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updated compatibility list as of 10/20/11
nes (i am using good since i don't have an actual nes to compare)
- * 1942 - good
* 1943 - good but sound issues
* adventures of bayou billy - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* astyanax - good (lanf)
* baseball - good
* batman - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* battletoads - loads but freezes in second stage / good (Joel Schmidt) / loads but freezes at end of 2nd stage (nickerous)
* bayou billy - good (lanf)
* bible adventures - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* bionic commando - good (lanf)
* blaster master - good
* captain skyhawk - good (lanf)
* castlevania - good
* castlevania ii: simon's quest - good
* castlevania iii: dracula's curse - good
* color caves - does not work (Torokun - suspects it is a cart issue)
* chiller - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* chip 'n' dale: rescue rangers - good (tomselleck)
* commando - good
* contra - good
* crystalis - good (tomselleck)
* dig dug 2 - good
* double dragon - good but sound issues (lanf)
* double dragon 3 - good but sound issues (lanf)
* double dribble - good (themadhacker)
* dr. mario - good but with slight sound unbalance (lanf)
* dragon spirit - good (lanf)
* dragon warrior - good
* dragon warrior ii - good
* dragon warrior iii - good
* dragon warrior iv - good
* duck hunt - no way to test
* dungeon magic: sword of the elements - good
* dusty diamond's all star softball - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* fast break - good (lanf)
* final fantasy - good
* gauntlet (unlicensed) - good
* ghosts 'n goblins - good
* gilligan's island - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* gold medal challange 92 - good (lanf)
* golgo 13 - good (lanf)
* gradius - good
* guardian legend - good - just a note, this did not work on the super 8
* gyromite - good
* hydlide - good
* ironsword: wizards & warriors ii - good
* journey to silius - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* kabuki quantum fighter - perfect (FakePlasticBall)
* kid icarus - good
* kirby's adventure - poor sound (FakePlasticBall)
* klax - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* kung fu - good
* legacy of the wizard - good
* legend of zelda - good
* legendary wings - good
* load runner - good (Torokun)
* magic of scheherazade - good
* maniac mansion - good
* mega man - good
* mega man 2 - good
* mega man 3 - good
* mega man 4 - good
* mega man 5 - good
* mega man 6 - good
* metal gear - good
* metroid - good
* mickey mouscapade - good (lanf)
* mike tyson's punch out!!! - perect (weirdalduke)
* milon's secret castle - good
* m.u.l.e. - good (Torokun)
* ninja gaiden - works but sound issues (lanf)
* ninja gaiden 2 - works but sound issues (lanf)
* pac-man - good
* pac-mania - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* paperboy - does not work - controller is not recognized
* pro wrestling - good (lanf)
* quattro adventure - all 4 games good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* rad racer - good (lanf)
* rad racer 2 - good (lanf)
* rc pro-am - good (lanf)
* rolling thunder - does not work (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* romance of the three kingdoms - good
* shinobi (tengen) - good (lanf)
* spy hunter - good (Franky)
* star tropics - good
* star tropics ii: zoda's revenge - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* strider - perfect (FakePlasticBall)
* sunday funday - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* super c - works but sound issues (lanf)
* super mario bros - good
* Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet - good (Franky)
* super mario bros 2 - good
* super mario bros 3 - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below) / poor sound (FakePlasticBall) / does not work well (weirdalduke)
* super mario bros/duck hunt - smb is good no way to test duck hunt
* tag team wrestling - good (lanf)
* tecmo cup: soccer game - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* tecmo world wrestling - good (lanf)
* teenage mutant ninja turtles - good
* teenage mutant ninja turtles ii: the arcade game - good
