/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.3602226]

Whose paying $60 for something that doesn't come with,

A Boy and His Blob
Battletoads
Blades of Steel
Blaster Master
Bionic Commando
Contra
Double Dribble
Dragon Warrior
Ducktales
Golgo 13
Lifeforce
Marble Madness
Metal Gear
Pro Wrestling
R.C. ProAm
Rush-n-Attack
Rygar
Shadowgate
Super Dodgeball
Ultima III

But it comes with an Atari 2600 classic, Pac-Man

[Anonymous No.3602237]

Normies who know nothing about retro gaming in the modern age.

It's the same people that kept the plug and play business alive for 2 decades. Just now Nintendo is finally getting in on it because they can get the hardware so cheap that it's worth their time.

Don't be part of the problem

[Anonymous No.3602238]

>60$ famiclone
>no Battle City

[Anonymous No.3602249]

It's crazy when you can go to Chinatown and buy some shitty bootleg plug and play clone with fake PS1 controllers and it ends up being a rom drop of one of the 110in1 famicom carts from Russia with all the games the MiniNES has and MORE.

But that's the beauty with casuals and video games, you can make millions off of them due to their lack of knowledge

[Anonymous No.3602253]

>Whose
*Who's

Nintendo may as well make the money than someone else making clones. Who cares? Not including the mario 2/ lost levels is a bizarre choice. It wouldn't have cost them anything.
If they made a gameboy colour clone I would buy one so I hope this does well.

[Anonymous No.3602254]

>>3602249
Or just buy a wii and emulate every nes game. I'v seen them for 40 Euro

[Anonymous No.3602315]

This is going to sell great no matter how much you guys bitch about it.

[Anonymous No.3602374]

>no Castlevania III
heh

[Anonymous No.3602385]

NES Classic is fluffed up to appear having many options, but in reality, t's restricted as shit.

>Only 30 games, with no way to add more
>NES Classic Controller cord is 2.5 feet long
>shitty RF filter instead of crystal-clear scanlines
>only 4 savestates
>no palette options
>720p output only
>HDMI only

[Anonymous No.3602895]

>It comes with Final fucking Fantasy
>but not Dragon Warrior

I guarantee that Nintendo wanted both but Square only let them use Final Fantasy

[Anonymous No.3602902]

>>3602895
>nintendo wanted to make good decisions
Nigga they have fucking CV2 on that shitshow and not CV3. There was no thought put into this thing.

[Anonymous No.3602904]

>>3602385
in other words

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[Anonymous No.3602907]

>>3602902
Honestly, it could be either one.

Nintendo seems to want to bring DQ over by how much they market the fuck out of it whenever they publish one because Square won't.

Meanwhile Square refuses to bring anything over unless someone else localizes it for them.

[Anonymous No.3603161]

>>3602237
Controversial statement, but I think WE'RE the problem.

More people that those few of us you argue endlessly over how expensive a game none of us gave a shit about when it first came out played these old games. If the ratio of retro gamers vs regular people who played NES is, like, 1/100, then 99 people are more interested in playing 30 games they remember playing when they were kids for the price of a modern video game than bothering why SMB 3 "deserves" to be $20 or that they won't be experiencing the "100% authentic retro experience".

Someone seems to say it every thread, but THE NES CLASSIC ISN'T FOR RETRO GAMERS; STOP ACTING LIKE IT IS.

[Anonymous No.3603170]

Anyone here have one? Think we could load roms on it?

[Anonymous No.3603242]

>>3602226
Not having Contra is pretty much unforgivable. Just waiting to see if it's hackable, otherwise I'll pick one up at a big sale or something just for decoration

Oh and maybe the controllers could be useful for emulation if they're good quality.

[Anonymous No.3603245]

>>3602226
That looks like a nice selection. I used to bring these plug-and-play things on vacation for playing at the hotel, and Gradius alone would probably keep me busy.

I would swap out Pac-Man and Galaga, given that the Namco plug-and-plays already have solid emulations of the arcade versions.

[Anonymous No.3603275]

>>3602226
>Dragon Warrior
WTF? Draggon Warrior 2 or 3 would be understandable. Even Final Fantasy 2 or 3 would be appealing.

Castlevania 3 with the VRC6 sound would be interesting.

No Double Dragon 3 either.

And only one Megaman, but 6 mario games. For this reason, including the lost levels wouldn't necessarily have been good. It's still pretty bad, 6 of 30 games are Mario games!

