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Title: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 30. Aug 2006 at 15:32

Hello everyone.

My name is Chris from Canada and I am a first time poster., I've been a big fan of this website for a while and decided to contribute a couple interesting NES Carts I've had for a while.

The first cart has never been played by myself, it does not seem to work in any of my NES consoles possibly making it PAL. I aquired it from a friend of mine who inherted it along with a lot of other NES stuff from his Uncle. As you can see from the label, there is a contra theme as well as an Adventure Island / StarTropics Island in the Background which makes me guess it contains multiple games such as the 100 in 1 carts. There are no other markings, letterings, or additional numbers visible, this cart has had me puzzled since I got it.

The next and last game is another Pirated Cart, There is no label and it does not seem to have ever had one. The surface is very smooth and does not have any sticky residue such as a label that was ripped off. It also does not contain any numbers or codes, just the Nintendo PAT.PEND. Made In Japan in the bottom rectangle found at the bottom behind every NES Cart, this game however does work. There is an Adventure Island theme to this cart, the intro music is playing in the background as well as Level 1 visuals on the main screen. This is a 260 in 1 cart and you can see all the playable games in the last image.

If anyone has any information on these 2 games I would really appreciate it, if not than it's perfectly fine, the main idea of this thread was to share my rare games.

Take it easy.

Chris C.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by jajaja on 30. Aug 2006 at 16:17

Both are pirates for sure :) The first probly contain as you said multiply games, or just contra, possibly with a build in level/weapon selector.

The 2nd game with 260-in-1 is fairly known and "common". I have it myself and i've heard of others that also have it. Its one of the best multicarts i know, i counted about 106 different games on it, that is alot! I dont know why it is in a retail NES cartridge, maybe someone just switched it.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by Mel on 30. Aug 2006 at 18:12

hey chris, where abouts in canada are you?

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 30. Aug 2006 at 18:44

jajaja wrote on 30. Aug 2006 at 16:17:

Thanks for the information, I really wish I could get the contra cart to work.

Perhaps I would have more luck with the NES top loading consoles that play both US and PAL, I've been looking to pick up one of those for a while now.

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 30. Aug 2006 at 18:45

Mel wrote on 30. Aug 2006 at 18:12:

hey chris, where abouts in canada are you?

Montreal, Quebec.

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by jajaja on 30. Aug 2006 at 18:55

A top loader can handle more dirty games since the connector is better. Have you tried cleaning the contacts btw?

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by jasonlotp on 30. Aug 2006 at 19:16

jajaja wrote on 30. Aug 2006 at 16:17:

Yeah the 260-in-1 I have but in a famicom cart. They probably just swiped an fami->nes converter off an old game, stuck the pirate cart in and sealed it up in an NES cart. Its good, the best pirate multi I've seen.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 30. Aug 2006 at 20:51

jajaja wrote on 30. Aug 2006 at 18:55:

A top loader can handle more dirty games since the connector is better. Have you tried cleaning the contacts btw?

I've tried everything to try and get it working, from cleaning to testing it out on multiple NES console decks. This is why I am pretty positive that it's PAL, nothing can get this cart to fire up and relieve my curiousity.

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by jajaja on 30. Aug 2006 at 20:52

Does the game start at all? If you only get a grey screen the game is either dirty or broken. If its another region you would get picture, but the game would just restart itself every second.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 30. Aug 2006 at 21:29

jajaja wrote on 30. Aug 2006 at 20:52:

Does the game start at all? If you only get a grey screen the game is either dirty or broken. If its another region you would get picture, but the game would just restart itself every second.

I don't get any images at all, just the classic NES blinking / single colored screen.

