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Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

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Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#121

What I find odd is that no retailer seems to have pre-orders. Game Stop says "Unavailable" and the same on Amazon. Nintendo doesn't have it listed to pre-order on its site either. I wonder who will carry these? I live in a small town that ironically has 2 Game Stops so I should be able to snag on on 11/11 if they are carrying it.

Everywhere seems to have sold out their preorder allocation, you need a time machine to go back to July when it was first announced to place an order I think...

I don't recall it being available for pre-order when I looked. Because I had definitely planned to do that.

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#122

It's funny that the NES Classic has an HDMI output, and the Wii has a composite video output.

At this point it's cheaper to have just HDMI output rather than some sort of composite/component. Plus, the Wii couldn't achieve anything above 480p/576i... this has upscaling to 1080p for the "highest quality pixels" as well as its CRT shader mode.

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#123

Good luck getting your hands on one. Nintendo appears to be botching the supply chain (as usual!). Stores know this will be one of the hottest products of the season but my contacts tell me they are getting very little information on when they will get more after the first day sellout and how many.

I mentioned this above, but I wonder if they are trying to stymie scalpers.

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people have more respect for intellectual property rights than others.

What rights? They don't make the consoles or games anymore.

They still sell the games on the Virtual Consoles of the Wii U and the 3DS.

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#125
post #13

> Notice something about the title? Yeah, it isn’t Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The game is exactly the same, but you fight a palette-swapped Tyson at the end — they made him white and changed his name to Mr. Dream. Sad, really, but how often did you even get that far? Turns out this is a great party game. What a shame :( I wonder how much extra money it would have cost them for the licensing.

I'm pretty sure I remember getting that far. We even figured out how to actually win. I don't remember now how we got the knowledge - this was waaay before the internet and in a third world country.

Good times.

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#126
post #45

It's running Linux, btw.: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/nintendo-nes-classic-sing...

Wonder if it uses a 3rd party or inhouse emulator.

Developed in house at NERD http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1270032

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#127
post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article is literally about them making a console with these games right now.

After 25 years of them not being available, and nobody saw this coming. Edit: downvotes aplenty, perhaps someone could tell me how I could play two player Double Dragon 2 legally until this device came out?

Many (most? all?) of these titles have been available under Virtual Console or ported to a handheld for a long time now.

Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

#129

As much as I want to support Nintendo, I have to admit I've been playing NES and SNES with roms on the computer since early 2000s. My parents wouldn't buy me any game consoles or handheld devices so the computer was the only way to go. RetroPie and other hw apps would be fun to set up, but it's just so easy with emulator and roms that anyone can do it within a few mins. If you want the nostalgia, just download the em…

Some people have more respect for intellectual property rights than others.

And some people still have the cartridges laying around in boxes from 1980s and aren't in the mood to lug all that stuff out, let alone re-purchase what they already own.

EDIT

I'm not bashing Nintendo's IP rights, just the notion that ROMS are inherently illegal/immoral.

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