Alright everyone, so I got me a real gem right here for 15 bucks.
What this is, apparently it's an NTSC NES Clone from '91. I found more info on it on reddit
size comparison to a real NES left and a bootleg NES Mini right.
According to this reddit post I found:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nes/comments/rji9kz/the_nes_creation_clone/Assuming it's the same system, I guess it's a Creation NTSC NES Clone with high quality chips and everything like early 90's NES and Famicom clones used to be. It makes me miss my early 90's PAL Famiclone even more which I don't have anymore.
The system is compatible with original NES Controllers which is very important, tho the one that came with it isn't half bad.
Size comparison between my real NES and the NES Mini Bootleg with 620 built in games, that thing actuall has some neat games in it too, but more on that some other time.
it runs Original Famicom games, the ones that can fit in it with an adapter FLAWLESSLY, here's some Gameplay of kid Dracula:
https://youtu.be/L7OV5Y2cl_AI tested a few original Famicom games and they worked flawlessly
The system is region free, but it doesn't deal well with many PAL games.
It has issues, especially in games with those HUDS at the bottom.
They range from slight twitchiness while the games are perfectly playable.
Here's videos of Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (PAL I assume, early 90's Bootleg) and original Kirby and Panic Restaurant carts
Flintstones - bootleg - PAL I assume Bootleg I've had since forever, it never did this on my early 90's PAL Famiclone
https://youtu.be/7XyHDKr0BPE
Kirby - Original PAL
https://youtu.be/RTH_pW18T70Panic Restaurant Original - PAL
https://youtu.be/ccVYIVeKt40
I'm going to absolutely get my hands on more NTSC games if I can now, I am building a great famicom collection so I'm going to re-buy Kirby and a few other cheap ones I own in PAL format as well to test them on this thing but they won't be here for months. I might also get some NTSC bootlegs off of ali express to see if they work
Some after market games work flawlessly such as Hummer Team's SNES to NES port of Aladdin
Now the following is the Flying Carpet Aladdin hack . The NES Clone is completely incompatible with any of my copies of the flying carpet Aladdin 3 hack, the games freeze as soon as you hit start to play the game on the title screen
And some like Lion King 5 are unplayable due to the HUD issue which was not the case on my old PAL Famiclone
https://youtu.be/VMUGmN32_tsSurprisingly enough my Tom & Jerry bootleg had major major issues while my PAL Original works flawleslsy
The original PAL Tom & Jerry works fine for the most part
the bootleg is inside the console and the original which works fine on top
Might not just be a PAL NTSC issue but also a mapper issue
either way original Famicom games work flawlessly if they can fit into the thing
Another important thing is, the NES is "region free" so it lets me play my PAL A games as well
Rodland worked FLAWLESSLY, it won't boot on my PAL B NES due to it being a PAL A Game
Another bootleg that has the HUD issue is my Felix the Cat famiclone cart, the game plays fine but the HUD is all twitchy too
https://youtu.be/rs_qPatWpnYSo bottom line is, I'm beyond impressed with the thing but I can't figure out why some games have such severe issues with their HUDs, it's always the HUD at the bottom that is the problem in these games but the games themselves play just fine.
I'm absolutely blown away by what I got!
I hope it works well for a while
I had one like this a while back and it died instantly but this one has been working fine all day today so here's hoping for the best.
I do wish to figure out what the HUD issue is in all these games tho. I can't do electronics or open the system up or anything, I just don't do that kinda stuff and physically am unable to but if someone has info on why it might be happening let me know.
EDIT:
I tried my original PAL Little Samson and while it works without problems, the game is much faster than what I'm used to, the music is faster too.
Here I compare it to Little Samson running on my Famicom Mini where it runs as it should
https://youtu.be/P7U067gX2j0So this is definitely an NTSC system
Some PAL games work FLAWLESSLY! I played Adventure Island 2 this morning for quite some time and had no issues, some are faster than they should be and some have the HUD issues as seen above.
NTSC games seem to all work perfectly.
