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Misc. => Off-Topic Chat => Topic started by: ClassicGameLabs on August 20, 2006, 08:58:39 pm

Title: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ClassicGameLabs on August 20, 2006, 08:58:39 pm

I got linked to this site through a nes forum by JC.I only presently own 3 Famicom cibs in my collection,but need famicom and disk system to play mario2 disk cib.looking forward to pickin some brains about Famicom info and what not here,+ meet some felleow game Geeks who enjoy this stuff as much as I do.
                    Yours truly
                     Ryan Lee
        Classic Gaming Laboratory's
                            ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on August 20, 2006, 09:30:04 pm
Welcome aboard. :D
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Post by: JC on August 20, 2006, 09:37:25 pm
Awesome, Ryan! By all means...pick, pick, pick!

:D Nice personal message. ;)
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Post by: ClassicGameLabs on August 20, 2006, 09:39:21 pm
Thanks man.Great job on the site just gettin my profile set up.As I presently struggle with the birth of building Classic Gaming Laboratory's web site,I can appreciate all the hard work you guys have put into this site to get it this far,congrats and good luck. ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Slushie on August 22, 2006, 11:18:54 pm
Welcome to the site/forum. ;D

Great place to talk about the Famicom, whenever I get any Famicom/FDS question, this is the first place I come.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 26, 2006, 10:51:57 am
This is the official stickied thread for introducing yourself.

I'm Jerah, been playing Famicom for only few months, but love the NES. I'm an administrator here (thanks to JL) and I've been making all the changes you see here and on Famicom World.

Famicom World (http://www.famicomworld.com/)
My Trade/Want List (http://www.famicomworld.com/Personal/JC/NES.htm)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on August 26, 2006, 11:41:07 am
I'm Josh, the webmaster of Famicom World. I've been a Famicom gameplayer since December 2004, when my friend gave me Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Famicom for Christmas. I also got a pirated Famicom that day, so I played it. :) I'm a big fan of video games and game shows.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: KennyB on August 27, 2006, 12:41:34 am
Hey my name is Kenny , i'm 21 years old and i'm from Belgium.  Sadly there aren't much famicom games in belgium so i have to pick them up cheap from ebay. Wich explains why i only have like 4 games  ;D I don't have a famicom but i've got a clone. I mostly collect for the NES and other main stream consoles like super nintendo and master sytem...... My other hobbies are playing soccer and foosball. I still go to school and i have a girlfriend for about 3 years and a couple of months ( i've lost the count  ;D) If there's anything else you guys want to know , just ask  8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on August 27, 2006, 11:47:25 am
Hi! I found this site and forums through the guys of nesforums.com.
My name's Manuel, I'm 27 years old, from Germany and I love old games, especially Famicom and stuff.
I'm still a student in Munich University. My major is Japanese Studies, my two minors are Chinese Studies and Theoretical Linguistics.
And yeah, I can speak and read Japanese. :) That's why I even enjoy Japanese RPGs (@JC ;))
Looking forward to some good conversations with you guys.

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on August 27, 2006, 12:39:12 pm
Welcome, :).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on August 29, 2006, 04:19:17 am
Tutor?
I could answer short questions if you have. ;)
I don't have too much time recently, though. Busy with university. :-\
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on August 29, 2006, 11:21:18 am
Yeah, that sucks...I'm learning Japanese next summer myself. I bought a "Japanese for dummies" book, an I'm going to do a few pages a day or so.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Toneman on August 30, 2006, 06:25:24 am
I'm Antione Rosario (as in Rosario Dawson), from the USA in the state of Virginia. I'm into retro import systems such as the Famicom, Super Famicom, PC Engine and the Sega Saturn that died too early due to Western Anti-2D propaganda. I'm kinda blindly learning Japanese on my own a bit. I can read katakana and that's it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nes_pwnerer on August 30, 2006, 10:21:50 pm
Hey everybody, I'm Bryan. I'm 16 and have been collecting classic games for a year now (NES, SNES, Genesis, etc...) my favourite being the NES. As fate would have it, I have dipped my foot in the Famicom world by having a 31-in-1 multicart and Rockman 4 (played on NES via converter and Game Genie )for a while now and now looking to purchase a Famicom to extend my sights.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 31, 2006, 01:09:06 pm
Awesome, man. You'll love the Famicom. Welcome, and I hope you stick around.
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Post by: nes_pwnerer on August 31, 2006, 01:26:06 pm
Oh, I will.  ;D
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Post by: Slushie on September 05, 2006, 02:34:07 pm
Hi, I'm Joey, I'm from Canada and love Nintendo.

I love to play all the Nintendo Systems I have been able to play. Nintendo just has a way of making their systems and games that's just so amazing.

I have always been interested in the Famicom, but have never known much about it, or have a Famicom System. That's one of the reasons I love this site and forum, I want to start and get some Famicom Games and I can come here to get all the info on them.

A reason I am really starting to love the Famicom is it has so many amazing games that didn't make it anywhere beyond the Famicom. Now there are tons of new games I can play that I never knew existed.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Stan Hansen on September 05, 2006, 02:49:24 pm
hi uh, im Stan Hansen, and i lariat things for a living.

I love all things old school nintendo (NES, SNES) but havent really gotten into Famicom. FamicomJL is a friend of mine who asked me to join the board in hopes of learning a thing or too about the awesomeness that is the Famicom.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on September 05, 2006, 02:58:17 pm
You ARE a huge Super Famicom fan, though. :) Those Japanese Puro games are AWESOME.
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Post by: Doc on September 06, 2006, 11:22:11 am
Ok, that was awesome.
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Post by: JC on September 06, 2006, 11:46:38 am
You know, I'm not much into kinky bondage. :-*
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Post by: Bowserman on September 09, 2006, 03:25:52 pm
Hello guys.
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Post by: JC on September 09, 2006, 10:21:53 pm
Um...who are you -- you didn't say... ???
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Ipex on September 09, 2006, 11:10:43 pm
Hey, my name is Jefferson I'm from Brazil, São Paulo capital. I'm from the NES/Famicon Forum www.nes.com.br/forum, I'm no collector but do appreciate games from both NES and Famicon. I think that collect costs for games, consoles and accessories in good conditions is really great, therefore I pay more attention to the fun it provides.
Congratulations for the Site and for forum, I wait to be able
to participate frequent and to make many friendships. They have Faith in the Church of the invisible Famicom!

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on September 09, 2006, 11:14:50 pm
Welcome, Jefferson!

It's good to have you here. You Brazilians are lucky -- you have great pirate games in Brazil. I've tried to get some, but they are hard to come by. You should hook me up with some!

Hope you stick around. Thanks for joining.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: wimpy27 on September 09, 2006, 11:22:29 pm
Welcome Ipex, I'm also new, I'm also from São Paulo, Brazil.

JC, If I found out something interesting here, I'll post in the Store so we can trade or something!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on September 09, 2006, 11:24:53 pm
Welcome, wimpy27! Good to see two new members from so far away.

I think that gives us Americans, Canadians, Brazilians and at least one guy from Japan!

EDIT: And some Europeans. I think one's a German.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Ipex on September 09, 2006, 11:28:50 pm
Quote from: JC on September 09, 2006, 11:14:50 pm
Welcome, Jefferson!

It's good to have you here. You Brazilians are lucky -- you have great pirate games in Brazil. I've tried to get some, but they are hard to come by. You should hook me up with some!

Hope you stick around. Thanks for joining.



Thanks a lot!  Here in Brazil Cartridges pirates they do not lack, soon I will place photos of original Cartridges and Pirates who I have here. [Abs]
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on September 09, 2006, 11:54:39 pm
Welcome, Ipex and wimpy! Hope both of you stay. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: super56k on September 14, 2006, 10:53:53 pm
Just noticed this thread.  So, here goes....

Hello,  I'm Matthew.  I am a twenty-one years old and I live in the great United States of America!!!......  *cough*
Anyhoo.  I am Currently enrolled in colledge with my major being Network Administration.  (One more semester left.... whoo hoo!) 
I am currently learning Japanese and I have been an avid gamer since 1995!  I drive a "Claret Red" 1991 Plymouth Acclaim.

I currently own...
Nintendo FAMICOM <-- In the mail, should be here tomarrow.
Nintendo Entertainment System x2
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Game Cube x2
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy Pocket x2
Nintendo Gameboy Color x2
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP x2
Nintendo Game Boy Micro
Nintendo DS
Sega Genesis 1
Sega Genesis 2
Sega Game Gear
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Sony Playstation x2
Sony Playstation 2 x2
Atari Super Pong
Atari 2600 x2
Atari 5200 4-port

All of my systems are completely modified to play any region game as well as backups, except for the PS2 GCN and DC.  These will be modded within the next few months.

I plan to Purchase a Nintendo DS Lite and I will purchase a Nintendo Wii as well.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on September 15, 2006, 07:30:01 am
Dang, that's a lot of gaming. Welcome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shrimp on September 20, 2006, 04:44:06 pm
I'm Kristofer and I'm from Sweden.
This is actually the first time I introduce myself at a forum, I dunno why I haven't before. Some might know me from other forums, usually by the nickname shrimp or sometimes as kralleman.
I've been lurking around here a little and thought I might as well register as it is a great forum. First time I really looked into the forum was when I was on the hunt for info on how to replace the FDS-drive belt. I still haven't done it as I'm waiting for the new belt to arrive from Japan. Anyhow... The Famicom is a great system and I hope this site along with these forums will grow to be the ultimate Famicom-source on the internet.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on September 20, 2006, 05:52:18 pm
Thanks, shrimp. And welcome! :D

Yeah, I've seen you around NES World before, and I'm glad you've finally made the jump and signed up!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on September 20, 2006, 07:56:46 pm
Good to see you here! (Been wondering who that I.P. came from...)
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Post by: shthree on September 22, 2006, 04:11:04 pm

hello, I'm kevin from NW england & I've got a thing for famicom pirates & clones. I've not actively been collecting for some time but that's 'cause I completely ran out of space for more stuff. I'm currently trimmig down my varied collection & plan on sticking to the stuff I really like - famistuff, dev stuff & atari st/falcon things.

so hello from me :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: chains on October 04, 2006, 03:49:09 pm
Wow!!!

More brazilian friends! I am also from Brazil!  8)

Ipex, eu não sabia que você postava aqui seu maldito! \o/
[sorry to non-portuguese-speakers, but i need to post this in portuguese.. the translation goes below]
Ipex, I didn't know u used to post here too! \o/

Glad to see u guys!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on October 04, 2006, 06:31:51 pm
Very awesome. :) Great to have members from all parts of the globe! That was one of my goals, to not have just U.S. posters. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nickv on October 07, 2006, 12:19:48 pm
Hello everyone!
My name is Nick Vannan, I Live in Toronto Canada. 22 years old and i collect Video Games and Old Vinyl. I just recently (a week ago) received the Famicom off ebay from Japan, as well as a Disk System from Vancover BC. Here in Toronto its not particularly easy to find games for the famicom but i find some pirate carts everyonce in a while.
I have:
Nes x5
Snes x4
Virtual Boy
Gameboy, advanced, ds, ds lite
Dream Cast  x2
Genesis, 2, 3 x 5
Game Gear
Saturn x3
Sega CD
Panasonic 3DO
PSP x2
XBOX 360
PS2
Gamecube
Atari 2600 x2

Ive always wanted a famicom unit and now i have one, though i think its broken and the belt in my disk system is defiantly broken. I look forward to talking with all of you.
Thanks!
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Post by: manuel on October 07, 2006, 04:05:40 pm
Let me be the first to say welcome to the board. ;D
That's sure a lot of consoles. :D
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Post by: natedogg on October 10, 2006, 07:36:27 am
Greetings to everyone! I'm Aki, from Finland and i'm 22.

Started playing about 15-16 years ago with the NES. I collect all things Nintendo, so i rarely buy games for other machines.

I also have mainly been on my own country's boards, so you probably would not have seen me elsewhere until now, although i do occasionally read foreign boards, but not post to them.

E: oh, and please do correct me if my English is bad, cause it's a bit rusty.  That way i'll learn.  :D

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shrimp on October 10, 2006, 11:02:52 pm
Yay! More Scandinavian collectors :). Welcome!
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Post by: Doc on October 11, 2006, 01:52:11 pm
Welcome everyone!
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Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on October 29, 2006, 03:03:45 pm
Hi there!
This is not only my presentation, but my very first post!
I'm Yoshitake, from Brazil, playing Famicom since 1987!
YEAH!  ;D
I have lots of videogames, 25+ different platforms, but
my beloved machine surely is the Famicom!
It is a pleasure to find this community, where I hope to
share knowledge and meet people!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on October 29, 2006, 03:34:53 pm
Welcome, Yoshitake! We've had a few Brazilians come and go. I hope you stick around.

I checked out your website. Nice! :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on October 29, 2006, 03:52:31 pm
Quote from: JC on October 29, 2006, 03:34:53 pm
Welcome, Yoshitake! We've had a few Brazilians come and go. I hope you stick around.

I checked out your website. Nice! :)


Thank you!
I saw the profiles of two brazilian Famicom players here!
I know both of them! ipex and wimpy27!
They are friends of mine! (not so, I think, because they never told me about this community!)
About my website, I need time to translate all text to English and to put photos of all my
videogame items! To say the truth, I was unemployed and suffering the pain of selling
games of my own collection to survive! Thanks God I found a great new job!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on October 30, 2006, 04:04:27 am
Welcome aboard! :)
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Post by: Cospefogo on October 31, 2006, 10:48:40 am
Yes.
Definitely yes. We are from the same place.
We whom? Cospefogo The Preacher and Yoshitake the Prophet.
Both from the depths of the Invisible Famicom Church.

This is a very nice and promising website!
Keep the fight up, guys!

It's nice to be here.
Cospefogo.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on October 31, 2006, 11:34:35 am
Welcome! It's nice to see another Brazilian posting on the forum. Looks like you and Yoshitake have some cool websites. :)
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Post by: Doc on October 31, 2006, 12:20:20 pm
Welcome aboard!
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Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on November 04, 2006, 10:32:03 am
Hauahauh!!  :D
I know them all!
ipex, wimpy and chains!!!
Coool!!!
Let's post here, guys!!!
Don't give up!
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Post by: Japan-Games.com on November 18, 2006, 12:52:21 am
Hey Guys

I didn't really see an introduction section so I thought I'd post here.  I have a site called Japan-Games.com which has pictures and information about Japanese video games.  My job if a full time reseller.  I just posted some items in other threads.

If you have any questions or information I'd be happy to help.  I should have a link trade up and running with this site when I do my next site update in December/January (sorry for the delay!).

Thanks,
Eric
Japan-Games.com
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on November 18, 2006, 06:13:21 am
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=200.30

:D

And welcome! I hope you stay a lot here. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on November 18, 2006, 08:06:34 am
Merged your intro with the intro thread, Eric.

Welcome! :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on December 07, 2006, 12:05:30 pm
Have you ever done any NSF covers?  Those are fun to do! (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/Themes/famicomworld/images/post/cheesy.gif)
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on December 08, 2006, 04:17:46 pm
Redoing NES music for NES? ??? I try to do stuff from other consoles, Like Wind Waker (http://www.2a03.org/2A03/incoming/covers/jedi_questmaster_-_dragon_roost_island.nsf).
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Post by: Switchstance on December 31, 2006, 02:42:45 pm
Hi, I'm Switchstance, from the south of Argentina. I'm MOD and Staff member from Argentine site Retrogaming, I've been playing Famicom games since I'm 7, I'm 24 now, I have a long long collection of videogames, including other systems (mostly 8-16bits), I've been done 6502 programming tutorials and writing / translating docs about Nintendo Entertainment system, and in 1998 I release the first argentine Emulator for the NES, not very good, I quit all that, and now I only do reviews, write technical articles and stuff. I just meet the site a long time ago searching for some labels (when I buy I usually try to find the original label to not buy a cheap pirate-copy) so I think it's a great resource of FAMICOM/FDS. I don't speak english very often, I work in a newspaper doing graphic design. So that's all. Regards guys, nice site, and excuse my lack of english-grammar.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on January 01, 2007, 10:30:46 am
Cool and welcome! :D You ought to share with us what it's like buying and playing Famicom in Argentina. We've got some Brazilians who check in here from time to time. I wonder if the Famicom experience is the same for you as it is for them. And I'm glad you enjoy FW. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: hattg on January 06, 2007, 03:46:46 pm
Greetings everyone. Just introducing myself. I don't really collect Famicom stuff, but I do have about 40 carts. Maybe that does make me a collector?  :-)  Actually I collect NES, of which I have 759 I believe at last count, not counting variations. Just about all of them. Actually I found this site through NESWorld.

Got here because today I picked up 16 Famicom carts, including 6 Family Trainer carts and wanted to see if there were pics so I could ID which ones I have?

Probably won't hang out here much, but will pop in every now and again to check things out.

Gary
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on January 06, 2007, 08:02:08 pm
Welcome. Place to come for Famicom info. Don't have pics of much, but you can search the games list by IDs for some of the carts. Ask vealchop about Family Trainer. He's got almost all of them.
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Post by: dj9_volt on January 12, 2007, 03:39:29 pm
Real Name is Brad Paine Jr.

Love the famicom would like to have one with the disk system so i can do some game hacking and hopefully make my own.

Saw some of the stashes on here and was thinking woah

to all of you with those huge stashes, keep on collecting.


BTW I am a famiclone I wonder which one i am.

til then

Cheerz

Brad "DJ 9-V" Paine
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 12, 2007, 04:38:33 pm
What do you mean by game hacking? ???
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Post by: dj9_volt on January 12, 2007, 07:33:21 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on January 12, 2007, 04:38:33 pm
What do you mean by game hacking? ???


changing sprites, pretty much making the game different from teh original
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 12, 2007, 07:38:41 pm
I do that on my laptop. ;D But on the Disk System?
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Post by: dj9_volt on January 13, 2007, 04:52:34 am
pretty much i wan to be able to make game hacks on the computer than write them to disk so i can play them on actual hardware
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Post by: FamicomFreak on January 31, 2007, 07:45:25 am
Quote from: JC on January 01, 2007, 10:30:46 am
Cool and welcome! :D You ought to share with us what it's like buying and playing Famicom in Argentina. We've got some Brazilians who check in here from time to time. I wonder if the Famicom experience is the same for you as it is for them. And I'm glad you enjoy FW. :)


I'm pretty sure is not as different as buying famicom carts in Peru. In Peru when I used to live I wasl ike 7 at that time there were tons of famicom carts for sale around 5 soles around 2dollars in US money. mostly all of them were pirated tough. Pirate heaven I guess.
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Post by: feba on February 10, 2007, 03:58:08 am
Hi YESTERDAY i find this site and this forum...I LOVE FAMICOM...love a versione ntsc of nintendo...I LOVE!!i don't know that exist a site ONLY FOR FAMICOM!!!
Buy a famicom is always a dream...but i WIN FAMICOM VERSION AV:

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300076967859&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:IT:1

...i hope of find new USER FAMICOM

HELLO ALL!!!

feba
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Post by: Doc on February 10, 2007, 06:54:49 am
Welcome, and NICE DEAL! :)
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Post by: Nickv on February 10, 2007, 11:22:35 am
Hello and welcome !!! ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on February 10, 2007, 12:36:32 pm
Come to think of it, where did Yoshitake go?

And if you haven't introduced yourself yet, why not? :P
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Post by: JC on February 10, 2007, 04:33:30 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on February 10, 2007, 12:36:32 pm
Come to think of it, where did Yoshitake go?


That's a good question. I was hoping to trade more stuff with him. :(
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Post by: Josh on February 11, 2007, 01:41:47 pm
What?!  No!!!!!  That was the auction I wanted to win, but my Internet connection was down and I couldn't bid!  Please please please, I'll do anything to take that AV Famicom off your hands!

Here's the thread I made about it a while ago!

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=643.0
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on February 11, 2007, 02:23:45 pm
Quote from: JC on January 01, 2007, 10:30:46 am
Cool and welcome! :D You ought to share with us what it's like buying and playing Famicom in Argentina. We've got some Brazilians who check in here from time to time. I wonder if the Famicom experience is the same for you as it is for them. And I'm glad you enjoy FW. :)


Thanks man! Sorry for the delay, too much wok, I have some cool pics, I try to upload soon so you can enjoy a lot of a lot of stuff that you can get here :D
I'm open for trades too.
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Post by: feba on February 11, 2007, 03:22:10 pm
HI josh..sorry...but war much time that i take famicom...you can search now the famicom in ebay!

feba
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on February 12, 2007, 01:35:00 pm
Regards FEBA, nice AV Famicom ;)
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Post by: Retroman on February 14, 2007, 09:57:55 am
Same as the 1st time I was invited to join before those idiots at YouSuck...I mean YouTube killed your account.
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Post by: Doc on February 14, 2007, 07:45:39 pm
Welcome aboard!

And another screwed over youtube member, lol. :D
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Post by: Retroman on February 14, 2007, 07:58:50 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on February 14, 2007, 07:45:39 pm
Welcome aboard!

And another screwed over youtube member, lol. :D


Thank you. I sent you an e-mail this morning regarding the way YouTube treat the members especially that prick xanfan5378. Thanks for the welcome.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Flash1087 on March 07, 2007, 09:44:46 pm
Hey, everybody. My name's Flash1087, Flash for short, or Ms. Jackson if you're nasty. I'll try to keep this brief.

I discovered Famicom World through a link on Lost Levels, in a thread discussing the special prize versions of Famicom Golf. It seemed like a fun enough place, so here I am! I'm looking forward to talking Famicom shop with everyone here.

And, if anyone's interested, my favorite genres of music are punk and ska, outside of video games I also play drums and collect comic books, and my favorite James Bond is Roger Moore.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 07, 2007, 09:54:31 pm
Welcome, Ms. Jackson. 8) Haven't kept up with the punk/ska scene, but we're cool enough here. ;)
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Post by: Flash1087 on March 07, 2007, 10:03:06 pm
maaan, that Ms. Jackson thing's gonna stick... :D
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Post by: makaimura on March 08, 2007, 08:14:09 pm
Hello..
I'm from Germany and I collect retro stuff - especially Mega Drive(jap), Famicom and Gameboy(jap) games.
My first videogame was Super Mario Bros. on the NES so collecting Famicom games kind of brings back some childhood memories.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 08, 2007, 09:08:29 pm
Welcome, dude. :) Cool to have you here. We've got another dude from Germany here, so nice to now make it at least two.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MarioMania on March 14, 2007, 04:33:21 pm
I'm Danny..My first system was the NES in 92, I got about 6 Famicom Games..My most 3 treasured Games on the Famicom is

Super Mario Bros. 3
Akumajo Densetsu
Super Mario Bros. 2 (J) in a NES shell
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 14, 2007, 09:32:23 pm
Welcome, man. Those are some good games. I'm sure with time you'll discover so many Famicom games just as worthy. That's what I love about Famicom collecting...so many unique games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on March 14, 2007, 09:51:20 pm
Quote from: makaimura on March 08, 2007, 08:14:09 pm
Hello..
I'm from Germany and I collect retro stuff - especially Mega Drive(jap), Famicom and Gameboy(jap) games.
My first videogame was Super Mario Bros. on the NES so collecting Famicom games kind of brings back some childhood memories.


Welcome friend! I'm from Argentina. This forum really have people all around the world. That's really nice.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nickv on March 15, 2007, 08:42:52 pm
Welcome guys!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: kezja on March 17, 2007, 11:58:37 am
Sup everyone?  I totally forgot this place existed till today while looking at old topics at another forum I moderate.

I don't have much to do with the Famicom persay, but I'm a Nintendo/Sony Fanboy nonetheless!  My hobbies include playing cards, watching anime, playing video games, and studying (which I'm not too fond of...).  If you want to know more, just ask.

Oh, and I reside in the US as well.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 17, 2007, 01:19:22 pm
Cool, man. :D It's great to have people join up who might not be as down with Famicom as the majority of us fools on this site. We like trying to convert people into a Famicom obsession. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on March 17, 2007, 02:15:43 pm
Tell everyone I said hi, Kezja. :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on March 17, 2007, 09:12:35 pm
Quote from: JC on March 17, 2007, 01:19:22 pm
Cool, man. :D It's great to have people join up who might not be as down with Famicom as the majority of us fools on this site. We like trying to convert people into a Famicom obsession. :)

JC, you fool! :o Let people choose their own beliefs. If someone is a devout follower of NES, let him stay with NES. :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: corisco on March 30, 2007, 05:13:52 pm
Hello everybody ;)
I'm Daniel, 33 summers, brazilian/italian, living in Japan - Tokyo bay area - since 1994, married with a japanese famicom-lover girl.
I'm a old games collector, ex-BMX racer, music lover - especially 70's hard rock, 90's "grunge" rock - and I like to learn new cultures and make new good friends around the world.

If somebody are planning to come to Japan someday, I will be glad to guide and help you to the bests spots to buy retro games in this crazy country :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 30, 2007, 10:04:55 pm
Quote from: corisco on March 30, 2007, 05:13:52 pm
If somebody are planning to come to Japan someday, I will be glad to guide and help you to the bests spots to buy retro games in this crazy country :D


I'm holding you to that. ;) Welcome, dude. Hope you stick around...we don't have many members from Japan yet, so it's cool to have another. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on March 30, 2007, 10:21:05 pm
Welcome Corisco. I'm Switchstance from Argentina :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: corisco on March 31, 2007, 06:44:06 pm
I'll stay posting here, JC ;)  I like this place, pretty different from the other discussion forums that im posting :)

Switchstance, es siempre muy bueno hacer una nueva amistad de America del Sur, en mi opinion, uno dos mas belos sitios de este mundo ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on April 11, 2007, 11:10:43 pm
Quote from: corisco on March 30, 2007, 05:13:52 pm
Hello everybody ;)
I'm Daniel, 33 summers, brazilian/italian, living in Japan - Tokyo bay area - since 1994, married with a japanese famicom-lover girl.
I'm a old games collector, ex-BMX racer, music lover - especially 70's hard rock, 90's "grunge" rock - and I like to learn new cultures and make new good friends around the world.

If somebody are planning to come to Japan someday, I will be glad to guide and help you to the bests spots to buy retro games in this crazy country :D



I might hold you on to that as well. I might be going to japan late next year as a gift for getting my degree in college. WA!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jabra on April 12, 2007, 08:24:19 am
Hi
I'm a new member. I like famicom games very much since I was young !
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on April 12, 2007, 09:23:47 am
welcome
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on April 12, 2007, 02:08:05 pm
There's a nice thread for self-introductions stickied on top of the page... ::)

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=405.0
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on April 12, 2007, 10:12:17 pm
Topics merged. You can see manuel's mod instincts kick in. :D

Welcome, dude. You'll like it here. Hope you stick around.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:01:37 pm
on this board lol :) so um what do u do 4 fun on this site anyway.....oh and i'm a huge fan of horror movies as well
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on April 22, 2007, 02:16:23 pm
Quote from: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:01:37 pm
on this board lol :) so um what do u do 4 fun on this site anyway.....


Bridge. We play bridge. The site is fake.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:18:38 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on April 22, 2007, 02:16:23 pm
Quote from: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:01:37 pm
on this board lol :) so um what do u do 4 fun on this site anyway.....


Bridge. We play bridge. The site is fake.


lol oh ok so um how come theres no chat room on here or any games for
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on April 22, 2007, 02:20:23 pm
Quote from: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:18:38 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on April 22, 2007, 02:16:23 pm
Quote from: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:01:37 pm
on this board lol :) so um what do u do 4 fun on this site anyway.....


Bridge. We play bridge. The site is fake.


lol oh ok so um how come theres no chat room on here or any games for


...for what? What are you saying?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:22:46 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on April 22, 2007, 02:20:23 pm
Quote from: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:18:38 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on April 22, 2007, 02:16:23 pm
Quote from: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:01:37 pm
on this board lol :) so um what do u do 4 fun on this site anyway.....


Bridge. We play bridge. The site is fake.


lol oh ok so um how come theres no chat room on here or any games for


...for what? What are you saying?


like to talk with other members......games are just for fun
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on April 22, 2007, 02:24:52 pm
You can just use e-mail or something. Or hey, this board is used for talking. ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: demongirl on April 22, 2007, 02:27:09 pm
 :)ok lol
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on April 22, 2007, 05:47:19 pm
Are you anti-female, FJL? You lured Emily away as well.  I think your bad PR. :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on April 22, 2007, 08:01:15 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on April 22, 2007, 05:47:19 pm
Are you anti-female, FJL? You lured Emily away as well.  I think your bad PR. :P


One day we'll find a female that actually knows what this site is about...one day, :P.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: kite200 on April 24, 2007, 04:44:49 pm
how do they get linked here? im very confused.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Crash Dummie on April 26, 2007, 07:57:27 am
Hey there, the name is Crash Dummie! I've discovered this site from Pennywise himself on www.fight-evil.com (shameless plug), and I do plan to stick around and post a bit.



By the way, I know "Dummie" is spelled "Dummy", but I want it to look like a last name.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: chimyfolkbutter on April 26, 2007, 08:42:00 am
Quote from: FamicomJL on April 22, 2007, 08:01:15 pm
One day we'll find a female that actually knows what this site is about...one day, :P.


I bet demongirl is a dude. 

-CFB
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on April 26, 2007, 08:47:09 am
Hi Crash Dummie.

Hope you like it here.

You have a nice image in your sig (the left one is cool 8) ), but the forum rules say images are not allowed. You better remove those before you get a warning from the mods. ;)

Rules for posting. (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=173.0)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Crash Dummie on April 26, 2007, 12:31:33 pm
I just took it out!


And thanks for liking the "A Winner Is You" image; I did it myself with Animation Shop 3!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on April 26, 2007, 12:45:19 pm
Star Man owns all. 8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Crash Dummie on April 26, 2007, 12:54:04 pm
And Brainbuster really works!!!


Go fight!      :P



Star Man is even greater than King Hippo!

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e52/123Crash/Hippo.gif)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on April 27, 2007, 08:44:23 am
Welcome Crash! I'm Switchstance from Argentina.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Crash Dummie on April 27, 2007, 05:02:25 pm
And you have a Dragon Warrior avatar, so I like you!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on May 03, 2007, 06:05:03 pm
Quote from: Crash Dummie on April 27, 2007, 05:02:25 pm
And you have a Dragon Warrior avatar, so I like you!


Yeah! Dragon Warriors enemies against FF characters. A long time ago project of mine. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: drew on May 07, 2007, 12:02:47 pm
I never end up posting in these things in forums, guess I will here though.
I'm Drew, from North Carolina, and my Famicom collection totals one cart. Well. I guess it could be two if you count the Gyromite board I have, but that game sucks so much its not worth counting. Anyway I got Double Dragon II recently, I would probably have more Famicom stuff if it wasn't so expensive on eBay. Right now I'm using a Gyromite adaptor through a Game Genie, works suprisingly well in a toaster. Hopefully I'll get an actual Famicom someday, but not now.

Uh... guess that's about it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on May 07, 2007, 02:17:56 pm
Quote from: drew on May 07, 2007, 12:02:47 pm
I never end up posting in these things in forums, guess I will here though.
I'm Drew, from North Carolina, and my Famicom collection totals one cart. Well. I guess it could be two if you count the Gyromite board I have, but that game sucks so much its not worth counting. Anyway I got Double Dragon II recently, I would probably have more Famicom stuff if it wasn't so expensive on eBay. Right now I'm using a Gyromite adaptor through a Game Genie, works suprisingly well in a toaster. Hopefully I'll get an actual Famicom someday, but not now.

Uh... guess that's about it.


Welcome man, why you want to collect Famicom? That's a good story to tell. It doesn't care if you have just a few or hundred of carts, the love for the famicom is never going to END! :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: drew on May 07, 2007, 03:18:29 pm
Quotewhy you want to collect Famicom?


I don't really know. For one thing, there's probably less than 50 NES games I like/want to own. (Those that I do like I think are great, though.) But there's a lot of crap games on it, and with Famicom, sure there's games that also suck but there's also a lot more interesting stuff. Also, it's interesting to see what got changed between the Famicom (what I'd consider the "original") and the US versions.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on May 07, 2007, 03:30:39 pm
Quote from: drew on May 07, 2007, 03:18:29 pm
Also, it's interesting to see what got changed between the Famicom (what I'd consider the "original") and the US versions.


That's one of the main reasons why I collect, too. :)

Welcome, dude. It's cool to have people on the forum who don't know everything there is to know, 'cause you kick us into exploring more by asking questions. :) So, don't hesitate to ask.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 07, 2007, 07:39:00 pm
Why doesn't Gyromite get any respect anymore? (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/gfx/confused0069.gif)

I swear, fool - you've only been here one day & are already going to be on my ban list. >:(

I'm bringing back Jacquio: (http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gamespotting/060702/shared/jaquio.jpg)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: drew on May 07, 2007, 07:43:21 pm
Ouch....

OK, well, I don't have a ROB so that's part of the problem.
As I have it though, it's sorta unplayable unless you use your feet for one controller and hands to control that guy.
I don't mean to offend, really!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: djdac on May 12, 2007, 01:53:07 am
I'm dac, 25 years old from Southern California. I collect nes, famicom, and 80's video games. I been visiting the site for awhile, but recently started checking out the forum.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on May 12, 2007, 06:45:04 pm
Awesome, dac. I hope you've enjoyed the site and hope you like the forum, too. :) What brought you to the site, searching for something in particular, or just generally interested in Famicom?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: djdac on May 13, 2007, 01:34:46 am
Quote from: JC on May 12, 2007, 06:45:04 pm
Awesome, dac. I hope you've enjoyed the site and hope you like the forum, too. :) What brought you to the site, searching for something in particular, or just generally interested in Famicom?


Love the site. I've been playing famicom for over a year and half and nes all my life. And I love collecting nintendo games, systems, etc. I found this site linked on nesplayer.com and been visiting ever since.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 16, 2007, 02:02:26 pm
Quote from: djdac on May 13, 2007, 01:34:46 am
Quote from: JC on May 12, 2007, 06:45:04 pm
Awesome, dac. I hope you've enjoyed the site and hope you like the forum, too. :) What brought you to the site, searching for something in particular, or just generally interested in Famicom?


Love the site. I've been playing famicom for over a year and half and nes all my life. And I love collecting nintendo games, systems, etc. I found this site linked on nesplayer.com and been visiting ever since.



WELCOME FAMI-LOVER!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on May 17, 2007, 04:47:44 pm
Quote from: djdac on May 12, 2007, 01:53:07 am
I'm dac, 25 years old from Southern California. I collect nes, famicom, and 80's video games. I been visiting the site for awhile, but recently started checking out the forum.


Welcome man, I'm Switchstance from Argentina, hope you have fun here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: djdac on May 18, 2007, 03:13:14 am
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Dain on June 21, 2007, 05:45:30 pm
Hey everyone!

I'm Dain, the founder of NintendoAge.com, and I pretty much collect NES right now. I've veered off into some Famicom stuff over the last year and hope to build it up a bit more once my NES set is complete.

I want to say thanks to JL and JC for inviting me over to this great site! I hope to stop by from time-to-time and get to know you guys better.

-Dain
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on June 21, 2007, 06:18:41 pm
Quote from: Dain on June 21, 2007, 05:45:30 pm
I'm Dain, the founder of NintendoAge.com


Finally. :D Damn SMF.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on June 22, 2007, 04:00:35 am
Hi Dain.
Welcome.
You're the nintendoage guy? Nice site. ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on June 22, 2007, 11:27:28 am
I'm 133MHz, I'm 18 years old and I live in Santiago, Chile. This is the second forum I join (the other being a computer & electronics repair forum in my native language) mainly because I love all things Famicom and I like the community here  ;) . I love electronics and computing (mainly the hardware part of it, not very good at programming besides some BASIC and Visual Basic), and so I love video games, especially the 8 and 16 bit consoles

My NES addiction began when I was a kid (playing at a friend's house) but never got one (I got a SNES on xmas '94 but I still liked the NES). I began collecting by late 1999-early 2000 when I got a second-hand NES (but in a very mint condition) for like ten bucks, with six games and a bunch of Famiclones the previous owner burnt when trying to plug them to an Atari power supply :P (got some pretty interesting 190 in 1 'board' from one of them) . Also internet access became cheap for the home on that time, so I got cable modem in my house and discovered tsr's games archive, and learned about the Famicom, the Disk System, SMB2j, etc. Then my obsession began  ;D .

Here in Chile the FC market is not as big as it is in Brazil, but today in almost any supermarket you find the usual stack of cheap Famiclones with the 10000000000000000000000000000 in 1 carts that only contain like 5 games. The real gems are found in obscure game stores (they usually have some good pirate Famicom stuff) and something that's called 'el mercado persa' (literally the persian market). It's like a giant flea market that sets up every weekend mornings on the seedier parts of town, that's where you get the real gems :P like my SMB2j cart, good multicarts (64 in 1 with ~55 games), converters, obscure and not-so-cheap Famiclones, good NES games, etc.

My Famicom collection is pretty modest (1 toaster NTSC NES w/ Famicom converter, controllers, Zapper, Game Genie, about 8 NES games and 8 FC games, most of them pirates, and several Famiclones I usually use for electronics experiments ;D). A Famicom or Disk System (or a Twin) is really way out of my financial reach (around here one Famicom was sold for like 300 bucks!) and, because of the shipping fees, EBay and importing is not a real option for me, but it is my dream to get a real Famicom one day. For now, I'll just continue my search for the real FC gems buried under all the Famiclone shit :P.

One of my latest projects is overclocking my NES. Got like seven TTL crystal clock generators from an old ISA video card a few days ago, from 16 to 44MHz! . Gotta try that soon  ;)

Long story short, I'm very happy to participate in this wonderful community, and I hope I sometime could help you guys with any Famicom related electronics problems/questions/etc, and also learn much more and have fun and make great friends around here. Also I'm going to upload pictures and TV captures of my weird pirates pretty soon. Well, see you later guys!

P.S: My intro is pretty long  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on June 22, 2007, 11:35:18 am
Welcome 133MHz!
Btw, nice user name. ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on June 22, 2007, 11:44:46 am
welcome new friend!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on June 22, 2007, 12:18:07 pm
Hehehe thanks  ;D . It dates back from my first computer, it had that processor speed display in the front of the case :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on June 22, 2007, 12:23:41 pm
Awesome, man. I like the intro a bunch. Nice to know you and I hope you stick around. If you're ever looking for any Famicom/NES stuff, let me know.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Raditz on July 15, 2007, 08:40:23 pm
I almost forgot to introduce myself! How rude. : P I'm from the US and I love electronics and PC's. Built my own. I've always wanted to collect retro games and now that I have a job I finally can. so HIII!  ;D

Really cool website BTW
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on July 15, 2007, 08:44:04 pm
Good man! Another electronics guy for the forum! ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Raditz on July 15, 2007, 08:45:38 pm
Hehe though by the posts I've seen you make you seem to know a lot more than I do. 
I'm just a kid who likes to show off his PC's inside at LAN party's.
:P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on July 15, 2007, 10:59:45 pm
Welcome, man. I hope to get you started in retro Famicom collecting by selling you a Famicom. ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Kuvio on July 17, 2007, 07:17:02 am
Hey everybody, My name is Matthias (or Kuvio!). I am 16 years old and reside in a small bay town in Virginia, USA. I don't really have a job, but I guess you can call me a somewhat of a beach bum. I go fishing with my dad on his boat (The Aldebran II) A LOT in the bay area. Btw my Dad's name is Merlin, how cool is that? Anyway, I don't have a girlfriend yet, but I do have a lot of GirlFRIENDS. I love where I live and love what I do. Oh yeah, I also love Video Games! More recently I have gotten into the Famicom and all of it wonderfulness. I am still in the process of learning Japanese, but have been learning it for quite some while. Some random things I like include : surfing, flying kites, strolling on the boardwalk, girls (cheesy huh?) , doing ninja things, MS Paint (my avatar), hangliding, and making new friends.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on July 17, 2007, 12:26:39 pm
Wow, I'm just the opposite ;D

Also, what ninja things? :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on July 17, 2007, 04:30:52 pm
Welcome, Kuvio. Sounds like you're living a good life. My younger bro is your age. He's a video game freak, but he doesn't enjoy the Famicom all that much. :-\
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on July 20, 2007, 01:37:59 pm
Quote from: JC on July 17, 2007, 04:30:52 pm
He's a video game freak, but he doesn't enjoy the Famicom all that much. :-\


So... he is NOT a black belt video game freak!   ;)
Man, I'm curious about Kuvio's Ninja things!
Is it like hmmm Le Parkour (http://perso.orange.fr/parkour/parkourenglish/)?!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Kuvio on July 21, 2007, 09:30:45 am
I am........very sneaky........lets leave it at that......... Ok lets not leave it at that, that just sounds wrong. To clarify, my friends and I like to sneak up on each other in a very stealth like manner when one is unsuspecting. Then, we pull out our kunai and STRIKE! SHIIIIING SWOOOOSH FTH AHHHHHHHHH!! Ok not really. I mean if I did that I wouldn't have many friends  :'(
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NationalGameDepot on July 21, 2007, 08:04:17 pm
I haven't really introduced myself here.  I know a few of you from NESworld and NintendoAGE though. 

My name is Jason, from TN.  I am a NES collector mostly but go after a few other odds and ends.  I have never really cared to much about famicom stuff but it is starting to interest me a little and I am fighting the urge to collect it though.  I have been a gamer my whole life since I was like 4-5 but really started collecting about 5-6 years ago I guess.  I have been lurking here for a few weeks and posting a little, nice community here.

Here is my website is anyone wants to take a gander www.nationalgamedepot.zoomshare.com
~~NGD
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on July 21, 2007, 11:43:54 pm
Yay. :D

Took you long enough dude! :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on July 25, 2007, 08:59:55 am
Welcome to all new members! :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on July 25, 2007, 09:00:37 am
Welcome masters!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Har the cat on August 01, 2007, 09:02:54 am
Ive posted a view of replies  allready but i want to introduce my self now.

First i must say that my english is not perfect. 8)
Im har  and im living in the netherlands. Its a fine country, but only the climate of holland sucks.
In the winter no more iceskating and in the summer very few sun hours. But i can live with that  ;D
Im 20 years old and my hobbies are gaming, playing bassguitar, reading mangas, collect games and consoles, cats, dreaming and sleeping.
I like this forum because you are all retrogamers and thats very uncommon for me.
Greets
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 01, 2007, 04:16:49 pm
Cool, Har. Welcome. :D It's good to have you around. I hope we can figure out a solution to your AV mod inquiry.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Har the cat on August 02, 2007, 01:15:36 am
Thanks :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Roth on August 05, 2007, 09:10:08 pm
Well, I'm Roth.  I figured I'd post here as not to derail the Learning Japanese topic.

ummm... let's see, I'm old, I have a six year old son, and a wife.  I do the Mr. Mom thing.  ummm... hmmm... I like beer.  haha Damn, these things are so hard to think of when you actually have to do it.  Anyway, I had an old account on here, but I think it got deleted.  The username was "therealroth" but that was because of some old history that happened, but nothing substantial now.  Anyway, I honestly can't promise that I will post alot.  I just like how this site has come along (looks WAY better than it did when it first started), so I figured I should head on over and say heya.

I know some of the people on here from the past, so that's pretty cool.  It always helps to see a few familiar faces (looks at Manuel for one) haha  Anyway, hi freaks!

EDIT: hahahah I'm a famiclone!  I guess I'll think of myself as a NEX, since those things are so dern sexy!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on August 06, 2007, 08:23:44 am
Hi there, Roth.
Now we can chat on both NES Files and Famicom World.
Welcome aboard. :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: PatMan33 on August 20, 2007, 08:19:07 pm
How are you folks doing, I'm Pat. I've lurked around here a few times before and today I had a question and your friendly community came to my aid.

As I've looked around the site more and more, it seems like this is just the place I've been looking for when it comes to talking about classic gaming and Nintendo!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 20, 2007, 09:14:59 pm
Welcome, dude. Glad we could help you figure out how to connect your console. It always takes some work to get Japanese RF consoles connected, but when you do, it's awesome to play them. :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: kite200 on August 20, 2007, 09:48:17 pm
actually i've never had a problem with japanese rf. maybe it's my tv's
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 20, 2007, 10:19:40 pm
Quote from: kite200 on August 20, 2007, 09:48:17 pm
actually i've never had a problem with japanese rf. maybe it's my tv's


You may be the only one. I've given up on my RF Famicom. :'(
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Post by: FamicomFreak on August 21, 2007, 01:59:04 am
welcome new members any of you have mario 8?
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Post by: PatMan33 on August 21, 2007, 10:58:20 am
Nope.

I was close to getting it but the lack of an online component was a major blow to it's appeal.
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Post by: kite200 on August 21, 2007, 03:19:19 pm
hmmm, i don't know jc, my 1983 famicom works on my samsung hdtv, my sony sdtv, and when i brought it to my grandpa's it worked on some random tv's he had lying around, like a phillips and a magnavox sdtv.
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Post by: Jollie on August 21, 2007, 06:27:54 pm
ummm im justin AKA jollie to everyone (cept my family). im 14 going to be a freshman. i live in PA. music, skateboarding and video games are my life.
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Post by: kite200 on August 21, 2007, 07:03:59 pm
im sophmore this year so we are almost same age
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Post by: Switchstance on September 18, 2007, 04:42:03 pm
Regards and welcome to all new members, here the Argentinean. :) Enjoy the forum
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Post by: superfamiking on September 30, 2007, 10:12:19 am
I am a 30 year old Super Famicom collector from the UK, although I do have an interest in the original famicom.........and almost every other Japanese games consoles from the famicom right up to the Gamecube (and Wii)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on September 30, 2007, 11:01:50 am
Quote from: superfamiking on September 30, 2007, 10:12:19 am
I am a 30 year old Super Famicom collector from the UK, although I do have an interest in the original famicom.........and almost every other Japanese games consoles from the famicom right up to the Gamecube (and Wii)


Welcome new member! How long have you been collecting??
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Post by: superfamiking on September 30, 2007, 12:22:48 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 30, 2007, 11:01:50 am
Quote from: superfamiking on September 30, 2007, 10:12:19 am
I am a 30 year old Super Famicom collector from the UK, although I do have an interest in the original famicom.........and almost every other Japanese games consoles from the famicom right up to the Gamecube (and Wii)


Welcome new member! How long have you been collecting??


Been collecting SFC stuff since '91, but only seriously since 1999..........I have only recently got into the original Famicom (after picking one up boxed and complete with 11 games for only £27 (around $50)
Having a great time trying to get some famicom stuff.........but just spent £200 ($400) on a SFC sharp tv, so the famicom stuff might have to wait for a little while 'till I save up some more funds!
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Post by: JC on September 30, 2007, 12:46:28 pm
Welcome, dude! It's such a strange thing...I was wondering to myself a few days ago about whether or not there were any Super Famicom sites and hardcore collectors out there, and you pop by. Funny. I hope you enjoy the site....I'll be taking a look at yours. :)
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Post by: 133MHz on September 30, 2007, 12:58:17 pm
Welcome! ;D

Very cool site man! I have a SNES commercial you don't, check my youtube profile ;):

http://www.youtube.com/133MHzz
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Post by: FamicomFreak on September 30, 2007, 01:11:28 pm
Quote from: superfamiking on September 30, 2007, 12:22:48 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 30, 2007, 11:01:50 am
Quote from: superfamiking on September 30, 2007, 10:12:19 am
I am a 30 year old Super Famicom collector from the UK, although I do have an interest in the original famicom.........and almost every other Japanese games consoles from the famicom right up to the Gamecube (and Wii)


Welcome new member! How long have you been collecting??


Been collecting SFC stuff since '91, but only seriously since 1999..........I have only recently got into the original Famicom (after picking one up boxed and complete with 11 games for only £27 (around $50)
Having a great time trying to get some famicom stuff.........but just spent £200 ($400) on a SFC sharp tv, so the famicom stuff might have to wait for a little while 'till I save up some more funds!


Wow that's a while ago! I just started a little over 1.5 years ago it was funny how it started because I was talking to my brother one night about the Famicom pirate games I played a long time ago and he couldn't remember any of them but I did so I told him I was going to buy some of them for him to remember. Then a year and a half later I'm still here collecting when I have some extra cash although college takes most of my money, I can still get some games once in a while.
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Post by: earthquakejake on October 22, 2007, 03:20:10 pm
ya hay im jake i found out about this website through my cousin im hear to talk and see if i could get any deals to increase my game collection i have famicom and many others so i joined up to talk and stoff
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Post by: FamicomFreak on October 22, 2007, 03:34:01 pm
Quote from: earthquakejake on October 22, 2007, 03:20:10 pm
ya hay im jake i found out about this website through my cousin im hear to talk and see if i could get any deals to increase my game collection i have famicom and many others so i joined up to talk and stoff


Welcome new member. I hope you can stick around here for a while
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Post by: JC on October 22, 2007, 03:38:55 pm
,,'..'.,.  :)
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Post by: earthquakejake on October 22, 2007, 06:30:33 pm
ya thanks
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 01, 2007, 09:30:32 am
My name's Mitchell. Im 19. I have only been collecting fc games for a few months now, but it is my new addiction. I am here to find good deals on boots and talk with people who share my new obsession.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on November 01, 2007, 09:53:58 am
That's great welcome new member. We are all Fami crazy around here
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Post by: Doc on November 01, 2007, 01:46:31 pm
Welcome all newbies! :)
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Post by: JC on November 01, 2007, 09:27:33 pm
Cool, MaxXimus...that's how it starts, and it's hard to break the obsession once you start to discover all the games for Famicom you could never get for the NES.
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Post by: Bonneville97 on November 24, 2007, 11:25:00 pm
Hey guys...i'm James for the USA. I stumbled across your site the other day. I've had a famicom since early 06 and i got the disk system a little later...been picking up games here and there and i'm really loving the loads of games we didn't get here. Hope to stick around and learn alot about the Famicom from you guys.  :)
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Post by: 133MHz on November 24, 2007, 11:29:00 pm
Welcome aboard! ;D
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 24, 2007, 11:32:30 pm
I'm pretty much on the same boat as you James! Just started collecting not too long ago and am hooked. Welcome to the boards!
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Post by: JC on November 25, 2007, 11:56:54 am
Cool, James! :D Welcome. Is there a Famicom game you find particularly fun?
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Post by: Bonneville97 on November 25, 2007, 10:43:38 pm
out of what i have so far....twin bee and super chinese are 2 of my favs.....aside from my mario 3, Zelda 1 and 2 and metroid..lol...there are like 5 games i got that i don't know what they are...3 came with my disk system and 2 with my famicom lot...(got both systems from Variety Recycle Nippon  ;D ) One of them is a written over disk of Kid Icarus..which i am looking for. But yeah...so out of what i know how to play it's Twin Bee for the win
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Post by: JC on November 26, 2007, 08:14:41 pm
Cool, man. I've never gotten into Twin Bee, but I'll give it another whirl. As for collecting...the best advice -- if you've got a little bit of money to mess with -- is to buy game lots and see what you find. There are a bunch of games out there that are awesome but you'd never think to buy them.
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 27, 2007, 09:22:34 am
Speaking of game lots, I rarely see them on ebay. How much would a lot of say, 50 games go for on YAJ including shipping?
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Post by: FamicomFreak on November 27, 2007, 09:38:32 am
Quote from: MaxXimus on November 27, 2007, 09:22:34 am
Speaking of game lots, I rarely see them on ebay. How much would a lot of say, 50 games go for on YAJ including shipping?


Good question that's something I would like to know as well.
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Post by: manuel on November 27, 2007, 10:56:24 am
Well, that depends heavily on what games are in the lot.

