Retrogaming
Publicado: 01 Feb 2017, 16:16
John Linneman escribió:Overall, the Classic Mini reminds us that the NES catalogue can be well worth revisiting even in 2017. For the curious passer-by, it's a respectable way to trace Nintendo's nascent steps into console gaming, and most will be hard-pressed to spot the inaccuracies in its emulation. For those demanding a truly authentic NES experience however, the products from Analogue or RetroUSB make for a better, more authentic choice. The price disparity between the high-end options and the Classic Mini is considerable though, and for its price, the official Nintendo product offers great value - at its retail price at least.
Ideally we'd have liked to see room for official expansion over the in-built library of games. Nintendo's first party titles are neatly represented in the roster, but without resorting to homebrew utilities, it's a shame there's no official online functionality in the Mini to broaden its scope. Accessing the Wii Virtual Console's already vast existing suite through the eShop would have been an ideal solution here. On the other hand, the value proposition of a console with 30 games - where each is often found for £5 or more on previous Nintendo systems - is reasonable given the Mini's launch price.
All of which leads us to a final point on pricing. Stock shortages have sent prices for the unit skyrocketing, to the point where the value proposition just doesn't make sense at the remarkably inflated prices third parties are now charging for it. Until the NES Classic Mini returns to its 'proper' pricing, it's really difficult to recommend. At its original £50/$60 launch pricing though, the hardware is highly appealing, though hardcore retro enthusiasts may be disappointed by some of the missed opportunities here. We're hopeful that more throwback consoles are designed in this vein, such as the SNES, given Nintendo's successes here. Overall, overlooking certain imperfections in the presentation of certain games, the quality of the console design, its authentic controllers and 30-strong game selection make it well worth checking out.
Huelo mano negra de Nintendo acaSNES preservation project "dead" after $10k of games lost in the post
A Nintendo fan's project to digitally preserve every SNES game has ended in defeat after the US Postal Service (USPS) lost a package containing 100 cartridges.
The parcel contained between $7500 and $10k worth of vintage games, which were en route to amateur archivist Byuu.
The package made the journey from Frankfurt to Byuu's home state of New Jersey, but after this was lost by the USPS. It was the second of five planned shipments of games from a European collector, who has now been left without a large chunk of their collection.
Byuu had planned to borrow the games, 100 at a time, dump the cartridge's contents, then repackage them and send them back. This worked fine for the first 100, so Byuu was eagerly awaiting the second shipment to continue his work.
After the shipment went missing, Byuu spent weeks appealing for help on Reddit from anyone who worked within the USPS or knew anyone at its New Jersey processing centre. But, after more than a month of no word, Byuu's luck seems to have run out.
Writing on Reddit last night, Byuu admitted defeat. His focus is now to reimburse the European collector for the games which were lost - people have suggested he set up a GoFundMe to help, which he said he may do.
But the preservation project is over - at least, for now.
"I'd rather start working on reimbursing the sender now, as game prices only go up," Byuu wrote. "He lent me 100 valuable games (Vampire's Kiss, Incantation, Hagane, Mega Man 7+X+X2+X3, etc etc), and now I can't send his games back.
"It was a terrible mistake have him trust the mail system. I'm not going to risk anyone else's games like that again."