Let's mod a Nintendo Famicom (Japanese version of the NES "Nintendo Entertainment System")
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- The original 1983 Japanese Nintendo Famicom (the original version of the NES "Nintendo Entertainment System") won't work on UK (PAL) televisions, as it only has an NTSC-J RF output. So, today join me as I composite mod an original Famicom "Family Computer" video game console to work with my TVs, and to have a much clearer picture. Then, watch me test is out my newly modded Famicom, by playing the 80s video game 'Tetris'.
My previous modding video, "Lets Mod An Atari 2600" link below ⬇️
• Let's Mod An Atari 2600
For those interested, the mod I installed was the, V3 Power Vamp from a company called, "The Backoffice" ➡️ backofficeshow.com/
DISCLAIMER: Please do not take this video as a tutorial / advice. I'm not an expert, this is just my hobby :)
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just wanted to say, please keep doing this style of content. its to the point, informative and easy to understand. Many bigger youtubers could learn a thing or two from you. keep up the good work!
i am so glad that also the younger people still appreciate the retro consoles and games. Or better said: The younger people also see Famicom / NES as retro and not only PS2 / Xbox / gamecube :)
Love your channel, great shirt and love the leggings haha :)
These are fantastic. Favorite new channel. Keep up the excellent work, Kari. 🤙
Thank you👍
Love your content, very inspirational. You make this stuff look so easy, make me itch to try my hand at hardware stuff, even though I'm a software guy with zero knowledge of this. :)
Looking forward to seeing more of your content first
I enjoy your videos they bring me back to my childhood.
My cousins in Hong Kong had that version while I had the US version since I live in NY. They also had these rom ripping units that could copy roms to a floppy disk.
When I got my N64 in 95 I eventually got a Z64 which could copy or load games from a a Zip disk. I still have it actually.
64 was released in '96, Europe '97
@@bucketsaremyfriend oops yeah I think it was 96.
That Z64 is an interesting bit of hardware!
It takes a truly special gift to make videos like this and keep them concise! These types of "Mods/Fixing" videos can SO EASILY stretch over 45 minutes to an hour.
Man, as an American NTSC lad that's never known anything different, (Never even owned anything capable of PAL) we really got screwed on a lot of releases and possibilities. With the recent resurgence in Sega Saturn popularity in the last couple of years, going down the Saturn rabbit hole revealed to me that HOLY CRAP! WE MISSED OUT ON THE BEST CONSOLE OF THE 90s! SO MUCH CONTENT THAT DIDN'T RELEASE HERE. The white/red Famicom is SO MUCH MORE AESTHETIC (and smol?) than what we got, and all the games that were never translated!
I bought a thing that acted like a memory pack and let you play Japanese games on my Saturn but it didn't freakin work. I contacted the seller and they said they'd replace but I never did it. Still have the whole thing in my closet (no controllers or chords) but yeah.. thinking about selling it, I assume it still works as it hasn't been left outside or anything.
I'm from Argentina and we have the same standard than Japan, they used to fabricate the Famicoms, Coleco vision and atari here. I've tried NTSC consoles and footage a while ago once I traveled to the USA, the image quality is way different I must say. Its like comparing film vs a video game at 120fps hahaha
@@DaftRebel Mate, you South Americans got a TRULY unique look at consoles for the span of 20 years or so!
One of my favorite games for the SNES was Top Gear, and I had no idea what a fanbase in Brazil there was for the game
Don't suck the Euro taint too hard. We got some of the best of the best while euro ate it. Also, don't be a moron, it's easier to mod this Famicom to US NTSC than forcing it into PAL. Also, emulation. Like do some freaking google searches before full on all caps yelling at Kari telling her things you really have no idea about. I'm disappointed in you as an another American. Sorry, y'all. This younger generation are not very good at patience, and obviously doing their own research. If you're on the internet so long, what are you doing, little one?
Yes yet a nother gem, love to see you again Kari
Great video. I love your style, straight to the point, no filler.
Your videos are such a pressure to watch, you keep it at the right level of technical and simple at the same time. Also the way you speak it shows that you have so much passion for this material. ❤
Great content with each video. This channel is really awesome
Great video. I love it that the younger generation are into older consoles and computers.
I am happy to find this channel. so interesting. I like she called the beep a noise. UK language is brilliant! Cheers from Canada!
Well done! I have an RGB modded AV Famicom and the picture is pretty much perfect. One of my favorite games is Summer Carnival '92: Recca, which was only released for the Famicom and not the NES. It's one of the first bullet hell shooters, has incredible music and graphics for the system. Give it a try, if you have a flash cart or buy a repro. The original is too expensive.