You may want to watch 2 auctions, one with 100 games, the other with 82.

http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/108235771 (http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/108235771)

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r41044606  (http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r41044606)
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 27, 2007, 11:24:08 am
(http://img177.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/4/6/2/4/mqbsx073-img600x450-1196157438dsc00029.jpg)

that translucent one on the bottom right is intriguing me
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Post by: manuel on November 27, 2007, 12:11:50 pm
Yeah, that one looks nice. Does anybody know what it is? I can't read the title on the little photo.

*thread hijacked*
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Post by: JC on November 27, 2007, 10:24:19 pm
It's gotta be Salamander (Life Force) with the label ripped off.

And you can usually get loose cart lots for less than a $1 for each game, unless there's something rare thrown in. Loose disk lots sell for $2 to $3 per disk.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on November 30, 2007, 07:48:35 pm
I really should sign up on yahoo japan
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Post by: Flash1087 on December 06, 2007, 11:42:14 pm
All I want is that copy of Ghostbusters. I will eventually own every Ghostbusters game ever.
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Post by: MaxXimus on December 07, 2007, 12:28:16 am
I think I saw a ghostbusters cart go for under $10 on an andyarcade auction. I was tempted.
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Post by: usagi704 on December 08, 2007, 09:24:39 pm
Hello everyone!  I'm Mike and I just recently acquired a Famicom and 12 games which I posted about over on the 'What Famicom stuff do you own?' thread  I've been gaming since the early 1980s starting with the Atari 2600.  I decided recently that I wanted to start collecting for an 8-bit Nintendo system and settled with the Famicom.  I hope to have some good discussion here.
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Post by: Har the cat on December 09, 2007, 05:30:08 am
hi there,
this forum has much info about stuff and is fun too. a knowledge mainframe :D
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Post by: JC on December 09, 2007, 08:35:22 pm
Welcome, Mike. You'll love the Famicom...it's an NES with benefits. :)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on December 13, 2007, 10:03:25 am
Welcome Mike please stay around with us for a long time to keep this place alive!
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Post by: usagi704 on December 16, 2007, 08:24:04 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on December 13, 2007, 10:03:25 am
Welcome Mike please stay around with us for a long time to keep this place alive!

I'll see what I can do!   :)
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Post by: Mo on December 30, 2007, 05:31:48 pm
Hello all!

My names Mo and I have just recently got back into 8bit/16bit systems. The old games are much more fun and satisfying to play. I can't believe that after all these years my NES & Famicom have been neglected however at least I kept them  :)

I have just ordered a Famicom disk system (new in box), just started to collect the disk games. I was going to purchase an Xbox 360 but I find I can very easily get bored playing new gen games so I kept it old skool to my delight  ;D

Thanks to this informative site I have got loads of info, particularly regarding the disk system.
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Post by: JC on December 30, 2007, 08:35:26 pm
Welcome, Mo! I hope you stick around.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on December 30, 2007, 08:47:37 pm
Welcome new master! ;D
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Post by: Mo on December 30, 2007, 09:35:30 pm
Quote from: JC on December 30, 2007, 08:35:26 pm
Welcome, Mo! I hope you stick around.


Thanks JC - yeah I intend to stay  ;D
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Post by: MaxXimus on January 03, 2008, 12:55:01 pm
Welcome. I hope you find everything you are looking for here!
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Post by: dreamchaser_se on January 05, 2008, 11:10:51 am
Hello everyone, I have been visiting this board for some time now but decided to be a member today (like a coulpe of minutes ago). I dont own a Famicom or Disk System but im not even close to be a FC/FDS noob.

Im planning to buy a "New Famicom" and a "Disk System" in a not to distant future, right now I only have two original FDS games (Akumajo Dracula & Dracula II) but have played the rest of the games on emulators.

This seems to be a nice board and I hope i´ll be here for long. Btw, im a 29yr old male from Sweden.
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Post by: manuel on January 05, 2008, 11:41:11 am
Welcome!
Nice to see another FC fan from Europe. ;D
I hope you like it here. :D
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Post by: JC on January 05, 2008, 01:48:41 pm
Welcome...It's cool to get perspectives on the Famicom from around the world. I'm waiting for someone from Africa to join. I wonder if any part there ever got 8-bit gaming.
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Post by: MaxXimus on January 05, 2008, 01:56:19 pm
It would be a shame and a loss if they didn't.
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Post by: 133MHz on January 05, 2008, 04:36:04 pm
The Famicom got worldwide, trust me. If it wasn't the original console, the pirates did (like in olde USSR), or Brazil and the Gradiente thing. Everybody's got it my friend ;).

BTW I had a Chinese classmate and I asked him about the FC scene in China, and he told me both Famicoms and NESs were sold side to side back in the day, they got both! :o You know the Hong Kong Famicoms and Asian Version NESs right? Also I got some good multicarts from him :D.

I think that anyone on Earth who have seen a TV set, can relate to Super Mario Brothers or some other 1st gen game, no matter if it was a Famicom, or a NES, or a Dendy Junior, Phantom System, Polystation, and countless more. They're the 8 bits that unite us all ;D
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Post by: antwon on January 20, 2008, 09:32:57 pm
Hey guys my name is Anthony and I cant remember how i got here, hope you all don't mind me hanging around.
I originally was collecting famicom mini games but just decided to go all out and get a famicom.
I also have a small DS collection and planning on getting a wii and  a 360 pretty soon.I'm currently going to sanjacinto college for my associate in engineering and work at a gas station.And thats my life story...
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Post by: battra92 on January 22, 2008, 12:53:47 pm
Hello fellow Famicom fans!

I'm Chris and I have been an avid gamer since I bought an NES at a tag sale when I was in middle school in the mid 1990s for $5. The first NES game I got working at my house was Fisher Price: I Can Remember as it was the only game to actually work after a million tries.

Through the years I've collected many different systems although I never had an official Famicom until last week. I just need to get it working or find a working version.

Besides video games I spend my days doing computer repair work and system administration and telecom work.
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Post by: MaxXimus on January 23, 2008, 11:40:22 am
Welcome to the boards Chris!
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Post by: Har the cat on January 23, 2008, 02:44:44 pm
Welcome dudes! :D
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Post by: JC on January 24, 2008, 03:52:14 pm
Welcome! I hope you stick around. We've got ourselves quite the little Famicom community here.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on January 24, 2008, 03:59:42 pm
welcome  new members!!!
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Post by: manuel on January 26, 2008, 10:41:26 am
Nice to always see new members floating in. :)
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Post by: nurd on February 02, 2008, 07:25:38 pm
Hello!
I am fourteen years old, I use eBay a lot, and I just bought a Sharp Twin Famicom.

I have two(3) famicom carts, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, and Bug-tte Honey. I kinda ruined, Bug-tte Honey, though.

I want to know,though, what are some other cheap games that are worth playing?
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Post by: 133MHz on February 02, 2008, 07:53:03 pm
This should go in the Introduce Yourself thread. Also, you could elaborate a little more about you and stuff ;).
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Post by: JC on February 02, 2008, 09:24:47 pm
Welcome! Check out the Famicom/FDS board for a bunch of different threads with lists of games (bests, etc.). Usually the ones worth playing are expensive, so it's hard to list fun ones that are cheap. Try SD Hero Soukessen. I think I'm the only person who mentions that as a cool game, but it's cheap and cool. :D
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Post by: Milky B on February 03, 2008, 12:33:50 pm
Hey, what up yall, I never introduced myself on here so I guess I will now.

My name's Ben, I'm 26, I live in Maryland at the moment even though I've lived in Boston, MA and Honolulu, HI in the recent past.  When I was a kid I played NES until I got a Genesis (and then my dad got rid of the NES! argh! I have gotten a couple replacements since).  I was never that good at NES games and I'm still not that great!  oh well!  Something about it keeps me coming back anyway.  I really like games with good graphics and an immersive atmosphere.  Ninja Gaiden, River City Ransom...

A little more about myself:
-I was in the us navy for 5 years and served on a submarine
-I like to draw, paint, play guitar and ride bicycles
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Post by: Milky B on February 03, 2008, 12:41:26 pm
uhhh, oh yeah, I forgot this was the famicom board.  what I meant to say was... I like games like Ninja Ryuukenden and Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari  :)
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Post by: JC on February 03, 2008, 01:17:25 pm
Haha...exactly. :D I never like it when people called it Castlevania -- that one bugs me the most. And were glad to have you around. I think I'd go nuts serving on a sub, especially one of them nookular ones.

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Post by: Doc on February 03, 2008, 09:05:34 pm
Hello all. :)
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Post by: manuel on February 04, 2008, 07:05:47 am
Quote from: JC on February 03, 2008, 01:17:25 pm
Haha...exactly. :D I never like it when people called it Castlevania -- that one bugs me the most. And were glad to have you around. I think I'd go nuts serving on a sub, especially one of them nookular ones.


Nucular. It's pronounced nucular.  ::)
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Post by: JC on February 06, 2008, 07:30:26 pm
New-q-ler?
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Post by: MaxXimus on February 06, 2008, 08:16:54 pm
O always thought it was pronounces new clear. But yeah, nucular.
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Post by: UglyJoe on February 06, 2008, 08:56:36 pm
Quote from: MaxXimus on February 06, 2008, 08:16:54 pm
O always thought it was pronounces new clear. But yeah, nucular.


:D :D :D
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Post by: manuel on February 07, 2008, 08:44:12 am
Quote from: JC on February 06, 2008, 07:30:26 pm
New-q-ler?


Didn't get the reference? ;)

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Post by: Mr. Gimmick on February 25, 2008, 05:32:52 pm
Hey I'm Mr. Gimmick from NintendoAge. I decided to join here after popibros informed me of the site. Very cool site you have here, glad to be a member of Famicom World :) !
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Post by: 133MHz on February 25, 2008, 05:47:40 pm
Welcome! ;)
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Post by: MaxXimus on February 26, 2008, 11:54:55 am
Welcome to the boards. Hope you find what ever it is you are looking for here, along with a bunch of stuff you never even dreamed of finding. :)
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Post by: manuel on February 26, 2008, 10:14:57 pm
Well... welcome I guess.  :D
That's not a very detailed self introduction, though.  ;)
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Post by: MaxXimus on February 27, 2008, 10:32:29 am
Welcome to the boards!
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Post by: knekten on February 28, 2008, 01:26:11 pm
Hi everybody!
My name is Simon and I live in Norway.
Had a NES when I was a kid and loved it. Bought a Famicom and some games when I was i Japan this January.
I'm facinated by the retro world. It was so cool to see all the game systems at Super Potato (or how you translate it).
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Post by: manuel on February 28, 2008, 01:28:52 pm
Welcome to the boards, Simon. I hope you enjoy your stay. :)
Super Potato is a very nice store indeed. :D
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Post by: Har the cat on February 28, 2008, 01:32:12 pm
Welcome all retrowarriors! 8)
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Post by: JC on February 28, 2008, 09:13:48 pm
Cool to see new members! Thanks guys! :D
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Post by: ericj on February 29, 2008, 11:50:35 pm
Guess I should introduce myself since I've been perusing the site for 6 months or so. My name is Eric.

I'm a 29 y/o guy living in Portland, Oregon. I  guess it all started for me when I got a NES when I was 6 back in 1985. I didn't really play much other than 10 games back then. About  a year ago I was bored on a rainy day and went to a used store here in Portland and picked up a NES.  A few months later I was looking in a Goodwill and ran across a pirate system that looked like something that I saw on ebay. I didn't at first know for sure, but looked it up online later that night and saw it was a Famiclone. So, I went back and paid the $2.99 and bought it even though I had not a single famicom cart. I started looking into the Famicom online and here I am, 8 months later and have a real Famicom, Twin Famicom, 3D goggles, Family Trainer, and about 60 carts and 7 disks. It's for sure a strange obsession.

Umm, guess I should say something about muself--haha--about me... I speak fluent Spanish, work in the insurance industry, and have a background in political science, nutrition, and personal training.  I also own the Gamecube & N64.
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Post by: JC on March 01, 2008, 04:30:37 pm
Welcome, dude. You've built yourself up a pretty respectable collection. You're right that it becomes a strange obession. I don't get why I like this stuff so much, but I do...
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Post by: Deadly-D on March 03, 2008, 09:06:47 pm
Umm Hello... my name is Dan... and... I'm a Famicom Junkie.

I just got my first Famicom 2 weeks ago from toysonlehk on E-bay. It's a SHARP Twin Nintendo Famicom. The black and pink one "wish I would have waited for the green and black"  ::) My first games are Castlevania on disk, Super Mario 1 & 2 on disk, Zelda on disk but the disk is bad and will not play side B and finally Sky Destroyer on cart. Next for me I think is going to be the 3D System.

What really started my interest in the Famicom was when I saw the Disk system actually. It was just intriguing simple as that. I'm a member at Planet Virtual Boy and thought to myself "Hey there has to be a site with the same dedication this one has" and after a minuet of searching boom here I am on Famicom World. It was this site that actually convinced me to buy my system because I had absolutely no idea how much cool stuff was made for the Famicom. So Thank you to the site administrator and to all of you that are apart of this site and Thank you for getting another noob hooked!  ;)
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Post by: ericj on March 04, 2008, 09:45:48 am
Welcome, Dan! Nice to see another 29 y/o on here, from OH no less--I grew up in PA.

Definitely check out the 3D glasses, they're a lot cooler than the red/blue lenses we got to use with the NES back in the day.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on March 15, 2008, 01:52:34 pm
welcome!  ;D get me mario 8
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Post by: Paul-FC on March 15, 2008, 02:52:29 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on March 15, 2008, 01:52:34 pm
get me mario 8

::)
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Post by: Cobra Commander on March 15, 2008, 09:16:31 pm
Just wanted to say hello. My name is Daniel and I am a Famicom addict. I've never been sober.
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Post by: JC on March 15, 2008, 11:12:10 pm
Quote from: Cobra Commander on March 15, 2008, 09:16:31 pm
I've never been sober.


A Famicom addict, eh? Welcome. Hang out. Feed the addiction.
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Post by: NintendoKing on March 28, 2008, 12:35:26 pm
I am also J C, a collector of Nintendo Systems (Except handhelds, Virtual Boy, Gamecube, and Wii) and I am really into playing the Famicom.
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Post by: MaxXimus on March 28, 2008, 12:57:47 pm
I'm drowning in nubsauce, haha, joking. :}

Welcome to all the newcomers! I hope you enjoy your stay. Also, stick around if you know what's good for you. :P
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Post by: NintendoKing on March 28, 2008, 04:42:31 pm
Quote from: MaxXimus on March 28, 2008, 12:57:47 pm
I'm drowning in nubsauce, haha, joking. :}

Welcome to all the newcomers! I hope you enjoy your stay. Also, stick around if you know what's good for you. :P

I will stay, as I like talking to people that are as interested and in some cases way more interested in famicom then I.
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Post by: JC on March 28, 2008, 06:47:35 pm
Welcome, JC. ;)
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Post by: MaxXimus on March 29, 2008, 08:05:58 am
I think I'll call him that from now on. JC, youvsn now be JC2 to make room for the newer JC. Deal?
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Post by: NintendoKing on March 30, 2008, 02:57:22 pm
Quote from: JC on March 28, 2008, 06:47:35 pm
Welcome, JC. ;)

Thank you, my friend.
Initials are an amazing thing.
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Post by: Jollie on March 31, 2008, 01:41:57 pm
has anyone else noticed this forum is filled with dudes?
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Post by: UglyJoe on March 31, 2008, 01:49:36 pm
Quote from: Jollie on March 31, 2008, 01:41:57 pm
has anyone else noticed this forum is filled with dudes?


Welcome to the Internet  :-\.
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Post by: Deadly-D on March 31, 2008, 08:02:18 pm
lmao  ;D
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Post by: 133MHz on March 31, 2008, 08:06:45 pm
Quote from: UglyJoe on March 31, 2008, 01:49:36 pm
Quote from: Jollie on March 31, 2008, 01:41:57 pm
has anyone else noticed this forum is filled with dudes?


Welcome to the Internet, where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents.


There, fixed that for you :P.
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Post by: JC on April 01, 2008, 05:22:25 pm
You know, we had one female on here a long time ago. She didn't know what a Famicom was. Then, about a year and a half later, we had another one register. And for some reason -- I think legitimate -- the other admin (not naming names) banned her. It was kinda unfortunate. Haven't had another one around since. It caused quite the stir when she was banned.
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Post by: 133MHz on April 01, 2008, 05:25:00 pm
The only one I remember was seeking technical assistance, she was trying to repair her Famicom, but she suddenly disappeared after a few posts. Is her one of the two you're talking about, JC?
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Post by: JC on April 01, 2008, 05:29:04 pm
Maybe. I don't recall the second one, other than that she was banned. It's possible there were three. I only remember the first two because something strange was up with each one.
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Post by: pinge80 on April 11, 2008, 09:29:20 am
Allright!
My introduction....
Im a videogame enthusiast from the cold land of Sweden.....It seems that we have quite a few Nes/Famicom collectors up here......

I play more than I collect.... I dont really like NIB, cause I want to play my games instead of just keep them on a shelf....

I recently got a Sharp Twin famicom (black 500)... and that is the newest passion for me....
I have loads of different game systems.... Nes (mattel, usa,scn, av famicom, usa toploader, pal toploader, sharp twin famicom), nintendo wii, gbc, gba micro, nds, nds lite, n64 usa, snes pal, ps3 jap, master system, mega drive....and so on.... but its Nes/Famicom that i play and collect the most....

fu*k to write this feels cheesy...so i better stop now....


The rest is for me to know and you to find out!
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Post by: manuel on April 11, 2008, 12:04:30 pm
Välkommen!
I hope you like the forums/site and stick around. :)
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Post by: pinge80 on April 11, 2008, 12:22:27 pm
Tackar!

I think I stick around for a while.... It seems nice :)
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Post by: JC on April 11, 2008, 06:34:26 pm
Welcome! :)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on April 17, 2008, 10:54:31 am
Welcome new members! I hope you guys stay after my demised wekekekekekkeke
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Post by: Eddo on April 18, 2008, 02:29:39 pm
Hi, I'm Eddo! I found this site a while ago and hope to have a good time here!
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Post by: JC on April 19, 2008, 01:48:29 pm
Welcome, Eddo! :D
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Post by: FamicomFreak on April 19, 2008, 01:57:00 pm
Yes stick around Eddo Phoenix~!  :D
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Post by: megaman on May 10, 2008, 07:37:44 pm

Hey,is any one here from Canada or China?????
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Post by: megaman on May 10, 2008, 07:43:33 pm
Is anyone able to speak 2 or more Languages????

Me: Chinese:Mandrain, Cantonese(understand,unfluent)
        English
        french(grade3 LV.)
        spanish(few words)
        Marishus(few words)
        Japanese(few words)

     THAT IS 7 LANGUAGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
       
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Post by: JC on May 10, 2008, 07:46:33 pm
Welcome. :) For languages, go here: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=688.0
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Post by: LOTUS on May 15, 2008, 02:56:52 pm

I've been lurking for a while and finally decided to join. I only started collecting Famicom recently.. I have a Sharp Twin Famicom Disk System, about 60+ loose carts, 4 disks, and 100+ Super Fami carts (which I play on a SNES I popped the tabs out of- someday I will have a real Super Fami system<3- but for now it works just fine). I have been finding carts and such on Ebay, thru craigslist, and on the Nintendo Age forum (just a few)...  I am hoping to keep expanding my collection as money allows... it is so addicting!  ;D  I guess that is it?
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Post by: FamicomFreak on May 15, 2008, 03:00:55 pm
Welcome new member and hope you stay forever!! Nice collection btw I would love to see photos of them to droll on...lol  8)
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Post by: JC on May 15, 2008, 07:55:09 pm
Welcome...sounds like you've got a nice collection for only starting recently! Stick around...
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 16, 2008, 05:40:53 am
Only recently started collecting? It sounds like your collection is coming along extremely nicely. SFC's are sweet. I hope you get yours eventually! Anyways have a great stay!
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Post by: LOTUS on May 16, 2008, 12:09:41 pm
Thanks! I appreciate the welcome!  ;D Will work on getting some pics.. currently working on typing up a list of all of my games- proving to be a bit difficult- need translations on quite a few!
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Post by: FamicomFreak on May 16, 2008, 12:48:46 pm
Man that reminds me of my SNES I had moded to play super fami games...it finally died after 15 years.....I need a new SNES now!
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Post by: TanookiSuitSam on May 28, 2008, 01:40:46 pm
Hi, I've known of the Famicom for a long time, but it's taken me quite a while to getting around to wanting to collect jap consoles and games in general. :)
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 28, 2008, 01:47:32 pm
What better time than now to start!

I just started last summer, and I am hooked. There is so much the famicom has to offer that the NES couldn't. Just wait till you see some of the great exclusive games and bootlegs the famicom has! :O
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Post by: JC on May 28, 2008, 04:39:12 pm
Welcome, dude! Nice to have you around. Don't hesitate to ask questions...Max promises to be nice. >:(
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 30, 2008, 10:18:45 am
No I don't, haha. :P Joking. I am sure you'll find the majority of members here very pleasant. :) We are like a family. :P
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Post by: thegreatgonzo on June 06, 2008, 02:35:35 pm
Hey folks.

I was guided here to the Introduce Yourself forum by 133MHz, so here I am.
I have been a longtime collector of all sorts of console video games and systems. I discovered and purchased a console called the Retro Duo and was pleasantly suprised that I could play SFC games. I started combing ebay for SFC titles, and discovered the joy of import games. I decided to buy some of the highest reccommened titles (N64's Sin and Punishment, Bangioh, SFC'sRendering Ranger, Pop'n Twinbee, Flying Hero, etc.) Then I discovered all the awesome catalog of Famicom games. I think I have a little over twenty Famicom games so far. Some of my nicest fbuys are Holy Diver, Crisis Force, Splatterhouse, Kid Dracula, Joy Mecha Fight... picked up a few multicarts along the way, also.

I am also the proud dada of an almost-three year old girl and 7 month old boy. In a way, all the games I am collecting will be something I can share and enjoy with them as they grow up.

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Post by: manuel on June 06, 2008, 06:35:02 pm
Welcome to the forum. :)
I also have a little boy (now 4 months 2 weeks old) and I plan on making him a retro gamer.  ;D

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Post by: Kuvio on June 06, 2008, 07:02:58 pm
You seem like a nice guy, thegreatgonzo. Welcome and nice to meet you.
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Post by: MaxXimus on June 07, 2008, 07:42:32 am
Welcome to the forums Mr. :)
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Post by: thegreatgonzo on June 07, 2008, 09:32:07 am
Thank you for the warm welcomes! ;D
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Post by: son_ov_hades on June 09, 2008, 06:14:01 pm
Hey all, I've developed a recent interest in the Famicom and this site/board have been beyond helpful. I always thought the NES was the best system ever, and found out about all the great stuff I never got to play on the American system. I only have 2 Famicom carts at the moment, Devil World and Namco Star Wars. I'm considering getting a disk system, and an actual Famicom soo. For now I'm playing them on my top loading NES with a Gyromite converter.

I love gamming across all platforms, and while I wouldn't call myself a collector, I have 9 systems and around 250 games. I look forward to learning more about the awsome Famicom.
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Post by: 133MHz on June 09, 2008, 06:31:38 pm
Welcome to the forums! ;D
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Post by: JC on June 09, 2008, 06:33:23 pm
Welcome. There are a lot of NES collectors out there who don't realize how great (better?) the Famicom really is. Something like 500 more games were released for the Famicom than the NES. And some real gems, too.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on June 11, 2008, 12:15:00 pm
Great welcome new members!
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Post by: TheClash603 on June 18, 2008, 06:16:02 pm
Hello All,

In May I went to Japan because I have always been a game geek and it was the trip of my dreams, and when I came home, I brought a Famicom with me.

Currently I have about 60 cart games and 20 disk games, some CIB some not.  Picked up a famicom twin too (normal famicom looked bad on my TV, fuzzy on channel 95) .  I will post pics on the collection post in the near future.

I am a retro gamer from Buffalo NY, grew up with Odyssey II, Atari 5200, and NES.  Although I have PS3, Wii, X360, I still like my retro best.

Best system of all time is the Sega Saturn, NES/Famicom is #2.  So far my favorite Famicom only game is Goonies.

Anyone know anywhere to get import retro games in Buffalo/NYC?  I like store shopping more than eBay.
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Post by: JC on June 18, 2008, 09:12:33 pm
Welcome...I used to visit a retro store in NYC when my bro lived there, but the last time I was in the store it was moving to a new location. I don't even remember the name. It had a Disk System and a few FC pirate carts for sale.
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Post by: Sirdjorgo on June 28, 2008, 03:09:06 pm
Hello i am a FC collector from South Korea (also live in Sweden 6 month a year and 6 month home in korea) i have been playing famicom since i was child (since korea is closest neighbour to japan we also had FC system)  but start serious collecting for about 8 years ago but also i had to sell many of my carts by private reason. Now i have been catch up collecting again and i found this forum by accident but happy to be here.

Sorry for my bad English i more understand than i can write but i hope that you will understand me....If you want to ask anything about Korean FC collecting or anything else you are welcome to ask...Thats all for this time!
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Post by: JC on June 28, 2008, 04:36:18 pm
Wow. From Korea. :)

I'd like to know everything about Korean Famicom gaming. I know there's Famicom in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and pirate FC in China and Thailand, but I didn't stop to think about Korea. So, did you get an official release of the Famicom? Were any games officially released there? It seems nearly all of the official games came out of Japan -- there weren't official releases elsewhere, but I have seen the official HK and Taiwanese Famicom. I also have a Baseball pulse line cart with Chinese writing (original from Nintendo) that came from HK. So, I'm guessing some carts were officially released in Hong Kong.

Oh, and welcome! :D
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Post by: nurd on June 28, 2008, 04:41:09 pm
Heh, I saw some pictures of the Korean nintendo systems once.

"Comboy" ?

They look pretty cool.
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Post by: JC on June 28, 2008, 04:47:06 pm
Yeah, the Korean NES was the Comboy. I used to search for it on eBay and eBay would redirect my search to "cowboy." It was annoying.
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Post by: nurd on June 28, 2008, 04:57:03 pm
And Somari led to "Somali"

Some pictures :P  (http://assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8641)
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Post by: Sirdjorgo on June 28, 2008, 05:04:00 pm
Thank you very much :D

There was never an actual official release of the FC system in Korea but since Korea is the closest neighbour to Japan the FC system was inofficially released to the Korean market and it was that system regular people remember as the "8-bit system" since the well yes the comboy WAS released as an official licenced product from Nintendo but that was years later than the FC was released so if you ask any Korean they do not for sure remember the comboy system (also there was not very many games to that system if you se how many fc games there were out on that time, pretty many more).

There was not very much pirated multicarts in Korea (dont know why but i guess that also the fact that Japan is only three hours away from korea our market was kind of get mostly games from japan) or also bootlegs from original games.. But most of the games who are Korean is unofficial releases (not pirated) made by Koreans but there was also not pretty many and the games are very rare. Joykid also and some other famiclones were in market but they were just like any other crappy famiclones.

Many of the Korean videogame market have their own licenced products that came out in Japan such as the Samsung Saturn and Super Comboy and so on just for (hmm what you call it) legally seeing for the world in public =S (sorry i do not really know how to say in english)


I hope you understand what i writing now an if there is further questions on this just feel free to ask!

Edit: I give you this link to read some more about this about Comboy and some Korean comboy systems....It is not my site but it sure have some information in english language

http://autofish.net/hosted/famitek/
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Post by: JC on June 28, 2008, 06:03:23 pm
Thanks for the link. It seems like you have had a nice unlicensed originals market in Korea. There are some games on that website that I've never seen before...which doesn't altogether surprise me.

http://autofish.net/hosted/famitek/koko2.jpg  -- looks great!
http://autofish.net/hosted/famitek/mfscreenshot4.jpg -- awesome!

There is a list on that site of Korean Version NES games. Is that a complete list? I see Bubble Bobble was released there! I love Bubble Bobble.
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Post by: nurd on June 28, 2008, 06:04:24 pm
I saw a video of that one, It looks cool.
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Post by: Sirdjorgo on June 28, 2008, 06:17:49 pm
No problems =)

That list is what i know not complete from that licensed NES games but there were absolutly not many as in the USA or Europe were released in Korea for the NES

Oh yes specially the Metal force cart is one very great game that i have in my collection, also the general son cart is also one that i own that is not very good game but it is based on a true Korean story who took part when Korea was a part of the Japanese empire...Actually if you go to Korea you can find in markets some unknown unlicensed famicom Korean carts (just to have some luck( an you will find sometimes very interesting games =)
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Post by: JC on June 28, 2008, 07:32:29 pm
That's cool. It is very hard to buy games from Korea. It's one of the last untapped Famicom/NES markets, I think. It's easy to get stuff from other countries, but it's hard to get stuff from Korea. I've been lucky to find a few Korean games on Yahoo! Japan auctions.
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Post by: Sirdjorgo on June 28, 2008, 08:22:50 pm
i understand. Well if you have something you look for i might be able to help you. right now i am not in korea so that would be hard but as the next time i go home we can talk about it and i will help search if you look for anything  special, we have a pretty big fc market and internationally very not explored yet so.. :)
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Post by: Mindfreak on July 10, 2008, 09:28:21 pm
hello...I found this site while seaching for some info on the Famicom...and I must say Famicom World is very informative....I've learned alot about the japanese version of the NES.....and I would just like to say that this is an awesome site!!!!

retro gamer for life,

Tim aka Mindfreak
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Post by: JC on July 11, 2008, 09:54:45 am
Thanks for the compliments. The forum has tons of info, the actual site has less. :( But we're working on it! Enjoy it all...stick around.
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Post by: Kuvio on July 11, 2008, 01:13:13 pm
Helloo Mindfreak. Welcome.  :)
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Post by: Sensei on July 15, 2008, 11:12:53 pm
Hey, My name is Kevin.  I am a gaming nut and am fairly proud of that.

I write for the website www.4colorrebellion.com

I also do videos for www.famicomdojo.com

Then of course there is my retro game store that I started with my good friend Alex 2 years ago: www.risingstuff.com

But enough links.  About me:

I have been living in Japan for the last 5 years.  In March I married a beautiful woman who can tolerate my gaming habits.

What else?  I don't know.  But I'd be happy to answer any questions. 
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Post by: nurd on July 15, 2008, 11:39:20 pm
Hey, aren't you an english teacher?
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Post by: Sensei on July 16, 2008, 06:30:04 am
Quote from: nurd on July 15, 2008, 11:39:20 pm
Hey, aren't you an english teacher?


That is indeed my day job.
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Post by: nurd on July 16, 2008, 06:41:47 am
Did you live in Eau Claire, Wisconsin before?
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Post by: Mo on July 16, 2008, 04:11:27 pm
Whats been happening peeps, it's been a while since I was last here - been busy ya know.  Anyway , hello to the recent new members - big up yourselves  ;D  8)
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Post by: Sensei on July 16, 2008, 06:47:36 pm
Quote from: nurd on July 16, 2008, 06:41:47 am
Did you live in Eau Claire, Wisconsin before?


:: looks behind shoulder ::

Do I know you?
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Post by: nurd on July 16, 2008, 06:58:33 pm
No, I'm just wondering.
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Post by: Kuvio on July 16, 2008, 07:15:59 pm
Haha, that's odd. Anyway, nice to meet you Sensei.
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Post by: nurd on July 16, 2008, 07:18:02 pm
It's just that you meantioned Famicom Dojo, and I remembered that Sean Orange lived in Eau Claire And Madison, both places I have lived.
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Post by: Sensei on July 16, 2008, 11:05:40 pm
Quote from: nurd on July 16, 2008, 07:18:02 pm
It's just that you meantioned Famicom Dojo, and I remembered that Sean Orange lived in Eau Claire And Madison, both places I have lived.


he's a good friend of mine...


Singing: It's a small world after all!
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Post by: GringoJB on July 31, 2008, 08:12:58 am
Hey there!

Just wanted to say "hi" since I'm new... this seems like a pretty cool group of folk!  I've been checking out FW for the last week or so for some FDS info, since I'm finally getting one at some point in the next week or so, and I wanted to check out the forums, too!

Anyway, I've had a Famicom for a little while now, and I've been a pretty rabid Nintendo fan/collector for pretty much forever.  Hope to talk to you guys soon!
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Post by: Sensei on July 31, 2008, 06:18:36 pm
Quote from: GringoJB on July 31, 2008, 08:12:58 am
Hey there!

Just wanted to say "hi" since I'm new... this seems like a pretty cool group of folk!  I've been checking out FW for the last week or so for some FDS info, since I'm finally getting one at some point in the next week or so, and I wanted to check out the forums, too!

Anyway, I've had a Famicom for a little while now, and I've been a pretty rabid Nintendo fan/collector for pretty much forever.  Hope to talk to you guys soon!


Welcome!  I'm pretty new here too.  But these guys are great and know a lot about what they are talking about.  Friendly to boot.  You will like it here.
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Post by: GringoJB on July 31, 2008, 07:22:16 pm
Quote from: Sensei on July 31, 2008, 06:18:36 pm
Welcome!  I'm pretty new here too.  But these guys are great and know a lot about what they are talking about.  Friendly to boot.  You will like it here.


Sweet!  That's cool to hear... I checked out your site and liked it a lot, so it's awesome to get a greeting from the man himself  :D  Catch you soon!
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Post by: Zombie on August 04, 2008, 08:05:50 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on April 22, 2007, 08:01:15 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on April 22, 2007, 05:47:19 pm
Are you anti-female, FJL? You lured Emily away as well.  I think your bad PR. :P


One day we'll find a female that actually knows what this site is about...one day, :P.


And over a year later... that day has come.

I'm Melly, and I'm from Australia- the country that seems to get shafted constantly when it comes to video games. I grew up with a NES and SNES and nothing else until a couple of years ago, so they were very much a big part of my gaming life (and have a lot of great memories attached to them!)

Not much else to say about me, I'm still pretty young, I work part time at a game store and I'll hopefully do a traineeship as a network admin next year. I spend my day playing video games and reading about video games, so this is a perfect forum for me :p

I'm here mostly to learn odd bits, make some friends and hear about some games that I ought to have played ;)

Hmm... That's all! I'm looking forward to getting to know you all :D

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Post by: 133MHz on August 04, 2008, 08:09:40 pm
Welcome! :D
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Post by: son_ov_hades on August 04, 2008, 08:10:52 pm
Welcome. I think we have one or two women somewhere around lol.
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Post by: JC on August 04, 2008, 09:09:46 pm
Welcome. I've found some great pirated Famicom stuff on Australian eBay and my friend in Japan is Australian, so I've had some luck with Australia.
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Post by: wentle85 on August 07, 2008, 01:11:23 pm
Hey, I'm Brent. I found this site about a week ago and it's helped me out alot. I  just bought a Twin and it's on it's way right now. I'm really interested in the Disk format and i'm starting a collection. I've been getting tired of the games coming out on my PS3 and what not so I started looking for a NES on ebay, saw some Famicom's and figured why not go for something really interesting. Here's what i've got coming soon.

System:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170243586638&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=007

Games:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170244878282&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=007

I also have a copy of AKUMAJOU DRACULA (Disk/Loose), NAZO NO MURASAMEJOU (CIB), Argus(loose), and Tetris Bullet (looose) coming from toysonlinehk. 

I kinda went over the top for jsut starting out but I figured since i'm only a college student and work at Gamestop I should stock up on some games while I can because it will be a while before I can afford to expand my collection anymore.

So Hello again, it's good to meet all of you.
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Post by: JC on August 07, 2008, 04:13:52 pm
Welcome! The Disk System is an interesting way to start. I'd be kinda curious to know how many people start their Family Computer gaming with the Disk System instead of the Famicom.
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Post by: wentle85 on August 08, 2008, 10:12:23 pm
For me it's a combination of liking vintage gaming and  liking weird, defunct, yet useful technology. The FDS fits the bill. I also collect Laserdiscs if that explains anything. It's only stuff that you can use though. If it's just going to sit there and look neat I might want it but I won't buy it.
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Post by: Sensei on August 11, 2008, 07:17:19 pm
Quote from: wentle85 on August 08, 2008, 10:12:23 pm
For me it's a combination of liking vintage gaming and  liking weird, defunct, yet useful technology. The FDS fits the bill. I also collect Laserdiscs if that explains anything. It's only stuff that you can use though. If it's just going to sit there and look neat I might want it but I won't buy it.



Yeah, I'm a LaserDisc collector too.  Still can't figure out why.  The more obscure the better.  I bet on day I'll collect HD-DVDs for the same reason.  What a weird guy I am...
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Post by: wentle85 on August 11, 2008, 10:01:46 pm
I know what you mean, I'll be buying them too and talking about how great of a format it really was even though i've always been pro blu ray myself. I haven't sunk to BetaMax yet though. I'm not that crazy of a collector.
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Post by: JC on August 28, 2008, 12:50:22 pm
Welcome! I think that makes you our third member from Argentina.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on August 28, 2008, 01:11:30 pm
It's great to have more people that live in South America posting here. Welcome!
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Post by: 133MHz on August 28, 2008, 04:29:44 pm
Quote from: Shinryuu on August 28, 2008, 12:15:31 pm
I live in Argentina but im Uruguayan, Im studying Swedish and I speak Portuguese.


OMFG @_@
BTW Welcome! ;D
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Post by: turbo D on September 21, 2008, 02:56:45 pm
Hey guys, I'm David. I live in SoCal and play videogames all day, haha.
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Post by: JC on September 21, 2008, 03:10:11 pm
I'm liking the avatar. Welcome. :)
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Post by: turbo D on September 21, 2008, 03:20:25 pm
Thanks JC! I saved one of the disk kun jpegs from the site and modified it with AirZonk's sunglasses and trademark lightening bolt. I'm sure hudson wouldn't mind  :D
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Post by: ancientflounder on September 25, 2008, 04:39:45 am
Howdy, everyone.  AF here, glad to be able to have found this site/forum and looking forward to enjoying my Famicom...once I get a working one.  XD
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Post by: JC on September 25, 2008, 08:19:30 am
Welcome and enjoy!
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Post by: corisco on October 24, 2008, 04:59:03 am
Quote from: Shinryuu on August 28, 2008, 12:15:31 pm
Hey there, I'm new, I'm 22 I live in Argentina but im Uruguayan, Im studying Swedish and I speak Portuguese.
Im at work so that's it for now, see you around.


¡Bienvenido! o mejor, bem-vindo! I'm from South America too ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 26, 2008, 10:01:52 am
Welcome new member. I hope you can hang around here for a long time! I used to rom hack as well. Any hacks that you may have released that I could check out? Cya
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ACDBR on October 26, 2008, 12:12:24 pm
Hi I'm new here too. I just registered today and like megadrive,super famicom and of course famicom. I also sorta like the newer systems just not as much as the old ones. I am especially interested in pirated games. Thanks for listening.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on October 26, 2008, 12:22:30 pm
Quote from: ACDBR on October 26, 2008, 12:12:24 pm
I am especially interested in pirated games.


There are plenty of them to be had! Welcome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 26, 2008, 10:24:26 pm
Yeah there is an infinity of pirates out there which could make it impossible to have each one but you can come close to having the most unique ones! I'm happy having any pirate cart because of the good memories I had during my childhood with them. Oh yeah Mario 8 rocks AWAAAAAA!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Vikingo70s on October 28, 2008, 02:05:26 pm
Hi everybody !!! My name is Vikingo70s. I'm from Argentina.
Vikingo means Viking in Spanish (people in my town calls me that way 'cos i'm a wild wacky dude hehehe) and 70s is because i love 70's rock specially Led Zeppelin. I also play the guitar and sing. I play Famicom games since i was 6. In 2000 i sold the first famiclone i had and lots of nice games, then i bought a PC and started playing with emulators. Last month bougth a cheap famiclone again and now i want to restart colecting pirate cartridges 'cos they 're fun and cheap !!! and also easy to find in my country. Also i ve got a Sega Genesis with a lot of games.


Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on October 28, 2008, 02:11:02 pm
Welcome! You guys from Argentina certainly love your retro games. We have a lot of US members, but Argentina has got to be second on the list of where our members live.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 29, 2008, 09:16:51 am
Welcome Vikingo que la pases bien en Famicom World!

I hope to see your awesome pirate finds in the future.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on October 29, 2008, 05:33:34 pm
Greetings and welcome from your neighbor country - Chile ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Des on October 30, 2008, 06:12:44 am
Hey everyone, I'm Des, just moved back to Botswana, hoping to start a business within the next year or so. Also just bought a "FunStation" with the obligatory 9 999 999 in 1 that's just 5 games repeated. I had a flash of genius while playing "duck Hunt", I want to try hacking it so that everything fits in the gun  8). Later on, I want to try hacking the ROM image itself so I can put it on PC.

I've never done anything like this, but if Ben Heck can do it...

Message me if you feel like discussing hacks, entrepeneurship or... well whatever, I'm always up for any discussion.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on October 30, 2008, 06:50:45 am
Wow, you must be our first member from Africa. :o
Well, welcome to the forums.  :D I hope you like it here.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 30, 2008, 08:57:52 am
Wow awesome! Welcome to the forums and hope you enjoy it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on October 30, 2008, 09:11:41 am
Nice...I'd love to know more about Famicom gaming in Botswana. We don't have another member from Africa; I'd always assumed the Famicom (clones) somehow skipped that continent.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DLX on October 31, 2008, 12:07:47 pm
Hi everybody, I like to introduce myself here on this forum. I'm from the Netherlands and played on my NES when I was young. I've been born in 1982, so I like retro 8-bit classic and I realy respect them :)

I'm collecting Famicom games for 1 year now. Have a collection of about 50 games, loose, boxed, disks and NES games. I realy like the Japan versions of Metroid, Kid Icarus (savegames :)) and the USA only games like StarTropics II.

The system I play with is the Twin Famicom with turbo buttons (lazy I know ;), well sometimes) and I have a converter to play NES games with it. I have also a PAL Game Genie and a Gold Honey Bee.

I will post scans of my stuff soon, also to show the great combination of a JAP converter + Game Genie + NES game to play on this a Twin Famicom with cheats. I will try to test a JAP converter + Game Genie + Honey Bee + JAP game to cheat my Famicom games ;) (or someone likes to offer a JAP Game Genie I saw on this forum :))

I also have a database called collectorz.com with all my games (including scans), so maybe one day I will share it!

PS. Don't know if this is the right place/subtopic to introduce myself, but it's nice to meet ya all!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 31, 2008, 12:59:38 pm
Hey welcome new member it's great to have more people join these forums! I think we would all love to see photos of your collection. Anyways, I hope you enjoy your stay here. Famicom Rocks!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nickv on November 04, 2008, 09:06:39 pm
hello everybody
i'm not new but ive been away for a while (busy busy busy) anyways i'm back looking through the forum at stuff i missed, that's it, nice to see all is well
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Evil on November 13, 2008, 03:29:21 am
Hello everyone. I'm new here (as You see ;p). I'm from Poland. First of all - I just want to say sorry for my bad english :p I hope You can understand me.

I played a lot of Famicom games when i was young. Unfortunately i sold my console and all of  games (please don't kill me ;p), when I get my first PC. Shame on me :( (now i have to play on emulators, i've got my own website about nes/famicom emulation, but it's only in polish language ;p <thanks god>).

My favourite game is Mega Man 3 (i also like Summer Carnival'92 - Recca). Except old games i love music too (especially rock).

Greetings and sorry for my english once again ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on November 13, 2008, 06:20:39 am
Welcome!
You are our second member from Poland.  :)
How's the weather over there?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on November 13, 2008, 09:35:16 am
Welcome Polish friend. I hope you have a great time in the forums!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Evil on November 13, 2008, 10:16:22 am
Quote from: manuel on November 13, 2008, 06:20:39 am
You are our second member from Poland.  :)


Who was first? :) Is he still "active" on this forum?

Quote from: manuel on November 13, 2008, 06:20:39 am
How's the weather over there?


The weather is just great  ;> Cold, rain and strong wind - standard polish autumn ;p

@FamicomFreak thank You :)

ed. ok, i've found the second polish member (siudym) :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on November 13, 2008, 10:38:11 am
Nice. I see FW's drunk Disk-kun has made it to Poland!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Evil on November 13, 2008, 10:43:58 am
Quote from: JC on November 13, 2008, 10:38:11 am
Nice. I see FW's drunk Disk-kun has made it to Poland!


Try to "click him" ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on November 13, 2008, 05:02:02 pm
Quote from: Evil on November 13, 2008, 10:16:22 am
The weather is just great  ;> Cold, rain and strong wind - standard polish autumn ;p


Hey, that's the same as the usual weather in Germany.
Good thing I moved to Japan.  ;D
It's warm and cozy out there.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on November 13, 2008, 05:39:43 pm
Quote from: manuel on November 13, 2008, 05:02:02 pm
Good thing I moved to Japan.  ;D
It's warm and cozy out there.


What's the weather like in JP in early Feb.?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on November 13, 2008, 06:11:46 pm
If you are in the south, chances are good it's already quite warm.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on November 13, 2008, 08:50:15 pm
Anything worth seeing up north?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on November 13, 2008, 10:29:57 pm
Depends on what you'd like to see, really. Interesting shrines and temples can be found everywhere, but of course the most media attention is on Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.

Maybe we should continue this discussion in the Japan thread.  :D

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=1379.msg34265#msg34265 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=1379.msg34265#msg34265)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on November 14, 2008, 12:52:59 am
A lot of interesting Japan info there. Anyways, welcome to all the new member I have missed.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Agent X on November 17, 2008, 09:41:51 pm
Figures It take me (3) posts before finding the "Introduce Yourself" thread.  I figured it was in the Famicom/FDS section for some reason, and not Off Topics.  Anyhoo, I found the site through a link an online friend of mine put up in a thread where I mentioned I'm looking for Dead Fox: Human Weapon.  He thought it be a good idea to join up over here and get some Famicom chitchat going with the rest of you, and of course see what might be available in the resident market place.  Anyhow... the name's Mike, I'm thirty years old and have been a die hard gamer since 1983.  Started off on a 6-Slot wood paneled Atari 2600 and have more or less owned every system (save the Bandai Playdia, FM Town Marty) released on both sides of the Pacific at some point.  I'm still more of an Arcade gamer over all else, and I currently own three upright cabs in my house which are IKARI III: The Rescue, RASTAN, and a Neo:Geo 2-SLOT.  The makings for an MX 5000 cab are in my walk in closet, but I have yet to put it together or power up the PCB of it.

Online I'll either be here (now), over at Neo-Geo.Com, OS-BMX.Com and a book forums to boot.  Basically I'm a *conversationalist* who just likes to meet and talk with ppl from all over the globe, usually about more than gaming, but it seems gaming is the common bond on the web.  In my professional life I'm a LV III (armed) Security Enforcement Officer, I still ride BMX and I love to tactical combat and cowboy action shoot.  I'm a voracious reader of any and all things, both non fiction and fiction alike, and will probably be gaming when the bombs fall [that's a joke BTW].  Not much else to say other than I'm glad to be here, and look forward to chatting it up with others in the Famicom community.  Only wish I'd have known about this site/community sooner is all.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on November 17, 2008, 11:55:19 pm
Welcome new member hope you enjoy your stay in this awesome forum!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Epic_Lotus on November 21, 2008, 06:22:43 pm
Hello all  :)

I've been a lurker here for quite some time, but I'm starting to build my FC collection finally, so I thought it was time to get to know some folks around here.  My name is Jon, and I'm from Wisconsin.  I've been an NES collector for a number of years, and am fairly active on the nintendoage.com forums.  My collection so far is only a boxed Famicom and Disk System, but I have several games on their way to me now from Japan.  I'm a slow but steady collector.  I hope to learn a lot from you guys!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on November 21, 2008, 06:33:44 pm
Hello and welcome new member. I remember seeing you in nintendo age forum. There are so many good things for both NES and Famicom to check out so it's good that you join here. I  hope all the information in this forum will help you out in your growing collection!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on November 22, 2008, 12:02:08 am
Welcome nesguy.

I hope you become a famicomguy over time.  ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: vgthing on December 15, 2008, 06:49:20 pm
Wow, I have been a member for like a month and never saw this thread. :P
Anyway, I started my collection early this past summer and have around 30 Famicom games and 40 NES games, and a bunch of random accessories for each. I also have a N64, SNES, Gamecube, 5 gameboys, and Wii, (I like Nintendo) but I have been focusing most of my attention of the 8-bit consoles lately. My first console was my N64, and I have always been interested in the NES. One day, I decided it was time to get one. And I did. Then I saw the Famicom with all its white and redness and I had to get one of those too. And I did. I had lots 'O fun but I wanted to more about my Famicom than what was posted on Wikipedia. So here I was making my rounds on the internets one day and happened across this fine site and here I am! yay!
That's it...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on December 15, 2008, 08:06:53 pm
Welcome! -- I guess, even though you've been here a while.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Teknodromen on December 16, 2008, 01:57:54 am
Hi all!

I'm new to this forum, and just wanted to say hello to all famicom collectors!  :) I'm sure there will be alot of interesting stuff to read here :D Also, I'm from Sweden, so if you need any info about games/gamestuff from around here, just ask! I hope to find some cool disk games for my new Sharp Twin Famicom on the board :)

EDIT: Oops, didn't noticed the OT about this  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on December 16, 2008, 05:51:50 am
Welcome.

I've merged this one with the "introduce yourself" thread.
I hope your next posts go into the appropriate places.  ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 19, 2008, 09:44:41 am
Welcome new members I hope you all have a good time here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Rogles on December 19, 2008, 06:44:05 pm
I just started playing famicom 2 days ago(on the actual hardware), and it's way better than emulators. So far I've got SMB, Gradius, Star Soldier, and Mario Bros. I was born in December of '94.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: levon2807 on December 20, 2008, 04:32:00 pm
Long time lurker, seldom poster. Quite new to the world of Famicom but absolutely loving it! Got around 20 games already and looking to expand...my current favs are Gradius and Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffitit...oh and my game that uses the tap tap mat? I forget the name of it lol. I'm finding the Famicom is making me play games again instead of just collecting them

Anyhow, looking forward to speaking some Famicom with you all

Cheers
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on December 20, 2008, 06:21:59 pm
Welcome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: tonev on December 21, 2008, 02:52:08 pm
Well i am hardcore famicom fan... i began playing first on a pirate consolle :(  (terminator 2  ;D ) but sadly the terminator played soe games bether than my new famicom... well ehh  ;D and I am still expanding my game collection tomorow i will show them on the video (I'm so happy i have the legendary 52 in 1) ohh but I am telling hte secrets because it won't be intetersting for you to watch.. oh and I am 17 from bulgaria
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ericj on December 21, 2008, 04:03:45 pm
Welcome!
I'm looking forward to seeing your video.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on December 21, 2008, 04:14:07 pm
Nice, Bulgaria. I think that's a first on FW. Welcome, and enjoy.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 22, 2008, 12:23:08 am
Great to have a Bulgarian here! Link us to your video when you are done with it!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: WillT on December 25, 2008, 05:43:37 pm
Hi! I'm Will... Well, you could probably tell from the name... My brother is Rogles, and I helped pay for our Famicom. I live in a small village in Michigan, where no one can tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese.  Nobody has heard of a Famicom, Super Famicom, or a Game and Watch, for that matter. We are introducing a new culture to Caledonia! :) 
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Rogles on December 25, 2008, 06:38:13 pm
HELLO MY BROTHER
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on December 26, 2008, 12:16:45 pm
Welcome WillT, brother of Rogles of Caledonia.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 26, 2008, 11:26:03 pm
Welcome and hope you have a great time!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on December 27, 2008, 12:47:23 am
I joined in early December and just now decided to post here :P

I found this site through Google... and it was one of the best Google searches I ever had 8)

If I hadn't found this site...I wouldn't have a Famicom right now, I found out about a little site called Famicomshop.com and before I knew it, I was chatting it up with the owner via IM.

