NTSC famiclone from Korea

[FAMICOM_87]

I found photos on interesting famiclone may be from Korea in late 80's 

[fcgamer]

The company is definitely from Thailand. Maybe the machine was built for Thai region

[FAMICOM_87]

the interesting thing is that it is NTSC and even show you the frequency and channel  on the bottom
here you are pictures inside 

[fcgamer]

I have no idea about frequencies in Thailand, frequencies in Korea, and frequencies elsewhere in the world; however, my lack of knowledge in those areas still does not change the fact that Family was a Thai company producing and distributing games and clones in Thailand.  The logo is indeed the same.

[Retrospectives]

This is a Famiclone released by a Thai company as mentioned. It has no connection to Korea since Korea is (was) a NTSC-exclusive country similar to Japan in that regards that they were NTSC-exclusives compared to for example Thailand/Phillipines and other Southeast Asian countries which primarely used one or the other, but the reason why there is a switch is because that those countries ocassionally had an influx of televisions which were NTSC or PAL (China was a PAL country while Taiwan was primarely not).

Cool find anyway 

[FAMICOM_87]

the 50/60 switch is fake notice the PCB only hols, it look's like it used to be a channel switch 

[Salduchi]

This is really cool

[Great Hierophant]

The US and South Korea both use Channel 13 at that frequency and both use NTSC color decoding at 3.58MHz.  Thailand is a PAL country (color decoding at 4.43MHz) and does not appear to use a Channel 13 at that frequency.  I think that the Thai company made this console for South Korea and would have swapped out the RF module PCB for a PAL one for its own territory. 

[fcgamer]

The US and South Korea both use Channel 13 at that frequency and both use NTSC color decoding at 3.58MHz.  Thailand is a PAL country (color decoding at 4.43MHz) and does not appear to use a Channel 13 at that frequency.  I think that the Thai company made this console for South Korea and would have swapped out the RF module PCB for a PAL one for its own territory. 

Maybe the Thai company made it for the US?  The producer is from Thailand, either way. 

[Flying_Phoenix]

The 50/60Hz switch is what the official HK FC has. Maybe this was copied from the HK design, and would therefore not be end-80s. In fact some chips indicate 1993, which hints that they did get their inspiration from the HK FC which wad 91-93 approximately.

[FAMICOM_87]

The 50/60Hz switch is what the official HK FC has. Maybe this was copied from the HK design, and would therefore not be end-80s. In fact some chips indicate 1993, which hints that they did get their inspiration from the HK FC which wad 91-93 approximately.

Cool ,can someone post pictures of the Hong Kong version  guts ? to see this switch 

[Great Hierophant]

The US and South Korea both use Channel 13 at that frequency and both use NTSC color decoding at 3.58MHz.  Thailand is a PAL country (color decoding at 4.43MHz) and does not appear to use a Channel 13 at that frequency.  I think that the Thai company made this console for South Korea and would have swapped out the RF module PCB for a PAL one for its own territory. 

Maybe the Thai company made it for the US?  The producer is from Thailand, either way. 

Unlikely, the cartridge connector is a 60-pin slot.  60-pins had no presence in the US but a big presence in South Korea.