Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console • Hacker News Board

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by andrewclunn » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:07 PM UTC

Well I just got a Nintendo hard-on.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by Haul4ss » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:08 PM UTC

vblord wrote: post #3

I'm actually really excited about this. I just wonder if my kids will be as addicted to the old school games as I was.

I played a bunch of old NES games on an emulator in the early '00s. Two things stood out: (1) the graphics really were pretty lame, and (2) games I was addicted to as a kid seemed a lot more tedious as an adult.

Not saying the classics don't stand the test of time, but some of those old games are better as a memory.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by kriro » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:08 PM UTC

I own an NES and quite a few games but this seems like an instabuy for me. Solid list of games. Metroid, Castlevania 1+2 and both Zeldas. Tecomo, the Mario games, and Ghost 'n' Goblins to keep you frustrated. Pretty cool actually that they chose to go with the small form factor.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by oddevan » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:09 PM UTC

smaili wrote: post #4

> Sadly you can't use your original NES carts with the console - something even the most basic "Famiclone" offers - and there doesn't seem to be any means of getting new games onto it. Would it really have been that much extra effort to make the console backwards compatible?

Considering they'd have to add a physical interface for said games then make sure that whatever emulator they're using can emulate perfectly, yes.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by hoodoof » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:09 PM UTC

God I hate being nickle and dimed.

It should include everything needed - two controllers and a power supply FFS.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by thisisandyok » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:10 PM UTC

chrisabrams wrote: post #10

No duck hunt!? What gives?

Light guns aren't super great on modern TVs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5128407

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by littletinman » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:12 PM UTC

BEST NEWS EVER!!! Since I only have old cartridges on a wall for display, I'm actually pretty happy I won't need to use those.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by tootie » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:12 PM UTC

Playing Tecmo Bowl with a roster of late 80s players is like double nostalgia for football fans. The legend of Tecmo Bo Jackson will live forever.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by chongli » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:15 PM UTC

HDMI out? I wonder if they're going to simulate NTSC TV artifacts such as colour bleed and dot crawl. These artifacts are important for correctly rendering NES games according to their original design [0].

[0] http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/KylePittman/20150420/241442/C...

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by delecti » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 1:15 PM UTC

hoodoof wrote: post #15

God I hate being nickle and dimed. It should include everything needed - two controllers and a power supply FFS.

The power supply is USB. I'm more than okay with not getting yet another USB brick with every new device.

Not getting the controllers to me is a separate issue, but it does include one, and as far as I can tell, only the original NES, 30 years ago, ever came with more than one controller.