Yobo FC 3, yes, THREE!

If it has NES slot, no famicom, unless there's a FC slot too. Converters exist though...

I presume the unit will be US NES only, so a Famicom>NES converter will be needed to play Famicom imports.

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Originally Posted by 108 Stars

Does this thing run Famicom games too or only NES?

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it will just need a simple ?$10? adapter, it would be a wasteful added expense to add a separate famicom slot when you can just use an adapter.

Has anyone heard of the Messiah NEX? That's the one I have. Its a bit pricier than the Yobo, but its also more rugged. It has a front-loading NES slot and a top-loading famicom slot, plus a built-in sensor for wireless controllers

I like they way they made it look like a SFC but it looks kinda silly with 3 slots!

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Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes

you have just done the sega-16 equivalent of telling the pope the story of adam and eve. First of all, I know the Retro Duo plays both of those games (the FC Twin also plays Mario RPG btw), but it doesn't have a Genesis slot. Second of all, every SNES clone I've used has been 99.99999% accurate and the better NES clones have been better than real hardware graphically (in most cases) and the Retro Duo is about 97% in the sound department. I'm excited about this for the average joe that doesn't have the technical know how that I have to make systems and controllers work like new again, in addition to games and accessories. With this, anyone can get a new 3-in-1 system with 2 controllers and a zapper and go to town without suffering 20 years of dirt. The only gap to fill in is that you have to clean the games to make sure they work properly. Also, this all-in-one unit would be great for a space saver or travel unit. I already have too many systems piled up under my TV, combining 3 in one would be awesome, though I wouldn't do it because I love my High Definition model 1 and model 2 Sega CD too much.

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yea suppose its ok if your not concerned about compatibility issues w/ some games, low quality sound, and working w/ the 32X & SEGA CD

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yea suppose its ok if your not concerned about compatibility issues w/ some games, low quality sound, and working w/ the 32X & SEGA CD

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Well, presumably the compatibility is supposed to be the best yet. Based on past examples, that would mean Genesis is perfect, SNES is 99%, and since it IS compatible with CS III it probably means NES is also about 99% compatible as well. As for sound, SNES is perfect in all recent SNES clones, Retro Duo has near perfect NES sound, the only one that might still suck is Genesis, but I've heard that's just because of crappy sound mixing so that may even be fixed. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find this system with near 100% compatibility AND accuracy. Anyone that wants a 3-in-1 system won't miss 32X and Sega CD compatibility anyway, anyone who wants to play a 32X or Sega CD game is a serious enough collector that they will buy original hardware anyway.

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Has anyone heard of the Messiah NEX? That's the one I have. Its a bit pricier than the Yobo, but its also more rugged. It has a front-loading NES slot and a top-loading famicom slot, plus a built-in sensor for wireless controllers

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the NEX is an overpriced POS. Internally its nearly identical to the Yobo FC, only with less accurate colors (somehow). The Yobo is like $25 shipped and a NEX is damn near $70 shipped. Rip to the off.

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Well, presumably the compatibility is supposed to be the best yet. Based on past examples, that would mean Genesis is perfect, SNES is 99%, and since it IS compatible with CS III it probably means NES is also about 99% compatible as well.

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Um, let's wait and see, shall we ?

17daysolderthannes, you are now in this forum long enough to use the magic of this button: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6561/editfq7.th.jpghttp://img88.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif ;)

About Famicom compatibility: well, too bad, I need to look for an adaptor or a Famiclone then. :(

Famicom adapters are as easy to find as early copies of US NES games...most commonly "Gyromite".

The problem is that original NES systems aren't really all that great for playing Famicom games...the lid and tray get in the way.

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the NEX is an overpriced POS. Internally its nearly identical to the Yobo FC, only with less accurate colors (somehow). The Yobo is like $25 shipped and a NEX is damn near $70 shipped. Rip to the off.

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I forgot how much I paid for it, but I know it was less than $70. And because of the quality difference between the two (I've owned both, so I should know) the NEX is definitely worth the extra $25 (or however much it was)

To have the same inaccurate NOAC hardware? No thank you, I'd pass and get an FC Twin or RetroDuo if I were in your place. Last I saw them, they sold between 60 and 80 bucks.

I heard bad, really bad things about the NEX and its sound quality and compatibility issues.

As long as these things are inferior to both real hardware and emulation I see no reason to buy them.

for the record, all NES clones made today are NOAC. The only NES clones that had full chipsets were the ones made back in the day for sale in countries that didn't have an official NES distribution. The FC Twin has perfect sound on most games, the only games I find that aren't dead on are Konami games and even then its only a matter of certain channels being quieter than others. With my limited experience with the Retro Duo, the NES sound was perfect. This leads me to believe the FC 3 will probably have perfect sound as well. Even clone hardware will always be better than emulation because of the instantaneous controller response as opposed to having a USB controller have its signal processed and run through several other programs to finally be interpreted by the game. Clones also often have sharper video output and more reliable cart slots (for NES anyway).