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Retro Gaming Life: Finds 170: Mysterious Sega Finds...

Fetched: March 17th, 2010, 2:21pm PDT by Famicom Freak

I initially started with Famicom but moved on to other consoles even the not so new ones like Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube. I find all these consoles very interesting since they have some games I have never played before. ...
Broke-Ass Band Interview – The Depreciation Guild « Broke-Ass ...

Fetched: March 17th, 2010, 2:21pm PDT by Steven K. - Sound Reasoner

Kurt: The Famicom is the Japanese version of what we call in the US “The Nintendo Entertainment System.” The programming I did for that system (for use as an instrument) was an element that was integral to our first album because it was ...
Gameboy Micro Porn « Radiant Dreamer

Fetched: March 17th, 2010, 9:40am PDT by Radiant

You can expect to pay upwards to $300+ for the Famicom edition of the Micro. Inside the sexy manual – various ways to abuse your Micro. The manual is THICK! Click to view! Konata endorses the Gameboy Micro! Do you have a Micro? ...

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NES SNES Famicom Controllers!

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 6:37am PDT by ree

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Posted: March 17th, 2010, 6:37am PDT by ree

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Super Mario Games Collection - Game (New link)

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by -Sachiel-

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment, FamiCom Disk, GameBoy | Language: English The principal characters are Italian plumbers - Mario and his brother Luigi. Play for Mario to be the first player to Luigi - second. ...

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Vintage Computing and Gaming | Archive » A False Messiah: The ...

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by RedWolf

Review Update (11/10/2005): A few people have told me that I didn't mention that the NEX plays original Famicom carts as well as regular NES games (through a slot on the top of the unit), and that this is a strong feature of the unit. ...... Be warned, though: the built in games on this last controller are actually repeated without new hacks a bit. There's actually about 60 'games'. The other controller, while games repeat, all appear completely different. ...
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Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by unknown

Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) Reading File : .smc Snes9xTYL v0.4.2 ME snes9xTYL-0.4.2me.rar :: download.QJ.net snes9xTYL-0.4.2me.rar :: PSP-hacks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...
Chameleon: Chameleon 2.0-RC2 is available with new features and ...

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by Tamás KOSÁRSZKY

Famicom · 6. August 2009, 08:30 · #. I have evertyhing mixed up. I think I might have screwed up bigtime. I just installed chameleon on my MBP. I thought it was a tool that I needed to on install on the computer I was using to make a .... is why people needed to create the cache in the first reboot, so pc_efi v10+ handles that, but it's still a dirty hack (from reports I heard), the changes made to pc_efi v10+ were not all released by netkas, that includes this “hack”. ...
Brawl music hack: coding reference « Hardcorebrawlhacks's Blog

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by hardcorebrawlhacks

Q09 – Famicom Grand Prix 2. Q10 – Tetris – Type A Q11 – Tetris – Type B Q12 – X – Tunnel Scene Q13 – Wrecking Crew Q14 – Nazo no Murasamejou. R02 – Nintendo DS – PictoChat. R03 – Electroplankton R04 – Game & Watch ...
Top Ten Best Rom Hacks, Part Three « Video Games are Rad

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by i heart yuna

Even now, this cart is one of the most highly sought after Famicom pirates in the retro community. Download Rom Here. #5 – Sonic Jam 6. Platform: Genesis Hack of: Super Mario Bros. (Mario All Stars version, SNES) ...
(Nintendo Famicom Disk System) No-Intro 20090128 Update + previous ...

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by oraclex

(Nintendo Famicom Disk System) No-Intro 20090128 Update + previous romset. Other Consoles. ... Smile (Nintendo Famicom Disk System) No-Intro 20090128 Update + previous romset. This is Famicom Disk System update from No-Intro 20071102 to ...

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Fingerboarding tricks on Famicom hardware and... - Tiny Cartridge ...

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by unknown

Fingerboarding tricks on Famicom hardware and... - Tiny Cartridge - Nintendo DS & DSi News, Media, Videos, Imports, Homebrew, & Retro Junk.
Buffalo Selling Famicom USB PC Gamepad Too

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by unknown

The USB Nintendo PC Gamepad will bring back the old days of 8-bit gaming.

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NEStopia 1.40H - Free NEStopia Download at Downloadplex.com

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by unknown

NEStopia 1.40H, Downloads: 1, License: Freeware, By: Martin Freij and R. Belmont, Size: 2.24 MB. A NESFamicom emulator.

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Samurai Warriors 3 headed to North America courtesy of Nintendo ...

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 7:11pm PDT by unknown

Samurai Warriors 3 headed to North America courtesy of Nintendo. Andrew Yee - Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 | 12:35PM (EST) 0 Favourites (0). Tecmo Koei's Sengoku-era hack-and-slash getting the Dragon Quest IX treatment ... Unique to Samurai Warriors 3 is a mode based on Nintendo's Japan-only Famicom title Nazo no Murasamejou (The Mysterious Murasame Castle), where the game's main character, Takamaru, will be playable. This mode was developed with the cooperation of ...
News: Famicom/Megadrive remakes

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 7:11pm PDT by unknown

It's a Japanese site (run by rinkaku) devoted to game hacks and original remakes for the Famicom... including games like Dragon Quest 8, Zelda: Link to the Past, Golden Axe, a Tomb Raider action RPG, a Titanic game based on the movie, ...

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Nerdgasm: I want to be this Famicom when I grow up. « Albotas

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 7:11pm PDT by brownkidd

Nerdgasm: I want to be this Famicom when I grow up. There's absolutely nothing wrong with mixing up a little goth crotch with some retro gaming goodness Photo by... » Firepower Flower Pot. The Huffington Post has a list of 11 Creations ...
Finds 169: Hammering Harry for the Famicom

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 6:46am PDT by Famicom Freak

Here is a neat game for the Famicom. I got this one as a trade which I am intending to do more often. I had to give up some good games from my squad but it was worth it. The game is in great shape and it's one of those little fun ...
Lots of items on the shoppe

Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 6:46am PDT by Famicom Freak

Some of the items include a copy of King Kong 2 for the Famicom as well as Street Fighter EX plus Alpha and Legend of Legaia for the PS1. There is a lot of other stuff in there. I also want to take the time to ask if anyone is ...
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Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 12:00am PDT by Mang Jaya

Famicom Wars DS Title: Famicom Wars DS Release: 06/23/05. Genre: Strategy Developer: Intelligent Systems Language: JAP Size: 32 MB RS+HF the latest game in the award-winning turn-based strategy series, unleashes the power of the ...

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Fceux SVN r1753 - EmuCR

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:34pm PDT by Nichole

FCEUX is a cross platform, NTSC and PAL Famicom/NES emulator that is an evolution of the original FCE Ultra emulator. Over time FCE Ultra had separated into many separate branches.The concept behind FCEUX is to merge elements from FCE ...

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High-Score Reviews: Monster in my pocket (NES)

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 11:59am PDT by Kun

Un dato muy curioso es que existe una versión hack para famicom/family en el mercado y seguramente muchos habrán jugado esa versión y se trata de Flash & Batman. Se cambian los personajes que controlamos por nuestros héroes de los ...

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Super Mario Games 2009 (Pc)

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:47am PDT by -Iruel-

77 Super Mario Games (2009) | PC Game | Genre: 3D / Arcade Developer: Nintendo Entertainment, FamiCom Disk, GameBoy | Language: English The principal.
Twisted Soul Guts Super Famicom Cartridge to Create USB Hub [DIY]

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:47am PDT by admin

I'm all for mods, hacks and whatnot, but this SNES USB hub goes too far. For more info, go to source: Twisted Soul Guts Super Famicom Cartridge to Create USB Hub [DIY]

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Akira scene from the film's Famicom adaptation, which...

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 3:24am PDT by unknown

Akira scene from the film's Famicom adaptation, which Taito released only in Japan in 1988. Wikipedia tells me the 8-bit title is a graphic adventure game, but the Japanese box says it's a psychic adventure game. Who to believe? ...
Akira scene from the film's Famicom adaptation,... - Tiny ...

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 12:34am PDT by unknown

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The Scientists' Games of the Year 2005 | GameScience

Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 12:34am PDT by admin

Famicom Wars DS is a simple but tactical, turn-based simulation game. New additions to the DS version are the combat mode (a real time game with a dash of strategy), the use of the dual screen, experience points for shoguns, ...
Retro Gaming Life: Mortal Kombat IV Famicom Gameplay!

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 8:58pm PDT by Famicom Freak

Mortal Kombat IV Famicom Gameplay! Just wanted to revisit this video since it has been getting a lot of hits lately. For a badly made game it sure makes a lot of fuzz. Just check the comments and watch it....har. ...

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The 10 most memorable Family Computer games in the Phils...

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 6:21pm PDT

Way before the PS3, the Xbox, and the Wii even made the drawing boards, the Nintendo Family Computer, or the Famicom for short, was the home gaming king in the Philippines.

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The 10 most memorable Family Computer games in the Phils...

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 6:21pm PDT

Way before the PS3, the Xbox, and the Wii even made the drawing boards, the Nintendo Family Computer, or the Famicom for short, was the home gaming king in the Philippines.

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The 10 most memorable Family Computer games in the Phils...

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 6:21pm PDT

Way before the PS3, the Xbox, and the Wii even made the drawing boards, the Nintendo Family Computer, or the Famicom for short, was the home gaming king in the Philippines.

