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Family Computer => Famicom / Disk System => Topic started by: meLisCha on November 07, 2013, 07:21:22 am

Title: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: meLisCha on November 07, 2013, 07:21:22 am
I've just ordered this Famicom/Famiclone and was wondering if someone could id it for me.
At first I thought it was original but then noticed it has turbo controllers, so I'm now thinking that the controllers are not the originals but the system itself is.
What do you guys/gals think?

http://image.ohozaa.com/view2/xbOQZ14qXtJb1yva

http://image.ohozaa.com/view2/xbOQWbeYH6FQDuuU

Thanks.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: infiniteNOP on November 07, 2013, 07:53:06 am
I am afraid the pictures you posted are unreachable to me. Could you post them to another picture paste website, such as http://picpaste.com/ ?
Title: Re:
Post by: meLisCha on November 07, 2013, 08:12:22 am
OK..
http://picpaste.com/Pg12Nm-xoBQAsMK.jpg

http://picpaste.com/8YPV7g-rcRVlOvP.jpg
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: P on November 07, 2013, 08:51:24 am
Hmm it looks original to me, but I'm not an expert on Famiclones. The controllers are obviously not original like you said.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: UglyJoe on November 07, 2013, 09:08:26 am
Looks like an original FC with third-party controllers installed.  Would be easier to tell if it's a pirate if you post pictures of the insides.
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Post by: meLisCha on November 07, 2013, 04:20:32 pm
I haven't actually received it yet. There the pictures from the seller. I'll crack it open when it comes. Thanks.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: Raverrevolution on November 07, 2013, 05:42:40 pm
I think it is a famiclone.  Look at the Nintendo font on the second picture.  Something doesn't seem right about it.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: P on November 08, 2013, 02:50:23 am
You mean the text "Nintendo"? Yeah that bothered me too but I can't really tell for sure.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: Raverrevolution on November 08, 2013, 05:17:31 am
"Nintendo" seems like it should be a thicker font and more bold and the spacing  from the word to the lines by it is off.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: L___E___T on November 08, 2013, 05:34:59 am
It's definitely a clone - Nintendo logo is written in type font and not the logo font.  I compared both side by side foir a while and it's pretty clear.  Build quality doesn't look up to par either, though that's harder to discern and prove.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: jpx72 on November 08, 2013, 07:00:43 am
Yes the logo is fake, but it sure is a nice clone :)
It probably will have composite output so you don't have to mod it.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: aha2940 on November 08, 2013, 06:15:29 pm
Even if it has composite, the video quality will probably be bad (jailbars) so a mod might be required. It sure was needed for my famiclone, it really improved teh video quality on  my famiclone.

Regards.
Title: Re:
Post by: meLisCha on November 08, 2013, 11:35:22 pm
Should be here on Monday. I'll crack her open then and upload some pics.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: meLisCha on November 13, 2013, 02:19:14 am
Here she is cracked open ---

(http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q540/melischa1/IMG_20131113_151732.jpg) (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/melischa1/media/IMG_20131113_151732.jpg.html)

(http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q540/melischa1/IMG_20131113_151954.jpg) (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/melischa1/media/IMG_20131113_151954.jpg.html)

(http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q540/melischa1/IMG_20131113_152031.jpg) (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/melischa1/media/IMG_20131113_152031.jpg.html)

(http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q540/melischa1/IMG_20131113_152112.jpg) (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/melischa1/media/IMG_20131113_152112.jpg.html)

What dya think?
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: infiniteNOP on November 13, 2013, 04:02:43 am
It is either an original famiclone or an 1:1 copy of the famicom (However, I am no famiclone expert :) ). Nice one!
PS: Here is how a famiclone looks from the inside: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=3938.0 .
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: L___E___T on November 13, 2013, 01:21:31 pm
It's definitely not original, whatever the internals.
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: B33bs on November 22, 2013, 06:11:54 am
Yours looks pretty similar to mine:

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/85aaec2ba75e0d0c4af3a99368faf80a/tumblr_mwl81lYGMv1ql55lmo1_500.jpg)

(http://31.media.tumblr.com/0045095e471a61cd30607f744d259bf0/tumblr_mwk9s0p2Lz1ql55lmo1_500.jpg)

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/5de03b1081bdaa365c0c7a1d6f834ebb/tumblr_mwk9s0p2Lz1ql55lmo3_250.jpg)

(http://31.media.tumblr.com/9646f36d4576cf85bed8a4372a61a333/tumblr_mwk9s0p2Lz1ql55lmo6_250.jpg)

I've learnt recently that it maybe a Dendy junior
Title: Re: Famicom or Famiclone or a bit of each!
Post by: aha2940 on November 23, 2013, 05:45:22 pm
The OP's machine is definitely a famiclone, not original. Probably made in Taiwan in late 80's/early 90's. It seems to be a 1:1 copy of the original famicom, which is good because that makes it possible to mod it in an easy way. First mod, I would replace the CPU and PPU for original ones. Also if it has jailbars, an AV mod, reusing the same A/V outputs it already has.

Regards.