Multi Box

[madman]

WTF is this thing 

[dj9_volt]

my guess is that it is used to connect multiple games to one famicom or some type of rf unit

[JC]

I've got no idea. But it's neat that it slides into the slot on the Famicom where the controller goes.

[chimyfolkbutter]

Check out this auction about the Multibox

[kite200]

from what I gather it was an addon so you could use the famicom on those oldskool car tv's. im not sure tho

[Doc]

Looks so damn cool, wish I knew what it was...

[madman]

The consensus seems to be that it made your Famicom wireless, an antenna plugged into the back and would allow you to tune your TV to a certain channel and there's your Famicom signal.

[Doc]

The consensus seems to be that it made your Famicom wireless, an antenna plugged into the back and would allow you to tune your TV to a certain channel and there's your Famicom signal.

Good wireless connection, or BAD wireless connection like the Acclaim Wireless controller for the NES?

[featherplucknfilms]

The wireless Famicom unit is the Joy Radar MK2.  I'm sure exactly what the Multi-Box is but it seems  to me like its a battery pack and an RF box since those two wires plug into the Famicom and then theres the cable output but no other power input. 

[super56k]

I thought that this device was an auto-switching RF modulator, much like our US NES RF modulator.

[madman]

I have heard confirmation from elsewhere that it was indeed a wireless RF modulator.  Probably necessary because those fami controller cables are so short, kids were sitting 6" from the TV

[super56k]

I have heard confirmation from elsewhere that it was indeed a wireless RF modulator.  Probably necessary because those fami controller cables are so short, kids were sitting 6" from the TV

The cord length is the only thing that I can not stand about the FAMICOM.  Wouldn't one of these be illegal in the states?  I am pretty sure that it would not carry an FCC license?  Of course, then again, neither does the FAMICOM.

[madman]

Low wattage transmitters are generally OK by the FCC. 

[LocalToast]

Sorry for reviving a very dead thread, but I found one of these while browsing Yahoo! Auction Japan. (Click image for link)

[son_ov_hades]

That thing looks cool, what does it exactly do?