There is a posting on the NESWorld.com forum that confirms some of my NES conversion frustrations. It seems that there are certain NES games that can't be converted to Playchoice because there isn't a compatible Playchoice PCB.
I've tried several of these games for myself and have had little to no luck. This list should help others avoid future frustrations.
Here is a link to the full NESWorld.com post (login required).
Nintendo Entertainment System / NES Information Board / Re: playchoice game conversion from tecmo bowl boa 06/01/05 at 10:26am
Started by Gundam_Pilot_ | Post by Great Hierophant
Very, very nice. That is the sort of NES collection I would want to build.
As for your question, playchoice PCBs are rather versatile. If you had every board, you could put any licensed NES game on them except for the following:
Any PAL game that requires PAL timing to run properly (don't expect them to work)
Any game that requires a battery (no place for a battery on the PCB)
Any of the following games:
Cobra Triangle
Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition (Captain Skyhawk compatible)
Jeopardy! Junior Edition (Captain Skyhawk compatible)
Solstice
Wheel of Fortune Family Edition (Captain Skyhawk compatible)
Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition (Captain Skyhawk compatible)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Captain Skyhawk compatible)
Wizards & Warriors (Captain Skyhawk compatible)
World Games
Wrestlemania
Deadly Towers
Videomation
Gemfire
Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse
Laser Invasion
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
L'Empereur
Nobunagas Ambition 2
Uncharted Waters
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Dragon Power
Gumshoe
Thunder & Lightning
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Batman: Return of the Joker
Nintendo World Championships 1990
Super Spike V'ball/Nintendo World Cup
Goal! Two
NES Play Action Football
Pro Sport Hockey
Best of the Best: Championship Karate
Paperboy 2
Super Mario Bros./Tetris/Nintendo World Cup
(these all require boards never produced for the playchoice-10 PCB.)
Update 7/15/05 by ChimyFolkButter
Pete,
I saw the list of incompatible games. There are some misprints. Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy games are a Mapper 7 with 128 PRG Vertical which will work on a Captain Skyhawk. I tried the Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy games. I hope this helps someone.
Actually, there are others that should work too like Roger Rabbit, Wizrds & warriors. It looks like they indivdual who tried this didn't have Captain SkyHawk which makes sense since it is a rare board.
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