Nintendo had 3D glasses for the Famicom!?

[Da_Shocker]

Why on earth did the market leader not even bother to bring this out here. Instead they allowed those awful red and blue cheap glasses to come over here. NoA wasn't willing to take any risks over here it seems like it. Even though they were in a much better position than Sega was.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_3D_System


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[Bastardcat]

Probably because only a handful of games were ever made for it. And good old cardboard Red/Cyan glasses did the trick for games like 3D World Runner.

[hashiriya1]

Yep, I have 'em. Got it for 100 yen at the junk bin at Hard Off.

[Da_Shocker]

Yep, I have 'em. Got it for 100 yen at the junk bin at Hard Off.

Nice are they any good though?

[hashiriya1]

They do the job. They work just like the 3D glasses for the Sega Master System.

[ApolloBoy]

They work just like the 3D glasses for the Sega Master System.

They're also interchangeable with the SMS glasses.

[Joe Redifer]

The glasses themselves are, yes, but you still need the proper adapter to plug them into.

[Baloo]

3D has come a long way since then! Though I don't remember there being any special 3D games on NES like there were on Master System, and the one game I do remember having 3D (Rad Racer) was your simple old red and blue stuff.

At my local game store that a friend of mine owns, I remember seeing a SEGA brand pair of 3D Glasses, regular red and blue but with thick lenses like a real pair of glasses. They weren't the Master System glasses though, these were regular old 3D Glasses. Anyone remember anything like this?

[Da_Shocker]

The glasses themselves are, yes, but you still need the proper adapter to plug them into.

Why didn't ya'll cover these in that video about the 3D stuff?

[SpaceFlea]

I also have a new pair of these Famicom glasses. Just one of them quirky things you gotta have.

[StarMist]

At my local game store that a friend of mine owns, I remember seeing a SEGA brand pair of 3D Glasses, regular red and blue but with thick lenses like a real pair of glasses. They weren't the Master System glasses though, these were regular old 3D Glasses. Anyone remember anything like this?

Seen those on ebay for round $250 used in box. No takers. Wonder what they'd do for Silpheed.

[Joe Redifer]

Why didn't ya'll cover these in that video about the 3D stuff?

I definitely would have, but nobody donated any.

[profholt82]

Well, Nintendo did release these 3D glasses in the US.;p

[Thunderblaze16]

Yep, I have 'em. Got it for 100 yen at the junk bin at Hard Off.

I like how you took the shot right next to the forum. :P

I definitely would have, but nobody donated any.

Well, no offense dude, but I don't anyone would donate rare, expensive game glasses to video game show that was just made this year. Which btw, you guys are doing an awesome job at.

[A Black Falcon]

3D has come a long way since then! Though I don't remember there being any special 3D games on NES like there were on Master System, and the one game I do remember having 3D (Rad Racer) was your simple old red and blue stuff.

At my local game store that a friend of mine owns, I remember seeing a SEGA brand pair of 3D Glasses, regular red and blue but with thick lenses like a real pair of glasses. They weren't the Master System glasses though, these were regular old 3D Glasses. Anyone remember anything like this?

In Japan, Rad Racer, 3-D WorldRunner, and the other Famicom 3D System games (there are only a few more, the only first party one being 3-D Hot Rally; no other ones got Western releases), all support SMS-like 3d glasses. That red and blue glasses mode in those two games was a replacement for the real shutter-glasses mode of the original games, and it's definitely nowhere near as good.

On that note, I have 3d glasses for my SMS, and they're pretty cool. I'd kind of like to get an import Famicom 3d game, I could likely play it with my SMS 3d glasses, I'm hoping. Unless it actually only runs in 3d when you have the glasses adapter plugged in, just having both systems on at the same time seems like it should work, if they really do use the same exact technology. Either way it might be interesting to see if it would indeed work.