Weirdest Famiclone ever!

[Macbee]

It's PC Game - from Brazil (a paradise of bizarre piracy) by a well-known Famiclone company called Dynacom:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SSGpi1ASUKM

[FrakAttack]

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ti...tte/1706337627

[Steve W]

I've always wondered why a few Famiclones have keyboards and word processors in them when they never include any kind of printer port to make hard copies or a modem to send the doc to someone. And there's not any way to save a document, so there's really no use for that program.

I've seen stranger Famiclones than that one. I've got one that's built into a keyboard with a lot of educational software on it. I've never been able to use the thing, considering that it never came with a power supply and it doesn't use batteries.

It seems that they try to make a lot of educational clones in Brazil. Like the TV Boy, based on the Atari 2600 but with a bunch of learning games on it. And then there's machines like this one. Y'know, it's about time that someone uses the hardware to make a home computer out of it. Kind of like the early Famicom, and the original design of the NES in the US (with a keyboard and cassette recorder for external storage). These pirate Famiclone designers just need to put some ports on the damn things so that you can save your data, print out documents, and maybe a modem (that comes with a bunch of pirated games that have been hacked to be played multiplayer online). Then you've got something special.

[VACRMH]

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ti...tte/1706337627

God, do people really watch that show?

[Steve W]

God, do people really watch that show?

From what I've heard, the show has been cancelled finally. So, yes, there is a God. Although he's a bit slow to react.

I was wondering why he posted a Tim & Eric skit in a thread about Famiclones. Maybe it was his attempt to spread mediocrity across the internet.







I really, really hate the Tim and Eric show. Deeply and truly.

[Hardcore]

It has not been cancelled. New episodes start this month. Back off my Tim and Eric. They're my pap paps.

As for the PC Famiclone. I am impressed that these people have taken it one step closer to being a PC.

[FrakAttack]

I was wondering why he posted a Tim & Eric skit in a thread about Famiclones. Maybe it was his attempt to spread mediocrity across the internet.

Because the Famiclone vid reminded me of Tim & Eric's useless product infomercials. The Internet spreads mediocrity just fine without my help.

[NayusDante]

I remember reading a story about Famiclones like this, except they were like 80s euro-PCs with the built-in keyboard. Never thought I'd see an NES in a tower design, and I don't see why it's really necessary, other than to look awesome. The concept is great, it's an incredibly affordable "computer" in a very loose sense of the word. It seems more like a toy or another cheap famiclone, but there's talk about using these in third-world countries to push IT literacy. I remember some figures about just knowing how to type making the difference between working $1/week and $1/day. Still, the lack of document saving brings it down, as well as the use of NES carts as storage medium. I'd love to see a famiclone use 3.25" floppy, but then again, those aren't in production anymore.

[MrSparkle]

wow the famicom has finally entered the thriving 8 bit home computer market of the 1980s! kind of a unique idea i guess i feel really sorry for the guys who developed all of that practically useless software though.

[Macbee]

Because the Famiclone vid reminded me of Tim & Eric's useless product infomercials. The Internet spreads mediocrity just fine without my help.

Sorry. I'm just trying to show you some curious/bizarre stuff from the place where I live =(

The concept is great, it's an incredibly affordable "computer" in a very loose sense of the word.

The stupid thing about 'PC Game' is: It's not affordable at all! It costs between 150 - 200 US Dollars!!

Everything here is expensive. With the money you can buy a Nintendo Wii everywhere you will only buy a Sega Master System in Brazil.

[MrSparkle]

for 150-200 you can get an XO laptop from the OLPC (one laptop per child) project. The hardware specs certainly beat out a 68k based computer for the price.

http://laptop.org/en/laptop/index.shtml

[mobiusclimber]

So is this going to use Family Computer software too? I mean Nintendo DID make a computer-style "Famicom" after all.

[thom_m]

The stupid thing about 'PC Game' is: It's not affordable at all! It costs between 150 - 200 US Dollars!!

Everything here is expensive. With the money you can buy a Nintendo Wii everywhere you will only buy a Sega Master System in Brazil.

Totally right. And it pisses me off. It sucks to be a gamer in Brazil.

And I'm glad you wrote about the PC Game; I wanted to start a thread about it for a while, but never brought myself to it.

Dynacom idea with this piece of junk is to trick poor, misinformed parents to buy one of these things to their kids instead of a real PC. Since it's cheap for a "PC" (although REALLY expensive for a famiclone), they think they're making one hell fo a deal - just to arrive home and watch their offspring cry in disgust.

Tec Toy sells their cart slot-less versions of the Genny and the SMS for abusive prices too, since most of the people here can't actually tell videogames apart anyway. They go for the same price as almost 20 years ago, when they were actually the current gen consoles. A shame, really.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

From what I've heard, the show has been cancelled finally. So, yes, there is a God. Although he's a bit slow to react.

I was wondering why he posted a Tim & Eric skit in a thread about Famiclones. Maybe it was his attempt to spread mediocrity across the internet.

I really, really hate the Tim and Eric show. Deeply and truly.

Not sure where you heard what you heard ...

and while I can certainly understand not liking it (personally I think it's fab, but it's certainly absurd to the point of being polarizing)

... it's one of the highest rated original productions on Adult Swim, the network execs love the caliber of guest star that exec. producer Bob Odenkirk brings in to the production ...

and Season 4 begins This Sunday

http://vimeo.com/3056385

So, at the very least it's not cancelled.

[Tupin]

I can only think these computer Famiclones in this day and age are aimed to the Brazil equivalent of people who buy computers at Wal-Mart.

Then again, some people don't have any other options, even if it isn't cheap.

Could you just plug any old Famicom cart into that thing and have it play?

[thom_m]

Yes, you can. That thing's just a famiclone in disguise. as fas as I know, it even comes with a multicart

[Steve W]

But are the educational games built into the unit, or are they on the cartridge?

How hard would it be to put in a memory card slot into a Famiclone, I wonder? I've got an SD card reader that only cost me $7, so the technology isn't expensive. At least it would provide storage for the machine, which could possibly be transferred to a PC if the data was put in the right format. Plus, you could happily throw ROMs of every Famicom/NES game onto one card and play all of them - if the hardware is up to it, like the way that Castlevania III won't play on hardly any Famiclones. It would be a low cost addition to the console that would make it truly useful instead of disposable.

About the whole Tim and Eric thing... polarizing is a good word to describe the show. I've never met anyone who thinks the show's just okay, it's either "I love it!" or, if you're me, "I want to see them hunted down and destroyed for their crimes against comedy, and all traces of their existence removed from the face of God's green Earth". See, no middle ground.

[boatofcar]

They're my pap paps.

...the hell? Teenager lingo needs to be canceled.


I'm still waiting for the homebrew community to make their own famiclone that somehow put all the great ideas people have into action. I want it all! Keyboard, cassette storage (yes, cassette storage), cart slot, card slot, USB support, wireless...

[AB Positive]

Because the Famiclone vid reminded me of Tim & Eric's useless product infomercials. The Internet spreads mediocrity just fine without my help.

I immediately thought Innernette too. The show is funny, but I think you have to do hard drugs or work at a middle school to appreciate it.


I'm in the latter group... of course

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