When did you get your Famicom?

[JC]

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

[The Ancient]

Thanks.

Where can I get AC adaptor that inputs 120V and output DC10V?

[djdac]

Got my Famicom and Famicom Disk System around October 2005.

[PrinceDragon]

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! 

[vealchop]

From Pink Godzilla games a few years ago, along with a cassette recorder and Basic keyboard. So the obsession began! 

[Doc]

Well see, we discover new things at Famicom World everyday.

[The Ancient]

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.

[satoshi_matrix]

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.

[JC]

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?

[Switchstance]

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.

[FamicomFreak]

I got my famicom january of 2006 thanks to ebay!! won it with lots of games but damn prices for famicoms have gone up!

[satoshi_matrix]

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!

[Paul-FC]

i got my famicom about a month ago
but before that i used my twin famicom i got that about 1 year ago

[2A03]

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.

[Drakon]

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