Analogue Interactive making nes console!

[quickfingers818]

You would have to be an absolute idiot to buy this nes console. Spending that kind of money on an nes clone is freaking ridiculous. Unless your that rich and that bored with your money I would just stick to buying an nes top loader, the retron 5 when it comes out, or just make a cheap pc emulator and play your nes games through hdmi through that method.

To be honest most people call us retro game players idiots for buying games when you can emulate them. I don't think anyone has the right to call someone an idiot for how they enjoy spending their money. Only time you can complain is when someone spends your money.

I understand, and anyone can do whatever they please with their money. But in what universe is it practical to buy an HDMI equipped NES for 650 bucks (not including tax and shipping)? That just sounds absolutely absurd considering that you can just use emulation and get the same, if not better, resolution for a fraction of the price.

[Lambadelta]

You would have to be an absolute idiot to buy this nes console. Spending that kind of money on an nes clone is freaking ridiculous. Unless your that rich and that bored with your money I would just stick to buying an nes top loader, the retron 5 when it comes out, or just make a cheap pc emulator and play your nes games through hdmi through that method.

To be honest most people call us retro game players idiots for buying games when you can emulate them. I don't think anyone has the right to call someone an idiot for how they enjoy spending their money. Only time you can complain is when someone spends your money.

I understand, and anyone can do whatever they please with their money. But in what universe is it practical to buy an HDMI equipped NES for 650 bucks (not including tax and shipping)? That just sounds absolutely absurd considering that you can just use emulation and get the same, if not better, resolution for a fraction of the price.

For one where do you see it being advertised at 650? Thats the price of their CMVS. Also again you can say the same thing about emulation to all the collectors, and buyers of retro games. That argument is pretty odd to see appearing on a site dedicated to the recreation of game covers, which mostly ranges into the retro era.

[quickfingers818]

You would have to be an absolute idiot to buy this nes console. Spending that kind of money on an nes clone is freaking ridiculous. Unless your that rich and that bored with your money I would just stick to buying an nes top loader, the retron 5 when it comes out, or just make a cheap pc emulator and play your nes games through hdmi through that method.

To be honest most people call us retro game players idiots for buying games when you can emulate them. I don't think anyone has the right to call someone an idiot for how they enjoy spending their money. Only time you can complain is when someone spends your money.

I understand, and anyone can do whatever they please with their money. But in what universe is it practical to buy an HDMI equipped NES for 650 bucks (not including tax and shipping)? That just sounds absolutely absurd considering that you can just use emulation and get the same, if not better, resolution for a fraction of the price.

For one where do you see it being advertised at 650? Thats the price of their CMVS. Also again you can say the same thing about emulation to all the collectors, and buyers of retro games. That argument is pretty odd to see appearing on a site dedicated to the recreation of game covers, which mostly ranges into the retro era.

Im just basing it off the price of their current hardware, cause I can't imagine it being any cheaper. And im not trying to argue, I was just stating my opinion. And it is unlikely that anyone investing this much money into a piece of hardware will use it for anything other than playing their nes games. Just saying that there are more practical ways to enjoy higher resolution nes games. I, myself, prefer the real games over emulation, but emulation is much more convenient and in most cases more practical. And if anyone on these forums ends up buying one of these, I would like to hear your experience with the device and how it stacks up compared to other nes clone systems.

[wiggy]

Emulation is imperfect and takes away a lot of what it was/is to play these old games. Much like vinyl over CDs/MP3s/etc, there is a process required to play. There is upkeep. There is storage and display. The list goes on and on.

Calling it a waste of someone's money, in this particular type of community, is a bit insulting.  All of us are buying similar items, but I'm sure that a quick scan through past pickup threads would reveal a large number of items, purchased by other users, which don't at all fall in line with your tastes.  Boutique items are boutique times. They aren't for everyone. I should know

[BadChad]

I wouldn't be so quick to judge that this will be just as much as their CMVS. When you get into anything Neo Geo related, expect to see high prices. It's usually quite expensive to create anything brand-new in the Neo Geo universe, but I wouldn't say the same for the NES at all.

Guess we wont know until it announced, but I cant see it being worth anymore than the $150-$200 area. And in that case, it better be damn good with all the super cheap clones out their already.

[wiggy]

If it has an all aluminum housing that isn't simply made of folded sheet, then expect it to be pricey.

[BadChad]

Well if its that aluminum housing that's gonna eat up a large chunk of the cost, I say release an alternate plastic housing at a reduced cost. Why the hell would I need an expensive aluminum NES anyway, and pay a crazy price for one. Were in 2014 now, is it still common to be complete irresponsible with our cartridge consoles anymore?

Anyway, the cost of the CMVS makes sense to me. But if this NES adds up anywhere near that just for the sake of a fancy aluminum case and RGB, I don't see the value (not that I was interested in buying one anyway).

[Ozzy_98]

I've worked on a few emulator projects and have been in emulation channels for 13 years now, and I do not know of anyone major into emulation who would bash collecting games.   I *LOVE* emulation myself for a few reasons.  Easy of finding a game, I just go through a list.  Bad batteries do not eat your saves in the middle of gameplay on an emulator (Damn you, Link's Awakening DX!).  But for me, the MAJOR reason I love emulators, if I can't play for more than 5-10 mins at a time, I don't want to play level 1 over and over and over, I'm busy damn it.  Hence, saving anywhere with saved states rock.

While I hate people who bash collecting games (Jelly bastards),  I don't like how people outside emulation bash emulators thinking they're "imperfect".  My crappy old nes is imperfect, half the time links life bar is all 999999999999 rather than lines.  With some exceptions (Sony systems in general, newer systems, Saturn\DC, XBOX ect), you can't see the issues with emulators.  Different chips inside different hardware releases cause more issues than you'd find in established emulators.  They almost always have better support than the console-on-a-chip junk you see now a days.