72 Pin Connector" into the site's product search box. They work like a dream with new contacts. Trust me.

If you want a clone try asking in rec.games.video.classic. Most are only 60 pin but you could always use a converter.



> Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a
> famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I can't
> find a site that sells them!
>

Yeah, I'd like a top-loader too, if just to be the completist. But really, all I've done is taken a $2 front loader NES (which can hook into my a/v switch box - NICE), and cleaned the contacts a bit using good ol fashioned rubbing alcohol. This really didn't seem to do much, as a unit that sat in a friend's garage (read: layers of dirt) works 100% with all my games. It's the GAMES that generally seem to go kaput here. Again with the rubbing alcohol, 3 or 4 cotton swaps dipped in it per game, and some really vigorous rubbing (if the swap doesnt come out black at least once, you didn't rub hard enuff :). I swear - 7 units so far, and not a single game/console combo that doesn't work without jiggling.

> Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a
> famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I can't
> find a site that sells them!
>


<-- If it was dead, it would be Necroflippia (oh, notice the toplessness :)

Yeah, I cleaned them so they should be like brand new, but it doesn't do much. I did the same with the NES deck, I used a cleaning kit and when that didn't work I used some contact spray.
>
> Yeah, I'd like a top-loader too, if just to be the completist. But really, all
> I've done is taken a $2 front loader NES (which can hook into my a/v switch box
> - NICE), and cleaned the contacts a bit using good ol fashioned rubbing alcohol.
> This really didn't seem to do much, as a unit that sat in a friend's garage
> (read: layers of dirt) works 100% with all my games. It's the GAMES that
> generally seem to go kaput here. Again with the rubbing alcohol, 3 or 4 cotton
> swaps dipped in it per game, and some really vigorous rubbing (if the swap
> doesnt come out black at least once, you didn't rub hard enuff :). I swear - 7
> units so far, and not a single game/console combo that doesn't work without
> jiggling.
>
> > Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a
> > famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I can't
> > find a site that sells them!
> >
>
>
> <-- If it was dead, it would be Necroflippia (oh, notice the toplessness :)
>

I went to that site, but I gotta have a credit card to order stuff, and I have no credit card, so I guess I'm screwed. :( BTW, I know top-loaders kinda suck cuz they have no A/V out, I was gonna get one when I was younger but saw it had no A/V out and passed it up. That's why I want a Famicom clone, most of them have A/V out, and they're sometimes compatible with a NES. But thanks for the info!
> I want to warn you, top-loaders are very over-rated. First off the picture
> quality is low, I've noticed small black lines during some games, they come and
> go though. And there's no A/V output. They are also very hard to find and fetch
> high prices on ebay.
>
> What I recommend is to find a front-loader and replace the contacts in it. MCM
> Electronics http://www.i-mcm.com/welcome.jhtml has them, enter "Nintendo Type
> 72 Pin Connector" into the site's product search box. They work like a dream
> with new contacts. Trust me.
>
> If you want a clone try asking in rec.games.video.classic. Most are only 60 pin
> but you could always use a converter.
>
>
>
> > Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a
> > famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I can't
> > find a site that sells them!
> >
>

I've never done this and I won't be held responsible if something does wrong but someone told me about this method and that it worked pretty well for him.

Remove the contacts from the system, and submerge them in rubbing alcohol. Shake them around in the liquid, etc until it gets all muddy and the contacts are shiny. Using a blow drier, dry the contacts really good before installing them back into the system.



> Yeah, I cleaned them so they should be like brand new, but it doesn't do much.
> I did the same with the NES deck, I used a cleaning kit and when that didn't
> work I used some contact spray.
> >
> > Yeah, I'd like a top-loader too, if just to be the completist. But really,
> all
> > I've done is taken a $2 front loader NES (which can hook into my a/v switch
> box
> > - NICE), and cleaned the contacts a bit using good ol fashioned rubbing
> alcohol.
> > This really didn't seem to do much, as a unit that sat in a friend's garage
> > (read: layers of dirt) works 100% with all my games. It's the GAMES that
> > generally seem to go kaput here. Again with the rubbing alcohol, 3 or 4
> cotton
> > swaps dipped in it per game, and some really vigorous rubbing (if the swap
> > doesnt come out black at least once, you didn't rub hard enuff :). I swear -
> 7
> > units so far, and not a single game/console combo that doesn't work without
> > jiggling.
> >
> > > Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a
> > > famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I
> can't
> > > find a site that sells them!
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

> I've never done this and I won't be held responsible if something does wrong but

I thought you could use a Q-Tip (well several) with rubbing alcohol *NOTE SYSTEM NEEDS UNPLUGGED AND SUCH* should do the trick...

Another idea is the compressed air....*NOTE SYSTEM NEEDS UNPLUGGED AND SUCH*


-Paratech / Techrat
Me Boincy...The solution to all the world's problems! :)

that's the beauty of living in the third world..
i can get loads of Famicom clones with 72 pin connectors, or 60 pin connectors, or both! :) (easy to find too..)
for a very fair price..



-- Is it a Plane ?, is it a bird ?, NO! it's :
Flying V

Just rip your NES apart, clean everything, and I mean everything. You'll be amazed at how much crap can build up on an NES mobo after 10 years. Same thing happend to me and it still fucks up the odd time, my suggestion is to take off that little metal bar where the game goes, and stick another cart over top of the one that's loaded, or get yourself an NES game genie.

Or go to a pawnshop and buy a replacement deck for 10 bucks.

I came to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubble gum.

Replace the contacts, my friend does this fairly cheap, and the cart does not even need pushed down now to work, no jiggling, punching, kicking, cleaning, blowing, etc..required



> Yeah, I'd like a top-loader too, if just to be the completist. But really, all
> I've done is taken a $2 front loader NES (which can hook into my a/v switch box
> - NICE), and cleaned the contacts a bit using good ol fashioned rubbing alcohol.
> This really didn't seem to do much, as a unit that sat in a friend's garage
> (read: layers of dirt) works 100% with all my games. It's the GAMES that
> generally seem to go kaput here. Again with the rubbing alcohol, 3 or 4 cotton
> swaps dipped in it per game, and some really vigorous rubbing (if the swap
> doesnt come out black at least once, you didn't rub hard enuff :). I swear - 7
> units so far, and not a single game/console combo that doesn't work without
> jiggling.
>
> > Anybody know where I could get a top-loading nes compatible system? Like a
> > famicom clone with the ability to play NES games? I've seen them, but I can't
> > find a site that sells them!
> >
>
>
> <-- If it was dead, it would be Necroflippia (oh, notice the toplessness :)
>

>
> Just rip your NES apart, clean everything, and I mean everything. You'll be
> amazed at how much crap can build up on an NES mobo after 10 years. Same thing
> happend to me and it still fucks up the odd time, my suggestion is to take off
> that little metal bar where the game goes, and stick another cart over top of
> the one that's loaded, or get yourself an NES game genie.

THATS what kills most of those front-loading NES units.
The angle that the game genies needs to be shoved in at, actually bends the cart contacts inside up at a slight angle, so that when you use it with a regular cart, in the regular way, it doesn't make good contact.

My suggestion: if you are going to use a game genie, leave it plugged into the unit, and plug the carts into that (if you can). Otherwise, reserve a single unit for use with the game genie, and keep another "good" NES unit around for non-game-genie usage.

That being said, I have a front-loading original unit (serial number 33-thousand-something), never had a game genie in it, and still going strong. (Although it does sometimes need another cart plugged into the top above the real cart to make good contact. Maybe I should clean it.)