SNES-on-a-chip?

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:16 am

I've heard people say that the N64 Tristar contained an entire NES on a single chip. The Tristar also played SNES games, so does that mean the SNES is also contained on a single chip?

Juggalo_Jay · Post by **Juggalo_Jay** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:49 am

No, the SNES part of the tristar was on multiple chips, unlike the NES. I beleive it was pretty much an original SNES board with a few modified parts. Not sure though.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:32 pm

I'd like to see the inside of one..I think I have but that must have been ages ago

darkmaster · Post by **darkmaster** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:55 pm

n64 tristar?

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:34 pm

darkmaster wrote:n64 tristar?

A device that plugs into the N64 that allows you to play NES and SNES carts.

Juggalo_Jay · Post by **Juggalo_Jay** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:59 pm

I woul pay well for one of those Nes-on-a-chips... really wanna make a portable from one of those

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:50 am

I think the tristar or whatever it is is around $60?! (Or that might be ?'s) on a Hong Kong import site...I remeber seeing it but I can't remeber what the site was called

Jaded JAaron77 · Post by **Jaded JAaron77** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:55 am

Juggalo_Jay wrote:I woul pay well for one of those Nes-on-a-chips... really wanna make a portable from one of those

yea, that would be great

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:24 am

Have you seen the soldering the guy had to do to get his chip working

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:12 pm

JAaron77 wrote:
Juggalo_Jay wrote:I woul pay well for one of those Nes-on-a-chips... really wanna make a portable from one of those
yea, that would be great

I thought of that too, but then I thought to myself, "Hang on a minute, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to get a GBA Flash Cart and use the NES emulator? And that way you can play translated versions of FFII and FFIII portably, and won't have to buy any games, ever".

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:58 pm

Yeah but well its not the same

I mean if you made your very own NES handheld it would sooo much cooler

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 5:24 pm

Or you could buy a GameAxe, although once you've added the family convertor you've got a virtually unplayable way of playing games.

Firthy2002 · Post by **Firthy2002** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:53 am

Yeah you can't really make a portable NES cos of the cart size.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:02 pm

Firthy2002 wrote:Yeah you can't really make a portable NES cos of the cart size.

Most of the carts are only half full, some less. You could do a custom jobby and cut them down easily. Although width would still be a problem.

I was thinking, Ben's site has a guide for lengthening the connections between a console and the cartridge port. Why not make a 4 foot extension cable for it, so that the carts are on a long piece of wire, tucked away in your pocket or whatever.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:46 pm

Or in a converter to an I dunno IDE cable...I can't find how many pins there are on gamesx.com and I ain't gonna countem but you could still hack a old cart slot into a little box with an IDE cable coming out

Ben's site has a guide for lengthening the connections between a console and the cartridge port

Gotta a link?

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 5:00 pm

mattthemodder wrote:Or in a converter to an I dunno IDE cable...I can't find how many pins there are on gamesx.com and I ain't gonna countem but you could still hack a old cart slot into a little box with an IDE cable coming out

Ben's site has a guide for lengthening the connections between a console and the cartridge port
Gotta a link?

It's on here somewhere: http://www.classicgaming.com/vcsp/

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 2:51 pm

Cool