The Famicom turns twenty

[Kid Fenris]

The Famicom turns twenty this July 15. Or so says GameSpy. In honor of this historic occasion, they're dedicating a week's worth of articles to the system.

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/july03/famicom/

I'm curious . . . does anyone here own a Famicom?

[Lifebringeroftorv]

i do, but i bought it broken and it smells like burnt circuits.

[digitalpress]

I've got a Famicom. Actually I had two at one time - I gave one away in the Spring Cleaning Contests of 2001 and the other one is in the CGE Museum in Vegas with it's brother disk system. That's the nice set.

[Scoots]

No console, but I have about 15 Famicom games I play with an adapter.

[NE146]

I'm curious . . . does anyone here own a Famicom?

Yes I got a Famicom. I first saw it in Japan (and absolutely freaked out at it) but thought it would never come to the states. But then all of a sudden they started selling bootleg versions back at home so I picked one up and played it that way. I eventually figured out the Nintendo version was the real deal and got that console instead.

But THEN, the NES came out.. so I didn't bother with the Famicom and the japanese/bootleg carts anymore.. and from that point on only bought NES stuff.. heck, they were in english! :P

[rbudrick]

Yeah, I've got one w/ disk system, all boxed and complete with all docs, etc.
Playing the REAL SMB2 rocks!
-Rob

[Scoots]

Does anyone know of any really good (DP quality) resources for Famicom collecting? I'm more interested in info than rarity/pricing, though I'd be curious about those too. The amount of pirates out there is staggering...a good reference to the legit stuff (in English) is sorely needed.

[digitpress Jim]

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY NINTENDO FAMICOM.I have to show my love and respect for this system. :D :D :D :D :D