08/19/05
Power-Joy Nintendo Famicom clone
If you've been to a flea market or two in the past few years, you've probably seen people selling these bootleg NES/Famicom (referred to as Famiclones in the video game geek world) systems that supposedly contain a ridiculous number of games and are housed completely inside the cheaply-made joypad. This one only has 10 built-in games, but has a slot at the bottom that fits Japanese Famicom cartridges (as well as the "100-in-1" bootleg carts that this originally came with.) As opposed to the usual rip-offs of existing games with slightly altered titles and graphics that often come with these types of systems, this one actually has 10 completely original, albeit boring, games. Here's the title screen:
While you can feel the cheapness of the Power-Joy in your hands, it does have a few neat features that prove the anonymous designers tried at least a little: a trigger that allows it to function as a light gun, an analog stick that actually works, a slot for the second joypad to plug into the main unit for 2-player games, and a few useless buttons that don't do anything! PJ was $4.95 at Red White & Blue.
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