Has the NES aged well?

**NeoZeedeater** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:07 PM

MAME is a good thing though. If companies aren't going to re-release stuff, I want my arcade-perfect ports some way.

**flux=rad** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:07 PM

The NES is still my most played system. The NES systems themselves haven't aged well (it's really hard to find a front-loader that works consistently without a new connector), but the quality of the games on the system is just too high to ignore. The NES just has way too many great games to ever become obsolete for me. The fact that the PS2 may be about to get a high quality Castlevania game with decent 3d graphics doesn't make Castlevania 3 a piece of crap.

**Mzo** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:08 PM

I don't go out of my way to play those old ass games anymore.
I sold my 8 bit games and systems a while ago.

My condolences.

**Josh** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:12 PM

Please... it was just taking up space... and I never played the shit anyway.

I can fit all my 8 bit games on a CD now instead of them filling a closet.

**Wilykat** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by 88mph

I can fit all my 8 bit games on a CD now instead of them filling a closet.

He's got a point about that. Though I have no plans of tossing out all my NES/Famicom crap, NESterDC has certainly taken over as my preferred way of playing NES games. No need to try 15+ times to get a game to play when you want it to. But arguing the lasting quality of NES games and arguing the lasting build quality of NES systems are different things entirely.

Also, VMU save-states beat passwords. Easily.

**SearchManX** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:37 PM

Do you need a Gameshark-like device to use NESterDC on your Dreamcast? How's using the DC pad for playing NES games? I hated using the DC pad for Metal Gear Solid Bleem... but that was because the analog felt way too loose.

**Wilykat** · 07 Aug 2003, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by SearchManX

Do you need a Gameshark-like device to use NESterDC on your Dreamcast? How's using the DC pad for playing NES games? I hated using the DC pad for Metal Gear Solid Bleem... but that was because the analog felt way too loose.

Nope, it's actually very easy to make a self-booting NESterDC disk, considering the tools out there.

The DC d-pad is pretty much fine for NES games, though if you're completely dissatasfied there are alternatives out there.