My current Famicom Collection:
CIB A/V Modded Famicom
Rockman 3
Devil World
Mario Open Golf
2 Doreamon games
A CIB unknown detective game

I will post pics of the unknown game, the Doreamon games and my A/V Modded Famicom in another thread, any help is appreciated!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Walky on December 27, 2008, 07:43:40 am
Hello!

I knew this site from long ago, but it wasn't until today that I decided to join. I'm from Chile (same as 133Mhz, another member of FW, whom I met at www.retrogames.cl, a chilean collecting site) and been collecting nes stuff for some years. I'll try to share as much information as I can with all of you, and to learn the most I can from you too  ;).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on December 27, 2008, 09:48:13 am
Welcome. :) Nice to get another member from S. America.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on December 27, 2008, 10:51:07 am
Walky! Glad to see you here! ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: turbo D on December 27, 2008, 03:02:17 pm
I live in the US but I'm Venezuelan, so add me to the list of South American members! :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 29, 2008, 11:20:55 pm
Well dang it I lived in Peru but live in the US now so add me to the list as well. Anyways, Welcome new member enjoy this awesome site!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on December 30, 2008, 04:46:26 am
South America takes over FW!

Well, I for one welcome our new South American overlords.   :D



(the weird guy who gets the reference may take a cookie from the cupboard)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on December 30, 2008, 10:18:08 am
*takes ALL cookies and goes away*
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Esgher on December 30, 2008, 10:52:24 am
Hi,

I'll introduce myself in this topic.

My name is Esgher, I'm 21 years old and I live in Holland/ The Netherlands.
I've been collecting Nintendo for a few years now, but I've only recently started collecting Famicom stuff.

If you're interested (and also if you're not!) I'll post my complete list of my collection, and afterwards some pics.




And first some pics of my collection (before I got my Famicom stuff!) Please note: The Wii is not on the pictures because it sits in another place.


Handhelds (excluding Gameboy Micro Famicom):
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto004-1.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto005.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto006.jpg)

All handhelds together:
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto007.jpg)

Total picture of boxes etc:
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto001-1.jpg)

Total picture:
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto003-1.jpg)

Then all of the prizes that I got in the weekend of my birthday! Basically the start of my Famicom collection.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto001-2.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto002-1.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto003-2.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto004-2.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto005-1.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto006-1.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto007-1.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto008.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto009.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto010.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto011.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto012.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto013.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto014.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto015.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto016.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto017.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto018.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto019.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto020.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto020.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto021.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto022.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto023.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto024.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto025.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto026.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto027.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto028.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto029.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto030.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto031.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/Foto032.jpg)

Those are smudges, no scratches on my Famicom Micro, it is brand new!

And my latest addition to my collection (and the last one for a while also) the Famicom Robot including Block set!

Een Famicom Robot met Block set!
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/IMG_0373.jpg)

Put together:
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/IMG_0349.jpg)

Block set (Stack-Up for R.O.B.)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/IMG_0374.jpg)

Matching serial numbers between manual and Robot!
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/AKA-47/IMG_0358.jpg)


So, that was basically who I am and what I have in terms of Nintendo.

Let me know what you guys think!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on December 30, 2008, 05:24:57 pm
WOW Esgher!!  That is a great start!  That Family Robot and Stack Up can fetch a pretty penny on eBay or YHJ or whatever.  I have a Gameboy Micro like that....but I bought mine in a store, so it doesn't have that symbol on the back :(

Speaking of symbols, the FF on your Famicom's Family Computer label..... I think that means it's a newer model.  The Famicom on the box doesn't have it and neither does mine......I guess mines just old! :P

Keep collecting Esgher and stick around to chat!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Esgher on December 31, 2008, 02:26:12 am
Thanks! And with "a great start" I presume you mean the famicom part of my collection?  :D
I'm also pretty proud of my factory sealed powerglove.

But about my famicom, what does "a newer version" exactly entail?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Har the cat on December 31, 2008, 02:56:20 am
Yo esgher!

Nice to have some one else from Holland ;D
Great collection you have there!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Esgher on December 31, 2008, 02:58:48 am
Hey! Bedankt  ;D

for the others, that ment: Hey! Thanks  ;D

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 31, 2008, 09:36:26 am
Wow awesome stuff love your gameboy lineup
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on December 31, 2008, 02:58:08 pm
Quote from: Esgher on December 31, 2008, 02:26:12 am
what does "a newer version" exactly entail?
Nothing that you could see.  It has some very minor changes in the motherboard...but it doesn't affect gameplay no mater which kind you have.  So don't worry ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Esgher on January 01, 2009, 03:21:25 am
Ah alright.

And thanks all :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on January 02, 2009, 03:56:31 am
Quote from: 133MHz on December 30, 2008, 10:18:08 am
*takes ALL cookies and goes away*


I hope you took some milk, too.
Those cookies are too dry to eat without milk.

Oh, an welcome Eshger. Nice to see another fellow European. Germans are rare around here, so I'm glad I got at least some Dutch people.
Did I meantion that I had Dutch neighbors before I moved to Japan? Nice people.  8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on January 02, 2009, 11:19:44 am
Quote from: manuel on January 02, 2009, 03:56:31 am
I hope you took some milk, too.
Those cookies are too dry to eat without milk.


We're in for some trouble! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5jKW1TUyOo) -- it's my favorite children's book (http://www.amazon.com/You-Give-Mouse-Cookie-Give/dp/0060245867) and, despite the spoof, appropriate for children.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on January 04, 2009, 08:46:00 pm
Haha, that was awesome.  :D

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Switchstance on January 18, 2009, 11:30:52 pm
Hi guys, I am back into the forums. How everybody doin? :) Glad to see the forum alive and the site still running. I will post my new carts and stuff soon, I hope everybody is doin fine :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on January 18, 2009, 11:32:01 pm
Hey! Nice! I was wondering where you were...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on January 19, 2009, 12:16:03 am
Welcome back!

I hope you stay for longer this time.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MWK on January 25, 2009, 12:52:14 pm
I would like to say Hello to Everyone :-)

Poland here, MWK, 26 years old. Have been playing my Famiclone Pegasus since I was... like about 10.

(http://mwk1.vot.pl/img/MWK2007.jpg)
~pic revived... if any1 even care, lol, btw I'm 36 now
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on January 25, 2009, 01:13:22 pm
Heh...what's with that blue toilet paper!?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on January 25, 2009, 01:27:59 pm
Looks green to me :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 25, 2009, 01:29:14 pm
lol you should post that picture in the "Unveil Yourselves" thread too!

And I'd say it's teal-ish, but more blue than green
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Paul-FC on January 25, 2009, 01:48:41 pm
YOUR ALL WRONG ITS PURPLE!!
(lol i know its blue)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MWK on January 25, 2009, 05:49:44 pm
It's an eco-friendly toilet paper = User Friendly ;-)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 25, 2009, 05:51:17 pm
And it's ergonomic design makes for the best experience possible :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jimhmphry on January 28, 2009, 08:06:52 am
just ordered a famicom and a disk system from Variety Recycle Nippon off ebay. he was a recomended seller so i went for it when i saw he had both to offer.i have 5 fami games  and 4 disk on the way. Fami games smb1,bomber man ,popeye , tetris ,and a game he called ninja kid 2but i know it is not the name. disk games i have no idea didnt give any names  here is a link if any one can help with names that would be great thanks. i will also be buying a turbo twin famicom from the famicom store in the next week or so just had to have both ..     link to order help if you can please       thank so very much jim               ;D                   thelink                                                                                       http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330297389049&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D330297389049%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ericj on January 28, 2009, 08:10:39 am
I can't tell what the fourth disk is. Looks like 3 of the disk games are Galaxy Odyssey, Kamen Rider Black, and Reflect World. I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm incorrect.  :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jimhmphry on January 28, 2009, 08:38:43 am
are any of these playabl with out knowing japanes .just wandered ???

also when it dose come in do you have any tips or trick i should know when loading disk games like pictuers of when disk game tells you to put in side b is it in japnes or english screan shots would help a lot thanks jim
:D

mod edit: Don't double post.  Please review the forum rules (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=173.0)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Paul-FC on January 28, 2009, 09:25:23 am
yeah alot of games are playable if you don't know japanese.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Trium Shockwave on January 28, 2009, 12:37:57 pm
Kamen Rider Black isn't very playable, but it has nothing to do with language barrier  :D

I think that game's wretched, and I actually like Kamen Rider

Edit: Oh, and I think that last game is Baseball, but it's pretty hard to tell.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ckenda1 on January 28, 2009, 12:46:29 pm
The game next to the FDS is Exciting Baseball by Konami, not Baseball by Nintendo.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jimhmphry on January 28, 2009, 02:26:37 pm
just to be safe  ???should i order a new drive belt before i get the disk drive because it dosn't state when it was last changed . or should i use it  until it  breaks then worrie about it?i think they are some what hard to come by
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Trium Shockwave on January 28, 2009, 02:49:02 pm
There's no need to replace it unless it starts giving you problems. However, if you see any around for puchase, it's not a bad idea to buy them while you can.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ckenda1 on January 28, 2009, 04:22:21 pm
Quote from: jimhmphry on January 28, 2009, 02:26:37 pm
just to be safe  ???should i order a new drive belt before i get the disk drive because it dosn't state when it was last changed . or should i use it  until it  breaks then worrie about it?i think they are some what hard to come by


Quote from: Trium Shockwave on January 28, 2009, 02:49:02 pm
There's no need to replace it unless it starts giving you problems. However, if you see any around for puchase, it's not a bad idea to buy them while you can.


I have belts regularly in my store for $12 each.  I am out currently, but have 5 more coming in the next 7-10 days.

They are pretty easy to replace, but I'd agree with Trium, buy them when you can, but don't replace it if it is working.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: mobiusclimber on January 31, 2009, 02:37:07 pm
Um, yeah, I'm new. Basically followed hades from risingstuff over here cuz I WANT SOME SWEET PIRATE CARTS! :D

Other than that... what else to say? I have an AV Fami & FDS set up, just got into imports fairly recently. (I also have a Saturn & PC Engine/CD & Hello Kitty Dreamcast for import systems).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on January 31, 2009, 02:41:52 pm
Nice to see you made your way over here mobiusclimber. I have a feeling you'll like it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: mobiusclimber on January 31, 2009, 02:58:54 pm
Thanks. I'm sure I will. I <3 the Fami, soooo many RPGs...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 31, 2009, 03:13:20 pm
Hades works at Risingstuff ???
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: mobiusclimber on January 31, 2009, 03:25:34 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on January 31, 2009, 03:13:20 pm
Hades works at Risingstuff ???


No, he's just a member of the forums. He posted a pic of the pirate he got on here and... I really want to get into collecting pirate carts. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Paul-FC on January 31, 2009, 03:46:04 pm
welcome mobiusclimber enjoy the forums
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on January 31, 2009, 05:48:54 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on January 31, 2009, 03:13:20 pm
Hades works at Risingstuff ???


Not anymore than you work at famicomshop.com  :P. Seriously though, I have no affiliation with them I just think they're cool guys and have a good store.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 31, 2009, 06:08:09 pm
That's exactly what I think of FS
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Brandimer on February 02, 2009, 11:12:34 am
Greatings

Hi there!! new guy here, im carlos From Chile, I love old games and im a collector too, I have some rares that my friend 133mhz Its analyzing (like my twinhead pc-100), he is gonna make a review for u guys, nice to meet you and see u arrounddddd.. :)


Brandimer OUT...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 133MHz on February 02, 2009, 11:28:14 am
Welcome! ;D You finally got around to posting something here ::) :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 02, 2009, 01:16:49 pm
Welcome new member enjoy your stay !
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on February 14, 2009, 08:39:07 am
Hey everyone. I am brand new to the site.
Just wanted to say hello, and briefly introduce myself, as I see that as the courteous thing to do when signing up on a new forum. IF there are any Atariage members on here, I post over there too, but with a different screen name, as my AA account is quite old.

Pretty big fan of the Famicom, naturally, or why else would I be here. Just starting to get into collecting for it though. At the moment I only have about 8 games, though looking to up that number in the very near future.

I own a small handful of clones, and a second gen (black with red highlights) Sharp Twin Famicom. Though the Sharp doesn't get as much play time, since it is boxed, and in really nice shape.... it's more like one of those centerpieces of a collection that you have a way of being quite proud of. I also own an older Micro Genius clone. I own the only one I have ever found for sale :P I really like it too though, as it is one of those odd, interesting pieces of gaming history... a clone from before they starting using heavy NOACs. Different, but definitely neat. Got a couple N64 controller styles, and one of the Penguin clones with the Infrared controllers (actually a pretty good controller for a clone).

I have been playing games for about as long as I can recall, and collecting actively for about 6 years. This is my branch out into the non-domestic gaming sector though. Fun fun fun!

Good times all!

*sorry mods, it's early where I am at (well, for me), and I missed the introduction thread. I don't mean to burden you with my carelessness... but if you feel it appropriate, please move this post.

*Had to correct some typos. Yeah, sure felt early :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on February 14, 2009, 11:19:48 am
Hey shoggoth!  You posted in the right place, now anyway, ;)
What games do you have for the Famicom so far?

Also...
Quote from: shoggoth80 on February 14, 2009, 08:39:07 am
AA
lol
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on February 14, 2009, 05:40:54 pm
Lol... AA = Atari Age. Though, some of us in there might need rehab... we're pretty addicted :P

Right now I have:
Daiku No Gensan
Akumajou Dracula Special
Tower of Druaga,
Devil World
Hokuto No Ken 2
Deep Dungeon
Labyrinth
Wizardry; Legacy of Llylgamyn
Dokuganryuu Masamune
111-in-1 pirate cart that came with my Penguin Famiclone.

I have many more lined up, and will hopefully have them by the middle of week after next.
I am always searching for more games to add (aren't we all?), and I seem to have a silly thing for pirate cosoles/clones. Don't ask me why, I can't explain that one. : P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on February 14, 2009, 09:26:19 pm
Devil World is a fun Pulse Line, I also have it.  I think it's cool that Devil is in SSBB
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on February 14, 2009, 09:51:54 pm
Devil World ROCKS!
It's like Pac-Man but a step better in terms of difficulty and strategy due to the moving screen, and needing the bible to attack enemies. Of course, stage two is really funny...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on February 14, 2009, 10:01:51 pm
Yeah, it's like something you'd see in one of those bad movies where the guy has to escape an "underworld"

"You must throw the bible into the Skull..box...thing in order to escape... and watch out for the moving screen.  That will kill you."

"What moving screen?"

He wouldn't have a clue lol
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Pikkon on February 15, 2009, 11:16:56 pm
Hi everyone,great site by the way.

Well I have always been attracted to japanese games and consoles for as long as I can remember.

And now I have a Super Famicom,well its a pal snes case with a ntsc snes motherboard but it plays my super fami games just fine,I only have 4 games for now but Im picky lol

But I grew up with the nes and super nes and have alot of fond memories from that time.But this site is pretty cool so Im differently going to stick around.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on February 15, 2009, 11:41:42 pm
Pikkon:

Why a PAL SNES with a US board? Unless you live somewhere where PAL is the dominant format, this seems like a lot of effort. Easiest way to play SFC? Snap off your region tabs inside your console's case. Badda bing... instant SFC. That's what I did, and I have no regrets either. Yeah the SFC might look really cool... I just can't justify the price premium for essentially the same thing as what I have sitting right in my face here at home :P

All I've got in SF is:
Elfaria
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Shin Megami Tensei

Good times though, playing the games is what counts.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on February 16, 2009, 10:22:41 am
Welcome aboard, new members!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Pikkon on February 16, 2009, 10:34:58 am
Quote from: shoggoth80 on February 15, 2009, 11:41:42 pm
Pikkon:

Why a PAL SNES with a US board? Unless you live somewhere where PAL is the dominant format, this seems like a lot of effort. Easiest way to play SFC? Snap off your region tabs inside your console's case. Badda bing... instant SFC. That's what I did, and I have no regrets either. Yeah the SFC might look really cool... I just can't justify the price premium for essentially the same thing as what I have sitting right in my face here at home :P

All I've got in SF is:
Elfaria
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Shin Megami Tensei

Good times though, playing the games is what counts.



Nah,Im in the US.

But I got a free pal snes with 2 pal controllers,then I bought my friends old snes for 10 bucks so thats why I did the mod.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on February 16, 2009, 11:45:36 am
Ha ha ha! Hey  if it works, right on!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Pikkon on February 16, 2009, 12:07:01 pm
lol thanks,a little dremel work and the motherboad fit like a glove :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Blue Protoman on February 17, 2009, 03:09:45 pm
I'm Blue Protoman.  I'm new here.  Love the site, but the main page needs another update, if at least to show that it's still being supported.

So, um, yeah.  What else should I talk about?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on February 17, 2009, 03:15:15 pm
Hey Blue Protoman!  I noticed in your own thread, you asked about a main page update..and well...we know! lol
You'll find out sooner or later that the mods here have been working on a complete site redesign that's set to launch sometime next month!  After it's done, the site will be a lot better, and updates will start coming in. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on February 17, 2009, 03:55:31 pm
Welcome to the boards. There is an introduction thread that you should visit. :)

As far as things to talk about, the choices are pretty much endless. Add to an already started thread or start your own. :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 17, 2009, 04:14:46 pm
Welcome.

I merged your introduction into this thread.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 18, 2009, 11:02:50 am
Welcome new members always great to have new people join the community.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Rob64 on February 18, 2009, 01:52:23 pm
Hey everybody, I'm Rob. I got linked here from a picture from yahoo when I was doing famicom related research and here I am. I've gotten into famicom playing recently along with old games in general, so I got one and it's awesome. I am looking to get a disk system for my birthday which will be awesome.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on February 18, 2009, 04:16:07 pm
Hey Rob,
Welcome to the forums. Fun place, lots of info. Good show on getting yourself a Famicom rig. Literally good times and fun and games!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 18, 2009, 10:15:48 pm
Welcome bro I hope you can research a lot more interesting things involving famicom and share your findings with us. There is still so much we don't know about the Famicom's past.....
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: senseiman on February 20, 2009, 03:33:54 am
Hello, this is my first post and I thought I'd introduce myself.

I live in Japan and was in a "recycle" shop in Kitakyushu a few months ago when I found a complete Famicom in its original box for 1250 yen (guess thats about $12 US).  My wife had a Famicom when she was a kid in the 80s and I had an NES so I figured "why not, for nostalgia's sake". 

I've got a few shops in the neighborhood that sell Famicom games for 200 to 300 yen each so if anybody has any advice on which ones are good I'd appreciate it!

;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 20, 2009, 03:49:15 am
From your nickname I judge you're an English teacher, right? Welcome aboard.

That was a nice find and very cheap for a Famicom. Congrats on that.

For recommendations, just hit up the Famicom games section of the boards. There we have the top 25 games for example. All of those are good.
Look around a bit and you'll find lots and lots of recommendations.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: senseiman on February 20, 2009, 04:15:10 am
Thanks!  I'm not a teacher (though I used to be), I just kind of like the name "Senseiman". 

I'll check out the recommendations.  I picked up "Lode Runner" a couple of days ago and have been enjoying that!

:)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 20, 2009, 11:52:46 pm
Welcome to the forum sensei! I hope you enjoy your stay!

As for games I would recommend Rockman and the Super Mario Bros series. Also pick up some RPGs like Dragon Quest which should be real cheap over there as well as Mother and Sweet Home. There are tons of good games for the Famicom but I guess in the end, it depends on which genre you like the most. Take care!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: WillT on February 21, 2009, 07:57:35 pm
Rockman 2 FTW.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 22, 2009, 12:00:36 am
love the avatar !
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Rcoehrs on February 24, 2009, 06:23:17 am
Hello all, Names Rob
A Retro Collector from Ohio .
I'm the type who hunts down the past playables at Garage, Estate and Yard Sales along with any second hand shop that may catch my eye. I've had incredible luck doing so also.

On top of the Retro Gaming, I also Enjoy Drawing, Am a  Pro Wrestling Fanatic and have a deep interest in comics along with Horror Flicks..Maybe I just love to collect.  ;D

I hope by joining your forums to have discussions on the worthwhile Games and systems that should be added to collection. Learning more about gaming and just having a great time.

Feel free to PM about anything if you find the need to, I am very Open and ready to chat with any and all about the topics above.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on February 24, 2009, 10:29:39 am
Welcome, Rob of Ohio.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 24, 2009, 06:11:06 pm
Welcome Rob! Great photos of your collection you have there!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: WillT on February 28, 2009, 05:28:41 pm
Hi Rob!  I like horror films too.  Not the newer ones, but the 1920's silents like "The Cabinet Of Dr. Calagari".  Welcome aboard.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mindfreak on February 28, 2009, 05:34:46 pm
Welcome new members!!!!

;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Doc on February 28, 2009, 07:23:52 pm
Love horror movies as well. :)

And by wrestling, you mean anything before like 1998, right? :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Tupin on March 04, 2009, 06:26:42 pm
Did I really forget to introduce myself? I was a long time lurker of Famicom World and registered a while ago, but only recently started posting because I had a renewed interest in Famicom.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on March 04, 2009, 10:51:02 pm
Well either way welcome new lad!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 08, 2009, 09:12:30 am
hi people.  I'm a retro system/game collector.  Basically I'm a huge hardware freak.  I can't stand the following:

1: emulation.  I can't stand emulation, to me it's nowhere near the same experience as playing on the actual hardware on a proper crt tv and sound system.

2: clones.  Although clones are quite a flattering form of hardware.  Playing on them is like playing on the cheapest possible hardware revision.  So they're more of just something to keep around to show that a system is so awesome it's worth cloning.

3: bad hardware revisions.  For example the sega genesis/megadrive model 2.  Sure it looks sexy, but the sound quality is terrible.  Apparently even the model 1 has different revisions that produce worse quality sound.

4: bad setups.  Hey let's play my 1983 system on a new hdtv hur hur hurrrrr.  Of course that's gonna make it look terrible.  These systems were designed to be played on a 4:3 crt television.  So that's what I play them on, one of the best crts I was able to come across.  And for sound....just a straight amplifier.....nothing funny.  Simple bass/treble/volume adjustment is all you should have.

Here's the things I love:

1: getting the most out of what your system can do.  As most people know by default a sega genesis or neo geo don't do s-video.  And if you're like me and live in the land of non-rgb tvs this creates a slight barrier.  So what's the solution?  I built a rgb to s-video circuit and oh damn, does my sega ever look sexy now.  I love getting the most out of what a system was intended to do.  Stuff like internally modding a system for picture/sound quality doesn't feel right.  But if there's a port on the back that pumps out rgb then just build yourself an adapter/converter.  And for sound?  stereo please.  I bought a neo geo mvs mv-1f board because I can plug it into a standard jamma rig, but I can ALSO get stereo sound out of it from pins on the side of the board.  Heavenly.

So because of that I collect the actual hardware to play these games.  I picked myself up an AV famicom a while back becuase....well.....there's just too many good games for that system....and it's just darn sexy.  Anyway here's the current lineup of expensive systems I own

2 super famicoms
AV famicom
japanese megadrive model 1 HAA 2510 (not the asian one)
gameboy advance sp model 1 (yes I love it lol)
slim ps2
ketsui arcade pcb
neo geo mvs mv-1f board
street fighter 2 world warrior 911101 cps1 arcade board (with kick harness)
currently borrowing a raiden dx arcade pcb from a friend

so what gets the most playtime?  In order:

1: ketsui
2: neo geo mvs.  I was surprised by this wonderful system because I never grew up with one or around anyone who had one.
3: super famicom
4: tie between my megadrive and AV famicom

And you may ask how do I play this arcade stuff?  Do I have a cab?  Nope.  Cabs have a few problems.

1: you're right infront of the screen.  I like being able to lay down on a couch or bed and relax while playing a game

2: cabs are expensive.  Period

3: cabs are stupidly heavy and take up a lot of space

so what do I use?  I built myself a supergun.  I can play arcade games on my bed comfortably.  The screen is huge and it looks better than most arcade screens.  And the sound is amplified so it sound better than most cabs.

Also I'm a cartridge nut.  CDs get scratched and then that's it no more game.  And cartridges have no loading time.  And I like how cartridges have limited space so it forces the game creators to be a little more creative than simply giving you a pre-rendered avi cutscene.

oh yeah here's the famicom games I play all the time

1: rockman 2
2: mario usa
3: sometimes mario 3 but the above two games keep stealing my attention

so yeah....that's me in a nutshell.  I love my famicom and play it almost daily.  Any classic game appreciator should own one of these boxes of fun
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on March 08, 2009, 11:22:38 pm
Awesome introduction! I welcome you hardware geek!! I hope you can stick around here for a while.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 07:36:56 pm
Hello there, brand new to the boards, but not new to Nintendo. Been a huge NES fan my whole life, have a collection of over 100 games, and just NOW, after a few years of owning a Generation (gag) Nex, I've finally procured an actual model 1, red and white, round button Famicom in top condition and working order.

Now that I have an actual working system, I really want to jump head-first adding Famicom games to my collection, but I want almost only Japan only games. As awesome as Super Mario Bros. 3 is, I own three copies for my NES, so I'd like to go after rarer, harder to find stuff that didn't make it over the Pacific.

So far, I have:

-Goonies
-Konami Wai Wai World
-Konami Wai Wai World 2
-Getsufuu Maaden
-Ganbare Goemon
-Ganbare Goemon 2
-Yume Penguin Monogatari
-Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2 (Kid Niki 2)
-Asmik-Kun Land
-Armadillo
-Layla

And either have already ordered or will eventually be getting:
-Devil World
-Astro Boy
-Boku Dracula Kun (Kid Dracula)
-Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti
-Castlevania 3 (due to the sound chip)
-Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3

Anything else "Only in Japan" I should be on the look-out for? I prefer games in the platformer / adventure genre, and less text-intensive. Thanks!


Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 09, 2009, 07:39:26 pm
The two lists here will get you through 1991: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=468.0
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on March 09, 2009, 07:40:52 pm
Where and how much did you get Splatterhouse for?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 07:47:02 pm
I'm eventually getting it, I haven't found it yet. I DO have an import store in Seattle that has me on their call list if they get it in, so the first copy they get in I can pick it up.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 09, 2009, 07:48:56 pm
Pink Godzilla?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 07:50:20 pm
Quote from: JC on March 09, 2009, 07:48:56 pm
Pink Godzilla?


Haha, yeah. They're pretty great. A little pricey, but you can sometimes find good deals.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on March 09, 2009, 07:55:31 pm
Very pricey, imo. But I bought something there to support them. Our retro game stores have too quickly died out in America.
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Post by: Tupin on March 09, 2009, 07:59:40 pm
I must recommend Choujin Sentai Jetman, even if you don't like the Power Rangers.

You do have some good stuff to start out with, I also suggest you pick up a Disk System, that will get you a lot more awesome options. If you don't mind having a US released game Gryzor (Contra) and Dragon Ball: Shenlong No Nazo (Dragon Power) are worth getting just to see the differences.

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Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 08:03:45 pm
Yeah I was thinking about getting some titles that were released here just for the changes, that's why I'll pick up Castlevania 3 on the Famicom, I might get a disk system, but is there anything worth getting for the disk system that we didn't get in the U.S. on cart? Nazo No Murasame Jo is the only game that's Japanese exclusive that might push me over to getting a disk system. Anything else?
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Post by: nintendodork on March 09, 2009, 08:06:06 pm
SMB2j...Get it.  Love it.  Don't spend $250 on a cart.  Get the disk for about $15
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Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 08:06:27 pm
Quote from: JC on March 09, 2009, 07:55:31 pm
Very pricey, imo. But I bought something there to support them. Our retro game stores have too quickly died out in America.


Haha yeah, I thought they were pricey, but then I compared their prices to a few pawn shops in the University District and they seemed fairly reasonable by comparison. At any rate, they're usually a last resort if I can't find what I'm looking for on ebay or amazon marketplace.
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Post by: vgthing on March 09, 2009, 08:30:49 pm
Don't forget Gradius II, and Joy Mech Fight! and Famicom Wars is a good one too, but there is quite a bit of Japanese... ;)
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Post by: Rob64 on March 09, 2009, 08:43:40 pm
Mother... (Earthbound Zero)
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Post by: son_ov_hades on March 09, 2009, 09:04:24 pm
CRISIS FORCE! Best shooter ever? Possibly.

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Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 09:19:31 pm
Crisis Force looks awesome, just looked up some videos and it looks like a blast, I will keep my eye out for it.
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Post by: Medisinyl on March 09, 2009, 09:28:01 pm
I own Crisis Force as well and can also recommend it. 

And to Nintendodork (you had asked about the Splaterhouse price)...Dunno about what he got his for of course, but I own a Splatterhouse CIB with stickers and all cards that I got from eBay very recently for $50. 

EDIT:  My Avatar may give away my recommendation for Holy Diver as well if you like Castlevania type games or are a fan of Dio.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 09:31:35 pm
Hey there, Namakubi from Seattle. Into video games, that's why I'm here, just stumbled upon this site since buying a Famicom and it seems like a great community, I have too many games to list but as for systems I own (in order of their release):

-Intellivison II
-Famicom
-NES (2)
-Genesis
-SNES (3)
-N64 (3)
-Dreamcast (2)
-PS2
-Gamecube
-Xbox
-Wii

Can't wait to explore this site more, I may be up for submitting some Famicom reviews / images for the website as well.
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Post by: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 09:35:54 pm
Yeah I've been keeping my eye out for Holy Diver (and HOLY CRAP I had NO IDEA it was based on the Dio song, I assumed it was just a crazy engrish title that could get them in legal trouble in the Western hemisphere), and haven't seen it pop up anywhere, it seems really rare. If you know anywhere I could find it, a link would be much appreciated.
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Post by: Medisinyl on March 09, 2009, 09:46:14 pm
I know I saw it somewhere for fairly cheap loose recently (I got mine CIB for ~$50 almost a year ago).  I searched a few of the main sites a moment ago and I may not have searched the right one that I saw it on or it sold already.  It is rather rare I believe. 

EDIT:  The character in the game is dressed like Dio in his Holy Diver music video, though the actual character name is Ranay I believe, which is rather close to "Ronnie."  It seems obvious that the character is based in Dio.  Dio is my second favorite artist, so I was rather thrilled to discover this game, and the Castlevania look only added to it.
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Post by: turbo D on March 09, 2009, 10:04:59 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on March 09, 2009, 08:06:06 pm
SMB2j...Get it.  Love it.  Don't spend $250 on a cart.  Get the disk for about $15


nintendork is right!; why jack off when you can have sex! 8)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on March 09, 2009, 11:09:18 pm
That'll be great. This site can use more contribution! Welcome!
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Post by: Medisinyl on March 10, 2009, 05:42:55 am
/\  And when he gets the disk system he can get Doki Doki Panic too...  Otherwise, the SMB2j cart doesn't cost anywhere near $250 unless it is one of those special large ones apparently (though I own both now  ;D...got SMB2j disk coming in the mail with SMB1 on the other side).  Gonna still keep the cart since my pirate has level select. 
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Post by: Medisinyl on March 10, 2009, 06:04:53 am
Rising stuff has 2 Holy Diver games... $45 for one CIB and $19 for a loose cart: https://www.risingstuff.com/store/famicom-holy-diver-game-only-p-2502.html?osCsid=mh826doota9l660mumek1cmfb1

I'm not sure what shipping costs are, but those are fair prices. 
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Post by: mobiusclimber on March 10, 2009, 06:57:46 am
Quote from: namakubi on March 09, 2009, 08:06:27 pm
Quote from: JC on March 09, 2009, 07:55:31 pm
Very pricey, imo. But I bought something there to support them. Our retro game stores have too quickly died out in America.


Haha yeah, I thought they were pricey, but then I compared their prices to a few pawn shops in the University District and they seemed fairly reasonable by comparison. At any rate, they're usually a last resort if I can't find what I'm looking for on ebay or amazon marketplace.


Hahaha omg, yeah, if you shop at Pink Godzilla or Al's you are getting ripped off big time. So long as you know the prices of everything you can once in awhile get good deals, but usually it's better to buy online. I use risingstuff.com almost exclusively, tho famicomshop.com has good deals at times and they're shipping is usually cheaper since they're in the US. As far as showing support to import stores... Pink Godzilla recently expanded, they seem to be doing just fine w/o my money. Once in awhile they have a deal (or a price that's compare to online), and those are the times I buy from them. But 9 times out of 10 they are a LOT more expensive than online.
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Post by: shoggoth80 on March 10, 2009, 07:33:19 am
"They're pretty great. A little pricey..."

They're ok. For someplace halfway local, they're seletion of imports isn't too bad. A little pricey? That is not how I would put it. I like the place, but do selective shopping there, and only on rarer occasions. Mosts stuff there is priced at more of a collector premium, so judicious purchasing is required.
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Post by: Rob64 on March 10, 2009, 10:22:03 am
I actually consider Japan Game Stock to be a great store to get stuff but you got to have the money to afford it because their shipping fees can murder you if you live in America.

That being said, my dad did get good deals out of them, including one of the last boxed famicoms they had in the past christmas season. If you can get a good deal out of them, it's great because of the variety and quantity of the stuff they have is great.
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Post by: Tupin on March 10, 2009, 01:16:06 pm
Don't think it would be a good idea to get a system from Japan Game Stock, their shipping costs as much as the item.
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Post by: Rob64 on March 10, 2009, 02:07:22 pm
Hence why I said their shipping fees can murder you, but I can't think of another online store that has the variety and quantity like they do.
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Post by: UglyJoe on March 10, 2009, 02:11:05 pm
Yeah, you can beat JGS's shipping, but you can't beat their inventory.
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Post by: nintendodork on March 10, 2009, 03:31:45 pm
Do you have an FDS?
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Post by: nintendodork on March 10, 2009, 03:48:37 pm
And if you can't beat JGS's shipping, and decide to be a deadbeat, they'll beat you ;)
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Post by: Tupin on March 10, 2009, 04:18:13 pm
To their credit though, they ship from Japan to the USA in five days rather than the normal seven.
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Post by: Rob64 on March 10, 2009, 07:40:14 pm
Over all of the import stores, I trust JGS first
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Post by: namakubi on March 11, 2009, 01:08:34 am
Thanks for the link Medisinyl, just ordered Holy Diver, can't wait! Hopefully it'll ship fast, I'm also waiting on copies of Devil World and Kid Dracula, hopefully they'll be here sometime this week.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: shoggoth80 on March 11, 2009, 11:20:41 pm
Drakon,
I agree mostly with your standpoint on emulation...
save for a few small exceptions :P MAME... I cannot collect arcade machines, due to budget constraints and space issues. So, to me there is absolutely no harm in emulating arcade games. I will occasionally emulate something that I don't own, or when I want a quick fix and don't want to pull my machines out of their boxes. Used to have emulators on my laptop for SMS, NES, and SNES on the go. It's not all bad.
BUT, I do advocate original hardware and carts/disks whenever possible.

In terms of clones... I think they are fun to collect... the illegitimate famicom world is large and interesting... and often downright strange. Make it goofy fun.

I can tell you are very passionate about the hobby. Good goin'! Need more people like you around to help keep it healthy. I think there are many of us on here who are player/collectors. I believe I fall into that category as well. Great pastime!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 13, 2009, 03:59:00 pm
Quote from: shoggoth80 on March 11, 2009, 11:20:41 pm
Drakon,
I agree mostly with your standpoint on emulation...
save for a few small exceptions :P MAME... I cannot collect arcade machines, due to budget constraints and space issues. So, to me there is absolutely no harm in emulating arcade games. I will occasionally emulate something that I don't own, or when I want a quick fix and don't want to pull my machines out of their boxes. Used to have emulators on my laptop for SMS, NES, and SNES on the go. It's not all bad.
BUT, I do advocate original hardware and carts/disks whenever possible.

In terms of clones... I think they are fun to collect... the illegitimate famicom world is large and interesting... and often downright strange. Make it goofy fun.

I can tell you are very passionate about the hobby. Good goin'! Need more people like you around to help keep it healthy. I think there are many of us on here who are player/collectors. I believe I fall into that category as well. Great pastime!


I used to agree with you on mame.  Then I built a supergun.  But I fully understand pcb collecting to be a little bit too much for most people.  Even building a supergun was expensive.  And pcbs are expensive and take up huge amounts of space.  Yeah clones are fun to collect but not to play on.  It's hard to find people who appreciate what I do.  But I don't care so much because I do it for the fact that I love playing these games and on the original hardware gives such an amazing experience.  And yeah I use emulation to test out games that you can't rent anywhere.  I used emulation heavily in the 90s when I was a teenager because I couldn't use ebay at the time and it was hard to come across these games in stores.  Now that I'm living on my own and work full time (decent income) and have credit cards etc buying the original stuff is a great thing to do.  It supports the community and I get an experience far better than any emulation or clone could ever offer

oh yeah I forgot to mention in my introduction a couple of things.

1: I'm currently 28 years old
2: I became a gamer because of the NES.  Before a friend lent me his NES with megaman 2 when I was 9 years old I wasn't into video games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: japanfreak on March 15, 2009, 08:15:59 am
Hi! I'm Max, 13 years old and I love Japan and Nintendo!
Fav Game companies are:

1: Nintendo
2: Konami
3: Capcom
4: Taito
5: Atari:P (The old one, not the time warner bros. bought them)

My hobbys: Games, Japan (all stuff:P), Nintendo (A hobby? Well, I love it to search everything about Nintendo:P), collect all Nintendo-related things (The Wonderswan too:P) and chess.

My collection isnt that big yet... I'm planning to buy a Famicom Disk System soon. A game and watch game should be awesome too! So... I just bought a famicom. I always thought that thing was uberbig, but its really little and ultra light :o

Consoles I own: NES, Famicom, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Commodore Amiga...

Handhelds I own: Gameboy Pocket, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS Lite... And some Philips thing that my father gave me... The handheld wasnt released cause it was too expensive too make or anything like that... I have two of them... Do you think they are rare?:P

Favourite Game-related people:

1.Shigeru Miyamoto AND Gunpei Yokoi (or Gumpei Yokoi:P)
2.Hiroshi Yamauchi
3.Masahiro Sakurai
4.Fusajiro Yamauchi (Not really game related, but without him Nintendo wouldnt exist, so...:P)
5.Satoru Iwata

Hope you know enough of me!:D

Max
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Post by: FamicomFreak on March 17, 2009, 05:51:15 pm
Welcome Max ! Hope you like the community we have here.  Japan rocks!
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Post by: Forever Zero on March 17, 2009, 11:09:36 pm
Hi, I'm new here. Been lurking for a little while, lol. I recently started collecting Famicom games. I am working on getting ahold of the classics first thanks to cool online shops like Rising Stuff and The Famicom Shop.

I wanted a forum to check up on for some information about Famicom and well, this was the first site that google brought up. XD
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Post by: JC on March 17, 2009, 11:15:43 pm
Good to know Google's working for us! Thanks for joining.
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Post by: Mindfreak on March 20, 2009, 03:12:29 pm
Welcome new members!!!!
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Post by: japanfreak on March 20, 2009, 03:38:43 pm
Nobody said welcome to me :'(
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Post by: Rogles on March 20, 2009, 03:41:57 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on March 17, 2009, 05:51:15 pm
Welcome Max ! Hope you like the community we have here.  Japan rocks!


Someone did.... Welcome.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Byron on April 14, 2009, 06:47:00 pm
Hello, all.
I joined here about a year ago, but have only recently been posting much. My love of my Famicom is but one facet of my eclectic electronic tastes. If you want to talk about LaserDiscs or the Sega Nomad, look me up. I love 'em both.

My story is a short one: I recieved a Super Nintendo for Christmas in 1996
(yes, I'm that old) and ever since then I've been collecting video games like the obsessive nerd that I am.

I look forward to many interesting threads here.  :)
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Post by: shoggoth80 on April 16, 2009, 11:01:15 am
Laserdisc is totally fun. I have a modest collection of like 6 titles though.
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Post by: manuel on April 16, 2009, 04:33:21 pm
Welcome.
I also have a total of 4 Laserdisks, but no player to watch them.  :-\
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Post by: nintendodork on April 16, 2009, 04:39:28 pm
Did Laserdiscs have region specification?
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Post by: 133MHz on April 16, 2009, 05:30:26 pm
Probably not since they're analog, but that means that they're subject to color encoding/frame rate incompatibilities.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Byron on April 16, 2009, 07:12:49 pm
I have some Japanese and Chinese imports I watch on an American player just fine.
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Post by: Symptoms0fMercy on April 16, 2009, 08:56:18 pm
Hey everyone, I'm new to these forums but Ive been getting info from them for a little while. I found this place looking for info to AV mod my famicom a few months ago (my first imported system  ;D). Nothing beats playing the old games on their original hardware, but that doesnt mean we cant spruce them up a bit, right? My famicom is AV modded, the controllers are rewired with gamecube extension cables so i can add as much length as i need (the ~3 foot standard length wasnt cutting it). I'm working on an NES zapper adapter, and at some point I will hopefully be able to get fdsloadr working, and Famicom World is a great place for help and info :).
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Post by: LocalToast on April 19, 2009, 01:07:25 pm
I guess I kind of just started posting randomly, completely missing this thread.

Uh, I like video games. Sometimes I like learning about them more than I play 'em, which is kind of silly, but it's fun to do. As far as systems go I've got plenty. I mostly play on PC and DS, but after educating myself in the field of the Famicom/NES, my interest is definitely piqued. Metroid and Starfox are my favorite series, and my favorite genres are platforming, action/adventure, shooters (FPS, arcade-y), and racing (not realistic games, but like Excitebike, Mario Kart, F-Zero, or Burnout). I was a pretty big Nintendo fanboy up until recently, when Nintendo changed a lot. I still love the old stuff, but the Wii doesn't interest me much. The DS and DSi have definitely proven their worth to me, though. :)

I've got a few profiles on other sites such as Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/user/AparoidX) or YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/aparoidx), if by chance you're wondering what kinda stuff I'm into. I also maintain a subdomain every now and then.

So this is pretty much an awesome site. I didn't expect to find so many people that loved the Famicom this much, and I probably would have been in the dark about finding where to buy stuff if I hadn't found this. By the way, Famicom World is the 3rd result (after 2 wikipedia entries) on a Google search (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Famicom), so I'd say at least the main homepage has gained much popularity. Anyway, I'm really glad I found here and I think I'll be staying a while.
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Post by: kirayamato on April 21, 2009, 05:10:37 pm
hi, i'm kira. recently i'm into gundam model kits and old school nintendo systems.
since i'm a Nintendo DS fan too, i have 3 Nintendo DS's.
sometimes i love to doodel with the Picro-Chat program that's installed in the ds.
and i have a famicom, but somehow i got it in a flea-market, and i'm not sure if it works because i don't have
ether the AV cord or the power cord. so i guess i'll just put in my room as display.

i hope i can learn more thing about this famicom system from this site!


Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on April 21, 2009, 06:22:08 pm
Welcome kira.

You should definitely try to get cords for your system and play it if possible. It's too good to only use it for display.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 12, 2009, 06:15:20 pm
Welcome kirayamato! You have you show a photo of your famicom to see if it's a clone or original and we can probably help you find the cables to hook it up. I think 133mhz can take care of that.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: robcfg on May 18, 2009, 05:07:22 pm
Hello everybody!

I'm Rob, I work programming computer games and (among other things) I like to collect and restore old systems.

I got a Famicom and a FDS some months ago and just googling abouth the FDS I found this nice page.

Best regards,
Rob
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Post by: 133MHz on May 18, 2009, 05:09:21 pm
Welcome! Do you have any experience in NES game development?
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Post by: robcfg on May 19, 2009, 03:27:23 am
Not really, but I work with other Nintendo platforms such as DS and Wii.
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Post by: JC on May 19, 2009, 09:19:19 am
Welcome, dude. :)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on May 19, 2009, 01:11:23 pm
Welcome and hope you enjoy your stay! Awesome job you have!
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Post by: robcfg on May 19, 2009, 02:28:57 pm
Hey guys!

Thank you for your warm welcome! Nice to be here, indeed.

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Post by: famiac on June 10, 2009, 03:21:36 pm
Wassup guys i am famiac and i am a famicom collector and famicomworld is just awesome X 1000000  :D
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Post by: Rogles on June 10, 2009, 03:52:42 pm
Welcome!

QuoteWha you Want!
Wha you Wan fo Krismas!


FIRE TRUCK!
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Post by: JC on June 10, 2009, 09:29:18 pm
Welcome, famiac.
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Post by: famiac on June 11, 2009, 01:41:03 pm
Thanks so much for the welcome people!!!!  ;D
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Post by: namzep on June 18, 2009, 06:27:09 am
My name's Matt and I joined about 2-1/2 months ago.  I'm 29 and from Oklahoma.  I collect video games for most consoles (and arcade stuff, as well).  Just bought a Twin Famicom this year and really have caught the collecting bug for it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on June 19, 2009, 03:16:09 am
Welcome to the boards.

I saw your consoles list in the other thread and it's impressive. Nice.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: EarthwormJim55 on July 06, 2009, 06:12:42 pm
Hi!

My Name is Max and I like to collect old nintendo stuff. I would like to get a famicom someday.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on July 06, 2009, 06:47:15 pm
Hi, welcome and enjoy your stay.
You should definitely try to get a Famicom. It's great and you'll have lots of fun with it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on July 06, 2009, 06:50:35 pm
Welcome, Max. There's are two unlicensed Earthworm Jim games for the Famicom -- just to let you know.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on July 07, 2009, 08:16:36 am
Welcome Max and thanks for watching my videos.
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Post by: Paul-FC on July 08, 2009, 07:46:02 pm
welcome max
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Post by: Mindfreak on July 10, 2009, 09:56:18 am
Welcome new members!!!!!!
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Post by: Ninjawurst on July 15, 2009, 09:50:08 am
Hi guys & girls ,

I`m from germany and collect videogames for...2 years ? Yes , I think so. Well...I bought everything :

Gamecube-Games,Snes-Games or games for other consoles.

Well , now I want to collect games for just one console. And my choice goes to :

FAMICOM

Yes , and that`s the reason why I registered here.

your Ninjawurst

(hmm...I hope you understood my english ;D)
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Post by: JC on July 15, 2009, 09:53:49 am
Perfect English. And welcome! It's cool to have people from around the world.
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Post by: manuel on July 15, 2009, 05:16:03 pm
Ich hoffe, Du hast viel Spaß hier.
Wurde auch mal Zeit, dass mehr Deutsche vorbeischauen. :)


I really hope we'll have a regular second German on this board.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on July 15, 2009, 07:02:45 pm
And then you'll have a bunch of conversations in a language I don't understand. :(
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Post by: manuel on July 15, 2009, 07:04:28 pm
Nah, we'll keep it in English.

But I thought a line or two of German for a welcome couldn't hurt. :D
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Post by: nohara3 on July 15, 2009, 07:36:19 pm
I've made a few posts here so I decided to introduce myself. My real name is Ian and I am a 22 year old college student from New York. I am currently majoring in literature and as a hobby I like to play video games, watch movies, listen to music, read and write as well play instruments. I started playing video games when my dad bought me a NES for my 3rd birthday and I have been a die-hard gamer ever since. Me and my dad together own almost every system that was released in the US, even the flops like Jaguar and CD-i. I myself just recently bought a Super Famicom, which I love with all my heart! My love for video games anime and manga has led me to study Japanese for 5 years on a amateur basis because the best stuff is either only released in Japan or is butchered by lazy translators in the English translation. But I hope to begin to really study Nihongo at the next school that I will be attending for my Bachelors Degree. Hopefully one day I will go to Japan, since I'm pretty much obsessed with anything Japanese (cartoons, manga, games, language, customs, mythology, philosophy, history, music). Hello to everyone and I hope that we can exchange some ideas and maybe some games as well!  8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on July 15, 2009, 07:50:56 pm
Quote from: JC on July 15, 2009, 07:02:45 pm
And then you'll have a bunch of conversations in a language I don't understand. :(


Deutsch ist besser als Englisch. :p
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Post by: nintendodork on July 15, 2009, 08:09:22 pm
I can just tell what that means.  I don't even know German. :D  They're alike in a lot of ways.
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Post by: Ninjawurst on July 16, 2009, 01:09:42 am
Quote from: son_ov_hades on July 15, 2009, 07:50:56 pm
Quote from: JC on July 15, 2009, 07:02:45 pm
And then you'll have a bunch of conversations in a language I don't understand. :(


Deutsch ist besser als Englisch. :p

Aber sowas von  :D

Thanks for all the nice greetings.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: toredauei on July 17, 2009, 12:40:28 pm
hello everyone! my name is Hunter and I live in Atlanta GA. Ive long been a collector of retro games and such and am now wanting to expand my horizons to the famicom world. There is just something about a famicom cartridge that is soooo appealing. I thinki it's because they look like candy. Any way, I hope to have some wonderful learning experiances and conversations and such. goodbye  :-*
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Post by: FamicomFreak on July 17, 2009, 11:58:01 pm
Awesome welcome! I hope you can learn a lot that is there to learn about famicom! Check out the site there is some interesting information involving rare famicom carts and pirate carts. aWA!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: toredauei on July 18, 2009, 03:56:18 pm
I've sifted through many of the articles here before they are very enlightening. Thanks for the warm welcome :D
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Post by: Mindfreak on July 21, 2009, 12:18:50 pm
Welcome new members!!!
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Post by: Nightstar699 on July 30, 2009, 05:06:25 pm
Hey, i have been on famicomworld for a while now, but i just signed up now. My system is a yobo fc, and i love collecting pirate carts, especially hk originals. You can see my carts on flickr. (same screenname)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on July 30, 2009, 05:18:49 pm
Welcome, dude. I'll have to check out your collection.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on August 02, 2009, 12:14:16 am
Welcome man! I gotta check those pirates out!
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Post by: MaxXimus on August 12, 2009, 12:20:13 pm
Welcome to FamicomWorld. I don't think you have to worry about your English. I can understand you just fine!
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Post by: manuel on August 12, 2009, 09:56:05 pm
Welcome!
Are you from the German or French part of Switzerland?
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Post by: MS-DOS4 on August 12, 2009, 10:50:08 pm
Hello!! I recently lost interested in the NES and gained interested in the Famicom, so I decided to buy a famicom, a disk system and start collecting pirate games. This forum seems like an extremely cool place, so I'll defiantly be staying. Also, the website that goes along with these forums is a fantastic wealth of info. The pirate section sparks my interest the most.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 12, 2009, 11:13:17 pm
We'll have to keep that -- pirate section -- in mind when we update our layout in the coming month or so. Welcome!
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Post by: famiac on August 13, 2009, 07:04:09 am
tu parles Francais?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: travisahhs on August 14, 2009, 01:09:33 pm
I've posted here a few times, so here it goes... I'm Travis, 23 years old, and i'm from Fort Worth, TX. I, like many others, found this awesome place through Google. The ahhs in my name stands for Arlington Heights High School, the HS I went to. I have a cat named Oreo, who is my pride and joy. I'm currently between jobs. I have an unmodded original Famicom, and I have a Black and Red Twin Famicom coming in the next couple of days. I've recently bought a mint copy of New Ghostbusters 2 from Feather Pluck on Ebay. Great guy, as i'm sure you all know. (I wonder why he hasn't posted lately?) I have a good selection of games, and growing. I just received a mint copy of Super Mario Bros. from Japan for 7 bucks, and sometime at the end of the month, i'll be getting the wholesale lot that I won from ebay.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 14, 2009, 01:20:51 pm
Welcome. Glad you found us and hope to see ya posting.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on August 16, 2009, 10:51:43 pm
Hey Travis welcome aboard!
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Post by: Mezase Master on August 18, 2009, 04:13:00 pm
Hi, I found out about this place through nintendodork, and the various other members from here at the Retro Gamers forum.  Closest thing I have to a Famicom is what I thought was a Famicom for about five or six years, but it turned out to be a very authentic-looking clone... so yeah, I need to buy a new one sometime.  Only Famicom game I have is Mother, along with at least a dozen Disk System games.

