Running homebrew on NES

kuba_10 · September 9th, 2007

Is there any possiblity to run homebrew on NES? Maybe writeable cartridges, etc. I donloaded "Pokemon Gold" for NES made by Mars and I think that it'd look better on 60Hz tube

Anyway, games on old, good PCs look slightly better for me

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TheCloudOfSmoke · September 9th, 2007

I've always wanted to do the same thing. I think I've heard about someone making one and was going to mass produce it but I don't think anything ever came of it.

If anyone else knows of one, I would love to know of one too. But for now, I think that the closest thing that you can do to play your homebrew roms on a TV is to use Nestopia and S-Video out to the TV. That's what I do and it's pretty authentic when I use the NTSC filter. :/

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**hushypushy** · September 9th, 2007

I've seen NES flash carts, they have little SD cards or whatever and you can stick the cartridge into your NES and play ROM's.

I have my old TV on the same desk as my computer though, I can even do TV-out while I'm on the computer, no need for the real console anymore

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**ShendoXT** · September 9th, 2007

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But for now, I think that the closest thing that you can do to play your homebrew roms on a TV is to use Nestopia and S-Video out to the TV.

Or play it on your PSX with It Might Be NES

Anyway, yeah TV out is a great option for this kind of thing, GBA games look great on a TV.

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TheCloudOfSmoke · September 9th, 2007

I have 3 NESes but I would love to play some homebrew on one of them to get that "authentic" feel to it. You have that link hushy? As for IMBNES, I don't have my PS modded so that wouldn't work for me.

I use the S-Video to composite adapter that I got from my local Best Buy for around $25 bucks so I can hook the video up to my TV that doesn't have S-Video input (it seems to have gotten a little cheaper since I got mine a few years ago). Pretty expensive for a little adapter but well worth it because it works great. Then I got this L/R channel audio splitter from RadioShack as well as some converters to go with it. Now they have this better one that already has the converter in it.

I have to admit that GBA games look really good on the TV with the adapter. Especially Minish Cap and Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion with some video filters applied.

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Originally Posted by BigIg

If I support the game company, then I won't won't be supporting the blank DVD business.

Decisions, decisions.

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**ShendoXT** · September 9th, 2007

Here you can find some instructions for building a Reprogrammable NES cartridge.
Seems fairly tough but it's possible.

Edit: Were you talking about this hushy?

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**hushypushy** · September 9th, 2007

Yeah, that's what I was talking about. A quick google also revealed this cruder example.

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TheCloudOfSmoke · September 9th, 2007

That's the one that I was originally talking about. The one that Shendo posted was pretty expensive, $135 bucks. You can get a GBA flash cart for cheaper than that. I prefer stuff that uses SD though, since I have a buttload of them. I would think that there would be more NES flash carts out there since it's the most popular classic console out there and there's so much homebrew for it.

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Originally Posted by BigIg

If I support the game company, then I won't won't be supporting the blank DVD business.

Decisions, decisions.

**ShendoXT** · September 10th, 2007

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

A quick google also revealed this cruder example.

That's cool but I wonder what's with this?

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FAQ

Q: When you start selling the boards?
A: Never, because it was a poor design.

Q: Will you sell ready-made units?
A: No.

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kuba_10 · September 11th, 2007

I've an old 14" German TV (with Chinese tube

). It has absolutely broken sound processor (like there was no sound signal, only pic), doesn't have sound even after reprogramming sound (we have different sound system from Germany). So it's perfect for plugging console, while having speakers of course

But when I plug in a PC, picture is small, black and white and illeglible. Humph. The setting tools aren't free, so maybe I must buy a new one?

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Brightside · September 11th, 2007

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TheCloudOfSmoke · September 12th, 2007

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this is what you were looking for RetroZone

Hmm...

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Originally Posted by Shendo

Edit: Were you talking about this hushy?

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If I support the game company, then I won't won't be supporting the blank DVD business.

Decisions, decisions.

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	I've seen NES flash carts, they have little SD cards or whatever and you can stick the cartridge into your NES and play ROM's. I have my old TV on the same desk as my computer though, I can even do TV-out while I'm on the computer, no need for the real console anymore __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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kuba_10 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 9	I've an old 14" German TV (with Chinese tube ). It has absolutely broken sound processor (like there was no sound signal, only pic), doesn't have sound even after reprogramming sound (we have different sound system from Germany). So it's perfect for plugging console, while having speakers of course But when I plug in a PC, picture is small, black and white and illeglible. Humph. The setting tools aren't free, so maybe I must buy a new one? __________________ Let's All Rock & Roll

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