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December 2012 pickups
scarmullet:
To me, its the experience. You can emulate the games, but you can not emulate the experience of
finding an open plug to fit your wall wart
finding empty jacks on your TV
blowing on your cart, turning it on and off till it comes on...and then spending 30 minutes searching for a controller.
Emulation is pure convenience, and I use it like a rental service. I try games out, and if I like it...I buy the cart.
larryinc64:
I used to play on emulates, that's how I really got into retro games, But I prefer the console experience, I tend to play games longer when you spent a hour trying to get it to work, and you have to get up and change the cart. And its harder to cheat, I remember I was playing Zelda 2 a long time ago and got to death mountain and deiced to moon jump over everything. It ruined the game. I recently was trying to set up a Dreamcast emulater to test a Iso, and Its a huge pain for CD games, struggling with Bios, Gfx options, ect.
The feel is similar to vinyl, how its more enjoyable to put in more effort.
Lumberjack42:
Picked these up at a Tulsa store for 35.00. Only one game had no manual.
Lumberjack42
AO007:
SNES and N64 emulate the "Blow the cart to get it to work!" aspect quite well. :P
Of course, nowadays most people have upgraded to just cleaning carts with Q-tips and alcohol.
mojoeskateco:
--- Quote from: redsox2012 on December 10, 2012, 08:08:46 PM ---I do play NES games on emulators, but I like to play cartridges on the original hardware as well. I guess I'm just nostalgic that way. Plus, the Zapper games don't work because my emulators are played on LCD screens (although Duck Hunt on MAME with a mouse + cursor is pretty fun). My 5 year old son and I have a lot of fun picking up the old guns and controllers (NES & Genesis) and playing my cartridges.
I've also tried a clone console, and while it did work, it wasn't 100% compatible with all games (my Tengen games didn't work on it). Plus, it was really flimsy - the cartridge wiggled in the slot, and if you moved it while playing it would glitch.
I've seen the videos on AV modding the NES, but I have no soldering experience, and I don't trust myself enough to fiddle with the circuitry. I'm going to keep my eyes open for a good original NES with AV, then maybe I'll sell or trade the top loader.
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You can turn almost any nes into one that works like a brand new one. You just have to take it apart clean the pin connector with rubbing alcohol and bend the pins back into place to give the game a tighter fit. Then just make sure that all the games you put into it have been cleaned as well. This will keep it clean going forward.
I've done this recently with about 12 consoles and all but 1 worked like a brand new one.