NES Games Suggestions & Emulator/ROM Questions

[scarmullet]

I disagree. Clone systems are made cheap to be sold cheap, so they can not stand up to abuse for very long. I would sugest getting an NES toploader (seek out one with AV...they do exist). It costs a bit more, but its well worth the investment.

He said he can not afford a system right now, so might as well now spend 15$ on a cheep thing that gets the job done so he can start building up a collection, and later spend 100$ on a top loader when he has the money.

maybe I am thinking business...but its cheaper in the long run.

I have a spare top loader if he has anything he wants to give for it. No Coards or controllers, but it does work. I'll even throw in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[Quazimoto]

@ larryinc64:  Thanks for the suggestion about the emulator system.  While that would be in my price range, I'm one of those gamers who only uses the official systems and periphials (don't even use third party controllers).  Plus, there's a big nostalgia factor in there too. 

Eventually, I'd surely like to track down a top loader as my main system, but I'll certainly have a couple of the original ones as back-ups/nostalgia awesomeness too.

For now, given my budget and whatnot, I'm alright getting the wishlist made-up, researching, and picking up a game or two or a lot here and there when I see them on the cheap.  Aiming for a system by the end of the year unless I happen upon one before then (know a place where I can get one with two controllers, a light gun, Duck Hunt/Mario, and one other game for $50 - it's about fifty miles away and they have loads of games too, so I'm gonna save up and head down there with a good bundle of the moneys when I can).

And I actually do have a NES (and SNES) emulator on my PC.  Haven't played it much and totally spaced that it was there until someone mentioned emulators.  That should come in handy.  Got some 300+ NES games on it I can test out and play to see which ones I'd like to hunt down.

[mojoeskateco]

If anyone ever wants to go the emulation route I'd recommend a hacked wii.

A used wii is pretty cheap and they are relatively easy to hack.  The games look great on an HDTV and most Nes games are 100% playable.

Also the wii controller is pretty close to an new controller while a classic controller works decent for snes games

[satoshi_matrix]

I agree with what's been said so far. If you're on a budget and just want to get into NES gaming causally, a $15-20 Famiclone such as the NeoFami/Yobo FC Game Console/Retro Entertainment System/RetroN1 (spoilers: those are all the same system under different names) is a good way to go.

[Quazimoto]

Hello Again All,

So, I've been working on compiling and researching and NES game wishlist, but I have a problem....

THERE'S TOO MANY DAG-BURNED GAMES I WANT!!!

LOL.  Seriously...  Many thanks to all of your suggestions.  And many, many thanks to satoshi_matrix for his stellar work on the top 100 list (there was about 79 games from said list which made it to my wishlist).  Unfortunately, I've come up with in excess of 200 titles I want.  And sadly, there are several which seem to fetch insane prices for just the carts (The Flintstones: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak, The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper, Panic Restaurant, some of the Mega Man games - just to name a few, all of which would make a 'must own' list for me).  Plus, I just plain don't have the space for 200+ games and probably won't for many years yet.

So, I was initially thinking going with a good quality emulator.  Problem is that I really want that console experience.  Emulators on a PC just aren't the same.  Then I stumbled upon this...

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=34

Now, I’m admittedly a bit ignorant of the whole emulator/rom world when it comes to classic gaming (the NES and SNES emulators I have were given to me on CD, so it was just copy and play).  If I understand correctly, ROMs are basically the game as you’d get on a cartridge only in digital file form.  Emulators are programs used to play ROMs.  So, if I understand it correctly, with something like the NES PowerPak linked above, one would just need to… find ROMs of the games they want, download said ROMs to a flash card, pop said flash card in PowerPak cart, PowerPak cart into NES, pick game and play.

Please, correct me if I have that incorrect.  If I’m right about it, this is definitely the best option for me.  Loads of NES games in one single cart and being able to play them on an actual console all at the cost of about $200 and some time sounds great to me.

Aside from asking if I understand this all correctly (I don‘t know what the heck a mapper is, but am posting this before researching myself in hopes that someone here does and could explain it in plain language), my questions are this…

- Anyone have any experience with the NES PowerPak and how it works?
- Anyone know where I would find ROMs for NES games (good site that don’t have virus packed in with the games - I see there are lots of ROM sites, so I don’t really know where to start). - Please send any site suggestions in a PM.
- Do ROMs for rare games like Panic Restaurant, Flintstones, Jetsons, MegaMan, etc… even exist?
 
As before with the game suggestions, I would greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer.

Thank You Kindly

[larryinc64]

1) No but I hear it's good, check youtube for reviews
2) MOD EDIT: No direct naming of the sites publicly
3) Yes they should exist.

If you want a console experience, Get a Wii, hack it, get a NES to Gamecube controller converter, and a winner is you. Xbox originals work well also, but IDK if a controller converter exists.

[Quazimoto]

1) No but I hear it's good, check youtube for reviews
2) MOD EDIT: No direct naming of the sites publicly
3) Yes they should exist.

If you want a console experience, Get a Wii, hack it, get a NES to Gamecube controller converter, and a winner is you. Xbox originals work well also, but IDK if a controller converter exists.

Thanks...  Never thought of checking youtube for reviews, which is strange, seeing as how I use it for game reviews all the time.

Will definately check out those ROM sites.

[jprogram]

With so many NES games to try, you have to resort to the old-ol "eeny meeny miny moe" approach.

Btw, I would like to suggest MOD EDIT: No direct naming of the sites publicly but I'm not sure if that site is loaded with spyware. Anyone aware of that site?

[Arseen]

PM only only naming the sites thanks.

[Quazimoto]

My apologies to the site Mods...  Didn't mean to intentionally trample the posting guidelines by asking for ROM site suggestions. 

Please, anyone who might have any said suggestions send them in a PM rather than posting them in the thread.

[jprogram]

PM only only naming the sites thanks.

Since one had posted the ROM sites, I thought I could too. 

[Arseen]

PM only only naming the sites thanks.

Since one had posted the ROM sites, I thought I could too. 

Hadn't noticed the post before.

No penalties were issued.