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I did translation hacks, fixes, and re-releases for the N64. Games: OoT/MQ, Majoras Mask, Shiren 2, Getter Love, Doshin, SimCity 64, 40 Winks, Glover, SSSV, etc. Now I do scanning, type-ins, and game preservation with Gaming Alexandria
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I finally got the N64DD mug scanned in at high resolution (1600dpi 48-bit) and uploaded to IA. You can see the scans here: archive.org/details/64dd... and get a better view of the RandNet icons pictured on it.
A hi resolution scan of a mug. The mug itself has a yellow bar along the top and bottom. In the top bar in white is the letter S with a circle around it. In the bottom bar is Stachara 1999-2000 in white letters. Visible between the yellow bars are 8 columns of 6 icons each. The icons are cartoon-like images of animals, people, gens, a key, skull, party hat, etc. Some are outlined with black lines and others are fuzzy around the edges.
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Latest haul of books and magazines. Jugemu 1995/8, 1996/4,6. Famicom Encyclopedia 10, 15. Program Pochette 1985/4. PC Famicom Encyclopedia Yr5 Gakken 1987//5. A few Micom Basics.
May 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I've only seen images of one or two of these online, and I've never seen it for sale before.
May 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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There were only 50 of them created. They were sent out based on a lottery to Randnet subscribers as a thank you gift when the service shut down in 2001.
May 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I finally found one of my holy grail items. The N64DD Mug.
May 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Happy Valentines Day from Typing Task Force!

Here's an image from "Mario and Lady Compatibility Fortune Telling" for the Family Basic. It isn't on Gaming Alexandria yet, but it is on its way.
February 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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An updated English translation patch for N64's Getter Love is now available! This fixes a crash that sometimes happened around Day 8-11. A few textures were fixed and a debug menu was found. More details along with the latest patch (v1.03) can be found here: krikzz.com/forum/index....

Happy Gaming!
Kiiro, a blond girl who dresses somewhat like a hippy wearing a purple dress with flowers, long braided hair, and a green/red triangle patterned, thin headband. She is leaning toward an arcade game that she is playing that is a non-descript shoot em up. Her body is blocking an arcade console next to her, but the screen of a third arcade cosnole is just visible next to that.
February 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Shiren 2 Manju Box scanned in. I saw this years ago and thought it looked cool. Took a while to get one to scan: archive.org/details/shir...
Two Shiren 2 Manju boxes - one closed to show off the box design and one open to the treats inside. The shown Manju have faces printed on them - Shiren, Kirara, Koppa, and a shopkeeper. The image was pulled from a video clip. A scan of the Shiren 2 Manju box showing the bottom, back, and top of the box flattened out into a single image. The bottom which is shown upside down has Kirara, some Japanese text and a sticker with the sell by date of 00 09 05. The back which is also shown upside down has the 6 faces that were printed on the 6 manju, from upside down left to right - Sir Victory Daruma, Kirara, Koppa, Shiren, a Mamel, and a Shopkeeper. Below that is the front of the box shown right side up. It had Koppa in the bottom right facing forward with Shiren to the left and a little behind him also facing forward. In the upper left and toward the back is Sir Victory Daruma facing forward with his customary two folding fans. In between is the Japanese text for Shiren the Wanderer. The box itself is cardboard but is printed with a pale wooden texture. The bottom and top are outlined with a dark wooden texture burn color, the same that is used for the faces on the back of the box.
December 22, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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As I was creating a list of Family Basic books and magazines, Program Pochette turned up a lot in my searches. It was always so expensive though. I'm glad it was finally found at a good price and preserved. One of my favorite FB type-ins, Wizalian, came from issue '85 vol 3.
October 31, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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The best part is seeing familiar names such as Yuki♡ and Takashi Watanabe and ..G. I'm sure some of them are staff programmers, but it's still fun to recognize a name across multiple Program Pochettes. Some of these names show up in Technopolis and For MSX Best 50 as well.
October 31, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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I took a break from Technopolis and worked on cataloging Program Pochette tonight. My favorite part is the index. It's a nice, simple list of all the Type-ins with page numbers and which systems they go to. After I capture that, all I need to do is flip through pages getting the Author.
October 31, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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Technopolis 1985-02 has an article about getting the most from your systems. For Family Basic 2.0, they created a table of the Commands and how they map to hex.
October 30, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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This link has the audio I was able to pull from the cassette along with a recreation of the original audio: archive.org/details/lets.... I used the the cassette's insert to recreate it. It's just the programs in the book from the simplest to the most complex including 4 games saved to audio.
October 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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The book is very common and easy to find. It's also preserved here (archive.org/details/lets...). The cassette is harder to find. I purchased the only one I could find, but the audio did not survive. Here are scans of the cassette: archive.org/details/lets....
