Who here still plays their NES?
I reckon it will be loads of fun.
I can't wait to play the coop games.
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Who here still plays their NES?
I reckon it will be loads of fun.
I can't wait to play the coop games.
I play my NES games on my Retro Duo
I have a model 1 and model 2 NES, along with a famicom and disk drive. Hell yes I still play my NES. In fact, I just ordered Adventure Island 4 from game reproductions.
Still a lot of greatness to get out of the ol' NES.
I still play my classic NES toaster with a dogbone from time to time.
The NES is awesome and playing the real thing a treat since it has a mad number of peripherals. Make sure you have an RCA splitter for the single audio jack if not using RF.
I still have mine, infact just two years ago I finally broke down, and got a model 2(I had a model 1 since the 80s, and well the whole pin BS is super annoying, all I can say is, I wish I got it along time ago, but damn they're expensive. Hey, it was either get that or a highly desireable great, and it wasn't until then, that I had most of the games I wanted, that's why it took me so long to get one), so needless to say I still play mine.
I haven't played mine in months, but I picked up Maniac Mansion at a retro shop the other day, so I need to fire it up. It's still one of my all time favorite systems, I just don't play it all that much anymore.
Whats the difference between the model 1 and model 2?
While a Model 2 doesn't have pin connector problems, it only has RF, where the original(and much better looking) Model 1 NES has red and yellow A/V jacks on the side, which result in much clearer picture and sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by gglol
I really wish there was a PAL Model 2 NES with RGB-out or something, but yeah, NES is epic.
so this is the model 2?
http://www.estarland.com/images/prod...8417/33018.jpg
Yes. I don't recommend it. RF only, and it's butt ugly.Quote:
Originally Posted by gglol
I still have mine, toaster and top loader, have 308 or 309 games to play from my collection.
Model 2/Top loader also has pixelly streaks across the picture.
I just played through Metal Storm on my NES the other day and it was loads of fun
The Model 2 is so much easier to play games on if you don't have a brand-new 72-pin connector though.
You don't need a new 72-connector. All you need to do is take your NES apart and bend the pins back with a tiny screwdriver. It's so easy, even I was able to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baloo
Well, the Model 2 saves alot on space too. I personally think it looks better, the front-loading VCR look of the NES 1, no thankyou.
I believe there are some model 2s that do have AV output.
You've probably seen the Japan only "AV Famicom", which look identical to the NES 2, but have A/V out. No North American NES 2's have AV out, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by segaddict
After doing some quick research, there are some with AV, but they are really rare. If a customer complained about the picture quality of the top loader and contacted Nintendo, they would actually add AV output to your system.. if you're lucky enough. Only other ways is to mod it or get an RF to Coaxial adapter.
I've always been under the assumption that the NES Model 2's design prevents the usual picture mods.Quote:
Originally Posted by segaddict
I have a Famicom and actually is kinda into collecting for it.
Yes you're right, but the problem is the stock pins(the replacement pins are supposedly much better), bend way too easily to beginwith, so you'll be doing that alot, if you don't replace the pins for the higher grade replaement.Quote:
Originally Posted by eddiespruce
Getting a model 2 is the best way, to not have to deal with all that BS.
Emulation only for me at the moment, never played on the real thing. Might order a modded US/JAP system, heard something along the lines of the PAL version not being moddable?
I've still got my original toaster from 89'. Honestly I've had more trouble getting games to work for other top loading systems than I have for the NES toaster.
I don't have an NES yet. I do intend to get one at some point but I don't know which I would go with. I'm rather torn between the following models:
Original Model 1 NES
Famicom AV with Disk system
Sharp Twin Famicom
I'd get a toaster (Model 1 US) NES as a beater to figure out if you're into the system or not first. They're super common and a lot cheaper than most other variants, plus there's been a lot of research about them and how to fix/mod them. If you get super hardcore into the system then pickup an AV Famicom with a JP/US converter. But we might have to right you off as a lost cause if you do too much Nintendonting :pQuote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
I've got 2 NES systems, both toasters. One is the original one my parents bought for my sister and I back in the day, and a second beater I picked up because it was like $10. I'll pick up NES games if I see them cheap (like $1-$2), but normally pass unless it's a game that's either pretty good or has a nostalgia effect on me. Genesis stuff is where my money normally goes :3
Oh I know I'd like the System, my friend had one growing up so I know theres games on it I'd like.