[Anonymous No.3603278]

>>3603275
Only one Mega Man because Capcom is still selling the "anniversary collection"

[Anonymous No.3603283]

Pock 30 for the SNES

[Anonymous No.3603334]

>>3603278
Well, they could have also allowed another megaman from after the series jumped the shark.

[Anonymous No.3605029]

>>3603161
This, pretty much. Modern Nintendo is all about trying to appeal to the average person, not the hardcore crowd. They could sell this thing with just the 3 Mario games and Zelda and it would still sell millions. I saw tons of my friends on normiebook sharing the announcement article for the NES classic saying "definitely going to have to get one of these" even though they have no interest in retro games otherwise. They would pretty much never consider buying an actual NES since all they want to play is Mario or Zelda or maybe a couple other games. They aren't trying to play obscure stuff like kickmaster or super spy hunter, we're the only ones interested in playing old games we didn't grow up with because we actually like the way old games play. We aren't a demographic worth targeting when Nintendo could just bank on nostalgia for their old million sellers and make exponentially more money.

In my view the NES classic is going to actually be better for people who do want to collect original hardware because we won't have nearly as many people buying retrons or actual NES consoles and the same handful of must have games (Mario, Zelda, contra) and then putting them in their closet after playing them for a weekend. People will just buy this thing and let it collect dust instead of doing the same with original hardware. although Nintendo is definitely missing out on some cash by not putting some sort of proprietary card slot on the NES classic and then selling more game bundles down the road.

[Anonymous No.3605661]

>I'm not paying for anything that doesn't have the 1988 classic "Lee Trevinos's Fighting Golf" fuckin nintenJEWS NORMIES

[Anonymous No.3606001]

>>3605661
>comparing Contra, Bionic Commando, Battletoads, Duck Tales and Rygar with some unlicensed homebrew garbage

[Anonymous No.3606020]

>>3602237
Normie: "Hey, you have a NES system too? That's great! Which games are you favorite?"
Anon: "It's hard to pick an absolute favorite, but I'm very partial to R.C Pro AM, Dragon Warrior 4, Faxanadu, Crystalis, and Clash at Demonhead. I've also been on a big Lunar Pool kick recently."
Normie: "What? I've never heard of any of those. You're lying, you don't even own a NES, do you?"

[Anonymous No.3606669]

This thing needs to come out already so /vr/ can stop making a new thread about it every 8 hours.

[Anonymous No.3606672]

>>3602226
Battletoads fucking sucks, so does Golgo 13. Your list sucks.

[Anonymous No.3606682]

>>3606672
>Battletoads fucking sucks

your mum sucks

[Anonymous No.3606685]

>>3603242
They're not hackable, everything is on soldered flash memory.

[Anonymous No.3606687]

>>3602226
You guys know about the short as fuck controller cords fiasco right?
>2.5 feet
A 3rd party is already making wireless ones that cost 20 bucks

[Anonymous No.3606698]

>>3606687
I don't intend to get the console, but I will buy a controller to use on my Wii. The 2.5' cord isn't an issue when you plug it into something that's wireless anyway.

[Anonymous No.3607169]

>>3602238
>60$ famiclone
>no cartridge slot

[Anonymous No.3607171]

>>3605029
>even though they have no interest in retro games otherwise
>having non retrogamer friends

[Anonymous No.3607183]

>>3607171
>having friends

[Anonymous No.3607383]

>>3602385
>>NES Classic Controller cord is 2.5 feet long

All of those can be excused even though the no way to add more games clause is bullshit as well. But 75 CM of cable is ridiculous. You'd have to sit on someones lap to play a 2 player game. What the fuck man. Would it hurt THAT much to add a 2 meter cable!?

Was getting exited for this to play casually with a friend and some beers, but now it's DROPPED.

[Anonymous No.3607386]

>>3607383
Maybe it's like the Genesis? The 3-button controller only had a 3 foot cord, but it also had a power cord which was super long to make up for it.

[Anonymous No.3607390]

>>3607386
It's still pretty tiny though, the distance from my table to my couch is 60CM already. I'd have to be hunched over to play, and hunched over in an awkward position to play with a friend.

I'd like to lean back and keep my furniture in place.

[Anonymous No.3609196]

>Wanting the shitty NES port of Metal Gear.

[Anonymous No.3609204]

That controller cord size is fucking abysmal.
That alone is enough to convince me not to buy it.

[Anonymous No.3609206]

>>3607386
My 3 buttons have some length

[Anonymous No.3609219]

>>3609206
I'm sure you're a hit with the ladies.

[Anonymous No.3609247]

>>3609206
>2.5"