April 2017 Pickups!

[Megatron]

Nice pic.  I especially like that soft, squishy ball.   

[amace04]

Latest pickup

Two separate purchases, Mike Tyson's punch our and a fun cost me $25, snes Jr., game case and two controllers was $40.

[palmer6strings]

Picked up this NES Classic today from GameStop (lucky me!), (along with the steel book Persona 5 and Criminal Girls 2.) and even though I'm really happy with the system I'm almost wanting to mod it so I can play the games I actually enjoy to play.
I'm sadly conflicted though because I don't really want to alter what it is. (Which is a licensed emulator machine....)
Who all has one and have you altered it?

[TDIRunner]

Picked up this NES Classic today from GameStop (lucky me!), (along with the steel book Persona 5 and Criminal Girls 2.) and even though I'm really happy with the system I'm almost wanting to mod it so I can play the games I actually enjoy to play.
I'm sadly conflicted though because I don't really want to alter what it is. (Which is a licensed emulator machine....)
Who all has one and have you altered it?

I haven't even opened mine yet.  I doubt that I ever will. 

But in my opinion, the NES Mini is great for what it is, but if you plan on altering it, you are MUCH better off going with a Raspberry Pie. 

[Hesch]

The Mod is super easy. The only way it visually alters the system is by adding additional games to the UI. But the good thing is that it backs up your ROM, so you could always restore it if you chose to.

[Quazimoto]

Picked up this NES Classic today from GameStop (lucky me!), (along with the steel book Persona 5 and Criminal Girls 2.) and even though I'm really happy with the system I'm almost wanting to mod it so I can play the games I actually enjoy to play.
I'm sadly conflicted though because I don't really want to alter what it is. (Which is a licensed emulator machine....)
Who all has one and have you altered it?

Don't know if it helps make your mind up at all, but if I ever have the spare cash to get my hands on one of these beauties, I'm absolutely planning on modifying it to plan a whole bunch more games.  Of course, you sort of accomplish them same thing with a standard NES and flash cart (which I already have), so it's not a huge priority for me at this point.

I say set it up and start playing, the answer will more than likely just come to you while doing so.

[palmer6strings]

Oh I've already played it. I think it's nice and plays really smooth. I like the interface a lot. I just don't think I've ever met someone that says they actually like Ice Climber lol. Most of the games are good but not great. I think I've decided I'm gonna do it but I'll wait for the warranted to expire.

[Quazimoto]

Oh I've already played it. I think it's nice and plays really smooth. I like the interface a lot. I just don't think I've ever met someone that says they actually like Ice Climber lol. Most of the games are good but not great. I think I've decided I'm gonna do it but I'll wait for the warranted to expire.

That was my plan too.  Keep it as is while under warranty, then bulk it up once I'm S.O.L. if it breaks down.

BTW... I actually liked Ice Climber when I was a kid.  I suck very much badly at it now.  LOL.

[Taketheword]

I received mine in the mail yesterday. I plan on modifying it to add the ROMs of the games I own. I'll only add the games I own to keep it legal, but like one of you said, some of the 30 games are great, but others..eh.

[wiggy]

That doesn't keep it legal.

That law exists/existed to allow owners of software which was distributed on a volatile storage format (I.e. Floppy disks) to create a single backup in order to protect themselves from accidental loss.

Besides, distribution of the ROMs is what's considerably more illegal, not that anyone seems to care anymore. ROM sites have been up and thriving for a long time now. It seems as though Nintendo and the like have just given up on trying to police ROM distribution.

[Taketheword]

That doesn't keep it legal.

That law exists/existed to allow owners of software which was distributed on a volatile storage format (I.e. Floppy disks) to create a single backup in order to protect themselves from accidental loss.

Besides, distribution of the ROMs is what's considerably more illegal, not that anyone seems to care anymore. ROM sites have been up and thriving for a long time now. It seems as though Nintendo and the like have just given up on trying to police ROM distribution.

You're allowed to make a backup of nearly any format -- volatile or not. I'm not trying to say it makes it 100% legal, but it's plenty close enough. Plus, like you said, it's the distribution.

[larryinc64]

I think the copy has to be made from your owned copy, not downloaded offline, so you can rip your own rom or CD, or record your vinyl to a MP3 or whatever, but you cant just download it. Though I doubt a company is going to go through with a lawsuit you for downloading a game you own, if you can prove it to them.

[BadChad]

I'm sadly conflicted though because I don't really want to alter what it is. (Which is a licensed emulator machine....)
Who all has one and have you altered it?

Just to throw in my input, modifying the NES Classic is super easy and practically harmless. Even in the event that something goes wrong, the program used to modify the system has you back up the kernel the first time you run it so that you can easily revert your NES Classic back to it's original state.

I've been modifying mine for the past 2 weeks and have been having a blast doing it. It's nice to have the fancy looking menu interface and The Cover Project certainly helps get most of the artwork you'd need for the box art thumbnails. I've got a little over 400 games on mine. And now is the best time to do so, as the program has been refined to be much more convenient and easier to use than it use to be. And compatibility support for pretty much any NES rom is there now for the most part. I'm not really interested in adding any other systems (although you certainly can), just keeping it exclusively for NES.

This will certainly never replace the feeling of playing these on actual cartridge for me, but I thought it would be nice to have for quick and easy access for when company comes over as well as playing rom hacks and fan translations. And the crisp HDMI output is a nice touch too!

[Epitomalist]

Whenever I can find an NES Classic, yes you can bet that I will be adding every NES game that I can get on there.  But so far 5 months in and I still can't find one for retail pricing.

[palmer6strings]

Thanks all, you talked me into it. And oh hell ya, I would keep it only NES titles.