What is this console and how much is it worth?

[Rottweiler]

I recently picked up this from a yard sale in Northern America, and I'm wondering what this is, if it's rare, what model/year. It's in decent condition, no cables or games, just a main console with two already-attached controllers.

 

[Rottweiler]

This forsaken text editor won't allow me to post my image of the console..... there we go

 

[The Catboy]

This forsaken text editor won't allow me to post my image of the console..... there we go

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That is an Hong Kong Nintendo Famicom

 

[bootmonster]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Disk_System

 

[Rottweiler]

That is an original Japanese Nintendo Famicom
A quick google search shows they very in price

The guy said he bought it in the 80's in the US, and it does have english hardcoded in the plastic, plus in the stickers. The japanese versions all seem to be in japanese

 

[Friendsxix]

That is an original Japanese Nintendo Famicom

Not quite. As evidenced by the label, it's the rarer Hong Kong variant. As far as I am aware, the only substantial difference is that the stickers on the case are in English. That, and the video signal might be PAL...?

 

[The Catboy]

The guy said he bought it in the 80's in the US, and it does have english hardcoded in the plastic, plus in the stickers. The japanese versions all seem to be in japanese

Actually opening the picture, it's the "Hong Kong" version of the system.
So with that in mind, I looked it up

Which has a slightly different CPU speed

Not quite. As evidenced by the label, it's the rarer Hong Kong variant. As far as I am aware, the only substantial difference is that the stickers on the case are in English. That, and the video signal might be PAL...?

I actually didn't even open the picture because I knew it was a Famicom. I just didn't know there was a Hong Kong version of the system.

 

[Beerus]

looks like a famicom btw nice find

 

[migles]

it's a famicom, aka the japanese NES.
however it's he hong kong version..

are they rare?

 

[RustInPeace]

I checked your profile thinking you're younger than me because how could one, especially from the States, not know about a Famicom? But you're apparently older than me, so this is rather surprising. Immediately what comes to mind with Famicom is Spartan X, knowing that was a huge influence on the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama.

 

[hippy dave]

I don't know if the Hong Kong version is at all rare, but a standard Famicom doesn't have a huge financial value because Japan is choc full of them. I'd say don't worry about value, keep it as a nicety for your own collection, and why not play on it, get one of those cheap multigame cartridges from ali express with enough famicom/nes games to keep you busy for life.

 

[Rottweiler]

I checked your profile thinking you're younger than me because how could one, especially from the States, not know about a Famicom? But you're apparently older than me, so this is rather surprising. Immediately what comes to mind with Famicom is Spartan X, knowing that was a huge influence on the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama.

I'm originally from Sweden, only been here roughly a year. AFAIK we never had these red/white consoles.

 

[RustInPeace]

I'm originally from Sweden, only been here roughly a year. AFAIK we never had these red/white consoles.

To be fair I knew about it through the internet, the AVGN did a review on the Transformers game back in 2009 and that introduced me to this particular console.

 

[Rottweiler]

More pictures, hopefully with some more specs to give you more insight. Looks like it has a slow/fast switch for both NTSC/PAL output (50hz/60hz?)

 

[Localhorst86]

Interesting. Hong Kong was a british colony until 1997 so my guess is they were using british standards, including PAL at the time. So that might be the reason it has this selector switch.

 

[Rottweiler]

Interesting. Hong Kong was a british colony until 1997 so my guess is they were using british standards, including PAL at the time. So that might be the reason it has this selector switch.

That sounds so strange that it would be found in the United States then

 

[Localhorst86]

That sounds so strange that it would be found in the United States then

Probably some import.