VRC6 on NES?

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I’m just wondering, how do you mod an NES console to use the VRC6 Chip in some Famicom games? What would I need for the mod?

[Tanooki | 4,936]

You have to do a couple of things to get away with this if you stick with raw normal NES style hardware.  If you went a route I did with a NES HiDef kit from kevtris, then it just works and makes your a/v far nicer too on modern systems.

For starters you'll need to rig up the console, and lastly, you'll need to rig up some 60 to 72pin adapter to get the job done.

This site spells it out, don't really want to copy pasta all this: https://consolemods.org/wiki/NES:Expansion_(EXP)_Audio_Mod#:~:text=To get expansion audio from,3 (Audio mix input).

 

Fun fact, if you like me also use a NES to Famicom (I have an AV Famicom too unaltered except to use US accessories on controller 2 I did myself) it also needs a tweak for audio to pass correctly, it's at the bottom of that page as well.

 

Ultimately you'll need to be able to do a bit of basic soldering with some small pieces, wires, flux, and solder to pull this off both on console and on the adapter.

 

I did find this and followed it last year, if you were to want to use an AV Famicom(or Famicom) and use NES carts on it, this bit of work is needed on a 72 to 60pin convertor to keep MMC5 and expanded audio support -- https://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=5189.0

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4 hours ago, Tanooki said:

You have to do a couple of things to get away with this if you stick with raw normal NES style hardware.  If you went a route I did with a NES HiDef kit from kevtris, then it just works and makes your a/v far nicer too on modern systems.

For starters you'll need to rig up the console, and lastly, you'll need to rig up some 60 to 72pin adapter to get the job done.

This site spells it out, don't really want to copy pasta all this: https://consolemods.org/wiki/NES:Expansion_(EXP)_Audio_Mod#:~:text=To get expansion audio from,3 (Audio mix input).

 

Fun fact, if you like me also use a NES to Famicom (I have an AV Famicom too unaltered except to use US accessories on controller 2 I did myself) it also needs a tweak for audio to pass correctly, it's at the bottom of that page as well.

 

Ultimately you'll need to be able to do a bit of basic soldering with some small pieces, wires, flux, and solder to pull this off both on console and on the adapter.

 

I did find this and followed it last year, if you were to want to use an AV Famicom(or Famicom) and use NES carts on it, this bit of work is needed on a 72 to 60pin convertor to keep MMC5 and expanded audio support -- https://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=5189.0

Thanks so much! This really helps!

[Tanooki | 4,936]

17 hours ago, GamerSmith548 said:

Thanks so much! This really helps!

No problem.  I'm currently hoping I can find some time to take an hour or so to do a bit of kind of just that anyway.  I had fudged a cart convertor later last year one that puts NES into a FC.  I'd like to take another shot and see if I can work one up so I can get the expanded audio and MMC5/Tengen mapper games working on my AV Famicom.  I go often between using the 9" PVM and that, or using my honeybee/hi def nes enabled top loader on the modern TV to play and would like to have all audio/features enabled.