In about 3 weeks I will return home where I have my game consoles stored. I am looking to sell off my Famicom collection. I'm 21, I'm in school, and I like messing with game hardware and playing games sometimes. Collecting is not really the point of owning any of these things, and when I see the value of these old cartridges rise it almost feels wasteful for me to have them and not use more than a few of them that much. When I get home I'm going to be thinning out the herd, starting with the Famicom stuff.
I figure here we have some good Nintendo nuts who'd like this sort of stuff, so if anyone might want some of it let me know.
Famicom - Pending - In good condition, has a very white shell and the controllers are pretty much mint. Here's a video of me peeling the protective plastic off of the controllers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VazNpJ7rVaI
You can see the condition of the console in that video. In addition, you can see my Gimmick! cartridge. I am not sure if I want to hang on to that or not. This is one of the earlier versions of the Famicom, with the nice audio mixing (where the expansion isn't too loud like the later ones.)
The NESRGB mod was installed before the Famicom kit existed, so I did it with a DIY solution. It looks a little nasty, but it has been rock solid.
The power section has a very efficient PTH8080 regulator from Texas Instruments, and it uses the original plug and power supply for the Famicom. It does not get nearly as warm. An S-video jack is mounted on the back as well as a 1/8" audio jack for sound. These replace the old RF jack for output.
Here is the result of the RGB mod (running on my 32" RGB CRT):
I broke out the RGB signal with a small RJ-11 plug on the back of the Famicom. This was the best way to keep the installation small, but not difficult to mount with stability. It breaks out into a VGA-style plug, with RGB on pins 1, 2, and 3 (standard for VGA) and Composite Sync on pin 13 (Hsync on VGA). This is pretty typical wiring for these signals, and it will work on just about every projector (turns out most will accept SCART-style signals without arguing). I was afraid ghosting or interference might be an issue with this sort of cable, but a long 5' cable has provided no such problems. 15KHz RGB is a pretty low bandwidth signal.
I mounted such a VGA plug on the CRT I modified to take VGA.
However, you can easily wire yourself a JP21 / SCART adapter, or get a VGA to SCART adapter which should work just fine for this.
I have a Famicom Disk System as well. It's in good shape, and it has the RAM adapter as well.
I will make a much better post when I get home and can see all my games, but these are the ones I remember off the top of my head:
Cartridges
Boulder Dash
Super Mario Bros 1
Super Mario Bros USA
Super Mario Bros 3 - Pending
Devil World - Pending
Salamander - Pending
Gradius 2 - Pending
Parodius Da! - Pending
Hebereke - Pending
Gimmick!
Quarth
Rolling Thunder (cartridge modified with a little transistor pre-amp I built to better amplify the really quiet Namco audio chip inside)
Yoshi's Cookie
Kirby's Adventure
Rockman 2
Rockman 1 (boot)
Duck Tales
Flipull
Disk System Games
The Legend of Zelda - Pending
Super Mario Bros 2 (J)
Castlevania / Akumajou Dracula - Pending
Ice Hockey - Pending
Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa - Pending
I am not totally sure how to value these exactly. I will have access to them around August 22nd +/- a few days as I will be moving. If anyone wants to venture interest in them or has pricing suggestions, I'd be happy to know. I can answer questions, but can't really do a whole lot until I have physical access to the systems.
I figure here we have some good Nintendo nuts who'd like this sort of stuff, so if anyone might want some of it let me know.
Famicom - Pending - In good condition, has a very white shell and the controllers are pretty much mint. Here's a video of me peeling the protective plastic off of the controllers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VazNpJ7rVaI
You can see the condition of the console in that video. In addition, you can see my Gimmick! cartridge. I am not sure if I want to hang on to that or not. This is one of the earlier versions of the Famicom, with the nice audio mixing (where the expansion isn't too loud like the later ones.)
The NESRGB mod was installed before the Famicom kit existed, so I did it with a DIY solution. It looks a little nasty, but it has been rock solid.
The power section has a very efficient PTH8080 regulator from Texas Instruments, and it uses the original plug and power supply for the Famicom. It does not get nearly as warm. An S-video jack is mounted on the back as well as a 1/8" audio jack for sound. These replace the old RF jack for output.
Here is the result of the RGB mod (running on my 32" RGB CRT):
I broke out the RGB signal with a small RJ-11 plug on the back of the Famicom. This was the best way to keep the installation small, but not difficult to mount with stability. It breaks out into a VGA-style plug, with RGB on pins 1, 2, and 3 (standard for VGA) and Composite Sync on pin 13 (Hsync on VGA). This is pretty typical wiring for these signals, and it will work on just about every projector (turns out most will accept SCART-style signals without arguing). I was afraid ghosting or interference might be an issue with this sort of cable, but a long 5' cable has provided no such problems. 15KHz RGB is a pretty low bandwidth signal.
I mounted such a VGA plug on the CRT I modified to take VGA.
However, you can easily wire yourself a JP21 / SCART adapter, or get a VGA to SCART adapter which should work just fine for this.
I have a Famicom Disk System as well. It's in good shape, and it has the RAM adapter as well.
I will make a much better post when I get home and can see all my games, but these are the ones I remember off the top of my head:
Cartridges
Boulder Dash
Super Mario Bros 1
Super Mario Bros USA
Super Mario Bros 3 - Pending
Devil World - Pending
Salamander - Pending
Gradius 2 - Pending
Parodius Da! - Pending
Hebereke - Pending
Gimmick!
Quarth
Rolling Thunder (cartridge modified with a little transistor pre-amp I built to better amplify the really quiet Namco audio chip inside)
Yoshi's Cookie
Kirby's Adventure
Rockman 2
Rockman 1 (boot)
Duck Tales
Flipull
Disk System Games
The Legend of Zelda - Pending
Super Mario Bros 2 (J)
Castlevania / Akumajou Dracula - Pending
Ice Hockey - Pending
Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa - Pending
I am not totally sure how to value these exactly. I will have access to them around August 22nd +/- a few days as I will be moving. If anyone wants to venture interest in them or has pricing suggestions, I'd be happy to know. I can answer questions, but can't really do a whole lot until I have physical access to the systems.