Rare Fujitsu FM Towns Marty System Review in HQ

[dedpxl]

I hate these videos were he just goes on about the history with all the wikipedia facts.

i just wanna know what the system does and looks like.

[blablablllabla]

t is widely believed that the FM Towns Marty 2 would feature similar improvements to the FM Towns 2, which had a faster CPU than the first, but this is not the case. It has also been speculated that the Marty 2 featured a 486 CPU, however this was also discovered to be false.

[newR4Zi3L]

something like amiga.... with CD ;)

[He101A]

@newR4Zi3L Amiga was only 16 bits.

[PepAlacant]

I would like to ask you. Because I just ordered a Marty 2 and I want to know If it's possible to boot Towns OS 2.1 in the Marty. Thanks in advance :)

[ATARI800XLfan]

Nice video. Do you know any where I could pick one of these, up. I already have a Neo Geo AES, would it be worth it to pick this system up two. Nice to see it runs off of a AMD CPU, big AMD fan.

[Oomphmaniac]

Sega Genesis cotroller work probably with any game console with this controler port

[TheHrkatmuldsrulz]

@Oomphmaniac

No, it doesn't work with any of the Atari Flashback consoles.

[Zyrule]

i remember the mascot was a detective looking alligator

[EpsilonEagle123]

I actually own an FM Towns Marty 2, it's one of my favorite systems ever and has some really good arcade ports like Splatterhouse and Truxton 2. It's a shame it didn't really take off though, I heard it was because there was very little advertising and the price was way too high (700$ or something in 1991). Nevertheless, I love this thing!

[MrDebauch]

@EpsilonEagle123 splatterhouse 1? and truxton 2?!?!? that sounds awesome! I am about to click your name to see if you got a video of some of that.

[MarcoZ1ITA1]

sorry, i erroneously one-starred this video. i didn't do it intentionally, terribly sorry.

[70s80s90sClassicRock]

From the side

[70s80s90sClassicRock]

The system looks a bit like the ps3

[FedorovAvtomat]

Apparently in Japan they ae considered garbage pretty much. They only cost $25-$50 on Yahoo Japan, unfortunatly they only deal with people in their own country. However I must say that the Splatterhouse port for the FM Towns is pretty much perfect, other than the screen resolution, something wierd happened with that.

[DanielBMS]

@FedorovAvtomat Shopping Mall Japan dot com

[Numba1H8ter]

I always wanted one of these but I am just going to track down a emulator and roms I guess because I can't afford these systems.

[TimDJ84]

Have you ever seen the Aiwa Gamecube?

[TimDJ84]

oops I meant Aiwa mega cd

[Gamester81]

Yeah I've heard of it, but I've never seen one for sale. It's really rare and really really expensive.

[TimDJ84]

There is one on ebay right now,but it is $700

[dogeymon83]

WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET THESE WEIRD SYSTEMS!?!?! HAHAHA! Great video!

[ABlackFalcon]

(why did my last attempt not post?)

The Marty came out in 1993, not 1991. US site have been getting this wrong for years; English Wikipedia was only recently corrected, when the correct date on the Japanese site was noticed.

The FM Towns Marty 1 and 2 are actually both the same inside (both 386), it's just a color change. This is another thing English sites have been getting wrong for years, and some still haven't figured out.

[sinistermoon]

Very awesome. I have always wanted to play with one of those consoles.

[zeldajunkielol2]

You should do a video explaining playing Japanese systems in America like what you need or don't need.

[Gamester81]

That's a great suggestion. I'll be sure to do that soon. It's actually really easy. There are no converters needed, the Japanese systems play on all US TV's. The only thing you'll need to do is change it to a different channel... in the 100's I believe. Thanks for the sub. =)

[zeldajunkielol2]

what about voltage?

[Gamester81]

That's the nice thing; that the voltage will work without a converter.

[zeldajunkielol2]

ooh, good thing to know.

[gshowguy]

@Gamester81 Actually, I've heard you had to go in the mid 90s to play Japanese systems on American (and Canadian) TVs. Still, that's pretty damn high!

And I want to get an FM Towns Marty myself...

[Saga000]

AFAIK, this was released on February 1993, but I guess that still counts as "early 90s".

[voltronbadass]

wow! I just read that VIEWPOINT is one of the games available for the towns marty. I would love to see it on something other than neo-geo hardware someday!

[plutopig666]

That is awsome! I rember those in the back of magazines for sale when i was younger.

[Davedude1230]

I would love to own one of those bad boys so I can play Tatsujin-Oh (Truxton II) among other rare games.

[VideoGamesInReview]

do splatterhouse on it

[Gamester81]

Unfortunately I don't own Splatterhouse. It goes for over $150, so maybe some day I'll pick it up.

[vintagevideogamegeek]

Nifty. Can't wait to see some games for it.

[MrDrakee]

$699?, jeez. Thanks for filling my request!

[lukemorse1]

LOL, I've got the controller but not the mouse, gotta love that. Wish I also had the mouse. The games for me are pretty hard to come by but the ones I do have for it are pretty cool. It'a a sharp system.

[Gamester81]

Yeah I saw your review and you did a fantastic job. What games do you own for this system?

[LCDragonrats]

Awesome find!!