sorry this blog is so boring lately

[narugami]

So tired. Spent the whole day shopping. I win though, a frying pan and a pot for ten bucks each, go me!

I have a question, O wise people on my flist! I want to pick up a Super Famicom in Japan, do I need any special cables/adapters to use it on a NA TV?

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[misskalloway]

I want to pick up a Super Famicom in Japan, do I need any special cables/adapters to use it on a NA TV?

Not at all!

[narugami]

Awesome, thanks :D I have evil plans heeheehee.

[misskalloway]

No problem. Actually, it has the exact same out-plug as a US SNES/N64/Gamecube... *went and looked* So I've probably just always used my Gamecube cables for mine. ^^;; (It will have a 100 volt adapter, though, which will be specific - but even though the US is 110/120 volts, it won't hurt the machine at all. My multitude of other Japanese electronics have always been fine plugged straight into the wall (or surge protector).

[hikarugenji]

I definitely have a gamecube cable for my SFC -- the cables cost more than the rest of the SFC parts put together.

[misskalloway]

I'd have to dig around for what I paid for mine, but I'm 99% sure the shipping cost more than the SFC, which was probably $15. (I probably bought a mound of Wonderswan games at the same time, though...)

[hikarugenji]

I paid 500 yen for the thing itself, 200 for the controller, and about 700 for the power adapter (which I got by sheer luck at a game shop near where I lived) -- the cables cost 2000 yen because they were new.

(My wonderswan color cost me $30 and it deleted my SRW compact saves so it's useless...grr)

[misskalloway]

That sounds annoying like my quest for accessories for my Sega Saturn. Got the Saturn used for, like, $20. I've spent, oh, I dunno, about $80 on a new adapter and power cord and controllers because they all failed on me pretty damned quickly. And a new battery for its memory. And a 4-in-1 card to expand the memory and play Japanese games. And... *facepalms*

(I have a SwanCrystal and I love it, but I don't play with it much because my DS is so much more interesting...)

[narugami]

I have a Japanese PS2 and it works fine on the power supply here too ^^ I was just wondering if it needed any exotic cables like an RF switch, especially since the SNES was our last Nintendo console.

[misskalloway]

*nods* I leave my J-PS2 actually plugged in, though not my J-PS1 as it gets a little warm sometimes. But ever since I got my debug-PS1, I don't need the J-PS1 and I dunno, I should probably try to sell it instead of dusting it constantly (another time where shipping was more than the console)...

But no, nothing weird for a SFC, thankfully. You may want to see if you can get aftermarket controllers for it, though - the official ones have, like, two-foot cords. Ridiculously short.