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| ====== Nintendo Entertainment System ====== | ====== Nintendo Entertainment System ====== | ||
| + | * //Also known as: Nintendo, NES((Pronounced 'N-E-S', 'Nes', or 'Nezz', depending on how intelligent you are)), Family Computer ((in Japan)), Famicom ((a portmanteau of __Fami__ly __Com__puter)), FC// | ||
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| ===== Personality ===== | ===== Personality ===== | ||
| ====Audio==== | ====Audio==== | ||
| * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=30961|gargling amiga arpeggios on an nes chip]] - SB thread. | * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=30961|gargling amiga arpeggios on an nes chip]] - SB thread. | ||
| + | * [[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=7390|How NES Music Was REALLY Composed]] - NESDev forum thread. | ||
| + | * [[http://theshizz.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31625-how-nes-music-was-made/|how NES music was made]] - The Shizz forum thread. | ||
| + | * [[https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio/high-quality-sample-playback-on-the-nes|Retro Game Audio, Episode 21 - High Quality Sound Playback on the NES]] - Podcast | ||
| ====Visual==== | ====Visual==== | ||
| The NES/Famicom palette is a strong icon of the era. NES games tend to flicker a lot, caused by having too many sprites sharing a horizontal division of the screen. | The NES/Famicom palette is a strong icon of the era. NES games tend to flicker a lot, caused by having too many sprites sharing a horizontal division of the screen. | ||
| + | ===See Also=== | ||
| + | * [[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9028|Do any games use tile/sprite overlap for more colors?]] - A list of games which use this trick on the NESDev forums. | ||
| ====Design==== | ====Design==== | ||
| ====Library==== | ====Library==== | ||
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| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
| * [[game:pirate_kart_series]] - An ongoing series of game compilations made somewhat in the pirate cart style. | * [[game:pirate_kart_series]] - An ongoing series of game compilations made somewhat in the pirate cart style. | ||
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| + | === Dendy family === | ||
| + | The Dendy series of Famiclones were made in Taiwan for the Russian market---which never saw an official Nintendo presence in that era. There are ? models: Dendy Classic, Dendy Classic II, Dendy Junior, Dendy Junior II and Dendy Junior IVP. | ||
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| + | == See Also == | ||
| + | * [[wp>Dendy (console)]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCE3FEDC39DEF28E3|Dendy Chronicles]] - Great series of videos on Youtube about the Dendy in Russia. | ||
| === See Also === | === See Also === | ||
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| ==== Famicom Titler ==== | ==== Famicom Titler ==== | ||
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| + | ==== PAL Famicom ==== | ||
| + | A curiosity from Hong Kong, which is mostly a Japanese Famicom with a unique method of converting its output to PAL. | ||
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| + | === See Also === | ||
| + | * [[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5358|Hong Kong version Famicom clock frequency is 21.3125MHz]] - Technical details on the NESDev forums. | ||
| + | * [[http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?p=32475#32475|Lost Levels forum post]] - with some details on the relationship between Hong Kong and the NES/Famicom. | ||
| ==== Sharp C1 / Sharp Nintendo Television ==== | ==== Sharp C1 / Sharp Nintendo Television ==== | ||
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| * [[http://famicomworld.com/|Famicom World]] - Information on Famicom hardware, and good technical help in the forums. | * [[http://famicomworld.com/|Famicom World]] - Information on Famicom hardware, and good technical help in the forums. | ||
| * [[http://www.zophar.net/nes.html|Zophar]] - NES emulation downloads, and details. | * [[http://www.zophar.net/nes.html|Zophar]] - NES emulation downloads, and details. | ||
| + | * [[http://forums.nesdev.com/index.php|NESDev]] - Forum with info regarding developing games, music, etc., for the NES. | ||
| + | * [[http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Nesdev_Wiki|NESDev Wiki]] - And they also have a wiki. | ||
| + | * [[http://www.geocities.jp/rinkaku89/pachigame/index_pachi.html|パチモノいろいろ]] - Images of Famicom demakes, including cassette designs. | ||