Friday, July 23, 2021

Japanese man plays same Snes game for over 20 years - Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon

"Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon is the first game in the Mystery Dungeon series. It features Torneko (or Taloon, as he is known in North America), the merchant from Dragon Warrior IV, and his adventures around the Mystery Dungeon in search of items."

One man - Mr Akikawa - has been playing this game for 20 years now, he's currently at his 4,578th playthrough and has been keeping a diary.


Thanks to Prolyfic for the tip.

Thursday, July 8, 2021

The wild world of Chinese famiclone personal computers with Excel,Vcd and Modem support

The YuXing 315D, uses what looks to be interactive VCDs


Older floppy based model


Connect your Famiclone Media System to the world wide web using the rare modem! (ChinaNet service)


Playing VCDs, the number one format in China in the 90's.

The online interface

And finally let's do some Excel office work on our Famiclone, who needs a Windows PC?


Some instruction videos from the Chinatubes

All credits to this Chinese post for gathering all the info: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/48389260