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5103687 No.5103687 [Reply] [Original]

Honest question, what reason is there to own an NES anymore?

Excluding the obvious Nintendo classics and the occasional konami/namco/capcom properties everyone loves, Almost every single one of those has been updated, remastered, ported, or compiled in some form of compilation.

Ultimate NES remix has every worthwhile Nintendo NES game, Mega man has the Legacy collections, Castlevania has the chronicles games, and other compilations, Metal gear is included in the legacy collections on PS3. And every single namco arcade classic has been compiled in some form of namco museum or some other. Hell even Midway and atari have classic compilations, so even their NES ports are out.

Honestly asking here, I'm scraping the barrel trying to find reasons for owning this ancient relic anymore. SMB3? I can just play the SNES all-stars version, or hell, the GBA port, or the wii port OF all-stars. Even fucking metroid is on the GBA.

>> No.5103695
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5103695

>the obvious Nintendo classics and the occasional konami/namco/capcom properties everyone loves
That seems like a good number of reasons

>> No.5103697

>>5103695
Yeah but they're no longer NES exclusive. Thats my point. they all exist on some future console that has a better reason to exist. Keeping the NES for those games seems silly when you can just play them on those other consoles, or hell, emulate them on a PC or phone . But I'm talking purely physical here, so.

>> No.5103698

>>5103687
>Honestly asking here, I'm scraping the barrel trying to find reasons for owning this ancient relic anymore
you're on a retro board complaining and looking for reasons to not have one of nintendo's first consoles. how many fucks do you seriously think we have for this level of zoomer retardation? if you've guessed more than one fuck was given, then that's the wrong answer. real hardware is king, emulation is for faggots.

>> No.5103701

>>5103698
I'm not talking emulation. I'm talking actual remakes and remasters, which exist for almost all of those games. Why own 32 bulky NES carts when you can own like 8-10 discs? Like I said, Mega man in its entirety is on one switch cart now. that entirely nulifies owning 6 NES games, 1 SNES game, 1 PS1 game, and 2 digital PS3 games. Its just silly in this day and age.

>> No.5103704

>if humans came from monkeys why are there still monkeys

>> No.5103718

>>5103704
You're not obligated to acknowledge the monkeys anymore anon. Humans are clearly superior and if we were still sitting around thinking, "Man, weren't monkeys great back then?" We wouldn't be getting anywhere, now would we?

>> No.5103739

>Ultimate NES remix has every worthwhile Nintendo NES game

It certainly doesn't and they're all remixed. Am I getting trolled by OP? It's hard to tell sometimes.

>> No.5103748

>>5103739
Its only missing the original mother. Its more than acceptable unless you're a nitpicky nancy.

>> No.5103757
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5103757

>>5103718

>be on board dedicated to retro videogames
>wonder why people like playing retro videogames

>> No.5103761

>>5103757
>wonder why people like playing retro videogames

So you can't even read? This thread is asking why keep a physical NES. Not why people like its game library.

>> No.5103763

>>5103761

why bother getting a 1969 Camaro when you can get a 2018 Camaro right?

>> No.5103770

>>5103763
Agreed. Glad you see reason.

>> No.5103792

>>5103748
Can I play every game on the Remix game from start to beginning because I don’t think you can fucking do that.

>> No.5103797

>>5103792

You can't, it's literally just minigames.

>> No.5103810

Whether you keep your shit or not, no one cares, OP. No one will try convince you of anything.

>> No.5103813

>i'm a huge faggot that sucks massive dicks, why isn't the rest of /vr/ faggots as well?

>> No.5103829

>>5103687
Honest answer, just for the sake of having an original NES.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's better or worse than emulation here and neither do I imply something has to be useful or contain some inherent quality. It's just fun to have and boot up once in a while and if you don't like to have one well good for you, whether you want to own one in person is your own choice anon. Nobody's going to force you to get one if you'd rather play its classics on something else.

>> No.5104183

>>5103687
Mr. Gimmick. Of course that's a famicom, but it plays fine on an N8.

There's no reason not to own an NES (or AVS), though it emulates nicely and is dirt cheap.

>> No.5104187

>>5103687
I seem to recall this exact same thread like 3-4 months ago...

>> No.5104189

>>5103695
Serious question, how is that NES cart facing frontwards? Did you flip the board inside the nes cart?

>> No.5104194

>>5104189
It clearly says "NES GAME CARD FRONT" right there on the converter...

>> No.5104206

Are you insane OP?

NES Batman
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Power Blade 1 & 2
Shatterhand
Shadow of the Ninja
Kickle Cubicle
Lolo series
Captain America
Journey to Silius
Wizards and Warriors
Faxanadu
Metal Storm
Commando
Jackal
Gun.Smoke

Honestly the NES is better than the SNES. It's the SNES that isn't necessary, as better platformers are on NES and Genesis and better RPGs are on PSX.

>> No.5104212

>>5103687

Having the original hardware is fun.

>> No.5104237
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5104237

This is like asking:
>why would you ever want to watch movies made before 1990 when you can just watch the remake with modern CGI
Sadly for some zoomers this is not said with irony.

>> No.5104260

>>5104237
wat, they remade ben hur?

>> No.5104267

>>5103687
None really but I thought 2 eurodollars for a working system was an ok deal

>> No.5104285
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5104285

>>5104260
Fuck did they ever. The original ben hur used over 10,000 extras. The new one used computer generated crowds and CGI dirt kicked up by horses (in 3D! imagine that!)

>> No.5104295
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5104295

>>5104285
And here is the crowd in the remake. Those few dozen extras were used for closeup crowd shots and the rest were digital canvas.

>> No.5104337

>>5104194
Yeah I can read afterall. I've never seen a converter that you don't have to flip around. I have a FC to NES and and NES to FC and they all sit backwards.

