If in an emergency you land on a savage planet (like Earth) without enough fuel to take off, you can use the ejector system from this TWIN FAMICOM to go back to space.
It never fails to make me laugh whenever you slap or throw a game into or simply at the ports of the wrong consoles, LMAO. Gets me every time. More of that, please. Thanks for the fun reviews!
this is quite possibly the coolest looking console i have ever seen. it looks like it was designed by the designers republic for a 90s scifi movie or something. those controllers are rad!
I have one. I use it with an adapter to play NES carts. I got an adapter/splitter thing that plugs into the ext plug, that lets me use US controllers. Weirdly, they only seem to work with some carts, even though all I have are US releases, currently. Also, just so you know, any US title that is two player and requires the second player to hit start, you're fresh out of luck, because the second player controller has no start or select button. Instead, it has a mic, which isn't as helpful. Most of the games I have that require that, won't work with US controllers on the machine, either. If you get one of these, be prepared to play games sitting very close to your TV. He wasn't kidding when he said those wires are short. The best way to play NES games, outside of an emulator, is an NES 2, I think, though I don't have one of those.
The NES-101 is pretty good for playing NES games from what I've observed, the only problem is that the video output is noticeably worse than the original model; an HDMI mod does seem to be able to fix this, though. Also, the NES wasn't designed to look like furniture because it was classy or stylish, it was designed to look like furniture so people wouldn't think of it as a game console, as the video game market experienced a major decline in the US just a couple years prior to the NES's North American release. Had the crash never happened, we probably would've gotten the Famicom as it was in Japan, though that's kinda a downside considering that the original Famicom only supports shitty RF video.
Better quality is always preferable, of course, but with graphics this primitive, I'm not too fussed if I don't get the absolute best picture quality. The Sharp Twin Famicom seems to have pretty good quality. I just wish they'd ditched the permanently wired controllers. I do use NES controllers via an adapter whenever possible, not least of all because I don't want to wear out the permanently wired ones, but also so I can use cable extenders and so on. The adapters seem about as rare as hen's teeth, though. I just happened to get one on amazon as it popped up, from Venezuela, of all places. They all seem to be made there. They're hard to find, but if you own this console, they're nice to have. They might also work with other Famicom versions, though I'm not sure.
+Ruko Michiharu I've wanted that thing for 7 years now and from the few I've seen, not a single one has been even remotely reasonably priced. I'm sorry, but wasn't this thing POPULAR in it's day? the market makes it seems like they sold 5 copies of it that just keep ending up in the hands of the same jerk reseller.... it's like the TG16 in that everyone wants one and has probably heard about from all the games it has, but absolutely no one has one. Except Lukemorse. dude's repaired like 4 of them. wait a minute have I ranted about the availability/pricing of it in response to one of your comments before? I practically do that virtually every time someone brings it up...
***** Actually nope, It wasn't... The X68000 was a somewhat niche workstation even in its day in Japan, it wasn't nearly as niche as the Turbografx 16 in the west, but it was only really enjoyed by Japanese tech geeks and/or gamers who could wipe their arses with money... That said though, it is one of the ideal game systems to emulate since it's way too expensive to collect, has lots of great although not particularly common games, both arcade conversions and exclusives, and well, NONE of the devs who made games for the X68000 are making any money off of its games anymore and also aren't making the games available for purchase on other systems like Steam, Nintendo eShop or PSN... So yeah, with the X68000 is either pay out the arse for it or emulate it, and I chose the latter... And unlike CERTAIN other Japanese computers *CoughFMtownsCoughPC98Cough* finding floppy images for X68000 games isn't hard at all, in fact they're widely spread on many sites dedicated to emulation
+RetroMegabyte Oh I didn't think anyone else here watched those guys. In all honesty I never expected Mark to pick up one of these, let alone review it.
The AN-505BK had a different color scheme containing black, light blue, and surf green. It also had turbo added to the controllers and the hard wired cables for said controllers are longer. Source: I own one
I was either gonna get this or an AV Famicom. I went with the AV because it was cheaper, you can use most NES accessories with it, and the shipping on one of these Twins is a beast because it's almost as big as a VCR.
Reason why the wires for the controller's are short is because house space was really limited in Japan and there does exist an adapter to hook in NES controllers
ic light for me as well since it is what makes up the Allegheny river...buddy that is awesome I forgot the famicom had a disk system seems like they try to go that route in almost every console...love famicom nes love section z..I'm a go play some pinball quest now
+Supah Kent Famicom Disk System games had a higher data capacity than the usual cartridge games hence the use of floppy disks, some games such as LoZ which was originally on the FDS had additional audio fidelity but that was done on cartridge games as well. It's sorta like the Sega CD of the time without the CD audio or FMVs obviously.
