I grew up playing Famicom. Living in a community chock full of shipped over salarymen and their families exposed me to 8-bit joy at an earlier age than most Americans. Although I had lots of non-Japanese friends, a lot of my friends were the “I don’t speak English, but we can play Famicom together” variety. And over endless, foil packed snacks, I was more than happy to oblige. So I don’t know if anyone gets as excited about Famicom related stuff as I do, but I have a serious nostalgia for it. I almost bought a pile of used Famicom equipment at a Thai night market about two weeks ago, even though I could easily Ebay better gear in the states.

My Famicase Exhibition is a a pile of made up Famicom cartridges (Like the one above, which is an awesome image with no explanation). Fantasy games that never were, and never will be, with case designs by artists. I normally don’t go into this kind of thing, but for Famicom, I’ll make an exception. Click the exhibition link to see all the carts.

Above - Burisu-kun - Some things are universal. The game of blowing on game carts to restore their connectivity.

Above - Agriculture! The Game! Get ready for backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk, virtual labor!

Above - AC Adaptor - Where you fight your enemies with a swinging AC adaptor.

Above - and Finally, the “Poland” FC-303 drum machine. Funny, because Korg just announced a synth for the DS.

Thanks to Kotaku for showing me the light.

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