My fiancee used to play famicom back in China when he was little. I wanted to get him another one for christmas this year, but I don't know much about it. I have a few questions.
1) Do they have games in chinese or only in japanese? What are some examples?
2) Can you play NES games on the Famicom? If so, how? Do I need to buy an adapter of some sort or do they simply fit?
3) What are some things I should watch out for in 'the market'?
4) Any other advice that you would like to tell me.
Thank you!
1) There are some unlicensed Famicom games with Chinese text. Trenton_NET was selling some here a while ago.
2) You can play NES games on a Famicom using a 72 to 60 pin adapter.
4) Be careful with the input voltage of the transformer. Hong Kong Famicoms run on 220V while Japanese ones run on 100V. Also remember that Channel 1 and 2 on the back of the Famicom correspond to Channels 95 and 96 on a US analog cable TV tuner.
3) Pirate carts - you never know what they'll have on them, but it's usu. easy to spot them. Sometimes it can be a problem if you don't know how the official game cart is supposed to look like.
What country are you currently residing in? Also has he ever spoke of a specific game he loved?
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 22, 2009, 01:29:43 pm
What country are you currently residing in? Also has he ever spoke of a specific game he loved?
I am in the US, he has expressed interest in Contra, Mario, and something about a mini-sports game? Something with soccer on it..
Quote from: 133MHz on November 22, 2009, 01:20:54 pm
1) There are some unlicensed Famicom games with Chinese text. Trenton_NET was selling some here a while ago.
2) You can play NES games on a Famicom using a 72 to 60 pin adapter.
4) Be careful with the input voltage of the transformer. Hong Kong Famicoms run on 220V while Japanese ones run on 100V. Also remember that Channel 1 and 2 on the back of the Famicom correspond to Channels 95 and 96 on a US analog cable TV tuner.
Where exactly could I get an adapter, or maybe if you could give me an example link to show me what I'm looking for? thank you.
EDIT: http://www.superufo.com/product_html/Cool_Stuff_FC_NES_72_Pin_to_60_Pin_Convert.html
I saw this one as I was looking at links posted on this site. My problem is that I am looking for something where I can put an NES game into a famicom, not the other way around. Please forgive my ignorance and help me with this. I just don't want to get anything wrong.
Quote from: MasterDisk on November 22, 2009, 01:30:48 pm
4) If you want to get a official Famicom and your TV isn't able to go to channel 95/96 or you have a PAL TV, try to get a AV Famicom or a modded Famciom with av output (ebay is your friend). Famiclones (unofficial famicoms) have AV output but some famiclones doesn't work really well (graphics glitches/games doesn't work/stop to work etc.)
I looked and found several adapter cords for super famicom, I'm right that this is not what I am looking for?
Quote from: musicaljello on November 22, 2009, 01:54:44 pm
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 22, 2009, 01:29:43 pm
What country are you currently residing in? Also has he ever spoke of a specific game he loved?
I am in the US, he has expressed interest in Contra, Mario, and something about a mini-sports game? Something with soccer on it..
I see, those are all commonly found on our forums; also being american a regular famicom will work on your television when its set to channel 95/96.
The system will be about 70$, for an original red/white Famicom and the games total will be like maybe 25$ depending.
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 22, 2009, 01:29:43 pm
I see, those are all commonly found on our forums; also being american a regular famicom will work on your television when its set to channel 95/96.
The system will be about 70$, for an original red/white Famicom and the games total will be like maybe 25$ depending.
Okay, thank you very much.
Quote from: musicaljello on November 22, 2009, 02:08:39 pm
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 22, 2009, 01:29:43 pm
I see, those are all commonly found on our forums; also being american a regular famicom will work on your television when its set to channel 95/96.
The system will be about 70$, for an original red/white Famicom and the games total will be like maybe 25$ depending.
Okay, thank you very much.
Just post another thread saying "Buying Original Famicom, and Games"
He was describing to me a game that had soccer and a bunch of other sports games on it. Something like 'mini sports' or something?
If anyone has a clue what I'm talking about, please let me know.
Quattro Sports maybe? It has 4 different sports on it.
I can't add much practical advice in addition to what the learned posters above have offered, but I just wanted to say that I think its really cool (and sweet) that you are going to all this trouble to find a Famicom for your fiance!! :) Good luck!
133 - if the Famicom outputs on Cable Channel 96 or 97, What channel does it come in on Normal Analog air
I mean in the US
Don't Famicom systems output to channel 2 or 3 normally? Or is that only NES consoles?
About the sports games, maybe you mean like Track and field or Hyper sports? But as for Chinese games, like others have said, you should speak to Trenton_net about it. He's got loads of rare Chinese games in the buy and sell forum and I hear he's very reputable (He's known on multiple forums).