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I got mine in July 2005. I got a pirated system in December 2004.
I got mine a while back, but I'm expected my first pirated system to arrive soon in the mail. It's coming with some cool pirates. (I'll post pics of the carts when they get here.)
I got my first Famicom system in 2004, but I got a Sharp Twin Famicom for free from a friend of my wife's family in Japan in 2002.
FOR FREE?! Does it still work?
I didn't try the disc system part yet, I'm sure that won't work because of a defective belt.
But it plays carts flawlessly.
It was free, yes. ;D A good friend of my wife's family (in Japan) said he doesn't use it any more and gave it to me, together with a bunch of games for several systems. Good that he knew I'm into games. :D
I have photos of it. Once I resized them I may post some.
I think you should try the disc side out, just in case. :D A lot of Disk system games were awesome!
And if I remember correctly, those disk belts aren't too expensive and relatively easy to replace.
Yeah, it ought to be very easy. There was a site that explained how you do it, I forgot the URL though.
I had those page bookmarked on a PC in Japan and forgot to save that bookmarks.
It shouldn't be too hard to change that belt. I'll give it a try some time soon.
Quote from: manuel on August 27, 2006, 03:53:48 pm
I had those page bookmarked on a PC in Japan and forgot to save that bookmarks.
It shouldn't be too hard to change that belt. I'll give it a try some time soon.
Maybe even do a write-up for the site? I'm sure many visitors will want to know. Full credits to you, of course. :D
Not only do the belts not last long, i dont even think the disks do.
I head they erase themselfs.
I got mine around xmas last year, i got it for $10 at a flea market with a pirate game, but the system is made by Nintendo, the real thing not a pirate.
My cousin is teaching English in Japan so she told me she will be on the look out for Famicom stuff for me ;D
I envy your cousin.
I also want to go to Japan and teach German there (I guess they won't let me teach English, because it's not my mother language).
Should I come around to change the belt in my Disc System I'd happily do a write-up with pics and stuff. But unfortunately I can't tell when.
I will be very busy the next months with my master's thesis and preparing for 3 oral exams. :-X
Yeah, I know. School is tough. So is teaching...:P
I'm glad I came to this board because I fell in love with my Famicom.
I just got it today via mail and rip the box open and I saw my Famicom and I got 2 free games which one of them I don't understand.
But I got few question:
1) Since my Famicom is yellow stain (you know when your system get old overtime) is there a way to clean it?
2) Can I open my controller and clean the inside?
and
3) The controller wire is so small! I can;t play it from my chair in the lving room >:(
Edit: I think both of my game is pirated :-)
here's the image of it, sorry for bad camera quality because my camera phone sucks lol.
(http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9647/img00007ns8.jpg) <- Chip and Dale (looks pirated) No copyright.
(http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5363/img00009fp7.jpg) <- Back of Chip and Dale. Dunno what the B is for.
(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3310/img00008ef0.jpg) <- Ninja game that I can't understand.
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1002/img00010ok7.jpg) <- Back of Ninja game.
cleaning yellowness: no, buy a new famicom : /
short wire: buy a third party controller.
^- Thanks for reply. I scratched out the yellowness rant because it's not that bad.
Glad to hear the story of another new Famicom owner! ;D
1. White plastic undergoes a chemical change over the years. Its not dirty, its just literally been transformed into that colour. Unfortunetly its a one way street; once a Famicom is yellowed it can't be restored.
2. Well sure you can! The Famicom controllers are kept together by standard phillips star screws and are very similar the NES controllers actually. Just make sure your system is unplugged while you do it and keep the screws in a safe place.
3. Thats not a question! :P The Original 3' cords of the Famicom were short because living spaces in Japan are generally small, so users can't be far from their systems anyway. EVen the AV Famicom, which came out later with a better design and AV outputs, still had the 3' cords thought they could be easily swapped for the 6' cords from the North Amercian and European versions. I find the Famicom's use of sort cords troublesome. The Famicom BASIC, a keyboard attachment for the Famicom has a cord that's at most 1.5', so your quite literally tethered to the system.
The two games you got are pirated versions of Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers and Ninja Jajamaru-kun. The latter is a common pirate; one multicart I have has nearly 50 versions of it. It's a pretty stupid game imo.
Question:
What is that thing in front of the Famicom? It's like the red thing you can take out.
Its a cover for the Famicom's Extention Port. The port is used to connect add ons such as other controllers such as the Famicom version of the NES Advantage or Hudson Turbopad, the Famicom BASIC keyboard, Famicom Lightgun, kareoke mic etc etc.
