Why I Should Win Nintendo World Championships!! - JJ Games Contest Submission!!!

My NES Collection

Over the past year and a half I have been working towards my goal of getting every U.S. released NES game. There has been a catch though. Everything I have gotten till now has been pretty much free in the long run. I have only purchased cheap game lots on Craigs list and other places. I have then sold off parts to pay for the rest. This is the agreement that my wife and I have... I can collect all I want but I will not spend too much to do it. It has worked out really well so far but while I may get some rare games in these lots I will never get a Nintendo World Championship... My only chance of owning one is to win it! So pick me JJ Games!!!

Here are two copies of Gyromite for the NES

They look the same and are both five screw versions (the five screw vs three screw variants will have to be explained in another blog down the line)... so why if they are the same do the boards inside look so different??

Well the answer is actually an interesting piece of Nintendo history. The one on the left is a normal everyday NES board. It is the one of the right that needs explanation. There was one Christmas when Nintendo did not have enough NES boards in order to make all the games they needed to make. There was however plenty of Famicom boards. They were able to put the NES game on fami boards but they could not just put a famicom board into an NES case because the pin connectors are different sizes. So the game itself is the top part, the black section is an adapter, and the bottom is the connectors for an American NES.

While there have been several unofficial famicom/nes converters, this is the only one that nintendo ever made (they just never wanted you to know about it). The reason they didnt want you to know about it is also the reason that they were so short lived. People that knew what was going on could open up the game (the five screw games such as these just used a Flathead screwdriver to open) then you could take out the top section which was the game. You could then use that top section in any other cartridge with the adapter in it (it would just be annoying to switch it out). You may be asking why would you want to do that? Well this was back in the day when many retailers didnt quite understand the rules that should be in-place with people who return video games. So someone could take out the top section of the board and return the rest to the store by saying it doesnt work and get a new game.

The carts with the adapter is more valuable than the same game without the adapter (but not that much more). The reasons they are more valuable is it can be the key to play famicom games on a NES, and its an interesting piece of history.

If you want to look for a copy (you may have one sitting in your game stash) there are a few rules to go by. First off it has to be a Five Screw game (This mean that when you look at the back of the game there are five screws. Second it has to be a tad bit heavier than most any other nes game. And third it only happened with some games so it has to be a game from this list.

1942

Clu Clu Land

Donkey Kong Jr.
Duck Hunt

Elevator Action

Excitebike

Golf

Gumshoe

Gyromite
Hogan's Alley
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Pinball

Raid on Bungeling Bay

Rygar

Soccer
Stack Up
Tennis
Urban Champion
Wizards and Warriors

Wrecking Crew

If you are going to try to find one then good luck!!! I hope someone found this interesting!

I can't believe how much I like playing Bully... its great... Im actually at work or out some place and I just keep thinking "Man I wish I was home so I could play some more" and only a handful of games have done that for me before. I got it about two weeks ago and the first week I made it to chapter three (I think there are five chapters). Now Im on chapter four. I would have beaten it by now but I have worked 88 hours in the last 8 days. Im taking a trip to Memphis tomorrw and while I shold be excited I just keep thinking "Dang it, I want to play Bully". I havnt done a review on gamespot yet but I think once I finish it I'll write one for Bully.

Ok this isnt a blog post really... just an FYI I updated my nes games list... its growing pretty well...

Edit: UPDATED 9/27/08

I thought it was time I actually had a list of all of my NES games. As of right now the only systems I have are my Wii and my Generation NEX (with the wireless controllers and control stick) and as of lately my interst to grow my NES collection has been a bigger priority to me than my Wii collection.

I also have the FC Moblie (a handheld system that plays NES games) and the NES Top Loader with Dog Bone controller and A UForce and a Power Glove!!!

Here is the list:

10 Yard Fight

720

9999999 in 1 Famicom cart

Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

Adventure of Bayou Billy

American Gladiators

Anticipation

Back to the Future 2/3

Baseball

Baseball Stars

Bases Loaded

Battle Chess

Battletoads

Bible Advetures

Bionic Commando

Blades of Steel

Bubble Bobble

Burgertime

Califonia Games

Casino Kid

Castle of Dragon

Castlevaina

Castlevaina II Simon's Quest

Caveman Games

Championship Bowling

Chiller

Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers

Contra (With Box)

Dance Aerobics

Defender of the Crown

Digger T. Rock

Dirty Harry

Dizzy, The fantastic Adventures of

Donkey Kong Clasics

Donkey Kong Jr

Double Dragon

Double Dragon 2

Double Dragon 3

Dr. Mario X2 (one is CIB)

Dragon Warrior 3

Dragon's Lair

Dream Master, Little Nemo

Duck Hunt

Earthbound (repro)

Elveator Action

Exictebike

Final Fantasy (CIB)

Friday the 13th

Galaga

Game Genie

Gauntlet

Gauntlet (Tengen)

Gauntlet II

Ghostbuters 2

GI Joe

Godzilla

Gold Medal Challenge '92

Golf

Golgo 13

Gyromite

Heavy Barrel

Hogan's Alley

Hollywood Squares

Hunt for Red October

Ice Climber

Ice Hockey

Ikari Warriors

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Jackal

John Elway's Quarterback

Jordan Vs Bird

Joust

Karate Kid

Kid Icarus

King of Kings The Early Years (Baby Jesus)

King of Kings The Early Years (Camel)

Kings of the Beach

Kirby's Adventure

Klax

Krusty's Fun House

Lemmings

Lethal Weapon

Lolo

Lolo 2

Lolo 3

Magic Johnson's Fast Break

Maniac Mansion

Marble Madness

Mario Bros

Mario is Missing

Mario's Time Machine

Megaman 2

Megaman 3

Metroid (CIB)

Mike Tyson's Punchout

Millipede

NARC

NES Play Action Football

North and South

Operation Wolf

Pac-Man (licensed)

Paperboy

Phantom Fighter

Pinball

Platoon

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

Pro Wrestling

Punchout

Q*Bert

Rad Racer

Rainbow Islands

Rally Bike

Renegade

River City Ransom

Road Runner

Robocop

Scheherazade

Sesame Street 123

Sesame Street ABC

Side Pocket

Silent Service

Simpson's Bart Vs. The Space Mutants

Simpson's Bart Vs. The World

Simpson's Bartman Meets Radioactive Man

Skate or Die

Ski or Die

Skull & Crossbones

Sky Shark

Slalom

Smash T.V.

Snake's Revenge

Space Shuttle Project

Spirtual Warfare

Spot The Video Game

Spy Vs. Spy

Stadium Events (repro)

Star Trek

Star Tropics

Super Dodge Ball

Super Mario Bros. (x2 one is CIB)

Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt

Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World C|ass Track Meet

Super Mario Bros. 2 (x2 one is CIB)

Super Mario Bros. 2 Japan Version (repro)

Super Mario Bros. 3 (x2 one is CIB)

T & C Surf Designs

Target Renegade

Tecmo Bowl

Tecmo Super Bowl

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The Arcade Game

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 The Manhattan Project

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters

Tennis

Terminator 2

Tetris (x2 one is CIB)

Tetris 2

The Three Stooges

Tiny Toons

Tombs & Treasure

Top Gun

Total Recall

Touchdown Fever

Twin Eagles (CIB)

Volleyball

Wall Street Kid

Where in Time is Carman Sandiego? (CIB)

Wild Gunman

World Games

Wrath of the Black Manta

Wrecking Crew

Wrestle Maina

Wrestle Mania Steel Cage Challenge

Yoshi's Cookie

Zelda

Zelda 2 The Adventures of Link

Zoda's Revenge