Hope y'all welcome my company.
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Post by: Peps1ru1es92 on August 18, 2009, 04:30:46 pm
Hello,

My name is John, but I usually go by PepsiRules92(or something close to that) on the internet. I found this forum myself a while back, but nintendodork convinced me to join.

I don't have a famicom or disk system, but I have the Gyromite adapter. Devil world is the only Famicom game I own, but I hope to get more in the future.
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Post by: nintendodork on August 18, 2009, 04:32:31 pm
Welcome, you two.  Enjoy your stay!  This is a hotel!
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Post by: Rogles on August 18, 2009, 05:29:06 pm
Hi... welcome to my forum. Beware of Wallmasters. (http://209.85.48.9/html/emoticons/ninja.gif)
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Post by: Jollie on August 18, 2009, 05:31:19 pm
Welcome to the forum guys.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 18, 2009, 08:09:25 pm
Welcome. We don't mind friends joining up, just remember that this is a forum, not instant messaging. (preemption)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on August 22, 2009, 12:19:27 am
Kewl that you guys joined this forum. There is lots to check out here so enjoy your stay!! har har har!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: earthquakejake on August 25, 2009, 07:14:41 pm
hi im not very new i just havnt been on famciom world for at least 6 months and thought i would introduce myself.    i like the gameboy color over any system.:)
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Post by: Jollie on August 25, 2009, 09:39:16 pm
try two years jake  . you registered a month after me lol. and welcome to the forum.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on August 28, 2009, 11:53:07 am
Quote from: earthquakejake on August 25, 2009, 07:14:41 pm
hi im not very new i just havnt been on famciom world for at least 6 months and thought i would introduce myself.    i like the gameboy color over any system.:)


Awesome! I like gameboy color a lot as well and admire it being your selection over any system.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NINT3NDOGAM3R on August 28, 2009, 08:34:24 pm
I am one of nintendodork's friends... so I guess he referred me. I am looking for a Famicom also, and I thought this site might help me out a little.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on August 29, 2009, 12:51:33 pm
Great! Welcome aboard!
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Post by: Hekomatsu on August 31, 2009, 07:03:44 am
Hi!

I'm 20 years old Finnish gamer. I speak bad bad bad bad English, so don't be confused.
I found this place by M0rtanius (thx for him!), and I have readed many topics in here, so I wanted to register. I don't have Famicom or anything consoles from Nintendo (yes, that's true), but I'm interested of REALLY crappy Famiclones and REALLY crappy Famicom/NES pirates.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on August 31, 2009, 08:47:47 am
Welcome! It's pretty cool you're from Finland, I find the country to be fascinating and the language specifically. You're English isn't so bad, I'm sure we'll be able to understand you. If you stay around I think you'll catch the bug and get a Famicom  :).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on August 31, 2009, 08:51:12 am
Welcome. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on September 02, 2009, 11:48:14 am
Welcome new member and friend!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MS-DOS4 on September 02, 2009, 08:07:06 pm
Sounds like my kind of guy.

The crappier the famiclone, the better in my book.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: leszek on September 07, 2009, 04:13:43 am
Hi, Im from Poland. Reading this forum for a while, now aregistered member. At the moment I own NES, and my famicom will come to me soon from Japan. Nice to meet you all.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on September 07, 2009, 04:45:15 am
Welcome.
Enjoy your stay.
Title: Hey, (Cam3ronND from Nintendo Daily)
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on September 13, 2009, 09:36:53 am
Hey, I know UglyJoe from Nintendo daily... decided to join.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on September 13, 2009, 09:50:51 am
Welcome and I hope you enjoy this forum as much as we have.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on September 13, 2009, 11:20:10 am
Thanks
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Post by: UglyJoe on September 13, 2009, 11:20:21 am
Hey, welcome.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on September 13, 2009, 11:21:26 am
Hey UglyJoe, This site is for retro gaming I'd assume?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on September 13, 2009, 11:22:33 am
Yes, for the Famicom, specifically.  We talk about other games too, though (in the Other Gaming board).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on September 13, 2009, 11:26:22 am
Awesome, I am a Retro Gamer... SNES specifically :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on September 28, 2009, 08:48:45 am
Great would love to see your SNES collection. There are many good games for that console.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on September 28, 2009, 08:49:40 am
I'm also into the SNES, or more the Super Famicom.
Enjoy your stay!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Ruthenium on September 29, 2009, 04:50:44 pm
Hm, maybe I should have posted here first.
Anyways, Hi everyone. The game consoles I don't have are the Super Famicom and the Virtual Boy. I play Team Fortress 2 quite often, and I think ROB is an awesome accessory, no matter how many people think it's useless. It sure does suck up the battery power though...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on September 29, 2009, 11:20:14 pm
Awesome to have you aboard. Enjoy your stay!
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Post by: manuel on September 29, 2009, 11:28:47 pm
Welcome!
First thing to do for you is get a Super Famicom.
A SNES will be just fine, too, of course.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Vash on October 07, 2009, 03:51:09 am
Hi, I'm Vash from Poland.  I like retro games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on October 07, 2009, 04:18:26 am
Welcome!
Have fun here.
It seems Poland has a big retro game scene, which is great.
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Post by: thumper on October 09, 2009, 04:30:34 pm
Hi I'm from LA. I like collecting rare gaming stuff. For the past year most of my buys are pirates. I love how eccentric and unique they are!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on October 09, 2009, 04:32:31 pm
Welcome, thumper. Is that a Bambi or Twisted Metal reference?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: thumper on October 09, 2009, 04:33:55 pm
Well if you take a look at my avatar.....yeah it's a Twisted Metal reference.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 09, 2009, 08:00:25 pm
Welcome new members. Great to see this forum growing more and more...  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Peps1ru1es92 on October 27, 2009, 09:29:23 pm
Hi...welcome to my forum. Beware of Wallmasters (http://209.85.48.9/html/emoticons/ninja.gif)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: cubelmariomadness on October 28, 2009, 01:47:32 pm
What does that mean?
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Post by: nintendodork on October 28, 2009, 02:19:07 pm
It's a thing from the forum in my signature.  No one here understands it.  Barely anyone on the other forum understands it. (http://209.85.48.9/html/emoticons/ninja.gif)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nensondubois on November 01, 2009, 03:54:05 pm
Welcome, Peps1ru1es92.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on November 18, 2009, 10:32:26 am
Welcome new members I hope you all enjoy your stay at FW
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: SpamBot on January 21, 2010, 07:13:32 pm
Hey, just joined this forum tonight because I am starting to move from online gaming to consule gaming and wouldn't mind having a few people show me some pointers while I start my epic journey ^_^
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoNerds on January 22, 2010, 09:08:57 pm
Quote from: SpamBot on January 21, 2010, 07:13:32 pm
Hey, just joined this forum tonight because I am starting to move from online gaming to consule gaming and wouldn't mind having a few people show me some pointers while I start my epic journey ^_^


Welcome to Famicom World. That's kind of a strange user name you have there. Why would you choose something like that anyway?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 22, 2010, 09:13:19 pm
I doubt he's going to be posting anymore. >_> 
Title: Re: Introduce Yourself
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 22, 2010, 09:19:28 pm
Yeah NN, I guess you missed his rampage lastnight. ::)
Title: Re: Introduce Yourself
Post by: NintendoNerds on January 23, 2010, 07:37:57 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on January 22, 2010, 09:19:28 pm
Yeah NN, I guess you missed his rampage lastnight. ::)


I guess I did. Human spammer I assume?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MS-DOS4 on January 23, 2010, 07:55:06 pm
Let's just say it was a "Shitty" night on famicom world.

(http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-rimshot.gif)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoNerds on January 23, 2010, 08:03:59 pm
Quote from: MS-DOS4 on January 23, 2010, 07:55:06 pm
Let's just say it was a "Shitty" night on famicom world.

(http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-rimshot.gif)


Are you saying that one person caused that much trouble before getting thrown to the abyss?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MS-DOS4 on January 23, 2010, 08:11:46 pm
He took a picture of his feces and posted it 10x in threads on every section of FW.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoNerds on January 23, 2010, 08:16:42 pm
How do you know it was his? What a loser! It amazes me how some people have absolutely no life at all.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 23, 2010, 08:22:30 pm
Because this person is related to me.

Didn't see that coming. :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 23, 2010, 08:44:23 pm
Damn skippy! I must admit I laughed at a few of his posts. And are you serious, Nintendodork?!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 23, 2010, 08:48:14 pm
Yes.  He's my cousin.  www.youtube.com/10tothe52

I knew it was probably someone I knew somehow, and then when JC saw the IP (Which I have also posted from in the past), he asked if it was my little brother or something, but yeah, it was my cousin.  I asked him myself. 
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 23, 2010, 08:53:12 pm
God, what a lil bitch. Could you please smack him with a fish?
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Post by: nensondubois on January 25, 2010, 11:48:55 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on January 23, 2010, 08:53:12 pm
God, what a lil bitch. Could you please smack him with a fish?


lol! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on February 06, 2010, 12:34:10 pm
Hmm nice! Welcome new members I have missed in the past month!!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: cavanor on February 08, 2010, 02:44:07 pm
Hello from Australia.  Nice forum you guys have here :)  I have just started getting into Fami stuff after being more of a sega collector thus far.
I just can't resist the beautiful artwork of Japanese boxes and cartridges.  I hope to become an active contributor in the community.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on February 08, 2010, 02:49:03 pm
Awesome!  Hope you enjoy it here.  The cartridges are just one of the many things that set it apart from the NES or really any other game console of it's era.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on February 08, 2010, 03:18:41 pm
Welcome Cavanor! What part of Australia are you from? I know a few people in New South Wales, I really hope to get there someday, seems like an awesome place. Is there a Famicom scene in Australia?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 08, 2010, 03:23:01 pm
We have an Aussie? :o

Hook me up with some HES titles! :P Preferably Chiller. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/character0306.gif)
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Post by: cavanor on February 08, 2010, 05:56:08 pm
Im in Queensland, The state above New South Wales.  Anyone chasing anything on Australian ebay I am more than happy to act as a proxy if the seller won't send to the USA for anyone here.
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Post by: L___E___T on February 09, 2010, 05:41:26 pm
Welcome Cavanor!  Just so you know my Aussie comment wasn't directed at you buddy :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: cavanor on February 10, 2010, 03:19:12 pm
Haven't seen this aussie comment you speak of.

Still the offer is there for any international people who want HES titles off Aussie ebay if a seller won't send international.  Shoot me a link with the Auction and I can bid, receive and forward on for you. 
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on March 12, 2010, 08:49:37 pm
Welcome new members!! Hope you enjoy your stay at famicom world
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Post by: NintendoKing on March 21, 2010, 09:14:15 pm
Welcome to Famicomworld everyone! Its always nice to see more collectors and contributers.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Strider_Hiryu on March 24, 2010, 09:57:59 pm
Hi everybody, i´m a new member here. It´s cool to have a nice place to talk about my favorite game system : the famicom/nes.

I been playing since my childhood, when i got a nes and SMB3. Today i´m collecting (and playing of course) classic videogames, specially famicom.

pd:Sorry about my english, i´m from Chile so my native language is spanish. I can read very well english but i don´t have much practice writing it.  :P
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Post by: 133MHz on March 24, 2010, 10:04:45 pm
Welcome! Nice to see you around here. ;D
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Post by: JC on March 24, 2010, 10:13:02 pm
Welcome!
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Post by: son_ov_hades on March 25, 2010, 07:38:15 am
Welcome! I like seeing more Chileans around here.
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Post by: Ketsueki on March 26, 2010, 07:26:30 pm
Hello,

I'm French but I live in Canada.

I'm a Metroid fan.

I hope to learn a lot of things here about Famicom age and get rare Metroid swags ;)

You can look at my Metroid collection here (not totally updated yet) : http://www.gamekult.com/blog/ketsueki/

Sorry about my English !

Thanks ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on March 26, 2010, 07:48:52 pm
Welcome! Are you Quebecois or real French?  :P That Medtroid OST vinyl is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! It combines two of my collecting interests; video games and music. 
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Ketsueki on March 26, 2010, 08:13:45 pm
I'm a real french, from Corsica island, who lives now with his girlfriend in Quebec.

Thanks to have visited my blog ! :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on March 27, 2010, 04:27:51 pm
Welcome new friend!!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on March 27, 2010, 05:55:36 pm
It's a bit late to introduce myself, but anyway.

I'm 19 20 (omg, preferred 19 somehow, lol), I study and play retro games on the consoles not emulators. I collect retro gaming consoles/games, and sell what isn't needed (ie if I won't need at all).

I'm collecting Xbox demo discs, they're pretty cool (imo), you get to play demos, read reviews, see other people's video gameplays and trailers. It's kinda pointless collecting demo discs but I like them.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on March 28, 2010, 06:08:01 am
Welcome, FRG.
If you personally like doing something, then its not pointless.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: empo on April 08, 2010, 12:21:26 pm
Hello

I found this site while I was searching for some info about the Famicom A/V mod.

I'm a 23 year old guy from Sweden. I grew up with the NES and I've had several since then but for some reason I always end up selling them.
Hope the same won't happen with my new Famicom and FDS :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on April 08, 2010, 12:31:39 pm
Quote from: empo on April 08, 2010, 12:21:26 pm
Hello

I found this site while I was searching for some info about the Famicom A/V mod.

I'm a 23 year old guy from Sweden. I grew up with the NES and I've had several since then but for some reason I always end up selling them.
Hope the same won't happen with my new Famicom and FDS :)

I see welcome, Empo. We are a very diverse group, and I am sure you will love your Famicom.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jatz on April 08, 2010, 09:58:05 pm
Hi ^^
I found this site when i was researching famicom stuff and its been really useful.
I dont have a big collection YET, but its getting there :D
Hopefully i'll be able to contribute some useful stuff!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on April 09, 2010, 12:07:16 pm
Quote from: Jatz on April 08, 2010, 09:58:05 pm
Hi ^^
I found this site when i was researching famicom stuff and its been really useful.
I dont have a big collection YET, but its getting there :D
Hopefully i'll be able to contribute some useful stuff!!


A big collection isnt really needed, I have been collecting Famicom games  for years and have only got 28 games including the new ones I order from Vash when they eventually come in the mail.

What matters is liking the games you buy, I have bought many and sold many. I have sold around 12-18 Famicom games because they simply werent what I wanted to play.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nensondubois on April 09, 2010, 07:05:26 pm
I'm after the high quality games and I've been collecting since sometime last year and to my amazement, I have nearly all of the games I want. Reassuringly; your collection will grow rather quick if you look in all of the right places.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jatz on April 09, 2010, 09:09:52 pm
It's a bit harder in Australia though :D
Forgot to mention im collecting legit Nintendo Famicom and Famicom disk games, and soon Super famicom games.
Not into pirate games :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Marlon on April 14, 2010, 03:50:37 pm
Hi im Marlon im in the US im 14 I have a famicom, FDS, SNES, Gameboy Color, Dsi, and Wii I love collecting retro games
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on April 14, 2010, 11:08:24 pm
Welcome Marlon!~ Hope you enjoy your stay!
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Post by: NintendoKing on April 22, 2010, 08:16:31 am
Cool, to see you finally posted! hehe, wonderful!
And yes, I hope your gift will give you incentive to start collecting Famicom games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on April 27, 2010, 02:58:44 am
Welcome! Have fun here and enjoy your Famicom!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: tankexmortis on April 29, 2010, 07:07:38 pm
Hello folks! I've been lurking this site for the past week or so trying to learn what I can about the Famicom and its myriad wonders, and I figured it was about time I registered and started to participate. I don't currently have a Famicom (or even an NES), but I've been playing a few ROMs here and there to see what interests me. It may be a while until I can afford to dive into the FC the way I'd like to since I'm unemployed and sick at the moment, but I eagerly await being able to check out the games I've been trying on real hardware.

I've only gotten interested in retro gaming specifically in the past year or so, although I've always liked video games and some of my earliest memories with them are with 8-bit systems. Anyway, I hope I can contribute to the community, or at least buy some neat stuff from you guys!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on April 30, 2010, 08:25:54 am
Hey, welcome and yes Famicom is quite the curiousity.
I hope you find what your looking for as many of us have, its a wonderful classic console.

Hope to see you around the forums, UG
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Post by: mrforever on May 03, 2010, 03:50:26 pm
Hello,
my names Mick and I'm 30 years old guy and i from to Italy. I hope to find and know more friends on this board! I'm a fan serious Nintendo collector. I love nes and snes because they have given my best years of my life!
Greeetings
Mick
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nensondubois on May 03, 2010, 03:58:52 pm
Welcome, Mick.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MS-DOS4 on May 03, 2010, 03:59:04 pm
Welcome.  :)

These forums will be a seriously big help in your collection.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on May 04, 2010, 09:57:14 am
Benvenuto a Famicom World, Mick!

Enjoy your stay.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 05, 2010, 10:56:12 am
Welcome to the forums, I hope you have a great time here and don't mind our crazyness!  :o
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Famicom Kirby on May 10, 2010, 10:16:58 pm
Hi. I'm late to do this by about 10 to 12 days (I didn't know about this part of the site until JUST now) I'm Famicom Kirby and I've wanted a Famicom ever since I could remember now.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 12, 2010, 01:59:03 pm
Welcome to the Forum Kirby. Enjoy your stay!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: an-cat-max on May 20, 2010, 04:09:51 pm
Hello, my name is Tom, i'm 18 and I recently just started collecting famicom stuff, it's awesome.

I'm also a chip musician and make music for the Gameboy and NES/Famicom :)

I also ride BMX.

greets!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 20, 2010, 04:53:15 pm
Welcome cat, hope you enjoy your stay !
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: an-cat-max on May 21, 2010, 02:08:42 pm
thanks!  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Famicom Kirby on May 26, 2010, 10:25:42 pm
Hi! I hope you enjoy your time here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MasonSushi on June 09, 2010, 07:08:40 am
Hi guys

My name is Mason and I am from South Carolina in the states. I am 31 and am married with 2 kids. I have been collecting NES since '96, completing the licensed set last year. A while back I got an AV Famicom with 4 games and just 2 days ago I ordered a CIB disk system to go with it. I am not planning on completing the Famicom set , but want to get the titles that weren't released in the states or have major differences ( like castlevania 3, Star Wars). I might try to pick up some titles from the BST forum.

I have been lurking for a while, and like the community. I am sure I will fit in nicely here.   ;D

If you like, Here is my YouTube page where I talk games or see part of my collection:

http://www.youtube.com/masonsushi

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famiac on June 14, 2010, 12:49:18 am
Welcome mason!

Hi guys you might remember me from before, im famiac! and im back on fw! i have been out for a year. i will be selling some doubles and rare gb pirates that i will acquire during this vacation. ( if the shipping price is reasonable)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famiac on June 14, 2010, 06:37:06 am
oh man sorry i was busy and by the time i was free i totally forgot! answered via pm
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Post by: Nightstar699 on June 14, 2010, 09:41:06 am
It's great to see you back, Famiac! I hope you stay for good this time.
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Post by: famiac on June 14, 2010, 11:08:44 am
thanks, hopefully ill stay.
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Post by: Marlon on June 14, 2010, 06:16:36 pm
Famiac Nice to meet you
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Post by: ericj on June 14, 2010, 06:37:39 pm
Nice to finally see you back, Famiac!  :)
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Post by: famiac on June 16, 2010, 04:44:13 am
Thanks for the welcomes guys, it sure is cool to be back here.
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Post by: jackhandy566 on July 10, 2010, 03:05:31 am
Hi I'm hear for the meeting. Gamers anonymouse.
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Post by: nintendodork on July 10, 2010, 12:59:55 pm
/\ Is that a quote from something or did you just fail big time?
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Post by: docmarionum1 on July 10, 2010, 03:56:51 pm
Hello, everyone, I'm docmarionum1 - I'd say call me doc but it looks like you already have one of those.  I've been collecting older video game stuff since I was pretty young, but then again I'm not too old, so it hasn't been that long.  I'm a pretty casual collector, although I'd love to grow my collection (If only I had the time and money...).

(Random) fact about myself: I'm no good at introductions.
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Post by: JC on July 10, 2010, 04:07:33 pm
Hehe. Welcome! :)
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Post by: MaxXimus on July 16, 2010, 08:47:08 am
Welcome. The forums here are great, with lots of nice people. You may not see much of he here as I don't frequent anymore, but I'll be around! :)
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Post by: simonsko on July 20, 2010, 11:17:40 am
I'm Simon from Sweden. I'm 15 years old (Soon to turn 16) and in one way or another, I grew up with the Famicom.

On the very first Christmas of Y2K, I was gifted a Mega Joy which was sold by mail-order back then. For those who don't know it, it's a Famiclone with around 60 built-in games. It also lacked a cartridge port and 2nd controller input, mainly because the system was shaped as an N64 controller.

Back to the story now! That one Mega Joy lasted for around three years, when it suddenly broke. It was around the same time I moved to the house where I live in now.

Within a few months I was gifted yet another Famiclone - the Mega Racer. Unlike the Mega Joy, it's shaped like a steering-wheel, had a cartridge port (The 60-pin one) and came with accessories. Like the Mega Joy, it had around 60 built-in games, but rather than going to game 1 after game 6X, it instead continued in an eternal loop.
This system is still in possession by me. The chips inside are working just fine, but your thumb will be broken before you can make the character on the screen go to the left.

At my 11th birthday, I got another Mega Joy, which only lasted a couple of hours. >:(

When I got Internet connection in August of 2006, I was introduced to the Nintendo Entertainment System after Googling Mega Joy on the Internet. Since that day, I was craving for an NES, until my dad bought me one along with the game Super Mario Brothers.

Since then, I've slowly been collecting games and met other players through forums and an annual video game convention called Retro Gathering, which I've been attending since 2008.

In the meantime, I've been playing PC games. In January of 2009, I expanded my collecting to the XBOX.

That pretty much wraps up my history. I hope I'll have a good time here at Famicomworld. :)
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Post by: Nightstar699 on July 20, 2010, 11:19:35 am
Hey welcome to the site Simon! I too am 15, but i'll be 16 in 1 week. Hope you like it here. =)
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Post by: corisco on July 20, 2010, 06:23:29 pm
Actually I introduced myself previously but I moved from Japan to Brazil and my life was quite messy. It's been a year since my last post.
Here I go again, on the best Famicom discussion forum over the internet :D

Greetings to all :D
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Post by: UglyJoe on July 20, 2010, 06:30:35 pm
Welcome back ;D
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Post by: Sungryong on August 15, 2010, 10:45:02 am
Hi everyone (And thanks MasterDisk for guiding me to this thread)

Name is Sung ryong. I was recommended to this forum by a friend of mine for a pretty long time ago. I come from South Korea but for about a year i am living abroad. I mainly collect pirates (and mainly JY ones) and other things obscure stuff that is interests me. I am very nostalgic and this is why my big interest of these kind of games and mainly pirates started since when i grew up in the early 90s, these games were hot and very cheap. So for me, it is both something personal, interesting and very special.

Best regards! :)
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Post by: Sungryong on August 15, 2010, 10:57:48 am
Thank you MD! I replied the PM right after i wrote in this thread. I have read some of your posts and i am really impressed by your knowledge about these kind of games. And i am very happy to see that there are other real enthusiasts when it comes to pirate and unlicensed games.

About Jjaehee. I absolutely know who he is, even if i do not know him personal that well. But he has a really impressive collection i must say.
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Post by: Bramsworth on August 18, 2010, 10:07:03 pm
Sungryong , I remember the day I saw your name on the boards, I actually was thinking you were MD's friend and were going to post a topic in the Selling forums for tons of JY games, so I was eying the forum for about an hour  :D

Cool to have someone else who has a personal appreciation for pirates. I guess JY pirates must have been more popular in Korea than Taiwan afterall. I thought Jjaeheee was the only one from Korea who cared about them hehe.
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Post by: Sungryong on August 19, 2010, 06:52:57 am
Haha i see. I am sorry if i spoiled your expectations  ;). But in the future though, i will eventually list some games for sale/trade, i am usually collecting mostly of all the JY carts that i have been able to. But mainly, i am looking for the Korean releases. And if i come over a Korean release of a game, wich i eventually already have in TW/Intl region for example. Then i usually sell/trade the foreign cart away  :)

Actually, in Korea, there exists some collectors of JY. But mainly, it is people who are interested in the gaming scene over-all who also have a little taste for these games. But real  "die-hard" collectors of JY games are rare even if some still exists. Just like in TW i assume.



 
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Post by: petik1 on August 21, 2010, 04:58:46 pm
Not new here, but im posting because today marks one full year on famicomworld for me! Thanks for all of the support! This is a truly wonderful site.
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Post by: linkzpikachu on August 27, 2010, 06:28:56 pm
im not new but thought i'd post something here
Age:15
Name:Landon
Location:North Carolina
Intrested:cars, girls, and games  :D
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Post by: terrybogard on September 02, 2010, 09:12:10 am
hey everyone just figured id introduce myself... i came here for help with with fds and i was lucky enough to get it up and running thanks to this forum. my name is ryan and im an avid collector of all video game related stuff. i got 78 systems. And entire complete pc engine collection and an arcade from japan... i was lucky to find my fds setup both boxed and complete for a great deal... this is the place to be for anything fds related and feel right at home.... Thanks for the hospitality...
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Post by: ericj on September 02, 2010, 09:28:46 am
Welcome! Sounds like an awesome collection. Since you're interested in both PC Engine & FDS, you should pick up a MGD1 with the PC Engine interface. Then you can use it for PC Engine backups and dumping & writing FDS disks.  ;)
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Post by: rcvalkyrie on September 10, 2010, 09:56:20 am
Hi. I've been here for quite sometime. But I registered just now, looking for friends?  ;D

Actually, I've been searching for a Sharp Twin Famicom service manual and this has been one of the sites that I looked for... So far, I haven't seen one yet but I'm hoping I could find one or somebody here can help me (this is a Famicom forum after all...). The one I just bought doesn't seem to work and my brother said its a regulator problem or something, he could fix it if he had the manual... I dunno with him... So there. Sorry bout that.

Anyway, off-topic--Saying hi to you all! Hope I could gain friends here.... xD
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Post by: ericj on September 10, 2010, 12:09:20 pm
Welcome! Hope you stick around!

As for looking for a service manual, good luck. I've never seen one. If it's just the (voltage?) regulator you're taking about, it's a common 7805. Feel free to post specifics of the problem in the Technical Repair thread to get some help. I bet it ends up being a quick, easy fix. :)
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Post by: NastyMike92 on September 10, 2010, 12:16:21 pm
My name is Marlon and i am a RVGK
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Post by: rcvalkyrie on September 11, 2010, 07:56:25 am
Quote from: ericj on September 10, 2010, 12:09:20 pm
Welcome! Hope you stick around!

As for looking for a service manual, good luck. I've never seen one. If it's just the (voltage?) regulator you're taking about, it's a common 7805. Feel free to post specifics of the problem in the Technical Repair thread to get some help. I bet it ends up being a quick, easy fix. :)


Thanks, though I;m not quite sure what you mean but I'll go ahead and post the details in the thread coz I think I'll have a hard time explaining about it x) I'll ask my brother if he knows about the 7805 thing, too.. :D

Hi everyone :P
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Post by: Yukima on September 19, 2010, 01:47:19 pm
Hi, everyone!  :D

I'm Chris, and I just registered here a moment ago!  I've always had a love for Japanese games and systems.  I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to Famicom /NES collecting, though I've been playing and collecting Super Famicom stuff for years.  I stumbled upon this site a while ago while searching for Famicom-related stuff, and I'm amazed at how much everyone here knows about the Famicom!

As for my collection, I do have an NES and some games for it, but sadly no Famicom (yet!) and only one Famicom game (Lagrange Point, which I bought so I could play it and listen to the awesome soundtrack!)  Right now I'm thinking of getting my first Famicom (preferably the AV Famicom!) and some more games so my Lagrange Point cart won't be sad and lonely all by itself!  ;D

I'm hoping to have a great time here!
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Post by: MS-DOS4 on September 19, 2010, 01:58:33 pm
Welcome! Be sure to pick up hoshi no kirby for your soon-to-be-in-possession famicom!
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Post by: FamicomFreak on September 20, 2010, 08:50:33 pm
Welcome new members I have missed for the past months!
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Post by: rotomrocks12312 on September 24, 2010, 11:01:50 pm
now that ive found the right thread...


i
am
new.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on September 27, 2010, 01:56:50 pm
WELCOME NEW MEMBER!!! AWA!
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Post by: rotomrocks12312 on September 29, 2010, 04:56:17 pm
:D and the crowd goes wild
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Post by: Leufion on October 05, 2010, 09:28:47 pm
Hello!

My name is Jim - I'm 28 and I live in the suburbs of Chicago. I am a classic video game enthusiast and have been collecting on and off for about 10 years or so. In my classic game room alone I've got a Atari 2600, Colecovision, Atari 7800, NES, SNES versions 1 and 2, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega Dreamcast, and the latest addition is a Sharp Twin Famicom A505 (currently on the fritz).
I'm hoping to add more to my collection as time goes by and have some fun on this site.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on October 06, 2010, 12:10:54 am
Hello, Jim! :)

The first step is admitting you have a problem. :P  JK

I hope you collecting goes well.
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Post by: hashiriya1 on October 12, 2010, 03:45:38 pm
Hello, new here, owned a Famicom since 1987 and been playing it ever since! Hope to make some friends here!
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Post by: petik1 on October 12, 2010, 03:48:24 pm
Welcome to the forums stranger!  Hope your stay here is a pleasant one!
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on October 12, 2010, 07:07:20 pm
Since 1987?! :o

Where you from?
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Post by: FamicomFreak on October 24, 2010, 07:54:45 am
Welcome good sir from 1987! I will worship u good sir!
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Post by: an-cat-max on October 28, 2010, 11:25:27 am
so many young users! i feel old and i'm 19 :|
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Post by: nensondubois on October 30, 2010, 10:34:26 pm
Well, I'm back. This time for good; sorry for having the little rant but well, that's life, and shit happens. 8)

I've have been spending my time hacking games and such...
Here's something you may find interesting.
http://wiki.rustedlogic.net/Tetris_%26_Dr._Mario
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Post by: noisewave on November 01, 2010, 06:12:04 pm
Hi everyone!
Greetings from Chile! 133Mhz and Strider_Hiryu introduced me to the forum and here I am! I have been a Famicom fan and collector for about 2 years now and a NES player since almost all my life.
I love pretty much everything about Famicom culture and I'm looking forward to share some lines with you guys in the future.
And also like Strider_Hiryu said: I apologize if my English is not quite good sometime.
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Post by: son_ov_hades on November 01, 2010, 08:21:27 pm
Viva Chile! I love your country. Welcome, you'll find all kinds of good things here.
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Post by: botulismo on November 11, 2010, 02:23:35 pm
I suppose I should say hi on this thread too. I've been around for about a week. I don't remember how I stumbled on it, but this forum is a rare find. You guys are very nice, helpful, and you're all interested in topics I find incredibly interesting. I've been looking for a place where people are interested in all things 8 bit Nintendo and also interested and knowledgeable about pirate cartridges and backup units.

I've been a NES player since I was very young. Before that I played games on the Texas Instruments 99/4a and the Atari 5200 (My first console.) After the SNES and the disappointment of the Virtual Boy, I got out of console gaming until getting a PS2 only 4 or 5 years ago; I have to admit I was turned off mainly by the focus on the primitive 3D graphics of the Playstation/N64/Saturn generation. In my own personal opinion, I felt like they should have focused on 2D games with 3D effects added on while waiting for the technology to mature. Anyway, that's just my personal opinion, and I respect it if others don't share it! I live currently in the Southwestern US in the Sonoran Desert, and I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. I also have a habit of writing too much when I'm making posts, so uh, bear with me.

Thanks for being here!
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Post by: NintendoKing on November 11, 2010, 02:33:21 pm
Welcome, botulismo;  our new friend! I love the NES also, and thats what interested me in the Famicom. Anyone whom likes NES will get a new fix out of Famicom gaming and its a very pleasant one.
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Post by: inergy on November 11, 2010, 03:52:54 pm
Hello everyone, my name is inergy.  My full name is mynd inergy for those who might care.  Im a MC on a mission and working very hard on my first EP right now.  Im a big fan of oldskool gamimg and own quite a collection of some fami stuff myself.  Im looking forward to selling some of my collection at the buy/sell/trade section of theses forums for affordable prices.  Im glad to be here at this great forum and I look forward to getting to know those of you who frequent it.

-Salome
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Post by: ericj on November 11, 2010, 04:04:23 pm
Welcome! But your name isn't really "Mind Energy" sic, now is it?   :P

http://www.1729.com/blog/PrinciplesOfMindEnergy.html
QuoteMind Energy is a useful concept that helps to explain the interaction between volition (or "willpower") and feelings.


EDIT: Added sic
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Post by: inergy on November 11, 2010, 04:12:47 pm
yeah, my name isnt "Mind Energy" my name is "mynd inergy" well, that's my MC name anyway.  As for, the name on my birth certificate, I don't honestly consider that my true name.  I never really thought the conventional system of choosing your childrens name before they have done/said anything really represents the individual.  I still though, go by this name, regardless though--I always held this in the back of my mynd.  I always felt that all those names that everyone shares are extremely unoriginal and hope to see a planet one day where we can value the indivual as much as possible.  So uh, yeah my name is mynd inergy, or whatever I would want it to be, because of all things--what you call yourself strongly defines who you are
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Post by: ericj on November 11, 2010, 04:54:50 pm
If you feel that strongly about it, you can legally change your name.

I personally believe that actions and peoples' perception more strongly define who one is as an individual than a name does. Names associate us with others with the same surname and speak to a heritage, culture, or country of origin. Changing that is in essence deleting part of one's identity and heritage.

How I view someone saying:
Quote from: inergy on November 11, 2010, 03:52:54 pmHello everyone, my name is inergy.  My full name is mynd inergy for those who might care.
is that that person is a bit egotistical, self-absorbed, and arrogant.  I assume you put it out there so people would get an idea of who you are, or maybe look you up as an artist. So I wanted to explain how I perceived it, which is, I'm sure, not how you intended it to be taken.
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Post by: inergy on November 11, 2010, 07:13:30 pm
Of course, I don't want to be percieved as self abosrbed, egotistical and arrogant. Infact, all of those human features are things I strive towards removing from myself and others around me.  I feel as though I work for the benefit of the fellow humans I share this land with, not for myself.  That of course, is under the judgement of those who percieve my actions though.  So yeah, I may one day legally change my name, but the name "mynd inergy" is not a name that I feel represents me, it represents everyone.  Particuarily it represents the subject matter of my lyrics and the amazing potentional all of our "mynd's" hold as humans.  True, our name's say alot about our genetic heritage, but in many ways names, languages, borders, religions and seperate ways of thinking all just fuel to our planets seperationism.  I hope to see a world one day when we can get past thing man made differances and see that were all here, together, sharing this planet, learning, together. Im glad to see the level upon which you read into my introduction because that says alot about you, it's always great to see fellow humans critically thinking.  I'll definately make sure to shoot you my album when it's finished, hopefully you can appreciate true lyricism, unlike the many blinded people who believe music is only as good as how hypnotizing the beat is.  Thanks you for also showing me that informing article, it was a very great read

saalome brother
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Post by: ericj on November 11, 2010, 07:44:09 pm
I like your philosophy and I'd love to hear some of your music.  :)

I recently read an article about rap lyrics, Listening To Rap For The First Time, With A Book Critic. It's an interesting read and something I'm sure you'd appreciate.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/11/04/131063935/listening-to-the-anthology-of-rap
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Post by: botulismo on November 11, 2010, 08:25:55 pm
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 11, 2010, 02:33:21 pm
Welcome, botulismo;  our new friend! I love the NES also, and thats what interested me in the Famicom. Anyone whom likes NES will get a new fix out of Famicom gaming and its a very pleasant one.


Thanks Gremlin. Gremlin's been very helpful at answering my questions and I appreciate it. I timed my joining with getting my Twin Famicom so I'm really just a beginner. I learned some things through reading online and I've been looking forward to it for a while. The last time I almost bought one was when I was trying to decide either a PowerPak or a Twin Famicom. I figured the PowerPak was destiny because they tend to run out of them often and I checked the page when I was trying to make my decision and I got the PowerPak. No regrets though, I think the PowerPak whetted my appetite, but at the same time it sort of overwhelmed me - it's sort of confusing to just have the entire library of games available on one cartridge. You just don't know what to pick. It makes going through various cartridges and tracking things down seem more appealing. I'm also really looking forward to trying every disk system game I can get my hands on.
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Post by: guineapig64 on November 12, 2010, 03:11:00 pm
I just joined Famicom World today and so far I'm really liking the site! :)

I'm guineapig64 and some of you may know from some other forums I'm on.  I am a big fan of Nintendo and I'm also a really huge fan of Super Mario.  I own quite a lot of Nintendo systems as well as an Atari 2600 and a Sega Genesis.  I recently got myself a Famicom but I'm having some trouble with it at the moment (you may have read about it in the Repair And Technical Assistance topic) so if anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.

I look forward to meeting everyone and making some new friends!
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Post by: NintendoKing on November 12, 2010, 04:31:29 pm
Welcome to Famicom World, guineapig64!
I hope that you enjoy your time with us, and if you have any questions whatsoever please ask for assistance as we know our stuffs!
-UG
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Post by: VGMStudios on November 14, 2010, 08:18:06 pm
hello all
guess i should introduce myself.
im VGMStudios. worlds largest Metroid collector and fan.  ;D
ive been a nintendo fan all my life. I also customize consoles.
if interested in looking at what i do look up VGMStudios33 on youtube to see all of my wii customs.
hope to have some fun.

cheers

ps. interested in seeing my collection?  pm me.

VGM out...
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Post by: NintendoKing on November 15, 2010, 07:41:29 am
Welcome VGMStudios,

I have only ever played original Metroid on NES and Metroid II on Gameboy, so I have not much information on the videogames but I am sure we all would enjoy seeing pictures of your collection.

Its also very cool that you mod consoles, other then Wii what else do you mod?

I really hope you enjoy your stay here, and feel free to ask any questions about Famicom you can think of within reason.



-UG
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 15, 2010, 06:49:47 pm
You've played Metroid & Metroid II?! :o

Have you played them through the end?
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Post by: NintendoKing on November 15, 2010, 06:56:15 pm
Jedi QuestMaster, I wish... Honestly they seem quite hard to me. Maybe I just don't play them well, Gameboy Metroid II is especially hard.
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Post by: VGMStudios on November 17, 2010, 04:46:22 am
Thanks for the warm wishes The Uninvited Gremlin. You are the only one that welcomed me here. :)

The first 2 Metroid games can be tough for beginners they seem to get easier after 2.
Super Metroid is my favorite game. You should try it and Zero Mission.
I also customized my PC. I cut out the Samus symbol onto the side of the case and Samus on top. Took me 2 years to do. I have pictures if you are interested.

I also can customize other consoles but no one has ever wanted me to, so I have nothing to show for those. Only Wii's ATM.

If you would like to see my collection, please PM me.
I am all too new to the Famicom scene so if I ever think of anything I will be sure to ask.

VGM out...
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 17, 2010, 10:58:54 am
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 15, 2010, 06:56:15 pm
Metroid II is especially hard.

I can understand not beating Metroid I.  I still haven't really played it from beginning to end.  I tend to jump around from place to place.  I recommend using the NARPAS SWORD password or Game Genie, with all items you need & beat it from there.

As for Metroid II, yeah - that's a tough one.  It was a bit frustrating for me, getting lost in the many reused areas.  But this game is linear - if you keep playing it, you'll beat it eventually.  What took me a while to understand was the that the "tunnel area" is like a main lobby.  You have to keep going back to it every time the "water" subsides.
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Post by: petik1 on November 17, 2010, 11:16:47 am
Quote from: VGMStudios on November 17, 2010, 04:46:22 am
I also customized my PC. I cut out the Samus symbol onto the side of the case and Samus on top. Took me 2 years to do. I have pictures if you are interested.


Pictures please!
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Post by: VGMStudios on November 17, 2010, 11:33:40 am
Quote from: petik1 on November 17, 2010, 11:16:47 am
Quote from: VGMStudios on November 17, 2010, 04:46:22 am
I also customized my PC. I cut out the Samus symbol onto the side of the case and Samus on top. Took me 2 years to do. I have pictures if you are interested.


Pictures please!

;D Sure thing. Enjoy.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/VGMStudios/Case/DSCF3703.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/VGMStudios/Case/DSCF3705.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/VGMStudios/Case/DSCF3724.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/VGMStudios/Case/DSCF3716.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/VGMStudios/Case/DSCF3725.jpg)

If you are wondering why the top of Samus is dark, it because my PSU was in the way. So it block the light from going through.
I have since updated my Tower so I still need to transfer these to the new PC tower.

VGM out...
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Post by: NintendoKing on November 17, 2010, 12:28:11 pm
That's awesome, the cuts look really clean also. And yes I think when I first arrived I may have had 1 or 2 welcomes myself, lol.
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Post by: petik1 on November 17, 2010, 02:55:12 pm
You sir, will fit in here fine!

And I never got welcomed!

Wait, did I ever introduce myself?
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 17, 2010, 03:53:19 pm
Welcome, Petik. :P
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Post by: VGMStudios on November 17, 2010, 04:22:51 pm
Thanks petik1 :)
I dont think JQM likes me very much... :/

VGM out...
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 17, 2010, 05:08:22 pm
Why do you think I don't like you? ???

Did I say anything? :(

Edit: Oh yeah, I wanted to try out that Metroid on my Famicom. :-\

I wasn't even planning on keeping it for too long.  I'm pretty sure you'll die holding onto it. :P
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Post by: FamicomFreak on November 28, 2010, 10:47:57 pm
Welcome to the forum! I r back!
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2010, 11:55:08 pm
Wuz dat a I M Weasel ref? :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Weasel
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Post by: FamicomFreak on November 29, 2010, 11:29:24 am
LOL you got it  ;D
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Post by: jpx72 on November 29, 2010, 01:42:47 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on November 28, 2010, 11:55:08 pm
Wuz dat a I M Weasel ref? :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Weasel

Gotta love I R Baboon ;D
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Post by: nensondubois on November 30, 2010, 10:46:10 pm
I used to watch that when I was like 8 or so. Still remember a lot of the episodes. Good times, good times!
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Post by: cpix on December 28, 2010, 07:29:23 am
Good evening everyone!

I've been registered for awhile but haven't been very active in the forums yet. I'm 30 years old and come from Norway. I used to be a game programmer but left it
to study medicine instead. I started gaming on the NES in 1987 and have been a big nintendo fan since. I'm mainly collecting famicom and super famicom games (though some times i need to get the American counter parts since some famicom games are just too expensive and hard to come by =) This forum seems great, and love that it's famicom only, most collectors i meet in Norway usually only collect the SCN versions of nes and snes (who can bare 50hz gaming on the retro consoles.. i just don't understand) =).

Glad to meet you all! =)
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Post by: NintendoKing on December 28, 2010, 07:39:19 am
Welcome and yes we are a great community and full of helpful members who can find you just about any Famicom games. Enjoy your time with us cpix and I  hope all you are looking for gets found over time.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on December 28, 2010, 09:32:53 am
It's great to have new members join into this growing community of not only famicom but retro gaming as well. Welcome aboard!
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Post by: son_ov_hades on December 28, 2010, 02:41:11 pm
Welcome! I love that we have members from all over the world.  :D
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Post by: FamicomFreak on December 28, 2010, 11:13:50 pm
That's the power of the internet my friend  8)
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Post by: NESplaya1987 on December 30, 2010, 02:15:40 am
hello there i joined from a link from NA i played famicom when i was a young kid but im mostly into nintnendo im lookimg to add more to my NES collection and if im lucky multicarts:) im hoping to hear from u ppl:)
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Post by: Cheetahmen on January 03, 2011, 03:03:38 pm
Hello pepoles (sic) and I am some bloke that owns a Famiclone and a few cartridges for it, mostly pirated. I am 18 and a resident in England. I have a couple of Youtube accounts and I sometimes buy pirated Famicom carts from various sources because I can. :)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on January 08, 2011, 08:23:38 am
Welcome new members it's great to see the community growing even further!
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Post by: nensondubois on January 08, 2011, 02:39:23 pm
Hello Cheetahmen and welcome! :)
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Post by: Cheetahmen on January 08, 2011, 03:03:10 pm
Hello back, never knew you looked like the AVGN's twin brother. :D
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Post by: nensondubois on January 08, 2011, 03:59:09 pm
I don't, I'm just a fan of his work.
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Post by: Cheetahmen on January 08, 2011, 04:21:13 pm
I figured, I was kidding. :D
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Post by: neoking2002_neo on January 11, 2011, 10:38:46 am
I'm neoking2002_neo, the same exact one from Neopets.
You may recognize me as Neomysterion from The Retro Gamers 2, MagneticDestroyerX3 from RetroJunk, and The Plushie Ultimatum from Jellyneo Forums.
I hope you guys don't mind old-school NES fans here at Famicom World. :D

I actually like to collect NES games and stuff (among stuff for other Nintendo systems) back at home (including a few seldom-seen titles). I haven't ever touched a Famicom in my life, but the NES is close enough for me.

If you know me from a different forum, let me know, tthanks! :D
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Post by: ericj on January 11, 2011, 11:57:49 am
I don't know you from anywhere, but welcome nonetheless!

Quote from: neoking2002_neo on January 11, 2011, 10:38:46 am
I haven't ever touched a Famicom in my life, but the NES is close enough for me.


That's what you're saying now, but give it some time and I bet you change your mind.  ;)
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Post by: nintendodork on January 11, 2011, 08:15:20 pm
Hey! I know you from TRG2. I'm a moderator here, too. ;D
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Post by: FamicomFreak on January 12, 2011, 10:13:07 am
Welcome anyways yay!
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Post by: Benc on January 20, 2011, 02:58:03 am
Hello everyone!

Been lurking a lot in this forum for quite some time now and I thought I'd finally post something here too.  ;D

The name's Benc and I'm from Brunei. I've been interested in the Nintendo Famicom/NES since I never owned an 8-bit gaming console before (I grew up with the Sega MegaDrive), and I really love the Japanese gaming culture. Finally bought an AV-modded Famicom and from there I started my small Famicom collection. I'm also a big fan of chiptune music and the Nintendo GameBoy (which I also collect). My love for retro-games is driven by the fact that there are not so many people in my country who are into old-school video-gaming, and so I think I'm one of the few :)
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Post by: son_ov_hades on January 20, 2011, 02:27:17 pm
Welcome! I'm fascinated that we have such diverse members here, I mean Brunei is a country I know virtually nothing about. What is the gaming/collecting scene like in Brunei?
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Post by: Benc on January 21, 2011, 01:15:49 am
Quote from: son_ov_hades on January 20, 2011, 02:27:17 pm
Welcome! I'm fascinated that we have such diverse members here, I mean Brunei is a country I know virtually nothing about. What is the gaming/collecting scene like in Brunei?


Yeah, we're just a small country so nobody knows a lot about us ;D

Sadly game piracy is a common thing here, many people buying modded Xboxes since pirated games are really really cheap (for just a few bucks). However there is a collecting community for PS3 owners, those who collect, swap and trade games with each other.
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Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on January 21, 2011, 05:48:55 am
Quote from: Benc on January 21, 2011, 01:15:49 am
Quote from: son_ov_hades on January 20, 2011, 02:27:17 pm
Welcome! I'm fascinated that we have such diverse members here, I mean Brunei is a country I know virtually nothing about. What is the gaming/collecting scene like in Brunei?


Yeah, we're just a small country so nobody knows a lot about us ;D

Sadly game piracy is a common thing here, many people buying modded Xboxes since pirated games are really really cheap (for just a few bucks). However there is a collecting community for PS3 owners, those who collect, swap and trade games with each other.


"Xboxes" you mean Xbox 1?

When it's unlocked wow, it's completely a new world, emulators, backup manager, media centre support, OS available too.

I don't pirate my consoles any more, I did it to my PSP which I don't own any more, but that is long gone.

When you own the legit copy of a game, it feels worthy of completing but a digital/pirate copy just not the same feeling.
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Post by: Benc on January 21, 2011, 06:32:22 am
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on January 21, 2011, 05:48:55 am"Xboxes" you mean Xbox 1?

Aah, I meant the Xbox 360.

Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on January 21, 2011, 05:48:55 amWhen you own the legit copy of a game, it feels worthy of completing but a digital/pirate copy just not the same feeling.

Totally agreed. Reminds me of a friend of mine who has tons of games but all are pirated-copies. I see no value in them :P
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Post by: machbed on January 24, 2011, 08:47:01 am
Hello guys. I wanted you all to welcome. :) I learned about this forum from friend Vash.  I'm from Poland, for years been passionate about Famicom games. I have collection of Famicom carts (predominantly pirates). Once again hello! :)
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Post by: manuel on January 25, 2011, 05:27:19 pm
Welcome!
I hope you have fun here. :)
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Post by: NintendoKing on January 27, 2011, 07:48:32 pm
Awesome, welcome Machbed!
I am sure happy that you are here, its always great to see more diversity around the forums and yes your country is a great location for Famicom pirates.

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Post by: machbed on January 28, 2011, 10:38:47 am
Unfortunately, Poland are fewer and fewer Famicom pirates.
This forum is very nice place. :)
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Post by: fredJ on February 01, 2011, 12:45:01 am
Hello everyone,

I suppose it is time for an introdocution.

I come from Sweden. Found this forum through a Google search.

My main interest is in Japanese Game Boy games and I have a little site about that in Swedish. I've bought lots of Japanese game boy games and consoles and sold some. People started asking me for Famicom games, and then I got into that. :)

In that last few days I've been playing SMB3, and had a great time !!
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Post by: fcmatsor on February 01, 2011, 11:36:21 am
Hi, my name is Matsor from Holland and came across this forum searching for some famicom games. I am planning to collect some famicom games, mainly early nintendo releases like pulseline, silverbox.  8) Hope to learn a lot here and get to know some people here!
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Post by: NintendoKing on February 01, 2011, 08:28:11 pm
Welcome fredJ and fcmatsor, its great to see both of you here! I think you two are our first members from Sweden and Holland, if I am not mistaken... we get more diverse everyday!

I hope you both enjoy you stay with us and have a pleasant experience.
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Post by: fredJ on February 06, 2011, 08:26:20 am
There is another member from Sweden that I know from the nesdb forum. He has made 70 posts here. Maybe he is too shy to introduce himself. :)
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Post by: NintendoKing on February 06, 2011, 12:15:33 pm
Oh I see, and yes a lot of members post without ever introducing themselves to our community.  :diskkun:
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Post by: Juji on February 10, 2011, 06:16:44 pm
hi im juji. i like famicoms.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on February 11, 2011, 10:27:40 am
Welcome to Famicom World, Juji!
Its great you like Famicom, you will fit in here fine!
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Post by: nyziul on February 16, 2011, 07:29:25 am
Hi I'm nyziul. I recently obtained a Sharp Twin Famicom that came with a few FDS games and a cart. This is my first start at collecting Famicom games, since I only used to play NES at my friend's house and didn't have my own system until the SNES. I recently started learning Japanese and I am hoping I will eventually be able to play and understand some of the great games on the Famicom and Super Famicom.
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Post by: NintendoKing on February 16, 2011, 08:58:42 am
Excellent, nyziul! You basically acquired one of the best Famicoms on the market, and I find that most games have full text printable translations!

