The first-ever bootleg NES game was an erotic hack of Super Mario Bros.
October 27, 2015 7:37 AM Subscribe
... the Famicom ran on the more obscure MOS 6502 chip...
The chip that ran the 8-bit Atari home computers, the Apple // family, the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and C64, and the BBC Micro was "obscure"? That would appear to imply a meaning to the word "obscure" of which I was not previously aware.
posted by hanov3r at 9:11 AM on October 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
The chip that ran the 8-bit Atari home computers, the Apple // family, the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and C64, and the BBC Micro was "obscure"? That would appear to imply a meaning to the word "obscure" of which I was not previously aware.
posted by hanov3r at 9:11 AM on October 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Obscure in Japan.
posted by LogicalDash at 9:13 AM on October 27, 2015
posted by LogicalDash at 9:13 AM on October 27, 2015
Over time, the pins inside the system become slightly misaligned with use, which means the security chip loses its ability to read cartridges correctly and treats even licensed games like illicit wares.
If you have a unit suffering from this but can't bear to toss it, and if the other tips online don't work, know that replacing the 72-pin connector is insanely easy.
posted by resurrexit at 11:15 AM on October 27, 2015
If you have a unit suffering from this but can't bear to toss it, and if the other tips online don't work, know that replacing the 72-pin connector is insanely easy.
posted by resurrexit at 11:15 AM on October 27, 2015
Don't miss the Famicom Minus World video on page 3!
Reminded me faintly of Super Mario Bros Special; a non-scrolling, physics-kludged official port/sequel for Super Mario Bros that kind of blew my mind yesterday.
posted by churl at 12:53 PM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Reminded me faintly of Super Mario Bros Special; a non-scrolling, physics-kludged official port/sequel for Super Mario Bros that kind of blew my mind yesterday.
posted by churl at 12:53 PM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
The chip that ran the 8-bit Atari home computers, the Apple // family, the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and C64, and the BBC Micro
And before any of those the Atari 2600 VCS, which sold IIRC around 40 million units making it the most popular single computing platform in the world until 1990 or so.
posted by Bringer Tom at 3:10 PM on October 27, 2015
And before any of those the Atari 2600 VCS, which sold IIRC around 40 million units making it the most popular single computing platform in the world until 1990 or so.
posted by Bringer Tom at 3:10 PM on October 27, 2015
Technically, the VCS/2600 used the MOS 6507, a cheaper version of the 6502 tmissing some interrupt signals and which was limited to 8KB of RAM.
posted by hanov3r at 3:13 PM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by hanov3r at 3:13 PM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Takeshi's Challenge is enormously funny today, but it sold quite well and I know that a lot of people were unaware of the gag and did not find it amusing at all. Now we would have online information about the product and it would probably be a freeware gag anyway, but back then games were expensive and some kids were unlucky enough to end up with that when they could have had Rockman or something. This is one of those products that is remembered very differently by enthusiasts and the casual players.
posted by Winnemac at 11:06 PM on October 27, 2015
posted by Winnemac at 11:06 PM on October 27, 2015
Takeshi's Challenge is enormously funny today, but it sold quite well and I know that a lot of people were unaware of the gag and did not find it amusing at all.
Then they weren't paying attention - if I'm not mistaken, the giant red label on the box is the infamous "This game was made by someone who hates video games" disclaimer (which also appears when the game boots as well.)
Another interesting fact about the game: several of the features in the game (such as the microphone input) were only disclosed through the advertisements on television for the game.
posted by NoxAeternum at 2:56 AM on October 28, 2015
Then they weren't paying attention - if I'm not mistaken, the giant red label on the box is the infamous "This game was made by someone who hates video games" disclaimer (which also appears when the game boots as well.)
Another interesting fact about the game: several of the features in the game (such as the microphone input) were only disclosed through the advertisements on television for the game.
posted by NoxAeternum at 2:56 AM on October 28, 2015
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