Polioliolio
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NES/Famicom Appreciation Thread
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The Thread? I want to. What is it though?
Im posting it tonight (or at least try to time it best when October the first hits...my time anyway). The 2nd annual GAF plays: 31 nights of horror.
Basically its just a big focus on all things retro and modern as far as horror / creepy / halloween themed games go. Everyone picks a few they might have just purchased, sitting in backlog, or never tried before, and see if they can clear them before October is over.
I think im going to roll with Sweet Home, Fatal Frame 1, Splatterhouse 2, and Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
Of course Evil Within hits soon too...so...if its as good as I think it should be, that will be included too. No pressure to actually beat the games within that month though, as its mostly about recommendations, discussions, experiencing "new" games, and so on. It doesnt have to be a "serious" game either, as Costume Quest and stuff like Jersey Devil or Medievil should count as well.
RoryDropkick
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My JP copy of Sweet Home is waiting for me at the post office. I hate having to sign for things :/
Cleaning some dupe and unwanted carts off tonight for this weekend's yard sale. I refuse to sell dirty games (the proceeds of which go into buying more NES carts for my collection).
Nothing exciting but this copy of Black Bass was extremely disgusting and came out really nice.
Speaking of custom carts, my brother got a copy of Moai Kun at a local game show over the weekend. Looks like a lot of fun. Reminds me of a side ways playing Adv. of Lolo.
Nothing exciting but this copy of Black Bass was extremely disgusting and came out really nice.
Before:
After:
Speaking of custom carts, my brother got a copy of Moai Kun at a local game show over the weekend. Looks like a lot of fun. Reminds me of a side ways playing Adv. of Lolo.
Polioliolio
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sixteen-bit
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Good excuse to break out gargoyle's quest 2.
Never knew this existed! Hoooooly.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Did some retrobrighting with the Volume 40 stuff. I had some problems with streaks being left behind at first if I just tried spreading it on it. So, I eventually just filled a small plastic tub with four bottles of the stuff, and one of normal liquid walmart-bought hydrogen peroxide (just cause I needed a little more to completely submerge the stuff). That worked great:
Lighting makes them slightly deceptive, but it's stormy out today so I don't have sunlight. You can still see a massive difference. Did an NES, Four Score, and Super Scope receiver, but the NES wasn't that bad to begin with and I didn't get before shots of them.
Lighting makes them slightly deceptive, but it's stormy out today so I don't have sunlight. You can still see a massive difference. Did an NES, Four Score, and Super Scope receiver, but the NES wasn't that bad to begin with and I didn't get before shots of them.
the first version of the Famicom came with square and rubbery buttons but this was quickly withdrawn as the buttons kept getting stuck. as ever, never buy a console at launch!
I own each of these. The corners of the buttons get dirty and crummy on the launch model. They feel like buttons from a Game & Watch. Not ideal for full console games.
So here's something interesting.
http://callanbrown.com/index.php/castlevania-iii-with-full-famicom-audio
I don't think I'd do it, but wow. Strange project.
Castlevania III with the Fami audio.
http://callanbrown.com/index.php/castlevania-iii-with-full-famicom-audio
I don't think I'd do it, but wow. Strange project.
Castlevania III with the Fami audio.
So here's something interesting.
http://callanbrown.com/index.php/castlevania-iii-with-full-famicom-audio
I don't think I'd do it, but wow. Strange project.
Castlevania III with the Fami audio.
Crazy. I don't see the point if you own the Famicom cart and Castlevania III as well, but hey, more power to him.
Just got this in today. Perfect condition! One of many games I never played originally on my NES back in the day but discovered over the years via emulation. Grabbing it now before it eventually gets over inflated in the crazy market we are experiencing. The funny thing is, unlike many games that command ridiculous money even though they are as common as dirt (Castlevania, Zelda...), Kickle Cubicle is the opposite and not a game you see every day. Not taking chances. Very overlooked game IMO.
As a side note...I just love how the shitty camera in my HTC One makes every pic I take have an unintended 'Instagram effect'. Sorry for the horrific quality.
As a side note...I just love how the shitty camera in my HTC One makes every pic I take have an unintended 'Instagram effect'. Sorry for the horrific quality.
Just got this in today. Perfect condition! One of many games I never played originally on my NES back in the day but discovered over the years via emulation. Grabbing it now before it eventually gets over inflated in the crazy market we are experiencing. The funny thing is, unlike many games that command ridiculous money even though they are as common as dirt (Castlevania, Zelda...), Kickle Cubicle is the opposite and not a game you see every day. Not taking chances. Very underlooked game IMO.
As a side note...I just love how the shitty camera in my HTC One makes every pic I take have an unintended 'Instagram effect'. Sorry for the horrific quality.
I have that game. It's really weird.
sixteen-bit
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Hahaha, yes, overlooked. I edited. I had a cross wire in my brain because I was typing in 'overlooked' as I was thinking 'underrated'.
dead souls
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Great pickup. I love Kickle Cubicle.
I recently picked up the Japanese version of it myself when I last bought a bunch of FC games from a dude. Have been meaning to get it for years now but it just never happened. Still haven't played it though... :|
Also bought Sqoon from him which seems interesting, but again, I haven't played it yet. He also had what seems to be an unopened FC copy of Hatris which I bought since it was cheap, but I'm not opening that. It doesn't have that white line that comes from opening the lids and is in mint condition.
Also bought Sqoon from him which seems interesting, but again, I haven't played it yet. He also had what seems to be an unopened FC copy of Hatris which I bought since it was cheap, but I'm not opening that. It doesn't have that white line that comes from opening the lids and is in mint condition.
Waterclocker
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The $40 one has full compatability with everything I have tried and allows the NES game label to face forward also. They used to be cheaper... I have a backup to use with my RGB AV Famicom.
Done and done. I watched a few videos, and it seems to be the best one to get. No fiddling, or pulling it halfway out of the cart slot. Shame about the price, but I can only imagine it'll go up from here. As with everything game-related.
D.Lo
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stoneageganer one is excess stock from an old famiclone that was sold in the US. It's actually very nice, sits flush with the AV and works perfectly. Carts have to face backward however.
Is the ebay one you're talking about the one with the White label in the middle? The cart faces forward with those, but it sits way up out of the machine, looks bad and is less stable.
The eBay one is this one:
And that seems to have the best reputation. I've been reading that the stone-age-gamer one has to be pulled out of the machine a little to work properly; something about the pins not being the right length for the AV Famicom.
D.Lo
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Ah okay I haven't experienced that one.The eBay one is this one:
And that seems to have the best reputation. I've been reading that the stone-age-gamer one has to be pulled out of the machine a little to work properly; something about the pins not being the right length for the AV Famicom.
Never had to do that with the stoneagegamer looking one, but I didn't get it from them, it came wit a Gametech Neo Fami about 10 years ago, so it might be slightly different.
Stoneagegamer one says:
I was going to come in this thread and ask literally the same question, so let me know how well that ebay NES -> Famicom adapter works with the AV!
Just got this in today. Perfect condition! One of many games I never played originally on my NES back in the day but discovered over the years via emulation. Grabbing it now before it eventually gets over inflated in the crazy market we are experiencing. The funny thing is, unlike many games that command ridiculous money even though they are as common as dirt (Castlevania, Zelda...), Kickle Cubicle is the opposite and not a game you see every day. Not taking chances. Very overlooked game IMO.
As a side note...I just love how the shitty camera in my HTC One makes every pic I take have an unintended 'Instagram effect'. Sorry for the horrific quality.
Awesome game, I've been a long-time fan and my friend just picked up a copy of that and Mendel Palace yesterday.
Anyone played Heavy Barrel? Was playing that yesterday and it's not too bad, reminds me a lot of the overhead stages in Super C, with some weird scrolling.
Apparently the stone age one does actually work, but you have to pull the cart a few millimeters back out of the slot to make contact. Something about the pin length.
I figure the height of the nes cart is already kind of unwieldy in the AV Famicom, so I didn't want to make it worse by not being fully seated.
I'll let everyone know how it goes.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
bought fire n ice after the last deal fell through and finally just said fuck it and got a loose cart copy of little ninja brothers been waiting for a complete one to pop up but no dice also picked up some filler total recall, top gun 2 and captain skyhawk
Recently bought some Famicom box protectors from the seller Keep-em-minty on ebay. They're pretty great. Relatively thick and sturdy. And the boxes look very nice in them. I'm very happy with them. But they're of course only in that one size that seems to be the most common one, and he doesn't have any other size FC box protectors. So I was wondering if anyone know if the other sizes are available anywhere.
