Nintendo Cartridge Pinouts!

JerkyX's Nintendo Cart Pinouts

There are 2 versions of the pinouts for the 8Bit Nintendo. One for the old Nintendo and another one for the New Nintendo (slightly remodeled space age looking one).

Old Nintendo Cartridge Pinouts




<<-- Front of cartridge (label side)



                .--------.

            Vss Ś 01  72 Ś Vss

        A11 (c) Ś 02  71 Ś p6 CIC

        A10 (c) Ś 03  70 Ś p7 CIC

        A09 (c) Ś 04  69 Ś D04 (p)

        A08 (c) Ś 05  68 Ś D05 (p)

        A07 (c) Ś 06  67 Ś D06 (p)

        A06 (c) Ś 07  66 Ś D07 (p)

        A05 (c) Ś 08  65 Ś A13 (p)

        A04 (c) Ś 09  64 Ś A12 (p)

        A03 (c) Ś 10  63 Ś A10 (p)

        A02 (c) Ś 11  62 Ś A11 (p)

        A01 (c) Ś 12  61 Ś A09 (p)

        A00 (c) Ś 13  60 Ś A08 (p)

            R/W Ś 14  59 Ś A07 (p)

           /IRQ Ś 15  58 Ś A13 (p)

              ? Ś 16  57 Ś /RAM-SEL

              ? Ś 17  56 Ś /WR

              ? Ś 18  55 Ś ?

              ? Ś 19  54 Ś ?

              ? Ś 20  53 Ś ?

            /RD Ś 21  52 Ś ?

  (V/H) /RAMA10 Ś 22  51 Ś ?

        A06 (p) Ś 23  50 Ś /ROM-EN

        A05 (p) Ś 24  49 Ś D00 (c)

        A04 (p) Ś 25  48 Ś D01 (c)

        A03 (p) Ś 26  47 Ś D02 (c)

        A02 (p) Ś 27  46 Ś D03 (c)

        A01 (p) Ś 28  45 Ś D04 (c)

        A00 (p) Ś 29  44 Ś D05 (c)

        D00 (p) Ś 30  43 Ś D06 (c)

        D01 (p) Ś 31  42 Ś D07 (c)

        D02 (p) Ś 32  41 Ś A14 (c)

        D03 (p) Ś 33  40 Ś A13 (c)

         p2 CIC Ś 34  39 Ś A12 (c)

         p1 CIC Ś 35  38 Ś M2

            Vcc Ś 36  37 Ś Vcc

                `--------'



/xx - Active low pin

(p) - "program ROM"       (program data)

(c) - "character ROM/RAM" (sprite data)

New Nintendo Cartridge Pinouts


<<-- Front of cartridge (label side)



                .--------.

            Vss Ś 01  72 Ś Vss

        A11 (c) Ś 02  71 Ś p7 CIC

        A10 (c) Ś 03  70 Ś Vcc

        A09 (c) Ś 04  69 Ś D04 (p)

        A08 (c) Ś 05  68 Ś D05 (p)

        A07 (c) Ś 06  67 Ś D06 (p)

        A06 (c) Ś 07  66 Ś D07 (p)

        A05 (c) Ś 08  65 Ś A13 (p)

        A04 (c) Ś 09  64 Ś A12 (p)

        A03 (c) Ś 10  63 Ś A10 (p)

        A02 (c) Ś 11  62 Ś A11 (p)

        A01 (c) Ś 12  61 Ś A09 (p)

        A00 (c) Ś 13  60 Ś A08 (p)

            R/W Ś 14  59 Ś A07 (p)

           /IRQ Ś 15  58 Ś /A13 (p)

             nc Ś 16  57 Ś /RAM-SEL

             nc Ś 17  56 Ś /WR

             nc Ś 18  55 Ś nc

             nc Ś 19  54 Ś nc

             nc Ś 20  53 Ś nc

            /RD Ś 21  52 Ś nc

  (V/H) /RAMA10 Ś 22  51 Ś nc

        A06 (p) Ś 23  50 Ś /ROM-EN

        A05 (p) Ś 24  49 Ś D00 (c)

        A04 (p) Ś 25  48 Ś D01 (c)

        A03 (p) Ś 26  47 Ś D02 (c)

        A02 (p) Ś 27  46 Ś D03 (c)

        A01 (p) Ś 28  45 Ś D04 (c)

        A00 (p) Ś 29  44 Ś D05 (c)

        D00 (p) Ś 30  43 Ś D06 (c)

        D01 (p) Ś 31  42 Ś D07 (c)

        D02 (p) Ś 32  41 Ś A14 (c)

        D03 (p) Ś 33  40 Ś A13 (c)

             nc Ś 34  39 Ś A12 (c)

             nc Ś 35  38 Ś M2

            Vcc Ś 36  37 Ś Vcc

                `--------'



/xx - Active low pin

(p) - "program ROM"       (program data)

(c) - "character ROM/RAM" (sprite data)

nc  - no connection

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