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video games! sega genesis, dreamcast, nintendo DS, plus toys! (pacifica) $3

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 3:53pm PDT

a few video games from my personal collection for sale! sorry, no actual consoles for sale... just the games! as cheap as $3!

GENESIS / MEGA DRIVE GAMES - all cart only
crack down (japanese cart) - $3
toejam and earl (cart only w/ messy label) - $13
zombies ate my neighbors - $9

NINTENDO DS and GAMEBOY ADVANCE games for sale:
ds kanji sonomama rakubiki jiten (kanji dictionary software, w/ box and manual) - $40 (not pictured)
resident evil: deadly silence (w/ box and manual) - $14

SEGA DREAMCAST games for sale (complete w/ case, manual, disc):
phantasy star online - $7 i also have some japanese capsule toys: hinata from rival schools / project justice, lilith from darkstalkers / night warriors, yotsuba from maison ikkoku, sakura from street fighter / rival schools, sakura from sakura wars / sakura taisen, as well as a set of 6 famicom capsule toys! these are mini versions of the nintendo consoles and accessories as released in japan including r.o.b. the robot, the twin famicom, the redesigned famicom, and more!

craigslist SF bay area | all for sale / wanted search for "Nintendo"

video games! sega genesis, dreamcast, nintendo DS, plus toys! (pacifica) $3

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 3:53pm PDT

a few video games from my personal collection for sale! sorry, no actual consoles for sale... just the games! as cheap as $3!

GENESIS / MEGA DRIVE GAMES - all cart only
crack down (japanese cart) - $3
toejam and earl (cart only w/ messy label) - $13
zombies ate my neighbors - $9

NINTENDO DS and GAMEBOY ADVANCE games for sale:
ds kanji sonomama rakubiki jiten (kanji dictionary software, w/ box and manual) - $40 (not pictured)
resident evil: deadly silence (w/ box and manual) - $14

SEGA DREAMCAST games for sale (complete w/ case, manual, disc):
phantasy star online - $7 i also have some japanese capsule toys: hinata from rival schools / project justice, lilith from darkstalkers / night warriors, yotsuba from maison ikkoku, sakura from street fighter / rival schools, sakura from sakura wars / sakura taisen, as well as a set of 6 famicom capsule toys! these are mini versions of the nintendo consoles and accessories as released in japan including r.o.b. the robot, the twin famicom, the redesigned famicom, and more!

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Snes9x – indir download

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 2:37pm PDT by admin

Bu gelismis emulator ile tum SNES ve Super Famicom oyunlarini sorunsuzca oynayabilirsiniz. Emulator, tum hileleri destekler, gelismis filtreleri ile de oyunlarda yuksek goruntu kalitesi saglar. Eger elinizde snes oyun konsolunuz varsa ...

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Retro Gaming Life: Retro Game of the Week 031: Road Rash 3(Genesis)

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 11:22am PDT by Famicom Freak

I initially started with Famicom but moved on to other consoles even the not so new ones like Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube. I find all these consoles very interesting since they have some games I have never played before. ...
K-Murdock - "Forever Famicom" Debuting @ SxSW

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 11:22am PDT by unknown

K-Murdock - "Forever Famicom" Debuting @ SxSW.
Rising Stuff • Famicom Dojo Season 2: Sega Family Tree Special at ...

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 11:22am PDT by SeanOrange

An online store and community promoting retro Japanese imports for all systems. Please come by today and check out the latest retro news.

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yueyu3.blogr.com - stories - 2010-03-13-Nintendo-DS-accessories

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 7:53am PDT by yueyu3

Darkain was leading the reverse-engineering of the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi and Ni-Fi protocols at the time the Nintendo DS came out, which has influenced many of the available Nintendo DS Wi-Fi hacks and applications today. Interestingly, two groups (Project ... Cyber Famulator Lite is an addon for the Nintendo DS Lite which allows users to play Famicom games, and NES games with a converter. References ^ "Nintendo Online Store". [store.] nintendo.com/. Retrieved 2006-04-02. ...

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yueyu3.blogr.com - stories - 2010-03-13-Nintendo-DS-accessories

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 7:53am PDT by yueyu3

Darkain was leading the reverse-engineering of the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi and Ni-Fi protocols at the time the Nintendo DS came out, which has influenced many of the available Nintendo DS Wi-Fi hacks and applications today. Interestingly, two groups (Project ... Cyber Famulator Lite is an addon for the Nintendo DS Lite which allows users to play Famicom games, and NES games with a converter. References ^ "Nintendo Online Store". [store.nintendo.com] Retrieved 2006-04-02. ...

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Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Edgar4

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Super Mario Games Collection

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by -Sachiel-

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment, FamiCom Disk, GameBoy | Language: English The principal characters are Italian plumbers Mario and his brother Luigi. Play for Mario to be the first player to Luigi second. ...

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Retro Gaming Life: Finds 169: Hammering Harry for the Famicom

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Famicom Freak

Here is a neat game for the Famicom. I got this one as a trade which I am intending to do more often. I had to give up some good games from my squad but it was worth it. The game is in great shape and it's one of those little fun ...
Retro Gaming Life: Lots of items on the shoppe

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Famicom Freak

Some of the items include a copy of King Kong 2 for the Famicom as well as Street Fighter EX plus Alpha and Legend of Legaia for the PS1. There is a lot of other stuff in there. I also want to take the time to ask if anyone is ...
Retro Gaming Life: Pokemon Gold/Silver are Finally here!

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Famicom Freak

I initially started with Famicom but moved on to other consoles even the not so new ones like Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube. I find all these consoles very interesting since they have some games I have never played before. ...
Neosonic News: "Forever Famicom" Debuting @ SxSW

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by K-Murdock

"Forever Famicom" Debuting @ SxSW. The homie Random & myself will be rockin' Austin, Texas next week during South by Southwest 2010. Our project, "Forever Famciom", is practically done and we are gearing up for its' (tentative) Spring ...
Fingerboarding tricks on Famicom hardware and software. Enjoy...

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by unknown

Fingerboarding tricks on Famicom hardware and software. Enjoy some artful arrangements of some guy's collection of loose and boxed Famicom games, and then watch a tiny skateboard totally grind on it. It's a whole new paradigm for game ...
Zemina Family Card, an adapter for playing Famicom... - Tiny ...

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by unknown

Zemina Family Card, an adapter for playing Famicom... - Tiny Cartridge - Nintendo DS & DSi News, Media, Videos, Imports, Homebrew, & Retro Junk.
Weirdness of the Day - Fingerboarding tricks on Famicom hardware ...

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by RawmeatCowboy

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Nintendo Everything – Our second language is Nintendo++ » Blog ...

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Valay

SMB2J Famicom in 8:26. March 4th, 2010 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Written by Valay. Thanks to Ross M for the news tip! Related posts: Where's Waldo Nes Hard Tas in 2′18″37 · Sergeant Flutter's Cliff in 0′09″90 (Super Mario RPG) ...
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Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by rokott007

Nintendo Entertainment, Disk Famicom, Game Boy | Język: angielski. Główne postacie są Polski Hydraulicy - Mario i jego brat Luigi. Play for Mario być pierwszym graczem jest Luigi - drugie. Celem The Game - aby przejść całą drogę na ...
Gamecube Menu Music Is The Famicom Disk Bios Startup Music Thingy ...

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by admin

OK, this is basically the GameCube menu music sped up by about 25 times (ie, in Audacity, I sped up by 400% (ie 5 times), then again by 400% (ie 5 x 5.
Original Nintendo.net Blog: SMB2J Famicom in 8:26

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Ross James Miller

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening GB Tas in 13... Tetris Nes Mode B Tas · SMB2J Famicom in 8:26. Final Time: 8:26.1 (From Luigi start to Bowser's final ax.) Funky FDS audio. Cleared by Ross J. Miller. All Rights Reserved 2007-2010.
Mortal Kombat IV Famicom Gameplay!

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Famicom Freak

Just wanted to revisit this video since it has been getting a lot of hits lately. For a badly made game it sure makes a lot of fuzz. Just check the comments and watch it....har..

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bsnes v0.062 Beta - CrimsonRain.Com

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Nichole

bsnes v0.062 Beta is released.bsnes is an emulator for the Super Famicom and SNES video game systems.The purpose of the emulator is a bit different from other emulators: it focuses on accuracy, debugging functionality, and clean code. ... This single bug has broken dozens of fan translations and ROM hacks. Some have been updated to work around this bug, and many others are left in a permanently broken state (such as the translations of Dragon Quest I & II and Sailor Moon: ...
77 Super Mario Games [2009]

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by -Iruel-

77 Super Mario Games [2009] PC GAME | Genre: 3D / Arcade Developer: Nintendo Entertainment, FamiCom Disk, GameBoy | Language: English The principal.
Brawl musis hack: coding reference « Hardcorebrawlhacks's Blog

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by hardcorebrawlhacks

Q09 – Famicom Grand Prix 2. Q10 – Tetris – Type A Q11 – Tetris – Type B Q12 – X – Tunnel Scene Q13 – Wrecking Crew Q14 – Nazo no Murasamejou. R02 – Nintendo DS – PictoChat. R03 – Electroplankton R04 – Game & Watch ...

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bsnes v0.062 Beta - CrimsonRain.Com

Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 5:19am PDT by Nichole

EmuCR:bsnes Emulators bsnes v0.062 Beta is released.bsnes is an emulator for the Super Famicom and SNES video game systems.The purpose of the emulator is a bit different from other emulators: it focuses on accuracy, ...