You can always buy one with a broken disk system and repair it. Its much cheaper and relatively easy to fix by replacing the belt. I have a video on my channel of my twin famicom after I fixed the drive belt.
Ice Ice Hockey Challenge. It's one of the Kunio Kun series of sports games. It was supposed to come here as the sequel to Crash N' the Boys. River City Ransom is in the series as well.
I see which Famicom system I'm getting. Hell this might be my next retro system instead of getting the Saturn like I planned. Saturn will have to wait a bit.
Does any sharp twin owner know if its bad to run the machine in the us with the original power supply? I heard a rumor that the voltage or something is different in the us and that playing it could fry it. Thanks
I used to have a grayishbluishwhatever 500R and I seriously regret selling it. It's such a great machine. The eject button is excellent and the switches and all the things are just amazing. Still the only downfall is the built-in controllers but whatevs. He hit all the things perfectly. Made the regret even deeper and sharper. Also tip: if you look for one of these maybe find console5.com, they sell replacement drive belts.
The original big red monster is my fav. I have one too and if there was room in my bed for my wife and my neo-geo i would sleep with it, its not a 6 slot but its good enuff
That’s a gorgeous system, love it, why can’t they design stuff that looks like this anymore? I want tons of buttons of various sizes, shapes and colors smothered all over my brightly colored chunk of a game system! I tell ya, Apple ruined design for everyone. Oooo, white! Oooo, black! Oooo, plain slab! Come on, guys! I mean, yeah, the GameCube was square but at least it was purple and the controller looked edible. We need a game console design renaissance. Seriously.
This looks like an awesome console! However, if the disk drive ever does break, I would think that it would be a lot harder to open up and work on then a regular Famicom Disk System.
+David Halligan Not really, you just open the lid and everything is there to mess with. Very easy to fix and the only thing known to break is the drives rubber band. You can get those for a couple of dollars, even with no experience you are looking at an hour or two to sort.
Most are going for $150 on eBay so I wouldn't call them cheap. I'd also say that this is mostly a collector's item as the AV Famicom plus an Everdrive is more efficient if all you want to do is play the library of games.
Hi, does this play games in normal speed? Because I have a famicom console here that plays the game but the music is slower than the original, apparently it's because of copyright reasons.
+WebVMan Buy A Raspberry Pi, stick a USB SNES controller on it, and it can play every system you've mentioned other than DC, but it CAN play PS1. I actually have a pi 2 running with every SNES, NES, and GEN game ever made, alongside some 32x, ps1, and n64 games
i always thought famicom was supernintendo. i hope we go back to cartrigdes sometime because they are faster then disks? am iright? like ssd disks that are solid
I saw those on "super potato" earlier this year and they were not that expensive, then I thought: If I buy it, I will have to start a new collection of FDS games, so I passed. Should I be punished?
If in an emergency you land on a savage planet (like Earth) without enough fuel to take off, you can use the ejector system from this TWIN FAMICOM to go back to space.
When I've had a bad day CGR always brightens it up!
even all these years later me too, also i fucking love the crow!!
Never fails.🤘
@@shaungreer3350hey fellow future person!
I bought one of these after watching your review. Got it fairly cheaply from Japan. Love it. Thanks for the recommend!
It never fails to make me laugh whenever you slap or throw a game into or simply at the ports of the wrong consoles, LMAO. Gets me every time. More of that, please. Thanks for the fun reviews!
this is quite possibly the coolest looking console i have ever seen. it looks like it was designed by the designers republic for a 90s scifi movie or something. those controllers are rad!
Whoa, now that is one sexy piece of plastic!
+DreamcastGuy haha
You comment everywhere...
+DreamcastGuy You might even say it looks sharp.
"sharp" GET IT?! lololololololololol X OVER 9000
+Steven Ruff Hilarious
I want one of those, I like it's design way more than the NES
I have one. I use it with an adapter to play NES carts. I got an adapter/splitter thing that plugs into the ext plug, that lets me use US controllers. Weirdly, they only seem to work with some carts, even though all I have are US releases, currently.
Also, just so you know, any US title that is two player and requires the second player to hit start, you're fresh out of luck, because the second player controller has no start or select button. Instead, it has a mic, which isn't as helpful. Most of the games I have that require that, won't work with US controllers on the machine, either.
