NES/SNES VS FAMICOM/SUPER

[Anonymous No.1471302]

Hey /vr/
Should I buy a NES/SNES or FAMICOM/SUPER FAMICOM?
>Famicom vs Entertainment System thread

[Anonymous No.1471489]

American SNES if you want to play American SNES and super famicom games. Super famicom if you just want to play japanese games, there are adapters for the super famicom but they're somewhat uncommon.

AV famicom > Front loader NES == Top loader NES > Famicom

Famicom is more of a collectors item there's not a whole lot of reason to own one unless you *really* want one.

[Anonymous No.1471531]

I'm genuinely surprised that this is even a question. It's self-explanatory.

[Anonymous No.1471538]

It's easy to mod a super nintendo to play super famicom games, so no point in buying a super famicom.

i'd also try and find an nes and just get a famicom adapter for ~25$.

or you could just wait for a system that plays them all (retron5) for sheer convenience

[Anonymous No.1471565]

It's easier to get an NES to play Famicom games than it is to get a Famicom to play NES games. NES also comes with composite video support, while the Famicom only supports RF.

For SNES just use whatever you can get cheap, then install the appropriate region mod (you'll need it). I personally prefer the looks of the SFC, but an American model will likely be cheaper.

[Anonymous No.1471603]

>>1471565

thats why you just get an SNES Mini. It doesn't have the shitty look of the original SNES, and it looks pretty nice overall. easy to take apart and clean too.

[Anonymous No.1471615]

>>1471538
except adapters are more like $50

[Anonymous No.1471702]

>>1471615
They're everywhere for under $20.
Is this more fucking Hyperkin shill marketing?

OP, AV Famicoms are the shit. Sharp Titlers are the best though, but ridiculously expensive.

A Super is a Super unless it's PAL so just don't get a PAL one.

[Anonymous No.1471712]

>>1471603
>implying the original SNES wasn't the best looking one

[Anonymous No.1471721]

Well if we're really getting into it, I think you should get a US 1chip SNES because RGB out with no mod required. I think the claim that a mini put out better RGB after modding is a myth.

[Anonymous No.1471850]

>>1471702

but the super famicom slot will not take the square us games.

its a lot easier to just to get some pliers and cut off the tabs in the SNES.

>>1471615

I just recently bought an early run NES hogans alley that comes with a famicom adapter in it for 17$.

check youtube for a video on how to tell which older games had adapters in them, then hit up a local store if you have one. you'll certainly want to be able to examine the cart in person.

you can also check ebay for games with famicom adapters in them. most of the cheaper ones are buy it now for 25.

[Anonymous No.1471906]

>>1471850
Just gut a game genie to use SNES carts on an SFami, if you can get an SFami cheaper anyway. Also, like I said I gotta specifically recommend a 1chip SNES too and I dunno what the RGB situation is on SFamis, but that's just my ignorance. I personally have three 1chips with their tabs pulled and I have zero desire for anything else.

[Anonymous No.1472228]

>>1471538
>>1471615
Or just buy a copy of Gyromite for a dollar and save yourself the money.

[Anonymous No.1472537]

>>1472228
>implying every copy of Gyromite has a converter.
Most in the wild have already been harvested long ago. The only game that definitely has one is Stack Up and it's rare and valuable enough not to part out.

[Anonymous No.1472538]

http://shop.retrogate.com/Famicom-To-NES-adapter-FTNES.htm

[Anonymous No.1472564]

>>1472537
>Most in the wild have already been harvested long ago
Do you have any idea how many copies of Gyromite exist?

[Anonymous No.1472584]

>>1472564
It doesn't really matter how many exist in total the only ones that came with the adapter were released very early and they were only around for a few months so there was not a whole lot of them in the first place. Even the early versions weren't 100% adapters the adapter versions were just used to keep up with demand. When you take into account people breaking the cartridge apart for 20 years just for the adapter the they become even scarcer. There's probably quite a few left out there but you're way more likely to find the regular copy than one with an adapter at this point.

This adapter thing is pretty pointless anyway you can just buy this thing and save a game from being ruined >>1472538

[Anonymous No.1472598]

famicom twin

[Anonymous No.1472607]

>>1472228
Have you seen the price of Gyromite lately? If it's got five screws fuckers want +$50 for it.

[Anonymous No.1472612]

>>1472607
>If it's got five screws fuckers want +$50 for it.
and thats after they've taken the adapter out themselves

[Anonymous No.1472619]

>>1472538
Yup, they sell Famicom-to-NES adapters, especially in latinamerica since the 90s, pic related. I have one to play my copy of Battle City on my NES and it works like a charm, and it's from 1992! http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-441302114-adaptadores-para-juegos-de-family-para-jugar-en-nintendo-nes-_JM

The opposite type of adapter also exists, a 72pin NES to 60pin Famicom. http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-444244862-adaptador-para-cartuchos-de-nes-para-family-_JM

[Anonymous No.1472629]

>>1472619
made by NASA huh? must be quality.

[Anonymous No.1473002]

>>1472629
NASA is an NES clone. The one that has a creepy RoboCop thing in the console's box.

