/vr/ - Retro Games

I'm tagging along here because there was a question about clones that I wanted to ask myself.

What was the latest system to get a clone console? The latest thing I know of is the GB Boy, but I'm curious if anything else got a clone in the mid to late 90s.

>>1443693
There is a GBA SP clone system that can actually run ROMs from a micro SD slot bult in underneath, and the console itself looks exactly the same as the real deal.

I don't know where to buy, though, been hunting it for a while now.

But yeah, that was quite possible the last cloned gaming system.

>>1443685
I want one of those so bad, especially the one with the Famicom port on the back. All the ones I found were located in the middle of nowhere, and shipping alone would cost $40.

>>1443718
If you have a contact in Mexico that can help you with shipping as a sort-of middleman, then http://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/

>>1443724
Do they have the Famiclone pictured? I don't know what terms to use other than NASA.

I've been looking for one of the squarish gray Dendy consoles for a while. It seems impossible to get them in the US - I don't even know where to look.

>>1443740
I did some browsing. Today they got an awful lot of ORIGINAL Famicoms, for some reason, various prices, but no lower than $100USD.

There's this for roughtly $11, Famiclones but non-functional- so you could try to repair or something

http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-442270821-famiclon-o-family-para-piezas-_JM

And this Famiclone for $15 but it's different from the Famicom.

http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-443210174-consola-family-marca-mitsui-al-mejor-precio-_JM

Search "Consola Family" for various results, "family" is how them clones were collectivelly known as back then.

I came by some of these in 2nd hand toy stores some time in the early 00s.

I believe they actually play NES games despite their look.

>>1443761

>>1443761
Yup, seen them before, deffinitely they're NES/Famiclones, just using the SFC look. It's rather convincing.

>>1443753
Problem is, I want a SPECIFIC kind of Famiclone. I could go on eBay if I wanted some generic piece of crap.

>>1443771
Then please elaborate. What're the specifics?

>>1443778

These things.

>>1443685
>>1443740

Do you not see the pictures?

>>1443850
NASA was particularily prevalent in Spain, although I don't know any spainard sales site.

Famiclones were pretty prevalent in Brazil back in the day, we only got an officially-released version of the NES back in 1993.

It was way overdue, no wonder the Master System became more popular.

>>1443983
Damn, that top left Famiclone looks nice. Then again, I like the design of the 001 a lot, so that could be it. Does anyone have one of those?

Any SFC/SNES clones that run games from SD etc accurately?
Want to play SMT on a SNES/SFC but Everdrive is expensive!

>>1443696
Damn, That sounds a lot nicer than dealing with the horrible GBA Flashcarts.

I had a bootleg NES that was shaped like a 64 controller without the analog stick, with a bunch of built in games like adventure island, 1942, some mortal kombat 1 hack, among others

>>1444181
One of these?

>>1444192
Yes, except it was blue

>>1444194
Oh shit, I remember those. Every year this shady dude would set up a kiosk in the mall come Christmas time JUST selling those things, and for like 90 bucks each. I always wanted one but they went from being 90 dollars to just not being there at all.

I have a GB Boy sitting on my desk. I actually like it more than an SP, GBC, and the original GB.

>>1444257
I'm pretty sure I've seen those in my local mall recently.

I got four famiclones I would post about if I wasn't busted for ban evasion for evading a ban for posting porn on a yotsuba B board when the pic I posted didn't even have any nudity.

How was this even legal?

It's more than obvious that it was trying to rip off the real thing..

Oh! Guess it wore off. Anyway two of my Famiclones are those "Power Joy" ones that look like N64 controllers. They used to be easy as hell to get a few years ago. They can run off batteries that go in the rumble slot or DC. One of them has a zapper built into it and the other has its own little silver gun lookin zapper. Then I got one of the grey and green regular top loading famiclones that has imitation Playstation controllers with it that I like pretty good.

My favorite one though is my King Game Computer II, a keyboard Famiclone with a semi-educational 42-in-1 cart and a mouse! Also shitty miniature imitation playstation controllers and the same little silver gun the power joy came with.

>>1444356
>How was this even legal?
It wasn't, the chinese just don't give a shit.

Famiclones were all I knew until I got my PS1. Life was simple and fun back then.

>>1444356
>implying american patents are good across the globe.

Its perfectly legal in their own country. Nintendos patents dont mean shit their

>>1444363
>King Game Computer II, a keyboard Famiclone with a semi-educational 42-in-1 cart and a mouse!

I had one of that type but it didn't have a mouse or any mouse centric games. I remember there was a game where you would type things, and since it looked all 1337 as fuck and had weird symbols and options I didn't understand as a kid (nor did I even speak english at the time), I thought it could connect to the internet if I entered the right "commands".

Are there any decent PC Engine clones out there? I feel like original hardware prices have gone up for them recently

>>1444426
Are there PC Engine clones at all? I'm curious to know

>>1444776
>>1444426
none i am know of
i don't think it was big enough for bootleggers to make clones for

>>1443685
There's a Dendy on E-Bay right now.
They're asking way too much for it though,
I never payed any of my famiclones more than 15€.
Any eurofag here knows how to get one for cheap?

I'll give you a cookie.

