Plug&Play

Plug&Play

Origin: Toronto Shopping Channel
 # of Games: 15
 Type: Multi-game System

This Plug&Play pirate controller was found by Lloyd Campbell from Sarnia, Ontario. Special thanks to him for making all of this information and pictures possible!

Lloyd found this little gem for $5 and was uncertain if it was a Famiclone or not. I did some research and couldn’t find a single page on any Plug&Play Famiclone models.

Here’s what he had to say about it.

Looks

It has permanently connected av cables and a third cable which I assume is a power plug.

The power connection is a pretty weird shape though. An NES power cable fits in it perfectly. It says TV-450 on the back and has a sticker saying “Import by The Shopping Channel Toronto Canada Made in China”.

It has a similar port to the Famiclone in front (Genesis, Polystation?)

Inside the Plug&Play

Taking a quick look inside, this Plug&Play was indeed a Famicom pirate. Not only did it have the same Polystation controller port, but also very similar features to the various Mega Joy and Super Joy clones.

****IMPORTANT FOR ALL NES FANS TO READ****

Lloyd made the mistake before of plugging an official NES adapter into a Famiclone. It fried! He was not about to have that happen again.

Since there is no mention of the voltage used on the actual device, I made a list of known power sources to present to him in helping choose a safe method:

Mega Joy II (controller) 6V
Polystation III (system) 8V
Regular NES 9V

I recommended for him to go out to Radio Shack and pick up the lowest source on the list, 6V, and hope for the best, or quickly try out a higher voltage.

Lloyd was a bit daring and carefully tried an NES AC adapter in the Plug&Play’s slot and said he got power but only squiggly lines on the screen and some buzzing.

It turns that a SEGA Genesis AC adapter fit perfectly in the AC slot… and, wow, it worked! That’s 10V powering this thing! I certainly do not recommend try powering up your pirated things with that much voltage, but I’m glad it started up! More power to him (no pun intended)!

Here’s Lloyd again describing the actual games on Plug&Play…

After all that, it was hardly worth it. It’s a 15-in-1 with some generic sports games. I checked out the games a little more (not much more) and there’s not much worth playing.


City A and B 2000 are some crappy games where I have no idea what you’re supposed to do.

I’ve included some more pics including one of the soccer game with the date and manufacturer’s name. Even copyrighted!? Wow!

World Cup 2000 is a soccer game.

Winbolton Champ is a tennis game.

W.W.F Law is a crappy wrestling game.

Top Gun Mission is a flying sim (somewhat entertaining and probably the best of the bunch).

Mission Impossible is Top Gun Mission again.

Autumn Hunt is a Duck Hunt rip and UFO Shooting is another gun game – I guess you can hook up a gun of some sort to it. I plugged a “Justifier” gun I have into it and it made the ducks act weird – they just went up and flew into the corner of the screen instead of darting around. The gun wouldn’t register the shots, but then I noticed it needs a power supply. Didn’t know since I’ve never used the gun and don’t even know what system it’s for.

(Sweet sassy molassy! Look what they’ve done to Duck Hunt!)

On The Road, World Rally Champ, Rugged Racer and High Way Star are all variations of the same mildly entertaining racing game.

Boat Race is a racing game (mildly entertaining).

Grand Prix Champ is Boat Race again.

Thanks again to Lloyd, and g’night to everyone else