Off the top of my head I'd want an NES/Famicom for the following:
Metroid
Super Mario Bros. 1-3
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda 2
Megaman 1-6
Castlevania 1-3
Final Fantasy 1-3 (If I could get repros of 2 and 3 translated)
Spy vs Spy
Kirby's Adventure
And there's others I'd probably enjoy as well.
The Model 2 doesn't have the 10-NES chip. . . which is what really screws the model 1.
It can easily be circumvented though.
The replacements pins are no better than the old pins, I purchased a new 72-pin connector about seven years ago, and it worked for about a month, then it started giving me the exact same trouble my old one did, and I keep my games clean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoltor
Those so-called "NEW" 72-pin connectors aren't really new. Most of them are just ripped out of old NES's, and the few new ones are old stock, but they're still made exactly the same.
Still play on my NES all the time, it's one of the few systems that's always hooked up in our house. Also Jurassic Park has some of my favorite game music ever.
I have a PAL NES, and it's region modded.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
If you wanna play NTSC games on a PAL NES, you'll have to bear with a decrease in speed, usually only in the music though, as far as i know there is no fix.
A fully working Sharp Twin will be expensive, they're usually sold with defective lasers, and frankly the majority of FDS games are text based, at least by 8 bit standards. You can probably repair lasers but they don't look at all easy to work on. Of course if the extra cash outlay doesn't matter there's no reason not to get one save concern over future breakdown, in which case the separate Disk System would be the way to go. I'm not sure how vulnerable the lasers are when properly used; the disk games were massively pirated back in their day so office quality disks probably contributed to so many failed lasers.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
The upside to the Famicom is that its games are so cheap. The downside is that the Famicom is not the Saturn or even the Mega Drive, its good JP exclusives are far between and many of them are the worst games on the system of all regions taken together. That's of course excluding RPGs.
As far apart as your and my tastes are I've no doubt you'd find a lot to enjoy from the NES or Famicom. If the standard controllers are a problem go for the dogbone (OEM, not the retro knockoffs), the Quickshot pad (looks like a Genesis 3rd party, larger and rounded), or the Power Grips.
There are no "lasers" inside a FDS, it's the belt that snaps and needs replacing, which can be had for $10 on eBay, or you can make your own, as I seen a guy do it. I purchased a Sharp Twin Famicom four years ago for around $150, and it still works great, both the disk system and the cartridge port. One these days I'll probably get a NES to Famicom converter, and then all my NES gaming will be done on the Twin Famicom.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarMist
I didn't think floppy discs used lasers, aren't they magnets? What I've heard is that the belts wear out, but I wouldn't think that would be a difficult thing to fix. I really want the disc system for Metroid, Zelda, Zelda 2, and Castlevania.
I bought mine to play the Japan only releases, especially Ai Senshi Nicol, which is a great game by Konami that never made it over here.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...isquette_2.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
The plate inside the floppy disc spins and the head moves forward/backward to read the data...
Just like an CD player, but instead of a laser it's a magnet :)
That's right, magnets. Good god I haven't held a floppy in years, don't know why I said lasers. No idea what finding their files online is like if you did want to bootleg, but just check any JP seller and see how few FDS sales there are--they tend to go in the "Other" category along with 3D0 games and other oddities.
But hell if you know you want it the question's moot.
For carts Ai Senshi Nicol is definitely one to get. Baio Senshi Dan Increaser is another, though there's text it's surmountable. Getsufuumaden is a cool action game like Mystic Defender. Hi no Tori. Tenchi wo Kurau 2 should be manageable if you've played Destiny of an Emperor (the first Tenchi). There are numerous shooters, you could even get Dezaemon. Banana Ouji no Daibouken is another good action game with some text.
The NES is a very worthy system. Almost every game looks pretty on it. It's hard to say that about most game systems. 'So many fun games.