>>1443693
>>1444141
>>1444776
As far as I know they never went beyond nes/famicom clones for home consoles.
Maybe there are clones for master system or genesis.

It probably costs too much to go beyond that point.

>>1447695
Not every famiclone is the same. Ordinary "NES on a chip" clones are not worth more then 15 Euros, but backwards engineered hardware clones are. I think early Dendy, which is actually a rebranded Micro Genius(they made some of the best clones ever), is one of those famiclones.
If you don't mind a NOAC system, I know where you can get them for cheap, and i have A LOT of famiclone carts, but the shipping is going to be pricy. Feel free to contact me if you don't find anything for 15E in other places.

>>1447814
>but the shipping is going to be pricy
I got the impression that you live on the other side of the ocean. If you are in Europe it will not be so pricy.

obligatory gb boy colour

& based treamcast

>>1447814
I already have a Micro Genius, but it's the model you see in the pic.
I would really love to have the version that looks more like a famicom, or even a Dendy.
I also have other 5 famiclones already, but I could be interested in others,
depending on the design and if they're cheap.

>>1447817
Nope, I'm european, too.

>>1447818
Those buttons look HORRIBLE. are they?

>>1447826
People fucking love it, treamcast too.

I know it's n unpopular opinion around here, but I really like some of the licensed SoC clones. I never actually used a proper bootleg/famiclone, so the SoC/"emulated" ones are the closest I've got. My first ever clone was a black RetroDuo back in 2010, then the following year I got a GenMobile (pic related, no longer manufactured) and an FC-16 Go (portable SNES but not very good compared to SupaBoy and RDP). After that I just moved onto Android.

>>1443693
GBA has been getting a lot of clones lately including GameBox Advance, Revo K-101, and an adapter for SNES (which is really just an SoC that uses the SNES's controller and power supply). YMMV on whether they can actually be considered as clones but I honestly don't care at this point

>>1447825
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/Konzola-KINGSTON-Sega-RASPRODAJA-9880185-oglas.htm?filter_id=88693
This new NOAC Dendy is 9 Euros, but i doubt they will bother with international shipping. New clones are hard to find even here(in South-Eastern Europe), and there is no variety. I had one that had the exact famicom shell as a kid(i got it in 1993 or 1994), but as far as i know, they stopped making famicom shaped systems in the mid 90s.

>>1447841
Second world economy is so interesting. The fact that there's a big enough market today, fucking 2014 to make the continued development of Famiclones and unlicensed demakes, to be sold for just a few dollars each blows my mind.

>>1447870
Think of it as the reason why SEGA still sells liscenced Master Systems in Brazil via Tec Toy. Second and Third world families have a very limited income and in Third world's case, a very miserable life. Having some sort of cheap entertainment helps dealing with life and kids.

Nintendo themselves should reproduce the NES, or liscence Famiclones to said countries and make a small profit through it, similar to SEGA in Brazil.

>>1448023
>Nintendo themselves should reproduce the NES, or liscence Famiclones to said countries

Nintendo doesn't even re-release arcade cabinets like Namco has done with Ms. Pac-Man. That's to be expected since MANY of Nintendo's early arcade games were programmed by an outside company, Ikegami Tsushinki. Nintendo reverse engineered DK to make DK Jr, but Ikegami sued for infringement. That explains why all re-releases of DK are of the NES version, and why they went through the effort of adding the missing stage.

>>1448038
Welp, I meant re-release the NES in said second and third world countries, similar to SEGA with the Master System. The Famiclones are still sold and bought so there's deffinitely a market they could exploit and profit at least from console sales while those multi-carts 99999-in-1 keep thriving.

>>1447870
I think nostalgia is what mostly drives those sales now, and they are much lower then they used to be. Also, clones are cheaper to produce then ever, pic related.

People that cant afford anything more modern then famiclone must live in the absolute poorest places in the world. In my second world country(that is poorer now then it was in the 80s) you can go dumpster diving for some windows XP machine.

Here, Famiclones were most popular in the mid 90s, with kids that wanted a Mega Drive but couldn't afford one. Famiclones and games were hard to find around 2000. Now in a city of 1.8 million people there is one place in a Chinese mall that still sells them, and they have like only 10 different carts for it. Im sure only nostalgic gamers buy that stuff these days, or someone that wants a cheap present for a 5 year old.

>>1448057
>you can go dumpster diving for some windows XP machine.
You're lucky it used to be like that here in the US I could go to Goodwill and buy a Windows XP computer for 99 cents but now they all get shipped off to Dell for "recycling"

I wish someone would put together a comprehensive list of true clones vs SOACs. That one on the right there looks more complex than a real Famicom!

>>1448023
Well, Brazil has some kind of crazy tax levied on imported entertainment. It's corrupt as fuck but it's why Brazillian companies like TecToy can make a profit on stuff like that, as well as explaining why there are so many Brazillian knock offs of Hollywood movies.

>>1448206
>Brazil has some kind of crazy tax levied on imported entertainment. It's corrupt as fuck
That's sad as all hell, anon. Granted, all latinamerican countries are corrupt as fuck in every area ever, but Brazil seems to be the worst offender as far as imported entertainment goes.

>>1448240
Yeah if you want a new gen console in Brazil, prepare to pay $1500 and only have ita maximum of six months before it's stolen by monkeys.