Hyundai Super ComBoy

Hey guys, by anychance have you guys heard or owned this model based on the Super Famicom brand before? here's a clear picture of the console CIB'd Any thoughts? P.S another i would like to add is does anyone know if this works with SD2SNES &/or Any of the Super Famicom library of games?

 

It's been discussed here quite a bit in the past, but of course that doesn't make it less rare! That is a beautiful boxed unit you have there. They are rather common (for a Korean console) in loose condition, but very hard to come by CIB.

 

lol i'm sorry but that boxed unit isn't mines (I'd wished tho) i would be awesome to come by one for sale or better yet coming across one in person at Goodwill (Imagine that ever happening?!) and my apologies if this was discussed already in the past. um, if i do ever own one can i run Japanese Super Famicom games on it?

 

Yes, they can run Japanese SFC and NA SNES games (though the N. American carts won't physically fit without an adapter). Likewise, Korean version games will run on SNES/SFC consoles. There is nothing too special about these other than the rebranding.

edit to add: I haven't personally tried using a flash cart on one but I have no reason to believe it would not work.

 

ahh okay i understand! Thank You! so basically i can just easily grab any Japanese SFC game & i'll run right away correct? Also does this console work on a NTSC american TV?

 

I tried to buy one of these from a stall in Yongsan in South Korea. The shop owner wouldn't sell it to me because I was western.

 

Sounds about right. Koreans are quite racist in that way. I came a cross some shit like that when I was in Korea a few years back. In one case I was told to leave an arcade and on my way out the staff was cleaning the joystick down as if I had put some germs on it. What a fucking arse! Also, in Korea they have no concept of waiting in line or manners in my opinion. Pushing and shoving are the norm.

 

That's down to Confucianism which is still deeply routed in the culture.

I read up on an experiment and tried it when I was there.

I was stood in the queue in McDonalds and was getting the usual pushing and shoving. I said Hi in Korean to a guy who'd just jumped in front of me, he smiled and stepped aside to let me through.

Tried it a few times after that success to check it wasn't a fluke and it worked every time. They have an inbuilt order of respect for everything, even rice and vegetables on a stall are arranged in an order of respect depending on what they deem to be more worthy and important.

If you make yourself known to someone even in the smallest way, you suddenly fit into their order of thinking.

It sounds bat shit insane but it's true.

 

From the sound of things it seems like Koreans are much alike to some Americans in a way lol jeez remind me not to spend time over there but off-topic wise they seem nice to Kancho/Cheif Arino on that special trip episode, what gives? lol

 

Never turn down the chance to visit SK. Yes like everyone they have their flaws but it's a great country. My 9 months there were mixed to say the least (I made a huge post about it here a couple of years ago) but I'd happily go back to visit.

 

I'd didn't mean to say it like that really & true every country has it's up's & down's but i would be glad to visit there someday

 

Sorry one last bump! But um, about those Floopy disk copiers like Super Wild Card DX, Game Doctor SF7, or Professor SF2 where do you guys contain a binder full of Super Famicom games front stickers for your floopies? If so do any of you have scans of one in particular? Thanks!

 

I bought one in a small shop in Yongsan a couple of years ago and the owner there was very happy to help me out, possibly because he had quite a lot of Hyundai and Samsung stuff, which I guess most Koreans couldn't care less about.

As for the console, it pretty much falls under the category of an item which you'd have to spend a bit of money to get hold of, but which wouldn't have much resale value unless you found one in excellent boxed condition (pretty much impossible, as the Koreans don't seem to treat their stuff with the same degree of care as the Japanese.

 

It's just looks like a JP SFC with the PAL decalling and a few extra Hyundai logos, I never understand why such minor cosmetic differences make these things more collectible.

If it was actually made by Hyundai I would also be suspicious of its reliability. Remember the Pony?