*you need a copy of Contra and Dracula 3(Castlevania III) as they are the best for your unit* 💡
@@afriend9428 I solved this for me by buying a flash cartridge. The Japanese version of Contra is indeed superior to the NTSC one, with more animations and cutscenes. Castlevania I plan to play one day :)
This is some fantastic work here. And to top it all off, my all-time favorite game of Tetris to boot. Keep up the good content!
You're my favourite game nerd on CZcams. Love your videos, love your presentation skills, love your curiosity.
She really is a natural presenter
I'm just posting for the algorythm... This content can't get better than this! AND ITS AWESOME!!!
just found you today & already watched 3 of your vids from my feed because they were actually unique & interesting, something hard to come by today. Kudos on a brilliant channel.
Thanks for doing these videos!! Keep it up, great job!
I'm never going to do a project like this but its still very cool to watch and learn just the same. Thanks a bunch, looking foward to many more - Cheers from Alabama
Lately I find myself grinning from ear to ear when ever a new Kari vid shows up in my feed! =)
Really loving the pace of your videos and your lovely demeanor on screen!
This video jumped into my suggested and I'm glad it did, bring back some nice childhood memories, Famicom is my 2nd consol after I broke my ATARI, where I'm from we had the Famicom and not Nintendo, but they used to come with mini antenna for RF transmit to use it wireless with TV and then tune the TV manually to channel,
Thanks for the video.
Kari great videos !! keep on going !!
I really love your t-shirt collection.
You only been on CZcams for a month and already gaining popularity and views. Good for you. Your name mentioned couple times on Reddit... Keep it up!
I love your variety of shirts. They're always awesome, just like your videos!
Thank you for interesting video! I can't wait to see your next project.
Thank you 🤩
The FamiCom is such a funky, weird, beautiful design; I want one so badly.
I loved the mod, keep up the great work
Awesome video, I have the Hakko unit too, highly recommend a chisel bit for it, increased surface area for heat transfer
nice work, great video
Cool project. Cool video.
Awesome video mate and I love the t-shirt 😂😂😂
Thanks for this great video! Just picked up a famicom in Tokyo and this will help me get it working in Australia! Until I mod it again with a fresh Opentendo motherboard!
Thank you for the wonderful video!
I was happy to see Dragon Quest III in your collection.
I found and subscribed to your channel a week or so ago. Cool videos and I like your workshop! :)
Great video Kari !!!
Great video. Love to see more
Cool video! 👍 Keep up the good work. (Love the Disney CRT)
Kari is amazing and I wish you 1000 videos!
Another great video. Very interesting.
Nice mod work and well done on the games! We hope to see more about those games. Pick your ten favorites, and let's see some game play? All good wishes.
Your vídeos are interesting and I like your diction, it helps me to practice my listening. ✌🏻
Didn't know there would be soldering involved! In South Africa we did not have problems with the video display. Our favourite games were Mario Brothers, Islander, Ice Climber and Contra.
Brilliant stuff. You're awesome!
Super interesting. My favorite video yet. I have wanted a famicon for a while but I already have a NES. I have a cool adapter for my SNES that lets me play Japanese games on that. I live in Lewes (Near Brighton) and so many retro game shops have shut down. Gotta hit the car boots soon! Keep up the uploads Kari. Your channel has grown fast :)
Your channel is going to blow up soon fr
Great work Kari. So clever at a young age. Industry is crying out for people like you.
Yay, another video!
Great quality and pacing , informative and inspiring!
Desoldering gun works better for me if I add some new flux-core solder to the old solder first
Cleaning the desoldering gun is always a struggle for me too!
I picked up the Sharp Twin Famicom for the integrated disc drive and run the Composite through an OSSC. Been toying with getting the OG Famicom to use the basic programming so I appreciate showing how simple this mod is. For games, I like the Famicom version of Splatterhouse, and getting ROM hacks of games like Castlevania from Ali Express.
Great video, this channel will blow up 🔥
And other things 😂
One of my very favorite things about the Famicom vs the NES is just how great some of the games themselves look. I bought a copy of Takahashi Meijin no Bugutte Honey at a local game store because it
A. Had the guy from Adventure Island on the great artwork
B. Was a wonderful bubblegum pink plastic.
It's just so much more appealing than the giant grey carts we got over here in the states.
Great stuff👍
Good job! When I was in Japan one of the AiBnbs had a Famicom. My friends and I played Super Mario Bros for a while before it was time for bed.
Nice work!
