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Famicom Art

Famicase Exhibition Fuses Yesterday's Famicom Cartridges With Today's Curious Artistic Minds

Rounding out our Nintendo news trifecta today is the annual Famicase art exhibition. It's like many other art exhibitions from around the world, made infinitely cooler by the fact that the artwork is composed of imaginary games pasted to old 8-bit Famicom carts. More than 50 designers, illustrators and authors contributed to event this year, which is organized by Super Meteor game shop owner Satoshi Sagagami. Some are crazier than others, but all have a home in this Nintendo lover's heart. Personal favorite? Overly promiscuous R.O.B.—now we know what he's been up to all these years! More »

9:00 PM on Sun Jul 20 2008
By Jack Loftus
5,429 views, 7 comments

Latest by Valicious: @Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: It was called Grog back in the days. more »

famicom

Nintendo Famicom Business Card Holders Combine Your Idealistic Childhood With Your Sellout Adulthood

What better way to bring your childhood into the present with these Nintendo Famicom business card holders. Your $8.80 will get you one random cartridge or controller, which may or may not be a that really horrible knockoff one made by that one lousy company in the mid '80s. We're looking at you, Ice Climber. If you're lucky, you'll get Zelda, Ballon Fight, or Mario instead. [GameAsylum via Nerd Approved]

6:30 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Jason Chen
3,999 views, 12 comments

retromodo

Coin-Op NES Requires Serious Magic Fingers

While a slew of hotels feature sad, generic video game controllers ready to play whatever crappy IP-streaming games the chain may offer, many Japanese hotels were once stocked with these coin-op Famicom (NES) systems. A 100 yen coin would buy you 10-15 minutes of play, which is a pretty great deal compared to the mini bar or, uhh, "video on demand" services. To check out the Super Famicom (SNES), hit the jump. More »

9:20 AM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Mark Wilson
5,665 views, 8 comments

8-bit

Play Famicom Cartridges on Your DS With CYBER Familator Lite

The CYBER Familator Lite is an Akihabara-esque gizmo that snaps onto your DS Lite and lets you play old Famicom cartridges on your DS screen (If you can hunt down an adapter, you can play NES games as well). I think we should forget the Familator Lite is bigger than the DS, and that an emulator can do the same thing, because you get real 8-bit goodness on your DS. It's like drinking Coke in a glass bottle – it just tastes better. The CYBER Familator Lite is expected to surface in Japan next month. [CYBER Gadget via DS Fanboy via Technabob]

12:07 AM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Adrian Covert
3,339 views, 9 comments

Latest by dragonphyre: @cayton: Silly Decepticon! SNES =! Famicom more »

Nintendo's finally ending their support (read: repair) of the Nintendo Famicom (NES), as well as the Super Famicom, the N64, the Gameboy and the Gameboy Pocket in Japan. You'll have to play those games on an emulator like the rest of us who moved past the '90s. [itmedia via Arcade Renaissance via Kotaku]

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gaming

Hudson's Yellow Button Press Controller Counts Spasms

First made in 1987, this Famicom-esque "Shooting Watch" counts how many times you can push a button in 10 seconds. Only 10,000 of these are being made in Japan (the only place they're being made), so if you like to eschew modern graphics for more spastic gaming, a big yellow bus will come by your Japanese house and sell this to you. Man above? 16 pps. [ITmedia via Kotaku]

6:30 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Jason Chen
2,399 views, 3 comments

Latest by nube: I had a taiwanese friend in algebra who would constantly see how fast he could error his calculator by doing 2x2"=======". He also schooled me at every video game we ever played. more »

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Japanese Famicom (NES) Ads

After watching this collection of old Japanese Famicom ads from the '80s, we can pretty much say there's not all that much difference between these ads and the Wii ads of today. There's definitely more of a focus on the games and accessories compared to the "what do people look like while playing them" ads of today. But in the end, you're not seeing some crazy console alone in a room with a demonic baby. [PlasticBamboo]

1:00 PM on Mon Jul 16 2007
By Jason Chen
1,284 views, 8 comments

Latest by king_of_fools: i like that version of the gun better than mine. more »

what is this

Super Famicom/PlayStation Prototype?

For those of you with short memories, Sony and Nintendo were working together in the mid '90s on a CD-based Nintendo console when negotiations fell apart and both Japanese companies went their separate ways. Sony with the PlayStation and Nintendo with the N64—and we all know what happened since. More »

1:37 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Jason Chen
3,583 views, 17 comments

gadgets

Nintendo Famicom Voice Recorder

Most of you won't be familiar with this Famicom-styled voice recorder since the US got a differently styled NES controller, but for people who grew up in Asia in the '80s this will feel right at home. The voice recorder features a volume slider, a place to shove two AAA batteries, and a couple of buttons that aren't labeled well. More »

1:00 PM on Tue Apr 24 2007
By Jason Chen
1,112 views, 3 comments

home entertainment

PS3: Only $10! Best Deal Ever!

This has to be the best deal ever on a Sony PS3. $10! Could you believe that? Imagine all those Blu-ray movies we're going to watch and Resistance we're going to play when we get this home. Oh look, it's even got wired controllers and is styled like my old Famicom from the early '80s. Waaaaaaiit a second... – Jason Chen More »

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8:50 PM on Tue Feb 27 2007
By Jason Chen
14,819 views, 24 comments

gadgets

Famicom Powered Drum Machine

Japanese Jason has been planning this drum machine since the 90s and it has finally come to life. The drum machine is built from eight Famicom consoles and a Roland 606 drum machine. All of it was nicely mounted in a flight case. He also documented the entire process here. Audiophiles and vintage Nintendo connoisseurs around the world salute you, Jason. More »

6:32 AM on Fri Jan 20 2006
By Travis Hudson
130 views, Comment

portable media

Famicom Micro Makes Me Nostalgic

Ahh, the good old days—grandma cookin up frozen chicken cutlets, me sitting in my pajamas leafing through Nintendo Power where the mere mention of the Famicom was like spotting a unicorn. What was this famous precursor to the NES? Would I ever own one? Did Mario look different in far-off Japan? More »

6:22 PM on Fri Nov 4 2005
By johnb
335 views, 5 comments