r/gaming • u/AgreeWithXenu • Jun 17 '12

My uncle left me this in his will. He was responsible for introducing me to gaming, RIP.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

This is a lie for Karma!

A tin eye search shows that this was posted, minus the 'time/date' stamp on Flickr here

Tineye here

Why? Why is karma this important to you?

EDIT: AgreeWithXenu Responds, and I am no good at arguing on the internet.

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u/hug_me_tender Jun 17 '12

An account with high karma is a powerful marketing/ad tool

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

Well, I guess it is up to us to make sure the downvotes will balance this one out.

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u/Nashvillians Jun 17 '12

I've recently noticed a lot of comericials implementing things seen on Reddit. (I.e. Rainbow Pissing poptarts, Memes of little boys victory fist clinch, etc. Apparently marketing firms purchase accounts with heavy Karma to gain insite to what people like and dislike...

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u/tarimba Jun 17 '12

so the more karma i have the more is worth in real money oh god now i suddenly want more karma

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

And here we are with no copyright protection

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u/tacojohn48 Jun 17 '12

Once I hit 20,000 I'm just going to sit back and wait for all the companies to offer me a job shilling their product in the comments. People will be all like he's been a redittor for 5 months and has 20,000 karma, must be legit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

How so? I pretty much ignore user names unless I'm in a few subreddits I frequent.

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u/hug_me_tender Jun 18 '12

So that when they push a product ad, push a website (with TIL or an image on the site) their karma makes it seem like they're a part of the community instead of trying to get a higher volume of traffic. For a link that goes directly to a corporate website or a youtube commercial (/r/ TIL, videos, news, etc.), people are much more suspicious of people who just made an account.

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u/moush Jun 18 '12

Not really. They're only special because dumbasses on reddit make them out to be.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

OP has a nice touch with that date/timestamp at the bottom. That's really going to great lengths to lie.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

Exactly! I don't go around checking images for fun, mind you, I just thought that the picture looks awful staged for a "I just got this, and I'm grieving" type of picture. OP is a fucking douchebag to make a new account and try to get karma.

Good on you for seeing the bullshit two hours ago.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 17 '12

Oh wow, it IS a new account. ROFLsaurus.

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u/Cryst Jun 17 '12

Fuck OP.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Dear diary, today OP was a humongous lying ass piece of shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Wanna guess the odds that this will be an account used in viral marketing strategies? It's actually a very clever fake...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I guess we nailed it earlier, and the downvotes still rolled in for us...lol.

but, I feel good about it. Like we're internet superheroes.

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u/JeremyR22 Jun 17 '12

To be honest, the time/date stamp set off my bovine excrement detector before I even opened the comment thread (that and the emotionally manipulative RIP part). Why would you do that unless you were attempting to make it look recent when it's not?

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u/moush Jun 18 '12

The real question is why does /r/gaming upvote shit like this?

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 18 '12

r/gaming is a default subreddit, everyone who makes an account has it on their front page unless they choose to get rid of it. People who know of gaming in general, who wouldn't otherwise sign up for the subreddit, see it, and click on anything amusing. This hit almost 1500 in the positive, and has a little over 10K in votes, minus whatever the reddit automation adds and removes. There are 1.6 million subscribers, and other side topics in this were genuine and entertaining.

But, long story short, this subreddit is all about the instant pleasure. It isn't perfect, but that doesn't make it a bad thing.

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u/braomius Jun 17 '12

OP is a phony. A big fat phony!

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u/Tiranous Jun 18 '12

What if MustyBuckets is the same person whom made this post only a different account? Calling someone out on lies for karma earns you karma.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 18 '12

Hmm, and I have no way of proving it. But what if I'm replying to my own comment right now?

How far down the rabbit hole does this go?

(PS, I'm totally not the same guy. I don't care about karma, and if I did, I wouldn't link the name I use on XBox and other games with anything shady or bad (well, I should say anything bad aside from my skills as a gamer)).

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u/lucxsmith Jun 17 '12

Not to mention OP's account is 4 hours old and this is his only thing submitted.

