It looks and sounds great but it's waaay too easy, which is a shame.
NES/Famicom Appreciation Thread
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I haven't beaten that one. Thank you, you just reminded me to get back on that.
RadarScope1
Member
The AV Fami and stick I just bought were from Yamatoku. I tried to request combined shipping but didn't get a response after a few days. I but the bullet and paid both fees. It then shipped quickly (together) and was well packed so I guess it was worth it. The initial prices were quite good and the items in great shape.
This increases my interest. I suck at shooters.
This increases my interest. I suck at shooters.
I've bought from Yamatoku a few times in the last year and I've always had to wait about one week to receive the combined shipping invoice.
I also just purchased a Famicom from them, but it's the original version.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
How does $50 sound for a good-looking loose copy of Akumajou Densetsu?
elmalloc
Member
I did some research for you and the ebay going rate is $45-50 for loose copies that look good. It's not a bad price.
Yeah, the cutscenes are hilarious. Frankly, I wish I could read them. But then that's my fault at this point for not knowing Japanese.
RadarScope1
Member
I will have to check out the differences. JP version sounds way cooler.
Shin Johnpv
Member
*edit* sorry didn't see a post already had a reply to it.
Huggers
Member
Tbh I struggle with shooters so it kinda suits me.
Jumped the gun a little and played some Shatterhand today too. Amazing game, all in for a treat with this one
IrishNinja
Member
goddamn i wish i had tracking on this N8, picking up a memory card today or tomorrow
yeah, was looking at some Saturn stuff and saw he did this for us US guys too, shame
fucking hell
yeah, was looking at some Saturn stuff and saw he did this for us US guys too, shame
fucking hell
Just beat Blaster Master for the first time a couple nights ago. Awesome game, great soundtrack. A friend of mine had it when I was kid but we had no idea where to go, so besides beating the first boss we would just wander around until we died.
I think I'm going to look into grabbing a boxed copy.
I think I'm going to look into grabbing a boxed copy.
elmalloc
Member
I will play BM tonight based on this review.
Guess I need a better one then. The one im using I just had extra from when I bought an Omega CMVS off neo geo forums back in the day. Came with scart and component. I had one from that one ebay seller Retro Game Accessories, but it only output a distorted image like this:
Are there any better sellers aside from her or that UK site? Or did that just happen to be a busted cable? Was advertised as having boosted sync
I actually have a translated cart of that, but I haven't played it yet. I should get on that at some point.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Man I want Gimmick so bad but the price. ):
All I know is the stage 1 music is cool...and its got a strange muscle man boss.
Repro from Bishop Bros via Nintendoage for me. Its a pretty nice looking repro too.
georgetheplushie
Member
I tried over and over to get them to use ebay's combined invoice feature to no avail once. They used to have a feature on their website that would allow you to combine shipping on all your completed listing across both yamatoku accounts, but that feature seems to have been deleted from their website between back in November when I last used it and today.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Do they make Famicom carts with the expansion audio?
They made an NES shaped cart with the expansion audio, but im not sure about fami shapes:
http://nintendoage.com/auth/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=123791
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Rather tempted to pick up the original Rockman titles for my Famicom. Someone is selling a package of all six games for $120 + $17 for shipping. That doesn't seem terribly bad considering the cheapest I'm seeing VI is $35 and the cheapest the original game seems to go for is $40, so that's $62 for the remaining four, or $20 and some change each for the rest.
Decisions decisions.
Edit:
Just picked out individual "Buy It Now" listings (limiting it to US sellers for ease of use):
Rockman: $48.34
Rockman 2: $26.25
Rockman 3: $18.95
Rockman 4: $17.95
Rockman 5: $17.95
Rockman 6: $34.18
$163.63
Rockman: $48.34
Rockman 2: $26.25
Rockman 3& 4: $27.74
Rockman 5: $17.95
Rockman 6: $34.18
$154.47
Yep, seems like the six-pack may be the way to go.
Decisions decisions.
Edit:
Just picked out individual "Buy It Now" listings (limiting it to US sellers for ease of use):
Rockman: $48.34
Rockman 2: $26.25
Rockman 3: $18.95
Rockman 4: $17.95
Rockman 5: $17.95
Rockman 6: $34.18
$163.63
Rockman: $48.34
Rockman 2: $26.25
Rockman 3& 4: $27.74
Rockman 5: $17.95
Rockman 6: $34.18
$154.47
Yep, seems like the six-pack may be the way to go.
First 2,3 levels are pretty good but then the difficulty kicks in. It starts to resemble I Wanna Be The Guy in a bad way. Too bad, I like the idea and it's a crazy enough game that it's maybe worth playing for a bit. But I wouldn't put down a ton of money on.
I went with the Famicom-version, still expensive but way better than the scandinavian release.
eXistor
Member
Yeah, it's on my list. Most games on that list are stupid expensive though...
Sebastian Suola
Member
This explains why they refuse to give me SAL as a shipping option. I thoght it was only when the items' value were over $100. Actually when I now read the items' description-pages, everything is still like before! Nothing has changed. So wtf is going on? I have now sent them three invoice requests, stating that I will not pay overprice for shipping when the item pages clearly indicated that I could choose SAL shipping, like before. I have bought hundreds of games from them.
