Where do you live and why are you interested in Famicom/FDS?

[Vikingo70s]

Just about every middle class home had one, creating a unique social experience that no other console has had the market dominance to repeat. If you went over to someone's house, you could jump right in and start playing.

Yeah, the same thing happened in Latin America, with famiclones, in the early 90's. Every house in my town had a TV and a famiclone. All of my friends had one, games were really easy to find (even those that are rare stuff today). It was something common going my friends 's house in the after class hour and play videogames. Also trading and renting cartrdges was something we used to do every day.

[Rob64]

Overall I have always been a fan of video games, the first system I played on was an intellivision. All I played was popeye, pitfall, and pong. Then a friend from school showed me the NES and I fell in love, my first game on that was super mario/duck hunt. Fun Memories. My first nintendo console was the N64 bundled with pokemon stadium. Then my grandparents gave me lucky surprise games like a gold cart of Ocarina of Time (my first Zelda Game). Many years passed and I was still playing N64, that was it. I eventually moved up to wii, and by that time, I discovered G4.

They did a special episode on the history of Nintendo. That's when I first saw the famicom and FDS, and I felt the same love for the NES all over again. I've done research about since then for many years, all that lead me to more old games from NES/SNES, then I did internet research on Famicom. It has lead me to this website, Bibleteen's review of it on youtube, and Famicom Dojo. Then when I heard from a video game nerd friend of mine that japanese content can differ from our content, that's when I made the decision.

This year I am getting the old style famicom for christmas with some mario games and others. I am saving Zelda and SMB 2 and others for the FDS around my birthday. I saw footage of the famicom in action including the different music which I already knew about from my collection of video game soundtracks.

I am very excited as I am sure many of you were when you knew what you were getting. That is my history of my love for famicom, nintendo, and video games all together.

[Agent X]

First off I'm from San Antonio, TX in the USA:

Basically I played my 6-Slot wood paneled ATARI 2600 up until my uncle sent me one of the first batch of NES systems from New York City, during Nintendo's "test market" phase.  I took one look at the clunky graphics on the 2600 and then switched on the NES... and the rest was history.  By 1988, a friend of mine (Nicholas) was going on and on about The Famicom and how it was sooooo much better than the NES, all this of course being a bit misunderstood from the Japanese exchange student who lived with them.  Eventually I was able to see a few magazines Nobuhito Onodera (still remember the guy's name even) ***we just called him Nobu*** had lying around, and I kept drooling over the pics of SD GUNDAM and Macross + a few other games I don't remember.  He told me all about the games exlcusive to the NES in Japan, which he clarified was called "Famicom" over there, and that certain import stores in California carried them.  I was stoked, I ran home to tell my dad, and a phone call there ended with him (my dad) saying:

"Okay, well thank you sir."  he looked over at me and said:  "Mike, I ain't paying a hundred bucks for ONE game!  What's wrong with the American Nintendo you have?"  Thus that dream was smashed for a bit.  Of course by the time the Super Famicom was out I ended up overnighting stuff like Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie and Ninja Warriors Again, but at the time of the 8-BIT Famicom, it was a no go.  So sometime in 2004 I finally decided to purchase me one of those AV Famicom systems and went nuts.  Due to the cart's size, I didn't really want the boxes so collecting them loose was never a problem for me, I just wanted decent looking carts that played.  I admit to being a bit put off to learn that games like *Jackal* and *Green Beret / Rush 'N Attack* were on the FDS though.  I'm still trying to figure out if it be possible to somehow transfer the NES versions of these games to a blank FAMICOM cart of some sort, then slab on a customized sticker and voila!  Have a cart version of (2) of my favorite games... but I wouldn't even know how to begin with something like that.  A long time friend from another BBS Board mentioned this site earlier today, when I mentioned I was looking for Dead Fox: Human Weapon (Codename: Viper), so here I am.  Many systems have come and gone, but at age 30... the Famicom/NES love has never died and will never be sold.

[FamicomFreak]

Heh interesting story. If you think it's possible to play jackal and green berret then it could be done. There are hundreds of pirate carts out there that have disk system only games on cart! We have seen Doki Doki Panic and Bubble Bobble to name a few in carts! Just keep searching for them.

[Jollie]

Me? i live in a small town of Nazareth in the state of PA. and frankly idk why i am interested in the famicom other than seeing the smb2j and loz commercial on youtube. i knew i had to get it. smiley faces=waycool

[skyrunner14]

I live right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. I've been playing NES since the late 90's and I'd gotten every system that's been released. I'd always known about the Famicom, but I didn't get one until just recently. Actually, the main reason I wanted a Famicom was because of MOTHER, but I really want to collect a variety of Japan-only games now!

