Talk:History of the Nintendo Entertainment System

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[edit] Comboy?

I notice that there's a section in the introductory paragraph about the Famicom being released in Korea as the "Comboy." I've not been able to corraborate this: a Google search turns up several entries for the "COMBOY," a scantool (?) for Hyundai cars, and a few more for the "Super Comboy" (a SNES analogue). Does anyone have any verification (and a source, if possible) for this information? Some more release details would be nice, too, of course. – Seancdaug 21:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

For some info / pictures / video of the Comboy, check out these links: 1 2. There is not much out there in Korean, let alone in English, but some of these links might give you a start. I've certainly looked. I have seen the Comboy firsthand. I also have several official NES (Comboy) releases, complete. If there's interest, I can take a photo or two. There appears to be a lockout difference in the Korean version of the NES and the US version (the US version doesn't seem to want to boot the Korean games unless the lockout chip is disabled); my theory is that the Comboy might not have a lockout chip, but I'm not sure about that. The Comboy certainly didn't last very long in the Korean market. For 8-bit Nintendo, bootleg famicom seems to have been the de facto standard. Metdugi 09:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed unverfied claims

I've removed the following two sentences from the article:

In South Korea, the official licensed version was marketed as the Comboy by Hyundai Electronics, even though the units also contained the Nintendo Entertainment System marking.

At the height of its popularity, an NES console could be found in more than a third of all households in North America and Japan.

I couldn't find a source supporting either statement. If anyone else can provide such a source, feel free to reinsert them. – Seancdaug 16:52, 14 February 2006 (UTC)