The AV Famicom

The AV Family Computer was a redesign of the original Family Computer video game console released by Nintendo in Japan in the early 1990s. Like the original model, it is commonly referred to by the nickname "Famicom," hence AV Famicom. It was stylistically similar to the NES 2, released in North America at roughly the same time. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links AVFamicom. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links AVFamicom. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; (NASDAQ: NTDOY), (TYO: 7974)) is a Japanese company originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... Jump to: navigation, search The NES 2 is a compact redesign of the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console from Nintendo. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing North America (geographically) A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and...

The AV Famicom was designed to address to major design flaws of the original Famicom hardware. Firstly, the console as originally designed (and as opposed to the NES) featured hardwired game controllers: users who wished to add additional, specialized controllers were forced to make use of the deck's single expansion port. In order to introduce these removable controllers to the Famicom, Nintendo removed the microphone which had been originally included on the second controller in place of the "start" and "select" buttons. The microphone was originally intended to introduce extra functionality for certain games, but, in practice, very few games had ever made use of it. A game controller is an input device used to control a video game. ... Inside a condenser microphone. ...

Secondly, the original Famicom featured only audio/video output via RF modulator. By the early 1990s, many Japanese television sets had dropped support for RF input, and featured only RCA composite input jacks. The AV Famicom replaced the original Famicom's RF output switch with RCA cables. This represented the biggest difference between the AV Famicom and the NES 2, which included only RF modulator output functionality. An RF modulator (for radio frequency modulator) is a small device that takes an input signal and outputs radio frequency-modulated signals. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... A panel of four RCA jacks, and three RCA (cinch; phono) plugs of various quality RCA jack in PlayStation 2 An RCA jack, also referred to as a phono connector or CINCH/AV connector, is a type of electrical connector which is commonly used in the audio/video market. ...

See also

• Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone

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