[corisco]

I started to get more interest in Famicom when I came to Japan, in early 90's. That was amazing, I had no idea that in Japan the people was so crazy and serious about videogames. I just changed 60 instead of 72 pins.
Oh, I still living in Japan, Tokyo Bay area.

[Lorfarius]

What Japan like when it comes to retro games? Is there much interest?

[nintendodork]

BUMP


I'm Tyler and I live in Imogene, IA., a small rural "town" which is north of another, slightly larger "town" named Shenandoah.

Ever since I was born I had been exposed to video games.  My brother, who is double my age, got a NES as a kid and saved it all these years...I remember watching him play it sometimes when I was really little...I never played it because I couldn't figure out how (Keep in mind I was 2 )

When I was around 4 or 5 years old, Nintendo came out with the N64, which was the first home video game console I had ever played. (The Christmas before I had received a Game Boy Color w/ Pokemon Yellow, Silver, and Gold which was the first video game system I had ever played.  My first game for the N64 was Pokemon Stadium 2, which worked out just fine because I already has tons of Pokemon on my Game Boy...and the N64 graphics blew my mind!  The Pokemon were more realistic then they were in the actual show!!  And then during that same year, sometime, my brother brought his NES out again for the first time in a couple of years after I found it in a box and finally asked him how to play it.

He showed me.  My first impression was....much simpler controls, graphics, and gameplay....I was slightly impressed because it was the first Nintendo system ever made to my knowledge of that day, Although the game he showed me wasn't that impressive...but then when he broke out Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out...that was a different story.  I was hooked forever to those 2 games.  To this day they are among my favorites for the NES.  I have fond memories of playing those, my N64, and renting Super Mario 64 24/7 from my local grocery store !

No major gaming events happened then until the release of the Gamecube, which I also fell in love with as soon as I unwrapped it from Christmas of  '01.  Me and my new stepbrother (Since my older brother was off to college and my mom married) would play Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario Sunshine every chance we could...including snow days

But slowly, my stepbrother grew also (3 years older than me) and "grew out" of the Gamecube...so I could only play by myself during snowdays from now on 

Several years passed, and unlike my stepbrother, I did not grow out of Nintendo and bought the Nintendo DS and Wii, my brother, who at the time was 25 when the Wii came out, was excited to play Wii Sports and other Wii launch titles whenever he could get off campus (As he is going for his Doctorate, I forgot what though )

Almost 3 calendar years passed since the release of the Wii (2006-Almost 2009)  and I had just started to get into the Famicom.   At first, ( In late November 2008) I had started a hunt for a 60-to-72 Pin Converter so I could at least taste the goodness that was Famicom.
With numerous Google searches, I came upon this very site and found there were people willing to sell me converters!  The only problem was...I had no money    So I did the only thing I could do...beg.  I was not successful in this, so I just waited around for a while...and before I knew it, I came up with $40!  But that was quickly spent on an FC Mobile...which in retrospect was a good investment, seeing as I could take almost all of my brother's NES library on the go, but alas, the FC Mobile had a few bugs too...so it is seldom used...except for on those long family trips..... ugh...

Then...one day...I came across an eBay auction of MASSIVE PROPORTIONS!!  Then in early December, that auction led me to one of the greatest used Famicom sites in America!  Famicomshop.com!  Which is where I got the owner's hopes up a few times...sadly to let him down because of low funds...

Then Christmas of '08 came!  I was credited ~$230!!  And a new logoless American Famiclone for my NES games!  (Because at this time, my brother's NES was down and out)I had finally told the owner of Famicomshop.com that I may just actually buy a Famicom from him!  And so, with the money I was credited...I bought....WARIO LAND: SHAKE IT




and an A/V Modded Famicom from Famicomshop.com which is currently on it's way with 6 or 7 games!  And I couldn't be happier!  I am so glad now that I didn't have any money to buy a converter!  Because then I would have probably stopped there along with 2 or 3 games....
Plus, now I get the nostalgia factor and the great quality of A/V cables...and the extension ports that are only availible on ACTUAL FAMICOMS and not converters...


I understand now that the Famicom is so much better than the NES in so many ways, and that I should be grateful to have such an awesome piece of video gaming history!



BTW: Whats the longest post someone has ever made? 

[133MHz]

Some of my posts are quite long

[nintendodork]

I would like to see one longer than mine

[133MHz]

This is going to end up in a 'that's what SHE said!' kind of thing

[nintendodork]

Haha I didn't even realize that when I last posted :Facepalm: