I like it when the reporter talks about it "catching people by surprise" that they have to buy a "completely new hardware system" to play "Super Mario 4". Didn't people have to buy a completely new hardware system to buy Super Mario 1?
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I like it when the reporter talks about it "catching people by surprise" that they have to buy a "completely new hardware system" to play "Super Mario 4". Didn't people have to buy a completely new hardware system to buy Super Mario 1?
No it was out a while before in Japan.
I love how they make it out like its a scam. For fucks sake, the NES had like 700+ licensed games and well over 800 total, if you don't want to buy a new system, just buy up NES games used or liquidated for pennies on the dollar. Shit, 95% of the reason I retro collect is because there is nothing in the current generation worth my money yet.
Itīs a lie anyway, I got my SNES for less than 20 $!
Well the thing is the Video game industry was in a slouch when the NES came out. Sure it came out in what 1985 or 1986 but no one cared. It wasn't hype this, internet that when it was coming out. So most people I know including myself got the NES in 1989 and to the parents it would seem like only 2 years until they had to buy the next one! Not like that these days with the media and everything but most parents back then bought an NES in 1989 thinking it was the newest thing on the market, not realizing it was already 3 to 4 years old!
But the fact they keep calling them Cassettes is a giggle!
Nobody remembers when stores called the "game tapes"? Usually it was video rental stores who were the most guilty of this.
Hey, games used to come on cassette...my dad had dozens of computer games on cassette...he used to bootleg them for his friends too...
Also, people being surprised about needing to buy new hardware isn't all that surprising given the era.
Nobody bought either the 5200 or 7800 so no one ever heard of a system being upgraded :D
Here is a good example, many of the computer games my dad had were very similar to these (i've never heard of these, this site is the result of a quick search).
http://www.ti994.com/1979/cassettes/
OH yeah and the Atari 2600 had several cassette loading games too...
Lots of people called them tapes ,usually older people but I think I have heard the word cassette used officially by Atari or Coleco.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
Yes, the word cassette was officially used; but back when Nintendo released the NES they tried hard to establish new names for everything in order not to remind people of the video game crash a few years before.
Oh, hypocrisy at large. When politicans don't want kids and teenagers to go out on murder rampages after playing Grand Theft Auto (4)... that's why it has a big, red '18+' BBFC Age Rating on the box, guys. Go figure!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Smith
There's also one Christmas where I saw this 11-year-old kid in GAME explaining to his mother that GTA3 and GTA: Vice City weren't as 'Bad' (explicit) as GTA:San Andreas (he wanted that XBox double box-set). I would've went and told her to get that brat a bicycle.
Kids will always bend the truth or flat-out lie to get stuff, though. I remember pretending I liked Frosties for a fortnight so I could get a Sonic yo-yo, years go.Quote:
Originally Posted by probablee
I still don't like Frosties, and I never got my yoyo :mad:
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Do you pay people using silver and gold coins?Quote:
Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes
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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
That's true, I think alot of it had to do with people comparing it to a VCR or hell even the 2600. Plus, most people didn't have PCs unless they had a job that required one, so they didn't understand the ~5 year lifespan before total obsolescence. I got my NES in 1990 and thought I was late to the party, I guess I was doin OK after all :) . Too bad I didn't get my SNES till fuckin 94, thanks mom and dad :( .Quote:
Originally Posted by MN12BIRD
I've found quite a few NES games with Blockbuster stickers that say "be kind, rewind." Yeah...let me get right on rewinding ROM chips on a silicon PCB...I'll let you know how it turns out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
if the situation calls for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elusive
Seriously though, are you referring to old school coin collecting games (SMB for instance) or saying I'm so old fashion I haven't heard of that new fangled paper money? Either way, yes, I keep it ballin with my gold coins thank you.
I don't think I've ever seen cartridges officially called cassettes. Some games actually did come on cassettes, though. The Atari 2600 had a cassette reader called the Supercharger, and there were cassette games for Commodore 64 and other computers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Lizard
Nintendo tried to use the term "gamepak". It didn't catch on.Quote:
Originally Posted by 108 Stars
Whenever I hear the word "cassette" I think of some kind of little box with two reels of magnetic tape on the inside. Nintendo games have chips.