>> No.5104349

>>5104285
What original? The 15 minute one from 1907 or the classic adaption from 1925?
You can't really use the 1959 version as an argument against remakes.

>> No.5104362

>>5104206
>Plays nintendo systems for non nintendo games
>Calls anyone else insane

I bet you fought an NES to play computer football.

>> No.5104364

>>5103687
Unless you were American, there never was any reason to own NES in the first place.

>> No.5104370

>>5104349
Not him, but in this particular case you can. Because they weren't remaking the book or adopting it again. They were specifically remaking the '59 version (Keith Clarke, the fucking script-writer, only learned there was a book once they've wrapped up production).

>> No.5104372

>>5103701
Those are emulations you dip

>> No.5104386

>>5104372
its on official nintendo hardware, that is the exact opposite of emulation "you dip"

>> No.5104390
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5104390

>>5104337
idk man it just works like that

>> No.5104392
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5104392

>>5104362
You better not be talkin shit about Jackal son

>> No.5104402

>>5104370
Source?

>> No.5104414

>>5103687
To play good video games on it.

>> No.5104426

>>5104414
More like shitty diareha fart games haha ASS

>> No.5104464

>>5104349
>The 15 minute one from 1907 or the classic adaption from 1925?
Both of those were silent and incomplete adaptations from the novel. The 1907 one is literally just the chariot race and is 15 minutes long.

>> No.5104516

>>5104464
Do you have a problem with silent movies?

>> No.5104521

>>5104516
Only when they are 15 minute long adaptions of 450 page novels.

>> No.5104561

>>5104414
That's not a mega drive

>> No.5104574

>>5104362
>I bet you fought an NES to play computer football.
Tecmo Super Bowl is still the best football video game. Unless you're talking about ass football aka soccer.

>> No.5104603

Because i like it

>> No.5104636

>>5104386
>its on official nintendo hardware, that is the exact opposite of emulation "you dip"
You don't know what emulation is. If you are going to emulate, you can emulate every game on the wii....And if you don't think that is emulation because it is a nintendo console, then you should be good with that.

>> No.5104673

Cause the games are good af

>> No.5104691

>>5104390
>Lagrange Point ost
nice, was listening to that earlier today

>> No.5104693

>>5104402
Interview he gave when they were filming the standard "Making of" documentry on set.

>> No.5104741
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5104741

>>5104362

this is the stupidest post i've seen all day

>> No.5104748
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5104748

Games like these.

>> No.5104751
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5104751

>>5103701
Then go out and sell your NES. Nobody gives a flying fuck if you care to own one or not.

>> No.5104758

>>5103701

dude the megaman rereleases ARE emulation. the emulatiors are on the freaking disc bozo.

>> No.5104764
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5104764

>>5104748
Both Willow and robin hood: prince of thieves were far better games than they had any right to be. Somehow "Generic Movie: the game" that are easily among the best action adventure RPGs on the platform.

>> No.5104767

>>5104764
you say willow is good? i might get it then b/c i know a dude who has one for trade

>> No.5104772

Because it is fun to me

>> No.5104775
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>>5104767
Willow has sword play control on par with SNES "A link to the past", and the individual region maps are huge and full of treasure chests that are very satisfying to find.

>> No.5104780

>>5104775
As for gear, Crystalis is the only NES game that comes close to willow for it's depth as an action RPG.

>> No.5104782

>>5103687
about hundreds if not a bit more of other games that haven't had a remake definitely makes it worth owning, also

>remakes
remakes suck ass you fucking zoomer

>> No.5104784
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5104784

>>5104780
captcha ate my image.

>> No.5104790

>>5104775
that's cool i do want to play more games in that style actually.
right on, i think im gonna see if i can make a deal with this guy next time i see him

>> No.5104792

>>5104790
Watch the movie again before playing it, just to brush up on references, but the game was made before final cut of the film so it has some deleted characters and stuff, plus some whole new concepts/areas.

>> No.5104808
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>>5104790
Also in willow your sword swings start out slow and clumsy. As you level up and get better swords your reach and swing speed improve. You "earn" better play control over time, which is interesting since you start out as a novice.

Also the wind picks up and music changes when evil shit emerges. I always liked that aspect of it. I believe this may be the first console game of it's type to feature something like that.

>> No.5104812

>>5104792

good idea anon

>> No.5104829

>>5103687
>Almost every single one of those has been updated, remastered, ported, or compiled in some form of compilation.
Horse shit. There are hundreds of good games only on NES that have never been ported or compiled.
>Ultimate NES remix has every worthwhile Nintendo NES game,
Horse shit.

>> No.5104878

>>5104829
i think he means "ultimate NES remix: the multicart"

>> No.5104918

>>5103687
I know right? With Nintendo Switch Online (TM) you can go ahead and play all the good NES games on your high definition television

>> No.5104931

>>5104808
Beautiful screenshot anon, good use of a .gif

>> No.5104934

>>5104931
I stole it from the internet, but that is a comfy scene. Those were some lovely 8bit skull monsters at the time.

>> No.5105509

>>5103687
Tecmo Super Bowl, Tetris need to be played on their original format, these games are still relevant and with a competitive official audience. Also SMB of course, to me these are perfect games. Also TSB gets roster updates every year for all you NFL fans.

>> No.5106095

>>5104370
>Keith Clarke, the fucking script-writer, only learned there was a book once they've wrapped up production
toplaff

>> No.5106117

>>5104349
Yes you can. The 1959 version was more spectactular than the previous one, in color, in 65mm ultrapanavision, with sound, longer and on a grander scale. The 1925 version otoh was superior to the 1907 version. They should of at least made this new version even more spectacular.