Call Me Slow If You Want to.

[rpepper9]

I just realized that the reason the Japanese NES and SNES are called Famicom and Super Famicom is because they were said "Family Computer" on them. So after viewing a bunch of ebay listing for Famicom systems I put two and two together. With the Fami from "Family" and the com from "Computer", I don't know why I didn't realize this sooner :embarrassed:

[TheRedEye]

Slow!

Took me a couple years too, though.

[EndlessChris]

When I was a kid I always thought it was the "Super Falcon"

[Sotenga]

Hey, it took me a while to find out that SEGA stands for "Service Games," and even longer to find what SNK is an acronym for (which is Shin Nihon Kikaku, BTW). It also took some board members a while to find out that Sotenga represents SOny, ninTENdo, and seGA. ;) :D

[Mr.FoodMonster]

For awhile I thought it was called the 'Fiacom'.

Yeeeeeah.

[rbudrick]

Hmmm, I think I always knew this (no, not bragging, I just remember this from when the NES came out here). I guess it isn't that obvious when I think about it...

Well, as long as we're on the subject, NEC=Nippon Electronics Company, I believe.

-Rob

[NESVIDIOT]

So how many of you know what Coleco stand for? without looking...

[Lady Jaye]

Easy. Connecticut Leather Company.

[Gamereviewgod]

Conneticut Leather Company

Edit: beat me to it.

[NESVIDIOT]

Obviously you two have been at the "game" for a few years! the younger crowd never gets this one. Right on! Quick on the draw Lady Jaye

[jajaja]

I didnt know before now that SEGA stand for Service Games. I havnt bothered to check up on this anyway, but it might be nice to know :)

[Lady Jaye]

Well, I've read several books on the history of videogames and I'm a trivia buff... so it's only normal that I'd get it. :D

[rpepper9]

Thanks for not making fun of me. I am still amazed how many listings you can find on eBay calling it a famicoN very popular mispelling.

[PDorr3]

insteresting, I just learned alot, and a new way to stump my friends!

[rpepper9]

Conneticut Leather Company

Edit: beat me to it.

I have never heard of that one. How did that come to happen? It almost sounds like a company that had too much money and was looking for some alternative way to spend some money. Any one know of the history of this Name/Company?

[gamergary]

Haha you are slow.

[rpepper9]

Haha you are slow.

Thank you, Thank you very much! (in best Elvis voice)

[Gapporin]

and even longer to find what SNK is an acronym for (which is Shin Nihon Kikaku, BTW).

I actually read somewhere that "Shin Nihon Kikaku" translated into English means "The People's Elbow". @_@ I don't believe that.

Here's a few more for you guys:

Capcom = Capsule Computers (or Captain Commando after the fact)
Irem = International Rental Electronic Machines

And, not so much as an acronym as it is a useless piece of trivia, but the kanji for "Ko-Na-Mi" are 5-7-3. Which is why the default high score for Konami's arcade games are at 57,300.

[Dimitri]

I think I've known this for a long time since when I first found out that the NES was the "Famicom" in Japan, it specifically said that it was short for "Family Computer". Guess we can't all be that "lucky". :roll:


And, not so much as an acronym as it is a useless piece of trivia, but the kanji for "Ko-Na-Mi" are 5-7-3. Which is why the default high score for Konami's arcade games are at 57,300.

Ah, so that's why they called their arcade hardware System 573. I'd always thought it was just a random number. Never heard the Capcom one before, though...

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Ah, don't feel too bad dude. Atleast you don't call the SFC the *super fraction* like this kid I went to high school with. I don't know what was sadder, the fact that he called it that, or that he works at Gamestop and supposedly has to help answer game related questions people may have.

[drummy]

Excuse me for my slowness, but what the hell is SOTENGA!? O_O

[Lady Jaye]

Conneticut Leather Company

Edit: beat me to it.

I have never heard of that one. How did that come to happen? It almost sounds like a company that had too much money and was looking for some alternative way to spend some money. Any one know of the history of this Name/Company?

That's because they were originally making leather products and they were based in Connecticut. In the 1950s, they decided to diversify their activities by starting to make plastic toys, such as the Turtle wading pools and table hockey games. They eventually sold the leather-production hardware and renamed themselves Coleco.

[Aussie2B]

Thanks for not making fun of me. I am still amazed how many listings you can find on eBay calling it a famicoN very popular mispelling.

I once got into a huge argument with someone who insisted that "Famicon" was a correct translation, even though nearly every Famicom and Super Famicom product has "Famicom" written all over it in English. :P The reason "Famicon" is a common mistake is because of how it's written in Japanese. Obviously, "Family Computer" is not a native Japanese phrase, so they use katakana, an alphabet almost exclusively used for foreign words, to replicate it in Japanese as close as they can. Romanized the katakana reads "Fa-mi-ko-n". The "n" in Japanese can be romanized as either an "m" or an "n" and be correct (hence why you'll see both "Gunpei Yokoi" and "Gumpei Yokoi"), but most often it is romanized and pronounced as "n". The only reason why we know that the "n" is incorrect is this case is because there is already an official English spelling for it in the form of "Famicom", which is furthered proved to be the correct English form when you consider its origins as "Family Computer".

[Wavelflack]

It was only as few years ago that I understood why public restroom toilet seats are horseshoe shaped. I always wondered why, but it never really occurred to me. Then one day, I suddenly made the connection!

I'm slow as well.

[nesgamer]

Thanks for not making fun of me. I am still amazed how many listings you can find on eBay calling it a famicoN very popular mispelling.

I once got into a huge argument with someone who insisted that "Famicon" was a correct translation, even though nearly every Famicom and Super Famicom product has "Famicom" written all over it in English. :P The reason "Famicon" is a common mistake is because of how it's written in Japanese. Obviously, "Family Computer" is not a native Japanese phrase, so they use katakana, an alphabet almost exclusively used for foreign words, to replicate it in Japanese as close as they can. Romanized the katakana reads "Fa-mi-ko-n". The "n" in Japanese can be romanized as either an "m" or an "n" and be correct (hence why you'll see both "Gunpei Yokoi" and "Gumpei Yokoi"), but most often it is romanized and pronounced as "n". The only reason why we know that the "n" is incorrect is this case is because there is already an official English spelling for it in the form of "Famicom", which is furthered proved to be the correct English form when you consider its origins as "Family Computer".

My head hurts x_x

[Jibbajaba]

Ive been a member here for 11 months, and I just figured out on Tuesday what NE146's nickname meant.

Chris

[Dr. Morbis]

Ive been a member here for 11 months, and I just figured out on Tuesday what NE146's nickname meant.

Chris
LOL I remember after seeing his name about a thousand times on various boards, one day it 'clicked' for me too. Coincidentally, the number 6 is pronounced as 'sex' in German (atleast with the swiss folks I know, I don't know how similar swiss German and high German are)