Anyways, both original Famicom and Super Famicom have a wide variety of games; so I am sure you will enjoy the hunt.


-UG
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Post by: Appleidog on February 18, 2011, 11:45:28 am
Hey all, just wanted to introduce myself been in to the famiclone scene for ages with the likes of having scorpion 8 funstation polystation and a few more unknown ones And just wanted to get back into the collecting
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Post by: NintendoKing on February 23, 2011, 08:04:01 am
I hope we can assist you, Appleidog; I know Famicom World definitely got my Famicom collecting going. I may still only have 26 cartridges in 3 years of being a member but they are all cartridges I like.

Its better to own games you actually like then a bunch of random carts.
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Post by: AMCApril on March 10, 2011, 01:02:22 pm
hi I'm April and I love that Disk-kun thing
it's so cute
:diskkun:

I played some nes games on the computer by ROM since I never played it till umm uhh snes games

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on March 10, 2011, 01:16:45 pm
Welcome, AMCApril; so you have been emulating?
Has that sparked an interest in owning the actual hardware now?
Title: Hello!
Post by: thekingofchong on March 17, 2011, 04:54:32 pm
Just thought id introduce myself to you guys. Im from the UK and im a huge nintendo fan! ive just started to collect for the famicom. I hope to get to know some of you better as time goes on. Awesome site!!!!

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on March 17, 2011, 09:03:26 pm
Welcome, thekingofchong! I am glad you have gained an interest in Famicom, I am sure that if you like retro-gaming you will become quite fond of the Famicom.
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Post by: thekingofchong on March 20, 2011, 03:12:01 pm
thanks guys. :)
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Post by: modeltfordman on March 31, 2011, 05:40:15 pm
Hello,

My name is Craig. I just started my famicom collection a few weeks ago. I now have in my possession a sharp twin famicom in box. I purchased it off a member here on ebay. It came with 13 carts and 4 disks, and, the disk I really wanted(Super Mario Bros2) came with it. I now have The Legend of Zelda,Zelda 2,Metroid,DokiDoki Panic (all FDS), and Super Mario USA and Super Mario 3 both in box. I have always loved my nes and grew up playing it. In fact I still have the original box it came in along with power pad. This was the power set nes. I recently just replaced my 72 pin connector and cleaned all my games. I love being able to pop in a cartridge and it works on the first try.
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Post by: Lum on April 04, 2011, 06:50:56 am
In my case dire lack of space is stifling. :'( Nonetheless I'm giving famicom a chance. Hope it goes well! I have that tendency to buy weird or foreign consoles then discover their flaws / lack of English games / expensive library / etc, and have to let them go to make room. Did that with things like PC-FX, Neo Geo, or the US Turbo Duo.
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Post by: fredJ on April 04, 2011, 07:18:34 am
Welcome modeltfordman and Lum!

Can't go wrong with Famicom.

Lum, didn't you enjoy the Pc Engine?
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Post by: Lum on April 04, 2011, 05:28:49 pm
Not the american model. Poor AV quality was part of it, composite doesn't do Pc Engine good at all. I upgraded to an rgb duo-r that's a big improvement.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Sayo-chan on April 13, 2011, 04:24:30 pm
Hello all.  I just signed up here!

I have only recently started to collect Famicom games.
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Post by: fredJ on April 14, 2011, 09:10:06 am
Welcome !!
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Post by: Sayo-chan on April 14, 2011, 05:14:24 pm
Thanks!
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Post by: punkr13 on April 18, 2011, 01:09:38 pm
>.< totally forgot to post here before actually posting in other threads

Hey everyone,
Well I recently signed up to the site to help find/sell/trade some famicom items and other gaming stuff too.
I just recently bought a famicom with a some games which some I'm keeping and others I'd like to sell/trade for a couple of games I would like for my system.
I collect just about every system and sell games from a wide-range of systems too. And its great when trades can be made to help with the collection.

I also do some art like the followiing:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/QbertWallpapercopy.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/QbertWallpapercopy.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/DigDug1Wallpapercopy.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/DigDug1Wallpapercopy.jpg)
those are some like wallpapers i did

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/ART%20SCANS/PandaExpress.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/ART%20SCANS/PandaExpress.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/ART%20SCANS/Animals00.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/punkr130/ART%20SCANS/Animals00.jpg)

scans from some pages


well that's just about it for now, it would be cool to make some new friends and chit'chat about videogames and other random stuff.
:)
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Post by: Koveras on April 19, 2011, 05:28:51 am
Hello,
my name is Mark, I live in Poland.
I'm huge fan of Mario  :mario:  and I'm looking for some games with my idol ;)
Hey!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on April 19, 2011, 07:13:53 am
@punkr13 - Welcome! I also collect games on a wide variety of consoles as many systems have a lot to offer. I hope we can assist you with finding new games for your Famicom.

@Koveras - Welcome to you also, and yes Mario is a bunch of fun... Do you also have interest in sprite hacked games that include Mario? If you do then you will have a long collection ahead of you.
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Post by: VegaVegas on April 24, 2011, 02:40:19 am
Name: Marcin (Martin in English :P )
Year of birth: 1992
Country: Poland
City: the capital of Poland
Height: 180cm (6 feet)
Weight: ~80kg
Favorite lines: "English motherfucker, do you speak it?!"
"Does he look like a bitch?" - LOL  ;D
"Your face, your ass, what's the difference?"
Own consoles: few Famiclones, Famicom AV, SNES, N64, 2x GBC, SMS2, PS2 & PSP
Favorite genres of games: side-scrollers & FPSs
Favorite game series: Battletoads, Legend of Zelda, Mortal Kombat, Doom, Duke Nukem, Super Mario, Bomberman & Donkey Kong
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Post by: FamicomFreak on April 24, 2011, 07:48:18 pm
Ahhh just to get this up to date, welcome everyone I have missed in the past months! AWAAAA!  :cherry: :help:
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Post by: Parodius Duh on May 09, 2011, 03:27:40 pm
Hello all, just stumbled onto this site via one of Satoshi Matrix's posts over at the digital press retrogaming forums. Famicom is my main thing and I hope to stick around here for awhile!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Macdaddy_93 on May 10, 2011, 01:34:38 am
Morning people, just a quick introduction!

I'm Richard from the UK and have been a Nintendo fan since i bought my SNES way back on the 11 June 1993, i still have it now and it is in constant use. I recentley purchased a modified SNES which now allows me to play NTSC/Famicom games, so may the game collection begin!

(http://i53.tinypic.com/28kioo0.jpg)
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Post by: NintendoKing on May 10, 2011, 07:26:32 am
Oh SuFami, I also collect those games. The Japanese always get tons more games for all of their consoles. :)
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Post by: linkzpikachu on May 24, 2011, 11:45:55 am
Quote from: Macdaddy_93 on May 10, 2011, 01:34:38 am
Morning people, just a quick introduction!

I'm Richard from the UK and have been a Nintendo fan since i bought my SNES way back on the 11 June 1993, i still have it now and it is in constant use. I recentley purchased a modified SNES which now allows me to play NTSC/Famicom games, so may the game collection begin!

(http://i53.tinypic.com/28kioo0.jpg)

thats really cool! anyway welcome a board
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Post by: ricky on June 01, 2011, 04:00:53 pm
hi guys,

i'm ricky not been around console gaming for a few years but have started collecting again :) recently got a famicom and a few games and have ordered a nes to famicom converter so i can play the nes games i picked up, now to get the famicom working  :(

other consoles i have are snes, neogeo, mega drive, gameboy, ds, amiga 1200 and hope to get a master system in the next few weeks :)

cheers

ricky
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 01, 2011, 08:55:56 pm
Welcome, Ricky!

The Neo Geo consoles have always intrigued me, especially the AES.  Back in the day, I always wanted to see Metal Slug ported to a console I actually had. :(

Hope your Famicom issues get resolved! :)
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Post by: ricky on June 02, 2011, 05:12:18 am
hi jedi  :)

i had the chance to swap metal slug a few years ago with a jpn genesis and have been kicking my self ever since  :-[

great game don't think i'll ever be able to get one though unless i get a converted one.
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Post by: nintendodork on June 02, 2011, 09:07:40 pm
Hey Ricky!

I myself have a MVS MV-1F motherboard and a Supergun.  Do you collect AES or MVS?
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Post by: ricky on June 03, 2011, 06:32:28 am
i have a few aes think i have about five games, mvs stuff my brother use to have as he collects arcade machines.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on June 15, 2011, 08:27:41 am
Welcome Ricky to the forum!!! Enjoy your stay!
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Post by: Utremi on June 24, 2011, 03:36:36 pm
Hey, all. My name's Michael, and I'm from the US. I'm in school for music composition right now, and I've always loved classic gaming. I was born right at the end of the 80's, so the first console I ever owned was an SNES which is where I do the bulk of my gaming. At one point, I acquired a friend's NES and a bunch of games, but playing the blinking light was getting old (even after a pin replacement), so I sold it. I recently bought a Hyperkin RetroN 3 and it works beautifully, so I'm regretting selling all of those games and accessories. However, having a more reliable system has inspired me to start seeking out NES and Genesis stuff. I'm currently in the process of finding an FC-to-NES converter and hope to use this forum to learn more about the wonderful world of Famicom and find support when needed.  :pow:
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Post by: FamicomFreak on June 29, 2011, 12:53:15 pm
WELCOME~!~~ I sure hope you find what you are looking for! If it's Famicom related, you are in the right place!
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Post by: Xious on July 01, 2011, 06:42:17 am
I know what evil, lurks in the hearts of men... I am.. The Shadow.  :bomb:
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Post by: FamicomFreak on July 04, 2011, 10:59:22 am
Welcome SHADOW!!! har har har!
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Post by: funkdoc on July 09, 2011, 07:13:25 pm
Hello, my name is Josh and my gaming mostly tends to be speedruns and fighting-game tournaments.  To give you an idea, I have the world records for Castlevania 1 + 3 (all characters) + 4 as well as many more obscure games.

That's what ended up bringing me here - I did a Castlevania speedrun on a Japanese stream, and the guy there gave me an AV Famicom and Wai Wai World because he wants me to do a live run of that game for a stream that's about a week from now.  However, he gave me a NES AC adapter to use with the Famicom and I wasn't aware of how bad that is.  So now I have an AV Famicom that won't turn on and I have to pinpoint the cause and fix it before this stream!  Been posting in the repair thread, been able to rule out a couple things at least...have an idea of what's wrong but no idea how to fix it.  Anyone willing to part with a motherboard?  :P
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Post by: Alchemist on July 09, 2011, 10:45:45 pm
Just a very old member here. I've been browsing some of the forums I used to browse, and my, it's been a loooooong time since I've last been here! This site has certainly grown very much in popularity, nice job on the maintenance Admin! You may possibly remember me as Full_Metal_Alchemist from animelives.com forums, and I think you were a mod named Meguire on there  :P
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Post by: nintendodork on July 10, 2011, 09:40:11 pm
2006?!  Damn! :D  I just tried checking your posts though, and it only brings up two.  This one, and one you made in 2006.  I wonder where the other 11 are...
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Post by: Parodius Duh on July 14, 2011, 08:02:56 am
Quote from: funkdoc on July 09, 2011, 07:13:25 pm
Hello, my name is Josh and my gaming mostly tends to be speedruns and fighting-game tournaments.  To give you an idea, I have the world records for Castlevania 1 + 3 (all characters) + 4 as well as many more obscure games.

That's what ended up bringing me here - I did a Castlevania speedrun on a Japanese stream, and the guy there gave me an AV Famicom and Wai Wai World because he wants me to do a live run of that game for a stream that's about a week from now.  However, he gave me a NES AC adapter to use with the Famicom and I wasn't aware of how bad that is.  So now I have an AV Famicom that won't turn on and I have to pinpoint the cause and fix it before this stream!  Been posting in the repair thread, been able to rule out a couple things at least...have an idea of what's wrong but no idea how to fix it.  Anyone willing to part with a motherboard?  :P



links to these speed runs would be nice.....
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DCharlie on July 16, 2011, 05:31:16 pm
Hi all,

My name is David/Dave/whatever you want to call me i'll answer to most insults as well ;)

Been collecting pretty much everything for many years. Originally from the UK, been living in Japan for close to 11 years.

Must admit i come here at the end of my collecting days - life (work and family) have absorbed pretty much all my time and i'm looking to pass on (... okay... sell!) any and every item i have to those who would be able to give them the time and love they deserve. I have around 200 or sof boxed (in various states) FC games and around 60 or so NES titles but hoping to get those figures down to 0 and 0 :(

Been a long term lurker and hope i don't come off as a flyby seller - i guess most my selling is done on Shmups.system11.org where i -think- i've got a good reputation :)

Anyways, hope i can pass on some stuff and hope to stick around reading threads and inevitably kicking myself for selling up in around a years time! :)

All the best
dcharlie
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on July 25, 2011, 12:49:26 am
Hi dcharlie

Seems the board is being quite slow during the Summer.

You are welcome anyways. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petik1 on July 25, 2011, 04:41:50 am
Quote from: DCharlie on July 16, 2011, 05:31:16 pm
My name is David/Dave/whatever you want to call me i'll answer to most insults as well ;)


Can I call you Davey?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on August 02, 2011, 09:34:16 am
Welcome welcome! Famicom rocks!
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Post by: poppy17 on August 09, 2011, 04:20:57 pm
call me poppy from thailand :upsetroll: :upsetroll:
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Post by: manuel on August 09, 2011, 11:56:45 pm
Hi poppy from Thailand!
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Post by: KingPepe on August 11, 2011, 09:21:41 am
Hello everyone, I'm KingPepe (as you can probably tell) and I'm from New York (state, not city). You may or may not of heard about BootlegGames Wiki and Pirated Games Central Forums and if you did, I'm the idiot guy who created them. (well, it's more like I revived the wiki) I'm into classic gaming and I've gotten a Famicom somewhat recently although I don't have a lot of games. :X
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: klax on August 12, 2011, 01:05:00 pm
Hola! I just found this thread, so I'm sorry if I'm late!
I'm klax, and I just joined famicom world after finding a penguin power games at a flea market. I also run a gaming blog (www.nesdevelopment.blogspot.com) and love rage face's.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on August 13, 2011, 04:55:05 pm
Hi King Pepe and Klax. Enjoy your stay here!  :gamer:

Hey King! If you need more games, look in my sig. ;P
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Post by: klax on August 14, 2011, 08:23:45 am
Hi Kingpepe and Hi poppy17! I hope you contribute to advancing the excellence of this amazing forum like I (hope to) accomplice.
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Post by: KingPepe on August 14, 2011, 08:25:04 am
Quote from: manuel on August 13, 2011, 04:55:05 pm
Hi King Pepe and Klax. Enjoy your stay here!  :gamer:

Hey King! If you need more games, look in my sig. ;P

Hmmm...I might want Flipull there...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: klax on August 14, 2011, 08:27:24 am
Quote from: KingPepe on August 14, 2011, 08:25:04 am
Quote from: manuel on August 13, 2011, 04:55:05 pm
Hi King Pepe and Klax. Enjoy your stay here!  :gamer:

Hey King! If you need more games, look in my sig. ;P

Hmmm...I might want Flipull there...


What the heckler is flipull?
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Post by: UglyJoe on August 14, 2011, 09:08:30 am
Flipull is an exciting cube game.
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Post by: Dendy on August 14, 2011, 09:50:17 am
Hi guys, thought I join this forum. I'm Anton form Holland. Just strated on my famicom collection. Hoping to find more about it here...
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 14, 2011, 03:55:03 pm
Hello, Dendy!

Welcome to the world of Famicom! :)
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Post by: klax on August 15, 2011, 05:41:26 am
Quote from: UglyJoe on August 14, 2011, 09:08:30 am
Flipull is an exciting cube game.

Exciting Cube Game? What are you, the back of the box?
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Post by: UglyJoe on August 15, 2011, 06:06:42 am
Quote from: klax on August 15, 2011, 05:41:26 am
Quote from: UglyJoe on August 14, 2011, 09:08:30 am
Flipull is an exciting cube game.

Exciting Cube Game? What are you, the back of the box?


No, I'm the front label of the cartridge.  And the title screen.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: klax on August 16, 2011, 05:37:46 am
Quote from: UglyJoe on August 15, 2011, 06:06:42 am
Quote from: klax on August 15, 2011, 05:41:26 am
Quote from: UglyJoe on August 14, 2011, 09:08:30 am
Flipull is an exciting cube game.

Exciting Cube Game? What are you, the back of the box?


No, I'm the front label of the cartridge.  And the title screen.


Zing!
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Post by: That Guy from Faxanadu on August 21, 2011, 07:12:55 am
Hi!
I live in Sweden and I bought an AV Famicom this year. I play games for most systems, but the majority of my collection is Nintendo 8-bit.
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Post by: klax on August 21, 2011, 11:46:57 am
Hey TGFF! I hope you have fun and learn alot here at Famicom world!
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Post by: Drakon on August 22, 2011, 08:11:29 pm
Hi I've actually had an account here for years and posted just once in a blue moon.  I modify famicoms / nes systems.  And of course I collect too.  Here's the nes / famicom related mods I've done that I can remember doing

lockout chip disable in the nes

permanently wired up 72 pin sockets to toaster nes systems so they work as a top loader

made repro carts using burned eproms

swapped the maskrom from a dead famicom cart into a cheap donor to revive the game

done a few different "stereo sound" mods

added authentic rgb / s-video to av famicoms, the nes 2, and a toaster nes, using rp2c03b ppu chips taken from playchoice arcade boards

modified my nes to famicom adapter to have the powerpak extended audio mixing into the famicom circuit
also modified my nes to famicom adapter to support 100% of nes games (there's some connections they forgot to wire up)

removed the rf box and back plate from my nes 2 and installed the back plate from an av famicom into the nes 2 and added a multi av port to the nes 2

Changed the LED in my toaster to a blue LED

Swapped out chips in av famicoms and nes systems that make the rgb modified system work with a powerpak

Built a pad hack so I can use my 200$ arcade stick on a nes / famicom

I got so flooded with commission orders I taught a modding friend how to do these mods and gave a bunch of commission jobs to him since I sort of got tired of doing the same mods (I prefer experimenting with new stuff).

Shortly I'll be modifying an original famicom and a sharp twin famicom so I can add rgb and s-video and I'll see how good the picture looks from these systems

certain systems have terrible video interference when you add the rgb chip so I'm modding as many systems as I can to find out which ones look okay and which ones have interference

I have never done any FDS related mods mostly because I hate disks and much prefer just using my powerpak to play fds games
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Post by: Ka-ToA on September 06, 2011, 06:33:33 am
Hi , you guys.

I'm Ka-ToA. (you can call me "ka-toa")

i collect games since 2004.

nice to meet you all.  ;D
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Post by: poppy17 on September 06, 2011, 06:46:05 am
Quote from: Ka-ToA on September 06, 2011, 06:33:33 am
Hi , you guys.

I'm Ka-ToA. (you can call me "ka-toa")

i collect games since 2004.

nice to meet you all.  ;D


nice to meet you ka toa
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on September 06, 2011, 06:55:10 am
Am I the only one reminded of Soh Cah Toa (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SOHCAHTOA.html)? 

Welcome to FW, ka-toa!
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Post by: Ka-ToA on September 06, 2011, 07:05:19 am
Quote from: UglyJoe on September 06, 2011, 06:55:10 am
Am I the only one reminded of Soh Cah Toa (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SOHCAHTOA.html)? 

Welcome to FW, ka-toa!


;D i was graduated in MATH-STAT , and that's my nick name from.  ;D

Thank you.  ;D
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Post by: limited_seeker on September 06, 2011, 08:24:48 am
Quote from: Ka-ToA on September 06, 2011, 07:05:19 am
Quote from: UglyJoe on September 06, 2011, 06:55:10 am
Am I the only one reminded of Soh Cah Toa (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SOHCAHTOA.html)? 

Welcome to FW, ka-toa!


;D i was graduated in MATH-STAT , and that's my nick name from.  ;D

Thank you.  ;D


OMG  just realized it is sin cos tan -*-

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: RetroSnow on September 07, 2011, 05:56:35 pm
Hey everyone,

Snow here. I'm a retro gamer/collector/youtuber, and the Famicom has become a huge interest of mine lately after coming across my first CIB system a ways back. I had wanted one for ages, but was really picky about condition (since so many out there are yellow/brown nowadays).

I collect and play across a huge variety of consoles too; pretty much anything that I had an attachment to as a kid, and stuff that I never had the chance to play back then. Anyway, I've been looking for a place to hang out and discuss all things Famicom, and here I am!

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you guys!
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 07, 2011, 06:23:06 pm
Hi, RetroSnow!

Your YouTube page looks promising.  Coincidentally, I was just configuring Mad City to play on PocketNES.  It was translated by Pennywise on RHDN.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Game.Genie on September 12, 2011, 09:31:09 pm
Hi guys. My name is Agustìn and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Famicom Clones and pirate carts have been my thing since I was a 5 year old. They are really really easy to find here in Argentina.
I ended up being a collector when I became a teenager, and having all sorts of Famiclones, pirate carts, Sega clones, Atari clones and licensed consoles and Home Computers that were made in Argentina such as Coleco Vision, Commodore, MSX or Sinclair.

Nowadays I'm starting to offer my services as a middleman for foreign people who would like to buy articles like the ones I've mentioned before on Argentina's eBay: Mercadolibre.com.ar

Nice to meet you all. The forum seems to be pretty good. I promise to participate as much as I can.

:star:

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Post by: xan_racketboy_fan on September 13, 2011, 04:00:01 pm
Hi everyone, please don't hate me for my obvious love of the [old] SEGA  ;D

I decided to join after coming across this site to learn more about the Famicom (I just received my complete set in the mail yesterday, woohoo!). I love the layout here; it's smart, simple, and full of Famicom love - and the wealth of info is just wonderful. I'm an active member over at racketboy (my favorite all-around retro site, great community) and have completed a handful trades and purchases over there and also participated in our last year's charity auction.

I look forward to learning more about my newly acquired Famicom (I grew up on the NES, then jumping onto the SEGA Genesis), famiclones (really interesting hardware and form factors) and hopefully become accepted here at FW. So with that, "here we go!"

(http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv158/photobucket_xan/Mario_and_Sonic_by_Jeibi.jpg?t=1315954777)
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Post by: son_ov_hades on September 13, 2011, 04:28:07 pm
Welcome! I too jumped ship to the Genesis during the big console war. :D
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Post by: classicgamer16 on September 20, 2011, 05:12:25 pm
Hi guys!
Names Marcus
I am a small 17 year old xD haha.
I have been collecting old Nintendo games since I was about 12 with all the allowance money I would get from my parents for cleaning the house and mowing the yard.
I have roughly about 450 Nes carts from unlicensed to licensed. The biggest prize in my collection is a cheetahman II cart.
I have always been fascinated with pirate games like somari and world heroes 2. BUT I never knew where to go for them I would type in where to get them on google just out of hope to find one to buy thats not a thousand dollars on ebay haha.
I came across this site and in a week I spent a good 300 dollars on here lol. I seriously just exploded with excitement,
So yeah, hi haha.
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Post by: nintendodork on September 20, 2011, 05:58:40 pm
How did you get Cheetahmen II? Is it loose/CIB/sealed? How much was it?
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Post by: classicgamer16 on September 20, 2011, 08:14:06 pm
Loose
My fathers friend had it and my dad pretty much just asked for it and he gave it to him.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: (^_^) on September 23, 2011, 11:11:19 pm
Hello everyone. 

I live in the UK, and collect consoles and games.  I hope to become a part of this community. 

I love the forum design. 


Quote from: Game.Genie on September 12, 2011, 09:31:09 pm
Hi guys. My name is Agustìn and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Famicom Clones and pirate carts have been my thing since I was a 5 year old. They are really really easy to find here in Argentina.
I ended up being a collector when I became a teenager, and having all sorts of Famiclones, pirate carts, Sega clones, Atari clones and licensed consoles and Home Computers that were made in Argentina such as Coleco Vision, Commodore, MSX or Sinclair.

Nowadays I'm starting to offer my services as a middleman for foreign people who would like to buy articles like the ones I've mentioned before on Argentina's eBay: Mercadolibre.com.ar

Nice to meet you all. The forum seems to be pretty good. I promise to participate as much as I can.

:star:




Hello Game.Genie.

I'm a big fan of famiclone consoles (the older ones particularly) and collect them, along with pirated carts.  I look forward to any possible future dealings. :redcart:



Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 8bitE on October 06, 2011, 10:14:26 am
Hey guys. Ninty fanboy at heart, but collector of all things that go beep bleep! I do the majority of my posting, and b/s/t over at the racketboy forums.

I'm glad to be here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on October 06, 2011, 10:41:58 am
Is that a Mr Oizo avatar?  Niiiice :bub:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 8bitE on October 07, 2011, 11:49:14 pm
Quote from: UglyJoe on October 06, 2011, 10:41:58 am
Is that a Mr Oizo avatar?  Niiiice :bub:


Indeed it is!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mathius on October 19, 2011, 10:13:06 pm
Hello FW! Some of you may know me from PCFX. It's great to be here and I just finally got a working Twin Fami after years of waiting. I originally bought one from Japan back in '09. The system needed a belt replacement as is common with these machines, but it tuned out that the drive was damaged beyond repair. My friend Opethian from PCFX hooked me up with a fully functional model and I am awaiting my first batch of discs.

I already have on cart Contra, Wai Wai 2, something-or-other' Fantastic World (weird game!), Kid Drac, Crisis Force, and Donkey Kong Jr.

My system will be on display at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee this March. I was part of last year's Turbofest with some PCFXers but this year we are expanding our reach into the main museum hall. The show is getting bigger and bigger every year and I advise anyone who loves retro gaming to come and join us!

mati
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on October 27, 2011, 08:23:52 pm
Welcome all new members! Glad to see new faces around here!
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Post by: 8-bit-dreams on November 14, 2011, 04:54:36 am
hello sir's , Ive been lurking around this site for quite sometime now and i am really a fan. just registered recently though.

i love the other gaming section and recent find threads. really makes me drool at finds of senseiman, nintendo dubouis, tappybot and etc.

hope to share some finds too, soon!

I love retro gaming and i collect retro game consoles and stuff. I live in the Philippines so retro gaming scene here i can say is not that active compared to other places but we do have some really great stuff in asia specially from japan.

Ive been collecting retro gaming stuff for about a year now and just put up a blog regarding my collections!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: matorin57 on November 15, 2011, 08:51:32 pm
Hey Guys, Im Matorin57, a c++ programmer and employed at a electrical engineering company. Currently looking for Famicom and games. Have any good games hit me up.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on November 15, 2011, 09:15:59 pm
Welcome and thanks for your pm.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: BasiliskFang on November 23, 2011, 01:56:41 pm
Hi my name is Jon and I joined here to find my friend an AV Famicom bc he is totally jealous of the one that i bought from senseiman. i have been on gametz and racketboy for a few years and also just joined Nintendo Age.  :redcart:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: RetroGamerTMD on November 26, 2011, 12:08:52 am
Why hello there everyone!

My name here is RetroGamerTMD, but on Sega-16 I'm known as 16-bit, and a whole lot of other places as 16bitfromSega16. I've chosen this ALIAS here because to me it sounds better.

I've been interested in the Famicom for a while, and I finally got an AV Famicom and a Disk System recently and whilst I don't have many games as of yet, I'm really enjoying the system so far. Hoping to do an S-video mod on it eventually  :help:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JC on November 26, 2011, 09:24:08 am
Welcome.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on November 26, 2011, 09:42:56 am
Hello, RetroGamerTMD; I am sure members here will be able to help you build your very own collection of games. Have fun!

@JC- it's great to see you my friend!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: security16 on November 29, 2011, 07:52:28 pm
I'm not real good at these but here goes I'm Theressa i'm 21 with a decade of experience. I live in Australia and i've grown up with all sorts of consoles and computers from commodore64's to atari 2600's which i still have but some are not functioning. I got interested in the famicom stuff from watching Anime like Sailor moon and Tekkaman blade and i've managed to hunt down some Sailor moon and Tekkaman blade games for the super famicom. Then i realised i needed the consoles to play them on and i think through the magic of ebay i won a Famicom and a Famicom disk system. Then when i got them i realised i was a tard and got the wrong console! I eventually found a couple of Superfamicom's one still in the box with the super scope 6 which i still haven't tried out!  I found a box of pirate famicom games in a second hand shop and it had some NES and Super famicom games in it too along with a converter i was a happy girl when they took my offer of $10 for the box .
My other hobbies are making custom dolls from boring mass manufactured blondes and sewing and cooking and some other girly stuff!
I have a husband who is younger than some of my consoles and he sometimes helps me with the electrical things i'm no good with. I also have a son who will be 2 early next year. He loves playing with my NES controllers and he has his own gameboy pocket that sometimes works (thats why he can have it :D)  I also have 2 catzillaz who like to chew on random things. I also get frogs that visit at this time of the year

Well thats enough about me hope you're still awake after reading that :D  :crazy:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petik1 on November 30, 2011, 04:05:28 pm
Well hi. This is probably one of the only gaming forums whose members won't freak out at the sight of a female member.
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Post by: VegaVegas on December 01, 2011, 06:30:29 am
(http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/files/2011/05/rule-30.jpg)
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Post by: manuel on December 01, 2011, 06:43:36 am
Oh, great.
How am I supposed to get that image out of my head?   :crazy:
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Post by: Algo Fonix on December 01, 2011, 10:27:07 am
May as well make a post here.

I'm 23 and I've been playing NES since I was about 8. I never stopped playing the thing, so I don't have that same "revisiting my childhood" feeling a lot of people have when they get back into NES/famicom stuff. I dabble in some soldering/electronics work but I'm not great at it yet. I'm about to do a region mod on my Sega Saturn over Christmas break, then if that goes well try my hand at the AV mod for my red/white Famicom.

I'm a big fan of music and japanese superhero shows (Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Super Sentai, etc.). I originally joined up because someone was selling famicoms for $14! Madness, I thought. I came for the bargain, I stayed for everything else. This is a really interesting community. So many people are so well versed in the technical aspects of the famicom. I have a feeling I'll be staying here for quite a while.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: security16 on December 02, 2011, 04:40:53 am
Quote from: manuel on December 01, 2011, 06:43:36 am
Oh, great.
How am I supposed to get that image out of my head?   :crazy:


(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/134/e/d/new_dev_ID_by_Security16.jpg)

Does that help???

they are pre-baby boobs they are bigger now but so is the rest of me :(
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on December 02, 2011, 07:34:09 am
Lol, its just a picture of a tanktop!   :D
Thus reassuring the claim that there truly are no girls on the internet.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on December 02, 2011, 08:09:53 am
It helps a bit.
It would help more if there was a nice woman in it.  :P

I don't know where, but somewhere I saw a pic of a T-shirt with a drawing of a dual analog controller and the analog nubs were where the stars are in your photo. That was a nice shirt.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: security16 on December 02, 2011, 08:28:42 pm
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on December 02, 2011, 07:34:09 am
Lol, its just a picture of a tanktop!   :D
Thus reassuring the claim that there truly are no girls on the internet.

I haven't been a girl for a long time this is the most recent half decent pic of me before i had my son cept for my wedding pictures
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs4/i/2005/138/d/3/I_have_issues_by_Security16.jpg)
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Post by: Parodius Duh on December 04, 2011, 08:17:48 am
Quote from: Algo Fonix on December 01, 2011, 10:27:07 am
japanese superhero shows (Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Super Sentai, etc.).


Cool me too. Akumaizer 3, Kikaida 01, Kamen Rider X, Kamen rider Stronger are my favorites. Tokusatsu is better than Sentai in my opinion.  I also like funny stuff like Robocon, Robo 110 Ban, and Gure Gure Medaman (which I only have 1 episode of and that is highly upsetting).....
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Algo Fonix on December 04, 2011, 09:35:45 am
Awesome :D It's always neat to meet someone who's also into that stuff!

I like Akumaizer 3, too. It was a lot of fun to watch!  I just got some Kamen Rider Black RX dvds... and I'm waiting on the rest of Black to be fansubbed so I can watch them both back to back. I'm also hoping to get the Inazuman dvd set sometime soonish.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Parodius Duh on December 04, 2011, 09:42:50 am
Quote from: Algo Fonix on December 04, 2011, 09:35:45 am
Awesome :D It's always neat to meet someone who's also into that stuff!

I like Akumaizer 3, too. It was a lot of fun to watch!  I just got some Kamen Rider Black RX dvds... and I'm waiting on the rest of Black to be fansubbed so I can watch them both back to back. I'm also hoping to get the Inazuman dvd set sometime soonish.


I have all of kamen rider black with english subs if interested, maybe you have a series to trade?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Algo Fonix on December 04, 2011, 09:59:12 am
I'll have to wait til I get back home to make up a list of what I have... but sounds good. :O

I have a decent amount of stuff, but don't have access to it atm.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Parodius Duh on December 04, 2011, 10:00:20 am
Quote from: Algo Fonix on December 04, 2011, 09:59:12 am
I'll have to wait til I get back home to make up a list of what I have... but sounds good. :O

I have a decent amount of stuff, but don't have access to it atm.


cool,  just private message me when u can!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: polancky on December 04, 2011, 11:15:14 pm
Hello everyone,

I'm 30 years old and come from Poland. I collect pirate games and stuff.
My collection... http://polancky.com/ (http://polancky.com/)

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MasterDisk on December 05, 2011, 01:14:40 pm
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by: Mathius on December 05, 2011, 03:31:58 pm
Yes welcome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: newkillergenius on December 06, 2011, 02:01:57 pm
Hello

New to the forum and I thought I would introduce myself.  My name is Justin and I have recently entered the world of Famicom/FDS.
Well, not exactly... still trying.

Nice forum you have here, with some good people.

I'll be posting about my wonderfully frustrating FDS very soon.   :help:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on December 08, 2011, 06:58:14 am
newkillergenius, welcome!
:fire:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jamtex on December 24, 2011, 10:04:33 am
Realised I have not written anything here. Erm I work in the musuem / gallery field of sorts, am fast approaching 40 so becoming cynical.

The Famicom is one of 7 consoles I collect games for, but I don't bother with wanting everything in mint condition, a box, some instructions and a feeling of being loved is good enough for me.

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: VenomMacbeth on December 29, 2011, 10:01:28 pm
Better late than never, I suppose...

My name's Raven and I'm currently unemployed & avidly seeking a job to finance my numerous frivolous expenses, including:

1) Keeping my 48-year-old car (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lestatw/4467788423/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lestatw/4467788423/)) up and running
2) Collecting action figures (Transformers, Zoids, Halo, Bioshock, Macross, etc.)
3) Buying the occasional vinyl record from a favorite band
4) Acquiring games for my classic game consoles
5) Eventually collecting arcade cabinets

Aside from all the money-eating things, I also thoroughly enjoy drawing/painting, writing music, listening to music, biological sciences, pretty lights & shiny objects, and way too many other things to list.  Although I've been a die-hard classic Nintendo fan since I was about 8 years old, I've only worked up the initiative to start collecting classic game consoles recently when I found a retro game store nearby & traded my 3 broken NES's for a working one.  At the time, I had a SNES, Gamecube, Wii, Xbox 360, PS1, and an N64 missing the power supply.  Since then, I've procured that working NES, in addition to a Sega Genesis, Atari 2600, and a newly-acquired Sega Master System.  I'm considering also getting a Famicom, Disc System, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, and a Vectrex.  Where the hell I'm going to display and hook up these consoles (excluding the Vectrex, of course) remains to be seen. 

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DerZocker on January 09, 2012, 05:50:44 am
Hi there! I'm DerZocker from Germany. I've been collecting retro consoles and games for a long time now.  I recently ordered a Twin Famicom from Ebay but I'm still waiting for it to arrive. My other intrests are drawing and creating pixelart and working on fangames (well only graphical I suck horribly at the programming/scripting stuff^^). This (http://derzocker.deviantart.com/) is my dA page. Don't be scared though, there's lots of Sega stuff on the recent pages ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: yobikata on January 10, 2012, 09:29:45 pm
I guess I should go ahead and introduce myself. My name is Byron, and I just joined here. I have a terrible habit of joining forums and never, ever posting so I'm going to try to break that habit and actually become a member of a community.

Right now I have a Super Famicom that I'm borrowing from someone, but I'm trying to get ahold of a Famicom (without paying $50 shipping).

I'm only 19, so it's strange but cool to be playing and loving games made before my birth.

I'm really interested in analog photography, records, travel, Japan, books, and older video games.

I guess that's all. I hope I can become a member of the community here, and I'm looking forward to good times ahead.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on January 10, 2012, 09:34:44 pm
Quote from: yobikata on January 10, 2012, 09:29:45 pm
I'm really interested in analog photography, records, travel, Japan, books, and older video games.
Hey, look at that; 6 for 6! :D Welcome Byron!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: yobikata on January 12, 2012, 09:57:28 am
Thanks dude!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on January 14, 2012, 04:22:09 pm
A welcome to:
VenomMacbeth
DerZocker
and
yobikata
!!
;)
Glad you have all started posting .
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Duke.Togo on January 17, 2012, 08:41:01 pm
I regularly post over on rfgeneration.com, as well as occasionally on DP and Nintendo Age. I had someone suggest taking a look here as I build my modest Famicom collection.

I've been a game collector for some time, focusing primarily on NES. After picking up a Famicom somewhat recently and some games I am looking forward to picking up some more gems that never made it to the US.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 17, 2012, 11:39:06 pm
Welcome to the forum, Duke.Togo. ;D I hope you will have a pleasant experience here, & I wish you the best of luck in your collecting. :)

And thank you for not killing me. :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famifan on January 22, 2012, 05:25:07 am
greetings from russia!

i would like to introduce myself, i'm alex.
i'd joined to the forum a couple of days ago and found it really enjoyable!

i'm interested in old retro 8-bit games/console, especially Famicom.
here is my little collection http://ompldr.org/vYmFpNQ/total.xls (to view it you need OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice or Microsoft office suit)

thanks a lot!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Pancakes on January 25, 2012, 03:36:05 pm
Hello from Canada everyone.

I'm Tom or Pancakes you can call me what you wish, I joined the forum to learn more about the famicom since I only have north american consoles and hope to learn lots more and hopefully one day acquire a famicom!  :yoshi:

I've been in love with 8 bit games since I first played Super Mario Bros. for NES as a child and have started collecting more and more over the past few months.

This seems like a good community and I hope to learn a lot from you guys!  :mario:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 26, 2012, 12:30:26 am
Quote from: famifan on January 22, 2012, 05:25:07 am
here is my little collection http://ompldr.org/vYmFpNQ/total.xls (to view it you need OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice or Microsoft office suit)

You got Wily Wars! (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/character0161.gif)

That is one of the most intriguing Mega Man compilations because of the Wily Tower stages.

The Game Gear Mega Man is also intriguing, but for different reasons. :P

Quote from: Pancakes on January 25, 2012, 03:36:05 pm
I'm Tom or Pancakes you can call me what you wish, I joined the forum to learn more about the famicom since I only have north american consoles and hope to learn lots more and hopefully one day acquire a famicom!  :yoshi:

I've been in love with 8 bit games since I first played Super Mario Bros. for NES as a child and have started collecting more and more over the past few months.


Welcome, Tomcakes! We here at FW wish our users to be cautious before plunging in to the deep bowels of Masayuki Uemura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Uemura)'s Family Computer...




So I recommend a Sharp C1 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=429.0) that way if you don't like the Famicom atleast you still have a TV! ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famifan on January 29, 2012, 12:06:48 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on January 26, 2012, 12:30:26 am
Quote from: famifan on January 22, 2012, 05:25:07 am
here is my little collection http://ompldr.org/vYmFpNQ/total.xls (to view it you need OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice or Microsoft office suit)

You got Wily Wars! (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/character0161.gif)

That is one of the most intriguing Mega Man compilations because of the Wily Tower stages.

The Game Gear Mega Man is also intriguing, but for different reasons. :P

no, i haven't got it :'(, just added it to my wishlist page.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 29, 2012, 11:52:39 pm
That was a wishlist list? :-\
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famifan on January 30, 2012, 03:25:08 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on January 29, 2012, 11:52:39 pm
That was a wishlist list? :-

that file is the multi sheet document, and yes, it contains the wishlist sheet too.
you should be able to choose another sheet, right above status bar. Pic related

Post Merge: January 30, 2012, 03:35:53 am

and i should receive massive package with famicarts within a couple of days, so it is better to wait for some days until i update it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 30, 2012, 08:38:16 am
Oh! I see it now.

Zoga Mega Drive, eh? ???
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famifan on January 30, 2012, 10:04:45 am
that is Mega Drive chinese clone produced by ZOGA (DongGuan Dewei Electronic Co., LTD.)
http://www.playerscn.com/productsshow.asp?pid=862&ClassCode=1005 (but mine don't sporting cute ZOGA label, it has no label at all.)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: turkishproverb on February 01, 2012, 07:31:20 pm
Hi.  turkishproverb.  I've been a long time lover of several old famicom games and japanese games in general, to say nothing of odd homebrew games.  I'd been meaning to join up here for a while so I could ask some advice on starting a collection, but the even that finally got me to do it was a friend needing advice.  My game collection isn't huge, and my japanese games are all playstation, handheld, and Superfamicom at the moment.  Used to have a couple famicom carts, but things happened.

Glad I joined though.  You guys seem helpful, and I've got a place to keep an ear out for intersting old games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Parodius Duh on February 02, 2012, 03:06:07 pm
Quote from: turkishproverb on February 01, 2012, 07:31:20 pm
Hi.  turkishproverb.  I've been a long time lover of several old famicom games and japanese games in general, to say nothing of odd homebrew games.  I'd been meaning to join up here for a while so I could ask some advice on starting a collection, but the even that finally got me to do it was a friend needing advice.  My game collection isn't huge, and my japanese games are all playstation, handheld, and Superfamicom at the moment.  Used to have a couple famicom carts, but things happened.

Glad I joined though.  You guys seem helpful, and I've got a place to keep an ear out for intersting old games.


Are you actually from Turkey?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: treismac on February 03, 2012, 01:38:38 pm
Hello!  My name is Travis and I was sent here from Digital Press by Parodius Duh!, who recommended that I check out Famicom World's forum, seeing as a good bit of my questions are NES/Famicom related.  My retro gaming interest is strongest in the NES/Famicom, SNES, and TurboGrafx-16, and I've also been known to play newer games on occasion as well. 

Anyway, I'm glad to be on board!   ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Parodius Duh on February 04, 2012, 02:24:14 am
Glad to see you here!  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: treismac on February 04, 2012, 09:15:01 am
I tell you what, Pardoius Duh!, all of the awesome Famicom Disk emoticons on FW working on mu subconscious mind are going to make not buying a Famicom Disk System impossible!   :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DowntimeinJapan on February 08, 2012, 07:28:46 pm
Hello all!

I currently live in Japan, Tochigi for now, to be exact. I am now on my 3rd year here. I am originally from New York. On the weekdays I am a human tape recorder (English teacher) and on the weekends I try and game as much as I can inbetween social events and in my downtime. I have been collecting for about a year now I suppose. I will have to put up some pictures of my stash soon. Systems I own are: Famicom, Famicom AV, SNES, 64, Wii, Sega Genesis 2, Sega Saturn, PSX (the dvr model not ps1), ps3, psp, ds. I mostly focus on famicom and enjoy trying to hunt down carts that I like at used stores.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 08, 2012, 11:33:12 pm
I was wondering if you were really in Japan!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 09, 2012, 10:04:17 pm
How's the weather in Tochigi?
If you ever come to the Fukuyama (Hiroshima) area, let me know.  ;)

I want to be a full-time tape recorder myself, but I'm not a native English speaker, so that's out of the question. And the demand for my mother language (German) isn't high enough to get a permanent position.  :'(
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petik1 on February 21, 2012, 05:10:06 pm
When did you start learning English and Japanese, manuel? I have an interest in learning other languages, I just hope I'm not too late   :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 21, 2012, 06:18:22 pm
You're definitely not too late.
I started learning English in 5th grade... so at 11 years old.
I started learning Japanese in university when I was 21.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Dire 51 on February 21, 2012, 06:43:48 pm
Hello, I'm Dire 51. Some of you may know me from the Retrogaming Roundtable or my websites West Mansion and The OPCFG. I'm here today after recently reacquiring the Famicom collecting bug, and this certainly looks like the place to be to discuss all things Fami.

Now to go browse around.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 21, 2012, 06:45:20 pm
Nice avatar!
Now have fun here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Dire 51 on February 21, 2012, 07:10:39 pm
Thanks manuel. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: cobracon on February 24, 2012, 04:57:08 pm
Hi all. Been lurking here for awhile and decided to join. I've been gaming since the atari 2600 came out in the 70's. I've owned about all the american consoles and computers at one time or another. But have been selling most of it off to get into retro import systems. I've become bored with the same old, same old, games. I also really enjoy the artwork on the Japanese game boxes and carts. Why do we always get the dull boring crap here?

Any ways just thought I'd say hi, and that I envy all you who live in japan. I really hope to get there one day.

Robert
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 24, 2012, 07:54:31 pm
Welcome. Enjoy your stay.

Manuel from Japan  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nerdygrrl on February 25, 2012, 05:15:13 am
Hi guys and gals, I just found this site during a quest to locate a power adapter and some games for my Famicom and Super Famicom that I picked up this week.  I am totally green in the ways of Famicom, but have wanted one for a while now.  I have been collecting consoles for over twenty years and upright arcade games for the past year and a half.

I am pretty excited about the new 8 and 16 bit world that has just been opened up to me.  I look forward to meeting some new people and playing some new games.  I am look forward to any game suggestions y'all may have.

Here are some photos of what I picked up this week.  I can't wait to start purchasing new games.
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/nerdygrrl/IMG_4448.jpg)
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/nerdygrrl/IMG_4450.jpg)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 25, 2012, 06:32:12 am
Welcome to the Famicom and Super Famicom gaming world.
Hope you have fun with your new acquisitions.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on February 25, 2012, 05:02:32 pm
Quote from: manuel on February 24, 2012, 07:54:31 pm
Welcome. Enjoy your stay.

Manuel from Japan  ;D


Manuel doesn't sounds like a japanese name  ???

Hi nerdy girl and welcome to the best generation of gaming.....god I feel old now....
I'm not sure what you mean by "I'm totally green in the ways of the famicom".  Does that mean you're energy efficient?  Just remember....it's not easy being green..

game suggestions.....akumajyo densetsu (if's difficult yet awesome).  Contra (duh, also difficult), rockman / megaman 2 (can be difficult).  Final fantasy 3 (also very difficult....okay I guess everything's harder on the famicom).  That's a good starter set I think.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on February 25, 2012, 05:09:14 pm
That is a wonderful looking SuFami and AV Famicom, welcome!
:-)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ericj on February 25, 2012, 05:40:45 pm
Quote from: Drakon on February 25, 2012, 05:02:32 pm
Quote from: manuel on February 24, 2012, 07:54:31 pm
Welcome. Enjoy your stay.

Manuel from Japan  ;D


Manuel doesn't sounds like a japanese name  ???


Manuel is German, and is living in Japan as a translator.  ;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petik1 on February 25, 2012, 07:11:13 pm
Petik1 is wondering why Manuel is talking in 3rd person ::)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 25, 2012, 08:57:27 pm
He is eccentric and likes to talk in 3rd person...  :crazy:

ericj got it right. Thanks, man.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nerdygrrl on February 26, 2012, 04:48:06 am
Thanks for the welcome and the recommendations.  Drakon, I couldn't agree more, the 8 and 16 bit generation were hands down my favorite systems to play.  I see the Famicoms quickly becoming my most played consoles.  I honestly don't know what took me so long to track them down.  As I mentioned I feel like a lost world of games has just been opened up for me.

As of late my console collection has been suffering.  I  have been spending heavier on my upright collection, but I see  that changing now.  I have been cruising the FS thread looking for some new goodies.  Is there anything I should know about or watch out for?

Thanks again.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on February 26, 2012, 04:37:05 pm
Quote from: nerdygrrl on February 26, 2012, 04:48:06 am
Thanks for the welcome and the recommendations.  Drakon, I couldn't agree more, the 8 and 16 bit generation were hands down my favorite systems to play.  I see the Famicoms quickly becoming my most played consoles.  I honestly don't know what took me so long to track them down.  As I mentioned I feel like a lost world of games has just been opened up for me.

As of late my console collection has been suffering.  I  have been spending heavier on my upright collection, but I see  that changing now.  I have been cruising the FS thread looking for some new goodies.  Is there anything I should know about or watch out for?

Thanks again.


rarities?  Mr gimmick famicom cartridge.  Trip world for the gameboy.  For famicom: holy diver, crisis force, you'd be surprised that tmnt 2 and 3 both are slightly improved in their famicom versions (but keep in mind tmnt 2 is tmnt 1 on the famicom and tmnt 3 is tmnt 2 on the famocom).  Grand master rocks too.  For nes there's also shatterhand and kick master.

I still remember back in 1996 it was time for me to upgrade to the next generation of gaming console.  But instead I bought my first PC and just kept gaming on my snes for years and years.  Ironically the first console I ever cared about was a nes so even as a kid I could tell what generation of gaming was mostly a waste of time.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jamtex on March 07, 2012, 05:20:36 pm
And I am back from being busy at work and traveling from Japan to the UK to Brazil to the UK to Finland then to Norway....
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on March 07, 2012, 05:22:44 pm
You sure travel a lot!  :o
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: zoast on March 10, 2012, 09:39:37 pm
Quote from: Drakon on February 26, 2012, 04:37:05 pm
you'd be surprised that tmnt 2 and 3 both are slightly improved in their famicom versions (but keep in mind tmnt 2 is tmnt 1 on the famicom and tmnt 3 is tmnt 2 on the famocom).


Whoa, I am!  Cool.

Hello folks.  First post.  I'm from southeast USA and work as an apprentice electrician (yeah, I'm a construction worker that talks like a Terran SCV.)

I used some posts from this forum (and 2 others) to help me to mod my US NES to play split + expansion audio very recently.  You all have my thanks - now I can rock some Akumajou Densetsu in it's full glory!   8)

I have a few sweet imports, but not much a collection of them so far.... it looks like - CV3, crisis force, holy diver, samurai pizza cats, parodius da, contra, twinbee 1 & 3, quinty, Pop n Twinbee, Valis 3 (just so I can listen to a soundtest for this superb soundtrack), and a handful of rpgs that I can't read (someday maybe...)

Anyway, I live a semi-secret life of being a fanatical game and chip music lover.  I will share some songs I've done or collaborated with on and some other things then I will not speak of this stuff again unless it somehow comes up later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekhOq6uNqCM (starcraft terran A, here I only played the trumpet and clean guitars)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2x1Ty7NyR8 (remix of 2 secret of mana songs, I just play drums and a little acoustic guitar and piano part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhjd1J8OtkA (zelda 1, skip to :57 to hear the best part, I did all of this one)

But as for  :gamer: I have a fondness for the shinobi series, classic street fighter 2, garou mark of the wolves, starcraft, but my most favorite games might be all the classy 16 bit shooters like Thunderforce IV, UN Squadron, Gaiares, Gradius 3, and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn5FzaAS0M4&feature=player_embedded )
     I love music and video games!
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t46/Zoast/DSCN0545.jpg)
(might've been good for a SDA record if I had recorded it and went for shaft, there are definitely better players out there though!)

