Nintendo Famicom AV mod

The original Nintendo Famicom launched in Japan in 1983. At the time the best way to get video from the console to the TV was RF (and in Japan they used different RF frequencies to EU and US). This leaves people picking up a Famicom these days (especially those in the UK like myself) in a bit of an awkward spot — not only is RF a horrible way to get a picture on a modern TV, it also likely won’t work on a non-Japanese TV anyway. There are quite a few mods floating round the internet which guide you through teasing your Famicom to output something a little more modern. The conclusion I drew pretty rapidly was that RGB output is out of the window unless you’re going to spend a lot of money, lower your expectations to composite and don’t expect a perfect picture. Given the age of the machine I’m pretty impressed that it still works, especially as mine appears to be a second revision motherboard — how many Playstation 3’s are still working that have a second revision board, I strongly suspect they won’t be after 30 years! <a href="https://medium.com/@sofaracing/nintendo-famicom-av-mod-681cf354e4d4">Website</a>