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According to Wikipedia, the Famicom came out in 1984 in Japan and the NES in 1985 in the U.S. Not 1982.

Oh, and did you all know that the Wii will be able to play more than just old Nintendo games? It will also be able to play old TurboGrafx 16 games as well. BONK... here I come!!! (maybe this was discussed already; I'm too lazy to go back and look)
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And Mega Drive / Genesis as well.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
And Mega Drive / Genesis as well.
You are f**king kdding me!!

Can somebody please list all the different systems I can play on a Wii. And please explain: Can I plug my old cartridges in, or do I need to download ROMs or what?

War does not make one great.

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The ROMS will be sold through the Internet for a small value, something like 2 dollars. Kinda like iTunes.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: ricarleite
And Mega Drive / Genesis as well.
You are f**king kdding me!!

Can somebody please list all the different systems I can play on a Wii. And please explain: Can I plug my old cartridges in, or do I need to download ROMs or what?
The Wii will be able to play its own games as well as Gamecube games straight up.

Wii will also connect to a special Nintendo online service known as the Virtual Console. For a cost between $4.50 and $8.99 per title (article specifically quotes Japanese prices of 500-1000 yen) you will be able to download NES, SNES, N64, Genesis and Turbografx 16 games.

Nintendo negotiated straight with the the TG16 manufacturer, so they have the rights to every game.
Getting all the Genesis titles is more difficult because they can't negotiate with only Sega, they'd have to talk all the developers.

I haven't seen any information about how the games are stored or anything like that. It may be that the games sit on the Wii's flash memory, or it could be that once you pay, you have the ability to download the game whenever you need to.

No definitive titles have been announced, but at E3, Super Mario Bros., Mario 64 and Sonic the Hedgehog were previewed.
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That's bloody fantastic!!!

It will be like having a NES and a SNES again, with the option to buy new, 21st century games as well.

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Originally posted by: Bossk
According to Wikipedia, the Famicom came out in 1984 in Japan and the NES in 1985 in the U.S. Not 1982.


Well, Bossk, it looks like both Wikipedia and I were wrong. According to my book High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, it was released in 1983!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Anyone remember the original Japanese Famicom? It was a sort of rusty red colour and the joypads were hardwired to the console. It also had a floppy disk add-on. (One of my best friends is Japanese and he has one).

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Originally posted by: starkiller
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: ricarleite
And Mega Drive / Genesis as well.
You are f**king kdding me!!

Can somebody please list all the different systems I can play on a Wii. And please explain: Can I plug my old cartridges in, or do I need to download ROMs or what?
The Wii will be able to play its own games as well as Gamecube games straight up.

Wii will also connect to a special Nintendo online service known as the Virtual Console. For a cost between $4.50 and $8.99 per title (article specifically quotes Japanese prices of 500-1000 yen) you will be able to download NES, SNES, N64, Genesis and Turbografx 16 games.

Nintendo negotiated straight with the the TG16 manufacturer, so they have the rights to every game.
Getting all the Genesis titles is more difficult because they can't negotiate with only Sega, they'd have to talk all the developers.

I haven't seen any information about how the games are stored or anything like that. It may be that the games sit on the Wii's flash memory, or it could be that once you pay, you have the ability to download the game whenever you need to.

No definitive titles have been announced, but at E3, Super Mario Bros., Mario 64 and Sonic the Hedgehog were previewed.


The thing about that article is they didn't specify that price to the actual classic games. I'm not sure how many of you know this, but Nintendo is hoping that smaller developers, as well as the large one, make games for the Virtual Console. These games could be to test out a new idea, or just little games that would only take a couple of months to create.

Now actually talking about the classic games, I know that IGN had an article that was saying how HudsonSoft is trying to get the rights to as many games as they can where the developers no longer exist. As for how they are stored, it's gonna be on the flash memory or you are most likely going to have the ability to save it to an SD Card or external hard drive, the Wii has two USB ports. I know I would find it a pain in the ass to have to redownload a game everytime I wanted to play it.

Of course, all I can really say is wait till September because that is when Nintendo said they are gonna announce the release date and price of the Wii. So they will more than likely release the other information or start releasing it before September.

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Anyone remember the original Japanese Famicom? It was a sort of rusty red colour and the joypads were hardwired to the console. It also had a floppy disk add-on. (One of my best friends is Japanese and he has one).


I belive the FDS (Famicom Disk System) came separate.
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What I'd like to know is how Nintendo expects to hold all our save games and VCS games on only 512 MB of internal memory. Sure, most old games are really small, but over a while those games and your save games are going to accumulate.

Hopefully, the USB ports will be compatabile with portalbe harddrives or something.

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What GAME IS THIS???
http://i-mockery.com/minimocks/sexual-games/pics/btoads4.gif


Edited out annoying side-scrolling image. (Don't remote link from i-mockery)

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LMAO wookie, you got SERVED!!

Oh, and Wii will play DVDs, but can not read them, it needs an addon to do that.


And Shar2k is right, there is a USB drive you can plug into to save games.
gtfo
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
What game is it???
Battletoads

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Anyone remember the original Japanese Famicom? It was a sort of rusty red colour and the joypads were hardwired to the console. It also had a floppy disk add-on. (One of my best friends is Japanese and he has one).