Sorry for the bloated post.   :fire:  I'll pipe down from here on out.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 11, 2012, 01:43:34 pm
You won't know akumajyo in full glory until you buy one of the av famicom kits from japan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN0lQf02dDY&list=UU9G7zkSqL0nMI5eNk0uN65A&index=1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN0lQf02dDY&list=UU9G7zkSqL0nMI5eNk0uN65A&index=1&feature=plcp)

and welcome to the forum  ;)

akumajyo densetsu, holy diver and crisis force are all very awesome.

And I also share your appreciation for classic sf2...I recently dumped an undumped sf2 ce japanese arcade version so expect to see support for it soon in mame.

*edit*

I just successfully converted my sf2 turbo arcade pcb to rainbow edition  ;D

Also really enjoying your music
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: zoast on March 12, 2012, 06:28:12 pm
thanks! : )

Indeed, I think it's inevitable for me to get a famicom.  I'm a noob to the system though, this looks pretty sweet!  A/V outs (hence the name yes?)   I've heard the US top loader picture is worse than the toaster, that it has scan lines.  I guess this is a whole different beast though?  The picture and sound are much improved?   <- That's a lot of questions  :o       Looks and sounds good from that video.

"I just successfully converted my sf2 turbo arcade pcb to rainbow edition"
Heretic!

Nah.. actually, I haven't ever played this version, so I can't say anything.  Old school mod, didn't some arcades back in the day do that conversion?
Is there anything different you know of in that dump you mention than what you normally see in CE?

A few years ago I did a couple of videos I painfully compiled from me fighting one of my best friends (SF2-Hyper Fighting on 2DF), back when we played a lot.   This one is pretty short (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRAl1g7mx2I), and just has some funny things in it.  Disappearing fireball glitches?  Some goofy stuff.  But what happened in the last part (1:00->) I've personally never seen before in all the time I've played SF2.

Thanks for the greeting again : )

edit:
oh yeah, nice tips in the expansion audio mod thread!  one of those "why didn't I think of that", very helpful stuff!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 12, 2012, 10:01:52 pm
Welcome I've been modding for quite some time so I don't mind sharing hard learned tips.  The nes 2 rf video signal is garbage and even composite modding the system you have to be careful with where your wires are otherwise it picks up interference.  Ironically both the nes 2 and the av famicom have the best quality picture when you install a rgb ppu chip.  SF2 turbo is horrible it was released just so capcom could try to compete wtih very popular hacks like rainbow edition.  I play my sf2 arcade board way more now that it's rainbow edition I hardly played it when it was turbo it wasn't very fun.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: zoast on March 13, 2012, 02:44:25 pm
That's a pretty strong opinion on hyper fighting, I like it  : (   I'm curious more specifically what your gripes about it are?  I don't have a problem playing on CE, I just prefer the speed a little faster, CE seems a little too mechanical to me.  One of my favorite characters is dhalsim though so maybe I should play CE more  :P

But honestly when I play arcade fighting by myself, most of the time it's Garou - Mark of the Wolves.  ;D

Thanks for the quick breakdown on the video outputs, I'll most definitely have to keep my sights on that rgb mod for whenever I get around to buying a new TV!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:25:02 pm
Everything they added in turbo was worse than champion edition.  I dislike all of the new moves and I really can't stand the colour pallette changes.  For me CE is the perfect speed and turbo is a bit fast...also world warrior is easily too slow.  And turbo literally would have never been made if it wasn't for the popularity of the bootleg hacks, clearly turbo is inspired by the hacks but it's nowhere near as fun.  In turbo they added more speed, certain moves in the air, and new stuff which is exactly what the hacked CE boards had (except the bootleg hacks did it wayyyyy better).  I appreciate that capcom gave characters that previously only had 2 super moves 3 moves each but the new moves don't really help you except for maybe e. honda.  The irony is that turbo literally IS a hack of champion edition.  In fact you can change a champion edition board to turbo and vice versa just by re-burning 3 eproms on the board.

I had the opportunity of growing up playing the illegal hacks so when turbo showed up on the scene I sort of rolled my eyes at capcom trying to immitate a bootleg that made their game more fun in certain ways.  Turbo was never meant to improve on champion edition, turbo was meant to take back the market capcom was losing to these fun hacked boards.  I wish that capcom would have instead found ways to imrove on the game instead of adding silly frills that didn't really improve the experience in any way.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on March 13, 2012, 03:32:03 pm
Quote from: zoast on March 13, 2012, 02:44:25 pm
One of my favorite characters is dhalsim though so maybe I should play CE more  :P


Play Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, man. Dhalsim was Godlike in that, considered to be one of the best characters.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:33:09 pm
I love ssf2t I just wish you did less damage as matches are over so quickly in it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on March 13, 2012, 03:34:27 pm
Quote from: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:33:09 pm
I love ssf2t I just wish you did less damage as matches are over so quickly in it.


Well, that's all versions of Street Fighter 2. Ironic you dislike SF4, as the matches last longer in that one than in any other Street Fighter game.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:36:14 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 13, 2012, 03:34:27 pm
Quote from: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:33:09 pm
I love ssf2t I just wish you did less damage as matches are over so quickly in it.


Well, that's all versions of Street Fighter 2. Ironic you dislike SF4, as the matches last longer in that one than in any other Street Fighter game.


SF4 is in no ways a terrible game I just get bothered by the game momentarily pausing for each hit and the animation style looks silly.  Also characters in that game have too many moves so it feels a bit pointlessly over-complicated to me.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on March 13, 2012, 03:38:19 pm
Quote from: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:36:14 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 13, 2012, 03:34:27 pm
Quote from: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:33:09 pm
I love ssf2t I just wish you did less damage as matches are over so quickly in it.


Well, that's all versions of Street Fighter 2. Ironic you dislike SF4, as the matches last longer in that one than in any other Street Fighter game.


SF4 is in no ways a terrible game I just get bothered by the game momentarily pausing for each hit and the animation style looks silly.  Also characters in that game have too many moves so it feels a bit pointlessly over-complicated to me.


Heh, if you think SF4 has too many moves, please, never play Tekken. And maybe we should make a general fighting game discussion thread so we don't have to clog up the introduction forum...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on March 13, 2012, 03:42:26 pm
fighting games thread:

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=7468.msg109476 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=7468.msg109476)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: HokusaiXL on April 04, 2012, 03:02:29 pm
Hi, I'm Hokusai.  I have a "small" collection. (LINK BELOOOOOOOW)
http://i44.tinypic.com/j5ft4n.jpg (http://i44.tinypic.com/j5ft4n.jpg)
I'm a potato. (Not really a potato)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on April 05, 2012, 02:55:29 am
Hello, welcome!
I like your Bubble Bobble, but you don't need to take out the disks when you photo them.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famifan on April 05, 2012, 04:32:24 am
what does potato mean?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: HokusaiXL on April 05, 2012, 10:04:18 am
I don't know. .  It's just something that started and stuck on Second Life.  As for the photo, had a few people who didn't believe.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on April 05, 2012, 01:14:34 pm
Quote from: HokusaiXL on April 05, 2012, 10:04:18 am
I don't know. .  It's just something that started and stuck on Second Life.  As for the photo, had a few people who didn't believe.


Photo doesn't work.  Is hokusai your actual name or just a handle? (judging by your english fluency I'm guessing it's a handle).  Anyway welcome to the forum.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: HokusaiXL on April 05, 2012, 03:28:21 pm
It is just a handle, while also a hint at Kastushika Hokusai.  And thank you, lets just hope I don't butcher the language like I see most native speakers doing.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on April 05, 2012, 08:43:23 pm
Quote from: HokusaiXL on April 05, 2012, 03:28:21 pm
It is just a handle, while also a hint at Kastushika Hokusai.  And thank you, lets just hope I don't butcher the language like I see most native speakers doing.


Yeah I can't stand butchered english by native speakers but you seem to be fine.  I found this Hokusai person after doing a google search on your handle but wasn't sure if he's who you're naming yourself after.  Anything else you can say about yourself besides linking a dead picture and stating that you're a potato?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on April 06, 2012, 02:08:05 am
The photo works. I can see it.

Welcome to the forums!  :)

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: HokusaiXL on April 06, 2012, 08:00:21 am
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522759_10151496761380249_502990248_23885974_1199906019_n.jpg (http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522759_10151496761380249_502990248_23885974_1199906019_n.jpg) Second photo source. 
I'm a tinkerer, cyclist, Japanese car fanatic, drifter (not nomadic), 3d modeler, collector of games I only want to play, amateur graphic artist.  I once had my famicom AV modded but removed it.  It washed out part of the brights anyway so it wasn't really worth it.

I do collect other systems and games, but they're not really relevant to the forums so.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on April 06, 2012, 08:16:08 am
Welcome to the World of Famicom, fellow potato with typing and Famicoming abilities.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on April 06, 2012, 08:25:06 am
There's a section of this forum for "other gaming" not everything here has to be famicom
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on April 06, 2012, 08:27:05 am
Quote from: Drakon on April 06, 2012, 08:25:06 am
There's a section of this forum for "other gaming" not everything here has to be famicom


No, let's not mislead him. We're a very elitist community, if it's not Famicom, then it's not worth talking about. All Famicom, all the time. Famicom, all day, everyday. We eat, sleep, and breath Famicom. FAMICOM!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petik1 on April 07, 2012, 08:21:58 pm
ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM. ALL GLORY TO FAMICOM.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on April 08, 2012, 09:18:20 am
Game Boy FTW. (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o600/srortiz87/Dancing/dancing.gif)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on April 10, 2012, 04:46:38 am
Quote from: fredJ on April 08, 2012, 09:18:20 am
Game Boy FTW. (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o600/srortiz87/Dancing/dancing.gif)


You're so rebellious.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fromjapanwithpixels on April 15, 2012, 04:37:06 am
I'm fromjapanwithpixels. My friends usually call me Gigi or Geeg/Geegs. I've been lurking on this forum for a while and finally decided to register several days ago.

I kind of like video games a lot; it was something I enjoyed when I was younger but gave up for much of the last decade over personal reasons, then a few years ago I returned to the hobby with a new found appreciation for the medium.  :D

I've mostly been focusing on the sixth and seventh generations of consoles as these were the ones I missed out on the most while I wasn't gaming (a retro gamer that likes new games?! MADNESS), however a while back I decided to return to the NES, the system I grew up with. Of course by NES I mean Famicom as I wanted to experience these games without the censorship and westernization that was so common in localized Nintendo games back in those days.

... and that's basically how I ended up here!  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on April 15, 2012, 05:55:49 am
hi, nice to see you
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: VegaVegas on April 16, 2012, 07:41:04 am
WTF- Welcome to Famicomworld!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on April 18, 2012, 06:17:05 pm
Welcome.  The downside to famicom only games is they're only in japanese...especially if it's a rpg....otherwise they're usually identical superior to the US versions.....except for US only releases like kick master  >:(
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: narunetto on May 05, 2012, 05:26:50 pm
Hey everyone,

New here, I had found the site last week and have been looking over everything and decided to join up! I've been wanting to get into Famicom collecting and now that I have a job, I'll be able to make it a reality.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on May 07, 2012, 04:34:49 am
Let me be the first one to say welcome!
I hope you stay around.  :gamer:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Aimsworth on May 07, 2012, 01:51:39 pm
I've been lurking for awhile, figured I'd finally introduce myself. I've always had a strong interest in the famicom although I've never owned one (I have owned a NES though). My top 3 games that have influenced me from that era are: Guardic Gaiden (ガーディック外伝), Chô Wakusei Senki Metafight (超惑星戦記メタファイト), and Dengeki Big Bang (電撃ビッグバン). I'd love to own these games at some point.

I hope to acquire a famicom sometime over the summer for a special project.

よろしくおねがいします。  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: sconley666 on May 07, 2012, 02:55:19 pm
My Name is Sean.  My parents used to own a authorized Nintendo rental and repair shop here in the US.  I got into collecting NES when it came out here in the us while my parents had the store.  I got heavy into collecting NES after I got sick and quit touring. [I was in a national touring Rock/Metal band for 7 years]  Collecting was a really great way to keep my mind off of having my chemo treatments.  I hit the last about 160games I needed and started to get into the idea of Famicom collecting.  Mainly games worth having that have little to no japanese and non-us released games, as well as Pirates.  I was/am a member of Nintendoage but things there were less about collecting to play and more about collecting to sell at inflated prices.  I still would use NA and have nothing bad to say, I don't want to get banned there but the prices have gotten WAAAY out of range.  I don't mind dropping $X00s of dollars on 1 game but there at NA its all about CIB and Sealed.  I want to play the games and always had the "i collect to play" I don't need the cardboard.  So here I am and I have been treated WAAAAYYYY better just because the atmosphere is just different.  Also NA turned into sega and neo geo and playstation and everything but NES.  If it was NES it had to have a VGA grade of 85+ or no one wants to talk.  It just got too expensive and out of my league.  I love it here and the people have been nothing but kind and want to talk about Fami games and playing and collecting not bragging about bullshit.  It feels like its turning into DigitPress, where Superiority reigns supreme.

Thank you Famicom World, you opened my eyes to great things and kept my interest alive.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on May 07, 2012, 06:24:34 pm
Welcome!
I hope you stay, it's always nice to have new members.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 07, 2012, 07:19:38 pm
Welcome indeed.  I got banned from nintendoage because I thought it was stupid that people only collected to resell and not to appreciate the hardware / software.  I tried posting on digitpress at one point and that went nowhere.

Quote from: sconley666 on May 07, 2012, 02:55:19 pm
My Name is Sean.  My parents used to own a authorized Nintendo rental and repair shop here in the US.  I got into collecting NES when it came out here in the us while my parents had the store.  I got heavy into collecting NES after I got sick and quit touring. [I was in a national touring Rock/Metal band for 7 years]  Collecting was a really great way to keep my mind off of having my chemo treatments.  I hit the last about 160games I needed and started to get into the idea of Famicom collecting.  Mainly games worth having that have little to no japanese and non-us released games, as well as Pirates.  I was/am a member of Nintendoage but things there were less about collecting to play and more about collecting to sell at inflated prices.  I still would use NA and have nothing bad to say, I don't want to get banned there but the prices have gotten WAAAY out of range.  I don't mind dropping $X00s of dollars on 1 game but there at NA its all about CIB and Sealed.  I want to play the games and always had the "i collect to play" I don't need the cardboard.  So here I am and I have been treated WAAAAYYYY better just because the atmosphere is just different.  Also NA turned into sega and neo geo and playstation and everything but NES.  If it was NES it had to have a VGA grade of 85+ or no one wants to talk.  It just got too expensive and out of my league.  I love it here and the people have been nothing but kind and want to talk about Fami games and playing and collecting not bragging about bullshit.  It feels like its turning into DigitPress, where Superiority reigns supreme.

Thank you Famicom World, you opened my eyes to great things and kept my interest alive.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on May 08, 2012, 05:33:51 am
Quote from: sconley666 on May 07, 2012, 02:55:19 pm
My Name is Sean.  My parents used to own a authorized Nintendo rental and repair shop here in the US.  I got into collecting NES when it came out here in the us while my parents had the store.  I got heavy into collecting NES after I got sick and quit touring. [I was in a national touring Rock/Metal band for 7 years]  Collecting was a really great way to keep my mind off of having my chemo treatments.  I hit the last about 160games I needed and started to get into the idea of Famicom collecting.  Mainly games worth having that have little to no japanese and non-us released games, as well as Pirates.  I was/am a member of Nintendoage but things there were less about collecting to play and more about collecting to sell at inflated prices.  I still would use NA and have nothing bad to say, I don't want to get banned there but the prices have gotten WAAAY out of range.  I don't mind dropping $X00s of dollars on 1 game but there at NA its all about CIB and Sealed.  I want to play the games and always had the "i collect to play" I don't need the cardboard.  So here I am and I have been treated WAAAAYYYY better just because the atmosphere is just different.  Also NA turned into sega and neo geo and playstation and everything but NES.  If it was NES it had to have a VGA grade of 85+ or no one wants to talk.  It just got too expensive and out of my league.  I love it here and the people have been nothing but kind and want to talk about Fami games and playing and collecting not bragging about bullshit.  It feels like its turning into DigitPress, where Superiority reigns supreme.

Thank you Famicom World, you opened my eyes to great things and kept my interest alive.


Welcome! What band were you in?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: sconley666 on May 08, 2012, 08:42:43 am
I was in a band that was more of an opening act.  It was called Our Fate in Hell.  We were just starting out, but starting to play with some REAL bands.  I don't know what kind of music you listen to but I have played with : Drowning Pool, Walls of Jericho, The Devil wears prada, a star called wormwood, DevilDriver, Sevendust, The Black Dahlia Murder, Deicide, A day to remember, Shadows Fall, Trivium, Asking Alexandria, Hatebreed, Kingdom of Sorrow, From First to Last/D.R.U.G.S. , Killswitch Engage, Mushroomhead, Rob Zombie's guitarist RIGGS newer band, Flaw, etc etc etc.  I have hung out with all those dudes plus the guys from Slayer, I hung out with Buckethead for an entire day, that was really cool, I even hung out with that AFROMAN dude, he was "laid back" if you know what I mean ;)  It was starting to really take off,  I had recorded two albums, one was released in limited printing and had about 40 songs recorded in the studio ready to go when I got sick.   There are some HORRIBLE OLD videos of us playing on YouTube but they embarass me to even mention. :crazy:

Post Merge: May 08, 2012, 08:46:11 am

And after all that I feel like I did what I said in the above post about "bragging about bullshit"

Let me clarify, I had a lot of fun, it ended short, I killed my liver, Drugs/Alcohol ruined my music career.  I love Nintendo!  :pow:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on May 08, 2012, 02:17:40 pm
Sounds like I might have liked your band in high school. I'm a big metal fan, but I always hated nu "metal" and never liked much metalcore. You still didn't tell me the name of the band, I guess you don't want me to look into it eh?  :P
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 08, 2012, 03:02:20 pm
Quote from: son_ov_hades on May 08, 2012, 02:17:40 pmYou still didn't tell me the name of the band,

Quote from: sconley666 on May 08, 2012, 08:42:43 am
It was called Our Fate in Hell.
;)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 08, 2012, 06:57:47 pm
I've heard of killswitch engage.  Also you ruined your music career since you're the one who chose to take the drugs and alcohol!  Sad decision..

Anyway I found your stuff on youtube sounds pretty good to me.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on May 08, 2012, 07:30:36 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 08, 2012, 03:02:20 pm
Quote from: son_ov_hades on May 08, 2012, 02:17:40 pmYou still didn't tell me the name of the band,

Quote from: sconley666 on May 08, 2012, 08:42:43 am
It was called Our Fate in Hell.
;)


Reading comprehension fail  :-[
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 232stinger on May 11, 2012, 04:33:20 pm
Hi my name is Nick I am a full time college student majoring in computer information systems.  I have been gaming since the 90's.  My first video that I remember and console was Deja Vu on the NES (front loader of course).  I would always get stuck or arrested or killed when the woman in the coat confronted me, years later I looked up a walk through for it, and it turns out you only have to hit her to proceed (what kind of message does that send? Geez Nintendo  ;D )  Then I also had a Super Nintendo, but I didn't have that many games for it for whatever reason (I ended up selling it to Game Crazy when I was about 10 for 12 bucks >:(  Stupid me. )  Then I got a PS1 and the rest is history.  Below is a picture of my NES collection as well as my consoles (not pictured are my Wii, NES, and PS2 )  I have just found Pinball with a converter the other day so now I'm ready to buy Famicom games as soon as I have the funds to.   :)

(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/536459_334808956583867_100001642956124_957961_229891148_n.jpg)

(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/553771_334806866584076_100001642956124_957942_1106932532_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 11, 2012, 08:15:23 pm
A vcr?  That's like having a cassette player.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 232stinger on May 11, 2012, 09:41:37 pm
You say that like its a bad thing.  ;D Besides, its an easy coax to av adapter. 
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 12, 2012, 03:57:46 am
Quote from: 232stinger on May 11, 2012, 04:33:20 pm
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/553771_334806866584076_100001642956124_957942_1106932532_n.jpg)

50 bucks says you'll never beat that Star Voyager. :gamer:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 12, 2012, 06:28:58 am
Quote from: 232stinger on May 11, 2012, 09:41:37 pm
You say that like its a bad thing.  ;D Besides, its an easy coax to av adapter. 


It would be a bad thing if you actually used it.  My VCR I used as a table for a while now it's just on a shelf somewhere.  I guess newer tvs don't take cable coax anymore.  I havn't watched cable tv in forever watching stuff on the internet is much easier.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: tonev on May 12, 2012, 08:57:56 am
I love my vcr it has the best tuner... and i can play RF consoles ( like my mastersystem on AV that way :) )
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 12, 2012, 06:18:22 pm
OMG that's interesting info! I need to hunt for VCR NOW!!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on May 12, 2012, 06:57:56 pm
I thought everyone used vcrs as RF to AV converters? I have for like 10+ years.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 12, 2012, 07:58:34 pm
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on May 12, 2012, 06:57:56 pm
I thought everyone used vcrs as RF to AV converters? I have for like 10+ years.


I stopped using rf in like....the end of the 80s.  Then it was composite for ages until I learned what s-video was and how to get it out of all my favourite consoles.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 232stinger on May 12, 2012, 08:25:29 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 12, 2012, 03:57:46 am
50 bucks says you'll never beat that Star Voyager. :gamer:


I bet 100 bucks you're right, unless I find myself plagued with insomnia... ::)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 16, 2012, 01:32:46 am
Quote from: Drakon on May 12, 2012, 07:58:34 pm
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on May 12, 2012, 06:57:56 pm
I thought everyone used vcrs as RF to AV converters? I have for like 10+ years.


I stopped using rf in like....the end of the 80s.  Then it was composite for ages until I learned what s-video was and how to get it out of all my favourite consoles.


What's RF again? lol jk
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fami-ave on May 20, 2012, 11:03:14 pm
Hey there!

I've been a long-time lurker until I finally decided to register a couple of months ago and now I'm taking the next step and finally write something.
I'm usually posting on forums like Assemblergames/shmups.com and, to a lesser extent, some Sega Saturn boards under the nickname "ave", which had already been taken here on FC world.

I have to admit, I never grew up with neither the NES or Famicom. When I started collecting games around 8 years ago, I felt some strange attraction towards the NES, however. I think it's because I used to play a lot of GameBoy when I was a kid and I consider the GameBoy a portable NES in aspects of gameplay and simplicity.
Since I collect only Japanese games and I think the package design of the Famicom boxes is amazing, I finally decided to buy my first Famicom in... err, around early 2008. Since then I've accumulated a nice collection of boxed/complete games (condition varies between a bit used and mint) for both FC and FC disk as well a variety of boxed consoles. I like to both play and collect Famicom and I have indeed the goal to own a complete CIB collection at some point in my life (at least of all non-prize titles, but including rereleases) ;D

Needless to say Game Center CX is one of my absolute alltime favorite shows and I watched every episode multiple times. At least the translated ones, the raw episodes are a bit hard to follow and I'm lost with most of the jokes (my Japanese is quite basic), so except if the game really interests me, I stick with the English ones.

Anyway, I think obsessed with Famicom as I am, this could be a place I like. Many fellow FC-fanatics here, it seems  ;D

Oh, and while I'm at it - is there any place where people post their collections (with pictures)? I'd love to see some other Famicom dojos. Few people in the West seem to collect for this console :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 21, 2012, 12:47:55 am
Hmmm welcome new member! I hope you enjoy your stay here!! ^_^ You'll have a blast!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fami-ave on May 21, 2012, 01:03:44 am
Oh, I just noticed - didn't register "a couple of months ago" but 3 years and 3 months ago. Time flies by, eh  ;D

Thx! I think this is a great place, not too many forums where you have more than max. 1-2 other people around who even own a Famicom!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on May 21, 2012, 05:12:25 am
Quote from: fami-ave on May 20, 2012, 11:03:14 pm
Oh, and while I'm at it - is there any place where people post their collections (with pictures)? I'd love to see some other Famicom dojos. Few people in the West seem to collect for this console :)


The main thread for that is Show Your Stash! (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=523.0), but some people post their collections in other threads.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GamePepper on May 21, 2012, 07:55:02 am
Hello Famicom World and its avid retro gamers, I'm GamePepper. I haven't actually ever owned a NES and don't have one yet, and that was because I was born in late 90s, so I wasn't really born with SNES or any other retro consoles because I was busy crying and shitting myself to death.

But, few weeks ago, I started craving for new stuff to do and I decided to start collecting NES games. I sold my PS3 and I will probably buy my NES and a couple of games tomorrow or during this week.

Obviously I don't have a stash of games to show to you guys because I don't have any console games at the moment.
But maybe there will be a nice stash of games, and maybe I'll show it to you later.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 22, 2012, 05:48:58 am
Welcome fami-ave this certainly sounds like the right place for you and your collecting hobby.  Also welcome gamepepper.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 22, 2012, 10:07:03 pm
Welcome new members!!! ^_^ WAAAAA!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Parodius Duh on May 25, 2012, 09:33:38 pm
Quote from: GamePepper on May 21, 2012, 07:55:02 am
Hello Famicom World and its avid retro gamers, I'm GamePepper. I haven't actually ever owned a NES and don't have one yet, and that was because I was born in late 90s, so I wasn't really born with SNES or any other retro consoles because I was busy crying and shitting myself to death.

But, few weeks ago, I started craving for new stuff to do and I decided to start collecting NES games. I sold my PS3 and I will probably buy my NES and a couple of games tomorrow or during this week.

Obviously I don't have a stash of games to show to you guys because I don't have any console games at the moment.
But maybe there will be a nice stash of games, and maybe I'll show it to you later.


Welcome, always great to see the youngin's getting into some REAL gaming instead of Halo and Modern Crapfest 5.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on May 26, 2012, 07:42:18 am
I'm honestly surprised how many young people are playing classic games.  Makes me happy that a new generation can enjoy these great games.  Even emulated versions on newer consoles aren't such a terrible thing.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GohanX on June 01, 2012, 07:29:14 pm
Hey guys, just signed up today! I've played NES stuff since it was new, and currently rock a AV modded NES 2. Some of my buds were looking to get into collecting Famicom, and it seems interesting so here I am. I'm still not sure if I want to dive into the Japanese end of the pool, but I'm keeping my eye out on a good Famicom system. I already have an old Yobo FC clone system, so technically I have the ability to play them now, but it doesn't really feel like real hardware.

I'm also a bit of a tinkerer/modder, so I'll be eating up the tech threads.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on June 01, 2012, 09:18:32 pm
Quote from: GohanX on June 01, 2012, 07:29:14 pm
Hey guys, just signed up today! I've played NES stuff since it was new, and currently rock a AV modded NES 2. Some of my buds were looking to get into collecting Famicom, and it seems interesting so here I am. I'm still not sure if I want to dive into the Japanese end of the pool, but I'm keeping my eye out on a good Famicom system. I already have an old Yobo FC clone system, so technically I have the ability to play them now, but it doesn't really feel like real hardware.

I'm also a bit of a tinkerer/modder, so I'll be eating up the tech threads.


Did you make that rockin' nes 2 composite mod yourself mr. tinekerer/modder?!

Oh...and welcome  :D
Title: Re: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GohanX on June 02, 2012, 06:59:50 am
Of course! I built the video circuit the right way, so no jailbars. I've seen some of the stuff you've done, and it's awesome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Zackcat on June 02, 2012, 02:42:19 pm
Hello! I guess I should introduce myself since I am posting here.

I found the forums on accident actually! I was browsing for reasonable famicom products and came upon Miguel's threads lol. I am an avid fan of retro Nintendo products, growing up gaming was a big influence in my life. Nintendo being my no.1 In the last couple of years, I have began to slowly gather a collection of anything I can get my hands on.

I own 1 Famicom with A/V Modification.  Currently working on getting a Famicom Disk System and expanding my Super Fami collection.

thanks for having me and I hope we can help each other grow as Nintendo fans~
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petik1 on June 02, 2012, 03:27:55 pm
We have a Miguel?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on June 02, 2012, 03:54:08 pm
Welcome new heroes!!
Title: Re: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on June 02, 2012, 06:06:51 pm
Quote from: GohanX on June 02, 2012, 06:59:50 am
Of course! I built the video circuit the right way, so no jailbars. I've seen some of the stuff you've done, and it's awesome!


Thanks!  The right way would be....have the video line go on top of the shielding....that's really all that's necessary to not get jailbars.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Zackcat on June 02, 2012, 07:06:37 pm
Quote from: petik1 on June 02, 2012, 03:27:55 pm
We have a Miguel?


Manuel

Typed without thinking
Title: Re: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GohanX on June 02, 2012, 07:17:05 pm
Quote from: Drakon on June 02, 2012, 06:06:51 pm


Thanks!  The right way would be....have the video line go on top of the shielding....that's really all that's necessary to not get jailbars.


Wouldn't that yield a video signal that was too weak? I built an amp that duplicates the composite video circuit of the toaster NES, and the video quality is identical. I didn't try it unamped.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on June 04, 2012, 04:44:05 am
......I never said it's unamped
Title: Re: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GohanX on June 04, 2012, 06:00:38 am
Ah, okay. There are some people that either build the amps incorrectly or tap the composite video further down the circuit, causing the video to look like crap.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: PunkicCyborg on June 05, 2012, 12:46:42 pm
Hey everyone! I picked up a Sharp Twin turbo from YJA a while back and have been playing the heck out of some famicom games lately. Some of my earliest memories are from me and my sisters playing NES though so it's nothing new to me.
The fami has really restored my love for these systems. Lots of new territory especially with the FDS and the 3d glasses I just got.
Looking forward to chatting and trading with you guys!  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GohanX on June 05, 2012, 06:47:12 pm
I see you, Elabit.  :mario:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Har the cat on June 06, 2012, 11:35:25 am
Dear Famicommers,

It is been a while since I posted here, so i will introduce myself again and i want to ask you guys something.
Actually i want to ask permission for selling something. And thats because I am not active anymore at the famiboards.
So, do I have permission?

Greets,
Har the Cat
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Drakon on June 06, 2012, 04:18:31 pm
Quote from: Har the cat on June 06, 2012, 11:35:25 am
Dear Famicommers,

It is been a while since I posted here, so i will introduce myself again and i want to ask you guys something.
Actually i want to ask permission for selling something. And thats because I am not active anymore at the famiboards.
So, do I have permission?

Greets,
Har the Cat


no you don't have permission!!! You need atleast 300 posts in the last 5 days to be able to sell something herrrrreeeeeeee.....I honestly don't think anyone will mind but I don't speak for the masses.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on June 06, 2012, 06:00:42 pm
Quote from: PunkicCyborg on June 05, 2012, 12:46:42 pm
Hey everyone! I picked up a Sharp Twin turbo from YJA a while back and have been playing the heck out of some famicom games lately. Some of my earliest memories are from me and my sisters playing NES though so it's nothing new to me.
The fami has really restored my love for these systems. Lots of new territory especially with the FDS and the 3d glasses I just got.
Looking forward to chatting and trading with you guys!  ;D


Hey, welcome to the forums.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NostalgicRobotX on June 10, 2012, 09:27:10 pm
Hello.

I have been a big fan of NES games for quite a while, but recently have imported a Famicom in order to play a few Japan exclusive games, and because I love the overall design and colour scheme of the console. I've fallen more and more in love with it, and really hope to expand my collection as well as uncover a few hidden gems in the Famicom library.

Just a little bit about myself: I'm currently working at Showa Canada as a quality inspector, at least until the school season starts again where I am getting my degree in Software Engineering. My favorite game is Illusion of Gaia for the SNES. I like to program up simple game engines in my spare time, sadly I can never bring myself to finish a game completely because I often get bored with the mid-design data entry aspect of it.

Anyway, I'm glad and look forward to talking with fellow famicom-fans.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on June 13, 2012, 05:06:48 pm
Hello, I hope you will enjoy it here.  :D 8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Devious on June 17, 2012, 02:41:46 am
Hello! I'm just a dude who likes to play old games, and having recently picked up a legit Famicom (I also have a few clone systems of... dubious quality) I decided to register - I've been lurking on and off for months, haha. So yeah, looking to talk about and hopefully do some business with a few of you to get some good games and stuff. Cheers.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on June 17, 2012, 01:45:50 pm
Devious; Famicom is definitely a great system to collect games for, I own 40+ games for my AV Famicom. I truly wish you the best and happy collecting!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: theamity9 on June 27, 2012, 08:51:17 am
Hello hello, I'm theamity9, but you can call me Matt. I'm a 20 (almost 21) years old web developer from the city of Melbourne in Australia.

I've collected NES, SNES and N64 games for quite a while. I originally intended on collecting all of the Final Fantasy series, I've loved it ever since a child, which led me to buying 2-6 on Famicom/Super Famicom since FF2 (FF4 JPN) and FF3 (FF6 JPN) didn't even get a PAL release. Shortly after researching the Famicom a bit I quickly became obsessed with it and thus my new collection was born. Since I've just started I only got 7 titles, FF1 through to FF6, and Secrets of Mana all CIB.

Anyways, I hope to stick around for a very long time, and it's nice to meet you all. :)

/endrant
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: garyptaszek on June 27, 2012, 12:46:43 pm
I've been on this forum for a little while now but it's all still fairly new to me... So let me introduce myself.
I'm Gary, I'm 25 and I'm a self employed metal worker/fitter, I play also play in a band (guitars and vocals www.facebook.com/burgundythetriangle).
I've been into old games since they were the new games, got hooked on the Sega Master System when I was a kid and it kinda went on from there. I've been collecting for most consoles for a while now but am starting to narrow down my collecting to just NES and Famicom.
I also have a blog I sometimes use to talk about old games and whatever.
http://landpiratetheminotaur.tumblr.com/
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on June 27, 2012, 01:21:30 pm
Hi to both of you, and welcome.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: son_ov_hades on June 27, 2012, 01:30:43 pm
Quote from: garyptaszek on June 27, 2012, 12:46:43 pm
I've been on this forum for a little while now but it's all still fairly new to me... So let me introduce myself.
I'm Gary, I'm 25 and I'm a self employed metal worker/fitter, I play also play in a band (guitars and vocals www.facebook.com/burgundythetriangle).
I've been into old games since they were the new games, got hooked on the Sega Master System when I was a kid and it kinda went on from there. I've been collecting for most consoles for a while now but am starting to narrow down my collecting to just NES and Famicom.
I also have a blog I sometimes use to talk about old games and whatever.
http://landpiratetheminotaur.tumblr.com/


I like your band! Pretty interesting stuff, and there is a really unique quality to your voice. You're not planning on playing across the pond anytime soon are you?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: garyptaszek on June 27, 2012, 02:41:23 pm
Quote from: fredJ on June 27, 2012, 01:21:30 pm
Hi to both of you, and welcome.  :D

thanks!  :D

Quote from: son_ov_hades on June 27, 2012, 01:30:43 pm
I like your band! Pretty interesting stuff, and there is a really unique quality to your voice. You're not planning on playing across the pond anytime soon are you?

thanks! I'm glad you enjoy our stuff  ;D . Would love to play over in the States but it wont be anytime soon sadly... one day
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on July 01, 2012, 07:43:05 am
Well, its grand to see all the new people on our site.
garyptaszek
theamity9

I would like to welcome the both of you.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: garyptaszek on July 03, 2012, 04:22:26 am
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on July 01, 2012, 07:43:05 am
Well, its grand to see all the new people on our site.
garyptaszek
theamity9

I would like to welcome the both of you.
;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: theamity9 on July 03, 2012, 07:06:11 am
Thank you kindly.  :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on July 03, 2012, 08:36:35 pm
You are both quite welcome, I hope that this place will become like your internet home like it is for most of us.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on July 04, 2012, 01:44:23 am
Welcome new members!! AWAAAA!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: rainulous on July 06, 2012, 12:32:53 pm
I found the forum a few weeks ago, joined today.
I don't have a Famicom yet, but that should change soon!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NintendoKing on July 06, 2012, 05:53:04 pm
rainulous, welcome to Famicom World! I think you would be better off purchasing a Famicom from one of our members are we tend to sell them a whole lot cheaper then auction sites ever do.
Title: I couldnt find introduction area
Post by: DigitalxxxFr34k on July 17, 2012, 08:46:44 pm
So  i thought i would put it here.....sorry if i put it in the wrong place.... lets see here were to start, I got sent here from a member of nintendo age, im interested in doing trades and purchases, ebay is getting a little too much for me... doesn't matter if you are buying or selling, i seem to come across alot of As**ol*s  that try to rip  you off... i do have a paypal account, and from the states.... minnesota to be exact. Im very interested in importing some things, n64/sfc, and even a famicom system and some games...once an awhile ill have items up for trade. due to my weekly thrift store shopping....sorry if i seem to babble, but im not sure what i need to put into a introduction....also if any one who wants to import American games let me know,,,,unless its really valuable or a console for cheap. if its a game i have no interest in in owning my self. i leave it for some one else... ill be posting some items in the WTT/FS section hope no one minds :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on July 17, 2012, 10:13:33 pm
Merged. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DigitalxxxFr34k on July 18, 2012, 02:33:43 pm
thanks :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: bartre on July 19, 2012, 09:12:11 am
hey all, i'm bartre, a native of the wide open cornfields of nebraska.
anywho, new to the site, but not to forums, been hanging around pcefx and racketboy mostly.
hope i stay a while :D
Title: Re: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: GohanX on July 19, 2012, 09:55:47 am
Wow Bartre, that was quick. Welcome!

This is JKM, btw.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: bartre on July 19, 2012, 12:18:48 pm
yeah, i'm kinda diggin the whole fami thing right now, we'll see if it sticks.
i got the chance to play a twin fami at MGC this last year, and it was pretty great.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mathius on July 19, 2012, 05:42:07 pm
Welcome!   :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jackknife on August 20, 2012, 11:15:21 pm
I'm Jackknife and I found my way here sometime in late spring when looking for info about Famicom AV mods. I stuck around because I liked it here so I might as well introduce myself. Hello. :)

I've been playing video games since I was a kid and still haven't grown out of it by 26. ;D I never specifically decided to start collecting video games, stuff just started piling up... Importing Japanese consoles just made sense because they got more exclusives, the games are generally cheaper and besides, it makes a good way to keep up on my Japanese skills. :P I play old games and new games and everything in between.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: PK-Gamer on September 01, 2012, 04:13:26 pm
Hi all,

I'm PK-Gamer! I found out about this site because I'm looking for a couple of famicom games. I've been an avid game since I was little and I'm still am to this day.
I'm also trying to learn Japanese as well, I understand a little bit though.

I mostly like classic games but I play some of the current stuff as well. Pleased to meet you all. ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: batlon13 on September 04, 2012, 05:58:43 am
I am newbie in this forum community.I want to be a permanent member in this community.because all the members in this community are very friendly and this community is very helpful for anybody.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fredJ on September 08, 2012, 04:58:45 am
Nice to read all your introductions. Welcome!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: keropi on October 08, 2012, 11:44:14 am
Hiya peeps!

I am glad I found this community , it's awesome!  ;D
for many years I wanted a nes/famicom but for some strange reason I never got one... until a week ago when I received a package from 80sFREAK  ;)
I don't really understand how I was managing without a famicom but it's time to make up for the lost time!
I have every current gen machine and all notable 8/16/32/64bits ones (except jaguar/3do/cdi that did not catch my interest and are sold) and I am a HUGE fan of DOS pc games era... (you can see my small DOS collection on a cheesy background here: http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/restqp/carton%20boxed%20old%20games/ )
nice to meet you all!  :star:

ps. is there a "new posts" button on the site? I don't see it  :upsetroll:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on October 08, 2012, 12:05:06 pm
Hey there!

There is no "new posts" type of link.  You can use this URL to see all unread topics, though:

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/?action=unread;all;start=0 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/?action=unread;all;start=0)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: keropi on October 08, 2012, 12:07:23 pm
awesome, thanks UglyJoe!  :pow:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: nintendodork on October 08, 2012, 01:04:55 pm
Quote from: UglyJoe on October 08, 2012, 12:05:06 pm
There is no "new posts" type of link.
You sure about that? :D http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?action=recent

For future reference, that link can also be found in the "Forum Stats" section if you scroll down on the main forum page.


(http://i.imgur.com/kkBOL.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/i9JwW.png)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on October 08, 2012, 02:02:35 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on October 08, 2012, 01:04:55 pm
Quote from: UglyJoe on October 08, 2012, 12:05:06 pm
There is no "new posts" type of link.
You sure about that? :D http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?action=recent


The link that I gave was for unread threads.  The one you gave is for the newest posts (whether read or not).  Not the same thing.  But, yeah, that link down there is easy to miss ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Epic_Lotus on October 08, 2012, 04:18:05 pm
Welcome to the site keropi!  You've found the best video game community around   8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mo-hd on October 08, 2012, 06:14:58 pm

Hi everyone! Im Mo-hd, im from Saudi Arabia.

its been years since i have any famicom ... i remember all my childhood with lot of games like captain tsubasa 2, tmnt, adventure island, ninja gaiden, and other games In my memories, for me the famicom is the best console ever made ...

In the past weeks I bought one with some games :D.

Nice to meet you all ~
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Algo Fonix on October 08, 2012, 06:20:27 pm
Hope you enjoy your stay!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: SteelGeneral on October 08, 2012, 07:34:03 pm
Hello everyone!

I'm SteelGeneral from Winchester, KY in the United States. I've been bargain hunting and amassing video games for at least 7 or 8 years now, but I just got into the Famicom collecting scene this year. I bought the original Famicom and around 10 games when I went to Tokyo for a week this past spring break with my college history class. It's quickly becoming my favorite niche system to collect games for.

I'll probably end up lurking here more than anything, but this community looks like the best place to get my hands on Famicom games outside of Japan. eBay just seems to suck all the fun out of collecting for me. I've already got about 7 games coming my way from senseiman, and I may try to get a Famicom Twin or a FDS from here sometime in the near future.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Algo Fonix on October 08, 2012, 08:11:49 pm
Howdy. It's kinda nice knowing there are people here from the same region, ahaha. (I'm from West Virginia)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: RainLink on October 09, 2012, 06:45:07 am
Welcome to Famicom World Steel General!  :D

Like Algo Fonix I'm a fellow Virginian too, though I'm from  east Virginia rather than West. I hope you find the forums as useful and fun as I do! Don't be afraid to ask any questions, the people on this forum are incredibly friendly and helpful.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: SteelGeneral on October 09, 2012, 06:33:46 pm
Haha, good to hear from some fellow South-Easterners! I'm sure I'll have a good time here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Epic_Lotus on October 10, 2012, 06:22:28 am
Howdy!  Glad to have you aboard  :).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jonathan on October 16, 2012, 10:30:12 am
Hello everyone!

My name's Jonathan ! I am 27 and I am from Nice in France. I am barely fluent so I hope you'll excuse my english.
I Have benn playing Famicom for only few weeks and I love this console.

The reason ?

The Cartridges are very cool and 60 hz rocks

I am from France, so i am used to 50hz with old consoles... And 50hz sucks !!!!

I have a twin famicom and some games like rockman, gradius, ninja gaiden and double dragon :)

Nice to meet you all
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on October 16, 2012, 07:47:03 pm
Welcome!
I hope you like it here and stay around!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Pit on October 26, 2012, 01:52:05 pm
Hello  :),

My name's Vincent, 30 years old, I'm from France.

I have two gaming hoobies :

- Arcade games, I have my own arcade cabinet (new astro city)
- Retro consoles, especially famicom/nes.

I fell in love with the famicom disk system, and had the chance to get a brand new one.

Also, I like technical stuff, making mods when I've got time.

I'm happy to see such a community about the famicom  ;).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: RainLink on October 26, 2012, 02:28:58 pm
Hey there Vincent, welcome to the FamicomWorld Family! Happy to have you with us!  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MasterDisk on October 26, 2012, 03:59:52 pm
Bienvenue aux 2 francophones (jonathan et Pit) ;D

Quote from: jonathan on October 16, 2012, 10:30:12 am
Hello everyone!

The Cartridges are very cool and 60 hz rocks

I am from France, so i am used to 50hz with old consoles... And 50hz sucks !!!!


C'est bien le 50Hz aussi, meilleur résolution mais moins d'images par secondes :/
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mo-hd on October 26, 2012, 04:10:37 pm
SteelGeneral, jonathan, Pit

Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay here :D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fatalfuryspecial on November 07, 2012, 08:58:41 am
hi everybody!

first post here. looking forward to discussing and buy/sell/trading with y'all.

got a couple things on my list ill be trying to hunt down in a couple weeks. would be sooner but i got a speeding ticket yesterday  :-X

have a nice day!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: cheftendo on November 11, 2012, 07:09:46 am
New to the boards and the famicom in general. I was looking for a quality famicom fourm and was told this the place to be, so here iam. I am also on the racketboy fourms under the same handel. Mostly into platformers and that was my main reason for getting into the famiom to get the platformers i couldnt get on the nes.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Sarahconner on December 11, 2012, 09:17:13 pm
Hey.  I'm an artist revisiting the era 1989-92 and for the purposes of Fami World that means the video games I enjoyed then, but could't afford or misunderstood.  I hung around & befriended the proprietor of an import gaming shop and was crazy for Famicom.   Now I've got a Power-Joy & budget for the cartridges.   I have a bootleg Kid Dracula, legit Mario 3 and just purchased Kunio-kun Dodgeball from seller hit-Japan.   Looks like I might be able to score some others (ice climber, Goemon) for cheap and combine shipping.   Happy to be here and talk gaming!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 12, 2012, 12:51:42 am
Welcome new Famicom lovers! Famicom 4 life! ^_^
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 80sFREAK on December 12, 2012, 02:47:06 am
Quote from: Sarahconner on December 11, 2012, 09:17:13 pm...
You know the rules :)

Yeah, you are welcome.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mikegyver on December 26, 2012, 02:56:38 am
Hi!

My name is Mike and i'm a 23 year old swede. (English is my second language so you have you have too excuse any grammatical or spelling errors)

This summer I got intrested in the famicom and started collectiong both games for the Famicom / FDS and the super famicom.

Most of the games i've got so far are games with differences between the the japanese and the pal games like musical enchancing chips or games that didnt come out in other regions.

And I joined this forum cause it seemed like a perfect place to talk about games released for the famicom and other great systems.

Now I don't know how much more I oculde say so I am going to end it here....  looking forward to talking about games with all of you!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on December 27, 2012, 03:07:56 am
I like games with enhanced music chips. So far the only one I have is Rolling Thunder, but someday I might get that Gimmick! game everyone seems to be stumbling about. Big Sunsoft fan.

By the way, welcome to the forums!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: naI on January 16, 2013, 06:24:29 pm
Hi everyone!  I am a 22 year-old retro game enthusiast who started out on the NES at the age of 4!  I have owned and played a NES since then, using a Honey Bee adapter for imports and an owner of the PowerPak since 2007.  I have coveted the Twin Famicom since I first read about it at the age of 11, and yesterday I finally acquired the Turbo model AN-505BK!   ;D  I just sold my PowerPak to a friend and am anticipating that the InviteNES flash cartridge will be much more capable.

Like previous posters, I also enjoy the expansion sound capabilities of many Famicom games and the Disk System.  It's exciting, especially since NES games in my region weren't capable of such expansion!  I'm also interested in the latest developments of the homebrew community as well as the occasional pirate original that's actually of decent quality.

Though I am a huge fan of the Famicom, Super Famicom is still my favorite console.

More about me:  I'm what is called genderqueer, not identifying as a man or a woman; you may notice I prefer to use ambiguous language in most situations to convey the way I think.  Also, I'm currently studying Chinese and Japanese, though I am not yet fluent in either language (Asian language would be my more 'serious' passion  :fire: ;) ).
Game on!   :redcart:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 16, 2013, 11:51:05 pm
Quote from: naI on January 16, 2013, 06:24:29 pm
I just sold my PowerPak to a friend and am anticipating that the InviteNES flash cartridge will be much more capable.

Let me know how it is. I'm considering saving up for one. So far the Power Pak is my only source for playing FDS games, & people say the extra audio is not so great on that.

Quote from: naI on January 16, 2013, 06:24:29 pm
Also, I'm currently studying Chinese and Japanese, though I am not yet fluent in either language (Asian language would be my more 'serious' passion  :fire: ;) ).

頑張って! ;) And hope all goes well.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Zero107 on February 04, 2013, 09:12:23 pm
Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. I've always loved the NES (own 1 CIB Action Set, 2 loose front-loaders, and a top-loader.) I've always admired the Famicom for it's looks, cartridges, and legacy, so I'm looking into finally grabbing an original model and getting it AV modded. My goal is to one day have every shoot 'em up released for the console, as well as the 6 Rockman cartridges, but having only loose copies of Gradius and Gun Nac, I've got quite a ways to go.  ;D
I'm looking forward to the opportunity of sharing my growth and experiences with everyone here. Thanks for having me, Famicom World.  :redcart: That little cartridge is rad.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Mo-hd on February 05, 2013, 05:14:59 pm
Hi, Welcome I hope you will enjoy it here.  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...GBK is onboard
Post by: GBK666 on February 14, 2013, 04:11:58 am
Heya Famicom / NES World

I am GBK also known as Reinhold Hoffmann there in the grey and dark real world

I came across this forum because i saw that i got a few visitors on my own website from here almost every day due to it being mentioned / linked in 2 threads..today i thought i look at this site to see what it is about :-)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/045/7/f/the_gamer_by_gbk666-d39k23d.jpg)
I am 32 years old, the NES was my 2nd console and i still have one  as you can see on this wonderful photo..and yes..i am mostly a fighting game guy

I am not collecting old games anymore but i am trying to preserve a part of the glorious video game history / past with art projects by gamers. Some of you might have read about the Legend of Zelda art project "Link's Blacklist" as example where the many..many monsters and boss characters of the Zelda games are drawn by mostly professional artists who are also gamers. This includes even the Zelda 1 & 2 characters which are hardly illustrated in any form beside a few old concept artworks. Via Game Art HQ.com a community i build up in 2011 we try to document gaming history with visual art and well, maybe this topic will interest some of you here as well


Greets from Germany, i hope writing a thread about Link's Blacklist as example or an Castlevania Art Tribute which is in the works currently is allowed
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 14, 2013, 06:10:11 am
I see both Hello Kitty and Guilty Gear in the background. I like you already.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jae on February 17, 2013, 06:36:53 am
Hey guys what's up! I just discovered the forum and am ready to complete my famicom/ super famicom/ and disk system collection!
I make cartoons for a living:
http://youtube.com/jae55555

Here's my gaming room:
(http://nintendoagemedia.com/_usermedia/attachments/room002.jpg)
(http://nintendoagemedia.com/_usermedia/attachments/collection021113.jpg)
(http://nintendoagemedia.com/_usermedia/attachments/collection021413.jpg)
(http://nintendoagemedia.com/_usermedia/attachments/benderposter.jpg)

Excited to get to know you all!
- Jae
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 19, 2013, 04:08:05 am
I get so jealous when I see people's collections all sorted neatly and presentable like that... mine is a Godawful mess.  Welcome to FW.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 20, 2013, 03:28:53 am
Don't worry, Nightstar699, you're not alone.
I'm jealous of all those collections, too. Mine's really scattered around in boxes, on shelves and god knows where else.  :crazy:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: L___E___T on February 27, 2013, 09:34:40 am
Haha, mine's hidden away in boxes, shame.  I hope to get it all out one day and document.  Welcome all, time to check out that art project...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famifan on February 27, 2013, 10:02:41 am
well, mine's hidden in two boxes too. if it can be called a collection :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on February 28, 2013, 04:01:57 pm
If it's a collection to you, then it can be called a collection.  :)
Doesn't matter what others say.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: 8bitRocket on March 28, 2013, 06:01:56 am
Hi everyone :)

I am 26 and i love nintendo :) I am a great pokemon fan  and i have a lot of nintendo stuff both retro and new :). Also i love to draw  stuff :).
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jack of all trades on March 29, 2013, 09:32:04 am
I'm also new on this forum  ;D

I'm from Germany and I grew up playing with the PAL NES.
Only a few days ago I got my very first Famicom, an AV Famicom to be precise.

