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Some, yes, but not nearly enough. Remember that Nintendo actually got in trouble for forcing companies to forego releases on other systems. Mario, Zelda, Contra, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, etc. didn't see ports on other systems until well after the NES was the market leader by a wide margin. Super Mario Bros on the PC-8801 is not the same thing as the NES, and scrolling is a huge part of that. Pac Land was no Super Mario World. Not even close. Look, I like my 7800, but it's primary draw is playing 2600 games and a handful of games that were released at the beginning of the 80s. The market had long moved on. It's "good conversions of nintendo [sic] games" are limited to what, Mario Bros? Where is SMB? SMB2? Zelda? Metroid? Kid Icarus? The NES demolishes the 7800 in sports games, shooters, and platformers. And those Pro-Sticks are garbage. The NES controller is a bit too small for me, but it's infinitely better than the Pro-Stick. Plus the NES had the Advantage, which isn't a bad a joystick. Enough did though, and that's what mattered. There's no miracle here. The NES developed a solid system for the time and won out on games.

Everything I own fits the 7800, so I exclusively use that. I don't even own a 2600 anymore, and see no reason to do so. I agree about Centipede, though. Really fun 2-player action.

I remember reading that plenty of ebay sellers will include one or a handful of ridiculously priced games as a way of generating links to their online store... ?

Pretty much everyone has said it all, but I think it's worth reiterating: Pros: Backwards compatibility with the 2600 Controller port (semi-) compatibility Excellent homebrew scene Pinnacle of ports for a handful of arcade games (Centipede, Food Fight, Robotron, and that's not mentioning the homebrews) Looks great when modded I'll add a few extra cons, too. Bad sound, bad controllers, small library, terrible management I don't love the color palette Metal plate gets dinged up and is glaringly obvious

I bet I changed some status switch years ago and forgot about it. Thanks!

Huh, I don't have either of those options. Not that I wanted to utilize it, but I checked after seeing Atarian7's post and both are missing for me.

Yeah, this is my go-to for Frogger these days, and it's my only cart from this era, although I don't know why I never picked up Vectorman. I do like Zoop, but I thought was supposed to be better on the Suoer Nintendo. The rest are meh. (Never played Batman and Robin. Is it any good? I know it's different on the SNES and Genesis.) The Super Nintendo had the better late library, in my opinion, with Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2, and Kirby's Dream Course being three excellent games. If you move outside the US library, you also get Terranigma and Seiken Densetsu 3.

Is this an emulation thing or real cart? And it affected your exit count?

I mean, this is a new departure even for Putin. I know war is endemic to humanity, but invasions of this sort haven't been a thing in decades. But anything I want to say further gets into no-no politics territory.

Oops, sorry, I didn't mean mortgage payment, I meant total left on the house. Once you get down to the 8k range, it's almost over. A few months with your $1300 example. I hate seeing mortgage bills. I pay rent, which means even though I don't own this property, I pay double to triple what someone would pay for this place if they bought it. Grr.

I'm not a fan of visual novels and RPGs on the Saturn are either ridiculously expensive or imports, and sadly I can't read Japanese (yet). Virtua Fighter and Cop fall into the "fighters and shooters" tag, so I have those covered. Love me some Virtua Cop 1/2 and even House of the Dead. These three games (and Duck Hunt) are the chief I exclusively play on a CRT still.

I'm in this boat, too. Most of my Saturn games are shooters. One racer (Sega Rally), one run-n-gun (Metal Slug), and a few fighters, though my favorite post-16 bit fighters at that (Vampire Savior and the two X-Men games). There are games I would get if they were cheaper or were officially translated into English, but alas, the system is crazy to buy for. I've been wanting a US version of Dragon Force for so long, but I'm just ready to call it quits, sell my chipped Saturn, and buy a JP one to play my shooters and fighters.

I voted #3 but it's really more #2. I have two VG-themed t-shirts (one Donkey Kong and one Mario and company), but I don't really wear them for anything more than general house tees. And they're super old now. I don't think I would mind owning some cheap tees to wear around the house, but I wouldn't be seen wearing these out in public. I generally don't like the t-shirt look, even in the summer. I'd take a polo over one any (warm) day. Maybe underneath a button-down? But lounge wear is a different story.