If you get one of these, be prepared to play games sitting very close to your TV. He wasn't kidding when he said those wires are short.
The best way to play NES games, outside of an emulator, is an NES 2, I think, though I don't have one of those.
The NES-101 is pretty good for playing NES games from what I've observed, the only problem is that the video output is noticeably worse than the original model; an HDMI mod does seem to be able to fix this, though.
Also, the NES wasn't designed to look like furniture because it was classy or stylish, it was designed to look like furniture so people wouldn't think of it as a game console, as the video game market experienced a major decline in the US just a couple years prior to the NES's North American release. Had the crash never happened, we probably would've gotten the Famicom as it was in Japan, though that's kinda a downside considering that the original Famicom only supports shitty RF video.
Better quality is always preferable, of course, but with graphics this primitive, I'm not too fussed if I don't get the absolute best picture quality. The Sharp Twin Famicom seems to have pretty good quality. I just wish they'd ditched the permanently wired controllers. I do use NES controllers via an adapter whenever possible, not least of all because I don't want to wear out the permanently wired ones, but also so I can use cable extenders and so on.
The adapters seem about as rare as hen's teeth, though. I just happened to get one on amazon as it popped up, from Venezuela, of all places. They all seem to be made there. They're hard to find, but if you own this console, they're nice to have. They might also work with other Famicom versions, though I'm not sure.
That eject button. Lmao! Wonderful!
The Sharp Twin Famicom is awesome, but you wanna know what's even better?
The Sharp X68000! Too bad it's also a lot more expensive =w=
+Ruko Michiharu I've wanted that thing for 7 years now and from the few I've seen, not a single one has been even remotely reasonably priced. I'm sorry, but wasn't this thing POPULAR in it's day? the market makes it seems like they sold 5 copies of it that just keep ending up in the hands of the same jerk reseller....
it's like the TG16 in that everyone wants one and has probably heard about from all the games it has, but absolutely no one has one. Except Lukemorse. dude's repaired like 4 of them.
wait a minute have I ranted about the availability/pricing of it in response to one of your comments before? I practically do that virtually every time someone brings it up...
***** Actually nope, It wasn't... The X68000 was a somewhat niche workstation even in its day in Japan, it wasn't nearly as niche as the Turbografx 16 in the west, but it was only really enjoyed by Japanese tech geeks and/or gamers who could wipe their arses with money...
That said though, it is one of the ideal game systems to emulate since it's way too expensive to collect, has lots of great although not particularly common games, both arcade conversions and exclusives, and well, NONE of the devs who made games for the X68000 are making any money off of its games anymore and also aren't making the games available for purchase on other systems like Steam, Nintendo eShop or PSN...
So yeah, with the X68000 is either pay out the arse for it or emulate it, and I chose the latter...
And unlike CERTAIN other Japanese computers *CoughFMtownsCoughPC98Cough* finding floppy images for X68000 games isn't hard at all, in fact they're widely spread on many sites dedicated to emulation
The only reason to get another color is for the joypads with rapid fire.
+SoftOtaku They're the AN-550 models, which come in red and black.
+SoftOtaku yeah but you could just buy a separate hori pad with a longer cable and rapid fire, and ditch the wired controllers.
+common rider Yep! That's what I do, but it doesn't work for co-op games.
I don't have friends, so that's not a big deal for me but yeah i could see your point.SoftOtaku
+common rider Nintendo, no friendo? Oh well, at least there's the Internet! Have a nice weekend!
Oh man I'm having major Famicom Dojo flashbacks :D SeanOrange, Vinnk and the talking consoles, great memories...
+RetroMegabyte Oh I didn't think anyone else here watched those guys. In all honesty I never expected Mark to pick up one of these, let alone review it.
Cheers Mark. I'm all excited waiting for my Famicom to arrive and now I want the Twin instead.
The AN-505BK had a different color scheme containing black, light blue, and surf green. It also had turbo added to the controllers and the hard wired cables for said controllers are longer. Source: I own one
When I noticed you have the Sharp Twin Famicom, I was like "Damn, son! How did you get that!?".
Wowh awesome design... and theres also one in black!!
wow! I never knew something like this existed. Thanks Mark! Awesome review!
wow, this console looks stunning, so cool.
Finally a Nintendo console that looks really cool. It only makes sense it's not build by Nintendo itself.
