1991 Part 3


Here's Biederman's Gameboy to NES adaptor. I would have loved to have had this had it been released. Well, Famitsu did a little story on it.

And then they also did a little coverage of other interesting adaptors for the Famicom. The one on the left is, apparently, the 3rd version of the "Wide Boy" system that developers and magazines used to display GB games on a TV screen. The other two are adaptors to play FC games, and FDS games on the NES.


Here's a preview of Naxat Super Pinball on the SFC, the follow up to the great Crush series on the PCE. It eventually came out as Jaki Crush, and was good but not great.


"Games Around the World" This is a hilarious comic that shows sterotypes of various countries. I love the Japanese humour on display here, but it's a little bit politically incorrect.

I'll list the countries and their features, counterclockwise from Germany. Germany: breaking down the Berlin Wall, of course. Nigeria: fighting over something. Kenya: nothing interesting. India: a simulation game to deal with overcrowding. Ethiopia: trading games for food. Iraq: an action shooting game where you are Saddam Hussein killing American soldiers. Antarctica: no women, so nothing but sex games and a Dutch Wife. Brazil: people party in the streets when a Famicom game is beaten. Mexico: Mexicans are so lazy that a difficult game is too much trouble for them. So, the popular games are the ones that even a monkey could clear. Viet Nam: (Not sure what it says but...) boat people are always coming to Japan, so they should practice singing to become an idol before they come here. China: there are so many Chinese characters that using a Chinese keyboard is enough work in itself. USSR: no electricity; dealing with nuclear meltdown instead.