NES vs SNES
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LucyDuke
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Yeah, and Tetris is on the PlayStation too. That doesn't speak to its quality!
The SNES passed me by as we got a Sega Mega Drive at the time. I had a NES before that, and I'll vote for that simply based on the brilliance that was Super Mario Bros. 3
For serious. SMB3 is legend.
Mise
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Well, what would you rather have, a NES or a SNES?
Nylan
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A NES, of course. I even had the NES "multi-tap" back in the day. If I want SNES I can always just emulate with the Wii; as a physical console it's nothing special.
Mise
isle of lucy
There are no NES emulators?
You can't get NES games on the SNES?
And the NES is a specimen of pure physical perfection?
Nylan
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There are no NES emulators?
Having an actual NES is just plain cool. Having a physical SNES is just like having any other cartridge console.
LucyDuke
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I have an NES that gets more use than the PS2 and the N64 and the DS combined. I do not want an SNES.
There are no NES emulators?
The thing missing from the NES emulators is the experience of the NES controller. You haven't beat Zelda if you don't have Nintendo thumb when you're done.
And yeah, the console itself is pretty sexy.
Nylan
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Mise
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@Nylan: That's just nostalgia talking! They're both just cartridge consoles.
That's cos you don't have a SNES!
They have doodahs that let you play NES games on the SNES! Also SNES controllers were the best controllers of any console. They were the pinnacle of perfection, nothing more was needed, and nothing less would do.
I've seen sexier things at the bank.
My officemate just turned an old NES console into a computer. Right now, it works when hooked up to a normal monitor. His end plan (not quite there yet) is to have it hooked up to a TV and use a controller instead of a mouse to control things on the screen.
Nylan
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You, sir, are dead to me.
LucyDuke
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Whatever, traitor. It's not the same and you know it.
Yeah, and I don't want one!
Psh. They didn't have corners.
Yeah, but you have a weird deposit slip fetish, so that's like a regular guy saying he's seen sexier things at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot, which is totally unremarkable. You don't know sexy boxes.
Till
Adventurer
Real controllers have curves.
Mise
isle of lucy
Yeah, I for one like my controllers as uncumfortable and square-edged as possible! It's much easier to mould the contours of my hands than to mould plastic.
LucyDuke
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Without the pain caused by hours of tightly squeezing a non-ergonomic plastic rectangle, you'd never know when to go outside.
For my last project in Sculpture way back when in college I made 7 bronze casts of NES controllers. I had to go to Gamestop and buy some used ones for the molds (they still had them!).
I got a C. But it was fun and I still have these hefty 5 lb bronze, shiny controllers! I love 'em. They look slightly warped however as I am no Leonardo Da Vinci. I may post some pics of them when I get home.
If that doesn't make me a huge nerd, I don't know what does.
I got a C. But it was fun and I still have these hefty 5 lb bronze, shiny controllers! I love 'em. They look slightly warped however as I am no Leonardo Da Vinci. I may post some pics of them when I get home.
If that doesn't make me a huge nerd, I don't know what does.
Mise
isle of lucy
Exactly why SNES consoles are better!!!!!!!!!!
Nylan
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DO IT.
I feel suddenly inspired to return to the pixel-sculptures I never started building.