Congratulations Mark! I'm happy for you! Funny, I wonder if getting this was in response to my comment from the other week. HIGH FIVE GREG!
I was either gonna get this or an AV Famicom. I went with the AV because it was cheaper, you can use most NES accessories with it, and the shipping on one of these Twins is a beast because it's almost as big as a VCR.
These are great machines! Unfortunately mine is not the bright red model. Fixing the disk drive is a pain too, but if I can do it anyone can.
20 years of gaming and I've never heard of this thing!
I bought 2 love them both
New Life Sharp!
+Allie-RX Hell yeah Sharp was the shit back in the day!
You should get that just for Chojin Sentai Jetman
This is my Favorite system in my collection. The red screams "I AM FUN!" plus you can run 250,000 slightly different versions of Majong.
That console ejects cartridges like crazy!
Reason why the wires for the controller's are short is because house space was really limited in Japan and there does exist an adapter to hook in NES controllers
Nice review there, very good video!
Try this on for size: Sharp TV with a built in Nintendo Entertainment System simply called Game TV. Gaming Historian did a very good piece on it.
ic light for me as well since it is what makes up the Allegheny river...buddy that is awesome I forgot the famicom had a disk system seems like they try to go that route in almost every console...love famicom nes love section z..I'm a go play some pinball quest now
That thing looks nifty Mark!
+Supah Kent Famicom Disk System games had a higher data capacity than the usual cartridge games hence the use of floppy disks, some games such as LoZ which was originally on the FDS had additional audio fidelity but that was done on cartridge games as well. It's sorta like the Sega CD of the time without the CD audio or FMVs obviously.
love my twin famicom, such a sleek machine
awesome it came out on my birthday lol second video I've seen from someone I like released on my birthday
The eject mechanism makes it the FamiToaster!
But is it red?
+Phoenix Wright No.. its only available in purple..sorry..
+Phoenix Wright no... its BIG and red
No... it is RAD!
Big & red, thanks for this funny interesting video
You can always buy one with a broken disk system and repair it. Its much cheaper and relatively easy to fix by replacing the belt. I have a video on my channel of my twin famicom after I fixed the drive belt.
Here's the real question... Does it play Truxton?
That thing Sorta looks like an XBOX 360! U can tell by the disk drive on the left and the giant green button in the middle!
it came out at the same time as the FDS
If only we got this beauty in America in an NES version. If only we also got the Famicom disk system to lol.
I want this Big Red Monster now !!!
That hockey game towards the end looks great!
Ice Ice Hockey Challenge. It's one of the Kunio Kun series of sports games. It was supposed to come here as the sequel to Crash N' the Boys. River City Ransom is in the series as well.
+creekandseminole I was going to ask about this too, thank you.
creekandseminole Thx. Yes, they definately look like RCR characters or World Cup.
I love playing ike ike nekketsu! !!
+creekandseminole
awesome, thx for title.
I see which Famicom system I'm getting. Hell this might be my next retro system instead of getting the Saturn like I planned. Saturn will have to wait a bit.
Does any sharp twin owner know if its bad to run the machine in the us with the original power supply? I heard a rumor that the voltage or something is different in the us and that playing it could fry it. Thanks
really good review!!!
I can just imagine if I owned that back then they'll be calling me a rich gamer.
This machine is beautiful!
Mind Blown!!
What happens if you hook up the famicom disk system data cart ( a cart with a wire going to the unit ) Into a twin Famicom ?
Universal Explosion
No, I think would act the same as a regular Famicom FDS
+Steven Ruff That's right. I have one for Fdsstick and it works fine.
Does Mrs. Mark do reviews too?
I used to have a grayishbluishwhatever 500R and I seriously regret selling it. It's such a great machine. The eject button is excellent and the switches and all the things are just amazing. Still the only downfall is the built-in controllers but whatevs. He hit all the things perfectly. Made the regret even deeper and sharper. Also tip: if you look for one of these maybe find console5.com, they sell replacement drive belts.
I wonder if it's big and red...
Now all Mark needs is to review a SHARP Famicom Titler. Someone should buy one off Ebay for $1000+ and send it to him!
I can't remember, please someone tell me the title of the shoot'em up at 04:27
Exerion
@@JasonALMS2010 Thank you, I remembered years ago. Still, I appreciate the reply.
The original big red monster is my fav. I have one too and if there was room in my bed for my wife and my neo-geo i would sleep with it, its not a 6 slot but its good enuff
I need to buy this!!
