The Pocket Famicom

Great Hierophant · Post by **Great Hierophant** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:43 pm

NESworld today has informed me of the Pocket Famicom. Lik Sang is selling them for $80. It is made by Gametech, the same company that also makes the Neo-Fami. It looks like a very decent unit. Like the GameAxe (and unlike the Game Theory Admiral) it will fit Famicom cartridges without difficulty. (At least Nintendo designed ones, I can't say for Konami, Sunsoft, Irem, Taito, Jaleco, Namco or Bandai cartridges that use custom cartridge shells) It has a 2.5" LCD backlit screen and A/V outputs and a second controller jack (pirate NES controllers) for hooking up to a TV. Headphone or mono speaker (NES is mono.) It also uses the A/C adapter from the NeoFami, sold separately. Roughly three hours of battery life, but I'm not sure what type of batteries are used. I see some serious competition here. Only a handheld built from true Nintendo hardware can compete.

Here is the official page:
http://www.gametech.co.jp/products/cata ... 223_1.html

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:58 pm

oh the pokefami too pricy

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:08 pm

That cant be something Nintendo would release as it has turbo buttions and thats only something offered on 3rd p[arty controllers. I think that s a hoiks.

Geebs61 · Post by **Geebs61** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:21 pm

He never said it was a Nintendo made portable. Read what he wrote again, and this time don't skim it. And its spelled HOAX.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:28 pm

Geebs61 wrote:He never said it was a Nintendo made portable. Read what he wrote again, and this time don't skim it. And its spelled HOAX.

Well I would have read the whole thing if I had the ablility to read Japanese, and really how many times do I have to repeat myself, I'm a bad speller, I know it most the damn MB knows it sorry I cant be perfect like everyone wants me to be.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:30 pm

Sparkfist wrote:
Geebs61 wrote:He never said it was a Nintendo made portable. Read what he wrote again, and this time don't skim it. And its spelled HOAX.
Well I would have read the whole thing if I had the ablility to read Japanese, and really how many times do I have to repeat myself, I'm a bad speller, I know it most the damn MB knows it sorry I cant be perfect like everyone wants me to be.

He meant read the whole POST. he said that Nintendo would have to come out with a portable to COMPETE with this, not that it was a Nintendo-made portable.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:41 pm

Well sorry. Besides why are you guys really thinking Nintedo will release there own Handheld Famicom/NES, they make more money just porting the games to the new systems like the GBA/SP. And lets avoid the whole Nindedo whatif things and just admitt that they're more intersted in scaring pirate than moving into the terrory and making some money.

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:50 pm

He doesn't even say anything of the sort. He's saying it's high quality, and only Nintendo could make something better. And no one is thinking Nintendo is GOING to make one.
$80 is actually really cheap for one of these. The cheapest they go for in Japan is about $120.

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:03 pm

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?catego ... ts_id=6347&

aq little pricy for me

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:08 pm

He doesn't even say anything of the sort. He's saying it's high quality, and only Nintendo could make something better. And no one is thinking Nintendo is GOING to make one.

Quite right. Its up to us to come up with something better, and preferably in 72 pins.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:17 pm

Anonymous wrote:
He doesn't even say anything of the sort. He's saying it's high quality, and only Nintendo could make something better. And no one is thinking Nintendo is GOING to make one.
Quite right. Its up to us to come up with something better, and preferably in 72 pins.

Yep! We're likely one of the few groups in the States that does this sort of thing....I'm suprised that the Japanese groups don't eye us for a cross-section of the market interests or technology data. O_o

Jakq · Post by **Jakq** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:38 pm

Would this be worth my $100 dollars?

I mean for the system, family converter, and some rechargeable AA's.

makuraken · Post by **makuraken** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:44 am

Its a legit system allright. I want to know who Great Hierophant is. If he translated that page himself he is good.
Only thing I noticed about the page (that I did not notice being mentioned) is the fact that it does NOT come with any game cart or any games built in. A bit of a bummer but non-the-less a cool system.
Also, three hours on three alkaline dry cell batteries. Sweet. Going to be tough for us to make it better... I want a NOAC now...

Unidentified Assilant · Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:33 am

Anything good... a Superjoy and a Hip Gear screen, the power compustion would be tiny.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:13 pm

makuraken wrote:Its a legit system allright. I want to know who Great Hierophant is. If he translated that page himself he is good.
Only thing I noticed about the page (that I did not notice being mentioned) is the fact that it does NOT come with any game cart or any games built in. A bit of a bummer but non-the-less a cool system.
Also, three hours on three alkaline dry cell batteries. Sweet. Going to be tough for us to make it better... I want a NOAC now...

Not coming with a cart makes it 100% legal...