You're pretty lucky to find one that has that tab intact because once you take it out its pretty hard to find again.
Thanks for the answer! ;D
or you can buy an extra tab on the internetz
Quote from: kite200 on May 16, 2007, 08:34:16 pm
or you can buy an extra tab on the internetz
Still not the easiest thing to come by, imo.
And Ancient...cool that you got your Famicom. When I got mine, I didn't end up having a good TV or the proper converter to use it. But after a few months, I finally got it up and running. :)
Oh Crap! I've noticed something. ???
I think my Famicom is pirated. Because the label is different.
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1051/img00011om3.jpg)
See the Japanese/Chinese character on top of the Nintendo logo? In some site even Ebay doesn't have that kind of logo. So is mine pirated? >:(
Yeah I think it is but man thats a good looking pirate, almost like the real deal
I'd need to see some clearer photos/discriptions of it to judge if its pirated or not, but heres how to tell if its pirated:
The front red label should say FAMILY COMPUTER TM with Nintendo along the right. Above the Power and Reset buttons should be two stickers of warnings about each in Japanese. The Connector should have a red trap door hinge. The cartridge connector shoudl be light blue. Controller 2 should have a Mic inplace of start and select buttons. On the back of the system you should see AC Adaptor, TV < > Game switch, CH1 <> CH2 switch and the RF port. If you have AV support its either a pirate or a custom mod.
On the bottom of the system there should be product code (H1367xxxx) and beneith that it should say:
HPC-001
(c) Nintendo Co,Ltd 1983
MADE IN JAPAN
On the bottom it said:
Family Computer
*Chinese characters* 4W
Random Characters (HVC-002TPE)
HT153331
HVC-001
Nintendo Co. Ltd 1983
Made in Japan
And the front said:
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5188/img00012hs5.jpg)
FAMILY COMPUTER with Chinese logo on top of NINTENDO logo.
On the Back, There's no channel change or other else.
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/126/img00018ox5.jpg)
Wow. You just might have the first reported siting of a TPE Famicom. We've seen the Hong Kong version (HKG). I have a TPE AC adaptor for some weird reason, but no TPE Famicom or Disk system. I think the TPE is Taipei, but I could be very wrong. It looks legit to me, but certainly not the Hong Kong or Japanese versions.
Also note that the power requirements are likely different from the Japan version. :-\
this is interesting
So uh.....
what kind of AC does Taiwan takes?
Well, the AC adaptor I've got calls for the same output to the Famicom as the Japanese adaptor (DC10V). If you were using the original AC adaptor, it would need to input 110V. The Japanese adaptors take in 100V. So, it's not too significant of a difference, but you'll have to ask others about what effect +10V will have on your Famicom (if using the 120V US outlet). If you're using an AC adaptor that inputs 120V and output DC10V, you should have no problems.
For the record:
HVC-002
AC100V (50/60Hz)
18VA
DC10V 850mA
HVC-002 (TPE)
AC110V (60Hz)
18VA
DC10V 850mA
Thanks.
Where can I get AC adaptor that inputs 120V and output DC10V?
Got my Famicom and Famicom Disk System around October 2005.
My first Faicom was a gift from my aunt when I was 8, in 1997. It was my first game system and the first game I played was Road Fighter. Is a sahme I don't have it anymore... my dad throwed it away somewhere on this century and I din't noticed it. I have a new one, buyt is a crap and I don't have my Supervision 64-in-1 anymore, so I can't play The Goonies! :'(
From Pink Godzilla games a few years ago, along with a cassette recorder and Basic keyboard. So the obsession began! :D
Well see, we discover new things at Famicom World everyday. :)
Do you guys think I should get the legit Japanese famicom?
Or is my Taiwanese famicom is same as Japanese?
I've heard that few people have problems with famicom clones that doesn't play games right or something.
As someone who owns ALOT of different versions of the 8-bit console, I've discovered that there is one true way to discover if its a pirate noac or the real deal: Castlevania III. Pick up a US Castlevania III cart (ebay) and a convertor (I can sell you one if you want) and plug them into your Famicom. If Castlevania III works correctly, you have yourself a real Famicom. If not, Castlevania III will have graphical issues, sound problems, load up to a certain point and then stop, or not play at all. I've seen all of those happen on various pirates. Only my 'toaster' NES, HPC-001 Famicom and AV Famicom play US Castlevania III without problems.
