NES Top Loader for $5!

[LordXaero]

So a few days ago, I recently bought an NES 2 (top loader) for $5 off craigslist. Anyone who knows, knows that these go for a pretty penny on eBay.

The guys wife was cleaning their garage, and said that anything not used for two or so years had to go. Guess he had no idea how much is was really worth.








The only thing is that it didn't come with the original dog bone controller, nor an RF Adapter. I had an extra RF Adapter, and will most likely just buy an original controller off eBay later on.

[tiktektak]

Nice find!

Although I always found it pretty sad that the NES2 only has RF ouput. *yuck*

Composite would have been nice.

[Osirus]

Yeah I agree RF sucks, even NES 1 had composite.

There are a few rare NES 2s out there with an AV-out port (same as SNES/N64/GCN) instead of RF. I believe they were distributed as replacements by Nintendo to customers who had issues with the RF quality of the NES 2.

Would love to get my hands on one of those.

[AppleQueso]

You can do some mods to the NES2 to get a/v.

[Osirus]

By the way, you got it looking great. What did you do to clean it?

[satoshi_matrix]

Nice find, but the NES2 isn't as sexy as the Japanese counterpart, the AV Famicom. Granted, I paid about $85 more for my AV Famicom than you did for your NES2, but still.

[LordXaero]

By the way, you got it looking great. What did you do to clean it?

Water, and alittle bit of Windex.

[Doom]

I don't feel bad saying I'd rather emulate an NES than buy one and cartridges. Modern TVs can't really make old games look good, but a PC -> TV can make any game display in non smudged, pixelly goodness.

Even the few Wii NES games I have don't look that good.

[tiktektak]

Modern TVs can't really make old games look good, but a PC -> TV can make any game display in non smudged, pixelly goodness.

This is why I have a old really nice CRT for my oldschool gaming stuff. 82cm... Nothing beats that....

[MedaForce]

Wow, really nice fine!
I'm still looking around personally for a good deal on a Top loader NES so I can finish my Nintendo console collection.

[BadChad]

Id definetly grab one once a great deal passes me but for the most part I prefer the original old schoolie.

[PDDestro]

I had one of those for awhile in the early 00's but ended up selling it since I didn't use it much. Sold it for $130 if I remember correctly. You definitely got a steal!

[Snowcone]

I'd rather buy one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_NEX

[Osirus]

I use the NTSC filter when playing on emulators. The graphics on the NES/SNES weren't designed for crisp digital displays and look kinda crappy like that IMO.

[LordXaero]

I'd rather buy one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_NEX

While that's cool and all, I just love owning the original hardware.