I just can't believe how small and compact the AV Famicom is. It even makes the SNES Mini appear bulky  :D

(http://i.imgur.com/KtUsxUA.jpg)

I think I've fallen in love, haha. I really like the small colorful cartridges with the big artwork on front.

Now I'm eager to get some more famicom games and maybe a 72->60 pin adapter to play my NES games with a better picture quality and higher speed.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on March 30, 2013, 01:59:27 am
Quote from: jack of all trades on March 29, 2013, 09:32:04 am
72->60 pin adapter to play my NES games

Make sure to get one that works with special games, including Castlevania III ;)

Of course, you could get Akumajou Densetsu instead. :-\
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: wholesalewatch648 on March 30, 2013, 03:23:07 pm
Quote from: 8bitRocket on March 28, 2013, 06:01:56 am
Hi everyone :)

I am 26 and i love nintendo :) I am a great pokemon fan  and i have a lot of nintendo stuff both retro and new :). Also i love to draw  stuff :).
cool would love to see some pictures of your nintendo stuff
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Post by: Nightstar699 on April 03, 2013, 02:06:24 am
Quote from: jack of all trades on March 29, 2013, 09:32:04 am
I'm also new on this forum  ;D

I'm from Germany and I grew up playing with the PAL NES.
Only a few days ago I got my very first Famicom, an AV Famicom to be precise.

I just can't believe how small and compact the AV Famicom is. It even makes the SNES Mini appear bulky  :D

(http://i.imgur.com/KtUsxUA.jpg)

I think I've fallen in love, haha. I really like the small colorful cartridges with the big artwork on front.

Now I'm eager to get some more famicom games and maybe a 72->60 pin adapter to play my NES games with a better picture quality and higher speed.


Welcome, Ibuki. Congratulations on owning the ultimate gaming machine, it doesn't get any better than the AV Fami. Though I use an NES controller on mine... those dog bone controller cords are incredibly short.
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Post by: nes player on April 05, 2013, 03:18:57 pm
I found a link to a page here when looking up  :mario: Somari on google. I play NES and famicom games with JNES on my computer. That's right, I don't need pay for any game I talk about! Or needing to pay to for a console to play them! This is  what I like about ROMs: one person pays  for the entire world!  ;)
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Post by: Kollision on April 11, 2013, 12:34:26 pm
Hello.
Found the forum while googling for an obscure Famicom game.

I'm 36, gamer since childhood, collector since 2007, living in the middle of South America.
Started collecting everything, but years later I shifted my focus to shoot'em ups only.

Love the Famicom/NES, it's my favorite 8-bit system. Some of my old favorites are Mega Man III, Battletoads, Batman, Metal Storm, Astyanax, Gradius, Ninja Gaiden, Super Sprint.
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Post by: manuel on April 12, 2013, 12:37:15 am
Welcome, I think you'll like it here.  :)
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Post by: Nightstar699 on April 16, 2013, 05:09:04 pm
Welcome. Sunsoft's Batman is an exceptional game indeed.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on April 16, 2013, 09:21:56 pm
Welcome new members! You're going to have one heck of a time here!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 21, 2013, 07:28:56 pm
I've been on the forum a few months now, so I guess I should do a little intro.

I'm Jackson, I'm 28, and I'm from Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. I've been a gamer since my family picked up an NES when I was about 4. I built up a decent little collection raiding yard sales in the '90s, but started buying up lots of stuff only about three years ago. My collection is right around 600 carts (more than half of them NES). I have played nearly every NES game made, but I only keep games in my collection that I enjoy playing.

I started buying FC carts to supplement my NES collection, and they've since become my second-largest collection. (I'm nearing my 100th FC game.) What can I say? 8-bit gaming is my favorite, regardless of region.
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Post by: theking21083 on April 24, 2013, 03:03:42 pm
Hello fellow gamers, 
My name is Corey and I am currently living in Texas. I am 30 years old and have been playing video games since the age of 3. I started off playing my cousins Atari 2600 and got my NES for Christmas the following year. I still own that same NES and my collection has grown quite a bit since then. I have wanted to start collecting for the Famicom for years now but for some reason I never did until just last month. I now own a Famicom and Disk System and picked up a large lot of games to get me started. I look forward to future conversations with all of you.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on April 24, 2013, 09:43:05 pm
Welcome new gamers! Enjoy your stay!
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Post by: Magicantian on May 14, 2013, 04:10:52 pm
Hello everyone. I visited this Website numerous times over the past 4 or 5 years, recently realized there's a forum!  ;D

My very first experience with Famicom was a Toaster NES when I was two years old (so they tell me). I've always held a special place in my heart for this system as well as the Super Famicom. From rented games that would dirty up my system to going to Toys R' Us to gawk at the game isle, As well as the lure of Funco Land. :-[

I've seen a good portion of yesterday and can't wait to experience some more with you all.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on May 14, 2013, 04:14:45 pm
Welcome aboard.
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Post by: TMBlitzK on May 16, 2013, 06:27:42 pm
Hello everyone.
I just recently found this site a few days ago and it had a lot of info on Famicom stuff, so I decided to join.
I'm TMBlitzK, my real name is Throckmorton. I'm a 16 year retro video game collector (sort of). I own around 18 different consoles. I just just got a yellowed-out Famicom online recently because I always wanted one as a young child and I never had a Japanese game console before. My Famicom collection is minuscule but  I'm slowly building it up by ordering games on ebay. I've discovering cool games that weren't released in America on the NES like Kid Dracula. I also plan on getting a disk system in the future because I want to get "Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic". Besides gaming, I'm very interested in Japanese culture and would like to learn Japanese as a second language.
Anyways... Thats enough about me.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on May 16, 2013, 06:44:05 pm
Welcome aboard, sir. Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun is one of the best games I've ever played, without question. The Famicom is full of great exclusives, just as is the NES.
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Post by: Arch on May 31, 2013, 04:05:26 am
Hi guys! Great place! My name is Håkon, and I live in Oslo, Norway. I'm only just getting into playing and collecting Famicom games, after a friend of mine picked up a FC AV for me on a recent trip to Tokyo. I'm more an arcade collector than I am a console collector really, but I'm ready to make an exception for the Famicom. I find the system very soulful. Looking forward to hanging out with you guys! :)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on June 08, 2013, 09:57:35 pm
Welcome new masters! Awaaaaaa!
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Post by: trunk on June 14, 2013, 12:01:53 pm
Hello everyone,

I started playing on a famicom back in 1989 and have been gaming since. I recently got into a famicom disk system binge(2 player excitebike? yes please!). Picked up a sharp twin famicom, did belt replacement and spindle hub alignment. Picked up 11 games. 7 work great, I am seeking the help of ericj with the 4 others (2 corrupt, 2 wrong game).

Even though I game on many different systems there is just something special about Nintendo.

I landed on this site (and ericj) doing FDS research.
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Post by: AlexRUS on June 15, 2013, 04:48:17 pm
Hey everyone. My name is Alex. I am also known on the internet as SomeRussianMarioDude. SatoshiMatrix has linked me to this website. I got interested in collecting some games for NES/Famicom, SNES, Gameboy last summer.
I have lots of bootleg Famicom carts from my childhood that could be found in my country in 90s. I also have a few licensed Famicom cartridges as well. Also NES/Famicom is my most favourite retroconsole of all time, even though I have other consoles from these times as well, like SNES or Gameboy. :)
If you have something to ask me, feel free to do so. :D
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Post by: Nightstar699 on June 15, 2013, 06:48:20 pm
Welcome. I had a feeling that icon looked familiar, I've seen you post on YouTube before.
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Post by: AlexRUS on June 16, 2013, 05:11:03 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on June 15, 2013, 06:48:20 pm
Welcome. I had a feeling that icon looked familiar, I've seen you post on YouTube before.

Well, I use this icon with Mario on Russian Flag on, pretty much, almost every website/forum I am registered on, so you can easily find me on other websites :)

As for YouTube, that's right, I actually have a YouTube channel. Here it is (http://www.youtube.com/user/SomeRussianMarioDude).

I make some videos of pirated Famicom stuff, but there are some videos I would definitely want to re-do for better quality and make them more entertaining.
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Post by: ImATrackMan on July 08, 2013, 12:24:43 am
Hello, Famicom World.

I stumbled upon the Famicom about only about 5 years ago (I'm a bit young), although I had an NES all my life. I only really got seriously into it about three years ago when I got into producing music with FamiTracker. I bought myself a powerpak for my NES shortly afterward, and only then, did I begin seeing what I had been missing. Just recently I got myself a Famicom, performed what I hope to be the first "USB AV" mod on it and have started buying games for it. I joined this forum a few months back after spending years on other FC websites, and hope to be as helpful as I can during my time here.
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Post by: security16 on July 08, 2013, 04:06:56 am
Welcome :) I am kinda excited to see how a USB/AV mod would work but i'm a slight techtard so the technical aspect is lost on me.  There is no such thing as too young really here even though some of us are older we're raising the next generation of famicom fans!
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Post by: ImATrackMan on July 08, 2013, 05:11:47 pm
Only a few photos. It's actually not at all different from the normal AV mod, just instead of 2 AV jacks, you route the four wires (Video, V-ground, Audio, A-ground) to the four pins on the USB jack. no hole drilling is necessary, because it fits perfectly into the hole of my unused second controller.
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Post by: goombakid on July 09, 2013, 08:57:00 pm
Hi all!

I've just been lurking in the forums for at least the past 3 months gaining information on A/V modding a Famicom. Thanks to some of the members here, I have successfully done the mod.

After looking through the tech forums, I'm hoping to add some of my modding knowledge to the mix.

Anyway, I'm glad to finally be part of the group.
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Post by: Magicantian on July 10, 2013, 04:38:59 am
Welcome everyone, I'm fairly new myself, just a few posts above you. That mod is pretty clever and space saving for the back side of the Famicom.

Good to see there's still enthusiasm to be seen from a younger set that didn't grow up with it. Just goes to show, it's fine piece of hardware.  ;D
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Post by: smileyman8b on July 19, 2013, 05:28:11 pm
hello, im a bit late introducing myself but, I found this site awhile ago trying to repair my famicom that I had just got. I have been wanting one for a long time now and although I do collect all Nintendo systems nes, snes, n64, gamecube, virtual boy, some Gameboy stuff and an Ique player so far, I always loved the fact of how many more cool accessories and interesting games the famicom had to offer (IMO). I plan to stay pretty active on the forum and will be buying and doing some trades hopefully, ( cant wait for another kais mystery grab bag  ;D ) I will be pretty soon getting a disk system and one of my main goals for this site is to eventually get the disk system, 3d system and a lot of fun games for them, while im doing that I will try to help out and learn more about the famicom. :)
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Post by: Magicantian on July 20, 2013, 09:56:08 am
Welcome, the more the merrier.
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Post by: FamicomFreak on July 26, 2013, 06:45:36 pm
Welcome new members!!!! It's an honor!
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Post by: aj52294 on July 28, 2013, 03:31:20 pm
welp i guess its time for introductions I'm Aj I'm trying to collect everything produced by nintendo (its kind of a big goal :o , I know) and this definitely seemed like a good place to start up the japanese half of my collection
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Post by: Magicantian on July 29, 2013, 11:06:53 pm
Quote from: aj52294 on July 28, 2013, 03:31:20 pm
welp i guess its time for introductions I'm Aj I'm trying to collect everything produced by nintendo (its kind of a big goal :o , I know) and this definitely seemed like a good place to start up the japanese half of my collection


Welcome Aj, Don't forget the Hanafuda cards =]
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Post by: security16 on July 30, 2013, 04:12:15 am
Welcome :D
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Post by: aj52294 on July 31, 2013, 03:58:41 pm
yea pre video games might be a little hard xD im gonna try my best but between the ultra hand, hanafuda cards, love tester, roulette and the dozens of other games and toys they made i may just focus on video games for now
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Post by: Magicantian on July 31, 2013, 10:33:46 pm
Quote from: aj52294 on July 31, 2013, 03:58:41 pmyea pre video games might be a little hard xD im gonna try my best but between the ultra hand, hanafuda cards, love tester, roulette and the dozens of other games and toys they made i may just focus on video games for now

totally forgot about the love tester; if two famicom gamers get married i think its an obligation they take the test first
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Post by: aj52294 on August 01, 2013, 01:33:05 pm
Quote from: Magicantian on July 31, 2013, 10:33:46 pm
Quote from: aj52294 on July 31, 2013, 03:58:41 pm
yea pre video games might be a little hard xD im gonna try my best but between the ultra hand, hanafuda cards, love tester, roulette and the dozens of other games and toys they made i may just focus on video games for now


totally forgot about the love tester; if two famicom gamers get married i think its an obligation they take the test first


if i ever found a girl who likes nintendo as much as i do that would probably be a creative way to propose
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Post by: L___E___T on August 29, 2013, 02:07:03 pm
Haha, what if it didn't give the desired result?! :)
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Post by: ImATrackMan on August 29, 2013, 11:11:16 pm
Then just write an FDS rom. That's sure to impress her.
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Post by: spoung45 on September 24, 2013, 01:58:13 pm
Hello from Chicago! Just picked up a Twin Famicom (still waiting for it to get here) should be here in the next few days I hope.....
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Post by: MaxXimus on September 26, 2013, 07:43:58 am
Welcome to the boards. What color system did you get?
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Post by: spoung45 on September 26, 2013, 08:26:57 am
Thanks! I got the Black one the AN-500B, colour did not mater too much too me nor  did the turbo version. The thing that sold me on it was that it had the power supply included and was not too bad of a price from my searching. Now i just have to get the voltage stepper, just feel more comfortable in the long run.
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Post by: tealsummernights on October 11, 2013, 10:05:57 pm
Hello,

I'm new here. This you probably already figured out. Hold on, I don't see myself being able to use the Bub emote very often, so I'd like to use it now:  :bub:

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. About me: I've been a Nintendo fan for as long as I can remember; my mom tells me that I started playing Super Nintendo when I was only three years old. I have a vague memory of buying my Super Nintendo... It was at KB Toys, and it was the SNS-101 model that came bundled with Yoshi's Island. That moment started it all...

As for Famicom stuff, I have an AV modded Famicom and a decent amount of games. The game that I treasure the most is definitely Gimmick!. Just the cart since I don't collect the boxes, though.

Outside of Nintendo stuff, I'm really into Polaroid cameras and instant film. The pride and joy of that collection is my Polaroid 195, a very rare and highly desirable camera. I'm also very interested in yo-yos. Yes, yo-yos. Yo-yos are no longer quite what you think they are; they've evolved far beyond the simple up-and-down and walk the dog. It's common now for a yo-yo to cost over $100 due to the fact that they're made of precision-machined aluminum, laser engraved, and contain ball bearings. The jewel of my yo-yo collection is my The End by Yes, Absolutely. Only around twenty or so made, and they very rarely show up for sale. However, when they do, they can go for over $300.

So yeah, that's me. I apologize for writing so much! It's very easy for me to write a ton about this stuff. Just so you all know, I don't tend to post much on message boards, so don't be surprised if I'm not around much (outside of the B/S/T; I can see myself getting a lot of use out of that).

Cheers,
Teal Summer Nights
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Post by: MaxXimus on October 22, 2013, 05:47:22 am
Welcome to the boarda. I'd love to see a couple pics of your game collection.
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Post by: famidon on November 09, 2013, 10:51:17 am
Joe here! Nice to meet you all. Just joined today. Been collecting Nes stuff for the past five years or so, but the famicom is my guilty pleasure. Ive always loved import stuff but never really decided to take the plunge and start collecting. But now i have, Here i am  :P

Cant wait to start on this quest of epic proportions! 

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Post by: EvLloyd on November 09, 2013, 06:29:57 pm
Greetings!
EvLloyd from australia, just scored a pretty sweet deal! which in turn led me to these here forums!

Hope to get a pic up soon of my little find!

All the best!!!
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 14, 2013, 06:09:02 am
Welcome to the boards guys. We have a friendly place here.
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Post by: security16 on November 16, 2013, 03:05:18 pm
Hurrah another aussie :D
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Post by: zaneiken on November 25, 2013, 08:41:26 pm
More Aussies seeing the light!
Famicom > PAL NES
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 26, 2013, 08:58:52 pm
That seems to be an assumption shared by many Europeans. The whole PAL-consoles-running-15%-slower thing seems to be a major turnoff to many vintage players. That, and the PAL library is pretty limited in comparison to what we got here in the States (let alone the really huge Famicom library).
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Post by: P on November 27, 2013, 03:45:20 am
As a European I agree! PAL library sucks even more than US library and we can't even import Japanese games without slowdown. I would only really need to get a PAL NES again if I wanted to play PAL exclusive games.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 27, 2013, 09:20:08 am
And there really aren't that many PAL-only Nintendo games. There were a bunch of cool ones like Hammerin' Harry and U-Four-Ia that we didn't get in the States, but there are also Famicom versions of those. I have thought about importing a PAL NES to play games like Asterix and Elite; the PAL-only games are often the ones that don't work right on an NTSC console at all, and some of the others still have minor glitches and speed-up issues on my faster machine. But I'm not sure I could even get one to run on my TV; PAL compatibility seems to be a recent addition to US TVs, and my TVs are almost as old as my 8- and 16-bit games.
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Post by: P on November 27, 2013, 11:05:55 am
Yeah those games are using the extra graphic update time (AKA vertical blank or vblank) between each frame, that the PAL NES has. However PAL games that was first made for NTSC often doesn't use the extra vblank time at all.
It's good to hear that US TVs at least sometimes has support for PAL nowdays.
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Post by: chuckie egg on December 14, 2013, 01:05:41 pm
Hey, I am alex from London , I've been collecting every thing Nintendo for many years , but the last 5 years I've collected Nintendo arcade machines.Now I've reached my maximum capacity with the cabs I've gone back to collecting console games .
In the last year I've started bumping up my famicom games but have noticed the prices have gone through the roof .
So I am hoping I can meet fellow collectors  for trade.
Looks like a Friendly site 
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Post by: security16 on December 18, 2013, 04:43:27 pm
Welcome Alex  ;D we're quite friendly and not many of us bite :P you will enjoy it here  :yoshi: :mario:
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Post by: chuckie egg on December 20, 2013, 10:05:03 am
Quote from: security16 on December 18, 2013, 04:43:27 pm
Welcome Alex  ;D we're quite friendly and not many of us bite :P you will enjoy it here  :yoshi: :mario:

Thanks mate
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Post by: L___E___T on January 02, 2014, 05:39:20 am
Nice to meet you Alex!  You're right, it's friendly here :)

Would love to see some pics of the cabs and other items you have.  I'm in London too so appreciate space is a premium here!  A college of mine was working in the states and had a basement full of arcade cabs, he was rathe stuck when he moved back here!
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Post by: MaxXimus on January 14, 2014, 06:10:34 am
Yes welcome Alex. I second seeing your collection. We've got a show your stash thread you should check out.
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Post by: Ginkgo* on January 29, 2014, 09:19:38 am
Hello there Community!
After I had troubles finding an username, I finally registered myself an account here. For the last few years I already collected quite a few games for various consoles, of course nothing comparable to some other collections you see on the internet but my room was quite a mess with all these videogame-stuff lying around. The thing was: I never really played a game. I think that many videogame-collectors know how this feels but I did that to the extreme. For months I never touched a game, played like 3 or 4 games in the whole year but kept buying new ones. I had to put an end to this, so I sold most of my games, currently still selling the stuff that is left and it is a good feeling. Maybe someday I'll regret some sales but there wasn't anything really rare in my collection anyway.

Well, this is my rough background story, now the reason why I registered here: My goal is to finally appreciate videogames again for that what they are: games. I choosed just one console I want to buy games for, and finally play them. After I searched through the world-wide-web I thought that the Famicom would be an awesome thing to have. Such a huge game-library with games of all kinds, many games which are considered as classics by the videogaming scene, which I sadly never played. I already found some useful information on the main-page and needed to become a part of the Famicom World community. So, here I am, knowing pretty much nothing about the Famicom, but willingly to learn and become passionate about the Famicom.

I hope that the community can take such a newbie like me, maybe there are some people here who are in the same situation like me and I was thinking about creating Highscore-threads for various games (are there any highscore-threads?) to encourage the community to not only collect Famicom games but also to play them and have fun together with the community.

Soooo ... I think that is enough for the start.
See you in the forum!

Greetings Ginkgo*
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Post by: P on January 29, 2014, 02:57:03 pm
Welcome to Famicom World Gingko! There are lots to learn about the Famicom by just looking around at old threads by searching for things that interests you about the Famicom. If you don't find a thread about high scores maybe you can open one.

I don't play so much either lately. But mostly because I don't have time and I know that I will waste a lot of time if I start playing!
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Post by: senseiman on January 30, 2014, 05:57:43 am
Welcome to Famicom World, Gingko!  I think if you want a console to actually play games on, then you will be quite happy with the Famicom!  ;D
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Post by: Ginkgo* on January 30, 2014, 08:53:18 am
Thank you@P and senseiman!

Quote from: P on January 29, 2014, 02:57:03 pm
There are lots to learn about the Famicom by just looking around at old threads by searching for things that interests you about the Famicom.

So true, I'm still not finished with reading the articles on the mainpage, the forum is a great ressource for anything Famicom.

Quote from: P on January 29, 2014, 02:57:03 pmIf you don't find a thread about high scores maybe you can open one.

I'll totally do that. I thought about creating seperate highscore-threads for each, highscore based, game I'll play in the near future. That involves the community, we could talk about strategies and stuff like that. I wonder if the community would like that.

Quote from: senseiman on January 30, 2014, 05:57:43 am
[..] I think if you want a console to actually play games on, then you will be quite happy with the Famicom!  ;D

Oh I'm sure that I'll have a lot of fun, Famicom-Games are actual games and not interactive movies like Assassins Creed for example.
Ahh ... enough current gen bashing, I didn't want to get on that level, excuse me, there are some good games on the current gen  :-[

Greetings,
Ginkgo
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Post by: MaxXimus on January 31, 2014, 06:51:59 pm
Welcome to the forums!
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Post by: Nimation on February 13, 2014, 10:13:56 am
Hi, I'm Nimation and pretty much unwelcome on every single forum on the internet. Banned for flaming, trolling, name calling and other stuff. :crazy:
I'm just kidding. I hope I can have a good time here and learn more about Famicom!
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Post by: P on February 13, 2014, 04:46:00 pm
Sounds good! (jk) Welcome to Famicomworld! :)
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Post by: syobonaction on February 27, 2014, 06:55:04 am
Hello!  :bub:

I'm Charles from the U.S.
I've loved Nintendo since I was 3, and was voluntarily peeing my pants because I didn't want to stop playing my favorite games.
(Thankfully that's all behind me now)
I never got too into the Famicom itself until my one year stint as an English teacher in Japan last year. The Akihabara retro game shops became my stomping grounds of sorts. I bought a super Famicom, and a few games. I knew I couldn't buy much more at the time because I didn't have a lot of room to take it home with me, and I didn't want to pay for shipping (a bad move in hindsight)
Anyways, I became fascinated with all of the Japanese only FC/SFC (etc...) games that I saw there. I also got to see some big names in FC music play live.

So basically now, I'm even more obsessed with old games than I ever was.
I hope to contribute to the conversation and have some fun times posting on the formus.
Thansk!
;D
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Post by: P on February 27, 2014, 10:26:57 am
Welcome to Famicomworld Syobonaction! Lots of good stuff here! Haha
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Post by: MaxXimus on March 02, 2014, 09:05:38 am
Welcome to the forums! Check out our show your stash threads and show us your gaming stuff. (geek pr0n)
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Post by: RC on March 19, 2014, 06:50:46 am
Hello all!

I've been putting off starting a famicom collection for a long time now, and the time has finally come to take the plunge.

The NES was my first console, loads of amazing memories playing it right up until I upgraded to a playstation 1 a year or so after it's release (managed to skip the 16-bit consoles completely somehow). My childhood NES stuff is long gone ('lent' to someone by my big brother) and I always wanted to buy back everything I had as a kid and play some old games again.

That was until I discovered the famicom, the same console with more (ugly) style, amazing box art, all the games I had as a kid plus piles more weird and wonderful Japanese oddities. Since then I've been waiting for the right time to start buying, and I guess the right time for me is now!

I've lurked a lot, read a lot but I'm still a relative newbie. I'll try not to ask too many stupid questions!

Thanks for having me  :D
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Post by: skunkworks0 on March 23, 2014, 06:31:37 pm
Hello all.

Just starting a Famicom CIB collection, so I thought I better register here.  Great, knowledgeable community you have, so joining is a no brainer. 

I've been retro gaming for many years, but never had a NES back in the day, so don't know that much about the NES\Famicom really.

I have my 1st game, a mint, CIB copy of Akumajou Densetsu.
(http://s17.postimg.org/ll0tcv57f/PICT0556.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ll0tcv57f/)

Not an easy game to beat though. 

So yeah, its all good. :D

Will be seeing you around the forums.

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Post by: P on March 24, 2014, 02:15:26 am
Welcome to Famicom World! :)

Good job on getting Akumajou Densetsu. It's a fantastic game!
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Post by: Sean Orange on April 02, 2014, 02:05:29 pm
Hi.
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Post by: UglyJoe on April 02, 2014, 02:29:15 pm
Hello!
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Post by: MaxXimus on April 03, 2014, 09:13:07 pm
Holla at ya.
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Post by: Diagamblic on April 06, 2014, 11:51:35 pm
Hey guys - I'm Aaron (aka Diagamblic) from the Retro Obscura podcast. I just gave the site a huge shoutout on Episode 14 of our podcast over the weekend. You can check it out here:
http://retroobscura.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-05T10_56_42-07_00 (http://retroobscura.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-05T10_56_42-07_00)

I also write some chiptunes and other stuff which you can check out there:
https://soundcloud.com/diagamblic (https://soundcloud.com/diagamblic)

I can't wait to meet more of you guys! Love the famicom and grew up with the NES!

FInal note - if you go like us facebook - we will be having contests from time to time where you can win games. Check us out! :)
https://www.facebook.com/retroobscura (https://www.facebook.com/retroobscura)
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Post by: UglyJoe on April 08, 2014, 08:57:51 am
Welcome and thanks for the shout-out!  Bio Miracle is a really good game (although I've yet to purchase it :-[)
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Post by: Diagamblic on April 10, 2014, 10:02:48 pm
Thanks! Glad you like the show - This is a great site!
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Post by: Dendy on April 11, 2014, 01:38:22 pm
Introducing my new forum. Classic Nintendo Gaming (CNG)

Hi all! My name is Anton and I'm not new to Famicom World. I love this forum and people, read it almost every day. I've also made some pretty nice deals with manuel, 80sFREAK and Xious and got my FDS  and many famicom games from here. But this is not the main reason of this post.

I want to introduce you to my new Nintendo dedicated forum called CNG (Nintendo Gaming Forum).
This forum is a split up from a dutch forum called Palrocks, where I was a moderator for almost 5 years. The main reason of Palrocks ending was that the forum became too general and was flooded with non Nintendo and nextgen topic's. So many true NES collector's and gamers where loosing interest and leaving forum.  Soon after Palrocks shutdown the hardcore members and moderators created new forum called CNG, that is only NES/SNES/Famicom/N64/Gameboy and G&W dedicated. No other consoles are allowed. At this moment we have 119 members, most of them are from Palrocks which we have selected by their profile.
The main goal of CNG is to create a good international platform for Nintendo collectors and to enjoy our hobby by playing games.  The most popular topic is the NES play-off where we finish NES games, post pictures and get achievement points. Now we have one for Famicom games, so I figured maybe you guys/gals  can help us  :upsetroll:
So CNG is originally a Dutch forum but we have many international collectors form Europe and US. All of you are welcome to join, trade and enjoy! CNG is a private forum, so you have to send an email with you name, interest and your nick to info@nintendoforum.nl and I'll create an account for you. CNG forum url is www.nintendoforum.nl
I hope that Famicom World mods don't mind my introduction post.

Thanks!
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Post by: nabbeth on April 13, 2014, 04:50:29 am
Hi there, fellow collectors!

Being a mostly GB collector, i've started collecting famicom stuff since February. So far i have about 20 carts, AV modded Famicom, Vaus controller and Hudson Joycard.
I've spent all my childhood playing famiclones like Dendy and Kenga and i have no regrets. :]

(http://i.imgur.com/oka8ERE.jpg)
My famicom collection so far.

Oh yeah! I'm also a 2d/3d artist, so i can make some repro/custom labels for you! Here's some (http://i.imgur.com/8TiyIVe.png) examples (http://i.imgur.com/S0GISlp.jpg).
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Post by: Dendy on April 13, 2014, 12:41:57 pm
Welcome! Dendy is my favorite famiclone, I grew up with it in the 90's :)
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Post by: MaxXimus on April 17, 2014, 06:26:35 am
Very nice custom labels. Welcome to the boards!
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Post by: L___E___T on April 19, 2014, 01:00:08 pm
Nice labels - do you have your own site / gallery?
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Post by: nabbeth on April 20, 2014, 02:18:34 pm
Woah, thanks for a warm welcome! :-[

Quote from: L___E___T on April 19, 2014, 01:00:08 pm
Nice labels - do you have your own site / gallery?

Unfortunately, not yet.
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Post by: security16 on May 03, 2014, 11:31:37 pm
Welcome lovely new people  :question:
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Post by: Raingerred on May 06, 2014, 07:52:36 am
Hello Everyone new here so dropped by to say hi:)
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Post by: ahuffman on May 06, 2014, 11:52:56 am
Hello everyone, another newbie checking in. I have been collecting games for several years but now I finally decided to get into some imports. I have a Turbo Twin Famicom on the way along with some games and cannot wait to try it out. I look forward to chatting with all of you and learning more about the fami.
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 10, 2014, 05:36:45 pm
Welcome to the boards guys! I'd love to see your games stashes. Check out the show your stash thread and post some pics!
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Post by: ki_atsushi on May 15, 2014, 11:40:19 am
Hey guys, I'm the newest nooblet here. Nice to meet you all!
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 16, 2014, 07:01:30 am
Welcome to the forums! Tell us about your interests.
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Post by: ki_atsushi on May 16, 2014, 04:11:17 pm
Sure!

I got my NES back in '86, and at one point had nearly 100 games for the system. More recently I've been bitten bu the Famicom (and Super Famicom) bug after getting a few carts.

I'm mostly into RPG, strategy, and beat 'em up games.
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Post by: security16 on May 17, 2014, 09:02:38 pm
Quote from: ki_atsushi on May 16, 2014, 04:11:17 pm
Sure!

I got my NES back in '86, and at one point had nearly 100 games for the system. More recently I've been bitten bu the Famicom (and Super Famicom) bug after getting a few carts.

I'm mostly into RPG, strategy, and beat 'em up games.


Me too :D  especially the sailor moon games for the superfamicom :D
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Post by: Shumi Nagaremono on July 08, 2014, 03:45:50 pm
Hello, I'm Shumi Nagaremono.  I'm a Famicom (and PS1, strangely enough) collector from Fukuoka, Japan.  I just moved to Tokyo, and have been enjoying how different game collecting is here.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
よろしくお願いします!
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Post by: security16 on July 08, 2014, 07:43:14 pm
Welcome Shumi :) We hope you like it here
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Post by: Kendorikku-kun on July 11, 2014, 05:21:35 pm
 ;D
Hello Everybody!
I'm an old school 8 bit Atari 400/800 NES, Sega...etc. guy. I love Gunpla/Plamo/Manga/Anime. Jeez, I remember back in the early 90's when we still called it Japanimation, which sounds so funny now.I went on vacation/Mecca in Japan this April/May for 2 weeks (at 38 years old,  a dream vacation, trust me). I went to Akihabara (stereotypically) and bought lots of anime/manga/fan-boy stuff, then I saw a couple retro game shops.  Hmmm...$35 for a complete SFC console I heard so much about... I mean I love SNES and... Holy Shit! Sooo Many games...
3 Days later on my birthday I buy a handheld FC player at Don Quijote. + Rockman 3, Dragonball, and a Gundam RPG.

Then I got home and the depression of being home and my lame job set in. I work/try hard.

Depression sets in so let the fun begin!

After being home , I bought a couple FC games from Japan via Epay but now more and more, an SFC and Famicom Twin. The FMC twin after too many dead FDS drives that I'm still working on.  The FDS is the shit yo! I got Atari 800 1080 Disks so I know what time it is. I know hiragana and katakana so the full immersion of RPG games can only help, right? 謎の村雨城 I love it! As an 80s-90s Manga fanboy I can get Dragonball, SPace Sheriff, Macross, Gundam, Slayer, Saint Seiya, Mospeada...etc games? Dirty Pair is hard but I keep playing it...same with Muraasamejou..

Hell yea!!

Now all I need is a job in Japan... PM me man...I gotta BS in Graphic Design and am hard working and smart...

I love this shit...let the membership Grow!! (in Vegeta Voice)

This Forum is great...

Post Merge: July 11, 2014, 05:25:29 pm

Bio Miracle got me addicted really...
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Post by: smileyman8b on July 11, 2014, 08:25:55 pm
Hiiiiii  :D theres alot of nice people here i think youll enjoy it!
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Post by: MaxXimus on July 14, 2014, 07:26:15 am
Agreed. Welcome! Enjoy your stay. We have a nice little community here.
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Post by: sioms on July 28, 2014, 09:34:48 am
Hello everyone!

I'm just an old school player who misses the old days of video gaming where playing through every game literally takes patience and persistence and testing the old trial-and-error theory for every game purchased. Nowadays, well, saving at a certain poitn just ruins the playability and experience.

So let's just talk about the old Famicom/NES days, and enjoy! ;)

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Post by: sadikyo on August 06, 2014, 03:46:29 am
Hello :)

I am a longtime gamer / collector.  It wasn't until somewhat recently that I really started looking into Famicom games - I've always known about them, but for whatever reason just didn't really explore them too much.  There are some great games I've yet to experience and I'm looking to expand my knowledge / collection.

This seems like a very nice, relatively small community - so I'm happy to be here.

Thanks!
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Post by: P on August 11, 2014, 11:21:06 am
Welcome both of you! :)

It's a small but friendly community with knowledgeable people.
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Post by: twinbee2005 on August 23, 2014, 12:13:49 pm
Hello World ;D

Love the famicom would like to have one with the disk system so i can do some game hacking and hopefully make my own.

Saw some of the stashes on here and was thinking woah!

To all of you with those huge stashes, keep on collecting.
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Post by: Electric Moon on September 01, 2014, 07:44:40 pm
Hi, i'm Billie :)

I grew up in the era of retro games (82), so I found this site and had to register. My favorite game series of all time is the legend of zelda, and a link to the past would have to be my favorite zelda title.

Nice to meet you all.
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Post by: M-Tee on September 08, 2014, 09:59:15 pm
M-Tee here. I kill my free time with a wide assortment of retro gaming graphics and design projects.

Oddly enough, in terms of gaming consoles, I only own a famiclone and have lately found that I'm more interested in Famicom games that didn't go stateside as opposed to those that did.

So, here I am.
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Post by: hvc01 on September 08, 2014, 11:06:45 pm
Hello all. I forgot to introduce myself. I was born i n 1976 and lived through the NES years in Australia. I was in Japan when the gameboy was released and loved it. The whole Nintendo Sega battle for dominance. I then migrated to play a lot of the classics on emulators. But now I have started a small collection of games I like to play. Already have met some nice people on here already. Look forward to meeting some more.
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Post by: security16 on September 11, 2014, 02:43:16 am
Hurrah for a fellow aussie :D
Welcome to all the new people I hope you find this place enjoyable and informative.  Most of us don't bite unless you're into that :P
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Post by: MaxXimus on September 24, 2014, 08:10:29 am
Welcome to the forums. We have a nice community here.  Id love to see your game setups.
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Post by: corisco on September 26, 2014, 08:22:35 am
Hi everybody.
After a couple of hard years, I just got free time to play again and start over to visit some game forums.
Re-introducing myself: I'm Dan, 41 winters, tattooer and Famicom and Sega Genesis (and all that old consoles) lover.
Hope everyone is doing well :)
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Post by: maxellnormalbias on October 09, 2014, 06:22:05 pm
Hi everyone!

I'm Jacob, a kid who didn't actually live when the Famicom/NES/Dendy/Pegasus was popular, but I always enjoyed Virtual Console games so I got a toaster NES. That broke (AC adapter problems) so I'm getting a Famicom!

I was watching an old JewWario video about Chinese Fami pirate games when he talked about Famicom world, and I signed up!

I think that systems like the NES and Famicom are great because they don't cost much at all ($25 for an original Famicom on eBay, and you can get clone consoles in shops for $60 or less) and they have games everyone knows like Super Mario Bros., Rock (mega) man, and Zelda.

Anyways, it's good this forum isn't one of those (http://xkcd.com/50/) kind of things.
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Post by: UglyJoe on October 09, 2014, 08:25:10 pm
Welcome!

Quote from: maxellnormalbias on October 09, 2014, 06:22:05 pm
Anyways, it's good this forum isn't one of those (http://xkcd.com/50/) kind of things.


Is it bad that the first thing I thought was, "that's actually a Game Boy game." :-[
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Post by: P on October 10, 2014, 08:15:59 am
Haha exactly! :)
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Post by: Highwind on October 12, 2014, 09:57:42 am
Yo-yo everybody!

The name's Tobias. I've been collecting games of all kinds for about 15 years.
Through out my years the collection-core has been NES and SNES (more specific; SCN-region games)
The market has over the last few years exploded in popularity, and therefore I can't afford to continue my collecting...

So now I've decided to start collecting Famicom-related games instead! :D

I'm 27 years old, born and raised in Sweden.

Last week I got my hands on a loose Famicom, which I'm gonna try to AV-mod as soon as I can get my hands on a descent soldering machine.
(The Famicom gives the TV a good picture, via RF, but no sound except for a lot of buzzing noises, and some local-radio noises in the background... Kinda cool when you think about it. xD)
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Post by: P on October 14, 2014, 02:04:03 am
Quote from: Knebus on October 12, 2014, 09:57:42 am
(The Famicom gives the TV a good picture, via RF, but no sound except for a lot of buzzing noises, and some local-radio noises in the background... Kinda cool when you think about it. xD)

In this case I suggest to try this cheap method: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=9721.msg137084#msg137084
First you can touch the antennae of an FM-radio with the RF-cable and see if you get sound from the game through the radio's speaker. If it works, you can get a splitter.
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Post by: nesgamer91 on November 08, 2014, 09:56:59 am
Total new guy. Uk collector, long time nes-a-holic starting a family collection. Hello :)
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 13, 2014, 09:59:39 am
Welcome to the boards!
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Post by: Yukima on November 14, 2014, 08:30:57 am
Um... Hi.

Haven't been here in a while (years?) so I guess I need to re-introduce myself now? :-[ I wonder if anyone remembers me...

Yeah. I was off of retrogaming for a while, but Nekocon 2014 pulled me back in. I hope I'm here more often now!
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Post by: L___E___T on November 14, 2014, 08:43:05 am
I remember your name - welcome back!
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Post by: NintendoKing on November 14, 2014, 02:55:07 pm
Welcome back Yukima!
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 14, 2014, 03:03:20 pm
Welcome back.  :octorok: :gamer:
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Post by: BaconBitsKing on November 22, 2014, 10:14:44 pm
Hello! I didn't grow up in the FC or NES era and have only been into video games for a few years. I got interested in the Famicom because of the differences with the NES. The colored cartridges, the things that actually made it a "computer" (Data Recorder, Disk System, Family BASIC), etc. so I decided to start collecting.
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Post by: zmaster18 on November 22, 2014, 10:26:39 pm
The famicom rocks, and I also like how it actually resembles a computer. Welcome, BaconBits!
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 23, 2014, 07:19:38 am
Indeed Famicom is awesome. Lots of cool games not released anywhere else. I need to get a new Famicom again. I'm honestly considderng just saving up and grabbing a retron 5.
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Post by: NeXmetal on November 27, 2014, 04:10:48 pm
Hey guys I'm Matt, or you can call me Nex, either way
In the Florida, US, and I collect consoles....
I found this site while trying to buy famiclones and nes test carts lol

Very happy I found a forum that allows paypal and isn't shady...
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Post by: zmaster18 on November 27, 2014, 04:28:51 pm
This site isn't shady at all! People buy and sell here all the time, and you can always check our feedback just in case you're in doubt. Welcome to the community! Enjoy   ;)   :redcart:
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Post by: number47 on December 04, 2014, 08:18:25 am
Hi!

I'm from Estonia. Raised by random Chinese hardware and NOAC knockoffs that came from Russia/USSR. Had a break in 8-bit gaming for about 20 years. Now I've been fixing and resurrecting various Dendy's and "Endingmen" for about a year. Thanks to eBay I could finally get a real Famicom and also original carts (so feed up with 9999999 in 1  :P)

Regards,
Ott
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Post by: Bakayote on December 11, 2014, 12:14:21 pm
Hello, I'm Bakayote, a video game collector and ROM hacker.

I grew up mainly with the NES and Genesis. But just recently, about last year, got into importing old Japanese games.

I got a Famicom half a year ago, and I'll be getting a Twin Famicom sometime soon. And I have to say, I like the small Famicom game packaging a lot more than the giant NES game cartridges. Plus there are some gems for the Famicom that never came out in the USA that are really good.

Nice to meet you all.
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Post by: maxellnormalbias on December 11, 2014, 09:29:35 pm
Welcome to Famicom World.

YOU WILL STAY WITH US

FOREVER

Anyways, you grew up with the NES and Genesis? It must have been really fun back then. Maybe I should get a time machine.  :)

Anyways, I hope that you find everything you want at the Buy/Sell section, they have lots of multicarts. You can also get them at the Auction section. As for the other sections, do what you please, you can talk about anything from Wrecking Crew to Hummer Team pirates.
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Post by: ScoreAddict on December 16, 2014, 02:35:17 am
Hi!

I'm ScoreAddict. I'm more of a Sega-guy, but I sure love me some Nintendo! ;)

Recently, I bought my first Famicom. I paid way too much for it and it's broken too. Never trust friends without any clue who recommend strange offers from guys who end each and every of their emails with a stupid grinning smiley.  :crazy:

Me and the Famicom... never heard about it in the 80s, that's for sure! Back then Japanese consoles were (to me) as strange and alien - i.e. hard to get and expensive - as interplanetary expeditions! Mars no problem, next year, but Japanese imports?

Some of my friends started importing Japanese games around the SNES-era in the early 90s, but certainly not before. No money, no clue and way to many customs regulations etc. Well, same goes for me.

When I finally got around my first NES about a year ago I read about the Famicom and the process of it "becoming" the NES in the US. Fascinating, I thought, how very similar to the Sega Master System which had also derived from a computer line by the same company! Well, it's actually not as easy as that, isn't it...

But, anyway, I digress! Love to be here and to share some input and experiences with the rest of you! Oh, and hoping to get my fix, eh, my Famicom fixed I mean. ;)
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Post by: mrtselevel on December 31, 2014, 05:46:42 pm
Hello,

I'm MrTselevel, I live in Los Angeles, CA.  I am pretty much a Nintendo fan since the days of game & watch but I havent really played much video games since after the gamecube era

I was always very fond of the famicom as a kid. My dads coworkers kid once lent me Ninja Gaiden 3 for the famicom way before its USA releas in which I had to use a Honeybee cartridge convertor to work with my NES.  Another friend of mine had a very large famicom library that I was quite fond of, but he lost it when his family had to move multiple times.

All this time I have been enamored with the all aspects of the famicom, the looks of the system, the different games from the usa, and how the carts were all different colors and sizes.  2 years ago I took the plunge a got a av modded famicom on ebay.

I was really happy with the purchase despite the lack of games I had.  I figured I would take a vacation to Japan someday and actually build up some sort of library instead of buying so many games on ebay.

I had the chance to go to Japan last month and returned with many cartridges in hand.  I was really excited about coming home and trying all these new carts unitl you guess it  :bomb: the famicom stopped working.  Thats where I am today. I'll post in the help thread and see if its possible to bring this thing back to life.

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Post by: pic-mirandole on January 13, 2015, 02:18:26 pm
Hi everyone,

first of all, I'd like to wish you a happy new year 2015 with full of (good) things (I let you fill in what you want in these things  :) ).
I'm currently living in France (very close from Paris) and I'm fond of video games.
As many members, this passion came from my teenager's period. I started with videogames on computer (Amstrad, Atari and then Commodore Amiga) before embracing the dark side (similarly to the Sith for Star Wars fans) with consoles. I have to admit that I took part (with my friends in college) with the debate in early 90: computer vs console  :-X
where we tried (at this period) to compare games per hardware on different categories: platform, beat'em all, shoot'em up, role-playing game, adventure, sport...

I was really allergic to what we called PC as alternative to Atari (520, 1040 STF, STE) or Commodore Amiga (500, 1200) (I got my first PC only in 2005 for my PhD studies...
(this  war PC vs Amiga/Atari was also memorable).

I was not fan of Nes/Famicom system because of a reluctance to the Nintendo protectionist policy (compared to Sega where several hits were released on various systems). At this period, I wasn't aware that Sega was more involved in arcade games which explains why they were easy going for releasing a conversion over home console systems.

I remember the games which make me moving from Amstrad to Atari: Ivanhoe, The Newzealand Story (I played a lot on Arcade) and North & South
                                                                                               Atari        to Amiga: R-Type (because the Atari version music was really awful, hugely difficult because of not optimized   
                                                                                                                                 collision mask
                                                                                               Amiga     to Sfc: Fatal Fury Special, Street Fighter 2, Turbo
                                                                                                Amiga    to Pc Engine: Legend Hero Tonma, Senshi Spriggan, Dragon Ball Z

In the meanwhile, I really felt in love with handheld console such as game-gear (especially thanks to castle of Illusion but also Awonder boy III release as well as GG-aleste 1 & 2, Fatal Fury special and Samurai Shodown), sega Nomad (playing Yu Yu Hakusho Makyoto Issen with multi-tap - not convenient, I acknowledge - and Pc engine GT (before discovering Pc engine LT on 1999) playing Gunhed (I now understand why people prefer this shoot'em up to Super Star Soldier).

I knew famicom/nes 8bit but I wasn't happy to see how expensive the games were and how protectionnist Nintendo was with respect of its action against "clones" on computers such as Great Giana Sisters (for those who don't know, this link could help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vWUzQiQUY0 ). I think I had the sould of people intended to "share" (maybe due to the fact that for computer fans, games were "disk duplicates" even if I bought some original games: Toki, Shadow Dancer - I'm huge fan of arcade coin's up especially Shinobi 1, Double Dragon, Operation Wolf, Dragon ninja, Newzeland Story, R-Type, Willow, Final Fight, Gang Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYh41KUnaY

I loved the famicom games later (compared to early consoles in 1992) when I discovered in 1999 the famicom clone handheld GameAxe! My collection started from Captain Tsubasa & & 2 (I love the anime which was broadcasted in France manytimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEDe2jWS3O4&list=PLAzo_S-1qqn0a72fPsz5Nsebjp_X9W0Bk ). My "inheritated habits" from other systems made me collecting interests for platforms like Rainbow Islands, Newzeland Story in Eur/US/Jap depending on their availability (for example: Newzealand Story was never released in Japan) but specific games which were dedicated to famicom (Super Mario Bros 1 even if I have to admit my preference to 2 and 3 because of the non linear approach of the game).

I discovered later hidden good famicom games (compared to sfc, MD or pc engine hucard & cd  I know better) and I have to recognize that I globally love this system because of the huge list of very good action (platform & shoot'em up) games. I had this siilar feeling with Sega MD and pc engine where a significant number of games are "basically" very good. I was deeply pleased to see it was possible to close the capability of a Super Star Solder shooting game on famicom with blade Buster -with similar music for stage 1 if you notice it (not the same level but the same spirit and the same music):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WtX91vzPAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtqqFhbGjJ0

If I have to finish my presentation of myself, I would say that I love to ask questions on videogames so that I increase my knowledge and I discover more and more unknown (unreleased or released) and make my interest for these retro systems "still" alive here is a top 10 list of famicom games I love:

Summer Carnival Recca
Super Mario World (hack)
Kage
Gunnac
Super Mario Adventure (hack Super Mario 3)
Turtles: the Arcade Game
Akumaju Densetsu
Super Robot Taisen 2
Zelda 1
Gradius 2: Arcade (hack of Gradius 2)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: lwizardl on January 23, 2015, 06:53:55 pm
Hello everybody!

I'm James, 34 year old gamer and collector from Michigan. Just got a famicom converter so I can play on my NES. Bought the famicom convert with 4 pirate game carts for $27 shipped.

Before that I bought Family Circuit 91 in a lot with a bunch of japanese xbox, gameboy, gba games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Onxythecat on January 30, 2015, 06:11:37 am
Hi everyone, coming over from the Racketboy forums.  I recently got some Famicom games, multi carts and a power joy which doesn't work unfortunately.  Hopfully I can get some insight on the multicarts since I currently have no way to test them.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Retrospectives on January 30, 2015, 08:46:21 am
Hello there. I am a Japanese Famicom enthusiast (collector and vendor) that are looking for similar minded people. Right now i am living with my wife in Shenzen China, and i gotta say that the second hand markets are really something to look into, although I think that Taiwan was the best place I ever went to when it comes to second hand shopping of Famicom stuff (except Japan of course).

Anyway, i hope that you accept me and my bad English for what I am and for what it is. Have a nice day everybody!!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Dalmore on February 08, 2015, 06:26:33 am
Hello everybody!  ;D

I´m Jorge,  i live in Málaga (Spain), i´m a Nintendo fan and recently i bought my first Famicom with Disk System. ( FDS have few problems, don´t work  :'( )

Regards!  :D

Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DABYX on February 16, 2015, 10:21:31 am
Hey all,

Recently bought an rf famicom. Wanted one for a few years and currently have binary land.

Loving it so far :)

My gaming preferences vary. I enjoy c64, snes, gamecube, handhelds, PC and 360.

Bit of a cheapskate tho so will never pay too much for a game, which makes some out of my reach (fire emblems I'm looking at you!)

Anyway, enjoyed browsing for a couple of weeks, great site.

Cheers,

DABYX
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: fcgamer on February 16, 2015, 06:36:40 pm
Quote from: Retrospectives on January 30, 2015, 08:46:21 am
Hello there. I am a Japanese Famicom enthusiast (collector and vendor) that are looking for similar minded people. Right now i am living with my wife in Shenzen China, and i gotta say that the second hand markets are really something to look into, although I think that Taiwan was the best place I ever went to when it comes to second hand shopping of Famicom stuff (except Japan of course).

Anyway, i hope that you accept me and my bad English for what I am and for what it is. Have a nice day everybody!!!


Second hand shopping in Taiwan for retro games is dead.  It was dead for awhile, but just over the past three years it became even deader.  I went out the other night and I discovered the old game shop was turned into a bakery recently...not that they had anything worth getting anymore anyway.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: HVC-Man on February 23, 2015, 01:00:24 am
Hello Famicom World! I don't know why I didn't join sooner, been into Famicom since 2013. Maybe I don't like joining up on new forums all the time.

