Superblatt
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NES/Famicom Appreciation Thread
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IrishNinja
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^again, top notch work too. the only downside is that playing NES at a friend's place on composite again will make your eyes vomit blood, which is unfortunate but that's what raising your standards does for you
Just by seeing the difference on other systems, it spoils you. =(
IrishNinja
Member
^however, it does make me wish the XRGB had a good/better oversan filter for the sidescrolling parts that overscan on stuff like Little Nemo
IrishNinja
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^i guess it depends...you might have a lotta sentiment with that one, but then that would make me wanna trick it out/improve it. personally i took the one my buddy had in the box till like '04 or so (it's been carefully taken care of since) and went with it, had bapho kill the lockout chip too. he said the board was in great shape but must've tightened it up something fierce cause the first week or so my dainty hands had a struggle getting carts back out, haha. most were working without even pushing them down, even!
of course now most want to be pushed down prolly cause i fucked up and played stuff before my recent cleaning-mania but anyway.
of course now most want to be pushed down prolly cause i fucked up and played stuff before my recent cleaning-mania but anyway.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I never want to have to put up with a front-loader again.
After I finish my NESRGB and put my Everdrive in a shell, I'm never taking it out.
IrishNinja
Member
i mean they're fuckin terrible form factor but NOSTALGIA MAN THATS WHAT AN NES LOOKS LIKE
i do wanna mess with a dogbone controller one day though
see this man has a plan
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Hey Irish.. Is your NES modded for Famicom sound channels? I see you were looking into adapters. Just curious. It's a must for Fami (well, one or two games anyway 
(I mean city)
I would so be in! except my NES is in another castle
(I mean city)
baphomet
Member
I prefer the look of the front loader. Also with a really good 72 pin you don't even have to push the carts down and they'll boot 100% of the time.
Fucking with an old front loader with a shitty connector can be the most frustrating thing on the planet though.
Also, I never remove my everdrive as well.
IrishNinja
Member
Hey Irish.. Is your NES modded for Famicom sound channels? I see you were looking into adapters. Just curious. It's a must for Fami (well, one or two games anyway
ah, i totally don't! i'm only after like 5 or so fami carts so far, which ones utilize it?
georgetheplushie
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The comprehensive list: http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/List_of_games_with_expansion_audio
For actual carts, there are a lot less than I expected, but you figure the developers and publishers probably looked at it and wondered if it was even worth the extra time, effort, and (probably) money. You figure mapper chips with expansion audio cost more than more standard mappers, and when you start ordering 10k-20k chips, even a dollar or two difference would matter a hell of a lot. Then you have to figure that if the game gets localized to other regions, all the music has to be rearranged.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
sixteen-bit
Member
They're certainly more comfortable to hold but the button layout is fucked up.
IrishNinja
Member
ah, just looked it up...i adjust to these things but at a glance that diagonal layout might initially kinda tricky
Ya know, after years of GBA/GBC and DS etc having those buttons diagonal may not be too bad. I too would like to snag a dogbone at some point...
baphomet
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sixteen-bit
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You'd think that, wouldn't you? But on SNES and DS, using Mario as an example, run is X and jump is B. The angle orientation is reversed on the dogbone making it a bit disorienting.
IrishNinja
Member
Yea you do
ahaha, for real? i remember the switches but wasn't sure if we did that one...awesome!
Right, it's basically having to use the A and B buttons on the DS when playing GBA games, which is the main reason why I don't do that. Horrible. And Nintendo KNOWS it's horrible because their DS games don't fucking use A and B, they use X and B like they should.
That makes me so mad.
Why are they showing Famicom Disk System games when the Press Release says nothing about support?
According to their tweets you can hook up an FDS to it.
Analogue Nt thread - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=783303
Hero_of_the_Day
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Finished Mega Man 3. The jump in difficulty from 1&2 to 3 is fucking insane. Way longer too with the second set of stages before you get to Wily's castle.
It occurred to me that this is probably the first time I've actually beat these games on a real NES and without cheats. Feel pretty bad ass, or at least I will when I finish the last three.