Seconded on both counts. Congrats on the new Genny. What role does this new console play in your collection?

Some goals really are unreachable. It might just not be for you. Execs don't care about anyone unless they can appeal to a wider demographic. If you're not appealing to that demographic, pretty much forget it. Maybe some niche roles. Look at Seth Rogen or Keith Apicary, but there's a sense of self-deprecation (just enough, not too much) that comes with that territory. But at the very least, a self-awareness that you and BTS occupy entirely different spheres.

I don't love any -casts, Youtube, pod, or otherwise. But I don't mind it existing so long as the promoter also legitimately and earnestly engages with the community. The promotion should be a supplement to the actual discussion, otherwise it's, as you note, just spam.

I mean, 8k is just a push over the edge for what I guess are many people's mortgages.

Will you grade my students' papers? If so, how much?

I would say that it has a charm that draws me to it (and the GB and Wii versions even). I don't love it, but it has endeared itself to me enough that I couldn't part with it easily.

Agreed. It's not altogether a sociology thing, but a socio-cultural/journalist thing. There is a vast gulf of difference between those of us born in the 80s and those in the 90s. As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, categorizing groups according to some arbitrary 25 year period is less and less tenable. Attitudes shift, and no group is ever monolithic and will never be again. Fragmentation is too great. And as Old CS1 mentioned, the title is totally clickbait. The plane is cool, but that uploader is a dick for doing that.

This is 100% true to my experience, too. After so many hours of indoors video game playing, we'd all go outside and "imaginate" the details. Or draw them out. Not all of us had active imaginations, but I think having one made the game experience richer. To answer the question: yep, we had a 2600 up until my sister (the eldest) bought a Super Nintendo, maybe 1991? I then got a Genesis a little while after. From there the consoles blossomed, but the only interaction I had with a Nintendo was at neighbors' and friends' houses. I did love those games, though, so it wasn't by choice we didn't have a Nintendo.

I don't think any of these are really the same as video games. The big difference is that video games are digital to begin with, so a proper ROM dump on a flash cart is 100% indistinguishable from a legit cart. It's the same code. You're probably just taking a jab here, but you really can't be serious that playing an audio of an older car while driving is anything close to the same experience!

I think my big disillusionment occurred in conjunction with that one guy who made headlines (in retro circles) for buying a complete US PS2 set. Dude just spent tens of thousands of dollars and bought it all. People ate that up, but I thought it was stupid. What's the point? With just buying it all in one go, you no longer have a carefully curated selection. You didn't have to go hunting. There's no story about your collection. No, you're just showing off your money. Anyone with money could do the same, so what's there to be impressed about? I've never wanted to own a complete set of any game library, but after seeing that, I no longer find any "wall collection" of video games impressive. Just a huge waste of money that could have been spent far better than stroking one's ego.

At some point, you just have to trash it and learn to avoid junk. And that's true not just for games, but for everything. I know she's not as popular anymore, but I Kondo was on the right track. (Of course, Laozi said it first, but Kondo made it popular, which is a great thing.) Why keep something because you might do something with it later? If it doesn't bring you joy, junk it. Sell it, off-load it, if it's not moving at all, recycle what you can and toss the rest. But most importantly, think before you buy. We wouldn't be in this position in the first place if we had spent more time thinking about what we actually wanted and not worrying about getting things before prices hiked. Years ago I had way too much. Then I went through a huge purge and sold consoles and games and whatever else I could. I got rid of the Xbox, Xbox 360, PS3, Super Cassette Vision, Neo Geo CD, PSP, Nintendo DS, Lynx, and anything pre-NES except 2600 and ColecoVision. I went from having 50 PS2 games to 15, and a few more might still go. I still have a box of residuals, and the pile grows as I learn what I want to focus on. Now I keep only what I (or my family) really want to own, what I really want to play. Hard lines in the sand are actually a good thing - don't get X or Y consoles unless you know you'll spend some good time with it. After all, we only have so much time to play them! Haven't played a console in years? Sell it. If any of it is nostalgic, throw it in a box and see how much you really miss it in a few years. Maybe keep just a few choice games. Remember, folks, you can't take it with you when you go, and 99% of the time, no one else wants "your collection" (aka, "your junk"). It'll likely be trashed or sold for peanuts unless you act now. It's just stuff, after all.