October 30, 2024 at 3:02 AM
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I'm flipping through Technopolis 1985 01 (yay I made it!), and there's an article about a "long-awaited, first Family Basic Book", Let's Play with Family Basic! They recommend it to readers as a better manual than the Family Basic manual, and hope that readers will use it to start making games.
Machine translation: Cover of "Lets Play with Family Basic!" published by Microdesign. Nintendo's Family Computer is a best selling game machine that only a few people know about. I heard that it has sold an astonishing 1.5 million units and even among the Technopolis editorial staff, there are many "secret family computers" who use this machine even though they use a PC or FM. The secret to its popularity is, of course, the fun of the games. You can enjoy Donkey Kong and Mario Brothers, familiar from game centers, on your TV at home, which is just not possible with a PC or FM. So, on this Family Computer the release of Basic was mentioned in the September issue. However, the excitement has not yet been as strong. Perhaps it is because people could not master Basic right away. Even though it is a "family" product. Basic is not deep enough that you can use it perfectly with just the manual. A long-awaited manual for Family Basic has now been released. "Let's Play with Family Basic" (Written by Kashima Hiroshi, published by Micro Design Co., Ltd., 980 yen). As the title suggests, it's not a tedious study of BASIC but a fun manual that starts from the basics, such as key operation and how to display game characters, and gives you the feeling of "playing with programs". HuBasic is a little different from normal Basic, but it is well explained according to its characteristics. It is 88 pages in A5 size and costs 980 yen, which may be seen as a first manual for Family Basic. If you already have Family Basic or are planning to buy it, read this and create a fun game! It also comes with a program library of four games and information about tape service (only Basic v2.0 can be used).
October 30, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Keep an eye on @gamingalexandria.bsky.social for links and shout outs for all these. I do want to highlight New Butt Sumo for the Family Basic. They love making silly drawings to match the games. Shout out to ximwix who has been typing his way through quite a few Micom Basic Family Basic games.
October 29, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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Back to adding type-in websites to @gamingalexandria.bsky.social (Gaming Alexandria)'s website. You can see the latest list of type-ins here (www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/type-in-p...). The latest batch covers the following systems: MSX, PC-8001, PC-6001, and my personal favorite, Family Basic.
October 29, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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SUCCESS! The first Family Basic game in Technopolis. Issue 1984-09 p37 has an article on the release of the Family Basic and taking it for a spin. The author creates a very basic game (hah) (my bad joke) called Star Interceptor. Just in time because I am stopping for now after this issue.
(In Japanese, machine translated) Nintendo Family Computer runs BASIC! For all you Family Computer owners and those of you who are thinking of buying one, BASIC has finally appeared on the Family Computer. It costs 14,800 yen including the keyboard, and if you connect it to the main unit (also 14,800), you can enjoy BASIC programming. I immediately took a look at Family Computer BASIC to see how you can play with it.
October 27, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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We're getting close! The C1 and Family Computer were listed in a BASIC Benchmark article with a TON of other computers. AND there's a short blurb on the Family Basic later in the issue (Technopolis 1984-08). My time is running out so I doubt I'll hit 1985 today.
October 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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I'm working through Technopolis looking for type-ins. I'm on 1984-06 Issue 23 and I found ~500 type-ins since 1982-08 Issue 1. I was hoping to make it to 1985 to look for Family Basic Type-Ins, but suddenly the # of type-ins doubled 😮 Great for the community but it's slowing me down! 😀
Technopolis listing for mini Xevious for the PB-100+OR-I by Hiroshi Myaoka. It received a Submitted Works Honorable Mention Award.
October 27, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Finally, I like to keep an eye out for ads. Mostly for Family Basic books and cassettes because I like to see how they were advertised back in the day. I also keep an eye out for books and other magazines that may include type-ins to add to my list to research.
October 25, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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One of the other things I'm keeping an eye out for is levels created for Lode Runner, Excitebike, and other games with in-game level creation tools. These can be created on the Famicom/NES and saved using the Family Basic keyboard's audio out.
October 25, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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Tonight I decided to take a break from creating Type-In webpages and celebrate archive.org being partially back by digging through old Japanese magazines looking for more type-ins. Today's gem is Mario RPG from back in 1986 :) It appears to be Family Basic but listed in a way I'm not used to.
October 25, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Tonight I'm creating websites for the Type-Ins that were submitted to @gamingalexandria.bsky.social's Typing Task Force (TTF). People type up games from code sent in to Japanese magazines in the 80s/90s, and Gaming Alexandria hosts these games for others to download and enjoy.
October 23, 2024 at 1:27 AM