Author Topic: Modern famiclones on NicoNicoDouga (Read 7318 times)

codeman38 · « **on:** August 24, 2010, 02:00:32 PM »

I found a list of some Famiclone-related videos on Nico Nico Douga. This guy has recorded videos of all the games on two famiclones (the Famikonyarou 54, and the Japanese version of the DreamGear 101-in-1) along with some explanatory notes (which, of course, are in Japanese, but even if you can only read kana there's some interesting stuff in there).

The Famikonyarou ones are particularly interesting, because it shows comparisons of the hacked games with the originals.

http://es.nicovideo.jp/mylist/16977644

For those who don't have a NicoNicoDouga account, you can play the videos via the Nicovideo Redirector. Or alternatively, replace everything before the "sm" number in the URL with http://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/ and that should work too.

Incidentally, I learned something from one of these, thanks to a very rudimentary ability to read kana: the music in "Falling Blocks" on the DreamGear is actually from "Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken". No wonder it sounds 50 times better than anything else on the console.

taizou · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:29:12 PM »

ooh thats pretty cool. i was planning on doing some similar comparisons with the yarou myself. but laziness and all.

codeman38 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:08:39 PM »

One thing I'm loving in the Yarou vids is that the video maker has pointed out specific places that the hackers forgot to hack. Some of the ones that have amused me:

* The 2nd player in Frog Prince (SMB) is named Luigi, despite still being a frog-turned-human.
* In the money-collecting stage of Roge Brer (Mario Bros.), they left the "Mario" and "Luigi" score counters intact.
* In Spar (Urban Champion), there's a car driving by in the middle of a forest.
* In Rescue Kuck (Donkey Kong Jr.), the graphics for the ending were totally unhacked.

Edit: And just saw another one! They left the credits of Othello intact in "Chess". LOL. Apparently nobody actually tried to beat the CPU.

Awesome Panda · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:12:03 PM »

I'm guessing the Famikonyarou 54 has those really bad hacks of first-gen Famicom games. Do Famicom Yarou Volumes 2, 3 and 4 exist? I've only seen 1 and 5 myself. (and 2, but not in rom format)

taizou · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:41:26 PM »

Yeah, theres a ton of these things. they even sell vols 1-3 on cart.
website here: http://www.quicklink.co.jp/famikonyarou-vol6.html

codeman38 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:37:43 PM »

What's interesting about the FamikonYarou 54 is that although most of the games are the hacks of licensed games found in the previous Yarous, there are a few possibly Waixing-developed originals mixed in. Seriously wondering if there's some sort of connection between the hacks and the originals.

Awesome Panda · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:50:33 PM »

codeman38
Aug 24 2010, 07:37:43 PM
What's interesting about the FamikonYarou 54 is that although most of the games are the hacks of licensed games found in the previous Yarous, there are a few possibly Waixing-developed originals mixed in. Seriously wondering if there's some sort of connection between the hacks and the originals.[/quote]I'm not sure about that. I doubt even Waixing could do hacks that badly. Also, the hacks themselves don't have those weird copyright dates that the originals (and Super Contra 7) have. Also, if I remember correctly in Bounce (a bad hack of Mappy) there's a copyright that says "2000 New Product" or something like that.

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Author Topic: Modern famiclones on NicoNicoDouga (Read 7318 times)