Playing famicom games through a console

[Ricochet]

At some point famicom systems will be too old to use anymore. At some point games will become unusable because of battery issues at least.

Are there famicom-clones still be manufactured so that there will always be the possibility of playing famicom games through a console, on a TV? Are CART replicants being made in the same fashion, so that I wouldn't have to worry about battery life?

[JLukas]

There's more Famiclones than ever before on places like ebay, Amazon, etc. It shouldn't be difficult to find a working system for a long, long time since they have no moving parts. Most old toaster NES run perfect with a new 72-pin connector. You could always buy a spare console and keep it new in the box.

The batteries can be replaced without too much trouble by anyone with a soldering iron. The good news is that during the replacement it's possible to add a coin battery holder that makes changing the battery in the future easy, without a soldering iron (should you still have the cart 15-20 years down the road)

[XYXZYZ]

My Famicom uses an AC adapter. I assume you're talking about the Famicom Disk System?I have one of those and never use it, and I assume the FDS will die out due to belt issues before anyone will worry about batteries.

EDIT- Oh, you're talking about save batteries in cartridges. I doubt legit reproductions will ever be made, at this point I think the only thing that will keep us playing battery backed games is emulation in some form or another. At this point all I can tell you is to look into getting a ROM box; I have a modded Xbox with a modified NES Advantage, so I'm squared away.

[aclbandit]

My Famicom uses an AC adapter. I assume you're talking about the Famicom Disk System?I have one of those and never use it, and I assume the FDS will die out due to belt issues before anyone will worry about batteries.
There are actually new-manufacture belts which fit it, so that likely won't be the main issue. My concern with my FDS collection is the fact that it's a magnetic medium, which lends itself to failure over time. *sigh*. If only there were a way to re-write to the same discs from backups, we'd be in good shape.

[otaku]

well there are clones of course which are cheap and plentiful and also as long as there is a demand clones will be made and so will parts and repair when demand dries up though...