Finds (Famicom/FDS)

[Tupin]

Not Super Mario Bros. 3, and I can guarantee that. 

Jeez, that's a lot of FDS pirates.

[nintendodork]

It never really made any sense to me why SMB3 wasn't on a disk...if SMB and SMB2 both were...

[Tupin]

Nintendo really wanted to get away from the Disk System by 1988, the system wasn't even on shelves within a year after Mario 3 was released in Japan.

[UglyJoe]

It never really made any sense to me why SMB3 wasn't on a disk...if SMB and SMB2 both were...

SMB3 uses an expansion chip, which FDS games are incapable of using.  If SMB3 were released on the FDS, it would have had to have been a much simpler game.

[nintendodork]

Oh, I figured it would've been able to..considering the FDS was so awesome, and because it could produce extra sound..but oh well.

Also, why hasn't JC posted anything in any of the Finds threads yet?

[Paul-FC]

Also, why hasn't JC posted anything in any of the Finds threads yet?

jeez man he just got back.... give him some space

[nintendodork]

I know Manuel is eager about his coming back too.

[Rogles]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=350153773580

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=290289516077

Both from Rklok.. Which means long shipping times from the Netherlands.

[turbo D]

I bought from that rock lock before. Extremely loooong shipping times. I did get a good deal however and was pretty happy with the product. I had bought some pc engine control pads and a tap from him. They all worked, but they were dirty and the tap had an unmentioned gouge.

[JC]

Also, why hasn't JC posted anything in any of the Finds threads yet?

Here ya go...it actually seems to be cheaper to get stuff online than in person in these countries, for the most part. I didn't buy anything in Japan because all the games were too expensive, except Baseball, etc. (I'll post a few store/game pics later.) I bought two games in Korea, because I only wanted Korean exclusives, though I regret not buying Decathlon which is an unlicensed original import. And I bought about 10 games in Taiwan and a couple were thrown in for "free" -- crappy ones.

The Korean games were 5,000 won each, so about $3.50 each. I think one's Korean Igo (?) -- it's just Go. And the other is The General's Son, a fighter. The Chinese games were about $7 each. The same price I'd pay online. I ended up buying only games I couldn't find online. The two free games was pirated Jurassic Boy 2 by Sachen and Image Fight.

[manuel]

You certainly didn't find the right shops in Tokyo. You probably went to the overpriced ones. 

[JC]

Probably right. I knew nothing about video game shops in Tokyo until I arrived and visited a few. They had stacks of games like Hitler no Fukkatsu; all the good games were like $25-40 (and therefore mostly cheaper online). At least Japan had game shops. Korea and Taiwan didn't, from what I saw. The place I got the games in Taiwan was an open air market, and it was just a stand set up in a side alley.

[nintendodork]

I...wanted...Hitler no Fukkatsu...

Also, what's on the carts with Pikachu, Meowth, and Squirtle?  Same for the one with Dragonite...and that sparklish one...they look interesting
and the Raikou one... I'm curious

[JC]

They're Chinese RPGs that steal bits and pieces from other games and use the same basic RPG engine. They're really subpar and impossible to play if you don't know Chinese. I've bought about 20 of these Chinese games and only found one that's not an RPG. I'll keep looking.

[Tupin]

Today, I got Family Stadium '87 and Ultraman: Kaijuu Teikoku no Gyakkushuu.

The Ultraman is really Mahjong.