Here's hoping to a very nice stay here on FC World. I've got my FC and AV FC ready to go.  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: P on February 23, 2015, 12:19:30 pm
Welcome to Famicom World!
Yeah I don't like to have hundreds of forum accounts either, but this forum is very nice so I joined and stayed! :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: ultrageranium on February 25, 2015, 11:25:04 am
Hello,

I was offered a Famicom a year ago and a few carts. Although I can't say I was ever interested in the NES when I was younger, the form factor of the FC and its colourful carts attracted me to the point where I wanted to know more about the platform. I bought an N8 and tried a couple of games. I was surprised to find lots of amazing titles and a very active community of players, developers, collectors.

I now have an AV Famicom that I'm planning to RGB mod, and I am considering buying some affordable titles that I would like as cart and not just a file on a flashcart.

That's it :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: petsematary on March 01, 2015, 05:00:52 pm
Hi Famicom World.

I am a long-time Famicom collector (though I took a break for some years) and also collect arcade PCBs. Not sure what all I can contribute, but here we go!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NikuSama on March 02, 2015, 09:42:52 pm
long time lurker first time poster. I originally come from http://forum.digitpress.com/forum/
but I have been having a problem with a HVC-CPU-05 I cant lick so I came here. that's for another post.

I'm pretty familiar with famicoms, I have 3 basic systems with 2 more on the way and a twin famicom (AN-500B) that I bought a long long time ago from super potato.
I've got some oddities to go with the system and also like some of you I am hunting for a square button, after years I think I have one pinned down, one of the 2 on the way.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on March 03, 2015, 03:04:29 pm
Welcome to the boards. Check out the show your stash thread. I'd lie to see your stash. Also we have a sub forum for repairs. Check it out. We have a few very knowledgable members who I am sure will be of help to you.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: NikuSama on March 07, 2015, 01:07:30 am
a stash thread eh?
is it just famicom stuff in this stash thread or all sorts of stuff.

cause I don't collect just famicom...

oi thinking how all this started, all I wanted was all the megaman games in the standard series as a kid, it kinda just kept going after I finished
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: mattiemisfit on March 10, 2015, 04:10:26 pm
Came across this board while trying to dig up some information on Famicom carts so creating an account just seemed like the right thing to do. I just recently started re-establishing my collection of NES games and taking my first foray into collecting imports. I am also awaiting my first Famicom cart imports to arrive so hopefully they wont be too much longer!  :bub:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: RetroFixes on March 14, 2015, 09:19:29 am
I've been wanting to join this forum for years. Finally did so today.

Great resource of info here!

Look forward to meeting new folks.
I repair / upgrade  vintage consoles and love talking shop.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Heathledger on April 02, 2015, 02:16:45 pm
I came across this site after looking around on some youtube videos and i figured since i am getting the system i would make a account on there since i love the famicom and its games  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on April 02, 2015, 02:29:16 pm
Welcome to the forums. We have a friendly community here. Which type of Famicom did you buy? I had an AV modded Famicom but it stopped working about a year ago. :( right now I'm using my front loader NES with an adapter.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Heathledger on April 02, 2015, 03:51:58 pm
 i bought a yellowed famicom for $46 dollars plus 12 dollars shipping but i am not sure it works though but that is just me looking at it. Also i bought one game separate which is *Ninja Hattori Kun*



Link (im not sure if links are allowed or not if so please remove) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Famicom-FC-Console-Japan-Nintendo-import-system-/281649913946?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: maxellnormalbias on April 02, 2015, 04:17:59 pm
[removed a long time ago. wish I didn't, but alas the post is gone]
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Heathledger on April 02, 2015, 04:29:26 pm
Thank you maybe i will buy a disk system from that person if they are selling one but my problem is that im not fond of importing from other countries though. Oh and also can someone help me with a power supply since mine will not come with one?
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on April 02, 2015, 07:24:28 pm
Sega genesis model 1 adapters work
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Heathledger on April 02, 2015, 08:42:38 pm
i used to have a model 1 adapter but sadly sold my genesis although i have found a us power supply on ebay.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on April 02, 2015, 09:07:01 pm
A US NES adapter will blow your famicom. Make sure it's 9v dc Center negative polarity.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Heathledger on April 02, 2015, 10:58:22 pm
Ok i will look into it.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Gio_16bits on April 07, 2015, 02:03:56 am
Hello! New (soon to be) Famicom owner here :-[...
I've been gaming since the mid 90s. First system owned was the Virtual Boy, which i've enjoyed very much so despite giving me massive headaches. Throughout the years, i've amassed quite a collection of gaming hardware. With a newly owned piece of  gaming history added to my collection. I'd figured i should join the proper and most knowledgeable community. Where i can find anything i need to know about the Famicom.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: P on April 07, 2015, 02:22:16 pm
Haha Virtual Boy was your first? ;D Some of us have never even seen one!

Anyway welcome! You have come to the right place, whether you are interested in Famicom pirates, clones, modding, programming, hardware, collecting or just plain old Famicom gaming. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Gio_16bits on April 07, 2015, 05:50:44 pm
Thanks for the warm welcome! ;D

The Virtual Boy was a wonderful thing. I think i was about ten at the time, and this was about the time the virtual boy met it's demise. So my parents bought it for like $150.00 usd in 97. I played VB Mario Tennis and  the Japanese version of Vertical Force  every day, giving myself such a headache. But I think playing that for such an extended period of time may have made easily adjust to the 3ds.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: manuel on April 07, 2015, 06:03:53 pm
I hope you enjoy it here and post a lot.
I got my N64 in 97... ah... good memories. :)
Title: Greetings Y'all!
Post by: The Hero on April 08, 2015, 10:52:07 am
Hey Everyone Pleasure to meet everyone here! I am also a member of NA! My interest in Famicom games are mostly JRPG games like Just Breed! I very much enjoy English translations if I am able to get them! Hope we all have a wonderful time here! If you have any questions feel free to ask!   :bub: :link: 8)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: P on April 09, 2015, 07:37:48 am
Welcome to Famicom World! I like your taste in games. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamiGamer86 on April 22, 2015, 11:13:07 pm
Hi! I have always liked the Famicom for some reason, be it its design, disk system, and possibility of cheaper games. I was considering bidding on a Famicom with disk system with no cords for either (aside from the ram cartridge.) but SOMEBODY just had to bid it up to 20 dollars.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: liquidco2 on April 27, 2015, 09:54:10 am
hello
I've been looking for gimmick for the FC and while ebaying a guy told me to head here

I'm not here to buy anytime soon I've checked out tenso & amazon.co.jp and other places
but for now I'm  just here to gather info and show some love
to fellow FC people and gain insight from collectors who have been at it longer than me

hell I don't even own a famicom yet...
I've been hunting down a boxed AV famicom for myself

I found one on evilbay which is boxed (yey) lovely matching serial manual & bags for the console & controllers
the games listed weren't very nice so I've messaged the seller and asked if he is able to swap out the games bundle
...

so a little about me?
I started collecting games in october last year
I found my original NES fixed the 72pin (boiling it & rebending the pins)
got all my games & filled in the spaces with games I had lost & played

after the nes got cleaned I filled my collection with other consoles

you name most common consoles (excluding new gen) I probably have it

since I only started in October I've got a lot of catching up to do
I'm sitting on many many games

prized parts of my collection are my  boxed super famicom (no manual or psu) but I'm in the UK so megadrive mk1 psu works fine
modified snes (50/60hz) (pal/ntsc)
modified megadrive 50/60 pal/ntsc & overclocked reshelled into a japanese MD shell with a mk1 megaCD & everdrive for bios loading & saves

and a complete boxed version of super mario world for the super famicom

anyway thanks for having me

I posted this in the wrong section before sorry deleted that post and moved it here :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Gamgrgak on May 16, 2015, 08:13:06 pm
Hi!
I have been collecting since for about seven years now!

I found this site while looking up a weird multi cart I found.

A little about me.

Born and raised in Alexandrovsk, Russia
Moved to the United States at 14.

Loves video games and anything about video games!

I might sell here from time to time. Probably every Saturday since I go looking that day.

A lot of weird little games around where I live!

Wonderful site
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Arkanix38 on August 09, 2015, 06:22:49 am
Yo

I'm Luke from Sydney. I started collecting Famicom gear because of the lower entry price, and found out that I sure as hell made the right decision. I picked up a Twin Famicom on eBay while looking for a NES, and grabbed it for about the price of a non-working NES with Salamander. I bought a sealed copy of Metroid and a beat up copy of Zelda (with the write protect tabs knocked out... but easily fixed with the write protect tab from a 3.5" floppy) and pretty much sat content with it. After a short break from uni work I decided to look more into some NES/Fami games I never got to play and I signed up here looking for them!

I'm mostly looking to buy games I actually want to play, i'm not a hardcore collector and am definitely NOT looking for a complete collection. I generally steer clear of repros, unless they are something very rare like Recca (looking for a repro of this  ;)  ) . I have a bunch of pirate disks sitting around, so if anyone is looking for a 'NINJENDO' or 'NINFENDO' disk be sure to let me know.

After being a Commodore 64 gamer for so long the Famicom keeps on surprising me. With my electronics workbench set up, my Hakko blazed through a broken FC I grabbed and modded for AV, I have found a love for the simplicity of the Famicom. I'm planning on toying with an old wireless NES controller mod, but am going to try and transmit the Audio from the Controller 2 Mic as well. I've mocked up some boards in Eagle so let me know if you are interested. I still have to go through the old source code and add the Audio Packet Transmission, but i'm sure a few months of tinkering will help.

Glad to be aboard

Ark
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JoshyBoshy on August 09, 2015, 09:37:34 pm
I'm JoshyBoshy (BTW My real name is Jaden) and I decided to join this website because the people over at NintendoAge can't figure out how to run a website.
Also, I like games. Yeah, that's a thing. My two favorite systems are the NES and the PS1. I also like apples. Don't ask me why I said that. I just like apples.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Arkanix38 on August 10, 2015, 02:08:11 am
they are quite delicious, I feel you bro
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: h0bbz on August 23, 2015, 11:24:51 am
Hey guys!

New here, from the Netherlands, originally from the Caribbean.

Originally started collecting local games, but quit soon after noticing everything looked worse/played slower than I remembered.

This led me to importing stuff soon enough and before you know it I was hooked on all the unique and different (and often hell of a lot cheaper) stuff from Japan. Some time ago I found this place and since I'm pretty much only collecting Famicom/Super Famicom stuff these days and was looking for a good online community to take part in I figure'd I was at the right place when stumbling across this site!

Already enjoy reading all the articles/forum posts and hopefefully there's a lot more where that came from.

Cheers!  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Wintermute on September 01, 2015, 11:02:00 am
Hi all,

Another European here. I love my NES and Gameboy, should I say something else ?  :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on September 01, 2015, 01:12:36 pm
Welcome to the boards newcomers!

Go find the show us your stash threads and post some pictures of your collection for us all to see. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: yukin on September 02, 2015, 06:22:42 pm
Hi, Im collecting a little of everything, Consoles and Computers (American, European and japanese)

My main collection is toward japanese hardware computers and computer games but i also really love playing on my famicom and disk system. :)

And love the Famicom 3D glasses (look Avatar)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: gendou_kun on September 04, 2015, 01:20:28 pm
Hi, my name is Jose Manuel a.k.a Gendou_kun, I'm here because I'm a NES/Famicon big fan and I wanna meet people who likes those consoles like me and be friends, share information or trade some games :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on September 05, 2015, 05:13:01 am
Welcome to the forums friend!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: hippy dave on September 08, 2015, 10:05:45 am
Hello!

Oh I like this icon  :bub:

I joined the other day, and have been lurking a little. I remember playing SMB on a mate's NES back in the day, and those PlayChoice machines, but never owned one. Have more recently been playing Ultimate NES Remix and some VC games (SMB, Balloon Fight etc) on my 3DS, and been getting the urge to play some of them on the real hardware.

Wasn't happy about NES prices on ebay, started eyeing up the Famicoms, I love the look of the original model, but the budget got extra tight so for now I've grabbed a shonky PowerJoy for a few quid ;D The supplied pirate cart sadly doesn't have Balloon Fight but it has the marvellous Pandamar hack of SMB, and some other great games. Will keep me going for now until I have more cash to splash...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: JetBlackSVW on September 20, 2015, 11:35:22 am
Hello,

I am not only new to this Forum, but also new to the Famicom. Got one this week, but I have a lot of trouble with it, maybe you can help me.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: SuperDerpBro on September 24, 2015, 11:35:52 pm
New here. Just saying hello. I've wanted an AV Famicom since i was a teen. Just bought nice boxed one today. Hasn't even shipped yet but im pretty excited :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on September 30, 2015, 10:36:52 am
You have just started your journey into the Famicom World!! Welcome newcomers!  :mspacman:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: str8bit on October 02, 2015, 04:26:26 am
Big holla from Istanbul-Turkey to all 8bit guys out there ! :pow:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on October 06, 2015, 08:35:13 pm
Welcome to the boards. We have a pretty friendly community here. Check out the show your stash threads. I would love to see your collection.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: averre on October 26, 2015, 08:20:03 am
Hi!

Kind of new to the forums. Have lurked a bit and been reading in the technical threads.

Have previously been collecting mostly european NES games, but recently got a Famicom.
Man, have I been missing out! What a difference!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: disjaukifa on October 27, 2015, 05:17:11 pm
Hey fellow famicom owners,

My name is Grant and I've recently gotten the following, mostly off of eBay, and I should be getting it here soon!

Famicom HVC-101 with two official dog bone controllers
Bomberman II
De Block
Final Fantasy I&II
Final Fantasy I&II (I'm trying some mods so I got double of these)
Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III
Super Mario
Super Mario III
Quarth

I actually just acquired an NES-101 top loader last week and so far I have Tetris and Tengen Tetris for it, however I wanted to get some games to play with my kids like Bomberman II which is 3 player, but the US version of the game is way too expensive, where as I paid $6 for the Japanese version.

Long ago I was a Nintendo collector and then I got out of it, now that I have changed jobs etc, I finally have some time to be collecting again so I'm looking forward to growing my collection and contributing!

Thanks
Grant
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on November 04, 2015, 04:28:00 am
Welcome to the forums!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: FamicomFreak on November 04, 2015, 10:46:30 am
Welcome new members!!! I like the list of final fantasy games!!!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: CIT Seven Force on November 05, 2015, 06:16:16 am
Hi there!

Finally decided to de-lurk this forum after some while.

Been into videogames for about as long as I can remember; the NES was my very first console, back in 1987.

My main focus is on Japanese 16 and 32 Bit systems and arcade hardware. However, a couple of years ago I decided to get back into 8-bit and start a small but nice Famicom collection of games I enjoy.

I like anything that's arcadey and challenging, so shoot 'em ups and action platformers are my genres of choice. I also like action-RPGs though (particularly the Ys series).

My top 3 Famicom games are:



Some of you may recognize me as a regular on Shmups Forum, Gamengai and some other places.

I look forward to conversing with you guys!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: jiujitsero on November 05, 2015, 02:49:08 pm
Cheers from Uruguay :-)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: famiac on December 12, 2015, 05:52:16 am
Welcome to the forum guys!

I like your taste in games, CIT.   :star:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nickv on January 28, 2016, 09:17:12 pm
What's up
Use to frequent this group.  Possibly 10 years ago lol.  Sold all my famicom stuff and in past two years got back heavy in to collecting counsels and famicom stuff so here I am.  I missed you
Thanks
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on February 01, 2016, 03:54:23 am
Welcome back.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Paaman on February 09, 2016, 05:06:31 pm
Hey guys just joined after someone recommended thus forum to me. It looks pretty cool so far.

Little about myself. I'm 25 and have been Gaming all my life. I mostly collect Neo Geo MVS and PC Engine games. I have a Famicom with some games on it's way to me right now.

Can't wait to contribute and gain a ton of knowledge here.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: DecepticonZero on February 09, 2016, 05:06:53 pm
Hi everyone,

Been checking out the site for a few weeks via a friend and I decided to join up myself.  I don't recognize too many familiar faces here, but I've been a long time user at Neo Geo.  I've recently gotten into famicom stuff and this site is a wealth of knowledge.  Thanks in advance to all who answer my forthcoming dumb questions  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: HVC-Man on February 10, 2016, 10:39:18 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/P9hvVLR.jpg)

In all seriousness, welcome aboard, nice to see a new face.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on February 15, 2016, 12:49:41 pm
Welcome to the forums! It's always nice to see new faces! Do you have any Famicom related stuff yet? If so check out the show your stash threads! Don't be shy if you're just starting out. I only have a tiny Famicom collrction.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: dreamingnoctis on March 04, 2016, 03:39:32 pm
Hi there. Well, I finally decided to start posting after registering a while back.

I'm just getting in to Famicom collecting. I've been in to retrogaming for ages, and finally decided to get a Twin Famicom after spending a few months yearning for one. I'm especially looking forward to getting in to collecting FDS games.

As for other games, I'm currently focused on Vectrex, SNES/SFC, Master System, and Atari (2600 and 7800) collecting.

Hmm...what else?
My other interests are photography, and architecture (which I am pursuing my masters degree in). I also love drawing and sketching.

Well, that's about it. I'm glad to be here!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on March 04, 2016, 04:39:32 pm
Nice to meet you. Welcome to the forums. I'd love to see your SFC collection some time. It's one of my favorite systems.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: dreamingnoctis on March 04, 2016, 05:59:24 pm
Thanks!

My collection is fairly small, game-wise. I tend to keep things really lean and focused, just getting the things that I really want. I don't have a lot of space. Still, I have a few things I like. Some Squaresoft games, a visual novel, and a few other things. I'm looking to get more in the future.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: MaxXimus on March 04, 2016, 06:02:00 pm
Everyone starts somewhere. I only have maybe 20 SFC games.  I collect for many different systems.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: dreamingnoctis on March 04, 2016, 06:08:29 pm
Once I get things a bit cleaned up I will take some photos. The collection could use some better shelving, so I might do something about that in the near future.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Koop on March 08, 2016, 07:13:38 am
Hey guys, been on the forums for a little bit now but I never took the time to introduce myself...

I grew up with an older brother and sister- my sister had a master system and genesis, and my brother had an NES. Through my childhood I spent many many hours playing NES games. As I grew up I eventually got a Super Nintendo for my birthday one year and it was awesome, a system of my own. Growing up I was always into video games, I've always attended game related events and love being a part of the game community. I've been part of the North East USA arcade scene, attending various east coast gaming events... It's a big part of my identity.

So yeah, I've been playing and 'collecting' games for a very long time. I had moved out of my parents home years ago but had left behind most of my games. Eventually I moved into a new apartment where I had a lot more space to keep my games- so I decided to go back home to my parents home to get my old games back... When I arrived everything was gone. Every game, every console I had left behind- was actually stolen. I can't even begin to tell you everything I had lost, but it was heartbreaking, like someone had stolen my childhood out from under me.

When that happened I was pretty pissed... I wanted my games back, you know? Unfortunately I was pretty much out of luck when it came to getting my original games back. So I decided to start searching. I started locally, joining local facebook game groups and flea markets. I learned very fast that the market for old games had changed, things were ridiculously expensive now. $30+ for a copy of legend of zelda? That makes no sense to me. There were people at flea markets arriving at 6AM just to comb over the whole lot and find games to resell, it was disheartening to say the least. So I decided to look in other places, more facebook groups, forums, etc...

I then started looking into Famicom vs NES games in terms of cost and I was blown away. It became apparent that if I wanted to pay more reasonable (all relative lol) prices I'd want to pick up more JP original titles. I got my first famicom and some games and I just fell in love with the little guy. When I got my working disk system along with zelda and such I thought the expanded audio was awesome. As I started to pick up games from yahoo auctions or amazon and such I found they had so much character. Carts with stickers on them, kids names... It was awesome to find stuff like that, you know these games were played and loved- and that they would continue to be so.

So now here I am, a small famicom collection, a small super famicom collection, all thanks to great members on here.  HVC-Man you've been awesome as well with your translated games, it's awesome to play some english games on my AV Famicom.

At last MAGFest I actually picked up a BVM monitor and was absolutely blown away by RGB on my Super Nintendo. I knew what had to be done- PC Engine and AV Famicom needed to get RGB modded asap. Glad to say they were both being taken care of.  ;D

So now I'm pretty much just lurking/posting everywhere. In a way I am glad things happened this way. Places like Neo-Geo, pcfx forums, famicom world, shmups forum... I don't know if I would've found all these communities if not for what happened to me. Looking forward to being around these places for a while to come.

Thanks guys.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Nuudoru on March 14, 2016, 03:01:49 pm
Hello everyone.

I found this site by a chance today when I was looking into what the Pulseline game line included. Got my hands on a famicom clone and a couple of games last December but didn't get the necessary power source to play it until now. Been a huge fan of retro gaming, especially oldschool Nintendo for a long time and decided to collect famicom just because I'm generally a big fan of japanese games. My collection is really small right now but I hope to improve it by a lot during the year with the help of this forum.
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Post by: Koop on March 15, 2016, 03:13:43 am
Quote from: Nuudoru on March 14, 2016, 03:01:49 pm
Hello everyone.

I found this site by a chance today when I was looking into what the Pulseline game line included. Got my hands on a famicom clone and a couple of games last December but didn't get the necessary power source to play it until now. Been a huge fan of retro gaming, especially oldschool Nintendo for a long time and decided to collect famicom just because I'm generally a big fan of japanese games. My collection is really small right now but I hope to improve it by a lot during the year with the help of this forum.


it's a trap run while you can!
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Post by: Nuudoru on March 15, 2016, 08:41:49 am
Quote from: Koop on March 15, 2016, 03:13:43 am
Quote from: Nuudoru on March 14, 2016, 03:01:49 pm
Hello everyone.

I found this site by a chance today when I was looking into what the Pulseline game line included. Got my hands on a famicom clone and a couple of games last December but didn't get the necessary power source to play it until now. Been a huge fan of retro gaming, especially oldschool Nintendo for a long time and decided to collect famicom just because I'm generally a big fan of japanese games. My collection is really small right now but I hope to improve it by a lot during the year with the help of this forum.


it's a trap run while you can!


It's too late for me. I already plugged in my famicom and spent an hour playing Wai Wai World. Famicom is good. Famicom is life.
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Post by: MaxXimus on March 17, 2016, 04:17:03 am
Famicom is beautiful. Famicom is fine. I like Famicom, I play it all the time. I play it after breakfast and I play it after lunch. If I had 100 Famicom, I'd play them all at once!
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Post by: Sceptre_JLRB on March 28, 2016, 04:30:59 am
Hiya all!

I'm new here, possibly the best Famicom Community all over the world!  :)
I've been into it since 1991, but now I've just got an incredible AV Famicom console! Just hoping to do the most of my experience in this community, learning and contributing as much as possible in such a friendly environment.

Congrats for doing this community possible and thank you very much for allowing me to be in!

Cheers!  :mario:
Title: newbie!
Post by: nakedchef on April 17, 2016, 07:53:25 am
hey ..i'm new to this site..and i am keen to start collecting some famicom stuffs originals & bootlegs..
please do check out my listings , some nice micro genius stuff for sale too..!
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Post by: famiac on April 21, 2016, 01:21:53 am
Welcome to the forum guys!
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Post by: MaxXimus on April 28, 2016, 02:44:04 pm
Welcome to the forums people. We have a nice community here. Enjoy yourself... Oh and one last thing. Get posting ha-ha jk. ;) no but seriously you can post. :p
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Post by: Gameboyle on May 21, 2016, 10:36:56 am
Howdy folks! My name's Mat, though I usually go online by the name of my YT Persona, GameBoyle :) As the name suggests, I mostly collect for Handheld Nintendo Platforms, but after ending up here on a hunt for Chinese Gameboy titles, I thought I'd join up :)

My Famicom collection currently consists of two games, Rockman 4 & 5, so I look forward to finding out about the system and what to play on it  :bub:
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Post by: Russ-5354 on May 22, 2016, 08:38:24 am
Hi. Some people already know me. I used to be a regular here, but I started shitposting... and got banned. It was May 2014. My IP is unbanned now, so I made a new account because I'm bored and want to come back, I guess. I definitely won't post as much useless junk as I used to. Sorry. Looking back on my old account is kind of embarrassing Lol. Anyways, if you want me to leave, I'll leave. If you guys don't care, then I'll stay. No big deal.
Anyways, see you guys later.
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 22, 2016, 08:51:57 am
Russam. I would be surprised if people didn't remember you. Your IP ban was lifted I suppose, so you are welcome to register and take part in our community again if you desire. Having said that, we will NOT tolerate the type of posts you made in the past, so please behave. We can all get along and have a good time doing what we love, collecting for and talking about the Famicom. Let's do that, shall we?

Gameboyle, welcome to the forums! I hope you enjoy your stay!
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Post by: Hap on July 13, 2016, 03:03:39 pm
Just registered and felt like the first place to go was the traditional introduction thread, and here it is!

It seems like there's so many Famicom stuff (abundant copies of genuine and bootlegs) compared to NES that I wanted to get one. Also didn't like how the NES is sideloading and is sort of limited in comparison. I recently started buying plenty of stuff and they're still shipping as of now so I'm passing the time on this forum during the wait.
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Post by: Fisher on July 23, 2016, 08:37:08 am
Hi. I just registered here trying to find some information on what seems to be a very obscure topic.
My name is Fisher, I'm brazilian and just love my old games and stuff!!
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Post by: BaconBitsKing on July 29, 2016, 06:26:05 pm
Welcome to Famicom World!
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Post by: MaxXimus on August 02, 2016, 04:39:29 pm
Welcome to the forums. We have some very knowledgable members here. Hopefully you find what you're looking for!
Title: Hi everyone :)
Post by: YellowWalker on August 20, 2016, 08:54:17 am
 Hello ;) my name is YellowWalker..nice to be here ;)
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Post by: MaxXimus on August 20, 2016, 11:36:25 pm
Welcome to the forums!
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Post by: ombre noire on September 12, 2016, 04:04:21 am
Hello everyone, first of all, sorry for my english, long time since school.
I've been playing video games till 1982 (with my Atari 2600) and never stopped.
I played on various systems like C64, Amiga, PCE, MD, SFC, Saturn, PS1, N64, DC, Xbox, Gamecube and a few on PC (STALKER).
I'm mainly a retrogamer as i have no interest in modern games and systems anymore (don't like the way it's evolving).
Never had a NES or a Famicom and i want to learn a lot more about the system and the games as i just bought one (an av modded famicom).
See you soon !!
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Post by: P on September 12, 2016, 01:44:25 pm
Welcom to Famicomworld! :D

There are a lot you can learn here about Famicom and Nes.
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Post by: Hamtaro126 on September 22, 2016, 05:34:44 am
Hi, Hamtaro126 here, Came here from NESDEV and (Acmlm)Board 2, And currently a newb at TCRF, A big Sunsoft/Hebereke fanatic, Also a brony, Youtube Poops are my favorite too.

Also like Animutations, But face it, I'm just here for some Game Information Exchange!
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Post by: MaxXimus on September 28, 2016, 08:49:59 am
Welcome to the board! I just happen to have an in box princess twilight sparkle that lights up and talks that I'm sure you'd love to see. My brother gave it to me and said "this is for you because you're my little brony"

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Post by: Hamtaro126 on September 28, 2016, 06:52:29 pm
Nah, I've seen enough of the "Let's Fly to the Castle" memes, that is getting old

Thank you, though!  ;D
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Post by: MaxXimus on September 29, 2016, 08:38:00 am
Welcome to the forums! I would LOVE to see some pictures of your dev hardware some time!
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 14, 2016, 02:16:04 pm
Very nice hardware. I'd love to some day own an npdp reader.

Also hello TMB. welcome to the forums!
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Post by: UglyJoe on November 14, 2016, 02:29:36 pm
Quote from: TMB on November 14, 2016, 10:57:14 am
Anyways, i hope here i can learn some stuff about Famicom and Famicom BASIC  ;)


Be sure to check out our Family BASIC Super Thread (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=11959.0).
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Post by: jackie879 on November 23, 2016, 07:57:19 am
Hi everyone!

I'm new here (and new to the Famicom), but I've been playing and collecting video games since the mid-80's. 

Lately I've been getting into imports, something I never really did until now, so naturally I bought a red Twin Famicom on eBay.  ;D  I'm so excited for it to arrive!
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Post by: Famicom Billy on December 17, 2016, 12:20:58 pm
I'm Famicom Billy and I sold my entire NES-SNES-N64-GC-GB-GBC-GBA collection to devote my entire collection to our beloved Famicom!!

Quote from: jackie879 on November 23, 2016, 07:57:19 am
I bought a red Twin Famicom on eBay.  ;D  I'm so excited for it to arrive!

I am waiting for the same one (AN-500R) and it has been 3 months since the customs stopped shipping in Madrid :'(
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Post by: FamicomFreak on January 17, 2017, 06:09:36 pm
Holy crap! That's a lot of devotion! Welcome! I hang around here once in a while~! AWA!
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Post by: mammal93 on March 20, 2017, 06:05:26 pm
Hi my name is Malcolm, and I've been collecting for Famicom casually for about a year. I don't have a ton of games, but I just got a new job so I sure will have more soon. I found this site looking for info on games and people to talk to about games, since my girlfriend can only take so much haha.  ;D
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Post by: P on March 21, 2017, 03:16:21 am
Welcome to Famicom World!
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Post by: MaxXimus on March 21, 2017, 06:48:19 am
Welcome to the forums Malcolm. Glad to hear you found us and a passion in retro gaming. :)

Check out the show your stash threads and show us your collection so far. I love looking at people's games. :)
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Post by: mammal93 on March 21, 2017, 10:09:12 am
Thanks everyone, and I would love to show off my collection, even though it's pretty small so far. Just ordered a Disk system and a bunch of games, but only Zelda has arrived so far. But I'll talk about all that when I show my collection!
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Post by: MaxXimus on March 21, 2017, 02:55:14 pm
Everyone starts somewhere. I used to have about 70 games for the famicom, but I only have 2 now, so I'm sure yours is very nice so far. :)
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Post by: mammal93 on March 21, 2017, 03:00:03 pm
Quote from: MaxXimus on March 21, 2017, 02:55:14 pm
Everyone starts somewhere. I used to have about 70 games for the famicom, but I only have 2 now, so I'm sure yours is very nice so far. :)

Haha thanks. I posted my collection so far over in the show my stash thread.


Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

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Post by: Necrog on April 10, 2017, 12:25:03 am
Hi everyone, I'm Necrog, and i was a Mario pirate game's collectionner. A friend talking to me about this forum and it's looks very nice !
But today i want to het out of the famicom collection and get focus on another collectibles.
Hope I will have some good time here with you =)
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Post by: MaxXimus on April 11, 2017, 06:21:15 pm
Welcome to the forums.
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Post by: Jollie on April 15, 2017, 08:27:33 pm
Five years later I have come back to where I started. My name is Jollie. I started this account about ten years ago and have been collecting various video game consoles and games on and off ever since. I'm glad to see these forums are still up and running. The information here is extremely useful whether you're just starting out or a veteran. Much has changed since I was 13-17 but I hope to be more active in the near future.

Until then.
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Post by: UglyJoe on April 16, 2017, 07:38:27 am
I thought your username sounded familiar ;D
Title: Hello!
Post by: helenchris0704 on June 05, 2017, 03:08:01 pm
I just joined here cause I saw a post and thought I would be able to get my hands on a Mr. Backup Z64 but the poster hasn't been on in years and another user told me to go here and introduce myself. My name is Chris and I am an aspiring retro software developer. If anyone has old hardware for sale, please let me be the first to know. Thank you!
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: MaxXimus on June 05, 2017, 03:45:15 pm
Welcome to the forums. I have purchased some copiers off fcgamer before. Perhaps try sending him a message?
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Post by: Pyonpika on June 26, 2017, 07:17:31 pm
Hi, I'm PyonPika. I'm a 27-year old and I like video gaming and anime. I rarely cleaned my own room.
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Post by: jerry2600 on July 02, 2017, 11:55:56 pm
hello all just signed up lurked for a long time but not now :D
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Post by: MaxXimus on July 04, 2017, 02:48:57 am
Welcome to the forums both of you!
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Post by: jerry2600 on July 04, 2017, 01:28:40 pm
Thank You :D
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Post by: Krystalward on July 31, 2017, 02:52:54 am
Hi all!! I'm new here. Hope I could have a great time here. You can call me Kryst!!!
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Post by: Bert on August 25, 2017, 11:58:52 pm
Hi! I'm Bert. I've been playing and collecting old games for about 8 years now, and just recently started getting into Famicom.

I would've started sooner just could never get any of the converters for NES to work  :'(

So, I ended getting an Excitebike cart with the converter inside.

Looking forward to learning more about this new interest in collecting  ;D
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Post by: MaxXimus on August 26, 2017, 04:47:47 am
Welcome to the forums!
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Post by: fcgamer on August 27, 2017, 09:57:14 am
Welcome mate, hope you enjoy your adventure into the Famicom side of gaming!
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Post by: marmelad on September 18, 2017, 09:15:38 am
Hi guys, I;m famicom fan so I'm happy to be here :)
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Post by: Splatert on October 24, 2017, 08:55:18 am
Splatert here, aka the famicom senpai! My first retro game system was a famiclone unfortunately... But Im happy to be here because i love the famicom system and even the games that were made for it!
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Post by: MaxXimus on October 30, 2017, 04:45:26 am
Welcome to the forums!
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Post by: Splatert on October 30, 2017, 08:55:40 am
Thank You!
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Post by: Salduchi on November 11, 2017, 06:35:54 am
Hi! I've been lurking around these boards for awhile now and decided to finally create an account to give my input and ask questions. The original famicom is my favorite because it's the 1st Nintendo home console and it led us all the way to where we are today with the Switch. Glad there is a community like this on the internet and glad I can be apart of it!
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Post by: MaxXimus on November 11, 2017, 09:17:08 am
Welcome to the boards! Check out the show your stash thread and show us your game collection!
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Post by: Bry89 on December 01, 2017, 10:49:53 am
I've been lurking about here for a short while, and I've decided to sign up because, this place looks cool :) Anyways, my name is Bryan, I am currently 28 years of age and from the UK :) I'm also a photography student where I hope to go further with it as time goes on. Another tidbit about me was that I was into strange bootleg stuff that came out for the NES when I was younger and recently, got hooked into that again ;) I also like a few normal games for the system also :)

For now, I hope to get a warm welcome from everyone here, and hope to stick around despite my busy schedule :)
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Post by: P on December 01, 2017, 02:40:23 pm
Haha a warm welcome to you! Make yourself at home here! :)
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Post by: Bry89 on December 02, 2017, 08:26:11 am
Thank you very much :) I'll do my best, haha :P
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Post by: smeghead on January 01, 2018, 07:52:46 am
hello im smeghead    :mario:


i want to say hi to all of you new and old famicomworld  forum members , i remember i had a great time here, but with some personal problems , i couldnt come here until now,

because this is best place for gaming consoles and games collection, we all here are friends!
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Post by: P on February 18, 2018, 04:11:25 am
Welcome to Famicom World Togemet! Glad you decided to make an account.
The Famicom and Disk System are timeless milestones in the video game history that changed gaming forever, definitely one of my favourite consoles! :D
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Post by: G.M.M. on April 13, 2018, 04:37:24 pm
Hey everyone!

Just found out about this site a few days ago as a place to find bootleg games. I got a few gameboy bootlegs as a kid and I've been interested in them ever since. Just the idea of original games using someone else's IP coming out on one of these consoles is crazy. I also like the idea of collecting the original release of something that might have multiple releases on single carts and multicarts. I've been looking to expand my collection to famicom bootlegs, but it looks like the ones I'm interested in don't show up too often (SMW, Kart Fighter, World Heroes 2 with the original art). Still, I hope to eventually get some of these and find out about ones I've never heard of too (I only just found out about Final Fight 3, so we're off to a great start)!
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Post by: Bry89 on April 14, 2018, 10:02:02 am
Oh yay, a bootlegger :P You'll find plenty of information about these things here. Welcome aboard ;)
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Post by: mmmonkey on April 26, 2018, 10:54:48 am
Hi everyone.  After 40 years of gaming, I've just bought myself my first Famicom and first games to go with it - Goonies and Excitebike, nothing ground breaking - but two games I've wanted for a long long time, I've never played them before (nope, not even via emulation).

Just waiting for the etims RGB kit to be in stock so I can tinker about properly.  In the meantime, I'll probably dig around here for an AV mod.  One of the TVs we own managed to half tune it in so I could at least test it out.

In the past I've had a PAL NES but never played it much.  I'm planning on actually playing this little beauty though.

Cheers
Pete
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Post by: jpx72 on April 26, 2018, 12:18:46 pm
Hello and welcome mmmonkey!!! Really glad to see you here!
I have been using your webpage with mods for a decade!
Make yourself at home ;D
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Post by: mmmonkey on April 28, 2018, 11:36:23 am
Thank you!
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Post by: VegaVegas on May 01, 2018, 02:49:08 pm
Unbelievable who I can see here. How is this even possible that you have been gaming for 40 years but never touched any NES/Famicom game before?? Your website is also a blessing for all consoles modifications
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Post by: L___E___T on May 08, 2018, 02:16:07 am
 



Mmmonkey I recognised your name not from your website but from the early days of Instagram, glad to see you here!
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Post by: MaxXimus on May 08, 2018, 04:22:38 am
Welcome to the forums!
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Post by: hubee on September 27, 2018, 01:08:00 am
Hello everyone, i'm hubee, i'm nearly 46 and a fan of  good old 8/16 bit games and consoles.
I play on Atari 2600, Famicom, PC-Engine, Megadrive, Super Famicom and a consolized MVS Slot !!
Have a nice day and see you soon on this board !!  :)
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Post by: famiac on September 28, 2018, 01:52:05 am
Bienvenue :)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on October 30, 2018, 08:45:35 pm
Welcome AWAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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Post by: P on December 26, 2018, 08:56:38 am
So you deleted your account?

Well anyway welcome back again! :)
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Post by: H-Note 5437 on December 31, 2018, 05:28:29 am
Hi!

I am H-Note 5437, the good guy by me! I am interesting on video game questions. :) :redcart:
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Post by: MaxXimus on December 31, 2018, 04:56:19 pm
Hello bahadir.
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Post by: Sydsydsyd on February 11, 2019, 08:04:34 pm
Hello Famicom World!! Im Syd, from Argentina. I collect Famicom clone games since 2002. Recently i found this forum. I´m glad to participate and contribute here. Some of my achievements in this area was converting PAL-N famiclone to NTSC and viceversa.
Also, last year i bought an EPROM writer and made like 10 repro carts successfully.
Nice to meet you people, i'm very excited to be here!!  :bub:  :o
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Post by: P on February 12, 2019, 06:25:10 am
Welcome to Famicom World Syd!
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Post by: ThisGuy on April 07, 2019, 12:10:36 pm
I am a great video gamer! But i don't spam you! :star:
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Post by: cyrix on May 08, 2019, 05:59:27 am
Hiya Folks,

I'm originally from the UK, now living in Japan with my wonderful wife & 2 cats. My wife introduced me to the Famicom and we have many games, perhaps 200 or so now including the disk system(what a brilliant little machine , I love the mechanical nature and somehow archaic technology it has, it's an experience just to use). I thought it might be fun to share some of our favourite games with you lot and share the fun of the famicom!

Our most played game is a pretty obscure one I suspect, softball tengoku from Tonkin house/ Tokyo shoseki made in 1990, a really fun and amusing little title that we found earlier this year and have been addicted to since, single player mode is kinda like most of the fami baseball games, hard to love after a while, always feels like the CPU has the advantage, but multiplayer is superb and how I think it was always meant to be played, rush to choose the best players, (hint frog is a winner on the pond stadium), some charming graphics and characters and some great little touches got to love how the team brings you a bouquet of flowers when you get a home run! we recommend you give it a go.
Another one my wife didn't know as it was after her famicom gaming time is Hello Kitty no Hanabatake(hello kitty's garden shop), this is a really fun and unique little platform game where you have to water the flowers till they bloom and produce fruit and hit the monsters with a mallet! It feels somewhat like a taito arcade game, bubble bobble or rainbow islands, but a really fun and perhaps forgotten title you might well enjoy.

Right some of the games my wife loved back when they were current and we still enjoy now are Bird Week, Onyanko town, Son Son, Ikki, ninja kun 1,2,3, route 16 turbo, Gegege no kitaro yokai daimakyo, Q Taro wan wan panic, Tokaido 53, Valkyrie no bouken amonst many more.

Disk games we really enjoy are Kaettekita Mario bros, Yuu maze, Nazo no Kabe: Block-kuzushi, the adventures of chatran and Gall force.
Anyhow just thought it would be fun to share this with you all, we have so much fun with the famicom and hope can spread the joy to others!

Best,

Cyix



Post Merge: May 08, 2019, 06:26:51 am

Oh, a couple of my favourites I forgot to mention, SD Gundam Hero Soukessen , it can be bloody hard but it's pretty fun and well worth having a look at, cheap and common as muck too!
Also Ultraman Club Kaiju Daikessen, a really fun platformer that follows the old TV theme pretty well and is lots of fun an not too hard(yes we have been watching the original ultraman 1966 series on bluray and also have ultraseven to watch too!), I'm a total sucker for kaiju stuff so these two are irresistible.

I also enjoyed the Godzilla for the famicom too, it can be a bit unwieldy at times but is a fun game to give a try, mothra should do much more damage though I think.
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Post by: Morgone on August 07, 2019, 09:22:11 am
Hello! I am a newbie here  :bub: nice to meet everyone
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Post by: cedricbionic on November 14, 2019, 12:07:23 pm
Hello! i'm a newbie on this forum and on famicom collection but just the good games, i'm also a player.

I'm in love with my famicom AV in RGB mod with a fresh FDS and a little Sharp TV  8)

I'm French, so excuse my "Frenglish"  ;D
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Post by: wyatt8740 on December 03, 2019, 05:23:11 am
Heya. This is Wyatt8740 (real name also Wyatt...)

Long time lurker, long-time nesdev IRC frequenter, five-year famicom owner, but first-time poster here. I've owned four or five famicoms (all HVC-001 models), but am down to one working one and one system I'm keeping as a backup now (I kept the two cleanest ones).

(click image for full size)
(https://i.imgur.com/xOj4Byfl.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/xOj4Byf.jpg)
I had two copies of Dragon Warrior, one of which had bad SRAM, so I used its shell for my flash cart.

I've never bought one listed as tested working, but all I've had have worked with minimal to no effort on my part regardless.

Both mine are AV modded, and my main one has had its player 1 controller cable swapped with one from an NES (with the original famicom PCB connector spliced on to the end) for extended length. I don't really plan to RGB mod anytime soon, though I have RGB CRT's, just because I'm a university student in America and that's an expensive mod to do (my CRT's were just lucky finds).
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Post by: UglyJoe on December 03, 2019, 10:02:05 am
Nice Sun Microsystems keyboard!  I have one like it but with more purple accents.
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Post by: daver on May 17, 2020, 11:37:31 pm
heyy guys, i am newbie
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Post by: Zelas12 on May 18, 2020, 12:14:34 pm
Hello, my name is Tomasz, I'm 38 years old. I come from Poland. I've been involved in games for almost a few dozen years. I am a player and a collector :).
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Post by: carmine on November 22, 2020, 09:12:46 am
Hello to everyone, I am Carmine, I have Italian origins, just discovered the forum. Hope to find interesting people and interesting contents :)
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Post by: Jobeason on January 31, 2021, 08:47:58 pm
hello all I'm new here I have visited this site several times and not really new what the what's and was of the site if anyone out there can give me a good 411 on all things the ropes u can say I be very delighted my name is Joe it's very nice to meet any one thanks .oh p.s I forgot I'm a big fan of FDS system famicom translation also nes and super nes also any translation on any those systems I have been thinking of trying to translate several of the not so translated games I would appreciate any response I speak a wide range of languages from basic latin to ukrainian german spanish portuguese english of course and two languages not so heard of called cree and esperanza so I think because it this special gift I have to understand the fundamentals and sentence structure of languages I could be of some help to this cause thanks
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Post by: p0cketpingp0ng on February 06, 2021, 12:56:19 pm
Ok soooooo....
I've followed this forum for YEARS.... should have joined along time ago.
Weird thing is as much as I love the Famicom I've never actually owned one (don't hate me!)
I've owned a Super Famicom day one and am pretty much a Nintendo fanboy.
I've recently been playing fan translations of old Famicom games and it's proper got me into the scene.
Anyway, Sweet to finally join!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: P on February 07, 2021, 03:47:10 pm
Welcome all of you to Famicom World!

We often complain that many fantastic games are locked away from the rest of the world because they are only available in Japanese, but even games only available in Japanese and English (which would be the majority of games for most systems) also means a lot of people can't enjoy them.
Translating a game is no small task, especially as they need to be reverse engineered, but nowadays many classic games have been translated into all kinds of languages. Hopefully in the future, old games will be more widely available for people that are curious about them.

Pocketpingpong SFC is also a great system and one of my favorites of all time. SFC games has the benefit that they don't really age and are comparable to modern 2D games.
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Sentientprism on March 09, 2021, 08:51:49 am
No ones gonna read this but I'm bored so why not

I'm trying to get into famicom collecting, starting with getting an AV modded famicom
Ive been on this forum on and off without an account, so decided to make one
Hope i can start collecting soon :-[
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Epic_Lotus on April 13, 2021, 12:32:53 pm
Hello!  I would like to reintroduce myself after a very long absence. I am just getting back into collecting for Famicom, and look forward to chatting with all of you!  I just picked up a nice CIB copy of Megami Tensei II thay I am really excited about. It even has an unused sticker sheet! 

Cheers!
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Sentientprism on April 21, 2021, 11:15:26 am
Quote from: Epic_Lotus on April 13, 2021, 12:32:53 pmHello!  I would like to reintroduce myself after a very long absence. I am just getting back into collecting for Famicom, and look forward to chatting with all of you!  I just picked up a nice CIB copy of Megami Tensei II thay I am really excited about. It even has an unused sticker sheet! 

Cheers!
I love those stupid sticker sheets that were in so many old Japanese games. I wonder if some household has one of these around and doesn't realize its value...
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: infamouscom on November 10, 2021, 03:03:12 am
Hello everyone. Nice to meet you all  ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jase on January 14, 2022, 09:22:53 pm
Hiya everyone, I'm a newcomer to FW but certainly not to Nintendo gaming. I own the SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii and Wii-U. Very shortly I'll also own an AV Famicom so it seemed like a good idea to join this forum. :)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: UglyJoe on January 15, 2022, 08:58:45 am
Hey, welcome!  What games are you getting with the Famicom?
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Post by: Jase on January 16, 2022, 05:07:40 pm
Quote from: UglyJoe on January 15, 2022, 08:58:45 amHey, welcome!

Thanks! :) 

Quote from: UglyJoe on January 15, 2022, 08:58:45 amWhat games are you getting with the Famicom?

I basically created a bundle and chose the following games along with the machine:


I've also bought from other sellers: Super Mario Bros., Gradius and Makaimura. I made sure to select games that don't require Japanese fluency and I think that this will be enough to tide me over for a while. ;D
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: P on January 17, 2022, 02:46:43 pm
It will become the crown of your collection. Welcome to Famicom World!
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Post by: Jase on January 18, 2022, 03:29:50 am
Thank you! I'm really looking forward to its imminent arrival.
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Post by: astrotech1054 on February 03, 2022, 04:03:53 pm
Hello, I am new. I like the Famicom and have been meaning to sign up here, and I finally did  :)

I have a few games for it. I like the colorful compact design of the cartridges.


I also like Super Famicom, PC Engine, and SEGA consoles too.

 :pacman:
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: P on February 04, 2022, 05:21:34 pm
Good taste in games and welcome to Famicom World! :)
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Post by: astrotech1054 on February 05, 2022, 12:05:05 pm
Thanks!
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Post by: Sentientprism on February 15, 2022, 10:37:34 am
Quote from: astrotech1054 on February 03, 2022, 04:03:53 pmHello, I am new. I like the Famicom and have been meaning to sign up here, and I finally did  :)

I have a few games for it. I like the colorful compact design of the cartridges.


I also like Super Famicom, PC Engine, and SEGA consoles too.

 :pacman:

Except for the disgusting baby blue cartridges that bootlegs usually use
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: bsa on April 21, 2022, 05:14:24 am
Hi folks. Just bought myself a dirty, beaten up RF Famicom and a couple of cartridges. Have been doing a lot of reading, trying to figure out how I'm going to get it going, and stumbled on this forum. Looks like there's some great information here!
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Post by: UglyJoe on April 22, 2022, 08:13:51 pm
Welcome! And good luck ;D
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Post by: JoeyCool on May 28, 2022, 11:07:33 pm
Hey everyone. New guy here. I've been a big Nintendo fan since I came across this new Arcade game called "Donkey Kong" when I was 7 years old. I've never really been super-into collecting for various reasons but during my last pathetic attempt at getting to Mr Dream I was pummeled once again by.... Soda Popinski (Nintendo Online NES on Switch). I new it was the lag but it still pissed me off. I went on eBay to try and find a top loader and found out they really went up in price a lot in the past 5 years. That's when I decided to get a Famicom. I also ordered the Famicom version of Mike Tyson's Punch Out and that's what I have right now. I definitely don't want to go nuts buying stuff now but I definitely see a robot in my future. So anyway I plan on sticking around and I'll see you guys later!
Title: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Armageddon64 on June 06, 2022, 11:24:04 am
Hi !

I've always been a Famicom fan more than a NES one.
I didn't know why, probably about esthetic of two consoles, I always found NES ugly (no offense lol), while Famicom looked wonderful with its red and gold colors
Same thing for its color cartridges games 🟥🟦🟨🟩

About games, I didn't play a lot on it, only the most famous, as : Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3, Castlevania II, Zelda 1, or Kirby's Adventure.

I own a Famicom AV and a Twin Famicom to play on CRT
I've also a boxed original Famicom for the collection.

Proud to be a Famicom Gang member
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 07, 2022, 11:11:31 pm
Quote from: Armageddon64 on June 06, 2022, 11:24:04 amSuper Mario Bros. 1 and 3
For the longest time I only played SMB1 & 3. I mean, I knew about the second one and have seen people play it, but I only had 1 & 3 and I always found the second title weird; the atmosphere, health meter icons, single player only, ability to play as Peach and Toad, walking into an Eagle's mouth, you get the idea.

Then years later I found out it was originally a completely different game! :o

Welcome to FF World! (wait, that's Final Fantasy ???)
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Dipsy on November 01, 2022, 02:00:44 am
Hello
Thought I would join the forum as i was looking up Famicom disk writer for the flyer and happen to come across the forum, so I Thought I'll sign up
"having been on a forum for quite a while"

But i recently purchased a Famicom and a disk System Yesterday so it's all new to me but I'm happy to learn.

Dipsy
Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: robotnikwinter on November 25, 2022, 07:56:35 am
hello
have had a famicom collection for a few years now but lost interest after a time - especially after the local game store closed - however an interest is slowly reappearing for me, so ive joined the forum
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Post by: Naka on December 29, 2022, 12:12:57 pm
Hello Im Nakatashy.

I am a male and i really like retro games.
Im mainly a sonic fan But i do like other franchises such as Nights into Dreams. A toy game i forgot the name, Qbert, Pac man , Mario And many more.

I look forward to talk in this forum!
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Title: Re: Introduce yourself...
Post by: Hamtaro126 on September 04, 2023, 01:13:34 am
I came back and to reintroduce myself, properly this time... and yes, after quite a long time, I have stood my ground, and still haven't left... albeit in the background and not using my account,

In otherwards, Good news everyone... after a long hiatus: I'm back!!!  ;D