[Anonymous No.1473016]

>>1473002
do want

[Anonymous No.1473024]

>>1471302
>not getting a Pegasus

[Anonymous No.1473047]

>>1473024

That controller has a horrible looking shape. Might I also add it looks dirty as fuck.

[Anonymous No.1473053]

>>1473047
Yeah, I used to have ones like those.

[Anonymous No.1473075]

>>1473053

[Anonymous No.1473192]

>>1473047
His is dirty as fuck but you have to be crazy to bitch about that shape compared to the NES. Spikey corners ripping up your hands, fuck that noise.

[Anonymous No.1474681]

>>1471302
If you want to use a FDS get a Famicom. If you want the small size get a Famicom. If you just want to play some games and live in bigbox land get a NES. If you want carts the size of a console get an NES.

If you got an NES because you like blocky consoles with sharp edges get a SNES. If not get a SF.

Despite what others have said here either systems can play it's counterparts system with a cheap adapter. I have them all and paid no more than $2 for any one. Unless you're the kinda guy who likes to overpay on ebay playing another systems cart shouldn't be a major factor in the decision.

[Anonymous No.1474692]

>>1474681
I think that the hardwired controllers are another issue. If you are prone to breaking controllers or want to use a dogbone, you're probably better off with a NES (or AV Famicom).

Goddamn, I need to get an original Famicom. It is probably one of my favorite looking systems.

[Anonymous No.1474695]

Famicom is sexy as fuck

[Anonymous No.1474946]

>>1474692
Hardwiring then was just a retarded decision. It can be a major issue. Adding a beakaway extension is easy enough though.

[Anonymous No.1475316]

some things i didn't see anyone mention here that i feel need to be said about owning a famicom

cons:
>controller cables are very short, if you want to play 2player you will literally both be sitting side by side and more often than not, on the floor.
>controllers are hard wired and cannot be changed (without manually replacing them) unlike the NES, where you can get many different kinds and they're easily replaced
>output cables are also very short, limiting where and how you play games.(I'm almost always sitting on the floor in front of the tv when I use it, simply because it can't reach anywhere else but right at the base of the screen)
>the 'jailbars' that the famicom displays. You could AV mod it and try and clear them up, but personally I just left mine alone as it didn't bother me too much. Some people really dislike them though.

pros:
>looks neat
>has a microphone?

not really any other reasons to own one unless you personally like them. I'm not saying don't buy one, but for playing games it's not the best. If you really want to play famicom games just get a convertor for cheap, buy famicom games on ebay (look for auctions that don't charge for shipping) and there ya go.

[Anonymous No.1475356]

>>1471302
I wish consoles would have a spot to put your controllers today.

[Anonymous No.1475401]

>>1471565
Without modding, playing Famicom games on the NES would be more hassle than it's worth, with the key offender being the 10NES and most FC To NES converters using some cheap, often unreliable security bypass. There's also the 5 Famicom games that have expanded audio, which you wouldn't be able to hear even if you mod your NES to play expanded audio; the converter itself needs to be modded in a way that varies from piece to piece.

Regardless, I'll pull a PC Master Race and say "if you can mod it, it is automatically superior". You can mod a top slot on the NES to play Famicom cartridges, as well as other cosmetic mods you could do to it. After a modded NES comes the AV Famicom (due to composite and longer cables), then everything else.

[NESfag No.1475407]

Try my yltimate setup:

>AV Famicom + NES pads (I like them a lot better than the bone ones) + converter to play NES games on FAMICOM + Famicom Everdrive
>PAL NES to play the few PAL exclusive games at regular speed

I can play EVERYTHING

[Anonymous No.1475871]

>>1475407
>NES games on FAMICOM
why even
>I can play EVERYTHING
so can anyone with a nes & $5 convertor.

honestly NESfag, just give up. you're a hipstaah.

[Anonymous No.1475897]

>>1475871
OOOOOOH THEM'S FIGHTING WORDS

[Anonymous No.1475960]

>>1475407
>converter
>everdrive
oh man you have some learning to do

[Anonymous No.1476196]

>>1475316
If you want to sit on the floor put your console on the floor. If not don't.

For output cables feel free to use one as long as you want so you can put that console close so you don't need to sit on the floor.

>>1475871
calling someone a hipstaah won't compensate for the huge lack of knowledge displayed in your post.

[Anonymous No.1476256]

>>1476196
>calling someone a hipstaah won't compensate for the huge lack of knowledge displayed in your post.
yeah who wouldn't buy a famicom only to put north american d pads on them and play north american games on it.

[Anonymous No.1476268]

>>1476256
...I can think of two kinds of people.
People who don't mind performing regular maintenance on the ZIF socket in their front loading NES
People who don't mind paying more for top loader that lacks composite outputs and the expansion port

[Anonymous No.1476270]

>>1476256
Someone who who wants a decent video signal.

[Anonymous No.1476276]

>>1476268
oh yeah and people with autism

[Anonymous No.1476884]

>>1476276
>I don't know what I'm talking about so I'll just call people names
>It's really just projection but they'll never know