76-in-1 Famicom Cart

76-in-1 Famicom Multi-Cart
By: The Collector

Origin: Tsang Hai
 # of Games: 76
 Type: Famicom Game Cart

If there’s one thing certain about the Famicom pirate multi-cart market, it’s that most of the time, cartridges advertise many games, but end up repeating titles with different names to fill the quota. While technically the pirates are keeping their end of the bargain, this technique is very cheap. Since the pirates don’t have anyone to answer to, though, they can do whatever they please, so long as they get money out of it.

There are exceptions to this certainty, however, and the 76-in-1 multi-cart is one of them. A standard Famicom pirate cart, the 76-in-1 was created by a company called Tsang Hai. The cover features the usual assortment of lifted art featuring games that aren’t on the cartridge (like Adventure Island, which is definitely not on here). One would believe that this is just another low-quality knock-off, but the facts speak differently.

This is hands-down one of the best multi-carts ever made, the reason being that the pirates kept their promise. There really are 76 games on this cart, with no repeats. The selection is very solid, featuring unheard of titles and old favorites. (it even contains one of the Collector’s personal favorites, Milk and Nuts). Meanwhile, the plain menus, while not innovative, are easy to navigate, and most of the titles are in their original form (with some alterations, but nothing too bad).

This cartridge was found at a shop called Crazy Rick’s (I’m not making this store up), located on the Saint Tomas Virgin Islands. I was in the second grade, and my parents and I happened into Crazy Rick’s, which had a game on display that had 76 NES games on it, many of which I never heard of. The cart came in two parts (later identified as the Famicom game and the converter), which I thought was odd, but I wasn’t going to question it. I believe both the converter and the cartridge cost around $70 (though the bill was higher, because we got two Game Boy games as well). I only found out within the last two years that my beloved 76-in-1 was a pirate multi-cart, a fact that I thought was really neat, since I had grown accustomed to having it.

Look through the screenshots to see the vast selection of quality picks.

It’s also worth mentioning that while capturing the screens for this feature, I stumbled across one that mysteriously appeared in my files for a 64-in1.

Everything looks the same as the 76 version, but with fewer games (obviously). The thing of it is, these pictures are mine, I believe, meaning that the cartridge seemed to boot up like this without me noticing! I’ve never seen this happen before and I haven’t been able to replicate this phenomenon. The Collector is genuinely freaked out by this.