What do I need to do for the extra sounds in Mr. Gimmick?

[Deemar]

I've got the full sound game from www.timewalkgames.com and I have an unmodified top loader. All the tutorials I find online use the expansion pack on the bottom of the front loader which the top loader doesn't have. Is there a way to play this game on this system with full sound?

 

Another question for bonus points, I also have a PowerPak which I would like to put the Mr. Gimmick ROM on. Do I need to do anything extra to go this route?

 

Thanks.

[Csonicgo]

To play with the full sound, you need the two audio pins on the famicom cartridge wired to the sound outpit.. it's an MMC with a built-in AY. The pins were re-worked to route to the lockout chip on the mainboard for the Western releases of the NES, but on the famicom those would connect to the sound output lines. I have heard success stories of hacking an NES to support these channels without having a degree in electronics, but for the most part, it requires some extra wires, solder and time to do this.

 

There may be an adaptor now to solve this problem, but I haven't checked the interwebs for such a device. The ones I've seen that have Famicom capabilities are DIY-hacks at retro computing meets, and I never asked how they accomplished it. Perhaps if that guy brings it next month, I'll ask him.

 

Edit: just now realized you ARE talking about the Top-loader. I think the top-loader lost those routes on the motherboard entirely. I'm not 100% sure on that, though.

Edited December 9, 2013 by Csonicgo

[Game-Tech.US]

Most likely you have the us prototype rom on that repro and all the sounds are all there already.