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marktheshark275 on 08 September 2009
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?



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twesterm on 08 September 2009
marktheshark275 said:


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?

I've never bothered looking, I've only gone off of what I've heard and experienced.  So far I've only heard positives about it and except for the games listed on the wiki link they have all worked fine (except a few games I had that didn't work fine in the first place).

I have a few retro gaming shops near me and they all swear by the FCTwin and the other ones like it (forget the one that plays NES/SNES/Master System and the NES/Sega one).



 

Pretendo on 08 September 2009

Clean up the Nes and buy a real SNES. Both of mine still work great and trey're alot cooler than some console clone.



elprincipe on 08 September 2009

Clean up the NES and grab some more games. Best console ever by a large margin, hundreds of good games, and most of them are cheap. SNES is also an excellent system for anyone, although the games are more expensive than NES and there are fewer good ones (but still a lot).



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twesterm on 08 September 2009
elprincipe said:
Clean up the NES and grab some more games. Best console ever by a large margin, hundreds of good games, and most of them are cheap. SNES is also an excellent system for anyone, although the games are more expensive than NES and there are fewer good ones (but still a lot).

I think you have the quality bar on games backwards there.  The NES had A LOT of terrible *terrible* games.  It had a lot of classic good ones, but there were some of the shittiest games ever made on the NES.



 

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elprincipe on 10 September 2009
twesterm said:
elprincipe said:
Clean up the NES and grab some more games. Best console ever by a large margin, hundreds of good games, and most of them are cheap. SNES is also an excellent system for anyone, although the games are more expensive than NES and there are fewer good ones (but still a lot).

I think you have the quality bar on games backwards there.  The NES had A LOT of terrible *terrible* games.  It had a lot of classic good ones, but there were some of the shittiest games ever made on the NES.

No, I had it right the first time, and I speak from experience, having played the vast majority of the NES library.  I haven't played quite as many SNES games but it's quite clear really.  Check my collection if you doubt.



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CDiablo on 10 September 2009

If you truly are a gamer you will find merit in all systems mentioned. The systems are cheap and so are most games but do your research before you buy.



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blackbird3216 on 11 September 2009
elprincipe said:
twesterm said:
elprincipe said:
Clean up the NES and grab some more games. Best console ever by a large margin, hundreds of good games, and most of them are cheap. SNES is also an excellent system for anyone, although the games are more expensive than NES and there are fewer good ones (but still a lot).

I think you have the quality bar on games backwards there.  The NES had A LOT of terrible *terrible* games.  It had a lot of classic good ones, but there were some of the shittiest games ever made on the NES.

No, I had it right the first time, and I speak from experience, having played the vast majority of the NES library.  I haven't played quite as many SNES games but it's quite clear really.  Check my collection if you doubt.

If you could, can you please name some "must play" titles for the NES?



Orca_Azure on 11 September 2009

you could get a dream cast for like 25 dollars.



elprincipe on 11 September 2009
Orca_Azure said:
you could get a dream cast for like 25 dollars.

You could, but for the same money you can get the vastly superior NES.  And he already has NES anyway, just needs to clean it.  DC has some good games, but it can't really compare to systems like NES/SNES/Genesis.



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