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NES Famicom Pinouts

This document provides a pinout sheet comparing the connections between Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) cartridges and Family Computer (Famicom) cartridges. It lists the pin numbers and functions for the top and bottom sides of both NES and Famicom cartridges. Notes are included about how to connect a Super Joy pirate Famicom cartridge to a NES as well as explanations of some key signals and connections.

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NES Famicom Pinouts

This document provides a pinout sheet comparing the connections between Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) cartridges and Family Computer (Famicom) cartridges. It lists the pin numbers and functions for the top and bottom sides of both NES and Famicom cartridges. Notes are included about how to connect a Super Joy pirate Famicom cartridge to a NES as well as explanations of some key signals and connections.

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NES - Famicom Cartridge Pinout Sheet


TOP / PARTS SIDE
NES PIN # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Famicom PIN # Famicom 1 GROUND 2 PRG A11 3 PRG A10 4 PRG A09 5 PRG A08 6 PRG A07 7 PRG A06 8 PRG A05 9 PRG A04 10 PRG A03 11 PRG A02 12 PRG A01 13 PRG A00 14 PRG R / W 15 IRQ 16 GROUND NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC 17 CHR RAM RD 18 VRAM / CHR A10 19 CHR A06 20 CHR A05 21 CHR A04 22 CHR A03 23 CHR A02 24 CHR A01 25 CHR A00 26 CHR D0 27 CHR D1 28 CHR D2 29 CHR D3 NC NC NC NC 30 +5 VOLTS Famicom +5 VOLTS 02 PRG A12 PRG A13 PRG A14 PRG D7 PRG D6 PRG D5 PRG D4 PRG D3 PRG D2 PRG D1 PRG D0 PRG ROM CE SOUND I SOUND O NC NC NC CHR RAM WR VRAM CE CHR A13 CHR A07 CHR A08 CHR A09 CHR A10 CHR A11 CHR A12 CHR A13 CHR D7 CHR D6 CHR D5 CHR D4 NC NC NC Famicom PIN # 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 NC NC NC 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 NES PIN # 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72

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BOTTOM / SOLDER SIDE


NES CLOCK 02 PRG A12 PRG A13 PRG A14 PRG D7 PRG D6 PRG D5 PRG D4 PRG D3 PRG D2 PRG D1 PRG D0 PRG ROM CE EXP 9 EXP 8 EXP 7 EXP 6 EXP 5 CHR RAM WR VRAM CE CHR A13 CHR A07 CHR A08 CHR A09 CHR A11 CHR A10 CHR A12 CHR A13 CHR D7 CHR D6 CHR D5 CHR D4 LOCKOUT CHIP LOCKOUT CHIP GROUND

NES GROUND PRG A11 PRG A10 PRG A09 PRG A08 PRG A07 PRG A06 PRG A05 PRG A04 PRG A03 PRG A02 PRG A01 PRG A00 PRG R / W IRQ EXP 0 EXP 1 EXP 2 EXP 3 EXP 4 CHR RAM RD VRAM / CHR A10 CHR A06 CHR A05 CHR A04 CHR A03 CHR A02 CHR A01 CHR A00 CHR D0 CHR D1 CHR D2 CHR D3 LOCKOUT CHIP LOCKOUT CHIP +5 VOLTS

On a Super Joy pirate Famicom, connect pin 30 to 31 to disable ROMS and enable cartridges VRAM / CHR A10 connects CHR A10 to A10 of the NES's Video RAM (VRAM) to allow the cartridge to select the type of name table mirroring the PPU uses EXP (n) go to the expansion slot on the bottom of the NES and are therefore worthless A " " above a signal indicates ACTIVE LOW (0 volts / ground) Signal 02 goes to the CPU Sound I and O on the Famicom allow the cartridge to add on additional sound to the standard NES circuit (Example: Japanese version of Castlevania 3) CHR A13 and VRAM CE are typically connected together on the cartridge and are used for memory addressing, switching between the top 8k (Name tables, etc) and bottom 8k (Pattern Tables) of the PPU's address space. Note how CHR A10/A11 is flipped on the NES side. Please note this when wiring adapters.

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