That's one of the most complete ones I've seen in quite some time. They usually don't have the paperwork or the keys. I think the only this one is missing is the tools?
Also missing the Sharp controllers, which seem to be far more rare than the systems. Most picts arent loading here but the eBay hosted pict does look especially clean.
September 2008 ezine has my article about the Famicombox and Famicomstation They are standard USA NES carts with 72 pin connectors and will play in a (lockout disabled) NES system. NES carts can't be used in the Famicombox/station because the lockout chip in that system cannot be disabled and still work.
Famicombox games tend to sell pretty high by themselves as well. I know about a year ago or so, a guy was selling like 6 of them by themselves. I think all of them sold for around 100-150 a piece. Makes me think this is a pretty good deal. Especially in the shape it's in. I don't know the exact games available, but I think it's mostly black box games, or older games like Pro Wrestling and such.
100-150 is WAAAAYYY too high for FB games. Most of the FB carts I've seen sell between $20-$35. I know there are a few titles that are in higher demand, but I would be surprised to see numbers anywhere near $100. The same seller listing the Famicom Station attempted to sell 5 FB titles for $25-$30 unsuccessfully just this past month.
Famicom Station carts tend to demand a higher price, and they appear to be far rarer. Those don't even tend to reach three figures.
Another interesting tidbit about famicombox/station games; besides the NWC carts they are the only Nintendo production carts to be made exclusively with Eprom chips.
As far as price is concerned, I wouldn't pay more than maybe $30 for a box and $45 for a station cart, and that's if I REALLY wanted one of them. If $100-$150 is the going rate, I'll sell my mint Mah Jong Famicombox cart for the discount price of $80 shipped
hmmm... maybe i remember this wrong. I'll have to look back at my notes, but I thought the games were selling much higher because I was looking into buying a set of them.
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Does anybody know what is available on those black carts? The cases look like regular NES carts. Are they a 72 pin cartridge?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sharp-Nintendo-Famicom-Box-Station-Controller-A-Japan_W0QQitemZ290300741228QQihZ019QQcategoryZ139971QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
Be sure to compare the pics of that auction with the controllers in the actual Famicomstation.
Famicom Station carts tend to demand a higher price, and they appear to be far rarer. Those don't even tend to reach three figures.
As far as price is concerned, I wouldn't pay more than maybe $30 for a box and $45 for a station cart, and that's if I REALLY wanted one of them. If $100-$150 is the going rate, I'll sell my mint Mah Jong Famicombox cart for the discount price of $80 shipped