Glossary

Glossary

A quick reference to the terms you will meet throughout this wiki. Skim it now, then return whenever a word trips you up.

• 72-pin connector: the spring-loaded contact strip inside a front-loader that grips a cartridge's edge. Wear here causes blinking and failed loads.
• Front-loader (NES-001): the original boxy NES where carts slide in horizontally and press down.
• Top-loader (NES-101): the redesigned, slimmer NES where carts insert vertically from the top.
• Famicom: Nintendo's Japanese Family Computer, which uses 60-pin cartridges.
• Flashcart: a cartridge that loads game ROMs from an SD card; the EverDrive N8 Pro is the popular example.
• 72-to-60-pin adapter: a passive converter letting Famicom (60-pin) games run in an NES, or vice versa.
• NESRGB: an add-on board producing clean RGB video for sharp, accurate output on modern screens.
• Expansion (EXP) audio: extra sound channels some Famicom games provide; restoring them enriches certain soundtracks.
• CIC / lockout chip: Nintendo's region-control chip; its mismatch can cause flashing or refusal to boot.
• ROM: a digital copy of a game's data, loaded by a flashcart.
• PCB: printed circuit board, the green board inside the console or cartridge.