Famicom Games on GBA - Literally

Magnus · 01-15-2004, 07:34 AM

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January 14, 2004 - Last night Nintendo Japan revealed its intentions to release the Famicom Mini series, a collection of classic games for the Famicom (the Japanese equivalent of the Nintendo Entertainment System) converted for play on the Game Boy Advance system.

Nintendo announced ten games in the series for launch on February 14th, including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Ice Climbers, Excite Bike, and The Legend of Zelda, as well as third party games Bomberman and Star Soldier from Hudson, and Pac-Man, Mappy, and Xevious from Namco. Each game will be individually packaged, one game per cartridge, for 2,000 yen apiece.
These games will be packaged in special, collectable "mini boxes" that represent the artwork of the original box-art from the Famicom version

The cartridges will also be pressed in a unique Famicom color-scheme that mirrors the Famicom Edition Game Boy Advance SP system, also set for release in Japan on February 14th.

Nintendo of America has not announced any plans for a North American equivelant to the Famicom Mini series. But at nearly $20 a pop, it might not fly in the US as is.

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The Famicom Mini series features direct versions of the original classic Famicom games converted to Game Boy Advance cartridges, complete with a new color scheme and classic artwork. For more details on this series, and the games that will be included in it, head over to IGN's Game Boy channel.(Above Article)

Link to first article

Sounds cool to me:cool guy:

Icarus4578 · 01-15-2004, 08:11 AM

Quite interesting. Nice to see classics getting revived.

Vicviper · 01-15-2004, 10:43 AM

It looks cool and it's a helluva lot easier then using the E-reader(which some of these games are already available at $4 a piece.)

Kojiro Hyuga · 01-16-2004, 02:08 AM

I'm sorry to say this, but I have an ENTIRE nes gamescolection on my GBA with games like- Smario bros, Mario Bros, Excite Bike, Contra, Tennis, Soccer, Ye Ar Kung Fu, Twin Bee, ARCANOID, and so on (total 101 DIFFERENT games) perfectly emulated in the GBA... The music, the speed, the colors... Everything perfect- and all for 55 HK dollars! Its everywhere here in Hong- Kong! I'm actually playing Captain Tsubasa 2 on my GBA now...

Icarus4578 · 01-16-2004, 06:30 AM

Must... own... copy...

camac · 01-16-2004, 04:42 PM

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Originally posted by Kojiro Hyuga
I'm sorry to say this, but I have an ENTIRE nes gamescolection on my GBA with games like- Smario bros, Mario Bros, Excite Bike, Contra, Tennis, Soccer, Ye Ar Kung Fu, Twin Bee, ARCANOID, and so on (total 101 DIFFERENT games) perfectly emulated in the GBA... The music, the speed, the colors... Everything perfect- and all for 55 HK dollars! Its everywhere here in Hong- Kong! I'm actually playing Captain Tsubasa 2 on my GBA now...

Yeah, I could easily get my hands on a NES emulator for the gba and play a LOT of NES games on one single cart. heh, really when you think about it Nintendo is just doing the same and selling us the rom and a nes emulator on single cart. Screw them

spider-prime · 01-16-2004, 05:04 PM

but these are cheap ports too, fans like me will want them

even tho I own all of these from the oringals anyways

but you can't play them anywhere you want like you could now

if they release over here I will probably buy them

I hope for lots more games in this series

camac · 01-16-2004, 08:16 PM

I dunno man, I just can't see myself paying 20 bucks for the NES Super Mario Bros.

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Nintendo of America has not announced any plans for a North American equivelant to the Famicom Mini series. But at nearly $20 a pop, it might not fly in the US as is.

Heh, not with me. Not when there are other options out there.

Though don't get me wrong, I love the game and the nostalgic value it has

spider-prime · 01-16-2004, 09:47 PM

also don't forget that their prices are higher for videogames and dvds, etc

over here they might be like 10-15 dollars each CDN or even cheaper in the states

Icarus4578 · 01-17-2004, 06:05 AM

Or, they could bundle about 5-10 games together and sell it for $5-10. That would sell pretty good.

Magnus · 01-17-2004, 06:21 AM

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Originally posted by camac
Though don't get me wrong, I love the game and the nostalgic value it has

Not to mention the price these things will sell for on Ebay in about 10 years;)

01-15-2004, 08:11 AM	#2
Icarus4578 Virtuosity of Excellence Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,405	Quite interesting. Nice to see classics getting revived. __________________ Turn on the difference.

01-16-2004, 02:08 AM	#4
Kojiro Hyuga Employed Slave Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Macau Posts: 500	I'm sorry to say this, but I have an ENTIRE nes gamescolection on my GBA with games like- Smario bros, Mario Bros, Excite Bike, Contra, Tennis, Soccer, Ye Ar Kung Fu, Twin Bee, ARCANOID, and so on (total 101 DIFFERENT games) perfectly emulated in the GBA... The music, the speed, the colors... Everything perfect- and all for 55 HK dollars! Its everywhere here in Hong- Kong! I'm actually playing Captain Tsubasa 2 on my GBA now... __________________ "(...) And Why the hell did I bring Helium, instead of air??"

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Icarus4578 Virtuosity of Excellence Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,405	Must... own... copy... __________________ Turn on the difference.

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spider-prime NOW IN CINEMAPHONIC QUADROVISION! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: I hated going to weddings cause all the grandmas would poke me saying "you're next, you're next". They stopped saying that when I did it to them at Funerals. Posts: 15,939	but these are cheap ports too, fans like me will want them even tho I own all of these from the oringals anyways but you can't play them anywhere you want like you could now if they release over here I will probably buy them I hope for lots more games in this series __________________ Join the Spider-Prime and His Amazing Friends Steam group!

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01-15-2004, 10:43 AM	#3
Vicviper Hello handsome! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 2,852	It looks cool and it's a helluva lot easier then using the E-reader(which some of these games are already available at $4 a piece.)

01-17-2004, 06:05 AM	#10
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