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SNES mini teardown confirms recycled NES mini tech
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ScaryShark
Banned
Are you buying the SNES Classic?
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
What has this got to do with the internals of both being the same though?
entremet
Member
Well based on NES Classic mini demand, they underpriced it heavily lol.
Jonneh3003
Banned
That's selling to a niche within a niche. It probably isn't worth it.
And, you know, the games.
Hesemonni
Banned
Dual booting SNES mini would rock my world.
Yeah, it's in transit now. Arrival tomorrow according to the postal service.
Exactly what I was expecting.
I doubt the NES Mini was a very high profit item for Nintendo when you factor in manufacturing costs, shipping costs, third party game royalties and retail margin. I can't blame Nintendo for charging more for this one.
I doubt the NES Mini was a very high profit item for Nintendo when you factor in manufacturing costs, shipping costs, third party game royalties and retail margin. I can't blame Nintendo for charging more for this one.
LordOcidax
Member
Ask that to hackers...
How are you going to argue that you have the original cartridge of the game here in Gaf??? Interesting...
Cosmonaut X
Member
It requires a fairly hefty PC to do cycle-accurate emulation of something like the SNES, IIRC, which is probably what you're remembering. Good-enough or excellent emulation is possible with far less.
ScaryShark
Banned
You answered your own question. That's exactly why they don't do this:
They don't need to.
Robin64
Member
Why would you need the original cart? If you own a SNES Mini, you can certainly rip the Star Fox 2 ROM off there.
Retro Edge
Member
Same thing, just a bunch of new roms on it, people buy it like stupid.
Sometimes I don't understand humans.
The hardware wouldn't do a great job at emulating N64 though.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Just means they can print more for christmas.
ScaryShark
Banned
You just made me laugh out loud at my desk, and now everyone knows I am not doing the end of month spreadsheets.
MrCunningham
Member
I'm not sure why anyone should have expected anything different here? It's not like Super Nintendo emulation needs more than an ARM Cortex A7 / Mali combination to run it. Nintendo likes to stick with the same hardware suppliers through multiple projects.
A Raspberry Pi can run everything from Vectrex all the way to Dreamcast on the same hardware.
tomwhite2004
Member
I and a few other people I know bought it to have two brand new controllers to use with superior pc emulators like Higan. New old stock original controllers are damn pricey these days so for that alone its worth it.
For $80 you're getting:
- 21 games including one that literally isn't available legally anywhere else
- A small, no-set up console to play them on
- 2 high-quality SNES controllers
- The ability to play said games in HD with filters, borders, etc
- A HDMI cable and a Micro USB
Can you point me to where I can get all that for at least the same price?
SeeNoWeevil
Member
I'm curious, what processor, storage and RAM do you think they should have put in the SNES mini?
DonMigs85
Member
They'll have to make a very hacky emulator if ever, probably with custom tweaks per game.
JetSetRadio
Banned
So how many SNES games could it store?
Really?
I mean, c'mon, it's not like everyone wants to mess with hacking and the like... seems quite easy to me to see how lots of people could see this as an interesting piece of hardware even if the internals are exactly the same.
Not that I think it actually matters to the average user, mind you.
Robin64
Member
You have about 300mb left to play with.
ScaryShark
Banned
Hey there. Can you link me to the officially licensed reproduction of my favorite video game console of all-time, that easily hooks up to my TV right out of the box and comes with two reproductions of the original authentic controller? I want my stupid human brain to be enlightened before I willingly give money for a product I find attractive.
TLZ
Banned
Why do we have to go through this raspberry pi talk everytime? We know it exists. We just want the nostalgia factor. Pi doesn't give us that.
fabricated backlash
Member
I for one am appalled that Nintendo didn't spend the last year on R&D to develop a whole new Hardware.
Essentially this means it should be easy enough to get the rest of the SNES library on this thing.
Essentially this means it should be easy enough to get the rest of the SNES library on this thing.
Weltall Zero
Member
Not really. Nobody was pointing a gun to their heads to make them release the SNES mini this early. They could have kept selling NES minis until demand was met, then switch to SNES after that.
They sold you bytes, which is the same thing you've been buying for several decades.
Martinski43
Member
Well you can emulate SNES games on a potato pretty much so it doesnt need much HW power.
I remember i used to emulate NES and SNES games on shitty school computers like 15 or so years ago.
I remember i used to emulate NES and SNES games on shitty school computers like 15 or so years ago.
SinCityAssassin
Member
TLZ
Banned
And that too.
SeeNoWeevil
Member
Can all the people who failed to secure a SNES mini pre-order shut up about RasberryPis. It's getting real old. Everyone here knows what they are/where to find them.
LordOcidax
Member
Cant wait to hear what you expected... Use your brain... Sometimes I don't understand humans.
TLZ
Banned
Haha. That made me laugh.
My bad.
But in my defense, we know that pi talk is coming anyway.
Orniletter
Banned
It's kind of interesting for a "Yakuza supporter" to complain about something being a repackaged version of it's predecessor.
Like, what do they say about people who live in glasshouses ?
No, we can't. Sorry.
Time to bring back one of my favorite Reggie quotes:
It's not the same game. It's not the same content..
So in a nutshell it's a new case, 2 controllers and new games.
It having the same innards, doesn't really change anything. At worst just a difference in price perception.
It's not the same game. It's not the same content..
So in a nutshell it's a new case, 2 controllers and new games.
It having the same innards, doesn't really change anything. At worst just a difference in price perception.
Weltall Zero
Member
Because someone asked how Nintendo managed to run NES and SNES games on the same hardware, and they just pointed out that the Pi can do that and more. As you would know if you bothered to read the post they were replying to instead of rushing out this pointless hot take.
For fuck's sake...
fabricated backlash
Member
Use your brain... Good advice... Could use it yourself