* teenage mutant ninja turtles iii: the manhattan project - good
* tetris - good
* tetris 2 - good (lanf)
* track & field 2 - good (lanf)
* trojan - good
* vegavox - good (Torokun)
* vice: project doom - good (Frankie_Says_Relax from video below)
* willow - good (lanf)
* wizards & warriors - good with minor sound issues (lanf)
* world class track meet - good (lanf)
* xevious - perfect (FakePlasticBall)
* yoshi - good
* zelda ii: the adventure of link - good
- * advanced dungeons & dragons: dragons of flame - good
* baseball - good
* best play baseball special - good
* family golf - good
* family jockey -
* family mah jong ii: shanghai he no michi - good
* family stadium baseball '87 - good
* family stadium baseball '88 - good
* family tennis - good
* fighting golf - good
* fire emblem - good
* fire emblem gaiden - good
* golf - good
* mah jong (nintendo) -
* mah jong 1 (seta) - good
* mother - good
* musashi no bouken - good
* soccer - good
* suito homu - good
* super real baseball '88 - good
* tennis - good
- * advanced dungeons & dragons: dragons of flame - good
* adventures of musashi - good
* earthbound zero - good
* sweet home - good
- * bad dudes vs dragon ninja - good (loopy_101)
* batman - good (Thorium)
* Battle of Olympus - good (Franky)
* Blue Shadow - good (Franky)
* The Bugs Bunny Blowout - good (Franky)
* castlevania - good (Thorium)
* castlevania ii: simon's quest - good (Thorium)
* Dragon's Lair - good (Franky)
* Fester's Quest - good (Franky)
* Journey to Silius - The game works, but the music sound is way off. (Franky)
* Kabuki Quantum Fighter - good (Franky)
* Micro Machines - This game should usually require a regular NES game plugged on top of it to work. It works even without that on the Retro Duo. (Franky)
* Nintendo World Cup - good (Franky)
* Pro Wrestling - good (Franky)
* robocop - good (loopy_101)
* Section Z - The game works, but the top part of the screen doesn't scroll properly. (Franky)
* Solstice - good (Franky)
* spot - good (bacteria)
* Star Wars - good (Franky)
* Super Mario Bros. - This is pretty hard to play at the higher speed. (Franky)
* super mario bros./duck hunt - Works fine, although Duck Hunt could do with a zapper and Mario runs a little too fast (loopy_101)
* super mario bros. 3 - good (Thorium)
* Sword Master - The game works, but the music sound is way off. (Franky)
* Top Gun - good (Franky)
* Wrath of the Black Manta - good (Franky)
* Wrestlemania Challenge - good (Franky)
* yoshi's cookie - good (bacteria)
- pal super gameboy - perfect works instantly (Thorium)
- gameboy
- * donkey kong land - perfect
* final fantasy adventure - perfect
* final fantasy legend - perfect
* final fantasy legend ii - perfect
* final fantasy legend iii - perfect
* legend of zelda: link's awakening - perfect
* pokemon blue, red, yellow - all perfect
* super mario land - perfect
* super mario land 2: 6 golden coins - perfect
* tetris - good (Video Game Central from video below)
* wheel of fortune - good (themadhacker)
- * dragon warrior monsters - perfect
* pokemon gold, silver - perfect
* pokemon pinball - perfect
- * donkey kong land - perfect
- * actraiser - good (FakePlasticBall & weirdalduke) / does not work (Torokun)
* aladdin - perfect
* axelay - good (lanf)
* batman returns - good (loopy_101)
* the blues brothers - good (Franky)
* breath of fire ii - good (FakePlasticBall)
* capcom's soccer shoot out - good (lanf)
* choplifter iii: rescue & survive - good (FakePlasticBall)
* chrono trigger - perfect
* donkey kong country - perfect
* donkey kong country 2: diddy's kong quest - perfect
* donkey kong country 3: dixie kong's double trouble - perfect
* drakkhen - good (lanf)
* earthbound - perfect
* earthworm jim 2 - perfect
* f-zero - perfect
* final fantasy iii - good (deeyay)
* final fantasy: mystic quest - perfect
* game genie - good (Video Game Central from video below)
* illusion of gaia - perfect
* james bond jr. - good (FakePlasticBall)
* ka-blooey - good (Franky)
* killer instinct - good (FakePlasticBall)
* kirby's dream land 3 - sometimes works (FakePlasticBall)
* legend of zelda: a link to the past - perfect
* liberty or death - good (FakePlasticBall)
* lufia and the fortress of doom - perfect
* lufia ii: rise of the sinistrals - perfect
