# famicom (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover famicom. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hudson HC62-3 “Caravan” Joystick for Famicom](https://blog.deepthaw.net/hudson-hc62-3-caravan-joystick-for-famicom/) _2026-05-07 · deepthaw · The Island of Misfit Interfaces_ Back in the 80’s and 90’s Hudson would host caravans, events where they drove from city to city with a bunch of famicoms/pc-engines and people would compete for a timed high score in the title for that year. This usually featured shooting games like Star Soldier and Hector ‘87. Videos and images of the events (for Famicom) always seemed to have this odd looking little yellow joystick so being a… ## [ASCII Stick II Turbo and Hudson Joycard Mk II for Famicom](https://blog.deepthaw.net/ascii-stick-ii-turbo-and-hudson-joycard-mk-ii-for-famicom/) _2026-04-06 · deepthaw · The Island of Misfit Interfaces_ Two excellent controllers for the Nintendo Famicom. Both plug in via the expansion port, which the vast majority of Famicom titles support (so as to not be required to use the hard-wired controllers.) Western developed titles are more hit and miss, since the NES didn't have an expansion port and you could instead just plug whatever controller you wanted to use into the controller ports (honestly a… ## [8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller DFU/Bootloader](https://fardog.io/blog/2025/11/25/8bitdo-64-bluetooth-controller-dfu/bootloader/) _2025-11-25 · fardog.io_ tl;dr: With the controller off, hold L+R and connect it via USB. This is different from other controllers, where you hold L(1)+R(1)+Start then connect it over USB after a red LED is shown. In order to update the 8BitDo 64 controller from Linux, you first need to place it into its DFU mode, booting it into its bootloader. For most 8BitDo controllers, it’s said to hold L(1)+R(1)+Start for 3…