Famicom and I (The history of the Famicom Archives)

I am a child of the NES that discovered the Famicom as an adult living in Japan and have been intrigued and astonished by the products I've found in my treasure hunts that were developed around the Famicom and its games. During about a two year period I began collecting and selling games to, at first, support my collection but then to support my life. I've since moved on and have acquired some knowledge and lots of photos of unique, interesting, and rare items that I would love to share with you all.

One thing that makes the Famicom so attractive to me is when you get a game or item and you think about how some Japanese kid saw this, wanted it, longed for it, and finally got it just like you did when you were young. He cared for, fought with, and explored with the same characters as you did, and even though you come from different cultures, eat different foods, have different values, and can't understand a word each other is saying but we know exactly what one another is feeling when we hear the "Zelda" or "Metroid" theme, the underworld of Super Mario Bros., or the stereophonic "VRC6" dirges of Castelvania 3...oh wait, no we didn't get the "two extra pulse-wave channels and a saw-wave channel to the system's initial set of five channels" for all that strings synthesization goodness. But, no matter the Famicom or NES, the games and stories have moved and changed all who grew up pretending along with them.

Let's take a trip back in a history that is unique and intriguing by the similiarities as much as the differences to that of the NES. Enter the chest of hidden treasures, of the toys and games you grew up with from the perspective of another market, culture, and world.