Because he doesn't like the same games you do he's not a proper "gamer"? Bit childish, tbh.

I'm certainly not a moron thanks very much...

It's a great idea of course, but I'm not sure I would spend £50 just to play these classics on a shrunken NES console. I'm just not sold by it. At a price point of £29.99 I'd probably get one.

They could have added WiFi for pennies and allowed access to the Nintendo store to download more games. That would have sold it for me.

No Maniac Mansion or Ivan Stewart Super Off Road, no Kung Fu, no Probotector.
£45? It ain't worth £20.
I'd vote cold but I reckon a few people that can't (or won't) mod might see this as a great alternative to emulation on various platforms.
If you're from this era of gaming, you probably have all these anyways.

http://www.game.co.uk/en/Nintendo+Classic+Mini+Console+with+Additional+Controller-1470455?cm_vc=Home_1
57.98.. with additional controller at Game (and, yes, you can use the controller on a wii).

best way is to play them on emulators or do they not work well on ios?

I still have the Super Nintendo games but my console isn't working for some reason. If I buy this can I play my Ridge Racer and Street fighter and donkey kong on this console

​I wouldn't say it's being tight, it's what something is worth to you personally. Like I said, if 5 more games I wanted were on this, I'd grab it.

A whole £15 more expensive!!!! Or about 2 hours and 10 minutes working at minimum wage. A real bank breaker than one lol. Never known so many tight people

I personally think this is a fail

Given the library of NES games that can be purchased on the original nes and this is limited to pre installed stuff

That and having the looks of a bumfaced goat

The code used looks like one they send me to do with my Argos card. I have one for £10 off £100 spend so if you need two of these you can get them plus the wallpaper sample comes in at £90.97 code is FS5M01R70FFV

cancelled at shop to and ordered here.

CEX have now started trading Super Nintendo consoles, accessories and games

https://uk.webuy.com/search/index.php?stext=*§ion=&catid=1037&rad_which_stock=2

Don't forget to try Flubit if you are a member, got an offer through of £44.54 :smiley:

According to this article this console is actually based on a Wii, which makes almost every cheap NES on a chip console more authentic.
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/classic-mini-nes-faq-everything-we-know-about-nintendos-plug-and-play-console

That is consistent with the use of the Wii controller ports. Therefore a second hand Wii for £20 (or the one you already own) with an SD slot starts to look much more compelling (although youd have to factor in the cost of the classic controller).
The "mini nes" also comes with only x 1 controller..

​You copied my exact quote?!

Whilst I can appreciate the effort that goes into the all round experience of a modern game, well, the few that I ever buy given their expense these days, I still think a lot more effort proportionately went into the old 8-bit games for the Spectrum and the C64. The programmers had next to no space to work with, and squeezed every last ounce out of those machines. I seem to recall Mike Singleton when talking about Lords of Midnight on the Spectrum saying he had only a few bytes (!) left. Modern programming & design teams make such bloatware by comparison, with Gigabytes of storage to play with on Bluray discs.

There's something to be said for old gaming, but sadly, the cost of this Nintendo device is too much when, as people have already stated, things like Retropie can be had for nothing, and even if the Pi hardware costs as much as the Nintendo Mini NES, there's lots more to choose from.

Softmodding your Wii is a much better way of playing NES, SNES, Megadrive (and other) retro games.
It outputs 480p via component cable (available on ebay for a few quid), so for a modern TV is better than using the original consoles (SNES games actually look better played on Wii than the original consoles on a CRT).

It is very easy with ModMii installer.
http://modmii.comuf.com/home.html

Emulators are easy to install and you can play any game you want.. as long as you own the original carts of course.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/FCE_Ultra_GX

In defence of the Mini Classic, it does have some stone cold classics included. Excitebike, Donkey Kong, Ice Climber, Castlevania, Mega Man 2 and Punch Out are all great, but there are some titles on there which are more about their draw than their contemporary playability (Zelda and FF for example).. It also doesnt include Ice Hockey, which is the pinnacle of all sports games (apart from Sensible Soccer).

Did I mention you can play Sensible Soccer on a Wii using Mednafen?
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMednafen

I think this is officially the first time HUKD has actually saved me money. Had a pre-order at Amazon for the original price, cancelled that one and placed order at Argos for lower price. HOT HOT HOT.

Yay it works! Thank you so much, this will make a fantastic Xmas gift for my brother! :smiley:

​OMFG Solstice! <3

I bought all the original games in the 90's and although I don't have them now, I don't feel as bad downloading them.

The included titles are:

Balloon Fight, BUBBLE BOBBLE, Castlevania™, Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE, Dr. Mario, Excitebike, FINAL FANTASY®, Galaga™, GHOSTS‘N GOBLINS™ , GRADIUS™, Ice Climber, Kid Icarus, Kirby’s Adventure, Mario Bros., MEGA MAN™ 2, Metroid, NINJA GAIDEN®, PAC-MAN™, Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream, StarTropics, SUPER C™, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Tecmo Bowl™, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Mate, you ever played Dark Souls?

iOS? get android! I have all the retro games I want on tablet & phone!

15 best emulators for Android

You need to play NHL 94' on the Megadrive

I suppose those buying this probably have more money than sense. each to their own who am I to judge.

Yoker!

That's one expensive emulator.

Its a stupid thing, you can't add anymore games to it, it doesn't even come with a mains plug, you can get emulators for free.

But I've pre ordered one anyway I really cant say why

Because he doesn't like the same games you do he's not a proper "gamer"? Bit childish, tbh.

I remember hammering the bejesus out of my ZX Spectrum keyboard playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, I think that was in 1984. Was an excellent way to fk up the fragile rubbery ZX Spectrum keyboard. Anyone remember Skool Daze on the ZX Spectrum? One of my favourite ZX Spectrum games is Halls of The Things. I remember using a hex editor on that game and finding hidden text in it. Anyway I digress, here's to another 30+ years of gaming if I make it that long! :smiley:

Technology has massively improved and gaming has massively improved as well. A good game design is always a good game design, there is merit in many older titles. It's a fallacy to believe that modern gaming is just graphics, there's innovation, story telling and great gameplay. Who's going to want to play the original Doom or Duke Nukem 3D when you can play modern Doom? What I'm saying is that modern gaming can do gaming that's impossible in retro gaming. This doesn't mean retro gaming is redundant, it means it's a different experience.

If you thought UC4 was dull then I don't consider you to be a gamer anyway.

Saying that... I'm a bit tempted to order it now...

If they had allowed you to choose the games or something then I'd get this over a Pi, but too many classics missing is the deal breaker for me - Blue Shadow, Solstice, Bart vs the Space Mutants, Contra, and Bayou Billy.

I never said you was a moron pal, i understand people can get these on a PI/PC or whatever but i will be picking one up for the unit and of course for Super Mario Brothers 3. It is like posting a torrent site name on a Blu-Ray thread.

I'm certainly not a moron thanks very much...

It's a great idea of course, but I'm not sure I would spend £50 just to play these classics on a shrunken NES console. I'm just not sold by it. At a price point of £29.99 I'd probably get one.

Well you sound like the moron from comment #32, this post is for people that want the nostalgia. We can all easily download these but its the item that is posted that we want.