Yeah. In the other thread, I said I'd love to get a Super Famicom. But I'd love to get a Famicom too. I love the look of the US NES, but the Famicom just looks so unique. And I'd love to get a disk system so I could possibly play the original version of the real Super Mario Bros. 2. I guess Wii could possibly do that, but I somehow doubt they'd release it in America. It got passed over for GBA's Classic NES series, which really pissed me off, although I can understand why. Every other port is different in some way. The All-Stars version is different for obvious reasons. The GBC version (the bonus on Super Mario Bros. Deluxe) just uses the same sprites from the original SMB.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: sean wookie
What game is it???
Battletoads


How could you not know that, Sean?

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: sean wookie
What game is it???
Battletoads


How could you not know that, Sean?


It's an internet meme thing.
I got banned off of 4chan for doing that.
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Originally posted by: Bossk
According to Wikipedia, the Famicom came out in 1984 in Japan and the NES in 1985 in the U.S. Not 1982.


Well, Bossk, it looks like both Wikipedia and I were wrong. According to my book High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, it was released in 1983!


Go figure, right?
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Me? I did. Just didn't know that it would include TG16 games. As if I wasn't sold before, now I most certainly am! I miss my old TG16.
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I can't believe they even acknowledge the TG16's existence these days. No disrespect or anything, it's just that even the DC and Saturn are being lost in the annals of history...
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Originally posted by: ricarleite My NES controller dosen't work anymore. And some game cartdriges have oxidated for some reason - Super Mario and Excitebike are some of those.

I'm not sure oxidate is a word in english, but I tried my best


Yes oxidize is a word we use. I can tell you exactly why it’s happening; you have been blowing on your cartridges/ console contacts. Use Rubbing Alcohol (Isopropyl) to clean your contacts and that won’t happen. Alcohol evaporates fast and is, for the most part, non-corrosive. Saliva is very corrosive on metal when combined with oxygen and pollutants.

With the exception of my Atari 5200 I’ve never had problems with my controllers, but consoles are a separate issue altogether. I always replace my consoles when they wear out so look at my current list of systems to see the companies I’ve had issues with:

System Number purchased
Atari 2600 (VCS) 3
Atari 5200 1 (serious controller issues)
Atari 7800 1
Atari Jaguar 1
Mattel Intellivision 2
Coleco Colecovision 1
Nintendo NES 3
Nintendo SNES 1
Nintendo N64 2
Nintendo Game Cube 1
Sega Master System 1
Sega Genesis 1
Sega CD 1
Sega Saturn 1
Sega DreamCast 1
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PS2 3 (2 original tray, 1 new clam-shell)
SNK Neo Geo (Cart) 1
Microsoft X-Box 1

I’ve had all sorts of problems with Sony systems. Their optical drives are prone to failure. I had 2 CD-ROMS go bad on my original PlayStations and I’ve had two DVD failures on the PS2. I’ve had the new PS2 for about a year now and it seems to hold up well.

Microsoft makes a very solid machine. My X-Box drive tray sticks when closing sometimes, but I have an X-Box with a Thompson Drive and those Models have problems like that. It’s an annoying problem, but not one that prevents using the system.

Nintendo makes a good system. They have a better reputation with their newer systems. The NES had issues with the catch on the cartridge drive failing. I know many people that got past that issue by inserting a second cart on top of the one being played, which would force the game down into place.

The companies that make the most dependable systems are no longer making game systems. SNK, Coleco and especially Sega make very solid and dependable systems.

The TG-16 was a fun system. I spent hours playing Military Madness and R-Type. I never had the money for the TurboGrafxCD or the TurboDuo, but I know both had great games. I really wanted and still want a SuperGrafx. I can’t get my frau to buy off on the idea of paying over $300 to get an obsolete, 10-year-old system that only has 5 games. The only reason I was able to pull off the Neo Geo was because my wife really likes Ninja Combat and World Heroes 2.




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Originally posted by: Darth-Adroit
The TG-16 was a fun system. I spent hours playing Military Madness and R-Type. I never had the money for the TurboGrafxCD or the TurboDuo, but I know both had great games. I really wanted and still want a SuperGrafx. I can’t get my frau to buy off on the idea of paying over $300 to get an obsolete, 10-year-old system that only has 5 games.


To add to this, the TG16 was the first system to get it right. They had small card-style games in a sturdy system that could take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. But the best part was when they came out with their portable system... it used the same games as the full-size system. You just took your games out of the console and put them in the handheld and you never had to buy two copies of the same game. I can only imagine how much better it would be today with the development of memory cards. Transfer the game on its card and the game status on a memory card to your portable and pick up where you left off. Like syncing your laptop to your desktop computer and having everything exactly how it should be.

What amazes me is that no one has tried to replicate this idea since TG16. I know that it would cut down on profits, but think of the positive PR and the buyer loyalty it would muster. Especially Nintendo with the smaller discs they used in the GC. Find a way to encase them in a cartridge when needed to use in a portable just like the encased optical discs that the PSP uses. I think that would've been brilliant.
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If anybody @ this point were to capitalize on such an idea, it would be Nintendo. I think that they've created a lot of positive PR by making Nintendo Wi-Fi for the DS free, unlike another online experience *cough*X-Box*cough*.

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