The Nintendo Famicom - A Perfect Console

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[@SatoshiMatrix1]

8:10 Piracy wasn't the primary reason for the Disk System's demise - it was mask ROM prices falling simultaneously while their capacity continued to increase, coupled with the breakthrough development of cartridge based memory mapper chips. The Disk System came about to allow for more complex games than could be made on cartridge, but this was a short lived solution.
By the time the Disk System would have been ready to be released in the west, the advantages of the technology was eclipsed by what could be done on cartridge. Disk System games offered 64KB per side with loading required to fill a limited RAM pool, but soon cartridges offered much more storage with the ability to bank-switch on the fly, without any loading. It is true that Nintendo considered piracy to be an annoyance, but the FDS was ultimately sunset because it became obsolete by the cartridge format it sought to replace, not because of piracy.

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

4:06 This is correct except for the table aspect. The Famicom was typically put directly on the floor. The Famicom was made for a Japanese market only. Japanese homes tend to be considerably smaller than US homes, with the typical '80s living room consisting of a seating area no more than 3 or 4 feet from the television set over some tatami mats. Highly recommend you look up some photos of Japanese living rooms of the time to get a feel of what I'm talking about. This is why the Famicom was designed with 3 foot cords. Nintendo knew that Japanese children would place the Famicom on the floor literally right next to them, as they were right next to the tv.

[@cmos85]

Interesting

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

@@cmos85The same thing was true of the Super Famicom, PC Engine, you name it. This is the reason controller cords for pretty much anything are so much shorter in Japan. The expectation is that the console will be right next to you, not on a shelf by the wall. This is true for even more modern platforms like the PS4. Japanese charging cables are typically 3 feet because that's all that is needed to both play and charge at the same time.

[@illlogick7151]

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[@bleujae68000]

The quality of this video absolutely astounds me! The fact that you're still sub 1k subs is beyond me. Let's hope you smash through it in no time!

[@apu_apustaja]

You're really good. I'm going to come back and reply to this comment a year from now and see how many subs you have. I predict it will be 275,000.

[@cmos85]

Thanks so much!

[@PositronRobo]

Love the Famicom. Ever since I first got one almost 20 years ago I've been intoxicated with it and it eventually outpaced all my other retro consoles as my primary focus - and even in the 2020s the prices are still pretty good! Also, at about 8:27 you mention not knowing how to write games onto a disk - I don't think this is (easily) possible now, but at the height of the FDS' popularity, you could take your disk to a Disk Writer kiosk at your local Famicom Shop and pay a fraction of the cost of a new cart or disk to write a new game onto your disk. The Disk Writers are the ultimate holy grail for Famicom collectors, since no known samples exist within the general public. If there are still any left, Nintendo has them locked up somewhere. And they look really cool too!

[@TheCoasterSerpent]

I have got to get a FDS for my Famicom. I have stuck with just a collection of a couple dozen carts for a while. It is a perfect system to get games for. I picked up Mario 3 at a convention for $5 recently.

[@jd213_]

really entertaining vid, you deserve more subscribers. nice to see someone from your generation being passionate about FC/NES.

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

To be fair, while the 7800 is much more powerful than the NES, no games ever demonstrated that whatsoever. Great video on the Famicom! IMO the dumbest add on was the disk system, which was intended to bypass the Famicoms 40k ROM limit, which was remedied shortly after the DS's introduction with enhancement chips, rendering it useless pretty quick. Nintendo tried a disk based add on more than once, and it failed every time.

[@cmos85]

True. Im still glad they at least gave the opion though. Im a gimmick-lover

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

@@cmos85 nothing wrong with that!

[@stpworld]

@@cmos85I got a whole bunch of 3ds games before it shut down to I was lucky enough to get the louver in Paris audio guide installed on 2 units and for the Wii U I got ducktales remastered on the last day to buy eshop titles. I also got kirbys epic yarn adventure to.

[@ztothepunk]

Audio chip was garbage though it was same as 2600 I think.

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

@@ztothepunk audio can be easily expanded through the cartridge port. The 7800 Game Drive flash cart supports dual POKEY chips, the YM2151, and the BupChip.

[@skRapKlan]

Hahhh best review ever! Love your style, keep up the good work!

[@thiscat9712]

underrated youtuber

[@ViewpointProd]

ADORE that RCA and cabinet! the kind of setup i wish i had, an older style TV + Cabnit unit, what's the model?
Also really great to finally see someone mention the 72-60 pin adaptor for the Famicom, i was curious about them years ago and was seriously wondering if that was a thing or not, nice to see a video that actually includes one

[@cmos85]

Thanks!! Also it's an RCA Colortrack 2000

[@Skets.x.Czesko]

Woah this channel is small, seems like it would be bigger

[@melley420]

5:14 wow😮 what's that?
The Nintendo DS didn't have motion controls. Is that some kinda special DS game that uses an external motion control device or a special GBA cartridge or something like that?

[@cmos85]

Its for a Tony Hawk game i think. The DS Options Pak gave it motion controls. I was really reffering more to the Wii with motion controls, but i decided to use this game in the clip since it used both

[@bencox5994]

Very cool dude

[@TheDixlexxik]

the disk where the cause of the price of the chips and shortage and such ... once it got back to normal prices they stop the disk and that's one of the reason America never got it

[@jimeguito]

♡

[@neoturfmasterMVS]

Are you also on X?

[@cmos85]

Whats X? Ive got Twitter though

[@neoturfmasterMVS]

@@cmos85 It replaced Twitter. X killed the bird. No longer is the bird the word.

[@jaxson4809]

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