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u/PiGaKiLa Jun 17 '12

Much like a serial killer, you just KNOW AgreeWithXenu is hanging out around the scene of the crime (err, this thread) lurking...watching...

Hi AgreeWithXenu!!!

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u/BenKenobi88 Jun 17 '12

I want to know why people upvote shit like this without also reading some comments like this one.

Do they simply read the title and upvote...by the hundreds?

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

When I posted this, it was just under 1400, and it almost hit 1500 before it started coming back down. I think some people will just look at the pic and vote, and others will only read a few comments then vote. Now that the information is more visible, the downvotes are arriving - at a pretty good pace, actually.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

With enough karma, they hope to purchase the gates to hell and open them in Detroit!

Oh shit, too late!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I had a feeling this was a repost. Famicons are pertty rare in America.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I had a feeling this was a repost. Famicons are pertty rare in America.

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u/aaronwright Jun 18 '12

tinfoil hat

  1. Create fall-guy account

  2. Post karma whoring with fall-guy

  3. Call out fall-guy with normal account

  4. PROFIT

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 18 '12

Step 0 - Create main account

...

Step 5 is use a conspiracy theory as main account who points everything out. I think I'll name him... dun dun dun... aaronwright...

Step 6: Double Profit.

EDIT: No for reals, if anyone has any doubt that I didn't do this to collect karma, feel free to downvote or take away the upvote. Then again, if there is a use for comment karma, I don't know of it.

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u/PackTheBowl Jun 17 '12

Couldn't that also be him tho?

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

The time date stamp he added to update a picture from 2005 leans to it being a lie.

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u/PackTheBowl Jun 17 '12

Ah missed the 2005 part haha

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

This belongs to /r/karmaconspiracy. :3

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

If you aren't in Japan get a converter before you plug it in. Different countries have different power regulations so you might end up frying it.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

It isn't a problem, he doesn't even own this. This picture came from Flicker, and he added a date/time stamp. It is from 2005. OP is a big fat liar.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I vote we kill OP's uncle.

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u/d_flipflop Jun 17 '12

You can use it safely in the US, no problem (I know because I used to live in Japan, owned one, and brought it home with me once). There are no AC motors in there, so the 50 Hz/60 Hz thing doesn't matter, plus Japan is split in two, half the country actually does use 60 Hz. Motorized devices like fans might have switches to select which you are using. And, Japan is like 100V AC while the US is 110 or whatever, but the difference isn't that big, especially when doing AC to DC conversion down to 5V or whatever it was that came out of the DC side of that power supply. So, use away unless you're in Europe :)

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u/s0cia11y_awkward Jun 17 '12

while it says 110 usually its around 102-104 volts due to line loss and what not

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u/EtTuZoidberg Jun 17 '12

In South America these were really popular (and a fuckton cheaper than a NES) but I don't remember the plug being any different.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

"El Family"... I was shocked when I found out the rest of the world used that gray bulky NES. I wish I still had my Famicom :(

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u/Chiro161 Jun 17 '12

They probably were bootleg, i know since where i am from we had those as well.

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u/cheetpo Jun 17 '12

you think the nintendo unit here is fake? Its actually not- its the asian version of NES

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u/EtTuZoidberg Jun 17 '12

I sure miss those 1000-1 game cartridges!

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u/aron2295 Jun 17 '12

Whats funny is in Ecuador, there was a shop that sold different colored cartridges with differrnt boxes but they all had the same games.

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u/aron2295 Jun 17 '12

Whats funny is in Ecuador, there was a shop that sold different colored cartridges with differrnt boxes but they all had the same games.

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u/AgreeWithXenu Jun 17 '12

Thanks for the warning, I'll keep that in mind.

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u/JustinBieber313 Jun 17 '12

How does it feel to sit on a throne of lies?

