I think it's just a design choice. There are some minor differences in the guts between the 2 machines, but If I'm not mistaken, the US version has a lot of empty space inside. Part of the reason is that The Japanese version is a top loaded cartridge design. The American version has the front load design that hogs a lot of space. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the explination wiiarebrothers! That makes a lot of sense! I guess the combination of design and add-ons really make a difference. It's interesting to look at a lot of old videogame systems (not just nintendo) and see that on the bottom there are usually expansion ports for things that were never offered to us! It's a shame we don't get the same products here is the usa!
The japanese famicom system was released in 1983, and the USA and European launches where around 1985/86.
They had to change the design to sell them, since 83' was the time of the videogame crash, no one wanted a games console. They changed the design to be look more like a VHS player/recorder, with the horizontal loading style, the NES didn't come with a dick system, that was always an add on. I can only recall that the earlier popular consoles, sega master system, NES, and I think the SNES, had different designs from the Jap versions, but now a jap PS2 and a US PS2 are the same thing just regional lockouts.
PAL PS3 are different form the rest of the world, but only in technical design, they removed the Emotion engine to dsave cash, but now it's not backwards with PS2 and PS1, they only emulate and emulate very badly.
Sorry, I thought the PAL and US NES was like the TWIN Famicom. But you're right, in fact, the NES and Family Computer are the same. But I'd just take a look to a Disk System's game list, and the majority are remake of cartridge games. What's the interest of this system ?
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ReplyDeletehi, anyone knows why nes its bigger? they are the same thing but nes its doublesize...
ReplyDeleteI think it's just a design choice. There are some minor differences in the guts between the 2 machines, but If I'm not mistaken, the US version has a lot of empty space inside. Part of the reason is that The Japanese version is a top loaded cartridge design. The American version has the front load design that hogs a lot of space. Hope that helps.
ReplyDeletemaybe because NES= FAMICOM+ DISK SYSTEM
ReplyDeleteThanks for the explination wiiarebrothers! That makes a lot of sense! I guess the combination of design and add-ons really make a difference. It's interesting to look at a lot of old videogame systems (not just nintendo) and see that on the bottom there are usually expansion ports for things that were never offered to us! It's a shame we don't get the same products here is the usa!
ReplyDeleteYes, especially under the N64, they're is a slot for the 64DD. Never avaible in USA and Europe. (sorry for bad English, i'm French.)
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ReplyDeleteThe japanese famicom system was released in 1983, and the USA and European launches where around 1985/86.
They had to change the design to sell them, since 83' was the time of the videogame crash, no one wanted a games console. They changed the design to be look more like a VHS player/recorder, with the horizontal loading style, the NES didn't come with a dick system, that was always an add on. I can only recall that the earlier popular consoles, sega master system, NES, and I think the SNES, had different designs from the Jap versions, but now a jap PS2 and a US PS2 are the same thing just regional lockouts.
PAL PS3 are different form the rest of the world, but only in technical design, they removed the Emotion engine to dsave cash, but now it's not backwards with PS2 and PS1, they only emulate and emulate very badly.
Sorry, I thought the PAL and US NES was like the TWIN Famicom. But you're right, in fact, the NES and Family Computer are the same. But I'd just take a look to a Disk System's game list, and the majority are remake of cartridge games. What's the interest of this system ?
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