Famicom box opened
The Famicom Box (ファミコンボックス) is a display unit for the Famicom which was used in Japan. The unit was made by a company called Traveland Kogyo (which was later renamed to JTB Traveland), who partnered with Nintendo to place the units in Japanese hotels. Units were known to be in operation in Japanese hotels as late as 2014.
The Famicom Box uses standard Nintendo joy pads and light guns. A coin box can be connected to the Famicom Box and a timer can also be set on it.
Sharp also produced their own version of the Famicom Box. Called the Famicom Station (ファミコンステーション), it was mostly identical, except there was a set of metal legs underneath the unit to help hold it upright. The cartridges for the Famicom Station were grey, which made them look even more like NES cartridges.
List of known games[ | ]
Instead of using the 60-pin cartridges that retail Famicom games use, games for the Famicom Box use the same 72-pin cartridges as the NES. Because of this, they can be played on American NES systems without modifications.
- 1943 (originally released by Capcom)
- Argos no Senshi (アルゴスの戦士/Rygar, originally released by Tecmo)
- Baseball (ベースボール)
- Bomberman (ボンバーマン, originally released by Hudson Soft)
- Devil World (デビルワールド)
- Donald Land (ドナルドランド, originally released by Data East)
- Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング)
- Donkey Kong Jr. (ドンキーコングJr.)
- Duck Hunt (ダックハント)
- Excitebike (エキサイトバイク)
- F1 Race (F1 レース)
- Fighting Golf (ファイティングゴルフ, originally released by SNK)
- Golf (ゴルフ)
- Gomoku Narabe Renju (五目ならべ 連珠)
- Gradius (グラディウス, originally released by Konami)
- Hogan's Alley (ホーガンズアレイ)
- Ice Climber (アイスクライマー)
- Ice Hockey (アイスホッケー)
- Kame no Ongaeshi (亀の恩返し/Xexyz, originally released by Hudson Soft)
- Knight Rider (ナイトライダー, originally released by Pack-In-Video)
- Mahjong (麻雀)
- Makaimura (魔界村/Ghosts 'n Goblins, originally released by Capcom)
- Mario Bros. (マリオ ブラザーズ)
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (マイク タイソン・パンチアウト!!)
- Ninja Ryukenden (忍者龍剣伝/Ninja Gaiden, originally released by Tecmo)
- Pro Wrestling (プロレス)
- Punch-Out!!
- Rockman (ロックマン/Mega Man, originally released by Capcom)
- Senjou no Ookami (戦場の狼/Commando, originally released by Capcom)
- Soccer League: Winner's Cup (ウイナーズカップ, originally released by Data East)
- Super Chinese 2 (スーパーチャイニーズ2/Little Ninja Brothers, originally released by Culture Brain)
- Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ)
- Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima (高橋名人の冒険島/Adventure Island, originally released by Hudson Soft)
- Tennis (テニス)
- TwinBee (ツインビー, originally released by Konami)
- Volleyball (バレーボール)
- Wild Gunman (ワイルドガンマン)
- Wrecking Crew (レッキングクルー)