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FamiTracker

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 7:42pm PST by radian_

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FamiTracker is a free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems. The interface is based on MadTracker and should be easy to use if you've been using trackers before. One of the features is NSF-file exporting. That allows music created in this tracker to be played on the real hardware, or even for for use in your own NES-applications. Some other features: * Full real-time emulation of all channels * Internal PCM to DPCM-sample converter * MIDI input devices are supported * NTSC & PAL modes are both supported

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Nestopia - NES/Famicom Emulator

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:56pm PST by Sigma13

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Nestopia - NES/Famicom Emulator

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:56pm PST by Sigma13

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NES like system with 8 classics and more (718) $50

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:29am PST

unique nes system ( not the famicom but just like it ) mini red white complete with led lights and 4 remotes ... 2 regular .. + one with auto fire slow motin etc.. and the original remote
check out item @ [www.80stees.com]
cartridges included are
metal gear (snakes first adventure)
mike tysons punch out
ninja gaiden 2 ( has twin towers in background)
super mario bros 3
time lord
Mario bros (the original arcade version)
Xevious
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Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by techknology

These are tools that augment your gaming experience — and no, I'm not talking about speed hacks or aimbots! (But I have thrown in a few 'nefarious' tools, just, you know… in case.) BitTorrent – A good BitTorrent client is the bread ... Emulators emulate a target system or operating system, be it an original 8-bit NES/Famicom, PlayStation or Game Boy Advance. In other words, they turn your PC or Mac into virtually any console ever made. Emulators can also be used to play ...

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Sublab Research and Design » inFami: An update

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by asterick

The Famicom Disk System is supported, ala timing hacks and spoon feeding, it is missing wavetable. Also the VRC7 is missing it's OPL2 like audio (mostly because I don't have a good understanding of how the OPL2 works). ...
Super Mario Games [2009] Free Full Download

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by -Iruel-

Super Mario Games [2009] PC GAME | Genre: 3D / Arcade Developer: Nintendo Entertainment, FamiCom Disk, GameBoy | Language: English The principal.
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Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by techknology

These are tools that augment your gaming experience — and no, I'm not talking about speed hacks or aimbots! (But I have thrown in a few 'nefarious' tools, just, you know… in case.) BitTorrent – A good BitTorrent client is the bread ... Emulators emulate a target system or operating system, be it an original 8-bit NES/Famicom, PlayStation or Game Boy Advance. In other words, they turn your PC or Mac into virtually any console ever made. Emulators can also be used to play ...
CLASSIC CONTROLLER: Dreamcast: Best Console Ever

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by Archestratus

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, now a legend in the video game industry, hit it big with the little plumber running through a construction site, and Japanese "Family Computer," (Famicom as it came to be known) was redesigned and released .... The hack-proof portion of this format, however, proved particularly short-lived, as media-release groups such as Kalisto and Echelon quickly found ways to rip games from GD-ROMS and burn them on to CD-Rs, which could then be played on ...
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Retro Gaming Life: Finds 168: Titles not to be forgotten!

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by Famicom Freak

I initially started with Famicom but moved on to other consoles even the not so new ones like Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube. I find all these consoles very interesting since they have some games I have never played before. ...
Famicom/Family computer - AtariAge Forums

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by unknown

I have a question for those of you who have a Japanese Famicom, may be you can help. I just bought this Famicom or Family computer console with it original box and manual, AV cables. The Famicom has RF output and video/audio output as ...
Buffalo Selling Famicom USB PC Gamepad Too

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by unknown

The USB Nintendo PC Gamepad will bring back the old days of 8-bit gaming.
Famicom Dojo Season 2: Sega Family Tree Special

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	The Atari 2600 was wildly successful. During the 1980s, "Atari" was a synonym for this model in mainstream media and, [[metonymy\|by extension]], for video games in general, similar to "Nintendo" and "PlayStation" in the later 1980s and 1990s respectively.<ref name=globe>{{cite web \| last = Edgers \| first = Geoff \| title =Atari and the deep history of video games\| date= 2009-03-08 \| work= [[Boston Globe]] \|url =http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/08/a_talk_with_nick_montfort \| accessdate = 2009-04-13 }}</ref>		The Atari 2600 was wildly successful. During the 1980s, "Atari" was a synonym for this model in mainstream media and, [[metonymy\|by extension]], for video games in general, similar to "Nintendo" and "PlayStation" in the later 1980s and 1990s respectively.<ref name=globe>{{cite web \| last = Edgers \| first = Geoff \| title =Atari and the deep history of video games\| date= 2009-03-08 \| work= [[Boston Globe]] \|url =http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/08/a_talk_with_nick_montfort \| accessdate = 2009-04-13 }}</ref>

