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In video game parlance, a famiclone is a hardware clone of the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System. They are designed to replicate the workings of, and play games designed for, the Famicom and NES. Hundreds of unauthorized clones and unlicensed game copies have been made available since the height of the NES popularity in the late 1980s.
This is a list of hardware clones of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, also known as the Family Computer, or Famicom). The main article for this category is Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone .
This console is different from other clones because it does not use cartridges, relying instead on discs of different sizes resembling compact discs. [1] [2] [3] [6] [5] When the player inserts one of these discs on the system, it triggers a combination of switches on the system allowing a unique selection of Famicom games to be chosen. [3] [7] [5]
Micro Genius (Chinese: 小天才; pinyin: Xiǎo Tiān Cái; lit. 'Little Genius') is a brand name used for Famicom clone consoles marketed in several countries around the world, particularly in areas where Nintendo consoles were not readily available, including the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America, Eastern Europe, South Africa and East Asian countries excluding Japan and South Korea.
Famicom Disk System disk drive and RAM adapter attached to the Famicom console. The Family Computer Disk System (Famicom Disk System) has a library of 200 [a] games that have been officially licensed by Nintendo.
The Power Player Super Joy III (also known as Power Joy, Power Games, and XA-76-1E) is a Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom video game console clone.It is notable for legal issues based on the violation of intellectual property rights held by Nintendo and its various game licensees.
Pegasus, like most known NES clones, was compatible with 60-pin Famicom cartridges, and partially compatible with some NES games through the use of a special converter. The typical retail set included the system and two detachable gamepads (with added "turbo" buttons for 4 in total; 6-button controllers also existed), power supply, RF cable ...
The third generation remained highly popular because of their high availability and low prices, particularly the Terminator 2, which was one of the most successful Famicom clones. It left a mark in pop culture and 1990s-2000s youth, establishing itself as antonomasia for 8-bit video gaming, to the point of being more popular than the original ...