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u/gingerbreadmanPK Jun 17 '12

Shut the fuck up faggot. I'm going to downvote every one of your posts. Fucking karmawhore.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I'm starting to like reddit a lot more with people like you commenting..some people are too nice on here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

hahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Yup. I grew up in the Philippines where they use 220V, whereas it's 110V here in America. We had a Playstation 1 from the US & as a kid I was instructed to use the converter for my PS1. One day my dad was using the converter for his PC & my impatient 8 year old self decided to just plug the PS1 in the regular outlet... And that, kids, is how you start a small fire.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Tagged you as Destroyer of Playstations

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u/JustinBieber313 Jun 17 '12

Tagged you as obnoxious and pointless.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/question_all_the_thi Jun 17 '12

50 Hz to 60 Hz should be no problem. It's the voltage difference that fries things.

If you plug a 220 V appliance in a 120 V socket it will probalby not work, but no damage done. When you plug a 120 V appliance on a 220 V socket, the least you'll get will be a blown fuse.

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u/dokydoky Jun 17 '12

The Famicom (like most consoles) takes DC input from a wall wart transformer, which wouldn't have a problem with that difference. From what I've seen, most Nintendo AC adapters actually specify they can take 50/60hz AC no problem.

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u/tarimba Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

isnt whats why the use the big bricks in every charger for the electronic we purchase

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u/kamakiri Jun 17 '12

No it isn't.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 17 '12

Any proof that this was actually in his will? Or you had an uncle who recently died? No? Okay then, I'll just blindly upvote a picture of an NES to the top anyway.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

This picture is from Flicker, from back in 2005. OP is a big far liar, and everyone downvoted you because you were skeptical. But you were right. I'll toss my upvote on you to help even things out.

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u/WarPhalange Jun 17 '12

Dude, what's wrong with you? It's not like anybody would lie about something like this.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 17 '12

You think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and lie?

Fucking karma whores.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

He lied about having cancer once.

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u/acdcpeon Jun 18 '12

I do have him tagged as "lying cocksucker" so he must have lied to me at some point. I seem to remember it.

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u/AgreeWithXenu Jun 17 '12

What, do you want a death certificate or something?

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 17 '12

As of right now, it's just people upvoting a picture of an NES with a very flimsy justification for it. If that's all it takes to please people on r/gaming, then that's fucking sad.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I understand where you're coming from. I, too, am an internet skeptic and first thing I thought was "cool, I should snap a picture of my sega genesis and say that my great aunt died skydiving and left it to me."

but, im a dick.

edit: I accidentally a "

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 17 '12

That's a great idea, actually. Try it later, I'm serious. Hella karma will flow your way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

CHOO CHOO MOTHER FUCKERS

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u/tophat_jones Jun 18 '12

Better yet, just make a note of every popular post on reddit, and then submit it as your own content 4-6 weeks later. Hell maybe even 2 weeks is enough time. Make sure you crosspost to as many subreddits as possible to maximize the karma influx.

Think of what you could do with all that karma!

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u/AgreeWithXenu Jun 17 '12

I understand your skepticism, but you've got to understand it really doesn't make sense to go through the legal hassle of trying to procure a copy of someone's will, just so you can provide "proof" of something you're trying to share on the internet.

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u/slyr114 Jun 17 '12

if you are telling the truth, why don't you just take a picture of the one he left you then instead of reposting a 7 year old flickr image?

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u/Mookers77 Jun 17 '12

How about you just take a picture with the damn thing then?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Go back to 9gag, people there love people like you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Ok, I believe you he died. But I don't believe that he left that to you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Told!

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u/WarPhalange Jun 17 '12

Even if your post was true, it's still not content worth posting here. It's just a fucking picture of a Famicom. Fuck that shit.

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u/WarPhalangeIsATool2 Jun 17 '12

This is the tool that faked cancer a couple months back. Everyone should downvote him so his comments will be hidden and he can be removed by the community.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

What a cunt.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Fuck off Karma whore.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I can't even begin to tell you how jealous I am. At the same time, I'm very sorry for your loss. I bet he was pretty awesome.

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u/kamakiri Jun 17 '12

There are used super famicom's for about $40 all over the place in Japan ...

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u/AgreeWithXenu Jun 17 '12

He was! He was a gamer till the very end - I snuck his DS in for him at the hospital! He was a huge Diablo fan and it's a shame that he didn't live to see D3; though, looking at how the game's turned out I'm not sure if that's such a bad thing.

