Subj : Re: Nintendo Classic Mini consoles
To   : Accession
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Jun 24 2025 17:25:27

  Re: Re: Nintendo Classic Mini consoles
  By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Jun 24 2025 06:56 pm

 >> I wondered if this could go in the Retro Tech area, but I thought this area
 >> would be fitting too..

 Ac> Since there is no retro tech area in this network, this is the perfect
 Ac> place for just about anything! ;)

I accidentally cross-posted this here..  It seems there may be a bug in SlyEdit's cross-post selection where quitting out of a sub-board list will select the one that was highlighted.  I'll need to investigate that and fix it. I deleted the message locally on my BBS, but it looks like it had already been sent out.

 >> Other companies followed suit: Sega similarly released a mini Genesis, Sony
 >> released a mini Playstation, and I also recall there being a mini
 >> TurboGrafX-16.

 Ac> I do miss playing on some of those older consoles. Lots of memories with
 Ac> the original Nintendo, Playstation and TurboGrafX-16, but didn't play much
 Ac> of Sega Genesis (just due to not many people around me that had it).
 Ac> However, I remember Mortal Kombat on Genesis had blood, and SNES didn't.
 Ac> So I've probably played on most of them back then, just more memory of the
 Ac> first three.

Interesting that you had played some TurboGrafX-16 games..  I recall that console not being very popular in the US (though it sounds like it was fairly popular in Japan).  When I was 13, I bought a new TurboGrafX-16 from a local Toys-R-Us store here for $30 on clearance when they were trying to get rid of their inventory.  I'd had enough money saved from allowance and chores to buy one and a game to go with it. :)  Every so often, I'd go visit a pawn shop near me which had used TurboGrafX-16 games and I'd buy one or two.

 Ac> Are there any benefits over PC emulators nowadays where you can load up
 Ac> 50k+ games, or more?

I suppose there isn't a big benefit over PC emulators.  However, these mini retro emulation systems are portable, so you can eaisly move them and connect them to any TV in your house, as well as take them to someone else's house if you want to; also, they're fairly easy to use - The Nintendo Classic Mini consoles in particular have a particularly nice UI.  So I suppose ease of use, portability, and I think there's a general cool factor in them.

 Ac> If the seller has a good rating with good reviews, usually you end up with
 Ac> what the description says. I bought my server (refurbished even) off eBay
 Ac> and here I am about 13 years later with a great working product.

Yeah, my current BBS PC is a Dell workstation PC that I bought on eBay a few years ago (which I upgraded), and it's still working great.  I also run Plex Media Server on it to host my movies & TV shows.

Nightfox
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