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nintendo_entertainment_system [2023/12/07 17:08] – moved over a few bits from the old SB wiki rjtnintendo_entertainment_system [2023/12/18 22:10] – Famicom / Disk System Game List link rjt
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 ====== Nintendo Entertainment System ====== ====== Nintendo Entertainment System ======
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 +Every good boy deserves Famicom
  
 ===== Models ===== ===== Models =====
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 ==== PAL Famicom ==== ==== PAL Famicom ====
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 +==== Famicom Disk System ====
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 +Disks are based on Mitsumi’s [[Quick Disk]] format. You can use QDs via an adaptor((Consensus seems to be it's easier and cheaper to rewrite Famicom ones)). Not sure if the data is stored in the same format; Famicom uses a linear layout structure format, so it's like tape.
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 +  * https://www.famicomdisksystem.com/
 +  * [[yt>SSevOKZ_6AM|The Famicom Disk System Cleaning Extravaganza | Things of Interest]]
  
 ==== Sharp C1 / Sharp Nintendo Television ==== ==== Sharp C1 / Sharp Nintendo Television ====
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 ==== Twin Famicom ==== ==== Twin Famicom ====
  
-Made my [[Sharp]]. Single unit incorporating Famicom and the disk drive. Have mono composite out.+Made by [[Sharp]]. Single unit incorporating Famicom and the disk drive. Have mono composite out.
  
 Two main versions. Original has that nice curved bump on top, and no power light. Disk drives in these have no write restrictions, so are good if you want to write full games to disks. Revision has turbo-fire on the controllers. Two main versions. Original has that nice curved bump on top, and no power light. Disk drives in these have no write restrictions, so are good if you want to write full games to disks. Revision has turbo-fire on the controllers.
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 === Flashcarts === === Flashcarts ===
  
-  * Everdrive - Expensive. Can do basically anything you'd want from a flashcart. Can do disk games too. Lots of iterations. Versions for NES and Famicom. +  * **Everdrive** - Expensive. Can do basically anything you'd want from a flashcart. Can do disk games too, but not sure how it handles their extra audio channel (emulated in the FPGA? Does it pass through to Twin Famicom?. Lots of iterations. Versions for NES and Famicom.\\ NB there are two official shops: 
-  * PowerPak - Another FPGA cart, also plays FDS.+    * [[https://everdrive.me/|everdrive.me]] 
 +    * [[https://krikzz.com/|krikzz.com]] 
 +  * **PowerPak** - Another FPGA cart, also plays FDS.
     * https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/PowerPak     * https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/PowerPak
-  * KrzysioCart - Cheaper cart, less mapper support than Everdrives.+  * **KrzysioCart** - Cheaper cart, less mapper support than Everdrives.
     * https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/KrzysioCart     * https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/KrzysioCart
     * http://krzysiocart.com/     * http://krzysiocart.com/
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   * [[https://famicomworld.com/|Famicom World]]   * [[https://famicomworld.com/|Famicom World]]
 +    * [[https://famicomworld.com/game-list/|Famicom / Disk System Game List]]
   * [[https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/Nesdev_Wiki|NESdev Wiki]]   * [[https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/Nesdev_Wiki|NESdev Wiki]]
  
 {{tag>Nintendo NES Famicom console hardware audio}} {{tag>Nintendo NES Famicom console hardware audio}}
  
nintendo_entertainment_system.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/23 18:06 by rjt