The games within my Super Joy 3 (listed in a previous article) are obvious classics, as if they didn’t even really care about copyrights and didn’t try to hide what these games were. The D-pad seems to be only slightly inaccurate, but watch out for the extremely willing to work Reset button, which can often be confused for the start button when you need to pause a game in a hurry. Often times I will find myself hitting the A or B button and getting random reactions or none at all. Underneath all Super Joy units, that I’ve seen, there is a 60 pin connector for running ROM boards (mine had a cover on it) which means your unit is either run off a ROM board or you can use Famicom cartridges with it.Īs you would expect from anything built in China, this thing is cheap and functions as such. Performance seems to be ok, although I can’t compare between the batteries and power adapter. Since I don’t own the right power adapter, I run mine off 4 AA batteries. On the very top left you have the AV outputs, in the middle there is the typical and super cheap looking 9 pin controller port (much cheaper looking than Atari and Sega used) and to the right is the power adapter input and On/Off switch. The Super Joy design has done away with the N64’s trigger and they’ve turned the memory card port into the battery pack holder. More toward the center you have the Reset button next to a slant aligned Start and Select buttons, and a functionless joystick simply screwed on from the inside. Instead of the C buttons, here you have 2 pairs of A and B buttons, one set being standard and the other set for turbo. The D-pad is essentially the same, but its way off to the right of where it should be. To start off, the controls are shoved quite a bit more to the center than they are on the N64 controller. The second thing you’re going to notice is just how cheap and plasticky this thing feels, and that is pretty much the theme throughout. The very first thing you are going to notice when you pick up one of the Super Joy units is the fact that the housing looks a lot like a Nintendo 64 controller, so I will be comparing the two quite a bit.
Today we are going to delve as deep into this thing as we possibly can without getting lead poisoning. Wisdom Boy – Puzzle game of unknown OriginsĮarlier I did a quick once over for the Super Joy 3 that I own, and I didn’t quite go into too much detail. LJN’s Gotcha! I like this one, since the Power Joy is also the light zapper!įamicom Obake no Q Tarou: Wan Wan Panic/ NES Chubby Cherub (w/ drastic changes!) Interesting clone of the Atari game Surround Puss ‘n Boots: Around the World in 80 Days It is noteworthy to say that most of the games packed on the PJ-008 are simply pirated, very few are hacks. That isn’t to say they’re not functional, they’re just not games I enjoyed. Out of the 84 games on the cartridge, there are only a handful of failures.
I honestly think the cartridge alone was worth the $3 I paid for the whole unit! The PJ-008 is packed with playable games, and it even works on the NES, with a Famicom to NES converter. My new Power Joy came with the cartridge, so I had a chance to see what it could offer. A minor drawback is that the A and B buttons (including their turbo counterparts) are backwards, which takes a little time to adjust to. One feature the Super Joy lacks, but I enjoy on the Power Joy, is a fully functional joystick, which is more accurate (just slightly) than the D pad. Here the D pad is still inaccurate, the reset button is much smaller but still too easy to hit in a hurry, the power switch is right above the reset button and start and select are the same. On top of the Power Joy are the controls, which are setup much like the Super Joy’s, but with a few exceptions. The Power Joy does play Famicom cartridges, but the unit isn’t quite big enough to play them comfortably, so your fingers might be cramped until you find a comfortable playing position. Underneath the unit you’ll also find a 60 pin connector and the battery storage, which has an extremely weak feeling cover. The cables are decent in length and don’t get in the way, despite their placement. Black is the new one and blue is the old one.Īt the bottom of the handle is the second controller port, as well as the hardwired AV cables, with optional power input.
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