NES classic.

by **2dimes** on Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:49 pm

I bought one, it's everything I was missing from my childhood video gaming experience.

by **HitRed** on Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:57 pm

Sorry, my parents loving as they were bought an Odyssey.

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:02 pm

No option for emulator? I was looking at the NES classic, but it was too expensive, even the Japanese one. So, I stick to emulators.

by **nietzsche** on Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:58 pm

i think i still have my old nintendo in a closet..

i had like 3-4 games only. and i'm happy they didn't buy me more.

by **riskllama** on Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:37 pm

lol, there's a guy up here who works for Parks Canada that owns almost every single game for the NES. was talking to him about it a few years ago and he said he needed 7-8 more...

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:42 pm

Went through 3 SNES's. All of them eventually wore out.

Nobunaga's Ambition on the SNES was my first true gaming addiction.

by **jfm10** on Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:13 am

30 year old snes with nobunaga still working today

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:19 am

jfm10 wrote:30 year old snes with nobunaga still working today

Is there room on your couch? I can bring my own snacks.

by **warmonger1981** on Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:41 am

I played Romance of Three Kingdoms on NES.

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:05 pm

warmonger1981 wrote:I played Romance of Three Kingdoms on NES.

Aye! I played RoTK I, II, III, and IV!

They got worse instead of better, though. The first one was the most exciting. After that with each new version it was less and less battle tactics, and more and more about economic micromanagement.

by **Symmetry** on Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:16 am

Dukasaur wrote:
warmonger1981 wrote:I played Romance of Three Kingdoms on NES.

Aye! I played RoTK I, II, III, and IV!

They got worse instead of better, though. The first one was the most exciting. After that with each new version it was less and less battle tactics, and more and more about economic micromanagement.

That's life, Duk, that's life...

by **tkr4lf** on Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:21 am

Duck Hunt and the first three Super Marios, plus that volleyball game and that one baseball game. Those were the best.

by **2dimes** on Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:51 am

I suspect the cost of the reissued units have come down.

I bought mine to play Donkey Kong on. I don't have a PC, Macintosh or laptop capable of running emulators.

So in case the snes throwback does not have it here is something Google found for Dukasaur.

https://www.retrogames.cc/snes-games/no ... n-usa.html

EDIT : I guess I was wrong on the price coming down. They seem to be at $80 us still.
https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/
Or they have not been building any and that is still just the breaking news from 2017.

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:08 am

2dimes wrote:I suspect the cost of the reissued units have come down.

I bought mine to play Donkey Kong on. I don't have a PC, Macintosh or laptop capable of running emulators.

So in case the snes throwback does not have it here is something Google found for Dukasaur.

https://www.retrogames.cc/snes-games/no ... n-usa.html

Wow!

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:01 pm

2dimes wrote:
I bought mine to play Donkey Kong on. I don't have a PC, Macintosh or laptop capable of running emulators.

That doesn't matter. Raspberry Pi for $30 can run good emulators. It will be reliable until the SNES/Genesis generation and anything older than that.

There are good emulators for your phone too, the problem is getting a joystick.

Your microwave/washing machine/thermostat probably have enough RAM to run PONG. You can use the built-in controller for input, just need a proper display.

Your television probably has enough specs to run Donkey Kong.

Remember, 8 KB of RAM - good enough to go to the moon, good enough to play PONG. So if you have any SMART devices, you have no excuse for not being on the moon, or at least playing retro video games.

by **DoomYoshi** on Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:57 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:
2dimes wrote:
I bought mine to play Donkey Kong on. I don't have a PC, Macintosh or laptop capable of running emulators.

Remember, 8 KB of RAM - good enough to go to the moon, good enough to play PONG. So if you have any SMART devices, you have no excuse for not being on the moon, or at least playing retro video games.

FACT CHECK: They had 32 KB of RAM on the guidance system to go to the moon.