Also, last month they cancelled one of my items and resold the same item! Well, to be more clear, they "accidentally" sold the same item three times, and (SURPRISE!) cancelled my order. You can try and guess if my winning bid was lower or higher than the others.
It was fun while it lasted, and I got some great deals, but I think I'm now done with them.
EDIT: so yeah, if someone could give me a link or a picture where I could see the new changes, because I can't find them and Yamatoku's communication is a joke.
I'd highly suggest the Japanese version of Gun-Nac. It does have some menus that I made some notes for myself to help navigate through, but the lack of censorship makes up for it - one particular level has you fighting flying cigarette boxes that shoot cigarettes at you. It's hilarious.
Yeah we got a lot of laughs out of this game. Did they censor that much in the US version? I guess I'm glad I got the Famicom cart then.
RadarScope1
Member
Man, these guys have some really interesting stuff. Are most of the Mario games just ROM hacks (except for All Night Nippon)? I see a whole lot them are FC-only titles. In those cases, I'd probably rather just have the real thing since I own the console. I'm not into bootlegs and hacks (I don't even have interest in owning unlicensed NES games from back in the day) but if there are some that are well-regarded I would consider it. Just never hear talk about them in this thread.
Yeah im not a hack kinda guy either, so I wouldnt really know if any of them are good. when it comes to fan translations, i'd rather have the actual game cart with the translation flashed to it, but with Gimmick and Hebreke, the alternatives are just too expensive or hard to find imo.
On that note, this is the game I was talking about earlier:
I need to figure out how to fix that label one day...aside from super glue.
Thanks, kind of intriguing. The US version seems to be dirt cheap so I'll check it out.
And yeah, the stage 1 theme rocks
I've played a handful of Castlevania hacks, I kind of wish there was more talk about hacks in general. if only because it's kind of hard to tell which ones are decent and which ones are terrible when barely anyone has played them.
Yeah that level replaces seemingly every thing with generic space ship stuff. I recall some other changes I noticed in other levels, but I can't recall exactly what they were.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Unless you're one of those folks that needs everything to be original, you might be best off trying to get a high quality scan of that label and have it reprinted somewhere.
RadarScope1
Member
These carts are really interesting. A little bit of NES DNA in them. The Punch-Out!! FC cart has a similar shell.
Considering how im cool with fan translation repros, I think im about 50/50. I'd rather have originals if I can.
I think something might be wrong with my cart or it just doesnt work too well with the converter. It works great, no freezing or anything, but some of the sound effects are really muted compared to others.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I'm wondering about the FDS rabbit hole, and if it's worth falling down. Are they really temperamental machines or is it always due to those belts? Are the exclusives worth the hassle for most of you here?
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
This arrived today:
^Looks nice. What's in that little SMB box below the cartridge?
I hear they work perfectly after belt replacement.
I hear they work perfectly after belt replacement.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
It's part of the Famicom Mini packaging, the Japanese equivalent of the "Classic NES Series" GBA line released back in 2004.
RadarScope1
Member
That is one nice looking Famicom, NOLA. The controllers look mint. The pic with the GBA is sexy. What carts came with?
And do you have, uh, a Super Mario bedspread? Not that there's anything wrong with that ...
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I actually just bought one. I have VERY limited experience so far - like about 30 minutes total spent with about 6 or 7 games. This one supposedly has a new belt and it does work. Most of the games seemed to work fine during my limited testing but a couple had graphical glitches and at least one wouldn't read at all. When I get time I am going to try to clean and calibrate the disk head.
And do you have, uh, a Super Mario bedspread? Not that there's anything wrong with that ...
I have some Mario PJ pants
I actually just bought one. I have VERY limited experience so far - like about 30 minutes total spent with about 6 or 7 games. This one supposedly has a new belt and it does work. Most of the games seemed to work fine during my limited testing but a couple had graphical glitches and at least one wouldn't read at all. When I get time I am going to try to clean and calibrate the disk head.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
It was listed as a "Pro-Recolor" console, which meant it was supposedly repainted to look as close to the original color as possible. I assume that means the controllers got new decals as well, though I could be wrong.
The seller had some consoles that looked like they were in really good shape as well...very little discoloration as the Famicoms tend to get...but I thought I'd just play it safe and pay a bit more for the recolored one, because I wanted it to be as white as possible.
It came with Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario USA, Yoshi's Cookie, Yoshi, Dr. Mario, Mario Bros., and Mario Open Golf.
It worked out pretty well because outside of SMB, SMB3, and Yoshi, I actually don't have any of those other titles in my NES collection from my childhood.
And hell yes that's a Mario bedspread. There wasn't Mario Kart bedding when I was a kid so I'm making up for lost time. (Plus is makes a nice backing for eBay auction photos.)
sixteen-bit
Member
Congrats! great pics.
RadarScope1
Member
Nice. Living the dream.
2 is amazing but much easier.Beat Ninja Gaiden for the first time. Tough game late on but so good. How are it's sequels?
3 is best played on Famicom. The U.S. release was made way too hard (double damage, limited continues)
Congrats, great game as well and one of my favs on the NES.Beat Ninja Gaiden for the first time. Tough game late on but so good. How are it's sequels?
2 is awesome but easier in aspects.
3 is really hard, like one of the hardest on the system, I can't no death it like I did with the 1st 2. Japanese version is way easier though.
Play the sequels!
Both great. The jump is a little different in 3 but it's still good. US version is more thrilling