Clone hardware - from the days of real hardware clones

im actualy looking to buy a clone unit (MEGADRIVE) anyone got any? im looking for atleast a model 1 styled megadrive

stolen megamanX logo with amiga CD styled controllers

 

I have a MX Onda, which is a NES clone. There's at least two versions of it, this is the one which has GameGenie support.
I find it to be a pretty good clone system, case is very well built and sturdy, not like many cheap SoC famicom clones. It can play both PAL and NTSC games. It's controller looks a bit bulky but in fact is comfortable to use and has a micro-jack and volume controller for headphones which, looking back, was an innovative feature.
It is somehow common in Iberia. I remember it retailing for a price near the Mega Drive, in fact it competed with Mega Drive, not so much with SMS or (at the time scarce) original NES. Most would agree this is a great NES clone console, if not the best. Personally it's my first choice for playing NTSC imports.

Mine's PCB below. You can find plenty of more info (mostly in Spanish) just by googling.
[GALLERY=media, 660]MqqqVum by ElectricCo posted Jan 16, 2016 at 5:59 PM[/GALLERY]

 

I really like the design of the Game Fighter. It's as if the Game Boy and Game Gear had a secret love child.

 

I looked it up on the internet and the pictures of the MX Onda that I found resemble an awful lot an NES clone sold in Brazil under the name GENIECOM. Couldn't you upload the pictures of the assembled console clone so I may have a better look at it for comparison? It's quite a coincidence and it goes to show how widespread those things were back in the day. I believe it's a matter of a mere re-brand to sell it in different regions as to avoid any copyright infraction lawsuit.
Regarding the GENIECOM, it was an AMAZING NES clone sold in Brazil with many unique features and it was released in 1992! Like the Master System Compact, the Geniecom had an antenna that transmitted the video signal to the TV without any wires. This kind of technology must have been amazing back then, as I only really came upon a wireless gaming device when I got an Xbox 360. The main feature of the Geniecom, and the very reason of its name, is that it comes with a built in GAME GENIE which enabled cheats and other features immediately out of the box. As mentioned concerning the other re-brand clone, the Geniecom also has headphone jacks in the CONTROLLERS each with its own independent volume control! Here's a picture of it:



As it can be seen, the box is written entirely in Brazilian Portuguese.

 

I'm not sure if it's just perspective but that one looks a bit shorter. Maybe not just a rebrand but also some internal redesign?
The one I have looks like this one (not my photos)


And while searching for it, I stumbled on this GAMEGENIE clone which, aparently accepts both Nes and Famicom cartrigdes. Thats a little neat feature. Mine requires an adapter (a cheap one) but works flawlessly both with original, pirated and multi famiclone carts.
The wirelessly thing was a feature also advertised on MX Onda boxes (see here an unboxing) and while I don't have thoe particular antenna pairs (one would connect to the console, the other one would go to the RF on theback of the tv) I've tried managed to play it wirelessly with a home-made dvb antenna replacement I did for another clone I used to have (a Micro-Genious screenless "handheld", in fact a famiclone but a SoC iirc).

 

To me those clones look exactly the same except for the brand, albeit there may be hardware differences, as unlikely as it may be. I figure it's a simple matter of perspective over the console. Regarding the other variation of the Gamegenie, it seems rather unusual and rare. I don't really recall stumbling upon it before in my tireless research of online sales listings. I believe the Gamegenie brand was either exclusive to Brazil or Latin America and Mx Onda for Europe. As to its compatibility with both 60 and 72 pins cartridges, it might have caught the DOUBLE-SYSTEM fever! After a certain year which I can't precise most Brazilian NES clones started to natively support both types of cartridges as they were both very common in the national market. The first console to feature this "dual-system" is the VG-9000 allegedly 'produced' by a Brazilian company named CCE. Here's a picture of it and its dual-system (there's a tray which can be moved around the 72 and 60 pins slots), which is a very common feature in NES clones:



An unusual aspect of this clone is its INVERTED controller that takes after the Mega Drive's. They did it in an attempt to avoid any legal conflict over copyright.

 

That controller looks very painful to use.

 

I had to double take on that controller. The Batterang!

 

Does anyone have any idea of what this clone down below might be? I've never seen it before and I can't find any information on it. It's on sale among other clones but it's is untested and the whole pack goes for about 40 dollars only loose consoles without any accessories.



I don't have a CLUE about what it might be. Obviously it looks like a Mega Drive clone, but it could potentially be a Famiclone as this kind of copycatting was very common. I don't feel like spending money over something that could be broken and I wouldn't know how to fix it, but it has piqued my interest nonetheless! I'd really appreciate it if anyone had any information on it.

 

I'd buy it for 40 USD! If the hardware was dead I'd use the shell for a cool Mega Drive/Mega CD custom system.

 

Wow, it's rare for a clone to be better than the original in any way. Also, an image of it is how I found your old site many years ago.

 

Remember seeing one those a couple years ago, at a toy store. Different colors, but same design. Yes, it was a famiclone.

 

Great idea, it would be amusing to have a Mega Drive inside it given that it really does look very cool. I loved its unusual color scheme. However, I'll have to let go of this one for the time being as I've spent way more than I should with consoles this year, but it is rather tempting, there's even a Milmar Top System, a clone similar to the Prosystem 8 and a Microgenius NES clone alongside it in the lot.

This is disappointing, really, I wouldn't think twice about getting it if it were a Mega Drive clone, but as it is to be expected, it is no more than a mere NES clone. It's simply the epitome of misleading product advertisement. It's even named the Mega System and it resembles a Mega Drive, its shamelessness know no limits!

 

There are hundreds of famiclones where I live so it's hard to keep track of them, I purchased most of them coz they were dirt cheap, I needed some parts or they had something original.
I took a few quick shots of the ones I own, sorry for the quality:

These are generic last generation NOAC, nothing special although the keyboard is surprisingly good.



This one I purchased for the looks lol: a penguin that takes FC carts in his butt and that is remotely controlled


These are good FC clones, hard to tell from the real ones if you don't know where to look



Again, sorry for the shot, but you can clearly read the Nintendo copyright on the case



One single PCB



Close to the original design and the main components are socketed if you fancy putting some Nintendo PPU/CPU. Those boards have a "Konami" serial silk screened on the board. My only guess is that many FC clones in Asia were labeled Konami so for this one they just went a step further with the case...


As I stated in the previous thread about clones, the Family clones are the most popular clones in Thailand. They're actually becoming pricey, especially CIB. They're very well made, AV and RF output, can play any games and feature a 50/60 hz switch.
Family made tons of different sets of FR-102 and FR-202, both family clones. This "Thunder" model comes with a gun and... a universal remote, now that's innovation!
It also comes with the 66 in 1 cart which at the time was the only real 66 no-repeat games compilation of quality.

 

Yup, as I stated, nothing much interesting in the first 3 ones apart from the keyboard version. I just remember I posted something about it on this thread along with a few other clones I found that day:
http://www.tototek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3322

 

That's not the point of the thread though...

 

It's OK because Mystic_Merlin did show us some real Famicom clones. Those fake Japanese Famicom clones are really well done! They could even fool me.