You should first determine if your Famicom is real or not before you go buying anything else. As for compatibility, I think its non-sense. Famiclones play 98.5% of Famicom software and around 95% of NES software, with the only NES games I've seen that don't work correctly being Castlevania III and a bunch of unliciensed crap.
Quote from: The Ancient on May 17, 2007, 11:17:01 am
Or is my Taiwanese famicom is same as Japanese?
It should be the exact same quality, but the screen speed (or whatever they call it) might be unique. Isn't China/Taiwan PAL instead of NTSC?
Mine was a gift in 1987 when I was 5 and my older brother was 11. Was so excitement. Since that year I'm being collecting and buying more stuff. I pass for all the eras or videogames. :) Famicom rules.
I got my famicom january of 2006 thanks to ebay!! won it with lots of games but damn prices for famicoms have gone up!
I got into the Famicom after just being fed up with the various problems of the NES, from its blinking blue screen of death to its sheer bulkyness and size it takes up next to the tv. I recalled from old issues of Nintendo Power that Nintendo redesigned the NES in a smaller, sleeker, sexier version that was toploading called the NES 2. So I looked into it and discovered.....its RF only. Not only that, but the thing goes for absurd prices on ebay due to its rarity.
From there, I looked into an AV alternitive for the p.o.s NES. At a local shop I found a unlicesned NES called "Yobo FC Game Console". I was intruged. I read its poorly written English discriptions and found it plays North American NES games, is top loading, and can accept real NES controllers so you dont have to worry about cheap pirated ones.
So I bought it for $25, got it home and was rather intruged that it did in fact work and solved my NES woes. Well, almost. The problem I soon realized is that the system isnt a real NES, its merely imitating one. Some games play with wierd sounds and some dont play at all. So in many ways, the search continued. I looked for other solutions, and info on the Yobo name. I didn't come up with much, but I did come to learn a new word: Famiclone. Yes its true. I knew what a Famiclone was before I knew what a Famicom was.
After internet searches, I found the best solution to the Famiclone problem was to just get a real Famicom. a Famicom with a 72-pin convertor (which I already had thanks to my Yobo) would be able to play all my NES games without a problem. So I looked on ebay. I found one auction for a Famicom, something called "Famicom Disk System" and a whole bunch of games for the Famicom. I had no idea what the hell a Disk System was, but I figured if it came with it what the hell.
After I won the action and paid the nearly $200 in shipping and customs fees from Hong Kong, I had my system. Even though it was RF only (which I didn't realize until AFTER I bought it, I was so happy I was able to play my NES games, and also quite liked the fact that I could play games in their japanese versions. Intristed in what the Disk System was, I googled it and found this site!
A little while later, I learned that the Famicom 2, was identical to the NES 2 except that it played Famicom games of course, and had AV jacks. So I went on ebay and won an auction for that and have been happy ever since.
Thanks Famicom World for being a great source of info for those getting into the Famicom!
i got my famicom about a month ago
but before that i used my twin famicom i got that about 1 year ago
I bought my first Famicom in July last year at the Classic Gaming Expo. I went on to buy an FDS a month later, but I wound up selling both systems in September. I bought a Twin Famicom afterwards which I traded to satoshi_matrix over a month ago for one of his AV Famicoms. Just a few days ago I bought another original Famicom on eBay (which came today), since I felt a little remorse selling my first Famicom.
I got a NES in 1990. Sold it a few years later because I got fed up with it not reading games. And just recently I bought an AV famicom because it's AV and it eliminates the loading problem. And it looks better and runs Japanese carts as well. And the controllers are far more ergonomical
My first real Famicom was bought in 2004.
Before that, in 1989 we already had our Dynavision II
kicking at home, a nice Brazilian Famiclone from Dynacom.
i got my first famicom in 2006. but recently i bought another famicom with a disk system on ebay. and of course the disk system needed a new belt. I got a a refund for a new belt, replaced it and it worked perfectly on the first try. I only have two games, Mario 2, doki doki panic.
I don't have a Famicom :'(. I've been playing all my FC games on my NES 2. When I have money I'll get a Twin Famicom though.
2007.
Yeah, Twins are cool.
I got my first famiclone and famicom in 2007 and got a Twin in early 2008.
I just got my first one, a red Twin, about a month ago. Just a new addiction.
I got it awhile ago time I joined around the time I joined this place. Damn Kirby is so damn awesome. (especially in japanese that I can't read so i'm all like O.o at the mini games)
Got mine yesterday at Super Potato (Osaka)! ;D
I got my first Famicom from ebay, it came in broken and that was back in 2005.
