Twin Famicom

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Twin Famicom
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Manufacturer Sharp
Generation Third generation
Release date July 1, 1986
Media type ROM cartridge

Famicom Disk Card

Successor Famicom Titler (1989)

The Twin Famicom (ツインファミコン tsuinn fuamikonn) was produced by Sharp Corporation in 1986, and was only released in Japan. It is a licensed Nintendo product, and is basically the Famicom and the Famicom Disk system which have been combined into a single piece of hardware.

Versions

  • AN-500R: red with black highlights
  • AN-500B: black with red highlights
  • AN-505-BK: black with green highlights and turbo controllers
  • AN-505-RD: red with beige highlights and turbo controllers

Technical specifications

  • CPU: 6502 modified at 1.79 MHz
  • RAM: 2 KB work RAM, 2 KB video RAM, 32 KB extra work RAM in FDS mode, 8 KB extra video RAM in FDS mode
  • ROM: FDS BIOS and 60-pin "cassette" (cartridge) slot
  • Audio: 5 voice, two channels square wave, one channel triangle, one channel noise, one channel PCM
  • Graphics: 256x240 pixels, 64 sprites, display 25 colors out of 53