Chittagong
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My wife is travelling, so was perfect time to finally repurpose our study to its rightful use as a NES cave.
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NES/Famicom Appreciation Thread
- Thread starter Teknoman
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sixteen-bit
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love that salamander cart
RoryDropkick
Member
Nice and orderly, I like it.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Thanks! Didn't realise how hard Salamander is, I thought I'd do better having experience with Gradius III. Need to 1CC it since you can't really bounce back from death losing all your shit.
I nominate Salamander fot June!
I nominate Salamander fot June!
is the cheapest way to get a working famicom disc system just buying a refurbished one on ebay?
or should I buy a broken one and do the work myself?
or should I import a working one from yahoo auctions? I can't imagine that would be cheaper than ebay but I thought I'd ask anyways.
thanks friends
or should I buy a broken one and do the work myself?
or should I import a working one from yahoo auctions? I can't imagine that would be cheaper than ebay but I thought I'd ask anyways.
thanks friends
sixteen-bit
Member
That Natsume curse caught up with it, lol
Get it now folks! Price charting still has it listed lower
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/shatterhand?q=shatterhand
RadarScope1
Member
What did I say after we played it a couple months ago!?!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=197733371&postcount=9418
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=197733371&postcount=9418
mikespit1200
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Does anyone know if it's possible to play famicom/nes Romsets on an fdsstick? I'm trying to play the Lagrange point translation but it I don't get the music when I play on my everdrive and AV famicom.
blast processed
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Don't use Windex or a cotton swab. Use either an eraser or Rubbing Alcohol. Cotton swabs pull a part too easily.
No the FDSstick will only play FDS games. It just replaces the disk drive of the FDS, but still needs the actual hardware in the RAM adapter to work.
The Everdrive doesn't support VRC7 expansion audio yet, and it's a pretty advanced audio chip so I'd say the chances of it getting support are pretty slim. But you never know. For now though the only way is to have the actual cart.
Open it up and use an eraser to rub off the grime and corrosion. Unless it's a real haggard flea market find, it should come right off. Brush off the leavings and you're done. No chemicals or drying off needed.
blast processed
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davidwhangchoi
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i blame this club =P jk,
Hah! It would be awesome if us picking a game would be enough to cause a run on a cart.
But seriously, there is some knowledge in this thread. If someone recommends picking up a game, they're probably doing so for a reason. Like right now? I'd recommend getting in on Shadow of the Ninja before the price skyrockets as well.
I own the european version of this game, but been wondering for a long time if i should get the ntsc version as well, might be the time, as its an awesome game.
sixteen-bit
Member
SotN skyrocketed before Shatterhand tho.
It's got room to move, I think.
shanafan
Member
What kind of eraser do you recommend? The kind at the end of pencil, or those thicker ones that are like 2-3 inches long?
Vinyl erasers
Happy to find out that the Famicom Disk System games I bought, and my Twin Famicom disk drive, works...
Played Mystery of Murasame Castle, Esper Dream, and Moero Twinbee - didn't realize Moero Twinbee was just a port of Stinger with a 3 player mode (whaa?), Murasame isn't bad as a more linear, action-based take on Zelda (but not as good), and Esper Dream was a disappointment. It's an action RPG where you enter a separate battle arena by touching 'footprints' on the world map/in the dungeons... unfortunately, the enemies take too many hits and the game gets old fast.
Any other worthwhile FDS games I should look up?
Played Mystery of Murasame Castle, Esper Dream, and Moero Twinbee - didn't realize Moero Twinbee was just a port of Stinger with a 3 player mode (whaa?), Murasame isn't bad as a more linear, action-based take on Zelda (but not as good), and Esper Dream was a disappointment. It's an action RPG where you enter a separate battle arena by touching 'footprints' on the world map/in the dungeons... unfortunately, the enemies take too many hits and the game gets old fast.
Any other worthwhile FDS games I should look up?
But Shadow of the Ninja is now cheaper to get though!
Exactly. Now is the time to buy before it really jumps.
Shadow Hog
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I got Shadow of the Ninja for $30 and Shatterhand for $40 (less if you count how I used an Amazon GC on it). Pretty pleased with both.
D.Lo
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It's the other way around. Stinger is a cut down version of Moreo Twinbee.
I learned somewhere in this thread that you don't even need them for most tvs and it worked for me. Plug your one audio cord into the white jack on your tv and it splits it for you...in case I'm remembering wrong try the other way if that doesn't work.
alf717
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Yea some TVs offer this. The two I use do this. I was puzzled by it at first but it works. Thought my TV was having issues with audio.
@Teknoman
I don't know if you have a Radio Shack around but that is where I bought mine. I tried searching for a catalog number but I couldn't find it. I'll edit that info in if I find it.
RadarScope1
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My FDS just isn't right. Thinking I will do the FDS Stick thing. Would love to collect (LOVE the look and feel of the disks) but it may not be worth it.
D.Lo
Member
I love FDS and have like 100 disks, but had never heard of the FDS Stick thing, looks pretty good.
