I Found a 1983 AV Famicom for 5 bucks!

[hashiriya1]

So I was game hunting and in some shops they have a "Junk Box".
Broken systems, games, and peripherals. I usually take a quick peek inside
because sometimes they have a hidden gem. I saw this famicom in there
and didn't think anything of it since there are usually lots of broken famicoms
in these boxes. Something caught my eye, I saw the composite cables sticking
out. Upon further inspection, I noticed it is a modded Famicom.

It was only 500 yen, so if it didn't work the least I can do is open it up and learn
how to mod a famicom. I got home a fired it up, and it worked! So there had to be a catch.
The catch was Controller 1's buttons don't work and DOWN on the D-pad is broken.
So I did a quick remedy by using my wireless famicom controller. The system works perfectly.
I was so happy. I will replace the broken controller eventually, but the wireless or the HORI one is fine for now.
For those who have never seen the Famicom wireless controller, you can connect a 2nd
controller to it.

[IcKy99]

thats an awesome find man!

[Gnashvar]

For 5 bucks it's an awesome find.

[sevin0seven]

wow! a modded famicon. nice find indeed.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Cool find!

It's definitely worth the $5 you paid!

[Hatta]

Did famicoms not come with composite ports? And is the thing modded for stereo or just routing mono to two audio ports? IIRC there's a stereo mod for the NES that will separate the square wave channels from the rest. Always wondered if that was worth doing, considering that the games were made for mono.

[Gnashvar]

Sorry for my ignorance, but why is it modded?

[Inazuma]

Sorry for my ignorance, but why is it modded?

The original Famicom didn't support composite cables. Later on Nintendo made a second model of Famicom, often referred to as the A/V Famicom because of the composite cable support. The A/V Famicom looks just like the American "top loader" model except the American version did not support composite cables, for some strange reason.

[Gnashvar]

Sorry for my ignorance, but why is it modded?

The original Famicom didn't support composite cables. Later on Nintendo made a second model of Famicom, often referred to as the A/V Famicom because of the composite cable support. The A/V Famicom looks just like the American "top loader" model except the American version did not support composite cables, for some strange reason.

Thanks for the info I totally missed that in the pic.

[Hobie-wan]

Awesome to find 'broken' stuff that just needs a little help to get going.