-	bluedude3011's youtube is awsome	+	== History ==
	+
	+	Atari Inc. had purchased an engineering think tank in 1973 called [[Cyan Engineering]] to research next-generation video game systems, and had been working on a prototype known as "Stella" (named after one of the engineers' bicycles) for some time. Unlike prior generations of machines that used custom [[Logic programming\|logic]] to play a small number of games, Stella's core was a complete [[Central processing unit\|CPU]], the famous [[MOS Technology]] [[MOS Technology 6502\|6502]] in a cost-reduced version, known as the [[MOS Technology 6507\|6507]]. It was combined with a [[Random Access Memory\|RAM]]-and-[[I/O]] chip, the [[MOS Technology 6532]], and a display and sound chip of their own design known as the '''[[Television Interface Adapter\|TIA]]''', for '''''T'''elevision '''I'''nterface '''A'''daptor''. Beyond those three, the first two versions of the machine contain just one more chip, a standard CMOS logic buffer [[Integrated circuit\|IC]], bringing the total chip count to the very low and cost-effective number of four. Some later versions of the console eliminated the buffer chip. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2007}}
	+
	+	Programs for small computers were generally stored on cassette tape, disk or paper tape. By the early 1970s, [[Hewlett Packard]] manufactured desktop computers costing thousands of dollars such as the [[HP 9830]], which packaged Read Only Memory (ROM) into removable cartridges to add special programming features, and these were being considered for use in games. At first, the design was not going to be cartridge-based, but after seeing a "fake" cartridge system on another machine, they realized they could place the games on cartridges essentially for the price of the connector and packaging.
	+
	+	In August 1976, [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] released their own [[CPU]]-based system, the [[Channel F\|Video Entertainment System]]. Stella was still not ready for production, but it was clear that it needed to be before there were a number of "me too" products filling up the market – which had happened after they released [[Pong]]. Atari Inc. simply didn't have the cash flow to complete the system quickly, given that sales of their own Pong systems were cooling. [[Nolan Bushnell]] eventually turned to [[Time Warner\|Warner Communications]], and sold the company to them in 1976 for [[US$]]28 million on the promise that Stella would be produced as soon as possible.
	+
	+	Key to the eventual success of the machine was the hiring of [[Jay Miner]], a chip designer who managed to squeeze an entire [[breadboard]] of equipment making up the TIA into a single chip. Once that was completed and debugged, the system was ready for shipping. By the time it was released in 1977, the development had cost about US$100 million.
	+
	+	=== Launch and success ===
	+	{{Refimprove\|section\|date=December 2006}}
	+
	+	The unit was originally priced at US$199, and shipped with two joysticks and a ''[[Combat (video game)\|Combat]]'' cartridge.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Forster \|first=Winnie \|authorlink=Winnie Forster \|title=The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972 - 2005 \|year=2005 \|publisher=GAMEPLAN \|isbn=3-00-015359-4\|pages=27}}</ref> In a move to compete directly with the [[Fairchild Channel F\|Channel F]], Atari Inc. named the machine the Video Computer System (or VCS for short), as the Channel F was at that point known as the '''VES''', for ''Video Entertainment System''. The VCS was also rebadged as the '''Sears Video Arcade''' and sold through [[Sears, Roebuck and Company]] stores. This model was manufactured by Dimerco Electronics.{{Citation needed\|date=February 2010}}
	+
	+	When Fairchild learned of Atari Inc.'s naming, they quickly changed the name of their system to become the Channel F. However, both systems were now in the midst of a vicious round of price-cutting: ''Pong'' clones that had been made obsolete by these newer and more powerful machines were sold off to discounters for ever-lower prices. Soon many of the clone companies were out of business, and both Fairchild and Atari Inc. were selling to a public that was completely burnt out on Pong. In 1977, Atari Inc. sold only 250,000 VCSs.
	+
	+	For the first year of production, the VCS was manufactured in [[Sunnyvale, California]]. The consoles manufactured there had thick internal [[RF shielding]], and thick plastic molding around the sides and bottom. These added weight to the console, and because all six switches were on the front, these consoles were nicknamed "Heavy Sixers". After this first year, production moved to [[Hong Kong]], and the consoles manufactured there had thinner plastic molding. In 1978, only 550,000 units from a production run of 800,000 were sold, requiring further financial support from Warner to cover losses. This led directly to the disagreements that caused Atari Inc. founder [[Nolan Bushnell]] to leave the company in 1978.<ref>Steve Fulton, [www.gamasutra.com] "Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981"], ''Gamasutra'', 21 August 2008, pg. 6</ref>
	+
	+	Once the public realized it was possible to play video games other than ''Pong'', and programmers learned how to push its hardware's capabilities, the VCS gained popularity. By this point, Fairchild had given up, thinking video games were a passing fad, thereby handing the entire quickly growing market to Atari Inc. By 1979, the VCS was the best-selling [[Christmas]] gift (and console), mainly because of its exclusive content, and 1 million units were sold that year.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}}
	+
	+	Atari Inc. then licensed the smash [[video arcade\|arcade]] hit ''[[Space Invaders]]'' by [[Taito Corporation\|Taito]], which greatly increased the unit's popularity when it was released in January 1980, doubling sales again to over 2 million units. The VCS and its cartridges were the main factor behind Atari Inc. grossing more than $2 billion in 1980. Sales then doubled again for the next two years, with almost 8 million units selling in 1982.
	+
	+	In 1980, the VCS was given a minor revision in which the left and right difficulty switches were moved to the back of the console, leaving four switches on the front. Other than this, these four-switch consoles looked nearly identical to the earlier six-switch models. In 1982, another version of the four-switch console was released without woodgrain. They were nicknamed "[[Darth Vader]]" consoles due to their all-black appearance. These were also the first consoles to be officially called "Atari 2600", as the [[Atari 5200]] was released the same year.
	+
	+	During this period, Atari Inc. expanded the 2600 family with two other compatible consoles. They designed the [[Atari 2700]], a wireless version of the console that was never released because of a design flaw.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Curt \|last=Vendel \|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2700/a2700.html \|title=Atari 2700 Wireless VCS \|publisher=Atari Museum \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> The company also built a sleeker version of the machine dubbed the [[Atari 2800]] to sell directly to the [[Japan]]ese market in early 1983, but it suffered from competition with the newly released [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System\|Famicom]].
	+
	+	In a survey mentioned by [[Jeff Rovin]] it is reported that more stores reported breakdowns of the Atari 2600 system than any other, and that Atari repair centers seemed to have the most trouble with consoles manufactured in 1980. In one case it is stated that a system was repaired five times before static electricity from a carpet was discovered as having caused the problem. The controllers were also a source of breakage because of the way they could be gripped by a player holding it with their fist, allowing players to get carried away and over control, which was less likely with other systems released at the time, such as the [[Odyssey 2]], which had controllers that were nearly half its size.<ref>"The Complete Guide to Conquering Video Games" by Jeff Rovin, [[Collier Books]], 1982 pages 7, 9, 11</ref>
	+
	+	=== Sears Tele-Games 2600s ===
	+
	+	[[Image:Sears tele games video arcade.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Early Atari 2600 that was branded "Tele-Games" and sold by Sears]]
	+	Atari Inc. also continued their [[Original equipment manufacturer\|OEM]] relationship with Sears under the latter's Tele-Games brand label, which started in 1975 with the original [[Pong]]. Sears released several versions of the 2600 as the Sears Video Arcade series from 1977 to 1983. These include the Rev. A "Heavy Sixer" model in 1977, the Rev. B "4 switch" model in 1980, and the US version of the Atari 2800 branded as the Sears Video Arcade II in 1983.<ref name="atariage">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = AtariAge - 2600 Consoles and Clones \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref> Sears also released their own versions of Atari Inc.'s games under the Tele-Games brand, which included the Tele-Games branded variations of text and picture labels. Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase, Stellar Track, Submarine Commander.<ref name="searscartridge">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = Atari 2600 - Sears — Picture Label Variation \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref>
	+
	+	=== Decline ===
	+	During this period, Atari Inc. continued to grow until it had one of the largest [[research and development\|R&D]] divisions in [[Silicon Valley]]. However, it spent much of its R&D budget on projects that seemed rather out of place at a video game (or even home computer) company; many of these projects never saw the light of day. Meanwhile, several attempts to bring out newer consoles failed for one reason or another, although Atari Inc.'s [[home computer]] systems, the [[Atari 8-bit family]], sold reasonably, if not spectacularly. Warner was more than happy anyway, as it seemed to have no end to the sales of the 2600, and Atari Inc. was responsible for over half of the company's income.
	+
	+	The programmers of many of Atari Inc.'s biggest hits grew disgruntled with the company for not crediting game developers and many left the company and formed their own independent software companies. The most prominent and longest-lasting of these third-party developers was [[Activision]], founded in 1980, whose titles quickly became more popular than those of Atari Inc. itself. Atari Inc. attempted to block third-party development for the 2600 in court but failed,{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}} and soon other publishers, such as [[Imagic]] and [[Coleco]], entered the market. Atari Inc. suffered from an image problem when a company named [[Mystique (company)\|Mystique]] produced a number of [[Pornography\|pornographic]] games for the 2600. The most notorious of these, ''[[Custer's Revenge]]'', caused a large number of protests from women's and [[Native Americans in the United States\|Native American]] groups<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/mystique.html \|title=AGH - Third Party Profile: Mystique \|publisher=AtariHQ.com \|date= \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> because it depicts [[George Armstrong Custer\|General George Armstrong Custer]] raping a bound Native American woman.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Fragmaster \|url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=282 \|title=Custer's Revenge \|publisher=Classic Gaming \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> Atari Inc. sued Mystique in court over the release of the game.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Lauren \|last=Gonzalez \|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/p-3.html \|title=When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy \|pages=3 \|publisher=GameSpot \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref>
	+
	+	Atari Inc. continued to scoop up licenses during the shelf life of the 2600, the most prominent of which included ''[[Pac-Man (Atari 2600)\|Pac-Man]]'' and ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)\|E.T.]]'' Public disappointment with these two titles and the market saturation of poor third-party titles are cited as big reasons for the [[video game crash of 1983]]. Suddenly, Atari Inc.'s growth meant it was losing massive amounts of money during the crash, at one point about $10,000 a day. Warner quickly grew tired of supporting Atari Inc., and started looking for buyers in 1984. Although not formally discontinued, the 2600 was de-emphasized for two years after Warner's 1984 sale of Atari Inc.'s Consumer Division to [[Commodore Business Machines]] founder [[Jack Tramiel]], who wanted to concentrate on [[home computer]]s. He froze all development of console games, including a [[Garfield (Atari 2600)\|2600 ''Garfield'' game]] and an Atari 5200 port of ''[[Super Pac-Man]]''.
	+
	+	====Atari 2600 Jr.====
	+	[[Image:Atari2600jr.jpg\|thumb\|225px\|right\|The Atari 2600 in its 1984 cost-reduced version, also known as the "2600 Jr."]]
	+	In 1984, a new version of the 2600 was released (although it was planned for release two years earlier). The new redesigned version of the 2600, unofficially referred to as the 2600 Jr., featured a smaller cost-reduced form factor with a modernized [[Atari 7800]]-like appearance. The redesigned 2600 was advertised as a budget gaming system (under $50) that had the ability to run a large collection of classic games. With its introduction came a resurgence in software development both from Atari Corp. and from a few third parties (notably, [[Activision]], [[Absolute Entertainment]], [[Froggo]], [[Epyx]], and Exus). The Atari 2600 continued to sell in the USA and Europe until 1990, and in Asia until the early 1990s. Its final Atari-licensed release was [[klax (computer game)\|KLAX]] in 1990. Over its lifetime, an estimated 40 million units were shipped, and its [[List of Atari 2600 games\|video game library]] reportedly numbers more than 900 titles with commercial games released for this system all the way until 1991. In [[Brazil]], the console became extremely popular in the mid-1980s. The Atari 2600 was officially retired by Atari Corp. on January 1, 1992,{{Citation needed\|date=January 2008}} making it the longest-lived home video game console (14 years, 2 months) in US game history.

	== Design ==		== Design ==

Bluedude3011: /* History */

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:04pm PST by Bluedude3011

History

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	The Atari 2600 was wildly successful. During the 1980s, "Atari" was a synonym for this model in mainstream media and, [[metonymy\|by extension]], for video games in general, similar to "Nintendo" and "PlayStation" in the later 1980s and 1990s respectively.<ref name=globe>{{cite web \| last = Edgers \| first = Geoff \| title =Atari and the deep history of video games\| date= 2009-03-08 \| work= [[Boston Globe]] \|url =http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/08/a_talk_with_nick_montfort \| accessdate = 2009-04-13 }}</ref>		The Atari 2600 was wildly successful. During the 1980s, "Atari" was a synonym for this model in mainstream media and, [[metonymy\|by extension]], for video games in general, similar to "Nintendo" and "PlayStation" in the later 1980s and 1990s respectively.<ref name=globe>{{cite web \| last = Edgers \| first = Geoff \| title =Atari and the deep history of video games\| date= 2009-03-08 \| work= [[Boston Globe]] \|url =http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/08/a_talk_with_nick_montfort \| accessdate = 2009-04-13 }}</ref>