Nice! And jealous of that box of games
Keep up the great videos
I am literally shocked by fact, that woman knows more (in terms of retro gaming) than my all friends combined... :D
It is a good thing in retro community, because computers usually are associated with mens. You're breaking that barrier! Greetz from Poland!
Thanks! Awesome video!
Excellent educational video. For those that are not already aware, Kari rhymes with Atari!
Always wondered how these worked never played on one before and cool T-shirt by the way 😊
You are so talented and the most adorable person ever!
Nice. I may add one of these famicoms to my collection. Old gamer tip: if you wanna listen to NES games in "stereo", you can buy a Y adapter for RGB cords. Split the signal so the audio goes into both speakers
Nice Mod good work
great work!
Awesome, as usual.
great video
Brilliant and educational vid.
You are simply amazing, and younger than my daughter but so differently talented
Haha we're all guilty of buying some projects and mods to do "one day". Glad you're getting through them, it's a good feeling. Those desoldering guns sure are a blessing and a curse. I have switched to adding fresh solder then using short lengths of solder braid. The fresh solder helps melt the old stuff. The short length helps keep the heat targeted, if you leave it long then the heat goes back up the roll.
I've been hunting for this exact thing, cheers. My TV supports NTSC, but not through RF. At best I can get an image, but completely garbled audio. Good to see clear instructions.
Love the content! Also.....Neverending Story T-Shirt! Love it! One of my absolute favorite fantasy movies. ^_^
Great video, Kari! You make these mods look easy. Maybe i try to fire up my iron too one day for the right project (I am thinking about to rebuilt a small retro computer). Keep up your great work!
A full computer kit does look daunting … but likewise I’m tempted to have a go at one as well👍
@@karilawler If I decide to do it too, than i have chosen the rare, wierd and expensive "Jupiter Ace".
Solid work
Nice one kiddo, keep up. It's great to see youngsters appreciate the old stuff we used to use to the limit back in the day.
Just a small piece of advice. Don't move your hands so much when you talk, it doesn't write well on the camera. Thanks for the memories. Stay safe.
Really enjoying your videos and that they are proper retro especially with the programming ones. Also jealous of your workshop, any chance of a video tour?
Really cool video. Wish I was confident enough to try soldering myself..
So good to hear a UK modder, just for the correct pronunciation of "solder".
sodder! Err, NO!
Great video and so encouraging. Makign me want to pick up my soldiering iron and complete a feew projects I've got lyinng about.
Excellent vid.
Had a Japanese Famicom as a kid is n South Africa. So many good and angry memories.
MORE VIDEOS PLEASE... LOVE YOU VIDEOS, VERY EDUCATIONAL...
Really great video 😀👍 I was a little shocked that the Famicom only had RF output. But the game library is still much better compared to the NES😁
Sega was so far ahead with RGB for the Sega Master System.
I never seen a girl doing videos like this, you are absolutely great, excellent content 100%. Keep it up and subbed!
There's a few out there these days, a bunch showed up on my 'recommended' vids after watching of one of her earlier vids.. always nice to see women doing traditionally male dominated hobbies and crafts.
@@drbeavis4211 agreed. It's so nice to watch videos like this without a doubt.
Not a girl 😂 You’ve fallen in a trap
@@user-sl7iBuiltYoung woman?
Yes. She is hot
Great mod and great T shirt, but that made me remember the scene of the horse... I came here to enjoy no to feel 😢.
That’s an awesome mod!
Awesome MODS. I like you tech bench 👍
Cool t-shirt! I like this book and movie
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Wish these swap in boards existed when I AV modded mine and did irreversible modification to the shell. This is definitely the way to go if you want a clear picture without the jailbar effect. I might have to get another Famicom
I don't have anything to contribute to the conversation. Just want to say thank you for the neat video!
edit: Crystalis is great! I'm replaying it with the character sprite swapped out for Simea using the Crystalis randomizer web site.
Agree with you about cleaning the desoldering gun. It is really awkward. I worry I’ll break the glass tube. It is ripe for its own mod.
Holy Diver is a much sought-after Famicom game.
My favorite familycom game was Charlie's Circus
When I am reminded of The Neverending Story, I can't help but think of Artax. :(
I love all your t-shirts.
You are like agent 99 on I spy with old consoles sweet
Love the Neverending Story shirt !
One of the first successful mods i did was on a famicom/famiclone. Moved the 7805 to a larger heatsink on the outside behind the cart.
great idea
Great video, I modded playstation 1 and now working very well 👍🛠️🙂
I bought a Famicom mini while living in Japan. I do hate the Famicom mini controllers, so I modded it for plugin and wireless NES ones.