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Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 05, 2011, 10:47:44 AM

I've recently come to the realisation that the Famiclones I own are either poor-quality or don't have a cartridge slot for Famicom games. I'd like to purchase one that is NTSC, has good picture quality (as in, the colours aren't screwed-up) and has a cartridge slot for Famicom (or NES, as I have a 60/72-pin adapter) games. If anyone is willing to sell me a Famiclone or direct me to a site selling then, then I'd be grateful. :)

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: taizou on August 05, 2011, 11:52:54 AM

I think volumerates' famiclones (http://www.volumerates.com/search/keyword/8-bit+console~r.1312434294U10894) are NTSC, I have no idea what the quality is like though.

something like an old Micro Genius would probably be your best bet if you could find one, or one of the other old ones that actually clone the Famicom chips rather than just sticking a low quality NOAC in a mostly empty case. Of course finding one that's NTSC is another matter, I think these things were PAL more often than not.  Taiwan and NTSC Latin American countries (Mexico and Chile that I know of) were probably the biggest market for NTSC famiclones in the early 90's when the decent ones were made, i guess it'd be quite hard to actually get a famiclone shipped from one of those countries to the UK though.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 05, 2011, 11:59:37 AM

I would get an old Famiclone if I could find anyone that was selling any, but I think those are hard to come by. As for Volumerates, I ordered a PVP 2 off there a few weeks ago and they still haven't shipped it yet. <_<

Edit: Oh wait, they shipped it this morning.

Edit 2: I managed to find a Micro Genius on TaoBao with a couple of carts. Let's just hope it hasn't already been sold.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: taizou on August 05, 2011, 10:22:24 PM

If it's on Taobao it's probably PAL though, China is PAL.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 06, 2011, 04:54:04 AM

Well according to the seller it's apparently from Japan, I somehow doubt it though. :P Also, isn't China both PAL and NTSC?

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: taizou on August 06, 2011, 09:04:06 AM

I think there's a *bit* of NTSC use but stuff is mostly PAL. I bought a Micro Genius from Taobao myself and it's PAL. But I guess maybe if it's "from Japan" (ha) it might be an NTSC model.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 06, 2011, 09:28:16 AM

Well according to the seller, they bought it from Japan (I doubt it, as I'm pretty sure the Micro Genius is a lot more common in places like Taiwan and the Phillipines).

BTW, I forgot to point this out but the carts it comes with are a 9-in-1, Street Fighter III (according to the label) and what appears to be a PCB without a cart shell.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: taizou on August 06, 2011, 12:46:00 PM

I suppose it might have been imported to Japan from Taiwan or something... I didn't think many Famiclones were released in Japan before the Famicom's patents expired, so I guess if it was sold there it was probably kinda underground through market stalls and stuff.

from my experience I think if it says "Micro Genius" on it in English it's likely to be PAL, if it's all in Chinese it's probably NTSC from Taiwan (even Chinese PAL models seem to have English text. I guess they might have exported some NTSC models with English text on them too though).

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 06, 2011, 12:59:49 PM

Well it has the name "Micro Genius" in English on the front, along with the company logo. Also, I can't read the number on the photo but I think it's an IQ-501 model.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: taizou on August 06, 2011, 01:13:23 PM

Sounds PAL then. I guess it might have been an export NTSC though.. but if you're using an agent you could probably get them to ask the seller.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 06, 2011, 01:14:30 PM

taizou

Aug 6 2011, 01:13:23 PM

Sounds PAL then. I guess it might have been an export NTSC though.. but if you're using an agent you could probably get them to ask the seller.[/quote]I'll do that.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 11, 2011, 06:31:29 AM

Update: I have cancelled the purchase from TaoBao as the seller didn't seem to be responding for whatever reason. Basically, if anyone wants to sell me a Famiclone then go ahead. :)

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Matias on September 20, 2011, 01:26:03 AM

Hi there! I'm new in the forum and I think I could be a nice contributor. I'm from Argentina and I could help you with your Famiclone searching.

Cheers!

Matias

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: taizou on September 20, 2011, 03:36:35 AM

I think I'll be selling a bunch of famiclones soon too, I'm moving and I don't really have the room to take all these things with me. If you're looking for NTSC i've got a couple of newer decent (I think) ones.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on September 20, 2011, 08:05:12 AM

I would, but I'm having to cut down on my spending at the moment. :\

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Ninja-Kun on September 20, 2011, 12:01:44 PM

Matias

Sep 20 2011, 01:26:03 AM

Hi there! I'm new in the forum and I think I could be a nice contributor. I'm from Argentina and I could help you with your Famiclone searching.

