Famicom Dojo

Season 1 Episode 4: Cartridges and Pins

Nov 8, 2010 Episode Archive
About this series: If your classic gaming skills and knowledge are weak, train them at the Famicom Dojo! Follow the roots of the multi-billion dollar industry with its forefathers into Japan, as consoles and games exploded onto foreign shores. Learn why cartridge games needed batteries to save your progress, or why cartridges were even used at all! Why do some games have passwords? Why didn't games and consoles have the same names when they went to the US or Europe? If you seek answers, this is the show for you!
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Show Notes at FamicomDojo.TV: http://famicomdojo.tv/season1/cartridges-and-pins/ In this episode, we talk about the pin differences between Famicom ...
Show Notes at FamicomDojo.TV: http://famicomdojo.tv/season1/cartridges-and-pins/ In this episode, we talk about the pin differences between Famicom and NES carts, Nintendo's big plans for an NES add-on, and the unintended consequences.Also, we picked a name for our mailbag show: Denshimail. Not terribly original, but we liked how it sounded! Less
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