Roo the Kangaroo holding a Famicom
A user on a Discord server I'm active in was offering to draw folks characters, so why not I'll join in that party.
Art by @paints-box.neocities.org
Imo it should fine to admit when your knowledge is limited cause that opens the door to learning more about it. I wouldn't have learned so much about video games if I didn't constantly ask myself questions. Then again if all someone cares about is selling product what gain do they get from learning?
for safe keeping
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More info:
JAPAN4YOU STORE - eBay
Checkout for a Famicom copy of Dr. Mario featuring two options for delivery in the United States.
As a quick update: it appears that it might be possible to get items shipped to the US if purchased from eBay rather than from J4U's website. I can't confirm if that is truly the case but I'll probably try purchasing something from their eBay store later just to see what happens.
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A quick reminder that this feedback form for FamiWiki closes tomorrow. I probably won't be doing another one of these for a good while.
You can still ship to Canada and a dozen other countries! Just not the "land of the free" at this very moment.
Thank you! I hope to keep it maintained for many years.
This really puts a wrench into my Famicom cartridge collecting hunt and I'd imagine to folks wanting to get specific Japanese games. Don't make me temporarily move to Japan so I can continue collecting in peace lol.
So it looks like J4U no longer delivers to the United States. The days of me bulk buying Famicom cartridges from them is over (for now at least).
It's a forced blur that only kicks in when it detects a quick amount of movement on-screen, it's mainly designed for heavy flashing light elements as an anti-seizure measure. Though some games are modified to limit the flashing to an extent anyways.
Can confirm that there is apparently a bad word filter present in the Switch releases not present in the original GBA releases. For instance attempting to nickname a PokΓ©mon a curse word will result in the name getting reset to the default.
So yeah they definitely tweaked certain aspects.
I don't plan to talk much about how PokΓ©mon FireRed / LeafGreen Switch version works emulation wise. I still did a little look though:
- Still using Sloop as the GBA emulator
- The ROMs are actually heavily modified and rebuilt
- Seems to have heavy code changes with reliance on emulator hacks
(Showing the tcrf.net page for Fighting Street.) (Also known as: Street Fighter; Developer: Alfa System; Publishers: Hudson Soft (JP), NEC Home Electronics (US); Platform: TurboGrafx-CD) "From the people who brought you Fight for Final and Man of Mega!"
https://www.mariowiki.com/Feastables
Wiki sites can be fascinating sometimes.
It was posted on the Hidden Palace Discord server and should hopefully be more widely available in the coming months. It is supported in the latest version of MAME.
I can see how a player could get used to these controls but I have the muscle memory of how the original arcade game and its numerous versions control so this felt odd in comparison.
That is true! Apologies that this brief clip doesn't show it but even then you still automatically keep moving until you press the opposite direction.
An early build of the arcade Mario Bros. recently surfaced and man you can tell from playing this was before the game was refined to how we expect it to control. You are forced to tap the direction to move and stopping will result in Mario or Luigi to continue moving until you tap the other way.
PokΓ©mon FireRed Version being played on the Analogue Pocket.
I can do better than a title screen, also a reminder that FPGA-based hardware emulation exists.
Happy 40th to Nintendo's ambitious but perhaps not entirely thought out platform expansion, the Famicom Disk System. Its few successes help mask the fact that it was a harsh lesson in not splitting your user base. Also, that disks were way easier to pirate than carts
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A Disk Card and a RAM Adapter.
I've noticed a small misconception that's been spreading due to how some describe the Disk System add-on for the Famicom. Something about how "disks allowed for better audio than cartridges" which is not true. The enhanced audio is featured in the RAM Adapter cartridge.
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-4-11/page/n11/mode/2up
According to Computer Entertainer, the Disk System was planned to release for the NES in Christmas 1986. They also mention a flight simulator for the disk drive but no such software was ever released for the Disk System even in Japan.
As an aside, if you plan on also posting about the Disk System I would recommend keeping this info in mind.
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Copies of Othello for FDS and NES.
There were once plans to bring this add-on to the west for the NES but it quickly fizzled out in favor of porting these disk games to cartridge. It was probably for the best that we never got it as the industry would soon learn that splitting your players via extra hardware was a bad idea.
A Famicom console with the RAM Adapter cartridge and Disk System drive alongside a copy of Zelda no Densetsu.
40 years ago Nintendo released what was going to be the future of the Famicom, the Famicom Disk System. An add-on that used "Disk Card" floppy disks instead of the then limited cartridges.
Quick advancements in tech made it obsolete in less than a year but games like Zelda stood the test of time.
