Specs Of A NES... (Original Nintendo)

[InTeL-iNsIdE]

There is/was a better way , i use a Q-tips & water one end of it & pass on the contacts inside the cartridge then dry it out with the dry side of the Q-tips , works like a charm.

Nah blowing ftw haha also I used to blow the inside of the nes slot too, this also helped, haha those were the days, heck who remembers popping a cassette into a commodore 64 tape player and having to sit through 20 mins of coloured bars waiting for one game to load ??? lmfao

Makes you think, the size of games we have today 8gb+ some of them and we have to wait maybe 30 seconds to load a huge amnount of data, not bad when you think about it

 

[erocker]

Imma let you finish. But...

I got a Sega (the one on the left) instead of a Nintendo as a child.

 

[zithe]

5 channel sound no way did the NES have that!

Polyphony would be a better descriptor.

Imma let you finish. But...

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I got a Sega instead of a Nintendo as a child.

Me too! I still have my Genesis. Master System died when I was an infant. We got the Genesis during my first Christmas. It needs to be repaired lol.

 

[Goodman]

Nah blowing ftw haha also I used to blow the inside of the nes slot too, this also helped, haha those were the days, heck who remembers popping a cassette into a commodore 64 tape player and having to sit through 20 mins of coloured bars waiting for one game to load ??? lmfao

Makes you think, the size of games we have today 8gb+ some of them and we have to wait maybe 30 seconds to load a huge amnount of data, not bad when you think about it

I'ved blow lots of cartridges myself & even as far as disable the cartridge in two pieces to clean the metal contacts with some dishes green pads from 3M

But Q-tips & water works best

 

[InTeL-iNsIdE]

Imma let you finish. But...

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I got a Sega instead of a Nintendo as a child.

Much much preferred the original one, even now it looks so much better, loved my master system

 

[zithe]

I'ved blow lots of cartridge myself & even as far as disable the cartridge in two pieces to clean the metal contacts with some dishes green pads from 3M

But Q-tips & water works best

De-oxit or any similar contact cleaner nets you some pretty amazing results. I don't have to fiddle with the cartridges. They just go in and work.

 

[Goodman]

De-oxit or any similar contact cleaner nets you some pretty amazing results. I don't have to fiddle with the cartridges. They just go in and work.

I bought most of the cartridges from an pawnshop so most needed a good clean up but hey i paid $3-5 dollards each back then (98-2000), i think i'ved got about 332 cartridges right now

 

[zithe]

I bought most of the cartridges from an pawnshop so most needed a good clean up but hey i paid $3-5 dollards each back then , i think i'ved got about 332 cartridges right now

Awesome. I don't have a pawnshop nearby, but a collectibles shop. They charge far too much.

 

[DrPepper]

My first console was a sega mega drive in like 1993 then I got the CD drive thing for it. I was two at the time. Never owned a NES but played one and it was great

 

[Goodman]

Games that i liked the most was ;
-RC Pro-am 1 & 2
-Double Dragon II
-Zelda
-Mario Golf
-faxanadu
-Rade Racer II
-Ninja Gaiden all of them
-Ninja turtles 1-2 & 3
-& probably lots more that i can't remember right now

 

[CDdude55]

Was a fantastic system at the time with some of the most remarkable games ever made.

I really got into gaming with the N64 and PS1, tho my dad bought a Sega genesis a bit before then.(i still have all three of those systems). I really do miss alot of the games, one that i truly loved was Wild 9 on the PS1, such great fun with that game.

 

[TheMailMan78]

This owned the NES!

 

[DreamSeller]

@TheMailMan78 wow that gun looks so cool

 

[Goodman]

@TheMailMan78 wow that gun looks so cool

http://storage0.dms.mpinteractiv.ro/media/2/2/7092/4221959/1/susan1.jpg

what's this?

Your avatar when you were young & a picture of you now...?

Sorry! couldn't resist the joke , but i'm not sure of your avatar girl or guy or both?

 

[Wile E]

Imma let you finish. But...

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I got a Sega (the one on the left) instead of a Nintendo as a child.

I had both. Master System looked better, had great games, and 3D glasses, but it just didn't have the library to match. Although, Space Harrier, ftmfw! I loved my Master System. Still have it, although the glasses are long gone. Broke years ago.

 

[pantherx12]

Nah blowing ftw haha also I used to blow the inside of the nes slot too, this also helped, haha those were the days, heck who remembers popping a cassette into a commodore 64 tape player and having to sit through 20 mins of coloured bars waiting for one game to load ??? lmfao

Makes you think, the size of games we have today 8gb+ some of them and we have to wait maybe 30 seconds to load a huge amnount of data, not bad when you think about it

My first system was an Atari ST 520, I had a game that used 5 discs it had to load all of them at the start , and also several times during the game, oh and every time you restarted or your entire team died

 

[shevanel]

i had a master system too

 

[TheMailMan78]

I had both. Master System looked better, had great games, and 3D glasses, but it just didn't have the library to match. Although, Space Harrier, ftmfw! I loved my Master System. Still have it, although the glasses are long gone. Broke years ago.

Remember "Maze Hunter" with the 3D glasses?

 

[Wile E]

Remember "Maze Hunter" with the 3D glasses?

Or Zaxon?

 

[GSG-9]

I played Super Mario 3 every day for about 4 years. As a matter of fact the only other game I played was Wolfinstein 3d. My elementary school teachers were concerned when I came to class talking about stabbing Nazis & attack dogs not to mention eating Mushrooms.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I played Super Mario 3 every day for about 4 years. As a matter of fact the only other game I played was Wolfinstein 3d. My elementary school teachers were concerned when I came to class talking about stabbing Nazis & attack dogs not to mention eating Mushrooms.

Well where I'm from you eat the mushrooms BEFORE you stab the dog. To each their own.

 

[MilkyWay]

My bro had a Master System we used to play a mad game called Action Fighter, top down scroller where your vehicle changed into different things at different stages.
The Hardware was superior but the developers where on the NES because of its Licensing.
The best shit was the built in game, the NES never had a built in game!

EDIT: Computers where more popular than consoles in Europe, every corner shop sold floppies and tapes of games for pennies. Granted most of em where guff rip offs but still cant beat the price.

 

[KieX]

I used to have to switch on and off with some very precise timing for it to work. And despite that and the blowing the cartdridges its what made me fall in love with gaming.

 

[MilkyWay]

blowing the cartridge and using water is a dumbass idea sorry but it just makes it rust, although it gets the dust off

some people use steel wool to get the oxidisation off but it damages the pins if you do it to much

the best solution is to use isopropyl and a cotton bud/q-tip pretty much like getting gunk off cpu cooler

anyone remember how shitty the pin system was on the NES and the cart loading system

 

[Soylent Joe]

Insane gaming power was insane. I wish mine still worked ;(