It's basically two other sizes that are the most interesting. The size that the early Namco and Hudson game boxes use (like Galaga, Tower of Druaga, Lode Runner etc), and the size that most of the "pulse line" of early Nintendo games use (like Baseball, Donkey Kong etc). Then there are other oddball sized boxes, but those two in particular seem to be common enough that there should be box protectors for them.
Edit: Oh and this is off topic but I don't feel like making a new post just for this in the GB thread. I also bought a few Game Boy/Virtual Boy box protectors from him and while the quality of them are the same as the FC ones, they're actually a bit too big. There's like 5 millimeters of extra space on the side and the top after you put a box in them. You can actually see this in the pictures on the listing but I just didn't notice it at the time. So I don't recommend those if you want perfectly fitting box protectors.
It's basically two other sizes that are the most interesting. The size that the early Namco and Hudson game boxes use (like Galaga, Tower of Druaga, Lode Runner etc), and the size that most of the "pulse line" of early Nintendo games use (like Baseball, Donkey Kong etc). Then there are other oddball sized boxes, but those two in particular seem to be common enough that there should be box protectors for them.
Edit: Oh and this is off topic but I don't feel like making a new post just for this in the GB thread. I also bought a few Game Boy/Virtual Boy box protectors from him and while the quality of them are the same as the FC ones, they're actually a bit too big. There's like 5 millimeters of extra space on the side and the top after you put a box in them. You can actually see this in the pictures on the listing but I just didn't notice it at the time. So I don't recommend those if you want perfectly fitting box protectors.
I don't have any of the FC games, but based on the SFC Rockman X games I'd say very. It's only the story parts that are in Japanese so they're perfectly playable. And I think most of the FC games don't really have much of a story. At least not one that is told through text and dialogue like in the X games.
Very friendly.
I'm mostly thinking of the menu screens; I can't remember if the different robot master powers had names in English.
So the NES to FC converter from eBay came today, and I'm absolutely shocked at how poorly it was shipped.
Here's what they did. They jammed the converter into cut-in-half screen protector package, taped it up, and then slapped a shipping label on it.
Completely unacceptable to charge $6 for this kind of shipping on a $40 item.
Here's what they did. They jammed the converter into cut-in-half screen protector package, taped it up, and then slapped a shipping label on it.
Completely unacceptable to charge $6 for this kind of shipping on a $40 item.
And it turned out to be from Vermont to NYC!
sixteen-bit
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I heard shady shit about 'em from that lukemorse1 fellow
SeventhSon
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Pat Contri's 5th Annual NES Marathon announced for November 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pGDq8kJ3fo
sixteen-bit
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Cool AV Fami.
100% friendly. No Japanese text other than the intros/endings. Plus the Rockman carts on Famicom are so cool looking.
Each one is a different color <3
100% friendly. No Japanese text other than the intros/endings. Plus the Rockman carts on Famicom are so cool looking.
Each one is a different color <3
Awesome! That's exactly what I wanted to hear.
So, notes on the NES cart to Fami connector I got, and will update with photos later.
1. It works perfectly with all the games I have. Granted, my collection is basic stuff like Super Mario 3 and Zelda 2, but everything I've got worked without issue.
2. It seats fully in my AV Famicom. No wiggling / pulling out required, the pins seem to go the full length of the slot and it seats very securely inside the unit with just a little bit poking out. It also isn't hard to remove or insert; the tolerances are absolutely perfect.
3. The NES cart slot at the top is every so slightly bent forward. This isn't a gigantic deal, and I doubt many people would even notice. It seems to be a product of the manufacture of the adapter; part of the molding. Basically your NES cart leans 2-3 degrees forward. It's still quite secure and you have to be very close to see it.
4. Carts face forward. This is a big one for me. I don't want any adapter that faces backwards.
sixteen-bit
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Just got this in today. Perfect condition! One of many games I never played originally on my NES back in the day but discovered over the years via emulation. Grabbing it now before it eventually gets over inflated in the crazy market we are experiencing. The funny thing is, unlike many games that command ridiculous money even though they are as common as dirt (Castlevania, Zelda...), Kickle Cubicle is the opposite and not a game you see every day. Not taking chances. Very overlooked game IMO.
As a side note...I just love how the shitty camera in my HTC One makes every pic I take have an unintended 'Instagram effect'. Sorry for the horrific quality.
I still have yet to make it through all the extra levels after the ending.
Thanks for the impressions! I'll definitely be grabbing one soon.