-	== History ==	+	bluedude3011's youtube is awsome
-
-	Atari Inc. had purchased an engineering think tank in 1973 called [[Cyan Engineering]] to research next-generation video game systems, and had been working on a prototype known as "Stella" (named after one of the engineers' bicycles) for some time. Unlike prior generations of machines that used custom [[Logic programming\|logic]] to play a small number of games, Stella's core was a complete [[Central processing unit\|CPU]], the famous [[MOS Technology]] [[MOS Technology 6502\|6502]] in a cost-reduced version, known as the [[MOS Technology 6507\|6507]]. It was combined with a [[Random Access Memory\|RAM]]-and-[[I/O]] chip, the [[MOS Technology 6532]], and a display and sound chip of their own design known as the '''[[Television Interface Adapter\|TIA]]''', for '''''T'''elevision '''I'''nterface '''A'''daptor''. Beyond those three, the first two versions of the machine contain just one more chip, a standard CMOS logic buffer [[Integrated circuit\|IC]], bringing the total chip count to the very low and cost-effective number of four. Some later versions of the console eliminated the buffer chip. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2007}}
-
-	Programs for small computers were generally stored on cassette tape, disk or paper tape. By the early 1970s, [[Hewlett Packard]] manufactured desktop computers costing thousands of dollars such as the [[HP 9830]], which packaged Read Only Memory (ROM) into removable cartridges to add special programming features, and these were being considered for use in games. At first, the design was not going to be cartridge-based, but after seeing a "fake" cartridge system on another machine, they realized they could place the games on cartridges essentially for the price of the connector and packaging.
-
-	In August 1976, [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] released their own [[CPU]]-based system, the [[Channel F\|Video Entertainment System]]. Stella was still not ready for production, but it was clear that it needed to be before there were a number of "me too" products filling up the market – which had happened after they released [[Pong]]. Atari Inc. simply didn't have the cash flow to complete the system quickly, given that sales of their own Pong systems were cooling. [[Nolan Bushnell]] eventually turned to [[Time Warner\|Warner Communications]], and sold the company to them in 1976 for [[US$]]28 million on the promise that Stella would be produced as soon as possible.
-
-	Key to the eventual success of the machine was the hiring of [[Jay Miner]], a chip designer who managed to squeeze an entire [[breadboard]] of equipment making up the TIA into a single chip. Once that was completed and debugged, the system was ready for shipping. By the time it was released in 1977, the development had cost about US$100 million.
-
-	=== Launch and success ===
-	{{Refimprove\|section\|date=December 2006}}
-
-	The unit was originally priced at US$199, and shipped with two joysticks and a ''[[Combat (video game)\|Combat]]'' cartridge.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Forster \|first=Winnie \|authorlink=Winnie Forster \|title=The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972 - 2005 \|year=2005 \|publisher=GAMEPLAN \|isbn=3-00-015359-4\|pages=27}}</ref> In a move to compete directly with the [[Fairchild Channel F\|Channel F]], Atari Inc. named the machine the Video Computer System (or VCS for short), as the Channel F was at that point known as the '''VES''', for ''Video Entertainment System''. The VCS was also rebadged as the '''Sears Video Arcade''' and sold through [[Sears, Roebuck and Company]] stores. This model was manufactured by Dimerco Electronics.{{Citation needed\|date=February 2010}}
-
-	When Fairchild learned of Atari Inc.'s naming, they quickly changed the name of their system to become the Channel F. However, both systems were now in the midst of a vicious round of price-cutting: ''Pong'' clones that had been made obsolete by these newer and more powerful machines were sold off to discounters for ever-lower prices. Soon many of the clone companies were out of business, and both Fairchild and Atari Inc. were selling to a public that was completely burnt out on Pong. In 1977, Atari Inc. sold only 250,000 VCSs.
-
-	For the first year of production, the VCS was manufactured in [[Sunnyvale, California]]. The consoles manufactured there had thick internal [[RF shielding]], and thick plastic molding around the sides and bottom. These added weight to the console, and because all six switches were on the front, these consoles were nicknamed "Heavy Sixers". After this first year, production moved to [[Hong Kong]], and the consoles manufactured there had thinner plastic molding. In 1978, only 550,000 units from a production run of 800,000 were sold, requiring further financial support from Warner to cover losses. This led directly to the disagreements that caused Atari Inc. founder [[Nolan Bushnell]] to leave the company in 1978.<ref>Steve Fulton, [www.gamasutra.com] "Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981"], ''Gamasutra'', 21 August 2008, pg. 6</ref>
-
-	Once the public realized it was possible to play video games other than ''Pong'', and programmers learned how to push its hardware's capabilities, the VCS gained popularity. By this point, Fairchild had given up, thinking video games were a passing fad, thereby handing the entire quickly growing market to Atari Inc. By 1979, the VCS was the best-selling [[Christmas]] gift (and console), mainly because of its exclusive content, and 1 million units were sold that year.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}}
-
-	Atari Inc. then licensed the smash [[video arcade\|arcade]] hit ''[[Space Invaders]]'' by [[Taito Corporation\|Taito]], which greatly increased the unit's popularity when it was released in January 1980, doubling sales again to over 2 million units. The VCS and its cartridges were the main factor behind Atari Inc. grossing more than $2 billion in 1980. Sales then doubled again for the next two years, with almost 8 million units selling in 1982.
-
-	In 1980, the VCS was given a minor revision in which the left and right difficulty switches were moved to the back of the console, leaving four switches on the front. Other than this, these four-switch consoles looked nearly identical to the earlier six-switch models. In 1982, another version of the four-switch console was released without woodgrain. They were nicknamed "[[Darth Vader]]" consoles due to their all-black appearance. These were also the first consoles to be officially called "Atari 2600", as the [[Atari 5200]] was released the same year.
-
-	During this period, Atari Inc. expanded the 2600 family with two other compatible consoles. They designed the [[Atari 2700]], a wireless version of the console that was never released because of a design flaw.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Curt \|last=Vendel \|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2700/a2700.html \|title=Atari 2700 Wireless VCS \|publisher=Atari Museum \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> The company also built a sleeker version of the machine dubbed the [[Atari 2800]] to sell directly to the [[Japan]]ese market in early 1983, but it suffered from competition with the newly released [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System\|Famicom]].
-
-	In a survey mentioned by [[Jeff Rovin]] it is reported that more stores reported breakdowns of the Atari 2600 system than any other, and that Atari repair centers seemed to have the most trouble with consoles manufactured in 1980. In one case it is stated that a system was repaired five times before static electricity from a carpet was discovered as having caused the problem. The controllers were also a source of breakage because of the way they could be gripped by a player holding it with their fist, allowing players to get carried away and over control, which was less likely with other systems released at the time, such as the [[Odyssey 2]], which had controllers that were nearly half its size.<ref>"The Complete Guide to Conquering Video Games" by Jeff Rovin, [[Collier Books]], 1982 pages 7, 9, 11</ref>
-
-	=== Sears Tele-Games 2600s ===
-
-	[[Image:Sears tele games video arcade.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Early Atari 2600 that was branded "Tele-Games" and sold by Sears]]
-	Atari Inc. also continued their [[Original equipment manufacturer\|OEM]] relationship with Sears under the latter's Tele-Games brand label, which started in 1975 with the original [[Pong]]. Sears released several versions of the 2600 as the Sears Video Arcade series from 1977 to 1983. These include the Rev. A "Heavy Sixer" model in 1977, the Rev. B "4 switch" model in 1980, and the US version of the Atari 2800 branded as the Sears Video Arcade II in 1983.<ref name="atariage">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = AtariAge - 2600 Consoles and Clones \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref> Sears also released their own versions of Atari Inc.'s games under the Tele-Games brand, which included the Tele-Games branded variations of text and picture labels. Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase, Stellar Track, Submarine Commander.<ref name="searscartridge">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = Atari 2600 - Sears — Picture Label Variation \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref>
-
-	=== Decline ===
-	During this period, Atari Inc. continued to grow until it had one of the largest [[research and development\|R&D]] divisions in [[Silicon Valley]]. However, it spent much of its R&D budget on projects that seemed rather out of place at a video game (or even home computer) company; many of these projects never saw the light of day. Meanwhile, several attempts to bring out newer consoles failed for one reason or another, although Atari Inc.'s [[home computer]] systems, the [[Atari 8-bit family]], sold reasonably, if not spectacularly. Warner was more than happy anyway, as it seemed to have no end to the sales of the 2600, and Atari Inc. was responsible for over half of the company's income.
-
-	The programmers of many of Atari Inc.'s biggest hits grew disgruntled with the company for not crediting game developers and many left the company and formed their own independent software companies. The most prominent and longest-lasting of these third-party developers was [[Activision]], founded in 1980, whose titles quickly became more popular than those of Atari Inc. itself. Atari Inc. attempted to block third-party development for the 2600 in court but failed,{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}} and soon other publishers, such as [[Imagic]] and [[Coleco]], entered the market. Atari Inc. suffered from an image problem when a company named [[Mystique (company)\|Mystique]] produced a number of [[Pornography\|pornographic]] games for the 2600. The most notorious of these, ''[[Custer's Revenge]]'', caused a large number of protests from women's and [[Native Americans in the United States\|Native American]] groups<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/mystique.html \|title=AGH - Third Party Profile: Mystique \|publisher=AtariHQ.com \|date= \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> because it depicts [[George Armstrong Custer\|General George Armstrong Custer]] raping a bound Native American woman.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Fragmaster \|url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=282 \|title=Custer's Revenge \|publisher=Classic Gaming \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> Atari Inc. sued Mystique in court over the release of the game.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Lauren \|last=Gonzalez \|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/p-3.html \|title=When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy \|pages=3 \|publisher=GameSpot \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref>
-
-	Atari Inc. continued to scoop up licenses during the shelf life of the 2600, the most prominent of which included ''[[Pac-Man (Atari 2600)\|Pac-Man]]'' and ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)\|E.T.]]'' Public disappointment with these two titles and the market saturation of poor third-party titles are cited as big reasons for the [[video game crash of 1983]]. Suddenly, Atari Inc.'s growth meant it was losing massive amounts of money during the crash, at one point about $10,000 a day. Warner quickly grew tired of supporting Atari Inc., and started looking for buyers in 1984. Although not formally discontinued, the 2600 was de-emphasized for two years after Warner's 1984 sale of Atari Inc.'s Consumer Division to [[Commodore Business Machines]] founder [[Jack Tramiel]], who wanted to concentrate on [[home computer]]s. He froze all development of console games, including a [[Garfield (Atari 2600)\|2600 ''Garfield'' game]] and an Atari 5200 port of ''[[Super Pac-Man]]''.
-
-	====Atari 2600 Jr.====
-	[[Image:Atari2600jr.jpg\|thumb\|225px\|right\|The Atari 2600 in its 1984 cost-reduced version, also known as the "2600 Jr."]]
-	In 1984, a new version of the 2600 was released (although it was planned for release two years earlier). The new redesigned version of the 2600, unofficially referred to as the 2600 Jr., featured a smaller cost-reduced form factor with a modernized [[Atari 7800]]-like appearance. The redesigned 2600 was advertised as a budget gaming system (under $50) that had the ability to run a large collection of classic games. With its introduction came a resurgence in software development both from Atari Corp. and from a few third parties (notably, [[Activision]], [[Absolute Entertainment]], [[Froggo]], [[Epyx]], and Exus). The Atari 2600 continued to sell in the USA and Europe until 1990, and in Asia until the early 1990s. Its final Atari-licensed release was [[klax (computer game)\|KLAX]] in 1990. Over its lifetime, an estimated 40 million units were shipped, and its [[List of Atari 2600 games\|video game library]] reportedly numbers more than 900 titles with commercial games released for this system all the way until 1991. In [[Brazil]], the console became extremely popular in the mid-1980s. The Atari 2600 was officially retired by Atari Corp. on January 1, 1992,{{Citation needed\|date=January 2008}} making it the longest-lived home video game console (14 years, 2 months) in US game history.

