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adolescent · 14 January 2004, 03:17

No, the NES adapters for the SNES and N64 are complete systems that just pass the power and audio/video through to the host console. I have a Tri-Star which lets you play NES/Famicom on the SNES. There was also the Tri-Star 64 which allowed SNES and NES/Famicom games to be played on the N64. The SuperGameboy and GameboyPlayer work the same way.

On the Genesis/Megadrive all of the components of the SMS/Mark3 are there (except maybe the FM synth or something as I recall). The GameGear is esentially Master System hardware so there is no circuit at all, just grounding a set of pins changes it into SMS mode.

14 January 2004, 03:17	#32
adolescent Powered by Motorola Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Age: 52 Posts: 1,065	No, the NES adapters for the SNES and N64 are complete systems that just pass the power and audio/video through to the host console. I have a Tri-Star which lets you play NES/Famicom on the SNES. There was also the Tri-Star 64 which allowed SNES and NES/Famicom games to be played on the N64. The SuperGameboy and GameboyPlayer work the same way. On the Genesis/Megadrive all of the components of the SMS/Mark3 are there (except maybe the FM synth or something as I recall). The GameGear is esentially Master System hardware so there is no circuit at all, just grounding a set of pins changes it into SMS mode.