* madden 97 - good (FakePlasticBall)
* mario paint - good with mouse (Video Game Central from video below)
* megaman x - good (ShockSlayer)
* megaman x2 - good (ShockSlayer)
* nba showdown - good (lanf)
* nhl '94 - good (Franky)
* nhl '96 - good (themadhacker)
* nigel mansel - good (lanf)
* out of this world - good (Franky)
* peace keepers, the - good (FakePlasticBall)
* phalanx - good (FakePlasticBall)
* pilot wings - good (lanf)
* pro quarterback - good (FakePlasticBall)
* rival turf - good (loopy_101)
* secret of evermore - perfect
* shadowrun - good (FakePlasticBall)
* star fox - perfect
* stargate - good (Franky)
* street fighter 2 - good (lanf)
* super bases loaded - perfect
* super castlevania iv - good (lanf)
* super mario all-stars - perfect
* super mario all-stars + world - good (ShockSlayer)
* super mario kart - pefect (weirdalduke)
* super mario rpg: legend of the seven stars v 1.0- perfect
* super mario world - perfect
* super mario world 2: yoshi's island - perfect
* super punch out!!! - good (Video Game Central from video below)
* super r type - good but one sound channel seems to not work (Torokun)
* super street fighter 2 - good (lanf)
* super tennis - good (lanf)
* teenage mutant ninja turtles: tournament fighters - good (Franky)
* ultima vi: the false prophet - good (FakePlasticBall)
* where in time is carmen sandiego? - good (FakePlasticBall)
* wing commander: the secret missions - good (FakePlasticBall)
- * bahamut lagoon - good (Franky)
* battle dodgeball: tokyu gekitotsu - good (Franky)
* blackthorne - good (Franky)
* chrono trigger - good (Franky)
* der langrisser - good (Franky)
* dragon ball z: super butōden 3 - good (Video Game Central from video below)
* dragon quest v - perfect
* dragon quest vi - perfect
* elfaria - good (Franky)
* eye of the beholder - good (Franky)
* far east of eden zero - good (Franky)
* final fantasy: mystic quest - good (Franky)
* final fantasy iv - perfect (Joel Schmidt)
* final fantasy v - perfect (Joel Schmidt)
* final fantasy vi - perfect (Joel Schmidt)
* final fight 2 - good (Franky)
* fire fighting - good (Franky)
* the firemen - good (Franky)
* front mission - good (Franky)
* front mission: gun hazard - good (Franky)
* gokujou parodius - good (tomselleck)
* kirby superstar - good but has shadowing on title screen (Joel Schmidt)
* pop n' twinbee - good (tomselleck)
* ranma nibunnoichi: hard battle - good (tomselleck)
* rock n' roll racing - good (Franky)
* rockman's soccer - good (tomselleck)
* rockmanx - good (Crockett)
* romancing saga 3 - good (Franky)
* ryuuko no ken (art of fighting) - good (Franky)
* seiken densetsu 2 (secret of mana)- good (Franky)
* seiken densetsu 3 - good (Joel Schmidt)
* septentrion - good (Franky)
* sid meier's civilization - good (Franky)
* sim city jr. - good (Franky)
* starfox - good (Franky)
* street fighter ii - good (Franky)
* street fighter ii turbo - good (Franky)
* super donkey kong (donkey kong country) - good (Franky)
* super gatchapon world sd gundam x - good (Franky)
* super castles - good (Franky)
* super metroid - good (Crockett)
* super street fighter ii - good (Franky)
* syvalion - good (Franky)
* tactics ogre: let us cling together - good (Franky)
* tales of phantasia - good (Franky)
* wonder project j - good (Franky)
- * secret of mana 2 - perfect
- * actraiser - good (deeyay)
* axelay - good (deeyay)
* batman forever - good (loopy_101)
* blazing skies - good (loopy_101)
* darius twin - good (deeyay)
* desert strike - good (loopy_101)
* donkey kong country - does not work (Gatchan)
* earthworm jim - good (Leolio31)
* earthworm jim 2 - good (Leolio31)
* f-zero - good (Crockett)
* flashback - good (loopy_101)
* hyper zone - good (Thorium)
* illusion of time - does not work (deeyay)
* jurassic park - good (Thorium)
* Kirby's Fun Pak - does not work (Franky)
* The Lawnmower Man - good (Franky)
* The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - good (Franky)
* parodius - good (tomselleck)
* plok - does not work (Thorium)
* pro action replay mk 2.t - perfect
* Rise of the Robots - good (Franky)
* Shaq-Fu - good (Franky)
* secret of mana - does not work (Leolio31)
* Starwing - This game has serious graphic issues. See this post for more info.