	== Design ==		== Design ==

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	== History ==		== History ==

-	check out my awsome youtube videos my username is bluedude3011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	+	Atari Inc. had purchased an engineering think tank in 1973 called [[Cyan Engineering]] to research next-generation video game systems, and had been working on a prototype known as "Stella" (named after one of the engineers' bicycles) for some time. Unlike prior generations of machines that used custom [[Logic programming\|logic]] to play a small number of games, Stella's core was a complete [[Central processing unit\|CPU]], the famous [[MOS Technology]] [[MOS Technology 6502\|6502]] in a cost-reduced version, known as the [[MOS Technology 6507\|6507]]. It was combined with a [[Random Access Memory\|RAM]]-and-[[I/O]] chip, the [[MOS Technology 6532]], and a display and sound chip of their own design known as the '''[[Television Interface Adapter\|TIA]]''', for '''''T'''elevision '''I'''nterface '''A'''daptor''. Beyond those three, the first two versions of the machine contain just one more chip, a standard CMOS logic buffer [[Integrated circuit\|IC]], bringing the total chip count to the very low and cost-effective number of four. Some later versions of the console eliminated the buffer chip. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2007}}
	+
	+	Programs for small computers were generally stored on cassette tape, disk or paper tape. By the early 1970s, [[Hewlett Packard]] manufactured desktop computers costing thousands of dollars such as the [[HP 9830]], which packaged Read Only Memory (ROM) into removable cartridges to add special programming features, and these were being considered for use in games. At first, the design was not going to be cartridge-based, but after seeing a "fake" cartridge system on another machine, they realized they could place the games on cartridges essentially for the price of the connector and packaging.
	+
	+	In August 1976, [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] released their own [[CPU]]-based system, the [[Channel F\|Video Entertainment System]]. Stella was still not ready for production, but it was clear that it needed to be before there were a number of "me too" products filling up the market – which had happened after they released [[Pong]]. Atari Inc. simply didn't have the cash flow to complete the system quickly, given that sales of their own Pong systems were cooling. [[Nolan Bushnell]] eventually turned to [[Time Warner\|Warner Communications]], and sold the company to them in 1976 for [[US$]]28 million on the promise that Stella would be produced as soon as possible.
	+
	+	Key to the eventual success of the machine was the hiring of [[Jay Miner]], a chip designer who managed to squeeze an entire [[breadboard]] of equipment making up the TIA into a single chip. Once that was completed and debugged, the system was ready for shipping. By the time it was released in 1977, the development had cost about US$100 million.
	+
	+	=== Launch and success ===
	+	{{Refimprove\|section\|date=December 2006}}
	+
	+	The unit was originally priced at US$199, and shipped with two joysticks and a ''[[Combat (video game)\|Combat]]'' cartridge.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Forster \|first=Winnie \|authorlink=Winnie Forster \|title=The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972 - 2005 \|year=2005 \|publisher=GAMEPLAN \|isbn=3-00-015359-4\|pages=27}}</ref> In a move to compete directly with the [[Fairchild Channel F\|Channel F]], Atari Inc. named the machine the Video Computer System (or VCS for short), as the Channel F was at that point known as the '''VES''', for ''Video Entertainment System''. The VCS was also rebadged as the '''Sears Video Arcade''' and sold through [[Sears, Roebuck and Company]] stores. This model was manufactured by Dimerco Electronics.{{Citation needed\|date=February 2010}}
	+
	+	When Fairchild learned of Atari Inc.'s naming, they quickly changed the name of their system to become the Channel F. However, both systems were now in the midst of a vicious round of price-cutting: ''Pong'' clones that had been made obsolete by these newer and more powerful machines were sold off to discounters for ever-lower prices. Soon many of the clone companies were out of business, and both Fairchild and Atari Inc. were selling to a public that was completely burnt out on Pong. In 1977, Atari Inc. sold only 250,000 VCSs.
	+
	+	For the first year of production, the VCS was manufactured in [[Sunnyvale, California]]. The consoles manufactured there had thick internal [[RF shielding]], and thick plastic molding around the sides and bottom. These added weight to the console, and because all six switches were on the front, these consoles were nicknamed "Heavy Sixers". After this first year, production moved to [[Hong Kong]], and the consoles manufactured there had thinner plastic molding. In 1978, only 550,000 units from a production run of 800,000 were sold, requiring further financial support from Warner to cover losses. This led directly to the disagreements that caused Atari Inc. founder [[Nolan Bushnell]] to leave the company in 1978.<ref>Steve Fulton, [www.gamasutra.com] "Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981"], ''Gamasutra'', 21 August 2008, pg. 6</ref>
	+
	+	Once the public realized it was possible to play video games other than ''Pong'', and programmers learned how to push its hardware's capabilities, the VCS gained popularity. By this point, Fairchild had given up, thinking video games were a passing fad, thereby handing the entire quickly growing market to Atari Inc. By 1979, the VCS was the best-selling [[Christmas]] gift (and console), mainly because of its exclusive content, and 1 million units were sold that year.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}}
	+
	+	Atari Inc. then licensed the smash [[video arcade\|arcade]] hit ''[[Space Invaders]]'' by [[Taito Corporation\|Taito]], which greatly increased the unit's popularity when it was released in January 1980, doubling sales again to over 2 million units. The VCS and its cartridges were the main factor behind Atari Inc. grossing more than $2 billion in 1980. Sales then doubled again for the next two years, with almost 8 million units selling in 1982.
	+
	+	In 1980, the VCS was given a minor revision in which the left and right difficulty switches were moved to the back of the console, leaving four switches on the front. Other than this, these four-switch consoles looked nearly identical to the earlier six-switch models. In 1982, another version of the four-switch console was released without woodgrain. They were nicknamed "[[Darth Vader]]" consoles due to their all-black appearance. These were also the first consoles to be officially called "Atari 2600", as the [[Atari 5200]] was released the same year.
	+
	+	During this period, Atari Inc. expanded the 2600 family with two other compatible consoles. They designed the [[Atari 2700]], a wireless version of the console that was never released because of a design flaw.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Curt \|last=Vendel \|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2700/a2700.html \|title=Atari 2700 Wireless VCS \|publisher=Atari Museum \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> The company also built a sleeker version of the machine dubbed the [[Atari 2800]] to sell directly to the [[Japan]]ese market in early 1983, but it suffered from competition with the newly released [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System\|Famicom]].
	+
	+	In a survey mentioned by [[Jeff Rovin]] it is reported that more stores reported breakdowns of the Atari 2600 system than any other, and that Atari repair centers seemed to have the most trouble with consoles manufactured in 1980. In one case it is stated that a system was repaired five times before static electricity from a carpet was discovered as having caused the problem. The controllers were also a source of breakage because of the way they could be gripped by a player holding it with their fist, allowing players to get carried away and over control, which was less likely with other systems released at the time, such as the [[Odyssey 2]], which had controllers that were nearly half its size.<ref>"The Complete Guide to Conquering Video Games" by Jeff Rovin, [[Collier Books]], 1982 pages 7, 9, 11</ref>
	+
	+	=== Sears Tele-Games 2600s ===
	+
	+	[[Image:Sears tele games video arcade.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Early Atari 2600 that was branded "Tele-Games" and sold by Sears]]
	+	Atari Inc. also continued their [[Original equipment manufacturer\|OEM]] relationship with Sears under the latter's Tele-Games brand label, which started in 1975 with the original [[Pong]]. Sears released several versions of the 2600 as the Sears Video Arcade series from 1977 to 1983. These include the Rev. A "Heavy Sixer" model in 1977, the Rev. B "4 switch" model in 1980, and the US version of the Atari 2800 branded as the Sears Video Arcade II in 1983.<ref name="atariage">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = AtariAge - 2600 Consoles and Clones \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref> Sears also released their own versions of Atari Inc.'s games under the Tele-Games brand, which included the Tele-Games branded variations of text and picture labels. Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase, Stellar Track, Submarine Commander.<ref name="searscartridge">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = Atari 2600 - Sears — Picture Label Variation \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref>
	+
	+	=== Decline ===
	+	During this period, Atari Inc. continued to grow until it had one of the largest [[research and development\|R&D]] divisions in [[Silicon Valley]]. However, it spent much of its R&D budget on projects that seemed rather out of place at a video game (or even home computer) company; many of these projects never saw the light of day. Meanwhile, several attempts to bring out newer consoles failed for one reason or another, although Atari Inc.'s [[home computer]] systems, the [[Atari 8-bit family]], sold reasonably, if not spectacularly. Warner was more than happy anyway, as it seemed to have no end to the sales of the 2600, and Atari Inc. was responsible for over half of the company's income.
	+
	+	The programmers of many of Atari Inc.'s biggest hits grew disgruntled with the company for not crediting game developers and many left the company and formed their own independent software companies. The most prominent and longest-lasting of these third-party developers was [[Activision]], founded in 1980, whose titles quickly became more popular than those of Atari Inc. itself. Atari Inc. attempted to block third-party development for the 2600 in court but failed,{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}} and soon other publishers, such as [[Imagic]] and [[Coleco]], entered the market. Atari Inc. suffered from an image problem when a company named [[Mystique (company)\|Mystique]] produced a number of [[Pornography\|pornographic]] games for the 2600. The most notorious of these, ''[[Custer's Revenge]]'', caused a large number of protests from women's and [[Native Americans in the United States\|Native American]] groups<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/mystique.html \|title=AGH - Third Party Profile: Mystique \|publisher=AtariHQ.com \|date= \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> because it depicts [[George Armstrong Custer\|General George Armstrong Custer]] raping a bound Native American woman.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Fragmaster \|url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=282 \|title=Custer's Revenge \|publisher=Classic Gaming \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> Atari Inc. sued Mystique in court over the release of the game.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Lauren \|last=Gonzalez \|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/p-3.html \|title=When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy \|pages=3 \|publisher=GameSpot \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref>
	+
	+	Atari Inc. continued to scoop up licenses during the shelf life of the 2600, the most prominent of which included ''[[Pac-Man (Atari 2600)\|Pac-Man]]'' and ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)\|E.T.]]'' Public disappointment with these two titles and the market saturation of poor third-party titles are cited as big reasons for the [[video game crash of 1983]]. Suddenly, Atari Inc.'s growth meant it was losing massive amounts of money during the crash, at one point about $10,000 a day. Warner quickly grew tired of supporting Atari Inc., and started looking for buyers in 1984. Although not formally discontinued, the 2600 was de-emphasized for two years after Warner's 1984 sale of Atari Inc.'s Consumer Division to [[Commodore Business Machines]] founder [[Jack Tramiel]], who wanted to concentrate on [[home computer]]s. He froze all development of console games, including a [[Garfield (Atari 2600)\|2600 ''Garfield'' game]] and an Atari 5200 port of ''[[Super Pac-Man]]''.
	+
	+	====Atari 2600 Jr.====
	+	[[Image:Atari2600jr.jpg\|thumb\|225px\|right\|The Atari 2600 in its 1984 cost-reduced version, also known as the "2600 Jr."]]
	+	In 1984, a new version of the 2600 was released (although it was planned for release two years earlier). The new redesigned version of the 2600, unofficially referred to as the 2600 Jr., featured a smaller cost-reduced form factor with a modernized [[Atari 7800]]-like appearance. The redesigned 2600 was advertised as a budget gaming system (under $50) that had the ability to run a large collection of classic games. With its introduction came a resurgence in software development both from Atari Corp. and from a few third parties (notably, [[Activision]], [[Absolute Entertainment]], [[Froggo]], [[Epyx]], and Exus). The Atari 2600 continued to sell in the USA and Europe until 1990, and in Asia until the early 1990s. Its final Atari-licensed release was [[klax (computer game)\|KLAX]] in 1990. Over its lifetime, an estimated 40 million units were shipped, and its [[List of Atari 2600 games\|video game library]] reportedly numbers more than 900 titles with commercial games released for this system all the way until 1991. In [[Brazil]], the console became extremely popular in the mid-1980s. The Atari 2600 was officially retired by Atari Corp. on January 1, 1992,{{Citation needed\|date=January 2008}} making it the longest-lived home video game console (14 years, 2 months) in US game history.

