S/NES Consoles

chopperbyrne

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/b76e/

Anyone got one of these or something similar?

Thinking of getting one and picking up some cheap NES and SNES carts on ebay.

I'd mainly want Mario Kart, Metroid and Starfox for the SNES, which I've heard a lot of knock off consoles have difficulty with.

Never heard of any NES games being particularly quirky so I think I'll be okay there.

Retr0gamer

Make sure you get the right version of it. If you get a 60Hz one and want to play PAL games you'll end up with timing issues in a lot of games which can mean glitchy games. If you haven't started collecting already you should get a 60 Hz machine and then buy American games since they are cheaper and you won't have to put up with borders and slowdown that PAL games had. There's a few very good PAL exclusives like the Firemen and Terranigma but if you want them my advice is get a cheap SNES.

chopperbyrne

No games right now and the plan was to get NTSC carts.

Is that machine the best of them or is there a better one?

I know there are machines that do Genesis too.

roast

Would it not interest you more to pick up a second-hand original, OP?

Retr0gamer

The problems with these machines can be the cheap circuitry in them and cheap chips. What you find is that the sound from these machines isn't great with a lot more interference or not replicating the samples perfectly. It's fine for the untrained ear but for someone like me that loves videogame music then it feels a bit off. I'd say go for NTSC machines but again the problem is finding them with cheap postage from the states since NTSC machines don't come up on ebay that often. For the SNES you can get a PAL machine modify it so that it's region free with a 50/60 Hz switch. However there's no way to add 60Hz to a NES PAL system so you'd need to get an NTSC machine.

pdbhp

I've played a few Retro duos, controllers are total garbage.
Some games run like a turd on it with glitchy borders all over the screen.

Retr0gamer

Yeahsome of the later games that use hardware tricks can be glitchy when the hardware in the Duo's doesn't match the original harware.

CiDeRmAn

Yeah, you stick in a copy of Starwing/fox and you get full speed with a big black bar down the screen or something equally distracting from saving the universe.

Better just buy the real hardware and enjoy it as it should be.

The most expensive part of collecting tends to be the constant demand for more carts rather than the initial outlay for the console itself.


I had a game that ran like a turd once!
Turned out it was Golden Axe and it was supposed to be that way!

chopperbyrne

It's not the expense, SNESs and NESs can be picked up really cheap.

It's the convenience of not having several more consoles cluttered around the telly.

Retr0gamer

Well you can get one if you want but the experience will be far from authentic and there'll be a few games that will give you trouble.

Atavan-Halen

I don't see why anyone would want a clone system. Original hardware is readily available online and sometimes at car boots. You're also guaranteed it'll play all the games and the sound will be perfect.

K.O.Kiki

Get a PAL console, for real nostalgia - PAL50 slowdowns and all

Retr0gamer

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Get a PAL console, for real nostalgia - PAL50 slowdowns and all

Ugh... don't even joke about that!

Lorfarius

atavan-halen wrote: »

I don't see why anyone would want a clone system. Original hardware is readily available online and sometimes at car boots. You're also guaranteed it'll play all the games and the sound will be perfect.

The biggest benefit is the ease of playing imports.

OwaynOTT

If only I could go backwards to the past. Do many pal games now to bother to start to collect NTSC.

Retr0gamer

OwaynOTT wrote: »

If only I could go backwards to the past. Do many pal games now to bother to start to collect NTSC.

Same with me and my N64 collection. I've got maybe 3 games left until I own every game I'll ever want on the system but most of them at PAL.

o1s1n

Just mod your PAL Snes system and play your PAL games at 60hz. Most run fine.