It occurred to me that this is probably the first time I've actually beat these games on a real NES and without cheats. Feel pretty bad ass, or at least I will when I finish the last three.
Im not gonna lie. The NT might look cool in action...but I only went with a CMVS for the fact that there really isnt any other way to play MVS games aside from a CMVS or actual cab.
My NES + Famicom converter works just fine.
The guy does make pretty nice products though, so I guess if you've got the funds and dont mind not having the original stuff, it'll probably be a good way to go.
My NES + Famicom converter works just fine.
The guy does make pretty nice products though, so I guess if you've got the funds and dont mind not having the original stuff, it'll probably be a good way to go.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I didn't think so. The retread stages were the only hard part and those aren't bad if you already have a weakness chart handy. I think you can also stockpile more E tanks in that game.
Wily's Castle in MM3 is basically a victory lap compared to 1 & 2.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Yeah, Wily's castle isn't too bad. Exactly like you said, it was the retread stages that were hard as fuck for me.
PixyJunket
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I posted a thread about some high-end NES clone coming out.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=783663
It's claiming to be RGB, but as with all NES clone to date, better to keep expectations in check.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=783663
It's claiming to be RGB, but as with all NES clone to date, better to keep expectations in check.
Hero_of_the_Day
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You were long beaten in both your post and your thread:
I'm intrigued to hear the full details on it. What else could it be if it's not emulation, short of ripping out the parts of original systems and using them?
Hero_of_the_Day said:
Supposedly reverse-engineered to use modern parts and make use of modern features. An example would be the Atari Flashback systems:
The original Atari Flashback was a NES-on-a-chip (NOAC) - the games were actually newly programmed NES ports of Atari 2600 games.
The Atari Flashback 2 and 2+ were re-engineered hardware clones using modern parts - you could add a cartridge slot and run actual Atari carts!
The Atari Flashback 3 and 4 however were machines which used software emulation to run the games.
I wonder if this is a continuation of the Super 8 project http://hackaday.com/2013/02/09/building-a-better-nes/
https://www.tindie.com/products/low_budget/nes-super-8-v18/
baphomet
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It's highly unlikely that's a clone.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
This is one of the craziest things I've ever read.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It is done:
It's crazy to play them all in order and watch the graphics get better and better. Six is pretty damn impressive looking. Three was the toughest one for me, with 1 or 6 being the easiest.
Forgot I never shared this either:
Click on picture for youtube video, hopefully the link works.
Friend made it for me. I thought it was pretty fucking awesome.
It's crazy to play them all in order and watch the graphics get better and better. Six is pretty damn impressive looking. Three was the toughest one for me, with 1 or 6 being the easiest.
Forgot I never shared this either:
Click on picture for youtube video, hopefully the link works.
Friend made it for me. I thought it was pretty fucking awesome.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I was honestly surprised at how easy most of them were. I've always had it in my head that they were some of the hardest games out there and had never beaten them without cheats or save states on an emulator before. Each game has its tough as fuck moments, but Three was really the only super hard one for me.
I was surprised how much I liked Four also. I've always had a negative view of that one. But, I thought it was cool that it was the first to really have hidden items/weapons and some branching paths.
I think Six was probably the low point for me. Awesome graphics, but the Robot Masters were pretty lame and just felt like they were going through the motions level design-wise. Some of the levels felt super short as well. One had pretty short levels as well, but that was excusable since it was the first and all.
It is probably just the result of people thinking it is a rare game that they need to get now before the price gets too high. The result being that sellers see this trend and therefore keep raising the price and when people see that sellers are pricing it at $100 they bid to $70-$80 because they think they are getting a deal at that point.
IrishNinja
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^that literally reads to me like the M.O. of a ton of classic titles on different formats right now
It might be from all the insufferable whining you hear from people about the games. They're very fair and well-made, you have a giant health bar and lots of health refills for buffering any mistakes AND unlimited continues.
I agree that 6 looks the best but is the lamest, haha. Lame story, lame bosses. Great graphics, though. I had a lot of fun with 4 and 5, don't see the hate at all. Whatever. People are bad at games.
Sure that's always a potential problem. But it's easy to fix or replace so I wouldn't worry too much.