	== Design ==		== Design ==

Bluedude3011: /* History */

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:02pm PST by Bluedude3011

History

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	== History ==		== History ==

-	Atari Inc. had purchased an engineering think tank in 1973 called [[Cyan Engineering]] to research next-generation video game systems, and had been working on a prototype known as "Stella" (named after one of the engineers' bicycles) for some time. Unlike prior generations of machines that used custom [[Logic programming\|logic]] to play a small number of games, Stella's core was a complete [[Central processing unit\|CPU]], the famous [[MOS Technology]] [[MOS Technology 6502\|6502]] in a cost-reduced version, known as the [[MOS Technology 6507\|6507]]. It was combined with a [[Random Access Memory\|RAM]]-and-[[I/O]] chip, the [[MOS Technology 6532]], and a display and sound chip of their own design known as the '''[[Television Interface Adapter\|TIA]]''', for '''''T'''elevision '''I'''nterface '''A'''daptor''. Beyond those three, the first two versions of the machine contain just one more chip, a standard CMOS logic buffer [[Integrated circuit\|IC]], bringing the total chip count to the very low and cost-effective number of four. Some later versions of the console eliminated the buffer chip. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2007}}	+	check out my awsome youtube videos my username is bluedude3011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
-	Programs for small computers were generally stored on cassette tape, disk or paper tape. By the early 1970s, [[Hewlett Packard]] manufactured desktop computers costing thousands of dollars such as the [[HP 9830]], which packaged Read Only Memory (ROM) into removable cartridges to add special programming features, and these were being considered for use in games. At first, the design was not going to be cartridge-based, but after seeing a "fake" cartridge system on another machine, they realized they could place the games on cartridges essentially for the price of the connector and packaging.
-
-	In August 1976, [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] released their own [[CPU]]-based system, the [[Channel F\|Video Entertainment System]]. Stella was still not ready for production, but it was clear that it needed to be before there were a number of "me too" products filling up the market – which had happened after they released [[Pong]]. Atari Inc. simply didn't have the cash flow to complete the system quickly, given that sales of their own Pong systems were cooling. [[Nolan Bushnell]] eventually turned to [[Time Warner\|Warner Communications]], and sold the company to them in 1976 for [[US$]]28 million on the promise that Stella would be produced as soon as possible.
-
-	Key to the eventual success of the machine was the hiring of [[Jay Miner]], a chip designer who managed to squeeze an entire [[breadboard]] of equipment making up the TIA into a single chip. Once that was completed and debugged, the system was ready for shipping. By the time it was released in 1977, the development had cost about US$100 million.
-
-	=== Launch and success ===
-	{{Refimprove\|section\|date=December 2006}}
-
-	The unit was originally priced at US$199, and shipped with two joysticks and a ''[[Combat (video game)\|Combat]]'' cartridge.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Forster \|first=Winnie \|authorlink=Winnie Forster \|title=The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972 - 2005 \|year=2005 \|publisher=GAMEPLAN \|isbn=3-00-015359-4\|pages=27}}</ref> In a move to compete directly with the [[Fairchild Channel F\|Channel F]], Atari Inc. named the machine the Video Computer System (or VCS for short), as the Channel F was at that point known as the '''VES''', for ''Video Entertainment System''. The VCS was also rebadged as the '''Sears Video Arcade''' and sold through [[Sears, Roebuck and Company]] stores. This model was manufactured by Dimerco Electronics.{{Citation needed\|date=February 2010}}
-
-	When Fairchild learned of Atari Inc.'s naming, they quickly changed the name of their system to become the Channel F. However, both systems were now in the midst of a vicious round of price-cutting: ''Pong'' clones that had been made obsolete by these newer and more powerful machines were sold off to discounters for ever-lower prices. Soon many of the clone companies were out of business, and both Fairchild and Atari Inc. were selling to a public that was completely burnt out on Pong. In 1977, Atari Inc. sold only 250,000 VCSs.
-
-	For the first year of production, the VCS was manufactured in [[Sunnyvale, California]]. The consoles manufactured there had thick internal [[RF shielding]], and thick plastic molding around the sides and bottom. These added weight to the console, and because all six switches were on the front, these consoles were nicknamed "Heavy Sixers". After this first year, production moved to [[Hong Kong]], and the consoles manufactured there had thinner plastic molding. In 1978, only 550,000 units from a production run of 800,000 were sold, requiring further financial support from Warner to cover losses. This led directly to the disagreements that caused Atari Inc. founder [[Nolan Bushnell]] to leave the company in 1978.<ref>Steve Fulton, [www.gamasutra.com] "Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981"], ''Gamasutra'', 21 August 2008, pg. 6</ref>
-
-	Once the public realized it was possible to play video games other than ''Pong'', and programmers learned how to push its hardware's capabilities, the VCS gained popularity. By this point, Fairchild had given up, thinking video games were a passing fad, thereby handing the entire quickly growing market to Atari Inc. By 1979, the VCS was the best-selling [[Christmas]] gift (and console), mainly because of its exclusive content, and 1 million units were sold that year.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}}
-
-	Atari Inc. then licensed the smash [[video arcade\|arcade]] hit ''[[Space Invaders]]'' by [[Taito Corporation\|Taito]], which greatly increased the unit's popularity when it was released in January 1980, doubling sales again to over 2 million units. The VCS and its cartridges were the main factor behind Atari Inc. grossing more than $2 billion in 1980. Sales then doubled again for the next two years, with almost 8 million units selling in 1982.
-
-	In 1980, the VCS was given a minor revision in which the left and right difficulty switches were moved to the back of the console, leaving four switches on the front. Other than this, these four-switch consoles looked nearly identical to the earlier six-switch models. In 1982, another version of the four-switch console was released without woodgrain. They were nicknamed "[[Darth Vader]]" consoles due to their all-black appearance. These were also the first consoles to be officially called "Atari 2600", as the [[Atari 5200]] was released the same year.
-
-	During this period, Atari Inc. expanded the 2600 family with two other compatible consoles. They designed the [[Atari 2700]], a wireless version of the console that was never released because of a design flaw.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Curt \|last=Vendel \|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2700/a2700.html \|title=Atari 2700 Wireless VCS \|publisher=Atari Museum \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> The company also built a sleeker version of the machine dubbed the [[Atari 2800]] to sell directly to the [[Japan]]ese market in early 1983, but it suffered from competition with the newly released [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System\|Famicom]].
-
-	In a survey mentioned by [[Jeff Rovin]] it is reported that more stores reported breakdowns of the Atari 2600 system than any other, and that Atari repair centers seemed to have the most trouble with consoles manufactured in 1980. In one case it is stated that a system was repaired five times before static electricity from a carpet was discovered as having caused the problem. The controllers were also a source of breakage because of the way they could be gripped by a player holding it with their fist, allowing players to get carried away and over control, which was less likely with other systems released at the time, such as the [[Odyssey 2]], which had controllers that were nearly half its size.<ref>"The Complete Guide to Conquering Video Games" by Jeff Rovin, [[Collier Books]], 1982 pages 7, 9, 11</ref>
-
-	=== Sears Tele-Games 2600s ===
-
-	[[Image:Sears tele games video arcade.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Early Atari 2600 that was branded "Tele-Games" and sold by Sears]]