I quit caring about famicom until early 2007 when I bought 2 more Famicom's.
One of which I fried with a NES power cord, the other works fine.
I guess I got mine a little over a year ago. What I really need is a teleporter that takes me to Super Potato... it is a place I've often seen in my dreams.
Just got an AV Famicom around the first of the month. Got it with Rockman 1 through 6 :O
Wow, are all of them this young? Or are they not the first ones? I got mine in 1993
I thought they were extinct and you couldn't get consoles or games anywhere anymore. Good to hear they are still around.
Quote from: The Ancient on May 16, 2007, 03:34:35 pm
2) Can I open my controller and clean the inside?
My dad did that sometime because the controllers weren't working properly, it didn't make things any worse, but it wasn't better either. I have done the same later and there's nothing complex there. So I believe you can, don't trust me though.
I've cleaned the rubber domes and the carbon pads with isopropyl alcohol (and the rest with soap & water) and besides the like-new look it really helps when your controllers are so dirty that you have to mash the button in order for it to register, unless the carbon is almost gone or the rubber dome is so worn out that there's a big hole thru it.
I recently bought a Sharp Twin Famicom on Ebay from AndyArcade ;D Cant read a single bit of Japanese but I'm hoping it wont be too much of a problem as theres so many action type games available for the Famicom that text isnt required. Have about 10 games at the moment but I'm always on the look out for more.
Quote from: 133MHz on October 20, 2008, 11:43:32 am
I've cleaned the rubber domes and the carbon pads with isopropyl alcohol (and the rest with soap & water) and besides the like-new look it really helps when your controllers are so dirty that you have to mash the button in order for it to register, unless the carbon is almost gone or the rubber dome is so worn out that there's a big hole thru it.
As I have discovered, it you have a broken A, B, D pad or Start and Select; you can use parts from a NES controller. The inner parts are exactly the same in a NES controller as a original Famicom controller.
I don't have a Famicom, I have a cheap famiclone named "soccer station" (?)
Newest famiclones have a lot of weird names...
Some i ve listed below:
-Hammy
-Terminator
-Fun station
-Game station (think its an hybrid between playstation & gamecube hehehe)
-super 3d game (3d, where?)
and there are a lot more, hope i could buy an original famicom or at least an early famiclone (those look like famicom replica !!!)
My first one dated back in around 1984. Now I have 4 of them, plus all the Famicom related toys!~
Nintendo ROCKS !
I just got mine a week ago, and finally got my first game today!
I got mine in June 2006 at a little store in Japan called Wanpaku. I'd wanted one for many years, and hadn't ever considered getting one until it was right there in rather pristine condition. I'm not sure, but I think it was one of those later models manufactured in the '90s, which would explain its good condition.
Days before I got a complete working system, I'd actually bought two junkers that I tried to resuscitate. One had crummy controllers, but worked great. The other one had wonderful controllers but wouldn't power on. A bit of surgery later I had "transplanted" the Famicom controllers from one system to the other. The ugly junker now takes up space on a friend's shelf, complete with a working copy of Robot Gyro (AKA Gyromite).
I actually had to replace my nice Famicom a little while ago because of an inexplicable power failure. Very sad... But now I also have a Twin Famicom (a the non-turbo red one), so JUST IN CASE my Disk System dies I'll have a spare.
Mine arrived from Rising Stuff on Thursday. Along with it, Macross, Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu, Moero! Pro Yakyuu, Shinjinrui, and Mahjong. Coincidentally a package from an eBay seller containing Transformers: Mystery of Convoy, Z Gundam Hot Scramble and Star Force also showed up that day. Adding to that the SMB3 cart that arrived a week earlier, and that leaves me with 9 games. One of which (SMB3) is actually good :D I did sit down and plow through Transformers today, at leas the first run through. Missed a RODIMUS letter somewhere, but forget that. Once through that game in a sitting is enough.
Trium Shockwave? THE Trium Shockwave? Like, AllSpark and Big Bot and all that jazz?
That'd be me. Fancy running into you in an out of the way part of the Internets like this eh?
Spooie pointed Famicom Dojo out to me back when you first started doing it. Good stuff. You have me mortified of finding a copy of Wrecking Crew on one of my FDS disks though.
Hey, it could happen! It's not that typical, actually. I think most shops at least check them before they sell them. Mine was a unique case! Hiro did apologize profusely and told me I could have anything else I wanted, but I kind of wanted a copy anyway!
I haven't gotten mine yet but I know a famicom is coming by christmas of this year. I am hoping I can ask for a FDS for my birthday..... in July