Users are able to save as much information as they’d like to any given tape. Wrecking Crew - Saves up to 4 user made levels at one timeĬastle Excellent - Saves all in game progress. Mach Rider - Saves 1 user made track as well as high scores for all 3 modes The following is a list of what each game saves to the Famicom Data Recorderįamily BASIC - Save Programs/ Background dataĮxcitebike - Saves 1 user made track and the best time associated with it. However, the prototype of the American version shown with the 1984 AVS does include a counter. The Famicom Data Recorder does not include a counter. It is definitely possible to do though because various other people have done it. Saving is far more complicated and I have yet to do it successfully with anything other than a tape deck. Any audio device with a 3.5mm jack should be compatible. Technically, you don’t even need the tape deck to load. Everything is controlled manually by the user. The Famicom/NES cannot control the position of the tape. For Castle Excellent and Lode Runner, Testing was done on an American NES using an Everdrive N8 and again, a generic tape recorder, I see no reason why it would not work on a Famicom with original cartridges. All save data is region free between PAL and NTSC. PAL released games are compatible ! (same titles as USA) Testing was done using an AVS set to PAL video mode, and an everdrive running PAL ROMs of Excitebike, Mach Rider, and Wrecking Crew. Data recorder support can be added to any NES console with this circuit, or with use of a Family Keyboard attached to a modified Enio Expansion Board. In the United States, support was preemptively left in Mach Rider, Excitebike, and Wrecking Crew. Those are Family BASIC, Excitebike, Wrecking Crew, Mach Rider, Lode Runner, and Castle Excellent. Tape Deck loading works with 6 Japanese Famicom titles. I do not have access to an actual data recorder, but I have extensively used a generic tape deck with both the Famicom, and more Recently, an NES using a slightly modified Enio Expansion board. Links included are to videos examples of tape drive in action unless noted
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