-	Atari Inc. also continued their [[Original equipment manufacturer\|OEM]] relationship with Sears under the latter's Tele-Games brand label, which started in 1975 with the original [[Pong]]. Sears released several versions of the 2600 as the Sears Video Arcade series from 1977 to 1983. These include the Rev. A "Heavy Sixer" model in 1977, the Rev. B "4 switch" model in 1980, and the US version of the Atari 2800 branded as the Sears Video Arcade II in 1983.<ref name="atariage">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = AtariAge - 2600 Consoles and Clones \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref> Sears also released their own versions of Atari Inc.'s games under the Tele-Games brand, which included the Tele-Games branded variations of text and picture labels. Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase, Stellar Track, Submarine Commander.<ref name="searscartridge">{{cite web \| url = [www.atariage.com] \| title = Atari 2600 - Sears — Picture Label Variation \| last = Yarusso \| first = Albert \| work=atariage.com \| accessdate = 2007-10-07}}</ref>
-
-	=== Decline ===
-	During this period, Atari Inc. continued to grow until it had one of the largest [[research and development\|R&D]] divisions in [[Silicon Valley]]. However, it spent much of its R&D budget on projects that seemed rather out of place at a video game (or even home computer) company; many of these projects never saw the light of day. Meanwhile, several attempts to bring out newer consoles failed for one reason or another, although Atari Inc.'s [[home computer]] systems, the [[Atari 8-bit family]], sold reasonably, if not spectacularly. Warner was more than happy anyway, as it seemed to have no end to the sales of the 2600, and Atari Inc. was responsible for over half of the company's income.
-
-	The programmers of many of Atari Inc.'s biggest hits grew disgruntled with the company for not crediting game developers and many left the company and formed their own independent software companies. The most prominent and longest-lasting of these third-party developers was [[Activision]], founded in 1980, whose titles quickly became more popular than those of Atari Inc. itself. Atari Inc. attempted to block third-party development for the 2600 in court but failed,{{Citation needed\|date=December 2007}} and soon other publishers, such as [[Imagic]] and [[Coleco]], entered the market. Atari Inc. suffered from an image problem when a company named [[Mystique (company)\|Mystique]] produced a number of [[Pornography\|pornographic]] games for the 2600. The most notorious of these, ''[[Custer's Revenge]]'', caused a large number of protests from women's and [[Native Americans in the United States\|Native American]] groups<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/mystique.html \|title=AGH - Third Party Profile: Mystique \|publisher=AtariHQ.com \|date= \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> because it depicts [[George Armstrong Custer\|General George Armstrong Custer]] raping a bound Native American woman.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Fragmaster \|url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=282 \|title=Custer's Revenge \|publisher=Classic Gaming \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> Atari Inc. sued Mystique in court over the release of the game.<ref>{{cite web\|first=Lauren \|last=Gonzalez \|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/p-3.html \|title=When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy \|pages=3 \|publisher=GameSpot \|accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref>
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-	Atari Inc. continued to scoop up licenses during the shelf life of the 2600, the most prominent of which included ''[[Pac-Man (Atari 2600)\|Pac-Man]]'' and ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)\|E.T.]]'' Public disappointment with these two titles and the market saturation of poor third-party titles are cited as big reasons for the [[video game crash of 1983]]. Suddenly, Atari Inc.'s growth meant it was losing massive amounts of money during the crash, at one point about $10,000 a day. Warner quickly grew tired of supporting Atari Inc., and started looking for buyers in 1984. Although not formally discontinued, the 2600 was de-emphasized for two years after Warner's 1984 sale of Atari Inc.'s Consumer Division to [[Commodore Business Machines]] founder [[Jack Tramiel]], who wanted to concentrate on [[home computer]]s. He froze all development of console games, including a [[Garfield (Atari 2600)\|2600 ''Garfield'' game]] and an Atari 5200 port of ''[[Super Pac-Man]]''.
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-	[[Image:Atari2600jr.jpg\|thumb\|225px\|right\|The Atari 2600 in its 1984 cost-reduced version, also known as the "2600 Jr."]]
-	In 1984, a new version of the 2600 was released (although it was planned for release two years earlier). The new redesigned version of the 2600, unofficially referred to as the 2600 Jr., featured a smaller cost-reduced form factor with a modernized [[Atari 7800]]-like appearance. The redesigned 2600 was advertised as a budget gaming system (under $50) that had the ability to run a large collection of classic games. With its introduction came a resurgence in software development both from Atari Corp. and from a few third parties (notably, [[Activision]], [[Absolute Entertainment]], [[Froggo]], [[Epyx]], and Exus). The Atari 2600 continued to sell in the USA and Europe until 1990, and in Asia until the early 1990s. Its final Atari-licensed release was [[klax (computer game)\|KLAX]] in 1990. Over its lifetime, an estimated 40 million units were shipped, and its [[List of Atari 2600 games\|video game library]] reportedly numbers more than 900 titles with commercial games released for this system all the way until 1991. In [[Brazil]], the console became extremely popular in the mid-1980s. The Atari 2600 was officially retired by Atari Corp. on January 1, 1992,{{Citation needed\|date=January 2008}} making it the longest-lived home video game console (14 years, 2 months) in US game history.

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The game, released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System, was a promotional item given away by the show in 1986. The game replaced sprites of the enemies, mushroom retainers and various other characters to look like famous music ... Yeah that minus world definitely looks like it came from a ROM hack. Some of the colours are completely wrong too. The REAL minus world (which isn't even a minus world at all but 36-1 where 36 is represented by a blank space) is just as ...
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…on the Famicom/NES! Here is the supposed cartridge and it's a whopping 2MB in size which is fsucking gigantic for a single NES game considering Final Fantasy was around 260kb and Final Fantasy III was around 520kb. ...
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Famicom Dojo, like the store after which it is named, was never meant to solely trade in Famicom information. There was just so much of it, however, it quickly filled up the first season. Hopefully with this episode, we can break away ...
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WHAT?? Isn't Famicom Dojo supposed to be about Nintendo? It is. Sort of. This is the story of the beginnings of Sega's entry into the console home market as told by a Nintendo. …Huh? Stay with us, it will all make sense. ...
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I initially started with Famicom but moved on to other consoles even the not so new ones like Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube. I find all these consoles very interesting since they have some games I have never played before. ...
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Legend of Zelda, Super Famicom spirit: I finished Zelda on Game boy, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Ds and Wii but i can't finish this... Link is like Michael Jackson, yu uuuuhhh !
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The japanese version of the original Super Mario Bros 2 was very different than our American version. Does anyone know where a person could find a back-up copy of the game for play on an nes emulator with famicom capabilities? This [. ...
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Season 1, Episode 4 In this episode, we talk about the pin differences between Famicom and NES carts, Nintendo's big plans for an NES add-on, and its unintended consequences. Show Notes at Powet. ...
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The Super Famicom Classic Controller is exactly what it's name implies. It's a Wii extension controller (it plugs into a Wii Remote) designed to exactly replicate an original Super Famicom (SNES) controller. It is, in every way, ...

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Has anyone ever ROM hacked this or other ColecoVision cartridges? The CV (and MSX) uses Z80 programming logic, as opposed to several other game systems out there (Atari 400/800/5200, Commodore 64, Nintendo FamiCom/NES, etc. ...

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a few video games from my personal collection for sale! sorry, no actual consoles for sale... just the games! as cheap as $3!

GENESIS / MEGA DRIVE GAMES - all cart only
crack down (japanese cart) - $3
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NINTENDO DS and GAMEBOY ADVANCE games for sale:
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