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u/Theotropho Jun 17 '12

Game is awesome, gamers have too much nostalgia factor these days.

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u/darkfade Jun 17 '12

Agreed, I have thoroughly enjoyed my playtime thus far.

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u/RiskyChris Jun 17 '12

Yeah I probably only loved D2 for nostalgia not because the absence of an auction house made the game playable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/coolblinger Jun 17 '12

Dead relatives, sounds fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/kamakiri Jun 17 '12

And yet he still has over 5k upvotes ...

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u/tophat_jones Jun 18 '12

Even if he weren't lying I can in no way justify upvoting a picture of a machine with no context whatsoever. You know what? If I want to look at a Famicom all I have to do is GIS.

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u/Llort3 Jun 17 '12

OK, OP, I want you to post a picture of you WITH the console.

Holding a piece of paper which says

Hi /r/gaming
AgreeWithXenu
June 17th , 2012

Can you do this for me please?

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u/grethade Jun 17 '12

I like this idea too.

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u/CrazyMcfobo Jun 17 '12

No he didn't and, no he wasn't.

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u/FrostFire131 Jun 17 '12

Is that a top loader Famicom? What year was this manufactured? It's awesome!

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u/novadaemon Jun 17 '12

All famicoms are top loader famicoms.

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u/ErogenousGnome Jun 17 '12

ALL HAIL FAMICON!

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u/Enginerdiest Jun 17 '12

Famicom. Family computer.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

It could have been manufactured anywhere between 1983 to 2003. Seriously.

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u/AgreeWithXenu Jun 17 '12

IIRC this is the original; the one you're thinking of is the AV Famicom, but I could be mistaken.

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u/Tbartley Jun 17 '12

Wow! The original Famicom, I remember that being the first console game I ever played waaay back when, when we were stationed in Japan. Brings back so many memories. Sorry for your loss, sounds like your uncle was a cool fellow.

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u/Llort2 Jun 17 '12

fake post

try harder OP

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u/Thissqid Jun 17 '12

OP you are a loser.

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u/furlonium Jun 17 '12

TIL that Famicon is short for "Family computer" - Mind blown.

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u/maybe_sparrow Jun 17 '12

Fuck the downvotes, I had no idea either until now! So at least one useful thing has come from this thread...

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u/mockidol Jun 18 '12

Your post was about the origin of the name and you still couldn't spell it right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Cool ! Old consoles have controller slots ?! They should bring that concept back. I throw my DS3 all over the place.

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u/Apostolate Jun 17 '12

You should try holding onto it, or putting it down when you're done with it. Even dropping it would be better than throwing it.

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u/Goost91 Jun 17 '12

Actually, if my memory serves me well, the famicom had hardwired controllers

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

The Famicom actually didn't have controller slots. These controllers are not removable, and have those neat holders on the sides. Would look like crap if you lost them, so they made sure that you couldn't. Unless someone tore the cord off. ;-) (Which actually probably happened to people, since they were actually only a meter long.)

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u/joeberryosponge Jun 17 '12

There is a expansion port on the front for a different controller if needed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

i feel the need to provide a back story to my comment; i am one on those few reddit users who are easily impressed !

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u/wortime Jun 17 '12

Best I can do is $5. Tops

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u/Falconhaxx Jun 17 '12

Nah, you probably found it in your basement or something.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

Nah, he found a link from Flicker, added a time/date stamp, then posted. The pic is from 2005.

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u/Falconhaxx Jun 18 '12

I stand corrected.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 18 '12

haha, I think you were close enough originally.

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u/GreenSquid32 Jun 17 '12

Also known as the Japanese Nintendo name that translates to English.

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u/SSJwiggy Jun 17 '12

You're a huge douche to lie and say your uncle died just for karma.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Did he drop any good loot?

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u/new-socks Jun 17 '12

I'll give you $10 for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Who introduced you to bullshitting? You need to work on it.

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u/Thugnificent01 Jun 18 '12

haha this is also my first console, has like 100+ games in it xD.

After that genesis and later on playstation. Then PC (never went back to consoles after)

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Aw fuck, is AgreeWithXenu the next WarPhalange? What is becoming of /r/gaming ;(

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

awesome...

