• Nintendo NES Classic

    From Necromaster@80:774/1 to All on Mon Dec 12 13:06:14 2016
    What you you guys/gals think of the NES Classic? I think it's a nice device but overly exaggerated. I personally play all my NES games on my PC via emulation and it just works :) I also do the same for other various systems like, Amiga, Super NES, Nintendo 64, All Sega consoles and handhelds, ect...

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  • From Richard Menedetter@80:774/18 to Necromaster on Mon Dec 12 20:08:00 2016
    Hi Necromaster!

    12 Dec 2016 13:06, from Necromaster -> All:

    What you you guys/gals think of the NES Classic?

    Anything that does not have SD/USB changeable ROMs, but only relies on built in
    ROM is a complete NOGO for me.

    CU, Ricsi

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  • From Zero Reader@80:774/8 to Necromaster on Mon Dec 12 16:36:00 2016
    On 12/12/16, Necromaster said the following...

    What you you guys/gals think of the NES Classic? I think it's a nice device but overly exaggerated. I personally play all my NES games on my PC via emulation and it just works :) I also do the same for other

    Couldn't find one in stores on release. Built a RetroPie instead. Very happy with that decision and the lack of NES Classics turned out to be a blessing
    in disguise :-)

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  • From Necromaster@80:774/1 to Richard Menedetter on Mon Dec 12 19:57:06 2016
    Anything that does not have SD/USB changeable ROMs, but only relies on built in ROM is a complete NOGO for me.

    That my thoughts exactly :) when I first heard of it, I thought one would be able to use cartridges on it .

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  • From alliekbean@80:774/32 to Necromaster on Mon Dec 12 19:44:00 2016
    Re: Re: Nintendo NES Classic
    By: Necromaster to Richard Menedetter on Mon Dec 12 2016 19:57:00

    Anything that does not have SD/USB changeable ROMs, but only relies on built in ROM is a complete NOGO for me.

    That my thoughts exactly :) when I first heard of it, I thought one would be able to use cartridges on it .

    I think from the teardowns they've done it's actually a Linux machine running Nintendo's own emulator software, which is likely superior to the FOSS stuff since Nintendo has all the specs and other information to make an accurate emulator.

    I still kind of want one for my family since it comes with most of our favorite games and is way more approachable to them than a retropi. But I've not ruled out putting together a retropi for them either.

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  • From Richard Menedetter@80:774/18 to Alliekbean on Tue Dec 13 09:35:00 2016
    Hi Alliekbean!

    12 Dec 2016 19:44, from alliekbean -> Necromaster:

    I think from the teardowns they've done it's actually a Linux machine running Nintendo's own emulator software, which is likely superior to
    the FOSS stuff since Nintendo has all the specs and other information
    to make an accurate emulator.

    The open source emulators are extremely versatile.
    I do not believe that there is a difference between them and the Nintendo one. The amount of testing and development is far bigger for the OSS emulators.

    I still kind of want one for my family since it comes with most of our favorite games and is way more approachable to them than a retropi.
    But I've not ruled out putting together a retropi for them either.

    Other emulators with changeable ROMs also have all your favorites ;)

    CU, Ricsi

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  • From Night Stalker@80:519/0 to Necromaster on Wed Dec 14 16:18:00 2016
    On 12/12/16, Necromaster said the following...

    Anything that does not have SD/USB changeable ROMs, but only relies o built in ROM is a complete NOGO for me.

    That my thoughts exactly :) when I first heard of it, I thought one
    would be able to use cartridges on it .


    I was reading some news the other day and someone has put together a package to basically turn your Pi into the NES Classic .. I'll see if I can go back
    in my history and find the article.. it sounds like something I wanna try on the spare

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  • From Dribble@80:774/26 to Necromaster on Mon Dec 12 18:33:00 2016
    Anything that does not have SD/USB changeable ROMs, but only relies o built in ROM is a complete NOGO for me.


    I found a raspberry pi 3 with retropie loaded and a custom 3d printed nes
    case all for under $50 dollars works wonders for me ;) I even have a usb
    snes controller.

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  • From Dribble@80:774/26 to Night Stalker on Wed Dec 14 18:39:00 2016
    I was reading some news the other day and someone has put together a package to basically turn your Pi into the NES Classic .. I'll see if I can go back in my history and find the article.. it sounds like
    something I wanna try on the spare


    I did it, you just need to install RetroPi on your Pi and then drop the roms
    in the game directory on the SD card. I use a SNES USB controller with mine, works way better than the nes classic since I can play NES,SNES,GENESIS,ETC.

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  • From alliekbean@80:774/32 to Richard Menedetter on Wed Dec 14 21:14:00 2016
    Re: Nintendo NES Classic
    By: Richard Menedetter to Alliekbean on Tue Dec 13 2016 09:35:00

    I think from the teardowns they've done it's actually a Linux machine running Nintendo's own emulator software, which is likely superior to the FOSS stuff since Nintendo has all the specs and other information to make an accurate emulator.

    The open source emulators are extremely versatile.
    I do not believe that there is a difference between them and the Nintendo one. The amount of testing and development is far bigger for the OSS emulators.

    I'm certainly not saying the open source emulators are bad. They're really amazing, especially considering they're entirely reverse engineered. But there are some places where they're not quite accurate or there are still little problems, and Nintendo's own emulators don't have as many issues since they didn't have to reverse engineer anything.

    I still kind of want one for my family since it comes with most of our favorite games and is way more approachable to them than a retropi.
    But I've not ruled out putting together a retropi for them either.

    Other emulators with changeable ROMs also have all your favorites ;)

    True, but the rest of my family aren't computer geeks. :) So the easier the better for them! I still may build a retropi at some point, though.

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  • From Night Stalker@80:519/0 to Dribble on Thu Dec 15 10:34:00 2016
    On 12/12/16, Dribble said the following...

    Anything that does not have SD/USB changeable ROMs, but only rel built in ROM is a complete NOGO for me.


    I found a raspberry pi 3 with retropie loaded and a custom 3d printed nes case all for under $50 dollars works wonders for me ;) I even have a usb snes controller.


    Yep that would be the one I was referring to.. RetroPie and emulationstation

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  • From Night Stalker@80:519/0 to Dribble on Thu Dec 15 10:35:00 2016
    On 12/14/16, Dribble said the following...

    I was reading some news the other day and someone has put together a package to basically turn your Pi into the NES Classic .. I'll see if can go back in my history and find the article.. it sounds like something I wanna try on the spare


    I did it, you just need to install RetroPi on your Pi and then drop the roms in the game directory on the SD card. I use a SNES USB controller with mine, works way better than the nes classic since I can play NES,SNES,GENESIS,ETC.


    I use a wired USB XBox 360 controller.. so far I haven't had issues with it
    not being supported.. but again, I only play SNES/Sega stuff

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