The History of the Famicom in 40 Games

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

This might be hands down the best explanation of the Famicom for English language audiences on KZbin or arguably any medium to date. Even though I've watched nearly every episode of Famidaily, this was excellent because you gave not only a comprehensive overview of the system but you also explained the context of what was going on in the Japanese market with each major release on the Famicom. I'm glad you explained how Nintendo's strict licensing not only affected us in the west but also caused problems in their own region. I'm ready for the Famicom Disk System project to begin so that way we can get the other slice of the pie from the add-on world. 😃

[@alexshadowfax1119]

I love finding stuff like this, I've become so hesitant to click on retro game videos since it's so saturated now but every once in a while Ill give one a shot and find a gem like your channel.

[@JComX]

What is it that makes you hesitate to click on the videos? Sorry for the question, but I make that kind of video and it's been very hard to get any traction.

[@alexshadowfax1119]

@@JComX since I'm subscribed to so many game channels you end up seeing so many of the same videos, Top 10 NES, SNES, Genesis etc... so I clicked on this because I don't see too many videos about the famicom, or Japan releases on the PC engine, I've seen way too many videos about popular mainstream games that everybody knows about. I also tend to like longer more thorough videos that are 30 mins or longer, not 5-10 min videos. This channel has something called famidaily that looks interesting but they are very short videos so I haven't tried them. I'll check your channel out.

[@JComX]

@alexshadowfax1119 yeah, it feels like a double edged sword, cuz talking about more obscure stuff seems like less people will find it, but talking about more popular things, it's like everyone's talked about it to death. Oh, well, thank you! Any feedback on my stuff would be very appreciated!

[@romannikonenko7325]

Oh man, thanks for such a great retrospective! The arcade bliss of 1983-1985, the esoteric era of 1986-1989, the hi-tech peak years of 1990-1991 and the peaceful retirement of 1992-1994. I like 'em all 😊

[@willmistretta]

Congrats. And I can't believe I'm dork enough to post this, but Samus is the *third* female Nintendo protagonist. The first was Bubbles from Clu Clu Land, then Mach Rider. ;)

[@bobalinx8762]

Mach Rider was female?

[@willmistretta]

@@bobalinx8762 Sorry to spoil the ending for you, I guess. ;)

[@Desmaad]

1:45:45 Lagrange Point actually used the VRC7, which is the only Famicom mapper that employs FM audio. The VRC6 had sawtooth and square channels.

[@user-is4jf8yr4z]

This was very well put together. Also my morning routine for som time has been an episode of famidaily and a cup of coffee. So there you go ;)

[@Xhalonick]

Happy birthday Famicom. Crazy how time moves so fast. Love to see it documented and note how these ancient games impacted the gaming landscape for decades to come

[@CaptainJack1]

This is insane work. The level of background detail of each review is amazing.

[@JohnnyUndaunted]

1:16:00 Koushinkyoku is the field-day spinoff of Monogatari. You're thinking of Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki. Also, I'm surprised by the lack of Gradius in this list. It was the biggest STG franchise of the 80's.

[@Bro3256]

happy 40th 🎉

[@Nemo2342]

Happy birthday Famicom, thanks for reminding me that I am old

[@anactualmotherbear]

Really excellent choices. 40 fascinating games that really tell the story of the Famicom. Bravo.

[@RogerWilson-xj4bb]

Great job, love all the videos. You learn tons watching thanks. Deserve way more views.

[@chazmaru9583]

Happy anniversary Famicom and happy celebration Famidaily.

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

1:23:15 Yeah I've heard that Square would've gone with "Fighting Fantasy" had the name not been taken in America but don't quote me on it.

[@Specter227]

I feel like you could really gain some following by doing long-form retrospectives like these after you're done with the Famicom.

[@forTheRhapsody]

I love your voice and the long form retrogame eassys I'm hooked

[@skRapKlan]

Awesome list of games and in depth information right here - nice work!!

[@powpuck5031]

Yuji Horii was not involved with Door Door; that was Koichi Nakamura, another Dragon Quest co-creator.

[@vix_in_japan]

1:04:32 The train is more or less sat over where I live in Japan :)

[@RetroDrom]

Great video! Thank you! I'm very interested in story about break between Namco and Nintendo that you've told about. Where did you find info about this?

[@RndStranger]

Well, I noticed something was up when starting around February of 1989 every other game was published by Namco and the quality of those games dropped severely. And then looking ahead, I saw that this pattern went forward until July 31 and then Namco basically stopped publishing on the Famicom. I started poking around and I found discussion of it on some Japanese message boards. So I can't give you definitive sources, sorry, and no primary sources at all since it's not like Namco and Nintendo would talk about this publicly. It's just become kind of Famicom lore.

[@Retroman8077]

Up there is an understatement they were 280 million ahead

[@noaht2005]

Did you count?

[@darktetsuya]

felt like I should save this one for last after finishing the months-long binge of famidaily proper. also cool to get a sneak peek at some of the FDS coverage definitely looking forward to that series! it was quite the journey indeed. I think I came across about almost 3 dozen games I'd never heard of but really wanted to try. #1 on that list had to be from the 'dungeon crawlers' category: Shadow Brain! I'm a sucker for cyberpunk-themed stuff, so seeing a dungeon crawler in that style had me curious! Found an english translation so looking forward to trying it out. But overall I think this was a great sample platter on what folks got with their Famicom over its decade plus long lifespan!!

[@Julius_Engels-Greer_the_Third]

Incredible project! Where's the outro song from? It's a real vibe.

[@RndStranger]

It's a composition I did in Ikinari Musician, some not very good music making software for the Famicom. They got some back tracks and then I noodle around with the melody part.

[@Julius_Engels-Greer_the_Third]

@@RndStranger Have you considered publishing the composition/making a longer version? I quite like it.

[@nate567987]

that starting hand in mahjong DAMM

[@mjmobile]

❤ famidaily ❤🎉 famicom

[@thomasffrench3639]

I love how Final Fantasy III is so important, but the west treats it like the most “bland” Final Fantasy. Which is kinda strange considering a lot of people who say this place way too much importance on the first game, when this one is more important. Speaking of RPGs, it would be cool if you looked more at them and gave a list, because I would love to see what worthwhile NES RPGs there is, and even other genres like strategy games or adventure games.

[@treefroggy]

So great to finally hear an English speaker admit that DQIV is a better famicom rpg than DQIII. It’s so grossly underrated, and most kids these days play newer versions. I beat the nes version on famicom hardware last year. It’s really the best.

[@bobalinx8762]

I tried looking up the Year of FDS series, but I can’t find anything, where can we see the Disk System videos?

[@RndStranger]

The Year of FDS is next year, it's just I have the release schedule planned out so I dropped the episode numbers in there.

[@bobalinx8762]

Oh

[@vidarlystadjohansen9829]

awesome!

[@Kain5th]

Games discussed (first 20): Donkey Kong Mahjong Lode Runner F-1 Race Xevious Tower of Druaga Super Mario Bros Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken The Legend of Zelda Dragon Quest Metroid Athletic World Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium Morita Shogi Moero!! Pro Yakyuu Joust Pachiokun Wizardry

[@nate567987]

namco dicking over devs also led to triace

[@Retroman8077]

Come on 5k

[@Tommi1981]

The devil looks like superman. Coincidence? Dont think so.

[@greggrsham-ri8sh]

Atari and intellivision SUCKED I saw the other's but always on the way to FIND GIRLS ALCOHOL and VAN HALLEN