Cheers!

Matias[/quote]Hola Matías! Why don't you introduce yourself at Discussion Center? It's nice to see more people from my country in here :D

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Matias on September 21, 2011, 12:19:56 AM

Ninja-Kun

Sep 20 2011, 12:01:44 PM

Matias

Sep 20 2011, 01:26:03 AM

Hi there! I'm new in the forum and I think I could be a nice contributor. I'm from Argentina and I could help you with your Famiclone searching.

Cheers!

Matias[/quote]Hola Matías! Why don't you introduce yourself at Discussion Center? It's nice to see more people from my country in here :D[/quote]Mirá vos che, no sabía que había otro argentino en este foro. No sé si conocés, pero soy además el admin de Arqueología Digital, una web de classic gaming que por si no conocías, te paso el enlace: http://www.arqueologiadigital.com.ar (http://www.arqueologiadigital.com.ar), y desde ya, sería bueno verte también en el foro de ahí.

Un gran saludo y nos estamos leyendo.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Ninja-Kun on September 21, 2011, 10:56:14 AM

Por supuesto, hermano, conozco tu sitio pero nunca me registré en el foro, creo que le voy a dar una chance ;) Nos estamos viendo.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Matias on September 21, 2011, 12:57:46 PM

Dale, buenísimo, espero leerte entonces por allá también. También noté que dejaste un comentario en la guía de Family Game, proyecto en el que calculo, también nos podrás dar una mano. Hace falta realmente.

Un abrazo!

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Ninja-Kun on September 21, 2011, 01:08:28 PM

Por supuesto, en cualquier cosa que te pueda ayudar, por favor avisame. Ahora me registro en el foro.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Matias on September 23, 2011, 11:59:47 AM

Buenísimo, porque de hecho, y viendo que estás en tema, estaría muy bueno en que me dieras una mano en la guía de Family Game que estamos armando en AD. Fotos, info y cualquier data que puedas tirar sea para agregar o complementar, es bienvenida.

Gracias!

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: milk on September 26, 2011, 03:26:04 AM

Matias

Sep 20 2011, 01:26:03 AM

Hi there! I'm new in the forum and I think I could be a nice contributor. I'm from Argentina and I could help you with your Famiclone searching.

Cheers!

Matias[/quote]I'm new too, and I'm also interested in any help you can offer.  I have seen many consoles on mercado livre, for example, but a few sellers I have contacted are not wanting to ship outside of their countries.  

A guy appeared on Famicomworld recently, offering to act as a middleman for sales from that site, but I'm unsure as to whether he/she is trustworthy.

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Matias on September 26, 2011, 11:11:53 PM

Won't be a problem to help you, but Mercadolivre is from Brazil. If you want to contact me, write at cafegamer@hotmail.com.ar

Thanks!

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Doomkid on September 27, 2011, 01:13:16 AM

In case it's still an issue, Cheetah, the famiclones from VolumeRates suck ass, and so do all of their famicom carts. Cheap lame crap, cables about 1 inch long, and the power supply is actually NTSC for the unit I bought even though it runs games at PAL speed, which I think is kinda odd..

But yeah, I wouldn't reccomend it. I want to break the one I have just because it weighs about 0.0001 grams, and was just generally a dissappointment. <_<

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: milk on September 27, 2011, 01:20:49 AM

Matias

Sep 26 2011, 11:11:53 PM

Won't be a problem to help you, but Mercadolivre is from Brazil. If you want to contact me, write at cafegamer@hotmail.com.ar

Thanks![/quote]Okay, thanks!

Title: WTB: Famiclone
Post by: Awesome Panda on September 27, 2011, 02:16:39 AM

Faceplant

Sep 27 2011, 01:13:16 AM

In case it's still an issue, Cheetah, the famiclones from VolumeRates suck ass, and so do all of their famicom carts. Cheap lame crap, cables about 1 inch long, and the power supply is actually NTSC for the unit I bought even though it runs games at PAL speed, which I think is kinda odd..[/quote]Thanks for the heads up. :thumb: And yeah, I PAL speed to be rather annoying myself.