Hey guys, I was wanting to play a little Final Fantasy III, and I need a little help. I have made plenty of reproductions to play with, but as you guys know this one is different. I can't find any info on how to do this one. Does anybody have any links or info they can help me out with? Thanks in advance!!
In terms of time==money, buying a copy of the DS remake is probably the cheapest, followed by PowerPak.
FF3 (J) requires a circuit board (TNROM, containing MMC3 + PRG RAM + CHR RAM + battery) on which no game was ever released in North America or Europe, so finding a donor board won't be easy. Some sites recommend finding an early-revision TSROM, the one with the expansion pins and the CHR /WR pin as might be found in SMB2, and then rewiring that. Have you ever put a battery on a board without one?
I have never added a battery. I am good with an iron and can follow directions well. Adding a battery doesn't look that complicated, but I have only seen pictures.
I guess I will just use an actual Japanese FFIII board with a gyromite style converter. It will cost a few extra bucks, but it will be much easier and cleaner.
If all u really want is ff3 why not shell out the $25 and have the repo done 4 u. It you lack the required skill to make the conversion with a normal cart it seems more practical than importing a famicom title and buying an adapter.
Rather than sacrifice a SMB2 cart and do required modding, it makes more sense to buy the original cartridge seeing as the price really isn't that high.
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With shipping it's $20, and if you don't read Japanese you can re-flash it with an English translation. Saves a lot of work, and gives you the best possible result.
EDIT: This one's even cheaper.
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peppers wrote:
If all u really want is ff3 why not shell out the $25 and have the repo done 4 u. It you lack the required skill to make the conversion with a normal cart it seems more practical than importing a famicom title and buying an adapter.
I have the skill to make it. I don't have the skill to develop this conversion myself, which is why I asked if there was anymore info. I can follow directions and solder, so I can do it. Seeing pictures of conversions, there isn't too much too it. I just needed some detailed info, and it appears that has been provided.
nothingnew wrote:
Rather than sacrifice a SMB2 cart and do required modding, it makes more sense to buy the original cartridge seeing as the price really isn't that high.
Long eBay URLWith shipping it's $20, and if you don't read Japanese you can re-flash it with an English translation. Saves a lot of work, and gives you the best possible result.
EDIT: This one's even cheaper.
Long eBay URLRead my previous post... I was already doing this!! I ordered one for $15 shipped. Now that I have the info I think I will try it both ways.
horseboy wrote:
peppers wrote:
If all u really want is ff3 why not shell out the $25 and have the repo done 4 u. It you lack the required skill to make the conversion with a normal cart it seems more practical than importing a famicom title and buying an adapter.
I have the skill to make it. I don't have the skill to develop this conversion myself, which is why I asked if there was anymore info. I can follow directions and solder, so I can do it. Seeing pictures of conversions, there isn't too much too it. I just needed some detailed info, and it appears that has been provided.
Oh, and BTW, nobody makes this repro for $25. Other ones, yeah, but not this one.
You can use the TKROM option and add an extra nes pin. Pretty easy
So does anybody know of a good tutorial on adding a battery?
Well if you look at the french forum I sent you, I actually sent I little schema of the added battery but you can't zoom it wich is sad but pretty easy to do ! But you can translate and read the discussion ! It's pretty easy to figure out only by looking at the picture. You need 2 diode to prevent the battery from feeding all the nes and to prevent 5v into getting in the battery.