Warriorisabouttodie Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Hi, this is a weird question I know, so let me explain. Someone has offered to give me a SNES and Super Mario World. That's it, no controller, no power supply, no video cable. I want to get into collecting for the SNES, but since they dont even know if the system works, I am wondering if anything else I have can be used as a power supply? Like maybe a 8bit disk drive power supply which works with the NES? Can I pick up a snes power supply someplace cheap? Any help is appreciated. I just want to see if this thing works good and then if it does I will buy a controller and start collecting games. I already have a N64 collection with an extra video cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 There's a universal power supply unit you can find on eBay and Amazon.com for the US SNES systems, which works on NES, SNES, and Genesis systems. The trouble I'm having is finding a compatible power supply unit for a PAL-compatible SNES system. The universal power supply unit I bought from eBay doesn't fit into its power jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriorisabouttodie Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 There's a universal power supply unit you can find on eBay and Amazon.com for the US SNES systems, which works on NES, SNES, and Genesis systems. The trouble I'm having is finding a compatible power supply unit for a PAL-compatible SNES system. The universal power supply unit I bought from eBay doesn't fit into its power jack. So will a NES power supply work with a SNES? If this is so, then I should be able to use a Atari 1050 disk drive power supply and or A400 power supply with the SNES (since I understand these workwith the NES) I know I have one or the other around here someplace. I really want to test this thing before I go buying power supplies if there is a realistic way I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 This is easy, just buy a Nintendo Virtual Boy, it uses the same power supply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 So will a NES power supply work with a SNES? No. It doesn't fit, and even if you did get to fit, you'd fry your SNES (plugging AC into a device made to accept DC isn't exactly a smart idea). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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