Famicom Disk System

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Alana

I’ve had my Famicom Disk System for a couple of weeks now but I wasn’t sure how to make an awesome post with it.  Well sorry to say I didn’t really think of anything :(  But I can show you how it works.

On the right hand side we have a red power light, unlike the Famicom which just had a section that was painted that would be visible when the console was turned on.  In the middle we have the cartridge slot where you put the game and the yellow eject button to remove the games.

Here’s how it connects to the Famicom system.  You use what is called the RAM cartridge.  It hooks in the back of the disk system and the main unit plugs into where a game cartridge goes.  One of the really awesome things is it can run on C batteries so if you don’t have a power adapter or room for one you don’t have to worry about it.  I use batteries since my fds didn’t come with a power adapter.  It seems like a lot of batteries but since the Famicom really only accesses the fds to retrieve a save game or to save a game it should last for a long time.

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Here’s a close up of a game disk, you have to be careful to protect the exposed silver strip at the top because you don’t want your game corrupted.  The game I’m holding is Doki Doki Panic :)  The game used for Super Mario Brother 2 here in North America, which was released in Japan as Super Mario USA.

Top left is Adventure of Chatram, which is actually a game for the movie Milo and Otis.  I love this movie with the kitten and pug dog so I had to get the game :)  To it’s right is Gachapon Senshi which is an SD Gundam game.  Then we have Ultraman Club and Doki Doki Panic.

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On the left is Nazo no Murasame then on the right is another Ultraman game that isn’t SD or chibi.

When you turn on the disk system you see Mario and Luigi taking turning the light off. It will then ask you to place a disk into the system.

Here is the Ultraman Club game, works no problem!

Unfortunately a couple of my games get Error 27.  So it looks like the game data needs to be written again.  Luckily I’ve found someone online who can do this for me.  You have to keep in mind there is a bit of loading time with the discs and you might have to flip from side A or side B, but compared to some newer games the loading time I experienced was minimal.

Keep watching for info on the games and gameplay videos for the fds!

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Spelunker

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Alana

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I got this game for like .99 a while back.  Thought it was worth the  money just for the cool light on the cartridge :)  Lights make everything better!  The game is Spelunker made by irem according to the game case, but when the title screen loads up it says Broderbund Software….

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There isn’t much for controls, directional pad moves from side to side, A jumps and B uses your drill.  Thing is it’s insanely easy to die, jump down a couple pixels to far, you are dead and you will be dying a lot.  Check out my gameplay video…

It’s kind of frustrating, so I’m going to need a lot more practice and figure out what to do so I don’t keep dying constantly.  At least it was only .99 cents!

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Candy Japan!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Alana

Thought I would share the awesome package I got from Candy Japan.  It’s a really cool service where you are sent you a package of candy from Japan biweekly.  Check it out at www.candyjapan.com if you wanna learn more :)

Here are the  3 things that were in this weeks shipment.

 

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I love the colorful packaging with all the cute characters :)

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First up is these jelly dome like candies.  There are 3 flavors; lemon, strawberry and soda.  The top of the candy is just like a normal gummy but the bottom have has a different texture, it reminds me of one of those strawberry marshmallow candies when it’s been sitting out for a while and gets a little hard.  There were 18 candies in the bag so quite a few, only 2 lemon ones though.  The lemon was my hubbys favorite, mine was the soda.  It’s has a little bit of a tangy bite from the powder that’s on them so it adds a little something to it.

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This bag showed a bunch of smiley faces blowing bubbles, so I was thinking bubble guy was definitely involve.  Citrus is definitely involved here so you definitely know it’s going to be sour, I love sour stuff!  So I opened up the package and saw this, its cotton candy.  The awesome thing is its super sour, but when it dissolves it turns into gum.  Definitely yummy, I highly recommend it!

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The last item was this tray of gummies.  First thing I have to mention is that this smelt awesome when I opened the package!  The gummies are in the shape of a grape vine with the purple is being grape flavor, I think the green was green grape and the vines were soda flavored which was an awesome surprise.  I love all the soda flavored stuff!  I think it’s my favorite flavor in any of the candies I have had recently.  The grape flavor reminds me of the concord grapes I used to have at my grandparents house.  The green grape flavor is a little different, it almost tastes a bit bitter and isn’t as sweet as the other grapes.  It’s cool how with import candy the flavors tend to taste like the actual fruit, not the artificial grape or orange flavors that we commonly see here.  The gummies were very sticky and rubbery, almost like those sticky hands you would stick on the walls when you could get when you were a kid.