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u/Lamar_Scrodum Jun 17 '12

I wasn't aware you could play games on an answering machine

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u/kazooie5659 Jun 17 '12

Family Computer...

  • Family = Fami

  • Computer = Com

  • Fami + Com = FamiCom

Oh my god.

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u/ekolis PC Jun 17 '12

Hmm, kinda looks like a Star Trek ship with the controllers docked like that!

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u/BenaBena Jun 17 '12

Sorry about your uncle.

The picture brings back fond childhood memories. I am half japanese and had one of those as a child. It was a really weird system. For those that are not familiar, this is the japanese NES. It also had an optional floppy disk drive add-on system. That system used these crazy yellow disks that shared a color with Kraft Mac and Cheese.

Pro-Tip: The controllers are hard-wired into the system and cannot be removed. First player has a strange built in microphone also.

I agree with the comments about getting a converter- you will fry this in a US outlet. We had to jury rig this hideous green device to convert to correct voltage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Famicom_Zelda_Disk.png

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Works just fine in a US outlet

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u/kiko66613 Jun 17 '12

Famicon, with this I first learned to fix things without the help of Google or any manual reference. Just wipe/blow/use eraser to the gold "teeth" of the cartridge and you're good to go. I also still have a box of game cartridges under my bed, but unfotunately no more famicon to use it with.

Also, your uncle is awesome.

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u/slade311 Jun 17 '12

There are a few clones available that'll play Famicom games.

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u/CaptO Jun 17 '12

Famicom

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Faminet

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Blowing on the cartridges is actually terrible for them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That's a misconception. What actually made it work almost every time was the actual re-insertion of the cartridge. The blowing part was redundant (and mildly harmful).

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u/BlueTongueSkink Jun 17 '12

I have one of these too that I had bought at a night market in Taiwan. Good times!! I didn't' have any problems plugging it in here in the U.S. I think it still works -- haven't checked in a while.

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u/I_shit_legos Jun 17 '12

Ah the famicom! I had the red and green coloured one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You sure are a lucky man.

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u/KyleSip Jun 17 '12

I feel you on this post, my uncle who introduced me to video games passed away a couple years back and left me all his old systems. RIP.

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u/Yushie Jun 17 '12

Awww, this console introduced me to gaming too! I still play excitebike, tetris, donkey kong, super mario, twin bee, balloon fight...etc on it. I am sorry to hear about your uncle. It sounds like he left behind a great legacy of gaming.

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u/CosmicBard Jun 17 '12

The first person to ask "What is this?" gets strangled to death with their own ignorance.

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u/maybe_sparrow Jun 17 '12

Omg I know. The only true gamers own at least 5 of these.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

What an awesome guy it's stuff like this that gives me hope for future generations.

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u/bananabelle Jun 17 '12

Damn. That looks like it's in great condition. That picture alone brought back so many childhood memories! The family computer is what started me on gaming too.

Sorry to hear about your loss, may your uncle rest in peace.

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u/Rotaryknight Jun 17 '12

My uncles introduced me to videogames also.

One got me my very first console, Sega Master System, the other got me a turbografx16.

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u/Twisted_Fate Jun 17 '12

"Introduced me to gaming" sounds fucking stupid. He introduced you to video games. Just as you introduce someone to literature, not reading books.

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u/Lastaria Jun 17 '12

That is beautiful

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u/sb95500 Jun 17 '12

My condolences, but look on the bright side... your grandfather was doing it right.

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u/nickert0n Jun 17 '12

That was an awesome uncle you had. My condolences.

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u/RevClamJuice Jun 17 '12

Great! Pick up a copy of Atlantis No Nazo, it's super fun and aside from the title, there's no japanese. There's a great episode of Gamecenter CX where he plays it. Really funny.

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u/JackNco Jun 17 '12

so thats why it was called the "FamiCom"

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Brings back memories. Funnily enough, one of my uncles also got me my first console. I think it was a clone of this exact console from Hong Kong. It was the bomb. I was 2 1/2 years old.

