Nintendo Entertainment System?
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If you're worried about the original NES hardware being too finicky, you can replace the 72 pin connector for about $6. I've fixed multiple NESes this way. It's cheap and easy. The connector just snaps onto the board.
And then you get the advantages of running on the original machine. IME repros never quite work the same or even play all the games. I haven't tried that new $500 one though.
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@blakeyrat said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
You're going to spend $500 on a not-Nintendo? $500?!
No, because they're sold out.
ETA multiple
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I like this one :
Retro-Bit Retro Duo Twin Video Game System NES and SNES V3.0 - Black/Red https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012NZK8G/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_38cixb80PSHPS
If you want on the cheap go with an emulator+controller. A lot of the new systems have ports of older games, but often they are just bad selections across various platforms.
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@Vaire This!
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@WPT
すごい!…でも…海外発送ありませんでした.
も…スーパーファミコンです。ファミコンが欲しいです。
ちょっと、ありがとうございました。^_-
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@Vaire said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
Plus the system I linked to has wireless controllers
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@Vaire said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
I have done the smaller company thing. The people in those companies tend to want to get too chummy. It gets annoying fast. I have my own life and family, I DO NOT want to join the "work family."
Odd, in my experience that was always a big company thing, especially companies like IBM or Oracle where conforming to Corpse-Rat Culture is held above all other virtues up to and including profitability. E*Trade (and ShillFarce) was really big on that shit, and while they are only a mid-sized firm, they were definitely doing it because they were imitating their betters.
Small companies are less 'you must be part of the collective' and more, 'hey, wanna go get some drinks and pick up a couple of hookers after this afternoon's Counter-Strike deathmatch?', as said by the company's president.
(Actually, there weren't any hookers involved, and the game in question was the original MechCommander, but he did help Sophie organize the matches - this was the same guy who refused to let her purchase backup media and then canned her when the server ate itself, so apparently having deathmatches on company time was a higher priority to him than backing up mission-critical data. Also, after I made a joke about spending the night at the gay bathhouse across the street, he decided it was a great idea, especially if I wouldn't have to commute between Berkeley and San Jose and could get to the office right away the next morning. Given that I didn't have a car, and given that my salary was so small that I couldn't have bought one even if the job had actually lasted more than three months, this was no small consideration, but it was still a really bizarre comment for him to have made.)
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@ScholRLEA I still say it's entirely orthogonal to company size.
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Fair enough. It probably has more to do with the particular psychoses of the MidGeTs, really,
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There are several options, but keep in mind all of these are going to require you to clean your games properly at least once to get them working.
If you're ok with emulation, get a Retron 5. It's a standalone box with hdmi out, supports like 10 consoles and original controllers. They're $150ish new.
For original hardware, the original NES is still the best if you can keep the pin connector clean. Alternately you can buy a Blinking Light Win kit which replaces the original pin connector in the console (an bypasses the lockout chip that causes blinking). You can put that together for < $75
OEM top loader NES consoles are very reliable but they only have RF out. They can be composite video modded, which is a pretty good option but they typically have some video interference issues ("jailbars"). They run $100 or so in stock form.
There's an aftermarket video mod called NESRGB that adds s-video support to either NES console but that'll probably run you another $100+ installed.
The Analogue uses original proprietary chips harvested from consoles with a new circuit board/parts. Most come with an hdmi upgrade though, so there's that. They are somewhere in the $500-1000 range used. Too expensive and the shell design is hideous in my opinion. You can order a gold plated unit for $5k if you're feeling particularly dumb.
All the other nintendo-on-a-chip clone consoles are passable but it's going to be a coin flip if the audio is fair or really terrible.
RetroUSB has a brand new clone built from scratch using FPGAs. Has hdmi out and a bunch of other features. They should be for sale in the next few months if you're not in a hurry. I think they're targeting a $150 price point. I'm planning on upgrading to one of these.
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@Vaire ファミコンもできます。海外発送なら、tenso.comで頼っていいよ。
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@loopback0
A good owner knows how to take care of his equipment.
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@darth_llama said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
@loopback0
A good owner knows how to take care of his equipment.Is it sad that I remember doing that? =_=
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@WPT said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
@Vaire ファミコンもできます。海外発送なら、tenso.comで頼っていいよ。
tenso.com ...何ですか?
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@Vaire
日本のサイトで買い物して、tenso.comで海外への転送ができるです。
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Help! The Nintenderds have invaded this topic!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
Help! The Nintenderds have invaded this topic!
The topic is about nintenderds, silly :P
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@Vaire said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
The topic is about nintenderds, silly
Oh!.
Well then, do carry on!
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@WPT said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
@Vaire
日本のサイトで買い物して、tenso.comで海外への転送ができるです。ああ、そですね?わかりました。ありがとう^_^
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
@Vaire said in Nintendo Entertainment System?:
The topic is about nintenderds, silly
Oh!.
Well then, do carry on!