Famicom World

Dear all!

There are any events in program (JAPAN, USA, UE) regarding 30th Famicom Anniversary?

Nintendo JAP organize any events about it?

:)

I was just about to mention that we're only days away from the big 30.

Oh Famicom how you've aged so well. :'(

It would be cool to see Nintendo do something special for this, but they probably wont. 25th is a popular number in anniversaries, so is 50. but that shouldn't stop us from celebrating.

Don't forget, they already are doing something - the WiiU Virtual Console anniversary offers:

I can't believe Japan is getting Mother 2 and USA isn't, after all those Starmen.net phone and mail-ins.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/01/wii_u_virtual_console_trial_campaign_schedule_released

It's probably just on the way a bit later.

You're probably right. We should maybe do something, like a highscore contest, no prize necessary just maybe for fun or something like that.

Earthbound (aka Mother 2) has been confirmed for release on the Wii U (not Wii) Virtual Console.

Retro Gamer magazine (based out of the UK) #118 which hits July 18th is doing a 30th anniversary story on the system and the games that impacted it.

the date looks funny. here in america we say 07/15/2013

Happy Birthday, Famicom! Thank you for rescuing us from Atari's mediocrity.

Oh, and @wholesale, I actually like the international ordering with dates. They're arranged neatly, from smallest to largest increment.
Why do we randomly order our dates Medium-small-large in the States?

Because in the US they say "June Seventh", while over here we say "the Seventh of June".

That's just another symptom of the same issue. I'm actually kind of curious now why we Americans do that differently...

Because you do things so slowly that the month becomes the more important part of the date??   

I jest!

You're going to tease ME on the Fourth of July? You're just mad we Yanks declared independence from y'all. (Interestingly enough, we do call Independence Day here "the Fourth of July" rather than "July Fourth.") Maybe we weren't fully "American" yet when we decided that.

I like to pretend that day never happened. 


Jokes aside, I knew what day it was but completely forgot about that :)

I plan to celebrate this wondrous occasion by beating 30 Famicom games in one day. I am looking forward to it.

That sounds ambitious. Do you have the 30 games figured out yet? If so, do you have a particular order you're going to play them in? Even at a blazing 10 minutes apiece, that'd be five solid hours of gaming.

Quote from: nerdynebraskan on July 04, 2013, 01:25:29 pm
That sounds ambitious. Do you have the 30 games figured out yet? If so, do you have a particular order you're going to play them in? Even at a blazing 10 minutes apiece, that'd be five solid hours of gaming.

Well, I could just take the easy way out and beat Spartan X-2 30 times in a row...

I'm thinking I'll only play games which I can beat in less than an hour. So I won't be playing my two favorites, Armadillo and Hoshi No Kirby, because they both take me over an hour to beat. But the Natsume games, Kaiketsu Yancha-maru 1, 2, and 3, Contra, Ninja Ryukenden III, Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru, etc. I guess I'll decide the playlist a day in advance.

One thing I have to take into consideration is whether or not I should make exceptions to my usual rules for completion, for this challenge. For example... Daiku No Gen-San and Daiku No Gen-San 2.... regularly when I play these beloved cherished gems of mine, I only consider them beaten once I've finished both the first quest... and the second (and in the case of the original game, much harder) quest which comes after the first ending. However, for the sake of timeliness, I'm thinking that in this challenge, I should consider them beaten after one loop...  I can't recall how long it takes me to beat both loops on these games, but it just might be over an hour. Perhaps I just won't play the Gen-San games for this challenge.

You should probably add Hostages: The Embassy Mission to that list. ;)

Unfortunately I don't have that game, but I looked it up and I couldn't help but notice that there was a full playthrough of it on YouTube which is only 10 minutes  long... it's even shorter than Spartan X-2!

I plan on playing some Famicom Disk System for the 4th

Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 04, 2013, 02:24:21 pm
Unfortunately I don't have that game, but I looked it up and I couldn't help but notice that there was a full playthrough of it on YouTube which is only 10 minutes  long... it's even shorter than Spartan X-2!

Yeah, it's a very short game. Definitely one of my favourites though, mainly because it's one of the few stealth games on the system. :) Also worth noting that the time limit is actually 10 minutes on the Jupiter mission.

I'd also suggest Where's Waldo?, but it wasn't released on the Famicom. Well, that and it sucks anyway.

I think Super Mario Bros and/or SMB 3 should make the cut. And they can be beaten within 20 minutes, with the use of warp zones. We gotta play some Mario for the anniversary.

Yes, I'll definitely be playing SMB and SMB USA , but I'm not sure if I'll be able to beat SMB3 in less than an hour, even with Warp Zones... I'm pretty bad at SMB3, so usually I like to be well stocked with powerups for the later levels. Maybe if I practice it this weekend, I can get good enough to speed-run it as part of the challenge.

Edit: Alright, I typed up the playlist I'll be going through on its anniversary...

