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Buy / Sell / Trade / Re: FO: Famicom Prototypes
Last post by fcgamer - March 01, 2026, 10:29:22 pmMoero Soccer - $200
Pinball Quest - $250
Pinball Quest - $250
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Famicom / Disk System / Re: Identifying Pirate Multi C...
Last post by fcgamer - February 24, 2026, 05:14:50 amQuote from: MS-DOS4 on February 23, 2026, 11:22:28 pmHmm, well I scoured youtube for about an hour and only came up with a partial fit. The classic JY-10 ball series.
https://youtu.be/mb_BE8tqNKc
I'll keep looking, but good luck on your search.Quote from: fcgamer on February 23, 2026, 07:16:05 pmIf you're interested in oldschool multicarts, you owe it to yourself to get this:
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Bits-3-Dave-Allwein/dp/B0C2RTZ3J8
I've been meaning to buy these books for a while now. Is volume 2 sold out for good?
I still haven't published volume 2 yet. It's on my to do list.
The books are really on sale quite well at the moment, around $36 each. It's a really good deal.
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Famicom / Disk System / Re: Identifying Pirate Multi C...
Last post by MS-DOS4 - February 23, 2026, 11:22:28 pmHmm, well I scoured youtube for about an hour and only came up with a partial fit. The classic JY-10 ball series.
https://youtu.be/mb_BE8tqNKc
I'll keep looking, but good luck on your search.
I've been meaning to buy these books for a while now. Is volume 2 sold out for good?
https://youtu.be/mb_BE8tqNKc
I'll keep looking, but good luck on your search.
Quote from: fcgamer on February 23, 2026, 07:16:05 pmIf you're interested in oldschool multicarts, you owe it to yourself to get this:
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Bits-3-Dave-Allwein/dp/B0C2RTZ3J8
I've been meaning to buy these books for a while now. Is volume 2 sold out for good?
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Famicom / Disk System / Re: Identifying Pirate Multi C...
Last post by fcgamer - February 23, 2026, 07:16:05 pmThere are a lot of cartridges with the Bubble Bobble-themed characters. Sane Ting did a whole series of them including the famous 31 and 32 in 1, which actually have an easter egg inside giving a credit / shout out to a guy at NTU. This is a huge deal for those in the know, haha.
Regarding, Macross, I honestly don't remember. It may be named as "Space Castle" on some of the menus but it definitely wasn't hacked on the actual game title screen in this way, unlike some other games "Mr Mary", "Esgimo", etc. I'd have to dig out my multicarts and look though that's a project I don't plan to do in the near future; that being said, that actually does give me an idea that I should document the menu "names" and the label "names" and then document what they actually mean, as there is a lot of logic behind it all.
If you're interested in oldschool multicarts, you owe it to yourself to get this:
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Bits-3-Dave-Allwein/dp/B0C2RTZ3J8
Regarding, Macross, I honestly don't remember. It may be named as "Space Castle" on some of the menus but it definitely wasn't hacked on the actual game title screen in this way, unlike some other games "Mr Mary", "Esgimo", etc. I'd have to dig out my multicarts and look though that's a project I don't plan to do in the near future; that being said, that actually does give me an idea that I should document the menu "names" and the label "names" and then document what they actually mean, as there is a lot of logic behind it all.
If you're interested in oldschool multicarts, you owe it to yourself to get this:
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Bits-3-Dave-Allwein/dp/B0C2RTZ3J8
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Famicom / Disk System / Identifying Pirate Multi Cartr...
Last post by Trenton_net - February 23, 2026, 12:51:38 pmHey Gang,
This is a long shot, but does anyone own a Famicom multi-cartridge (low count, maybe 32~50 game range, can't recall) where the main menu has bubble bobble characters walking around and throwing bubbles? Also, Macross is notably labeled as "Space Castle" on the menu.
This is a long shot, but does anyone own a Famicom multi-cartridge (low count, maybe 32~50 game range, can't recall) where the main menu has bubble bobble characters walking around and throwing bubbles? Also, Macross is notably labeled as "Space Castle" on the menu.
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Buy / Sell / Trade / Re: Finds (Famicom/FDS)
Last post by portnoyd - February 22, 2026, 07:29:30 pmQuote from: MS-DOS4 on February 22, 2026, 01:05:35 pmLooks like he has a few left right here https://www.ebay.com/itm/206016128012
Oh sweet, thank you for this! Bought!!!
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Buy / Sell / Trade / Re: Finds (Famicom/FDS)
Last post by MS-DOS4 - February 22, 2026, 01:05:35 pmLooks like he has a few left right here https://www.ebay.com/itm/206016128012
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Buy / Sell / Trade / Re: Finds (Famicom/FDS)
Last post by portnoyd - February 22, 2026, 08:40:18 amVery cool. What's the prospect of getting one of these if you're in the west?
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Buy / Sell / Trade / Re: Finds (Famicom/FDS)
Last post by MS-DOS4 - February 21, 2026, 05:13:59 pmSome things from Ali and other sources.
I picked up one of those LAVA-FCs, which is just a pre-made RGB/HDMI famicom. It uses a genuine CPU and PPU, so compatibility is great. I've been using a genuine famicom all these years, but it's probably time to move on from RF!
Most interestingly, a fellow from Ukraine started mass producing famiDOOM cartridges recently. This is an old project going back 10 years originally utilizing a Raspberry Pi, but now uses an ESP32 running a custom WAD in Chocolate Doom.
It's creator did a nice write up on their blog outlining all it's interesting features. CLICK HERE
A few videos about the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2nd0AjuTPc
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XFwV_RFynL4
I picked up one of those LAVA-FCs, which is just a pre-made RGB/HDMI famicom. It uses a genuine CPU and PPU, so compatibility is great. I've been using a genuine famicom all these years, but it's probably time to move on from RF!
Most interestingly, a fellow from Ukraine started mass producing famiDOOM cartridges recently. This is an old project going back 10 years originally utilizing a Raspberry Pi, but now uses an ESP32 running a custom WAD in Chocolate Doom.
It's creator did a nice write up on their blog outlining all it's interesting features. CLICK HERE
A few videos about the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2nd0AjuTPc
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XFwV_RFynL4
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Buy / Sell / Trade / Re: Finds (Famicom/FDS)
Last post by MS-DOS4 - February 21, 2026, 04:55:43 pmQuote from: DDCecil on February 03, 2026, 12:35:26 pmFinally got my very first multicart back, the NTDEC 52 in 1 Orange cart! (Well, not the exact one, to my knowledge)
Got rid of it in 1998, so it's nice to have it back!
That is a classic cart right there. Glad it's back home!