The Nintendo Entertainment System Thread

I keep scouring the second hand places in the hopes that I'll find a console somewhere so I can actually test that

Don't N64s go for peanuts on eBay? I'm far from being a fan of the N64, so I've never bothered to check.

They've gone back up in price, still one of the cheaper Nintendo systems to buy though.

Stu_the_great wrote:

I wish more people used the retro section of the forum. It got a decent amount of love on NGamer Forum, and people made lots of great retrospective threads on a regular basis.

Despite loving all things retro I'm never certain what to post about or like Mas said you feel like you are talking to yourself, might have a good old think to see if I can come up with something though.

Stu_the_great wrote:

I wish more people used the retro section of the forum. It got a decent amount of love on NGamer Forum, and people made lots of great retrospective threads on a regular basis.

Trouble is, a lot of NGamer Retro's best content has moved across to GG.  Myself, I'm not much of a retro gamer at all: it's nice to come in here and remember what I used to play, but I wouldn't want to play most of it again.  Sorry Stu.

GG?

Yeah there must be more we can do.

The_Jaster wrote:

Despite loving all things retro I'm never certain what to post about or like Mas said you feel like you are talking to yourself, might have a good old think to see if I can come up with something though.

Even if you're just talking to me, I appreciate you giving it a stab. I'd happily create a topic based on whatever retro game I'm playing at any one time, but a lot of them would probably go over people's heads.

Maybe that's a idea as we have what you playing on Wii U etc maybe what retro game I'm playing which od course could be a VC game on the Wii U or a PS1 classic on PS3 for instance.

Here be that thread! Let's smash it:

http://messedupcables.forumotion.net/t228-last-retro-game-you-played-what-retro-game-are-you-currently-playing

Wonder why we all forgot about it.

Ahhh, you real retrogamers - proper, genuine respect. It's the VC for me, and I've only one NES game that I bought specifically for the Wii U (Duck Hunt)... although there are a few more lurking in the Wii Mode. So many classics I'll never be able to play... play 'em for me, guys! *sniff*

Didn't you get the 30p games Zero

ZeroJones wrote:

Ahhh, you real retrogamers - proper, genuine respect.

:king:

I'm really funny about the VC. I tend to get VC games if the game in question is new to me, expensive on cart and I'm not sure if I'll like it. Street Gangs is a good example here: I'm enjoying it, but the benefit of save states over the (ridiculous!) password system makes the game so much better. And it costs £38+ on cartridge.

If it's cheap on eBay and I think I might like it, it becomes one for the shelf. I just love firing up the original hardware, picking up the original controller and experiencing it as close as I can to how an 80's/90's kid would have done.

Same but as I don't own any Nintendo system pre Cube, well I can play OG GB games on my GBASP or GBA Player. The VC is great as like you some eg Earthbound is rather expensive on a actual SNES cart.

But I would still sooner play Sonic 2 on a actual Mega Drive then on a Wii.

masofdas wrote:

Didn't you get the 30p games Zero

Not a one, sir: either already had them or wasn't interested in them. This reveals me to be an incredible cheapskate.

Stu_the_great wrote:

ZeroJones wrote:

Ahhh, you real retrogamers - proper, genuine respect.

:king:

... If it's cheap on eBay and I think I might like it, it becomes one for the shelf. I just love firing up the original hardware, picking up the original controller and experiencing it as close as I can to how an 80's/90's kid would have done.

That is a massive lure for me too but, well, I wouldn't do anything else with my time. The SNES Classic Controller for the Wii will have to do.

ZeroJones wrote:

That is a massive lure for me too but, well, I wouldn't do anything else with my time. The SNES Classic Controller for the Wii will have to do.

You are not wrong here. Were it not for my 3DS, I wouldn't play any new games these days.

Want to buy a NEW NES game checkout the gameplay.

Oh dear - that looks terrible. The NES had official games come out in 1994, but in 2015, someone's programming at a 1982 level. That's some Manic Miner shit right there. The levitation is just someone hasn't got the hang of how jumping mechanics work. This is another thing that gets me about creating games for outdated hardware: it takes much more work to get to a certain level of design / proficiency.
(rant over - sorry)

Disassembled my NES the other month and tightened up the cassette prongs. It's a bugger to get the damn carts out now but it works a ton better than it used to.

Bummed that my Zelda 2 cart is fudged though. Still, I need to get back on Faxanadu and finish that again. A Zelda 2-a-like that out-Zelda-2's Zelda 2 I reckon.

Need to see if I can get my copy of Dizzy working on it too.

Oh no. What's up with your Zelda II cart, Mandle? Besides it not working.

Stu_the_great wrote:

Oh no. What's up with your Zelda II cart, Mandle? Besides it not working.

Just won't come on. Tried every known trick in the book to no avail. I do have it on GBA/3DS VC/Wii VC though so I have other outlets xD

The NES was my first taste of gaming. Was about 4 when my dad bought one. First game I saw (then played) was the TMNT game. Tough as nails but as a persistent gamer I eventually beat it, something I wouldn't even attempt to do now.

Other games I remember from the console included;

Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3 - all classics that got better with each entry in the series
Simpsons: Bart vs the Space Mutants - another difficult game that took ages to get through.
Tetris - A game everyone in the family played, even my mum
Gremlins 2 - The only other game I recall my mum playing
Lemmings
Krusty's Fun House - odd Simpsons themed Lemmings-like game about murdering mice
Mario is Missing - Edutainment at its finest
Snake Rattle n' Roll - Great co-op play
Ducktails
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers


Had a lot more but not so many of the classics - Zelda, Castlevanias, Mega Man or Metroid for example.

Sadly when I was about 7 or 8 my brothers and I agreed to swap the NES (and 20+ games) with a friend of the family's MegaDrive (and 3 games). A decision I've regretted ever since.

That's a odd one as you got a 4th gen system with loads of quality games to come out but the NES was such as good system.

No way would I ever trade my NES in.

Whilst I did enjoy the MegaDrive I still feel I had made a huge mistake in completing the trade. Remembering the regret is why I've never traded (or traded in/sold) a game or console since.