Zeus #1 Posted May 25, 2003 I was at my favourite videogaming store recently and saw the strangest thing. A fellow of East Indian origin was trading in a really strange console. Since I have no pictures I will try to describe it to you. First, it was a cream colour, with maroon trim. It was very small, probably about the size of a NES toploader. It was a PAL system and I think it had "Family Fun System" written on it. It looked like it could fit NES carts, but when an employee tried to insert one, it did not fit. It looks like the chip would be slightly smaller than that of an NES, however its controllers look remarkably like that of a Nintendo. The weirdest thing is that it required an external transformer to even work, leading me to believe that it only worked on some other type of electric current. (I'm no expert on this field.) I know I have no pictures, but I find this to be highly intruiging, so if anyone has a clue what it might be, I'd be interested. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdie3 #2 Posted May 26, 2003 Nintendo Family Computer System. The Japanese NES from the early eighties. Poplular in Japan while the NES had yet to exist in USA. Same ssystem, just older. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snorlaxnut #3 Posted May 26, 2003 Nintendo Family Computer System. The Japanese NES from the early eighties. Poplular in Japan while the NES had yet to exist in USA. Same ssystem, just older. The Family Computer System, or Famicom, says "Family Computer" on the console. If it does say "Family Fun System" on it like Zeus posted, then it might be a pirated Famicom clone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Monkey #4 Posted May 26, 2003 It is probably a Famicon clone. They come in all shapes and sizes... I have one in a PSOne case, one in a PSX case, one in a Dreamcast controller and one in a light gun... The item the unit was plugged into was probably a step down converter, I have one of these for my Japanese SFC.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atari-Jess #5 Posted May 26, 2003 i have one in an n64 controller and another in what seems to be a mixture of n64 and psx controller... weird thing. but i broke the n64 one when i tried to use an adatper (but I set it up too high :S ) the other one is garbage though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atari-Jess #6 Posted May 26, 2003 as in the quality of the games is garbage, its not fun. but it has an external controller port! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeus #7 Posted May 26, 2003 Think it is worth getting for collecting purposes? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeV0 #8 Posted May 27, 2003 Yeah, buy it I have a Famicom original and 2 clones, All the carts are pirate jobs with multiple games. Some carts have hacks like a perfect port of galaxian. Its all good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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