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Software Development on the Nintendo Famicom in Family BASIC

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/software-development-on-the-nintendo-famicom-in-family-basic/

<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="450" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/programming_famicom_basic_throaty_mumbo_youtube.jpg?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>Back in the 1980s, your options for writing your own code and games were rather more limited than today. This also mostly depended on what home computer you could get your hands on, which was a market that — at least in Japan — Nintendo was very happy to slide into with their ‘Nintendo Family Computer’, or ‘Famicom’ for short. With the available peripherals, including a tape deck and keyboard, you could actually create a fairly decent home computer, as demonstrated by [Throaty Mumbo] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGMEF-zbh_k" target="_blank">in a recent video</a>.</p>
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<p>After a lengthy unboxing of the new-in-box components, we move on to the highlight of the show, the HVC-007 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC" target="_blank">Family BASIC</a> package, which includes a cartridge and <a href="https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/Family_BASIC_Keyboard" target="_blank">the keyboard</a>. The latter of these connects to the Famicom’s expansion port. Inside the package, you also find a big Family BASIC manual that includes sprites and code to copy. Of course, everything is in Japanese, so [Throaty] had to wrestle his way through

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#Games #Retrocomputing #Famicom #Nintendo

Al Unser Jr Turbo Racing (NES) (1990)
(France, Greece, Hungary, USA)
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#racing #racing games #NES #nintendo #famicom #nintendoentertainmentsystem #videogames #gaming #games #retrogaming #retrogames #arcade #aesthetic #backgrounds #gamebackground #clouds #sky #pixelart #pixelaesthetic #VGArt #90sgames #city #cityscape #skyline

- BADASS COVERS VERSUS - Contra (1988) (NES) #BadassCovers #Versus #gaming

#retrogaming #jgo #johnnygameover #videogame #games #gaming #BadassCovers #Flyers #Covers #Versus #Contra #NES #Famicom #Konami

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ogxHh5-4grU

Akira (NES) (1988)
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#Akira #akiragame #nes #nintendo #famicom #taito #TOSEgames #neotokyo #videogames #gaming #games #retrogaming #retrogames #arcade #backgrounds #GIF #urban #city #pixelart #pixelaesthetic #VGArt #80sgames #anime

Al día de hoy todavía sigue siendo el mejor videojuego de fútbol. ¡Y qué música esa intro!
#KunioKun #Famicom #NES #KunioKunNoNekketsuSoccerLeague

Foto de una pantalla con la pantalla introducción del juego Kunio-Kun's Nekketsu Soccer League

[RETRO V.G. ADS] (JP) Milon's Secret Castle (1986) (Famicom)

#advertising #MilonsSecretCastle #NES #Famicom #videogame #retrogaming #adstv #ads #cm #games #gaming #HudsonSoft #JP #1986

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bqvlsRTtUkU

The Venus (Bung Ltd.) Mini Doctor V.40. Was planning to sell it so looked up what it actually does. Never tested it in 25 years. You can load a program onto the (missing) SRAM using an FDS and then run it. 32K max. Can be used for development or piracy. #famicom #nes #retrogaming

Konami VRC7-only practice.. with a wip cover of Every End

#chiptune #famicom #8bit #tracker #nes

New video! Third of the re-edits, looking at the 8-bit console from my childhood. Not a terribly intriguing piece of tech, but one with big nostalgic value for me. Hope you like it! https://youtu.be/E0MajXdm6wI
#Nintendo #Famicom #Famiclone #Mario #Sonic #Somari #8bit

Derby Stallion dev comments on Umamusume's success, looks back on the challenges of creating a Famicom horse-racing game:

https://gonintendo.com/contents/57262-derby-stallion-dev-comments-on-umamusume-s-success-looks-back-on-the-challenges-of

Horsing around

#famicom

As expected (given it was just a reorganization of Rev. 0), the new #Famiclone Dendy CPU clock multiplier works.

For people who just tuned in, this is a 1.25x clock multiplier that allows you to use some (most?) Dendy CPUs used in famiclones in your NTSC NES/Famicom/whatever.

You can solder this under your motherboard or between two sockets.

Dendy CPUs are much much cheaper than the proper NTSC variants.

You can find details and gerbers in the repository!

https://github.com/hkzlab/famiclone_dendy_cpu_clock_multiplier

Again, this project was sponsored by #PCBWay, who produced the PCBs for me! So thanks to them!!!

#Famicom #nes #retrogaming

photo of the adapter soldered under a DIP40 socket

Mod installed between two sockets, with wire running to clock input. The mod is installed on a famiclone board.

New blog post time!

This week's game is Esper Dream 2: Aratanaru Tatakai, a 1992 Famicom RPG from Konami that pulls out all the stops when it comes to presentation. It's also way easier and friendlier than any other Famicom RPG, but that lack of friction comes at a cost, at least to me...

https://ephemeralenigmascom.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/esper-dream-2-aratanaru-tatakai/

#blog #writing #famicom #konami #videogames #retrogaming

Esto resultó mucho peor en la #famicom o en la family game en argentina
https://www.bitview.net/watch?v=6f1h4knT

Wo wir gerade dabei sind, Retro Sachen abzugeben:

Kann von euch jemand dieses Famicom Spiel brauchen? „Dragon Quest II“. Das war bei einem Paket anderer Spiel mit dabei, ist aber leider komplett auf Japanisch. Es ist geputzt und funktioniert einwandfrei. Falls es jemand haben möchte, verschicke ich es gerne kostenlos. Schick mir einfach eine private Nachricht.

P.S. Spiel wurde verschenkt. Hat sich also erledigt. Danke an alle Boosts! 🙂

#ZuVerschenken #Free #Famicom #RetroSpiele #Flohmarkt #Nintendo #NES #DragonQuest