Should I bother fixing up my old NES? Should a get a Dreamcast/SNES?

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NightDragon83 said:

twesterm said:

This is all you need:


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If you've never owned a Dreamcast don't bother getting one because it's only good for nostalgic purposes.  If you don't have the fond memories of those games, they will seem horrible compared to any of the relevant games of today and you'll just be all around upset.

Whoa... what's with the Metroid art on the NES cartridge label?

I don't remember it looking like that... more like this...

 

And to OP... "fixing up" your NES shouldn't be much of a problem at all... you might need to gently swab the pin connectors on the cartridges and consoles with a little rubbing alcohol if they are real dusty and dingy, but as long as you got all the necessary hook-ups you should be good to go.  If you like collecting older consoles, then definitely pick up an SNES or Dreamcast since they are relatively cheap and easy to come by, but good games might be hard to come by if you don't want to spend alot of money.

The reason why Metroid has that different cart art is becasue it was rereleased in 1992 & Ninty wasn't using the old NES art for their games anymore.

 

Twesterm, to answer your question, I don't really trust console clones that much. The FC Twin may seem like one of the better console clones out there, but I'm worried that it might still have a fair few amount of graphical & sound glitches for some of the games. Are there any reviews that say if the FC Twin suffers from graphical & sound glitches for some of the games?