AV Famicom?

[MN12BIRD]

Hey guys I'm currently on the lookout for an original Japanese NTSC Famicom and I'm a little confused about something. I read somewhere that no Japanese Famicoms had AV output other than the later re-designed "Famicom AV" witch is like our top loader in style. I have also read somewhere that there are many knockoff Famicoms in Hong Kong that claim to be Japanese but aren't. What would be wrong with this or what do they mean by knockoff? Are Hong Kong systems NTSC-J or something else? I've read Hong Kong Famicoms have AV output but the reason this is so confusing is I can find lots of Famicoms on EBay that say they have AV output and are Japanese! The kicker? They are almost always located in Hong Kong!!! I'm guessing these are HK Famicoms that are claiming to be Japanese versions but once again even if they are HK versions..... how would this matter??

 

Thanks,

 

Jake

[Ze_ro]

Everyone who wasn't Nintendo had to reverse-engineer Nintendo's chips in order to make their clones, so the Hong Kong pirate consoles sacrifice a bit in compatibility. This is common even with modern NES knock-offs.

 

I'm afraid I don't know enough about the Famicom to answer the rest of your question... but I believe you can modify an original Famicom and install A/V jacks into it... if you trust yourself with a soldering iron or course.

 

--Zero

[y-bot]

I think "Hong Kong Famicom" means it is a knockoff from the 80's. Not the same Nintendo on a chip systems that they make today but possible some compatibility issues. Original Famicom systems can be modded for a/v. This place is supposed to be really good but they are expensive:

 

http://www.tea4two.jp/famicom.php/

 

I've seen "japan-games" on Ebay selling them once.

 

y-bot

[chrisbid]

if you can find a cheap orignial famicom without an a/v mod, pick it up

 

using a direct rf connection with one of these, and the picture quality is pretty darn clean

 

the only obstacle is that you have to use channel 98 instead of channel 3

[e5frog]

Hong Kong has (had?) the same TV-system as UK, PAL-I.