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NES 101 Region-Free?
mariocaseman:
According to wikipedia, the top-loader NES is supposed to be region free. I live in the US and purchased 2 games from the UK - Aladdin and The Lion King. Neither will play for more than about 30 seconds. The games are in like new condition if not perfect. So, is the NES 101 being region-free a myth?
ShoothimNow:
ugh. Japanese have 60 pins on their games, while US games have 72 pins. That is why there is a thing called a 60pin to 72 pin connector. That "connector" is easier to use on the 'toaster' than the normal NES. You have been somewhat ill informed. Only somewhat. The games are differently pinned. It's like placing a NES game inside a SNES if they both played the same game. Bad analogy but still
scarmullet:
Try cleaning the cartridge slot a tad.
mariocaseman:
They are PAL games, they are clean as can be. I even tried cleaning them. I can play PAL Saturn games on my TV. Any other ideas?
Arseen:
--- Quote from: mariocaseman on July 09, 2011, 09:17:08 AM ---They are PAL games, they are clean as can be. I even tried cleaning them. I can play PAL Saturn games on my TV. Any other ideas?
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Buy PAL NES, or do the internationalization to your console or if it can't be done to this model buy the old model and then do the internationalization, or buy one of the clone NES systems.