hey I was wondering who has the FULL famicom computer system if you do how does it work and what does it look like working???
who has the FULL famicom computer system???
hey I was wondering who has the FULL famicom computer system if you do how does it work and what does it look like working???
The famicom console and the Famicom Disk System?
I have the console but i dont understand your question .
That depends... I have the both versions of the console and a semi-working disk system... but I don't have the keyboard, lightgun, ROB, running pad, or <insert other accessories here>.
Egbert, I miss you...
It's the keyboard and Basic cart that make it a "full computer system," more or less, as Querjek said.
No idea about saving to disk via the FDS.
hey sorry about that I had to go to sleep early for school, I was asking that if anyone has the full system, keyborad, disk system, Data recorder, and so on...
here are some pics,
FAMICOM DATA RECORDER
FAMICOM KEYBOARD
Famicom Modem!!!!!
Link:http://hawanja.com/nes.htm
well who has these and the other stuff as the COMPLETE system??
Most of that should be pretty cheap to pick up - I haven't seen the data recorder, but the rest is well within the dedicated collector's budget (maybe figure $40 for the modem, boxed, and I don't know what for the keyboard - less than $90 if I remember right).
It's, well...of limited interest, really.
Nintendo was either a bit too early with the concept, or their peripherals a bit too cumbersome (after all the MSX series sold decently).
Tell me if you ever find a link to buy the keyboard for under $100...
Egbert, I miss you...
I have a Famicom, Disk System, Data Recorder, BASIC Keyboard, some other BASIC cart and probably some other crap too. I don't read Japanese so I don't understand how to use the Family BASIC keyboard but the manual makes it look like you can make games. Someday I'll spend some more time with it but I need to do that with most of my games.
y-bot
I know where to get one, yes, but given the source, it's anybody's guess when they'll restockOriginally Posted by Querjek
oh yea and I forgot about satiview the add on where you can get updates on nintendo games, tv (i think) and other stuff but since people had to pay monthly service for it, it soon died out and never made it to the U.S.
Whoa!!!!, look what I found,
from ebay
its called a twin famicom disk system which this guy from ebay is selling is this worth getting or is it a fake system???
That looks like it might be the "Fire" orange version. If only you could see the pads better...the other one I saw had autofire built in; apparently this one doesn't, though. Maybe the autofire pads were a mod...
That's a GREAT piece, by the way, if it indeed is the orange one. It's worth at least a small premium over a regular Sharp Twin just for the color difference. Though I will say that there's no telling since the colors of the photo are off a bit...would be hard to mess them up THAT bad, but it's happened before.
It is an officially licensed system sold by Sharp. It's worth $100+ if it is in working condition (the disk drive usually doesn't work). It has A/V output so it work perfectly on a US television. A standard Famicom with RF may not.
y-bot
Problems with the disc drive (the vast majority) are mostly due to the black rubber belt crusting up and becoming brittle. They're replaceable, and there's nothing to say one can't come up with a better belt eventually.
Yeah, the Sharp Twin Famicom, especially this exact version (first edition, red) is a great collector's piece. In fact, I'd say it is the best you could do if you only want to own one Famicom and Disk System.
Just to clear up a few things (to the best of my knowledge) the version you see here does not have the autofire buttons. There was also a black version of this that looked almost identical except that all of the red plastic is black and the little black bezel around the cart slot is red. Please step in and correct me if I'm wrong.
The second version of the Twin Famicom had a different, arguably less cool-looking case, but also came in both red and black versions. And this version had the autofire buttons on the controllers as standard equipment.
There were replacement controllers out there for any official version of the Famicom, either the Nintendo base unit or the Twin, that added features like autofire. These either plugged into the 15-pin expansion port or plugged directly on to the system's main board to the same 7 pin headers where the stock controllers were hooked up. This second type of upgrade required disassembly of the unit. All very cool stuff!
Man, I want a red first edition Twin Famicom!!!
That's not a red Twin; that's an orange one. Yeah, I actually see one of the red plugs on the A/V cable; but checking with my saved copy of the auction for the "fire" one I see the cart slot and colored buttons are totally different on this one...the unit with the autofire buttons had a white/blue/white strip going all the way across the top of the unit.
No autofire on the unit here; the autofire switches would be on the visible part.
Zach, nobody really knows what order the units came out in, but model numbers might give a good indication. The black case/red trim is AN500B; I can't make out the model number for this unit.
Here's the picture at its native resolution:
http://members.sparedollar.com/umebosi/twinfamicom.jpg
Too bad I can't see the model number!
this is like the one I have:
http://darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com/c...winfamicom.htm
I had to replace the belt in it but it works now.
y-bot
That's the exact model I was originally supposed to be getting from gamechoice.com.hk, and that's the style the *other* "Fire" (not to be confused with the G&W game) orange Sharp Twin's cartridge slot comes in.
I somehow doubt Nintendo was able to pull Sharp's units off shelves in 1988 due to "rampant copying," seeing how Nintendo didn't own the units, and disk kiosks stayed around in stores for many years after (plus Nintendo would write a game to disk if you sent one in). I've always been a bit put off by that description on this site.
Stupid Dark Watcher's Console History at it again.
i also saw the black version on ebay and that looks cool! also what where the main differences of famicom to NES, which is better???
I understand the original Family Computer (it even says Family Computer on front) is an RF machine, so people don't like using them if they can find a Sharp Twin or an A/V Famicom - both of which output A/V. A/V Famicom is pretty much superior to the U.S. released toploader. It's identical in style to the US machine (to my casual glance, since I dislike the look of both machines) but has none of the visual artifacts that hamper toploader games. There's one of these on Yahoo! Auctions Japan right now, with something like 70 games with it, going for a decent price too.
Sharp Twin? Well, the ultimate in that series is the Titler, for its S-Video option. Yay!
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