1. Spartan X-2
2. Saiyuuki World 2
3. Batman Dynamite
4. Kage
5. Jigoku Gokuraku Maru
6. Dragon Fighter
7. Parasol Henbee
8. Contra
9. Ninja Ryukenden 3
10. Super Mario Bros USA
11. Super Mario Bros
12. Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru
13. Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2
14. Kero Kero Keroppi No Daibouken 2
15. Don Doko Don 2
16. Pizza Pop
17. Ducktales 2
18. Solbrain
19. Choujin Sentai Jetman
20. Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
21. Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
22. Time Zone
23. Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World
24. Chip N Dale 2
25. Ducktales
26. Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun
27. Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen
28. Daiku No Gen-San (1 loop)
29. Daiku No Gen-San 2 (1 loop)
30. Armadillo

These are all games which I can confidently beat in under an hour, in same cases as little as 10-20 minutes... with the exception of Armadillo. Armadillo takes me over an hour to complete, but I feel as though it deserves a playthrough on the Famicom's anniversary, because it's the game that represents my personal experience with the Famicom. I guess I'll start at midnight on the 15th, and go from there. Watch me fall asleep after two games and completely blow it.

Edit again: Oh, and I will not be allowing endings to play, with the exception of the final game. Besides that, I'm just gonna move on to the next game upon final strike to the endboss.

Edit again again: This seems like it'll be difficult. I honestly doubt my challenge will turn out successful, but I'll try my best. I look forward to seeing how  other members choose to celebrate the Famicom's anniversary.

Interesting list. If I were in your place, I might have a few more common classics. (Especially since they're not only iconic, they're also the ones I grew up with for the most part.)

You've got a few in there that I'm still looking for: Parasol Henbee, Don Doko Don 2, and Time Zone. I take it you find those all pretty good, given that they made your list?

Yeah but a lot of the more iconic games take me a while to beat... I can beat all the Rockman games with minimal error, but they still usually take me (barely) over an hour... maybe the first Rockman is short enough to include.

Those three games are all magnificent, especially Don Doko Don 2 which is one of my absolute favorites.

Don Doko Don 2's gameplay revolves around your hammer. Upon striking enemies, they'll be stunned for a short period of time. Then, you can pick them up, and launch them at other enemies. This is the only way to damage the bosses, as they're all immune to the hammer itself. In DDD2, you start with just three units of health, but you build up your health meter as you collect items, and possibly win big in the bonus games.

Parasol Henbee is an incredibly easy, but adorably fun platformer based on a classic children's anime. As Henbee, you'll mainly be relying on your rainbow abilities to dispatch enemies, although you can also use your parasol to attack and defend, in a few different ways. Speaking of your parasol, there are multiple ways to use it. You can glide through the sky, making certain jumps easier, in the water stages, you can use it as a boat which makes them much easier, you can bounce along ground with it, which will also work somewhat like Scrooge McDuck's pogo cane in Ducktales, you can even hide inside the parasol to protect yourself from enemy attacks. While a few of the boss battles are played out traditionally, a couple of them are actually mini-games, which usually bothers me in games, but here I actually find them quite painless and charming. These include a rock-paper-scissors game which plays out like a sumo match, and a memory game where you have to put together a picture of Henbee.

Time Zone is one of the most charming games I've ever played, and one which very much reminds me of my beloved Yo! Noid/Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru. Your girlfriend has been kidnapped by a mad scientist, who is taking her through various time periods. Luckily, you make it into the portal to chase after them, armed only with your deadly boomerang hat, and your invincibility skateboard which can be accessed only after collecting a certain number of bells (or collecting just one red bell, which are hidden throughout the stages). Due to the fact that you die in one hit, patience is key to learning this game, but once you've memorized the level layouts they're pretty fun to run through because your hero in this game is quite fast. The gameplay style, yet again, reminds me very much of Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru... but unlike Hanamaru, which only has mini-game-based boss battles, Time Zone has traditional boss battles, and I loved every single one of them. There are six worlds: Present day, BC, the old west, ancient Japan, the future, and... the last world is just completely messed up. Each world is divided into 4 stages, and they also each include a "Quiz" which will be a game show hosted by an enemy from that stage, who will ask you a question to give you a chance to earn three extra lives.

Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 05, 2013, 10:57:08 am
Don Doko Don 2's gameplay revolves around your hammer. Upon striking enemies, they'll be stunned for a short period of time. Then, you can pick them up, and launch them at other enemies. This is the only way to damage the bosses, as they're all immune to the hammer itself. In DnD2, you start with just three units of health, but you build up your health meter as you collect items, and possibly win big in the bonus games.

Well, it's a lot like the original game in terms of the core gameplay mechanics except the second game's a more conventional platformer. The whole thing with picking up the enemies and throwing them reminds me of Parasol Stars on the Game Boy. ;) (That game was released on the NES in Europe, but not the Famicom)

Yeah, some of the enemies and music are shared between both Don Doko Don games as well. I'm really glad they decided to make Don Doko Don 2 a conventional platformer, very rarely can I stay focused in a single screen Bubble Bobble style game. I remember seeing Parasol Stars on Nick Arcade many years ago, can't remember if it was the NES version... probably not.