The Everdrive completely sucks for FDS due to the busted audio, so that might be a cool toy for me to get!
EDIT: Oh wow, FDS stick is a full dev tool, allowing writing back to original disks! That's killer, it will allow disks with the wrong game on them (that were overwritten at kiosks 30 years ago) to be restored to their retail form. I'll also be able to make physical repros of all the Hong Kong pirate disk versions of cart games!
I think I actually love fiddling around with old hardware and making cool retro stuff more than playing games.
Mine does split but only on the front ports. Since i've got my NES RGB modded, i've got to use the component input on the back, and its audio ports dont split automatically.
But i'll try to find that one.
So apparently Riki and Columbus Circle will be releasing Kira Kira Star Night as a physical release now. http://nintendonews.com/news/general/kira-kira-star-night-dx-famicom/
Pretty cool with new FC releases, but this is one I won't be jumping on pre-ordering. If the quality of the cartridge is the same as the 8-bit Music Power one then they can fuck right off.
Pretty cool with new FC releases, but this is one I won't be jumping on pre-ordering. If the quality of the cartridge is the same as the 8-bit Music Power one then they can fuck right off.
RadarScope1
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Very nice get! Good deal.
I neglected to vote but this game is on my buy list so looks like I'll be jumping on that one.
I'd say so. Cart only goes at least twice that right?
Also yay for Conquest! Know who else worked on this game? The guys behind the Ogre Battle ( Yasumi Matsuno and composer Masaharu Iwata).
RoryDropkick
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Yay, the game I nominated was chosen yet again I'm looking forward to playing it!
I'm looking forward to playing it!I don't know if I'm missing sarcasm, but thats a crazy good deal, it goes for 450-600 usually.
Just hope it isn't a repro
A Black Falcon
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Hey y'all, get ready to raid that Crystal Palace in June!
Conquest of the Crystal Palace is a really good game, and it's always surprising to see that it still hasn't had a big price jump like those two recently-mentioned titles Shatterhand or Shadow of the NInja... but it still could happen, I guess. But isn't it nice that at least one of the great lesser-known NES games is still cheap?
On the note of those two games though, Shatterhand and Shadow of the Ninja are both games I got quite cheap ($4 for Shatterhand and $5 for Shadow of the Ninja, loose carts only) in July 2012. That's not THAT long ago, but since both have seen huge price spikes, Shatterhand particularly... I'd would almost certainly not own either one at the $20-$40 (loose, if you get a good deal) they go for today. I don't love either game but they are nice to have for sure. Shadow of the Ninja is good though difficult, but I have issues with Shatterhand... your attack is too short range, that game is maybe too hard.
Shadow Hog
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Looking it up, the composer for this one's actually Tomohisa Mitsuyasu - though Iwata did do some sort of sound work on the game, and it's surprising to see a name as familiar as his come up. I know he did a lot of awesome Genesis work, paired with Hitoshi Sakamoto.
D.Lo
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FDS is awesome. Heaps of great, exclusive games.
Everdrive can play them, but has poor emulation of the FDS extra audio channels, so is really not an option for games that use FDS expansion audio (around 2/3 of them).
I searched my history and found this list of some of my favourite FDS games from this post, though this is just Konami games lol:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=181557819&postcount=7128
Thanks to all of you! Its a pal-version though, so its worth less than the crazy ntsc-version. Anyways, here is a pic of the pcb: looks legit, no?
Conquest of the Crystal Palace is relatively cheap but a good candidate for a buyout, so if you don't have it for the club NOW is the time to pick it up. Here's the price chart for it.
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/...ystal-palace?q=conquest+of+the+crystal+palace
I found that price to be kind of surprising so I looked on eBay and it's definitely a bit higher (closer to $30+ than sub $20) so I wouldn't delay if you're into it. Get it now before it's too late.
You think Shatterhand is too hard? The only time I had any trouble completing it was the first half of the last stage, other than that the game was really pretty easy. As for Shadow, I've been meaning to get through that. Maybe soon.
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/...ystal-palace?q=conquest+of+the+crystal+palace
I found that price to be kind of surprising so I looked on eBay and it's definitely a bit higher (closer to $30+ than sub $20) so I wouldn't delay if you're into it. Get it now before it's too late.
You think Shatterhand is too hard? The only time I had any trouble completing it was the first half of the last stage, other than that the game was really pretty easy. As for Shadow, I've been meaning to get through that. Maybe soon.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Wow, that Life Force thing is amazing. It reminds me about a question that I have always wondered about.
How were the maps in the Nintendo Player's Guides made? Here you can tell they are patched together out of a photograph of each screen, which is a mental job. But the official Nintendo guides had cleaner maps with no discolouration, almost like illustrated.
How were the maps in the Nintendo Player's Guides made? Here you can tell they are patched together out of a photograph of each screen, which is a mental job. But the official Nintendo guides had cleaner maps with no discolouration, almost like illustrated.