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Private Adamant Hardhat Beetle Moderator It's teh fun!!! Level: 37  Posts: 133/551 EXP: 316129 For next: 22124 Since: 03-15-04 From: Halden, Norway Since last post: 22 hours Last activity: 14 hours |
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| No, it's not an unofficial controller for some console. And no, it doesn't have anything to do with porn either. This happens to be one of them Famiclones. You know, controllers you plug directly into the TV which contain games you'd find on NES multicarts. Well, I happened to stumple across one, and it was only 100 kr (about 15$, which is 1/5th or 1/6th (or 1/7th if the store sucks, but there's usually a better one not too far away if that is the case) the price of a normal game over here. Yes, games are expensive.) Anyway, the package contains what seems to be an N64 controller, sans a control stick, a Z-trigger and the L/R buttons, a PSX controller without L/R buttons, and a totally badass lightgun. As well as some wires and a battery pack, in case you have a portable TV or something. Oh yeah, and the thing is british, so the AC/DC adaptor didn't fit. The store was nice enough to throw in a scandinavian one for free though. On to the games. The box boasts about 64 games, which is obviously a lie, as with most multicarts. After hooking the thing up and turning it on, one is greeted with a menu where one may choose what game to play, like most multicarts. And yes, there are 64 games on the list. Here they are: POKEMON TEKKEN WORLD CUP SOCCER MICKEY MOUSE TETRIS 2 DUCK HUNT HOGAN ALLEY SUPER MARIO TENNIS CLAY SHOOT WRESTLE WAR F1 RACE 100 METER DASH LONG JUMP HURDLES JAVELIN SKEET SHOOTING TRIPLE JUMP ARCHERY HIGH JUMP The rest of the games are the same titles, just with two letters and a copyright mark added to them (DUCK HUNT C(C)F for instance). 64 games my ass. Anyway, we stil lhave a decent collection of games. Let's have a look at them. POKEMON: As there obviously aren't any official NES Pokemon games, and the possibility of this being a port of one of the GB games is very slim, I thought this was one of those recent Pokemon hacks where the title screen and main character of a classic NES game is changed into a pokemon. Well, it isn't. This appears to be a homebrewn game, which I had never heard of before. Sadly, it's very dull. It's a platformer where you control Pikachu as he runs around the forest, kills plants and stuff that aren't pokemon-related, avoids spikes, collects pokeballs for energy, and uses his deadly "kill everyone on screen"-attack, which can only be used a few times before you have to wait for some unspesified amount of time until it can be used again. I played the first level, which was both long and un-fun, realised that the second level was very similiar, except for platforms being in different locations, and promptly turned the thing off. TEKKEN: Please don't let it be that crappy Tekken 2 pirate. Please.. It was. Dammit. WORLD CUP SOCCER: Yeah, I thought this was that Kunio game too. It's not, it's just that old Soccer game you can get on Animal Crossing and e-cards. Ah well, this one's kinda fun too. At least it's much better than the FIFA and ISS crap you get nowadays *raises flame shield* MICKEY MOUSE: I had never heard of this game before, but according to the Video Game Museum, it does exist. It was even released in the US. It's not that good though. You control both Mickey and Minnie at the same time, as they run around a house, picking up stuff, shooting balls at enemies, and dying a lot due to the sucky controller. TETRIS 2: I thought this would just be plain old Tetris, but appearantlypirates have gotten original recently, since this actually IS Tetris 2. Never seen it on a multicart before. Pretty fun as well. You know, you make lines with blocks to drop crap on your opponent's screen, then he gets pissed and hits you with the controller. Fun stuff. DUCK HUNT: Yay, Duck Hunt. Finally a use for that light gun. Too bad it doesn't work very well. You can aim directly at a duck, and the game registers a miss, but you can also aim at some random point on the screen and it registers a hit. Not fun. Also, the game doesn't operate very well. When you start it, you go directly to the One Duck mode, and when you get a game over, the game sends you to the Clay Pidgeon Mode, where you sped the rest of your session. Meh. HOGAN ALLEY: It's Hogan's Alley, no big surprise here. The menu is there this time, though, and all three modes are present. For some reason, the gun acts as it should here. Mostly. Anyway, it's a fun little game. Especcially the barrel shooting. SUPER MARIO: I though this'd be SMB, and I was right. Although the title screen is now an ugly mess that kinda looks like the cover of the japanese SMB2 (Lost Levels). Also, when you beat Bowser and talk to Toad, the music turns into some random crap. It return to normal as you start the next level. TENNIS: It's Tennis. You know, the one on Animal Crossing and the e-cards. Just as I thought. CLAY SHOOT: Now this is weird. This is Duck Hunt, but unlike the other version, this starts you directly at the Clay Pidgeon mode. Odd. The gun is still crap, though. WRESTLE WAR: Here I was expecting Pro Wrestling, but instead I get a very odd japanese wrestling game. It almost appears as a graphic hack of a Kunio game, although I'm pretty sure there weren't any Kunio wrestling games. Anyway, you control this wrestler, and have to beat the other wrestler. You can jump, punch, jump-kick, throw, and plant your ass in your opponents face. Just like on TV. However, at times, this guy appears outside the ring and throws a flashing ball toward you. Whomever picks it up turns invincible, which means he tends to beat the crap out of the other one. Pretty fun, actually, but very, very weird. F1 RACE: Classic NES game I had never played before. Drive your car around a track before time runs out. It's hard as hell, so prepare to throw some nasty words at the dumbasses on the track that won't let you pass. 100 METER DASH LONG JUMP HURDLES JAVELIN SKEET SHOOTING TRIPLE JUMP ARCHERY HIGH JUMP: It's Track & Field, except you can choose which stage to start at. T&F is always fun, although the 1-player controller (the N64 one) is an ass when it comes to this game, due to the stupid design. All the other games are repeats, although the SUPER MARIO versions start you off at different levels. The virst repeat starst you off at level 3-1, and the second at level 4-1. Oh, and as an extra bonus, the "console" supports famicom carts. Time to import. So, was it worth it? I say yes. SMB, Tennis, Track & Field, Tetris 2 are fun, and Soccer and F1 Race are decent as well. And Mickey Mouse isn't THAT bad. Plus, it was really cheap, and if the famicom support is good, I'll have some fun with this one. |
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| Where did you get this thing from? It sounds excellent  |
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| Just wow... I thought that pirate consoles weren't obtainable in scandinavia. I guess that I had wrong...  I search after it in Swedish shops, maybe I could find it somewhere. Not becuse I like it... just becuse I actually want a famiclone.  |
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