NES Classics

Retro Hero

Retro Hero

Does anyone own any of the NES Classics yet?

I went out and was happy to see that they're out, I saw all except for Snow Bros. Not that it matters, but I just have to stress that the boxes look tacky. I saw it and thought "wow, is this even official or some fake copy?" :lol

I only had enough money for one (ok so I wanted the rest of my money to buy movies, whatever) and in the end I chose Zelda. I'm on a mission to collect them all now, though.
 
Bought all of them,
Along with the new machine.
I like the new skin and stuff but I feel a little ripped off.
They could have packed all those games into one cartridge! >:(
 
I will prolly get Legend of Zelda. I do like the NES console (when closed) look of the GBA/SP too, but I think I'll stick with my platinum SP.

I still dig that Metroid was on the Metroid: Zero Mission game pak too.
 
Jeepin4Him said:
I got Mario, Excitebike and Donky Kong (now I remember why I didn't like it much back in the day  ::))
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Yeah, they're definately not like they were on the SNES or onwards. Zelda's actually pretty lame...but at least is started the whole thing. :)
 
Retro Hero said:
Yeah, they're definately not like they were on the SNES or onwards. Zelda's actually pretty lame...but at least is started the whole thing.  :)
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I have to disagree. The original Zelda is still a killer game (though the graphics are very simplistic). Some games (in particular, Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda and Metroid) are classics that just have so much replay value that they're hard to ignore even twenty years after they were released. Sure, the later incarnations of the games are impressive and very playable, but Nintendo really hit the jackpot with those three games IMO.
 
Ocorana of Time looks cool. Link to the Past was good. The original is still what started it all. Try playing the second quest some time. It is still quite a challenge... It's been so long since I've played the second quest that I don't remember where all of the items are. You have to love going through a game and re-finding long lost items.
 
I'd rather spend $20 on a portable GBA version of Zelda than fight with my old NES to get past the blue screen of death, flashing screen or lockups... hehe...
 
While I do agree that the price is rather high for such an old (and small) game, I can't really blame Nintendo. I mean if I had people beating down my door to pay $20 for an ounce of my belly button lint I'm not gonna stop them :p
 
It's a business. They have to make money, afterall (which will hopefully be put into research and design for new game ideas).
 
I agree with Neph. $20 is a very high price, considering they really didn't have to do much to make the games. They were already made, they just had to port them. Although it may not be totally legal, almost anyone could get all of those games for free.
 
Yeah, and CDs cost how much to press? Music companies basically rape the public with the price of CDs. But, they need money to invest in new bands to see which ones people will actually like.

And no, it's not "right" to price gouge, but that's the price of living in a competative, capitolistic society.

If you don't like the price, you have the right to choose not to buy something.

As far as emus, sure, make a point to download emus, but loading an emu on your GBA is gonna be pretty difficult.
 
I agree with neph, many games could easily be compiled onto one disk or cartridge. Look at Metal SLug 3 on the Xbox. There is no way you can convince me that Metal Slug 3 used more than half of that disks memory. I guarantee all the Metal Slugs could fit onto one disk for Xbox, PS2, and Gamcube. Sure, they released it for $40, and it is a great game, but we got ripped.
 
They probably didn't do it as a compiliation because they intend them to be collectible...how collectible is a single cartridge with a dozen games on it? *yawn*

Neph, based on what I've see here so far I'm sure you'd find something to complain about if they had done them as a compilation (hehe...just pickin' :p)
 
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