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Exploring Commercial Products for the NES Expansion Port


Why a vestigial port on a hugely popular console has only gained real capabilities over the last couple of years. Learn about the forgotten NES expansion port.

It offers two key things for potential buyers: First, it adds wireless Bluetooth controller support to the console, and second, it leverages the expansion port to make available expanded sound, something previously possible only with the Famicom Disk System. This past week, Muramasa Entertainment shared video of a separate adapter for the expansion port that makes it possible to run the Famicom Disk System on a North American NES, something that was not easily possible until this mod was created. The focus point of its strategy to bring a CD-ROM-based console to the 16-bit masses, it fell apart after the company decided to screw over its partner, Sony, in favor of Philips, in one of the most-told tales in video game history.

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