How To Modify Your SNES To Play Japanese Super Famicom Games

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[JesseSchembri]

All the consoles under that TV! Beautiful

[retrogamelord]

This is very useful because super famicom games can be much cheaper and there are some exclusive titles. :)

[animedrawer]

Wow that was a lot easier than I thought. The plastic inside isn't really hard so it came out easy with just a pair of pliers. Systems works fine.

[rs]

Have you tried certain SFC games like Super Donkey Kong?
I once attempted this on mine with my Pro Action Replay which doubles as a region converter but it only showed the following warning after the into fanfare;
"This Game Pak is Not Desgined for your Super Famicom or Super NES".

So the US SNES is truly the only option for those who hate modding their own in such ways that can't be reverted.

[symir]

This is super cool and simple. What's the downside of this?

[alubaldini]

my friends open the s famiicom cartridges and extrac, the ram or slot and put in snes  cartridge

[chadking]

Hmmm, so I just cut those little deals off and can play japan games without buying the extra system ehh?  I may have to try that sometime.

[KofiProductions]

A Yu Yu Hakasho Game is why I'm here. lol, just thought it was a funny coincidence.

[segagirladventurespico]

Have u tried? I want to do this 😊 i love super famicom THANK U

[meninzera]

Amazing. It works perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

[Snowmation]

Pretty cool. And sweet setup by the way.

[LornaRoseFoX]

What about a uk/pal snes? Would like to play Japanese version of Super Aleste.
As never got to own a snes.

[ChristopherLaRock]

I think you're better off getting an SNES Game Genie and removing the tabs from it. It can be used as an adapter without altering your console.

[SuperRetroGuru]

I did the modification and sfc will run but some crash and other will flicker badly

[joshuapettus]

Or better yet for people that would rather not modify the snes...how about modify the cartridge? You can make slots in the cart with a dremel. I did it on the SGB2 cart pretty easily. It's crazy, given a fairly valuable SNES and a cheap Japanese cart, and it's the SNES people want to break? I mean those tabs do have the purpose of holding the games in a little better.

[redfive]

Can you not stretch retro games across an LCD with 16:9 ratio.... ew.

At least change modes to 4:3

[KanyeWestLover]

Is this vice versa for the super famicom?

[juan]

do you know if it works with the original games or only works with repros??? i think if the cartrige is pal it doesn t work

[jacksonramsey]

About four years ago, I purchased a North American SNES and had this modification done for this very purpose. I recently purchased a Japanese Super Game Boy (1). Will it work on my SNES?

[Guyverman]

Can Super Famicom controllers work on SNES?