This is another candy item I would highly recommend.  If I had to rank the candies it would be really hard!  I think for me I would say the sour cotton candy gum, then the gummy grape vine and third would be the cone shaped candies.  All of the candies are awesome so if you have the chance definitely pick them up!

 

 

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Gaming Room

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Alana

Thought I would give you guys a look at my game room in the basement.  This is most of my stuff but a few things like my AV Famicom and SNES are hooked up upstairs along with the new consoles like the Wii, 360 and PS3.  If you have any questions let me know :)

A good bad picture of me to start things off, gotta prove it’s my room not someone else’s lol.  Man I think it’s impossible for me to take a good picture…

Here’s my small bookshelf of boxed games.  On the top shelf is my Famicom games.

It’s too bad all the other games don’t have labels on them like the Konami ones do.

Here’s all of my NES games, I think.  There may be a couple upstairs but I have about 251 NES games alone.


A couple of my collectibles.  Talking Mario is especially cool, and beside him is one of my paintings :)

My cool Nintendo sign that blinks but if I put my hand on it it will stay completely lit like I’m completing the circuit but I get a bit of a shock lol.  We also have a few plushies and ROB the Robot!

On the top shelf is the Game Cube, a few Xbox games and Playstation 1 games.  In the middle shelf is all my DS games and on the bottom are the SNES and Super Famicom games on the right.

Camera case full of original Gameboy and GBA games.

In the first cupboard is a N64 in the box, the SNES from my original SNES which is upstairs, Super Scope in the box, then on the bottom Nintendo Power Magazine, guides and Mario Paint in the box with the mouse.

In the cupboard underneath we have one of my n64′s, one of 4 NES systems, on top of it spare Famicom system, Game Cube with Game Boy player, then on the bottom all the spare controllers, 2 NES Advantage Joysticks, PS1 and Super Famicom.  Behind it is the original Game Boy in it’s original box.

And finally a picture of my blue painted NES working and playing Mega Man 1 :)  Check out the blue power light.

Hope this was at least a little interesting!  Let me know if you have any questions or leave comments on what you think :)

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Christmas in May!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Alana

Got another package in the mail, this one is special cause I knew it was coming but I didn’t know what exactly was coming.  Kind of like Christmas :)

My friend got me 5 random Famicom games.  They were ones I didn’t have and guaranteed not to be Japanese RPGs that I can’t play or sports games.

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Inside I found Dr. Mario, Argus, B-Wing, Pac-land and Ninja Kid :D . So it was definitely an awesome present! All the games are cool, even Pac-Land was way better than I expected! And Dr. Mario is a classic :)

Have you played any of these games?

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Sneak Peek :)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Alana

Thought I would give you a sneak peak at a few game play videos I wanna put up :)

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First we have Rainbow Islands which is a sequel to Bubble Bobble.  Then beside it is a reproduction cart of Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa which was originally on the Famicom Disk System.

Hopefully I’ll have them up soon, I’ve just been crazy busy making art for our local Regina’s Got Game event to be auctioned off for the local hospital :)   Plus I have another project in the works that I’ll post details for later!

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Gimmick!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Alana

The other day I put up some screenshots from Pipe V aka Mr. Gimmick or Gimmick! on the Famicom.  Thought I would do one better and post some video of Stage 1.  I’ve edited out all the times I died so it wasn’t 20 minutes long, but even though the game looks very cutesy it is definitely challenging!  If you love platformers chances are you are gonna love this game :)  The cool part is you don’t need to know Japanese to enjoy it since there is no text so far just cinematics telling the story.

 

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NES Painting

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Alana

Just finished painting all the different elements today :)  There are a few different layouts I’m considering, which one do you like best?  The background is oil paint and the NES and heart are acrylic on canvas paper.
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If you wanna see some of my other artwork click on the Artwork tab it the top right of the screen :)

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Contra!

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Alana

Played through Contra on the Famicom the other day.  This was my first time ever beating it :)

I feel this version is definitely superior to the NES version since it has a bit of a story, animated backgrounds like the leaves that move on the trees in the jungle, and some cut scenes.  If you have a Famicom and even if you already own it on the NES I feel it’s worth while to get again just for the extra stuff we missed out on in the North American version.

Here is level one, I used the Konami Code since I kind of suck at the game but it only took 111 lives total to get through it :p  Maybe next time I’ll get it done before using up 100 lol.

 

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Free Comic Book Day!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Alana

In case you didn’t know today is free comic book day, so make sure if you are out today go pick up…

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They also had Sonic the Hedgehog if you are a fan :)

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