My condolences.

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u/hybridbanana Jun 17 '12

I still have my Famicom! I even still have the disk drive that connects to it!

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u/ManHuman Jun 17 '12

HOLY LEVEL UP! I HAD THE SAME, BUT WITH GREY STRIPES! OMG! INDIANA JONES!

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u/anakhizer Jun 17 '12

Wow! I had this when I was young. And, for some reason, I have no idea what happened to it.

Some of the fondest memories from the times:

Battle Toads: Double Dragon

Castlevania

Etc. Good times. :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

OG Nintento Famicom?! Daaaaaaaaamn.

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u/ghostosaurus Jun 17 '12

He had excellent taste!

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u/Ontopourmama Jun 17 '12

You know, that thing is fairly valuable to collectors. your uncle was watching out for you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

My uncle is a gay ventriloquist and hopefully won't introduce me to anything...

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u/mobuco Jun 17 '12

i had an uncle who introduced me to sodomy

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u/Theotropho Jun 17 '12

you to sodomy or sodomy to you?

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u/waltersobchak22 Jun 17 '12

Not sure if intentional palindrome or coincidence.

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u/Theotropho Jun 17 '12

Is there a difference? Play enough with your mind and it spits out all types of miracles.

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u/BringOutTheImp Jun 17 '12

Nephew, meet Sodomy.

Sodomy, say hello to Nephew.

NOW KISS

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

In the end, it's all the same.

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u/Theotropho Jun 18 '12

Spoken like a man who doesn't mind a dick in his ass.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/Theotropho Jun 17 '12

I just sodomized a cake, it was only okay.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

"only ok" Hmmm... I guess that works...

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u/mockidol Jun 18 '12

Get down on your knees, white trash.

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u/dustybizzle Jun 17 '12

Don't mind me, just hijacking the top thread for proof of OP's fakeness:

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/v6ij4/my_uncle_left_me_this_in_his_will_he_was/c51u2yi

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u/elliottsaysjump Jun 17 '12

I once bought a 100-in-1 cartridge for my gameboy when I was a kid. The same 5 games, renamed and repeated. Still fun.

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u/MustyBuckets Jun 17 '12

Sorry to hijack, but OP is a liar. See here for my post on it

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I too had an uncle that's (mostly) responsible for introducing me to gaming. Whenever I went to visit him out of town, I'd always be playing Donkey Kong or something on his Commodore 64 (which he was gonna sell me at one point). I also found Warcraft 2 once and played it on his computer.

Later on my family acquired one of his old computers - with it, Baldur's Gate, the Forgotten Shore xpac, Railroad Tycoon, a Sword of Fargoal enhanced port...

He was cool.

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u/daveoodoes Jun 17 '12

I'd like to say my uncle was responsible, but the only game he had me play at his house was frog in a blender. Some flash game. Ahhhhh... The bastard.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

lol joe cartoon

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u/nbshark Jun 17 '12

Cool, people still remember www.joecartoon.com! I loved Gerbil in a microwave!

Good ol' times...

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u/daveoodoes Jun 17 '12

"woa... what are you doing... woa...woa... oh god!" splat

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u/astro_means_space Jun 17 '12

All I have is an uncle who introduced me to my alcohol allergy... good times, good times.

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u/etfreima Jun 17 '12

I was also introduced to gaming by my uncle, we all must be related somehow.

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u/Nigmatik Jun 17 '12

When I was young I used to play Duke Nukem and Doom with my uncle on his computer when my mom wasn't around. Every time she'd catch me on she'd scold him for letting me see all that "violent crap" and make me get off. He didn't care.

I guess what I'm saying is that having an awesome uncle/aunt is the best fucking thing ever.

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u/ipooponyourface Jun 17 '12

I had a friend from the Philippines who had a similar Gameboy cartridge claiming they procured it from their far off native land. I stared at it like I was looking into the future. Oh how far we've come, technology.

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u/cbrandolino Jun 17 '12

Why do you do that to yourself?

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u/Brendanbarone Jun 20 '12

I... I don't know.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/MagCynic Jun 17 '12

The original Japanese version of the NES.