 

I'm currently trying to reason with a man who's owned and run his own video game shop in Korea for 25 years. He's got some unbelievable stuff but he's moody and temperamental. My Korean is ok and I'm slowly picking up Comboy games from him but each visit is an experience in and of itself. I'm not sure if it's because I'm American. He has asked me this before but it hasn't prevented him from selling me a few things. I'm going to try and go back when it's not busy and see if his demeanor is friendlier.

 

Whenever you get the chance, please do see if the Super Comboy has a few Korean made exclusive games that Only came out in their country? Though i highly doubt it since MS-DOS gaming was huge during the 16bit era!

 

There are a couple that could debatably be Korean only versions and I have both of them. There's Tae Kwon Do which I believe was translated (though I can't get my hands on a Super Famicom yet to test my own copy) and there's another one called "Super 20" which is an unlicensed Korean-only release but it's just a collection of 20 games, mostly old arcade games. It's always possible there are others because the documentation is very sparse. There were a few made for the Japanese model Famicom (which many Koreans hand imported in the 80s) and those games are worth quite a bit of money and are extremely hard to come by. The licensed Comboy release (American style) was basically a flop from what I understand.

 

I have traveled to South Korea numerous times over the years. When I first started buying Korean-region video game items there, most vendors couldn't care less about older consoles and games, and some would actually laugh if I asked about Hyundai game and consoles. Considering Korea is mainly into the "latest and greatest," retro consoles were merely obsolete. (I bought most games for 1,000 or 2,000 Won ($1 or $2)) -- I think when I bought my Hyundai Super Comboy the guy just threw in a small box of random games because he wanted to get rid of all his old inventory. I never encountered vendors refusing to sell to me, so I can't comment about that, but I can say that if you can speak enough Korean to price haggle, I think vendors appreciate that effort and are willing to work with you.

Korea can(or could) be a great place to retro collect because of the variety of items available. During the heyday of cartridge-based systems, many Koreans imported Japanese and US games. So, in digging through a box of 1,000 Won games I would find say, a beat up US Megaman X, Chinese multicarts, sometimes boxed stuff (like a cib Rudra no Hihou).. etc. It was like getting that collectors rush, except there was little to no competition from other collectors, so I felt that I had my pick of all the cool stuff.

Out of curiosity, I recently messaged some Ebay sellers that specialize in selling only Korean region video game products, and they said the collecting climate has changed, Yongsan Electronics Market is no longer the retro collecting haven it once was (it is now basically all picked over -- I should have started hoarding more stuff all those years ago! ha) Some Koreans have jumped on the retro collecting bandwagon and thus the Hyundai and Samsung gaming stuff is supposedly much harder to find now.

If someone is in Korea now and looking to retro collect, try going to some of the smaller satellite cities around Seoul, sometimes you will run across small time video game vendors who just want to unload there miscellaneous old stock (random stuff I have found as such places: such as a Hyundai Super Comboy to US SNES cart adapter, Hyundai Super Mini Comboy (super gameboy), Korean Gameboy Player etc...most of the stuff was dirt cheap, under 5,000won) Be resourceful, use as much Korean language as you can, I think there are still hidden deals to be found there!

 

Yeah i've heard about those two already & wait! there's a english translation for tae kwon do out there? besides the Japanese translation it came when you start up the game. And the "Super 20" cart is 19 Nes/Famicom games with one homebrew look-alike christmas theme'd puzzle game bulit-in. And what USA styled Comboy you mean by? The Nes designed one, if so then yeah that one i knew about heard it was a total straight up flop and the Famicom clones did much more successful.

 

I always felt bad for the Koreans with their Nintendo stuff, more often than not, they would receive the US English version of a game put inside a Hyundai cart. (typically, US sticker art, US game rom, and Japanese cart form factor). They had to wade through a game in either Japanese or English if they wanted to play Nintendo - I had a Korean friend who says he played through the entire Japanese Chrono Trigger, even though he couldn't read any Japanese! -- it was all they could get -- he would just memorize the order of menus and stuff to go through the game!