You never know, the cart might still be dirty even though I have tried cleaning it numerous times, or worst case scenario, it's broken :'(

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by jajaja on 30. Aug 2006 at 21:30

Some games are incredible dirty, not even rubbing alcohol is enough. I've had a few games where i had to use sandpaper to grind the dirt away. Worked fine after that :)

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by the_wizard_666 on 31. Aug 2006 at 13:17

I have a question for ya dude...how come my name is in your sig? I mean, it's no big deal, but do I know you or something? :P

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 31. Aug 2006 at 14:04

jajaja wrote on 30. Aug 2006 at 21:30:

Some games are incredible dirty, not even rubbing alcohol is enough. I've had a few games where i had to use sandpaper to grind the dirt away. Worked fine after that :)

Yesterday I opened up the cart, gave the game a very thorough cleaning and I still get a grey blinking screen.

I don't know what to do anymore, I've cleaned it numerous times and still come up short.

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 31. Aug 2006 at 14:05

the_wizard_666 wrote on 31. Aug 2006 at 13:17:

I have a question for ya dude...how come my name is in your sig? I mean, it's no big deal, but do I know you or something? :P

I'm pretty sure we don't know eachother.

The wizard in my signatures comes from the one Nintendo based movie I'm sure we all know titled "The Wizard."

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by jajaja on 31. Aug 2006 at 14:07

It might be broken then :( Dont have so much experience with it, but if you get your hands on a toploader and it still doesnt work its most likely defect.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 31. Aug 2006 at 18:47

jajaja wrote on 31. Aug 2006 at 14:07:

It might be broken then :( Dont have so much experience with it, but if you get your hands on a toploader and it still doesnt work its most likely defect.

I'm not giving up on it yet, but I am preparing to consider it broken if nothing works out. :'(

It'll just be the mystery cart in my NES collection.

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by piteta on 31. Aug 2006 at 21:46

pirate carts don't have a lockout chip on it so it doesn't mind wheter it's PAL or NTSC; it should load in a top loader or in a modified NES. If it doesn't load it's because: a) it's dirty b) it's broken, being a) the most probable.

p.d i don't think that pirate pal carts exist, all of them must be NTSC because all pirate carts are for the famicom and its clones.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by JC on 31. Aug 2006 at 21:55

piteta wrote on 31. Aug 2006 at 21:46:

p.d i don't think that pirate pal carts exist, all of them must be NTSC because all pirate carts are for the famicom and its clones.

Are you sure about that? There are lots of pirates in 72-pins or with board adaptors that allow them to be 72-pins that were released by the pirate companies in Asia, Brazil and other places without the authorities in place to rein them in.

But yes, I agree that with a modified frontloader or a regular toploader, most, if not all, pirate carts should work.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by chris_tama69 on 01. Sep 2006 at 14:19

Let's say the cart is dirty, what would be the best method to clean it back into working condition? I've tried rubbing alcohol about half a dozen times and is still gives me a grey blinking screen.

Any other suggestion to try and get this game working would be greatly appreciated.

Chris.

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by dangevin on 01. Sep 2006 at 21:44

Some try an eraser. You'll need to remove the case to get in properly and scrub it. Sometimes even just removing the case and using q-tip and alcohol is enough since you've got a lot more leverage on the connectors.

Here's another approach...

http://reviews.ebay.com/The-SECRET-to-Cleaning-NES-Nintendo-Game-Connectors_W0QQugidZ10000000001205863

Title: Re: Rare NES Carts.
Post by piteta on 03. Sep 2006 at 21:43

wrote on 31. Aug 2006 at 21:55:

what i meant is that all pirate carts are made thinking in that they'll be played on a famicom or a clone, and that's why they don't have a lockout chip (the famicom nor its clones have one). Famicom clones in Europe are not clones of a NES, are clones of a Famicom despite they've copied the "external" look of a NES. And as pirates copied its looks they had to copy the looks of it carts. That's what i said that i don't think that pirate pal carts exist. All this carts are NTSC carts.

About cleaning carts i saw once at nesdev bbs an interesting link wich may be helpful http://users.zoominternet.net/~sgazi/cleaning/game_clean.html I've never tried it because i've been able to make work my carts with alcohol so i don't know if it works or not...

p.d using sandpaper is not a good idea because it' removes part of the conductor layer or the contacts...