* street fighter ii - good (deeyay)
* super castlevania iv - good (deeyay)
* Super Game Boy - It took a lot of tries to get this to work. The upper connector might be going bad though.
* super mario all stars - does not work (Gatchan)
* super mario all stars + super mario world - doesn't work, shows the wrong region message (loopy_101)
* super mario kart - good (Video Game Central from video below)
* super mario world - good (deeyay)
* super metroid - does not work (deeyay)
* super probotector: alien rebels - good (deeyay)
* super r-type - good (deeyay)
* super smash tv - good (deeyay)
* super swiv - good (deeyay)
* super tennis - good (deeyay)
* terranigma - does not work. this upset me. if my understanding is correct, this game has the strongest form of lock out available. however, it does work when using the pro action replay mk 2.t.
* top gear - good (deeyay)
* Virtual Soccer - good (Franky)
* Wing Commander - good (Franky)
* yoshi's cookie - good (bacteria)
do you want to be able to play the nes side of the retro duo using nes controllers? see this handy site and thank vomitsaw! basically, it's just as simple as swapping around two wires!Franky wrote:If you want more games for your compatibility list, you can check mine here, I update it somewhat regularly: http://rdpal.blogspot.com/2008/07/compa ... -list.html
use this "diagram" with the above site if you do not understand.
nes wires / snes wires
brown = brown
yellow = red
orange = orange
red = yellow
white = white
taken from herelovablechevy wrote:oh, and for those wondering, this capacitor connected to the power switch IS important.
that is what was not allowing super mario rpg to work. i was nearly at my whits end trying to figure out why it wasn't working. on a whim, i decided to hook that little thing back up that i had heard from many wasn't important. and BOOM! game booted instantly. so, contrary to popular belief, it is a very important thing to have!
~taken from page 8Life of Brian wrote:Here's a tip if you're connecting just the SNES portion of the Retro Duo. The pinout is mislabeled, so follow what the pictures say:
Also, here's a pinout of the Retro Duo's controllers:
here is how to wire a retro duo controller up to the system for quick and easy reference:
here's the pinout for original snes controllers:
this "diagram" shows retroduo controller wires compared to original snes controller wires:
brown = brown
red = red
yellow = orange
blue = yellow
white = white
~reworded from ABCinc from page 19
~taken from page 9Life of Brian wrote:More hacking info! Assuming you're using just the SNES portion for a portable, here's how you bypass the power switch after it's been desoldered:
You can now put a switch of your choice between your power supply and the power input of the board.
~taken from page 11Life of Brian wrote:I have some more information about the Retro Duo. Naturally, I have pictures.
Here is a pinout for a 2nd player port. Just connect these to the matching spots labeled on the Retro Duo:
I noticed that the new revision of the board corrected the error regarding where to put 5v and GND:
Also, the mysterious place where a 7805 could go for a PAL version is now gone:
Here's the old board for comparison:
And here's the date on the old board with the mislabeled section and unused pins.
~taken from this threadTrstn18 wrote:The pinout is as follows: with the controller ports facing towards you and the cartridge connector facing up, in the back left hand corner of the SNES board there are seven connections.
