Sharp Twin Famicom AN-505

[Gapporin]

I'd say you did pretty well. I actually paid about $200 for my Twin Famicom, 5 cartridge games and an FDS disk, and I don't regret that purchase at all. I've always been kinda paranoid around using the FDS, but since it seems to be getting easier to find supplies and info about fixing it, maybe I should need not worry.

You probably already know this, but the AN-505 was the 2nd Twin Famicom model released, and it featured rapid fire buttons on the controllers, therefore making it command a little bit more money than the first model AN-500's. I've got a red case/black highlight AN-500, and I think it looks mighty slick. I've always loved the case design of the Twin Famicom for whatever reason.

One question: Was the console domestic or foreign? That is to say, was the seller in the US or did you pay for overseas shipping? When I bought mine, I bought it from a seller in Japan and it ended up costing a good deal for EMS shipping. But if you bought yours for $100, that's certainly nothing to sneeze at, especially for the reasons mentioned above.



"You made...a great deal!"

[smork]

Damn fine price -- you'll pay more than that on average in Japan. Very well done!

[InsaneDavid]

Thanks for the replies!

You probably already know this, but the AN-505 was the 2nd Twin Famicom model released, and it featured rapid fire buttons on the controllers, therefore making it command a little bit more money than the first model AN-500's.

I knew it was in the second series with the turbo switches on the controllers but not that it increased the value. Awhile back I read that there are some FDS copiers / writers that will only work on the earlier systems due to some kind of lockout chip on the FDS drive - but that's something that doesn't matter to me anyway.

One question: Was the console domestic or foreign? That is to say, was the seller in the US or did you pay for overseas shipping? When I bought mine, I bought it from a seller in Japan and it ended up costing a good deal for EMS shipping. But if you bought yours for $100, that's certainly nothing to sneeze at, especially for the reasons mentioned above.

US seller amazingly, it's almost too good to be true so we'll see when it arrives. It looks good, description checks out and seller feedback is good. I paid with PayPal so I'm feeling pretty confident about it all. I think the combination of the auction ending on a Thursday morning at 6:35 PDT and the FDS drive being untested was a big factor. There was only one other bid in the closing hour and it was 30 minutes before the auction end. I tossed in my bid with about a half a minute to go and it was unchallenged aside from the previous proxy.

I'm not too worried about the FDS drive because as Gapporin said parts and information seem to be in a much healthier supply than in previous years. If I have to toss in a few bucks for FDS parts I think I'll still come out ahead, especially since I've seen tutorials that state the internals of a standalone FDS can be swapped with the FDS drive in the Twin Famicom.

I suppose I could call this one of my grails. Years ago after finally having some disposable income (amazing how that period comes and goes) to buy a TurboDuo, the Twin Famicom became the next system in the back of my mind to get.

I have a duplicate of F1-Race re-written on a loose 3D Hot-Rally disc, I know you're a racing fan - let me know if you want it.

I might take you up on that once the system arrives. If it's the game I'm thinking of I play it via emulation on the Dreamcast every now and then.

[RadiantSvgun]

Without games, I've seen them go for over 200. Let me know if its worth the money when you get it, because I am thinking of investing in one this summer.