Is My Famicom a Famiclone?

[Har the cat]

really interesting. and there is a spare rca plug hole...

i want to know what the slow normal button does too

[michaelthegreat]

I remember being told that the hk famicom had a 50/60 switch because both are found there. I would assume that the slow/fast switch is that.

[MaxXimus]

Doesn't one run at a lower frame rate? That could explain why they are labeled as such.

[manuel]

I also think it's authentic. Pirates wouldn't put in Toshiba and Ricoh chips I guess.

[Jimnirvana]

Megamans board (Page 2)  is exactly the same as my HK famicom! Been trying to find info on that for ages!!! I wanna AV mod it (Unless it is rare as someone stated?) anyone got a guide to this? my board = HVC-CPU-NPC-18-01 offical Nintendo 1990 copyright but no AV mod tutorial has the same one! Any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated....

[Xious]

I remember being told that the hk famicom had a 50/60 switch because both are found there. I would assume that the slow/fast switch is that.

That's wrong, I'm afraid, unless it's hidden internally. I have one, and it has no such switch. HK is PAL anyway, not PAL/NTSC; It's a former part of the British Empire, after all. There were also Asian market and HK market NES toasters over there (HK market is HK only; Asian market is the rest of the continent). Nintendo released the HK NES later (1986-7) with the lockout chips to control piracy.

[Edit] I cracked it open today to check something for another member, and it's rather odd. There is a switch, but it had been sawed down to a nub, and it uses an integrated RF unit, like the later model VCCi/GPM Japan models. I don't know if the switch was done this way on this version from the factory, or if it was done by accident or if somebody decided to break it off intentionally. I also have now seen photos of units where the markings for the switch aren't there, but the switch is present. ... .. .

[UglyJoe]

HK Famicoms do have a "Slow/Normal" switch:

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=4138.0

[ericj]

The HK Famicom in the pic you linked to has a Bung (Makko Toys, Ltd.) RF board attached to it. Same dude as in my avatar. Bung is the same company that made the FC "copiers," such as Game Doctors.

[UglyJoe]

I know.  It's saying that the Makko RF board is doing the same thing as the HK FC board.