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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: missioncontrol on February 11, 2006, 04:38:21 am

Title: extra NES slot
Post by: missioncontrol on February 11, 2006, 04:38:21 am

When I took my NES apart to clean it I noticed on the bottom there was an slot for possible expansion...anybody know what the idea Nintendo had for it?

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: JoyMonkey on February 11, 2006, 08:16:01 am

I think it's for adding the Disk System. I don't think the Disk System was released outside of Japan though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Disk_System

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: missioncontrol on February 11, 2006, 09:34:37 am

very interesting

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: forbiddenlyrics on February 12, 2006, 01:08:07 am

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I think it's for adding the Disk System. I don't think the Disk System was released outside of Japan though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Disk_System

Actually if you look in the pic on the Wikipedia article the Nes 2 is just sitting on the disk system and the Disk System's RAM cart is plugged into the cartridge slot. So what I'm getting at is that the expansion port is not used for the Disk System.

According to the following website the expansion port was planned to be used for a multi-player link that never happened.

http://www.game-machines.com/consoles/nes.php (http://www.game-machines.com/consoles/nes.php)

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: DaemonCollector on February 13, 2006, 06:24:27 pm

The only thing that used that expansion slot was a modem, yes there was an NES modem.

http://www.nesworld.com/nesmodem.htm

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: Otraotaku on February 14, 2006, 09:42:22 am

Quote from: DaemonCollector on February 13, 2006, 06:24:27 pm

The only thing that used that expansion slot was a modem, yes there was an NES modem.

http://www.nesworld.com/nesmodem.htm

Oh, so thats why they release the SNES SAT instead... it all comes together... ^.<

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: DarkBubble on February 16, 2006, 11:10:45 am

Quote from: DaemonCollector on February 13, 2006, 06:24:27 pm

The only thing that used that expansion slot was a modem, yes there was an NES modem.

http://www.nesworld.com/nesmodem.htm

God, I must have REALLY been a nerd in gradeschool.  That thing was advertised in all the major gaming mags of the day.  I'm surprised that so few know of it's existance.  Then again, most gamers my age back then were getting their gaming news from Nintendo Power, rather than Computer Games and Video Entertainment or EGM (back when they were worth reading and didn't have to pull in Seanbaby to get some readers).

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: DaemonCollector on February 16, 2006, 04:18:19 pm

heres a really good article on the Teleplay http://www.lostlevels.org/200310/200310-baton.shtml

Title: Re: extra NES slot
Post by: allroy1975 on February 17, 2006, 03:01:44 am

I'm pretty sure it was only released in Japan and Nintendo had their own online service kinda like AOL with dreams of having online banking etc all through the NES (Famicom). 

It didn't do well.

According to that book I read...and the way I remember it.  :D