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

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Post by Nition »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #43
clw8 wrote: post #17

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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.

The funny thing is, FF7 (and other early 3d games) aged far worse than early 2d games. There's a resurgence in indie platformers in the style of 2d games, while most of the 3d games from the N64/Playstation era just look outdated.

It actually looks like the PS1/Quake-era kinda style might be coming in as a smaller trend. You've got games like Devil Daggers[1] and shaders like this: https://github.com/dsoft20/psx_retroshader

[1] http://store.steampowered.com/app/422970

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

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Post by Sargos »

SixSigma wrote: post #75
bitwize wrote: post #6

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.

"pro-tips" appears as a phrase in this 1970 golf magazine http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/page/1970jul61-70.pdf

But in gaming culture and all of the references you will see in this thread the phrase originated from PC Gamer as they used those words for their gaming tips.

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

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Post by Lazlo_Nibble »

intralizee wrote: post #7
devopsproject wrote: post #3

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don't encourage the scalpers

Seems more of a warning to people that are late to Christmas shopping. Very likely this will be on eBay for $100 if short supply from Nintendo.

There are already a lot of completed "presale" sales on eBay for $125-$189.

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

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Post by runevault »

ghayes wrote: post #54
runevault wrote: post #12

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If this does even half as well as I expect, they would be insane not to do an SNES one. N64 and Gamecube are more interesting as, while both platforms had some good games, 1) the controllers were absurd, and 2) they don't have the same nostalgia feel with a wider audience that the first 2 Nintendo consoles do. What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? I would dearly love to see stuff like FF 3/6 an…

People still love the Gamecube controllers for Smash Brothers that 1) Nintendo still makes new Gamecube controllers [0], and 2) they created a port to allow you to play Wii U with old Gamecube controllers [1]. [0] https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailCol... [1] https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailCol...

Smash players are crazy :). I don't know that I've heard of anyone else who uses those.

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

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Post by runevault »

serge2k wrote: post #64
runevault wrote: post #12

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If this does even half as well as I expect, they would be insane not to do an SNES one. N64 and Gamecube are more interesting as, while both platforms had some good games, 1) the controllers were absurd, and 2) they don't have the same nostalgia feel with a wider audience that the first 2 Nintendo consoles do. What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? I would dearly love to see stuff like FF 3/6 an…

I'd like to see one where you can buy packs of games. Shooter pack, square RPG pack, Nintendo classics pack, etc... Probably makes things a lot more difficult though.

yeah one with an SD cart system or the like would be even better, but I would totally take another thing like this as the fallback.

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

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Post by voltagex_ »

6stringmerc wrote: post #51

This is something I look forward to purchasing all in (System, 2 controllers, cable extenders) for $30 in the Fall of 2017, because it doesn't look like a DRM/lock-in type system and I get a hunch these will pop up on CraigsList with regularity in the not too distant future. $60 + $10 + $20 for extension controllers adds up to me (that's 24 sets of guitar strings at 3 for $10 deal prices) but I'm not mentioning this…

What does DRM have to do with future / second hand pricing?

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

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Post by cableshaft »

schwarze_pest wrote: post #56
cableshaft wrote: post #47

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> What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? ...building a list of 30 such games would take hours to trim down. Took me ten minutes. Although if I knew it weren't super unlikely, I would sneak Uniracers and EVO: Search for Eden onto this list. Also, yes I know there are a ton more great games for SNES. It was an awesome system. But these seem like good candidates. * Chrono Trigger * Donkey Kong Coun…

> Super Street Fighter II Turbo That's not a SNES game. There is Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Super Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha 2.

You're right. I originally had just Turbo on there, then decided to switch it to Super Street Fighter 2. Guess I was mistaken about Turbo also being part of that title.

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

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Post by runevault »

cableshaft wrote: post #47
runevault wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If this does even half as well as I expect, they would be insane not to do an SNES one. N64 and Gamecube are more interesting as, while both platforms had some good games, 1) the controllers were absurd, and 2) they don't have the same nostalgia feel with a wider audience that the first 2 Nintendo consoles do. What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? I would dearly love to see stuff like FF 3/6 an…

> What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? ...building a list of 30 such games would take hours to trim down. Took me ten minutes. Although if I knew it weren't super unlikely, I would sneak Uniracers and EVO: Search for Eden onto this list. Also, yes I know there are a ton more great games for SNES. It was an awesome system. But these seem like good candidates. * Chrono Trigger * Donkey Kong Coun…

The fact you included Tetris attack makes me automatically really like you.

Finding 30 games is easy, for me getting it to be the optimal 30 games would be harder. But then my super ideal never happen dream list would include stuff like Final Fantasy 5 and Seitken Sendetsu 3 (sequel to Secret of Mana that never got an official english translation during the SNES era if ever).

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

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Post by bane »

cableshaft wrote: post #47
runevault wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If this does even half as well as I expect, they would be insane not to do an SNES one. N64 and Gamecube are more interesting as, while both platforms had some good games, 1) the controllers were absurd, and 2) they don't have the same nostalgia feel with a wider audience that the first 2 Nintendo consoles do. What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? I would dearly love to see stuff like FF 3/6 an…

> What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? ...building a list of 30 such games would take hours to trim down. Took me ten minutes. Although if I knew it weren't super unlikely, I would sneak Uniracers and EVO: Search for Eden onto this list. Also, yes I know there are a ton more great games for SNES. It was an awesome system. But these seem like good candidates. * Chrono Trigger * Donkey Kong Coun…

A list like this without Axelay, Contra and Cybernator is missing three of the greatest SNES games of all time.

wait I forgot Ninja Warriors, Metal Warriors, Super Turrican (and Turrican 2), Skyblazer, Rendering Ranger R2, Hagane, Actraiser, the rest of the Mega Man X series, the Bomberman series, Captain Commando.

Crap, I think we're nearing 60.

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