I watched The Power of Glove today. I thought it was new only to find out it’s years old, lol. I found it pretty entertaining. It’s interesting to see how ahead of time it was in technology. Also how “quick to market” it was from Mattel’s point of view without any games that supported it. I somehow talked my parents into buying me one and to this day I don’t think I have a game that supports it. Afterwards I thought I might set it up and play some games…but nah, lol. Actually I will set it up soon and actually play some games that support it. lttp or rttp I do not know!
I ended up ordering the one D.Lo recommended. It’s coming from HK so it’ll likely be a while before I get to try it. In the mean time, my Famicom came in and I’m very happy with it so far 
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Here’s mine
Sits flush
Interesting how Fami and NES shapes were the same but reversed.
Perfect for some Fami Rollergames or Killer Tomatoes
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Yep, that’s the one I use, too. No problems at all.
Three weeks at home so far, time to dig deep. I would say hello old friend, but you got thrown in a drawer quickly and have stayed there for decades.
Super Glove Ball and bourbon planned for later. Despite have a Power Glove I don’t think I’ve ever played a game it was designed to be used with, lol. [Edit, this is incorrect. I had Double Dragon and Iron Tank which are listed in the program guide as supported games with dedicated PG programs.]
ok, here we go! It’s actually a bit of fun! It took a little to get centered and figure out the basics. I need to read the game manual to get a better understanding of what’s going on, but it was pretty fun and quite addicting. I will be playing more of this.
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I’ve never owned the power glove. I’ve always been curious about it though.
I don’t know how I managed to convince my parents to get me one back in the day. I used it very briefly and then rarely again.
Looking through the manual I did own some games that it could be used on so my above statement is incorrect (now edited). I had Iron Tank and Double Dragon as a couple listed in the manual. I’m somewhat amazed I still have the manual and program guide given I never used it, lol.
I’m looking forward to trying it out some more. I’m not expecting to be blown away, but I think a revisit may shed some light on it being better than its pop culture status.
The Power of Glove documentary I posted above got me interested in revisiting it. It’s a little slow in the first third but I ended up enjoying it overall.
Super Glove Ball also has a great first level track (I didn’t make it past that last night, lol)
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In Mexico back in the late 80s and 90s there was a choice that every kid had to make either you save for months to get a NES (it was around $40 USD) at that time or you get a Taiwanese famiclone for around $10 USD. Since many kids choose the later one there was a huge market of pirate carts that were crazy cheap and for us kids was like heaven haha.
We missed many things like box art, manuals and stuff and on the other hand many of this pirate carts were never translated into English, mostly we used to play with the Japanese version, that was tough but it did not matter too much as we were very excited to have videogames.
I am now trying to collect all the pirate games I saw then and now I think I have a good selection of them. I hope you like this photo:
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Wow. That’s a collection to aspire to.
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thanks! I have been collecting them for about 15 years now 
I like how you decorated the rack too with those labels. Looks like a fun collection to go through.
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I love the way your collection looks. It almost looks like a store display.
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super work!
Please post more about some of these games.
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Phenomenal.
THIS is preservation.
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We kinda had the same situation in eastern Europe, but in the 00s, and the NES/Famicom was never sold here at any time. The famiclones were basically the first generation of gaming consoles that happened here as we never had any consoles prior the famiclones, or anything else after, until the PS2 was somehow aviable a few years after it launched worldwide. That’s the “advantage” of communism and the aftermath.
Anyway, here’s what I have left after all these years, not even a quarter of what I used to own, but since I was lending them left and right to my friends, in the end I was left with just a few. My favourites were Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey Bu and Little Nemo - The Dream Master, which unfortunately I don’t even have anymore. I remember that I used to have even an english translated one for the Hockey game, not that I could understand english either, but at least I could read the words instead of looking at those moon runes. I have no use for those left cartridges either as those famiclones never lasted more than 1 year, and the controllers a couple of months at best.
Also, those cartridges taught me to “never judge a book from the cover” as you would never get what’s on the cover with those games. 
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Wild stuff. They didn’t even try to pass off their carts as legitimate. It’s all so obviously bootleg. But I guess that adds to the charm and is certainly preferable to the “reproduction” bootlegs today that eBay sellers try to pass off as legitimate.
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Bootleg history is interesting, especially the regional variation. I have come across plenty of bootleg FC games locally, and they’re almost always Asian ones instead of Eastern European (probably because immigration to Vancouver in the '80s and '90s has been mostly from East Asia).
The only FC bootleg I had while the NES was on the market was a multi-cart of games from mostly 1983-1986 (a few later) with a picture of Legend of Kage and Tetris on the label. I played the hell out of Yie Ar Kung Fu as that was an import game where I couldn’t find a legit copy.
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sounds good! I’ll prepare it
I really want to pick up a Famicom and an FDS unit. I’ve fallen in love with the system’s games and how focused they are, having recently gone back to the Switch’s Famicom app (Vs Excitebike is incredible). But there’s just heaps of games I’ve never played on the system, so I want real hardware.
In this modern age where everything is pulling at our attention (including the Switch’s Famicom apps) being able to hook up the console to the TV, stick a cartridge in and get lost without distraction for an hour is something I really value.
What would you folk recommend for getting started? I get the impression the FDS is hard to pick up in great working condition due to wear and tear over time, is this true?
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For the FDS, you usually just need to replace the belt which is pretty easy but sometimes it is a lot more involved than that. You can also get one pre-fixed.
If you’re not too attached to the idea of using floppy disks, which I would totally understand, there’s also the FDSstick which you can use with an HVC-023 RAM Adapter, which turns it into more of a flash cart. This is also useful if you want to write your own disks using a modified disk unit. Alternatively, an Everdrive can load FDS games but the audio chip emulation is still a bit off.
For Famicoms, The original unit looks the best but it can be hard to get one in good condition, and getting one either pre-modded with at least composite and longer / detachable cables is really recommended. The AV / “New” Famicom comes with removable dogbones & composite-out via the multi-jack.
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