Or dont bother with this hardware and instead look into emulators or playing online at sites like http://www.snesfun.com
SNES Classic announced
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I'll see your 100 games and raise you 900
http://www.funstockretro.co.uk/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega-console#reviews
~50 cents a title x 5 Million = 2 and half million dollars, which is more than they currently make off them, zilch
http://www.funstockretro.co.uk/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega-console#reviews
personally I think the reason why so few games are coming with it is, so nintendo can come out with a super duper snes with 100 or 1000 titles in a few years time (ala another bite from the cherry)
tongue_of_colicab
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Sorry, should have said "games people actually want to play". No disrespect but who cares about Sinclair games? We're not exactly talking about major IP or games everybody knows.
I don't think Nintendo will be releasing models with massively more games in the future. If they want to keep cashing in on this it makes much more sense to release a new model every couple of years with 20 ~ 30 games than release one with a 100+ games.
Or this might just be something to hype people up a bit and keep them happy until VC games finally hit Switch.
I don't think Nintendo will be releasing models with massively more games in the future. If they want to keep cashing in on this it makes much more sense to release a new model every couple of years with 20 ~ 30 games than release one with a 100+ games.
Or this might just be something to hype people up a bit and keep them happy until VC games finally hit Switch.
For just another 100 you could get a emulator console that can play 11 different systems, called Retro Freak. It has a cartridge reader for them and also allows for running from SD. It also has many different controlers available.
http://www.seganerds.com/2015/12/15/review-cybergadgets-retro-freak-console/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/12/hardware_review_cyber_gadget_retro_freak
http://www.seganerds.com/2015/12/15/review-cybergadgets-retro-freak-console/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/12/hardware_review_cyber_gadget_retro_freak
Nintendo definetly us leaving the door opened for newer revisions with more or diferent titles down the line and they surely know this. If they will ultimately take that oportunity is another story though, and I believe not even Ninty has decided yet.
But for now, they are milking this as much as they can, and one can't blame then. If people buy into the product, they are telling nintendo it has enough value for them.
But for now, they are milking this as much as they can, and one can't blame then. If people buy into the product, they are telling nintendo it has enough value for them.
These came up for preorder at Best Buy this morning. I was able to snag one! Email confirmation and all, CC pre-authed (Best Buy kinda annoyingly "intermittently" checks if you have funds (preauth) on preorder unlike Amazon, but since it's a CC I dont care). Hoping it sticks but indications seem good.
IIRC they came up at midnight my time and I think I saw it and got my order in about 7 minutes after they came up. I think they were up for about ten minutes.
That's already better than I ever did on NES classic (never got one for myself, let alone flipping). And I'm highly net savvy and spend unhealthy amounts of time online, so it always amazed me a NES classic continually eluded me.
Could be somewhat better stock too.
But if Nintendo is making these for only a limited time like NES Classic as I assume, then by nature it will be shortaged eventually. I dont care if they make 10 or 20 million.
Honestly if there's much secondary market, assuming I only ever get this one, I may play it a bit and if I dont love it then just sell it used later.
Still cant believe no Chrono Trigger
Also just noticed a new IGN hands on
Two controllers and the cables are at least a little better at 5 feet vs 3 foot for NES Classic. Of course it's also $20 more. Still feels like a "who cares" pittance of a price point.
IIRC they came up at midnight my time and I think I saw it and got my order in about 7 minutes after they came up. I think they were up for about ten minutes.
That's already better than I ever did on NES classic (never got one for myself, let alone flipping). And I'm highly net savvy and spend unhealthy amounts of time online, so it always amazed me a NES classic continually eluded me.
Could be somewhat better stock too.
But if Nintendo is making these for only a limited time like NES Classic as I assume, then by nature it will be shortaged eventually. I dont care if they make 10 or 20 million.
Honestly if there's much secondary market, assuming I only ever get this one, I may play it a bit and if I dont love it then just sell it used later.
Still cant believe no Chrono Trigger
Also just noticed a new IGN hands on
Two controllers and the cables are at least a little better at 5 feet vs 3 foot for NES Classic. Of course it's also $20 more. Still feels like a "who cares" pittance of a price point.
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So, I got one of these (actually 7, although the resale market has been lukewarm). I've had a Pi for a while, but games on it always looked quite pixelated. Whereas whenever I saw SNES classic on YT etc, the games didn't look pixelated (I think the reason is the cameras doing the shooting).
I wondered if it was some processing Nintendo was doing or something. So I HAD to see for myself.
Well, can confirm SNES games on a Pi and and a SNES classic look 100% identical on my TV.
Not only that, but the Pi is world's better for me for the simple fact I have a 8 bit do bluetooth controller on it, so I'm not tethered to a short cord.
Yep, with this knowledge I'll probably box my classic up and sell it.
I wondered if it was some processing Nintendo was doing or something. So I HAD to see for myself.
Well, can confirm SNES games on a Pi and and a SNES classic look 100% identical on my TV.
Not only that, but the Pi is world's better for me for the simple fact I have a 8 bit do bluetooth controller on it, so I'm not tethered to a short cord.
Yep, with this knowledge I'll probably box my classic up and sell it.
tongue_of_colicab
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Good for you, hope you lose money on it. Scalpers are shit.
Why? They perform a valuable role in the market I would say.
What role is that? They buy from the supplier and sell on to someone who would otherwise buy from the supplier at a lower price. I guess you could argue that they offer an option to secure ownership by paying a premium. That'd be a very capitalistic view though.
Just watched the DF review. Thank god they did the 4:3 upscaling right this time! So often I see pixel art upscaling done at non integer numbers introduce the same flikery uneven pixels of the NES Classic. Nearest Neighbor is not enough guys. Nintendo seems to have learned it. Sadly, the SNES's CRT filter is not as good as the NES's... sight.
Well I wouldn't be buying it anyway, haha, but I just like to see things done right.
Well I wouldn't be buying it anyway, haha, but I just like to see things done right.
Sigfried1977
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The whole point of the Snes mini is that you don't have to mess around with emulators and download ripped roms of titles you of course totally own (yeah, right
) from shifty websites. You also get faithful SNES controller recreations and a cute and very Nintendo-ey UI.I'd rather have the real SNES myself, but I'd certainly take this thing over an emulator.
The whole point of the Snes mini is that you don't have to mess around with emulators and download ripped roms of titles you of course totally own (yeah, right
the thing about snesfun.com is that you don't either. You click a game and play it instantly on the browser. No emulator to install, no roms to download. Allegedly, you don't even legally need an original copy. The sote claims to own them themselves and when you play the rom its as if you were temporarely borrowing the rights to their use remotely. I don't know how acurate that is though.
The only thing missing is the controller really...
This is an emulator.
The legality is questionable I'd say. Also, do they lock out multiple people from playing the same game at the same time? Say 50 people decide to play chrono trigger at once, does only the first one get to play, or would they say they have 50 copies of the game?
I think Mario at least was missing last time I looked at SNES fun. I presume due to Nintendo lawyers maybe. Without Mario games about a third the point is gone. And if Mario is gone maybe some other biggies are gone too I presume.
Also it's not immediately evident how to get a controller working there. I guess you have to get a complex third party keyboard to controller app. I gave up.