What Are You Playing (Summer 2012)

[Geo]

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE (BRETT)

Brett Brand, TNL Sports Writer!

[Chux]

Well shit.

[Yoshi]

I'm so entrenched in this "Summer of Retro Gaming" a lot of us have taken part in that I'm reading damn near anything I can get my hands on. I feel like my next system will be either a FDS (sort of redundant since I have the NES) or a cheap SNES.

One thing I've been debating is one of these. As long as you get the newer revision with the blue lettering on the box, it is supposed to work well. Perhaps the most compelling feature, beyond the obvious space saving, is that you can use original controllers on it. And I don't think you use any kind of RGB, so the fact that it caps at S-Video for SNES and Genesis would be a non-factor for you.

[Opaque]

WHAT THE FUCK GEO

[Chux]

Isn't that just a fancy emulator?

[Yoshi]

The thing I posted? No, it plays original NES, SNES, and Genesis carts.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

But it uses emulation to run those carts, so there are the usual compatability issues that all NOACs run into.
We sell them, I would never recommend one to someone who took gaming seriously. Colors and sounds tend to be slightly off, and the pack in controllers are absolute garbage. It is nice that you can use OG controllers, but Snes controllers only work on Snes games and so on. So you need six extra controller laying around for optimal performance.
They're fine for people who just want to play Mario and Sonic or something casually. But they really aren't for people like us.

[Yoshi]

The revision will play Castlevania III, so this one is a step above most NES on a chip clones. There are clear tradeoffs, but if you're not going to use RGB for SNES and Genesis, you're already making similar concessions, so this may be attractive at the size and price.

[sleeve]

The revision will play Castlevania III, so this one is a step above most NES on a chip clones. There are clear tradeoffs, but if you're not going to use RGB for SNES and Genesis, you're already making similar concessions, so this may be attractive at the size and price.

I agree with this.

IMO, once you've compromised on RGB, it doesn't matter if you play on the original console or a clone.

I use a clone for NES and SNES games, and it works just fine. This unit is perfect for me, plus it uses the original controllers as well (I agree that the generally poor clone controllers is the only real drawback to using a clone unit).

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I object on the basis of redundancy.