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NES Classic @Amazon Treasure Truck) (Atlanta,Chicago,Dallas,Houston,LA,Seattle)
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MrMephistoX
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Yeah I got a freaking Nextdoor pop up and a few on Facebook shopping. $400 such a deal!?
SlipperyMoose
Member
I have a N.E.S. Classic if anyone wants to make an offer.
Im gonna rep them in the BST thread, but I wanna thank user kitchenmotors for being super cool. He picked mine up while he was picking his up (wasn't able to get to downtown chicago today so he saved me). I unpacked it with the wife after dinner and had a blast goong through tecmo bowl, mario, etc with her.
NeOak
Member
CharminUltra
Member
Grats if you got an nintendo nes entertain system
Dreamwriter
Member
You are very much mistaken. Yes, the NES Minis emulation is far better than the Virtual Console, because the VC emulators were very poor quality. And its good enough for the average bloke and is a cool, cute little collectible. I myself bought a Famicom Mini, and love it, and put a few of my favorite games on it.
But the NES Classic Minis emulation doesnt touch PC emulation nor Raspberry Pi emulation. PC emulators like puNES and NEStopia are pretty close to hardware-accurate, more than is possible on a system as powerful as the NES Classic Mini.
WordAssassin
Member
OOooo, that sounds very cool. Thanks for the info!
Question about those emulators, are they able to run the games in like a "beefed up" mode? To smooth out framerates or slowdown? Like for example in Rescue Rangers or Mega Man if there were lots of things happening on screen it would flicker or run really slow, do any emulators have the power to "fix" that? I feel like I've asked about this before on GAF but I can't remember.
This just makes me sad. The last two months that these were out, I spent calling and trying to figure out where they would be at. I'm in Omaha (smallish city) and I figure that there are a handful of people that would go to ever store and buy them all. Next thing I see, they're still trying to sell them for $200 (I think I saw one for $400) on Craigslist. I can spend $60 just fine but I can't justify the $200. My girlfriend tried finding one for my birthday also but she had worst luck than I did. They need to regulate sales of this stuff.
You're gonna try and scalp that shit in this thread?
WordAssassin
Member
Is there some tried and true method for hacking the NES Mini? I just googled but the first article was real doom and gloom about bricking it, has it improved at all?
Actually, are we even allowed to talk about hacking it here?
Actually, are we even allowed to talk about hacking it here?
molnizzle
Member
Your google game is weak, my son.
Try YouTube. The process is fast, easy and safe.
Keeping my fingers crossed that Amazon does something in the SF area for this.
Probably hoping in vain.
But hell, it'd even be worth a trek down to San Jose just to pick one up.
Considering this is Nintendo's backyard, you'd think they'd make an effort.
Naked Snake
Member
There's a gaf thread dedicated to that, you can find lots of help there.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Same here. I wasn't about to pay some crazy resell price and had given up. Now they need to have a switch!!
$59.99 + shipping
7DollarHagane
Banned
If Nintendo would get off their ass and take pre orders for 6 months and then actually fulfill all those pre orders there would be no shortages.
No other company has so much trouble fulfilling demand for a product that has no legitimate shorages in parts like the NES classics/SNES classics. Their shortages are a total pr stunt to make them more desirable and get their name out there among people who otherwise wouldn't notice.
Give War A Chance
Member
Seriously?
Unless you're selling it for retail, this is the WRONG place to do this.
Well, the flickering is actually a nes limitation (maximum number of sprites per scanline), it's probably easier to NOT have the flickering than to have it. I haven't searched about this, but it should be quite easy to add an option to remove those.
Though I think I've read about games that were actually using the limitations of the hardware to do tricks (like hiding a sprite).
I got one in Atlanta. It was kinda fun to go track down the truck and pick up the consoles. I asked an attendant if she'd sell me her hat. She said no.
There was also, coincidentally, an Articuno raid going down right around the corner from the truck. Dozens of people getting in on that.
Won't clog up the thread with pictures, more in the tweet below if you're curious.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/mr_chun/status/891450014307954690[/tweet]
CharminUltra
Member
Ok that'll be $300 ($60 for the console + $240 shipping.)
WordAssassin
Member
Dammit! I'll try harder ;_;
Frick, I searched but came up short, I'll try again. Thanks!
Oh whoa, interesting. So there could be some games where "fixing" them actually would break them?
SlipperyMoose
Member
$300 and standard shipping. I can't promise there will be anything in the box either.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Well I got one. Not sure if I should open it now.
Now to find another controller and extensions.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
I got one in Atlanta. It was kinda fun to go track down the truck and pick up the consoles. I asked an attendant if she'd sell me her hat. She said no.
There was also, coincidentally, an Articuno raid going down right around the corner from the truck. Dozens of people getting in on that.
Won't clog up the thread with pictures, more in the tweet below if you're curious.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/mr_chun/status/891450014307954690[/tweet]
Wonder if I saw you out there. I hit up Starbucks after I got my console.
CouldBeWorse
Member
Got mine here in Atlanta.
Saw this dude lol. Paying off his mortgage
I was there at 4:50 (was stressing out about making it on time...) and I saw this fucker just wandering around aimlessly for a while before he left. The Amazon peeps were nice but they did not give a shit. You were supposed to show ID so I even had my wife go out of her way to go down there with me and all you needed was the QR Code. If Id have been working that truck, Id have been tempted to tell the dude to fuck off. I didnt see anyone else with more than one or two.
Im sure that I saw a couple gaffers and didnt know it - I was with the redhead with the half sleeve of flower tattoos, in case anyone remembers her since shes much more memorable than I am.
Anyway, of course this pops up right after I put down $160 on the Think Geek Zelda bundle, which I got today, and man are those toys that come with it dumb. Ive got three now so Ill probably sell one to make up for the money I lost on that bundle, keep one for an awesome present (or collectible to hold on to), and Ive already busted out the one Im keeping and have save states after the first level (or dungeon) in half the games already.
Thanks again, Wario!!!
I noticed that the box art has changed ever so slightly. The NES classic now has the ESRB rating on the front right corner. The first release simply had the Nintendo seal of approval in that spot. I didn't realize that they had a second print for this. I wonder what impact that has, if any, as a collectible.
MrMephistoX
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I'd drive up from L.A honestly would be like a refreshing road trip: get some sourdough bread at fisherman's warf and go home. Now that I have kids I have a weird idea of fun but driving by myself in total peace with tunes, audiobooks and podcasts sounds like heaven.
CharminUltra
Member
Am I too late
I was there probably around 1PM. Was wearing a big, red, go dawgs snapback haha.
NeOak
Member
10/10
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