I have a Sharp Twin Famicom AN-505-BK - you have to get the second version! Turbo controllers yo!
I really want this its really beautiful,I gotta save up one im the future
you forget to say that is big and red !
Red's my favorite color.
well done with playing ike ike nekketsu!!!
"Yinz"! Showing your Pittsburgh-area roots, I see.
That’s a gorgeous system, love it, why can’t they design stuff that looks like this anymore? I want tons of buttons of various sizes, shapes and colors smothered all over my brightly colored chunk of a game system! I tell ya, Apple ruined design for everyone. Oooo, white! Oooo, black! Oooo, plain slab! Come on, guys! I mean, yeah, the GameCube was square but at least it was purple and the controller looked edible. We need a game console design renaissance. Seriously.
That's gonna be my quote from now on. "Check out the graphics on the PS4!" And I'd be like, "Yeah, but it's not a Neo-Geo!"
It's beautiful!
You must love the neo geo
this blew my mind and maid me want to throw the current gen systems out the window. that's one sexy system.
No just sell it and buy a twin Famicom : )
I'm surprised you didn't mention that it's big and red.
finnaly all in one thank god sharp
This looks like an awesome console! However, if the disk drive ever does break, I would think that it would be a lot harder to open up and work on then a regular Famicom Disk System.
+David Halligan Not really, you just open the lid and everything is there to mess with. Very easy to fix and the only thing known to break is the drives rubber band. You can get those for a couple of dollars, even with no experience you are looking at an hour or two to sort.
+Lorfarius OK, that's great news; thanks for the information!
+Lorfarius I thought rubber bands were a dime a dozen.
+TheMamaluigi300 Wrong elasticity and they wouldn't last.
How hard is it to fix/replace the FDS belt in the Twin Famicom?
Most are going for $150 on eBay so I wouldn't call them cheap. I'd also say that this is mostly a collector's item as the AV Famicom plus an Everdrive is more efficient if all you want to do is play the library of games.
What is the story behind Sharp making a Nintendo clone/console?
Lots of churning and grinding noises? Have you heard a functioning ROB the robot?
Hi, does this play games in normal speed? Because I have a famicom console here that plays the game but the music is slower than the original, apparently it's because of copyright reasons.
1:10 lol every time i hit the eject button on the retron 2 my cartridge gets air time XD
I just wish there was a console that played GEN games, Master System games, 32X games, CD games, Saturn games, and Dreamcast games.
+WebVMan There is, they're called "emulators".
+WebVMan Buy A Raspberry Pi, stick a USB SNES controller on it, and it can play every system you've mentioned other than DC, but it CAN play PS1. I actually have a pi 2 running with every SNES, NES, and GEN game ever made, alongside some 32x, ps1, and n64 games
+Derfel Cadarn An all in one SEGA system probably be much more practical, especially with the 32X and SEGA CD.
you should check out Zoids Battle Legends for the gamecube!
i love famicom because its for the most part very cheap to collect for i have heard in japan you can get like 10 famicom games for 1000yen
Build in game-pad?
Is that not 2 ports on the side to use your own?
Fun fact: A jury-rigged Twin Famicom was used to program Kirby's Dream Land.
It's even bigger than the NES... Oh my!
Can the Famicom, even the Twin Famicom, can play NES games from the US?
Omg he played Stinger I had that on the NES it was hard to play don't think me or my brother got very far.
Mark, I see your TV is a Mitsubishi
Is it a Megaview monitor?
I really want this.
No more haassling with extra wires, adaptors or battery's just get the famitwin.
Classic Game Room, if I were you, I'd sell the American NES and I'd keep only with the Japanese Twin Famicom.
i always thought famicom was supernintendo.
i hope we go back to cartrigdes sometime because they are faster then disks? am iright? like ssd disks that are solid
The Japanese counterpart of SNES is Super Famicom. The original Famicom is a Japanese counterpart of NES.
If it's red I want it
what was the game at 4:33? i loved dodgeball on NES, im curious to this one!
Will this tune in (since its av) on a PAL tv?
I saw those on "super potato" earlier this year and they were not that expensive, then I thought: If I buy it, I will have to start a new collection of FDS games, so I passed. Should I be punished?
What color is it again?
I need names of those games mark presented here , so far I got twin bee
Galaga sounds at 4:30!
"They aren't even that expensive online" That's until lord Karnage review the FC twin and suddenly demand went up by 50% lol.
what was this console called again?
and can I get it in red?
thaaaaanks