13-17 VII we got a FamiCon in Poland ;)

Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 04, 2013, 08:41:52 pm
17. Ducktales 2

I'm going to (hopefully) be tackling this game this summer! ;D

As for what I'm doing this 30th anniversary:

Listening to an endless stream of these:

http://midr2.under.jp/compo/vol10/index.html (btw, this is supposedly the last competition I hear) :-\

Tomorrow is the big day! I'll have to remember to play a little Famicom for sure. (I actually haven't in a couple of weeks now... I've been obsessed with Wario's Woods on my NES.)

Quote from: nerdynebraskan on July 14, 2013, 12:20:18 pm
Tomorrow is the big day! I'll have to remember to play a little Famicom for sure. (I actually haven't in a couple of weeks now... I've been obsessed with Wario's Woods on my NES.)

I hope I can find the time to play, I start my new job tomorrow. :'(

Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on July 14, 2013, 01:29:44 am

Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 04, 2013, 08:41:52 pm
17. Ducktales 2

I'm going to (hopefully) be tackling this game this summer! ;D

Nice, I'd highly recommend it. Even though I still prefer the original Ducktales, the additional features of the second one are pretty neat.

I'm beginning to think my 30-game-completion Famicom anniversary celebration was just a little bit impracticable... I doubt I'll be successful, but I'm going to try my best anyway.

Just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAMICOM!!!!

Happy Birthday!

Happy 30th, Famicom :diskkun:

Man, I should have taken the day off to play video games all day.

The Famicom is quite possibly my favorite system, and it's only a year younger than I am. I had an NES when I was a kid, but that got sold and I went to game solely on PCs for a good ten years before expanding the hobby back to consoles once more with a PS2.

Then, some years ago, I happened to see a complete copy of Summer Carnival '92: Recca on eBay. Being the fan of shmups that I am, I decided I wanted to have it, even though it was quite expensive. So bought it I did, and since I don't believe in just collecting games, I acquired an AV Famicom to play it on. Since then I have bought around 80 CIB Famicom games, an RGB-modded AV Famicom, some custom carts and homebrews and things like that. I've bought a few of the games I had as a child, but mostly games that were unknown to me before and/or titles that had never left Japan. And I still seem to buy a "new" game or two for it every month.

What a great system. So much I could talk about.

Here's to you, Famicom. I hope I'll still be playing you after another 30 years. I put in Super Mario Bros. in your honor today.

(On that note, wasn't there a continue option in NES SMB or do my memories fail me? There doesn't seem to be any continues in the JP version...)

Hurray 30 years of Famicom. I still play ya all the time, and I continue my Minus Infinity development.

 ;D Happy Birthday, Famicom!!!  ;D

Yeah, Happy 30th Anniversary, Famicom! I celebrated by taking the day off, and playing through a select list of favorites! Gun Nac, Galaga, Rockman, the list goes on, really. Alcohol and other substances not pictured  :pacman:
(http://i.imgur.com/cp4FrfN.jpg)

Quote from: Zero107 on July 15, 2013, 10:22:38 pm(http://i.imgur.com/cp4FrfN.jpg)

Might that be Pappa John's pizza?

Good eye. Was it the peperoncini that gave it away?

There is big Event for us in Poland now to celebrate 30th Famicom Anniversary its also 5th anniversary of our Convention. Its called Famicon#5. Here is our intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB173DF169E# and here is our site: zlot.emunes.pl

Quote from: Zero107 on July 15, 2013, 11:27:34 pm
Good eye. Was it the peperoncini that gave it away?

(http://i.imgur.com/16S6AeG.jpg)

The Pizza Pop pizza... is the pizza... for you and me!

Well I failed my challenge. Got down 21 games then fell asleep. Damn it all.

Happy Birthday in arrears Famicom!! :star: :star: :star:

I was in Japan but I saw no celebration of it.

The latest issue of Famitsu has a special on the Famicom, but it's nothing groundbreaking.
Apart from that there's really not much going on. What a shame.  :'(

I'm honestly surprised that the anniversary passed so quietly. There didn't seem to be much more than a few retrospective articles on the subject, and a handful of threads like this one on gaming forums.

Quote from: manuel on July 17, 2013, 12:08:05 am
The latest issue of Famitsu has a special on the Famicom, but it's nothing groundbreaking.
Apart from that there's really not much going on. What a shame.  :'(

So the Famitsu special isn't all that special? I saw it on eBay and considered picking it up.

Nah. I looked through it and decided not to buy it.
A big part of it isn't even Famicom, but about all Nintendo consoles so far. :\

The results have been posted for FC10:

http://midr2.under.jp/compo/vol10/cover.html
http://midr2.under.jp/compo/vol10/original.html

I did better this time! (I think ???) but that's not saying much. :( Oh well, whatever. Anyway, that pretty much ends my celebration of FAMICOM'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY™. See you in another 30 years!

Thanks to anyone who voted! Deathsmiles! (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/evilgrin0041.gif)