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[Anonymous No.5286095]

Famiclone Thread
Have you got one of these? Hoe about the multicarts? Did you got lucky and got one with a bunch of games that don't repeat themselves?

[Anonymous No.5286104]

>>5286095
>It's just not a game anymore
W-what is it now?

[Anonymous No.5286205]

[Anonymous No.5286208]

I had a Family Game in the early 90s.

[Anonymous No.5286369]

>>5286095
I still have my good old fashion Nikita, most people had one as far as the early 2000, people started getting PS2 around 2006 when the prices dropped like crazy and we could pirate the games thanks to the easy access to the net. That's the same time when arcades started dying around here, we still had KoF98 tournaments betting money as 2005.
Pic related.

[Anonymous No.5286452]

>>5286095
If you order a multi-cart from aliexpress today, it's highly unlikely that there will be any repeating games, I've got a couple new ones with good selections.
>>5286369
Super cool Famiclone, anon.

[Anonymous No.5287070]

>>5286369
Jesus, why is that console so massive?

[Anonymous No.5287216]

I remember the main problem with these fuckers was that the AC Adapters were fucking ass.
Wonder if you can play nes/fc carts or even a flashcart.

[Anonymous No.5287404]

I live in Brazil, and pretty much every kid in the 90`s that ever played a NES game actually did it on a clone. The original console wasn't even released oficially here until 1993, when there was no point in getting one anymore because the SNES already was around. But only the rich kids had these. The son of your average wageslave parent around here would probably get some variation of a famiclone. And i played the shit out of it. I even got the chance to play great games that were never released in the US as a kid, such as Adventure Island 4, The Goonies 1 and Samurai Pizza Cats.
Multicarts only didn't repeat themselves if you bought the ones with really few games, anything above 7 and probably it will be just 3 games repeated countless times. They were pretty fun, tho. It was like opening trading card packs. Most of the games on the cartridges were generic shmups and arcade games, but you could also find good stuff like Contra and Super Mario Bros.
The controller on this thing sucks, it would stop working a lot depending on the position. Also, A and B are inverted for some reason. I guess the designers didn't even bother to look up what a NES controller was like. A cool thing about ithe console tho, is that it has two cartridge ports, so you could play both american and japanese games on it if you wanted.

[Anonymous No.5287424]

>>5286452
Thanks.
>>5287070
It has some Microsoft office knock off, it came with a mouse and keyboard.
You could write and paint on it, you could save your shit by adding four double A batteries in the back of the console.
>>5287216
They are not shown on this pic >>5286369 but i used to test Dragon Quest I-IV and they worked just fine.
I was checking this >>>5284692 thread and maybe i will just buy a bunch of Famicom games and start using this bad boy again.

[Anonymous No.5287432]

>>5287404
Also, in the early 2000's your pic related was VERY common around here, OP. Lots of misinformed used to buy that for their kids during the era of the PlayStation because they didn't know better and it was dirt cheap.
Pic related is a christmas gift i got from my grandmother at the time.

[Anonymous No.5287434]

>>5287424
fc carts works fine? that's great, now that i remember I think i used to play Robocop 3 on my famiclone (it was a purple cartdrige iirc) guess that was actually the jp version.

[Anonymous No.5288025]

>>5287404
Rad looking clone, thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous No.5288082]

I lives in Pacific islands when I was a kid in the 90's. Since everything was imported, even video games, I had: a Famiclone from HK, an American SNES with a regional adaptor for European and Japanese games, and later a PAL PS with European and Australians games.
Didn't really care since I was just glad to play videogames, but it sure was a clusterfuck.

[Anonymous No.5288176]

>>5286095
>Did you got lucky and got one with a bunch of games that don't repeat themselves?

Yes, two with 64 and 76 games. The one with the 64 games came with Castlevania.

[Anonymous No.5288192]

>>5286095
Me and my wife like the Retron 5!

[Anonymous No.5288205]

maybe I'm wrong, bug I remember there was a multicart with Kirby's Adventure on it, that would be amazing considering the game uses battery saves.

[Anonymous No.5288221]

Multicarts were almost always NROM games because anything with banking would have been too expensive or else require custom mapper hardware.

[Anonymous No.5288226]

>>5287404
Damb. I'm Brazilian too. I have a fond memory of playing SMB in a famiclone just like the one in your pic at a guy's home when I was a kid. I slept over at his house, we played it for hours, so much so that the levels music was stuck in our heads after playing it, I remeber talking about it with the guy, about how we kept hearing the music in our heads. Sweet childhood memories...

[Anonymous No.5288336]

>>5286095
What are the best Famiclones? Not counting FPGA shit obviously. I've heard some of the early ones with discrete CPU/PPU are actually pretty decent. Any good ones that are still in production?

[Anonymous No.5288381]

>>5288336
There's like 1 or 2 weird PAL Famiclones with discrete chips if you hunt around on AliExpress, but I'm not aware of any NTSC ones currently in production. I could just not have look in the right place yet though. Most of the modern NOACs are passable, but Famicoms are so cheap there's no real reason to buy them.

[Anonymous No.5288450]

>>5288381
Oh I know, I already have a Famicom as well as an NES. I just like weird clone hardware for some reason. PAL would actually be fine by me, guess I'll try looking around on AE.

[Anonymous No.5288460]

>>5288450
Totally fair, anon; I love it too. The Famiclone world is fascinating, and most interestingly, still thriving today. Let me spare you an hour of hunting bizarre keywords: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Coolbaby-RS-40-Mini-Retro-Classic-Video-Game-Console-Games-8-Bit-Family-TV-handheld-game/32866007882.html

[Anonymous No.5288480]

>>5288460
Oh nice, thanks. I'm extremely gay for transparent plastic as well, so I'll definitely consider grabbing one of those.

[Anonymous No.5288490]

what's the name of these famiclones?
One was a N64 controller with a cartridge port on the back
Other a wheel controller also with a cartridge port on the back, had pre-built games like Ferrari Grand Prix and Race America

[Anonymous No.5288525]

>>5288490
>One was a N64 controller with a cartridge port on the back
Sounds a bit like the iQue Player, which isn't a Famiclone but an officially licensed N64 variant. There might be a Famiclone like that too, I don't know.

[Anonymous No.5288582]

>>5288490
>One was a N64 controller with a cartridge port on the back
That would typically be called a Power Joy.

[Anonymous No.5288825]

Yeah mine looks like a genuine famicom got it from aliexpress for $30 and it plays good enough.

[Anonymous No.5288843]

>>5286104
A sexual orientation

[Anonymous No.5289024]

>>5288480
hahaha, glad to be of service. I've been thinking about grabbing one and maybe swapping chips / crystal out to make it NTSC.

[Anonymous No.5291351]

>>5288381
how cheaper are they? i found one of the polystation brand with 2 controllers and everything sealed at $15 bucks not so long ago

[Anonymous No.5291410]

>>5286095
Have a few and many other famiclones. Don't really care about the multicarts but I have a bunch as well.

>>5288525
Sounds nothing like an iQue and everything like a very common famiclone

[Anonymous No.5292201]

>>5291351
Around $15, shipping is the tricky part. Depends on where you live. A Famiclone will likely still be cheaper shipped from AliExpress; it all depends on specifically what you're trying to buy I suppose. Famiclones are fun to have and play in their own right.