*pin one is labeled as ground, but when I traced it it registered as +5 volts (and my setup works with that configuration.)*
okay, so figuring out some faulty labeling on the motherboard...
Back left corner connections:
1=+5volts
2=Ground
3=Left audio
4=Chroma
5=Luma
6=Right audio
7=Composite Video
I payed no attention to the 10 connections on the top right side of the board as that has to do with the NES pins, and I removed that permanently, but my friend has confirmed that is labeled correctly.
For the Front 12 Pinouts I can only give you the color coded controller matchup, but as you only connect controllers to this port that should be just fine.
The wire colors in the Retro Duo controller are yellow, red, blue, white, and brown.
1= not used
2= not used
3= Player 1&2 Yellow
4= Player 1 Red
5= Player 1 Blue
6= Player 1&2 White
7= Player 2 Blue
8= Player 1&2 Yellow
9= Player 2 Red
10= Player 1&2 Brown
11= not used
12= not used
*note* there is a capacitor in the center of the controller board. Remove this capacitor and solder it between connections 10 & 6 (that is if you are intending to remove this board)
This setup works perfectly for me (aside from the audio)
hope this helps! : )
~taken from page 18gamemasterful wrote:Everyone seems to have problems with the sound of the NES side of the Retroduo. I think I found a fix for this.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthr ... ?p=1566335" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also I found another hack to add a 50/60 Hz switch to the SNES side, and 5 replies down, a commentor suggests how to fix the video of the SNES side.
http://www.gatchan.net/index.php?archiv ... erendipity" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;[lang_selected]=en
Not sure if these have been discovered before but I'd thought I'd share.
~taken from page 18Ace_1 wrote:There's actually more to the sound fix than just that capacitor. I found out, while looking at my FC Twin's NES sound circuit, that there's not only a capacitor missing on the RetroDuo's NES sound circuit, but there's also a RESISTOR missing from the circuit, and if it's not present, the sound will be okay, but very rough.
The resistor in question is 2.2Kohms. It need to be soldered on a transistor on the RetroDuo's NES board(I don't remember which one it was, and I don't have my RetroDuo with me to check)
EDIT: The 2.2Kohm resistor goes between the top pin and the bottom-left pin of transistor Q8 on the NES board. Apply that resistor and the 0.1uF capacitor(electrolytic or ceramic, it doesn't matter), and you will get the best NES audio possible out of the RetroDuo.
~taken from page 18Ace_1 wrote:Tried the video fix for the Super NES side with a 470uF capacitor. The static is STILL visible, but it's almost cleared up completely(it's very faint, now; before the video fix, the static was clearly visible on EVERY game I played). A word of note: if you're using the standard RetroDuo video amp for the NES side when performing the Super NES Composite video fix, the Super NES Composite will be darker than it should, but you can do this to improve the Super NES video and make the NES video a little more saturated so that the colors come out better:
-Cut the part of the NOAC ribbon cable that carries the NES video
-Cut the part of the shared ribbon cable that carries all video signals(Composite, Chroma/Luminance)
-Solder 2 75ohm resistors in series(or a single 150ohm resistor) from the NOAC Composite output on the NOAC board to the Composite plug
This will darken the NES Composite a little bit and make the colors a little more saturated so that the video matches that of a Front-Loader NES a little more, and, in turn, will brighten the Super NES Composite. With this, however, you will lose NES S-Video
scroll down to see pictures and read a review.
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hey guys! i haven't noticed this system mentioned anywhere here. it looks to be much better than the fc twin. it can play super mario rpg and games with the fx chip perfectly. it also claims to play castlevania iii perfectly. anyway, here are some links!
http://store.gameasylum.us/reduo8bit16b1.html
unboxing video
review & setup
user video review part 1
user video review part 2
nes compatibility testing video part 1
nes compatibility testing video part 2
nes & snes compatibility testing videos: part 1, part 2, & part 3
Digital Press forums Retro Duo information
3d realms retro duo information
enjoy!
