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Oh man, when I was ten, the neighbor's kids had an NES, and we spent entire weekends in front of it. It did eventually die down when we discovered AD&D, but still - we spent a lot of time playing Mario Bros, Zelda, etc. The wave of nostalgia hitting me is irresistible. Just checked: Amazon (in Germany) knows of this thing, but says it is not available. Does not list a price, either. :-(
Would anybody else much rather get a raspberry pi and $30 in supplies to make it themself?
I recently did this. I bought a case, a controller, an SD card, and other stuff detailed in Jeff Atwood's Retropie blog post. I hooked all this up to my TV, installed retropie, FTP'd ROMs over, and... The gamepad I'm using works in emulation station, but doesn't work when I'm in the ROM. apparently it's due to thi issue: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/564 I still haven't fixed it because I can't br…
I wonder if the author of the article realizes that "protips", while being an internet meme today, arose as nuggets of gameplay advice from GamePro magazine, some for these very games. It hit me hard in the nostalgia feels to see that again.
There are only so many times that I will repurchase the same old games for the sake of nostalgia. This isn't like re-buying the white album again because the record vinyl wore out. Nor is it re-buying Thriller because the cassette tape broke. This is more akin to that time you bought Beauty and the Beast on Blu-Ray when you already bought it on DVD and on VHS. The only way I would be on board with this is if it shipp…
The only thing that could be better is if they were to just sell all the games bundled up in one application on GOG or Steam. I'd much rather have the option to play them on my laptop than be tethered to a TV all the time.
I hope this sells well as I would love to see a SNES/Famicon Classic Edition. That was the console of my childhood :)
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/11/04/nes-classic-more-pow...
> 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 don't think it's a license issue, it was more of that Mike Tyson criminal convictions that caused Nintendo to replace him when they re released the game.
Oh man, when I was ten, the neighbor's kids had an NES, and we spent entire weekends in front of it. It did eventually die down when we discovered AD&D, but still - we spent a lot of time playing Mario Bros, Zelda, etc. The wave of nostalgia hitting me is irresistible. Just checked: Amazon (in Germany) knows of this thing, but says it is not available. Does not list a price, either. :-(
The timing couldn't be better. My daughter is turning 7 just before Xmas and this is going under the tree!
Cool that your daughter is willing to play retro games (I assume), I tried to get my teenage nephews to play FF7 and as soon as they saw the blocky graphics they noped the f out. Sigh.
Only negative thing I've read about this is that the controllers need a longer cable (yes, you can buy extension cables but they're $10 per controller, on a $60 system that is pricey). Aside from that it is a great value proposition. A lot of games, good hardware, and updated to work via standard HDMI/USB. I'm hoping that if this is a runaway success that Nintendo will consider doing a SNES, N64, and Gamecube version…