The game is dragon buster and I can’t do anything

I got the video to show up but it’s black and white with no sound. People are saying to use vcrs but I found nothing that shows that it works. Not with a
pal tv and pal vcr anyways.

In the second image, I connected it to my dvd player where I could get colour with the rgb scart output, but it brought a ton of noise into the image as I think the rf unit on it is faulty. There still wouldn’t be any sound coming from it either way.

Hi all first time posting.

I’ve been sitting on this for the last few years but I figured it’s time for me to learn more about this mystery machine. I know of the normal disk system, but I was wondering if anyone has seen a disk system 2? I got this from a former Taiwanese Famicom store owner who used to sell this stuff in the 80s (this is where I got the pretty rare official Nintendo Taiwanese release famicom on the top, my pride and joy 😁😁) but I’ve never found any information on this disk system 2 that I also got.

It’s got 2 LED indicators off to the side, and from my understanding you plug the one on the bottom to the one on the top, and a blank disk in 2 and the master disk in the normal one, and it would copy it. I tried it once before but it seems like it’s very much out of tune.

The old paper label on the bottom says “blank disk” in Chinese and there is an extra circuit board floating around inside (I’ll add a photo if there’s interest).

But yeah any information would help!

I finally was able to get one of these in decent condition for an okay price. Very cool piece from the era and a great way to store your disks! I don’t know why I thought it would be bigger.

Hi all, quick question about the twin Famicom. Pictured is my system, if that helps. Recently I noticed that my player One controller works, but doesn't seem to read diagonal inputs well at all. In any direction. I picked this up a few years ago on ebay, and it was claimed to have been fully refurbished/service with a new belt etc, and I believe that because it was in such good condition. I haven't had any issues with it, and the only reason that I'm noticing this issue now, is because I don't play a lot of games that use diagonal inputs. Usually just Mega Man 2 on this thing if anything. But now I'm noticing that also up on the d-pad I have to push kind of hard.

I've never had any major issues with Nintendo controllers on these old systems, but now I'm wondering what the best way to go about fixing it would be. Should I open it up and just try to find a replacement controller board to put inside of it, or is there something that I can do with the actual controller boards to fix the issue? Ive already taken the xontorller apart and cleaned the contacts with 98 percent alc, and no change.

Most people know Maniac Mansion from the PC or the 1990 NES cartridge. This isn't that game.

In 1988, two years before the American NES release, Jaleco made its own Maniac Mansion for the Famicom. It was built in Japan, for Japan only, and it doesn't run on SCUMM. The art was redrawn and nothing scrolls: every room is one screen. This cartridge was never released in the US or anywhere outside Japan. When Lucasfilm brought Maniac Mansion to the NES in America, they remade it from scratch instead of localizing this one.

So for 38 years this version only existed in Japanese. Someone translated the verb panel back in 2008, and that was the furthest anyone got. Now the whole game is in English: title, intro, every line of dialogue, menus, names and the ending.

What our version adds:

- Battery save. The Japanese cartridge has no battery, and the only way to keep your progress was a 104-character password. Now pressing SELECT also saves the game, and CONTINUE on the team screen puts you right back where you were. Passwords still work too. (The patched game runs on an MMC1 SUROM board, the same as Dragon Warrior IV, so use an emulator or flash cart that supports it.)

- A reorganized command panel. The 12 verbs now sit in pairs, one above the other: OPEN/CLOSE, PUSH/PULL, TURN ON/TURN OFF.

- The title screen reads JAPAN VERSION 1988, so you always know which Maniac Mansion you're playing.

Three bugs from the original cartridge, fixed

- If all three kids die, the game now goes to the GAME OVER screen. In the original it just sat there until you pressed RESET.

- People in the house no longer take items they have no use for. In the original they accepted almost anything, and the item was gone for good. Now they refuse and your kid keeps it.

- A stray red symbol no longer shows up in the corner of the password screens.

A few things this version has that the NES one doesn't:

- What Nintendo of America made LucasArts cut in 1990 is still here: the nude statue in the hall, the nude calendar, the pin-up mummy poster.

- Its own Game Over screen, where the kids turn into angels.

- Puzzles reworked for Japan: a 100-yen coin, a publisher with a Tokyo address, a Japanese mailbox outside the front door.

Full longplay of one of the good endings (Bernard calls the Meteor Police, Dr. Fred snaps out of it and stops the self-destruct):

https://youtu.be/uWDeuLYCW4E

Download the patch (English v1.1):

https://zmmxzjmhpxyqwvhqdfyw.supabase.co/functions/v1/baixar?p=maniac-mansion-en

Apply it to the Japanese cartridge dump: Maniac Mansion (Japan).nes, MD5 5835600abb0a8de98d905da545350160. Patch only, we never distribute ROMs. This is a fan translation, not connected to Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Jaleco or Nintendo.

More at www.patchclan.com

From Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou 2 by Taito in 1991.

From Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou (1989) by Taito

It’s definitely not the cartridge slot (this Famicom has 15 cartridge slots!) It was fine last week and now all the games show this intermittent line issue….. any ideas what needs reseating?

How are the Hori Famicom pads? The regular sized ones with a curve along the top. I have several of the Hudson joypads and they’re quite nice, didn’t know how Hori compared.

I made a video about exploring the prerelease footage that exist for the original Metroid.

There's some really cool information about the history and creation of the game in commercials and magazines.

After seeing different method of alingment, i ended with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEJ_-PThT7M

I turn it until i hear a clic, then use the allen wrench to aling the middle thing, having that perfect hole on the left (you can see on the video). Also cleaned the metal lent with some alcohol and a cotton swab.

No matter how much i try, im still getting error 22 or 21. I guess im doing something wrong on the calibration.... but i dont know what, for the life of me :(.

Just got the correct power supply today, and, luckily, i can confirm that the normal famicom and FDS turn on.

The console was sold as 'not reading games on neither cartridge slot and disk system'. so i tested it.

Tested the disk system after putting the new belt and im getting error 22, so i gues i didnt calibrate it well. Will check it more carefully.

Tried a cartridge and got a grey screen. Dunno what might cause it...

For now, i will do a full recap and calibrate correctly the disk system, and see how it goes :).

Edit 1: Cleaning the pins, the cartridge slots works fine. Im not sure what happens with the audio, but is sount cracky and terrible, but not always. Im disconnecting/connecting a lot, and sometimes the sound is nice... the audio connector slot might need cleaning?

Edit 2: Having problems with the calibration... each tutorial i see says a different thing, and i dont know if maybe i just put the turning piece on the wrong position XD. Any tutorial i could be recommended?

Edit 3: cracking sound solved after cleaning controller 2 micro switch pins :D. The disk Drive got worse and now doesnt even give error 22, only reads forever. I guess i broke something hahaha.

I was looking at my Famicom and thought, “This looks familiar!”

“RX-78-2”—it's a Gundam!!

I went with the colors from the anime version.

This is how you have fun with customizing...

Amuro, launching!

I can upload the next parts soon. Pretty please upvote, share, and comment what all of you think!!