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I'm wondering how CAGs get their NES fix. I'm sure the majority of you play on a toaster unit. If so, how's your toaster? Did you refurbish or replace your pin connector? Did you clean up the unit? Or is blinky, but good enough to play a game with some effort?
The Top Loader is another option for those of you lucky enough to get one who don't mind the drop in picture quality and a lack of a/v support. If this is you, tell us about how you got yours.
And then there are the clones - the Yobo, the FC Twin, the Generation NEX. And then there's the Super 8 and Honey Bee convertors - anybody using those?
And then there's that shitty Power Joy unit they used to sell in malls and flea markets and smaller game stores - maybe they still do, but not around here. I see broken ones in thrifts, but that's about it.
And finally, we have emulation. For those who go this route, why?
Here's my answer: In November 2005, I received a toaster as a late birthday gift. It worked okay - it was pretty blinky and took effort for a game to start, and I planned to eventually replace or refurbish the connector, but I never did. In October of last year, I came across a Top Loader at a CD/Game Exchange, with hookups and one of the original NES controllers. They wanted $50 for it. I had a few PS2 and GBA games I got pretty cheap that I had played through and decided I was probably never going to play again, so I went back a couple days later and traded them in. Fortunately, the Top Loader was still there, and I got $35 in credit, so I paid $15 in cash. I've been using that ever since. The toaster went in storage, and I still want to fix the pin connector someday and clean it up.
I also use emulation, mostly to play rom hacks or to try out games I might be interested in buying whenever I come across the carts.
So, what about you?
(I was planning to do a poll but
ed it up - the first time I forgot to click the box, and then the second time I went back to edit something before I realized that leaving the poll options page would cause the thread to be submitted without it. Whoops. I didn' want to have two ed up threads, so I just decided to forget about the poll.)
The Top Loader is another option for those of you lucky enough to get one who don't mind the drop in picture quality and a lack of a/v support. If this is you, tell us about how you got yours.
And then there are the clones - the Yobo, the FC Twin, the Generation NEX. And then there's the Super 8 and Honey Bee convertors - anybody using those?
And then there's that shitty Power Joy unit they used to sell in malls and flea markets and smaller game stores - maybe they still do, but not around here. I see broken ones in thrifts, but that's about it.
And finally, we have emulation. For those who go this route, why?
Here's my answer: In November 2005, I received a toaster as a late birthday gift. It worked okay - it was pretty blinky and took effort for a game to start, and I planned to eventually replace or refurbish the connector, but I never did. In October of last year, I came across a Top Loader at a CD/Game Exchange, with hookups and one of the original NES controllers. They wanted $50 for it. I had a few PS2 and GBA games I got pretty cheap that I had played through and decided I was probably never going to play again, so I went back a couple days later and traded them in. Fortunately, the Top Loader was still there, and I got $35 in credit, so I paid $15 in cash. I've been using that ever since. The toaster went in storage, and I still want to fix the pin connector someday and clean it up.
I also use emulation, mostly to play rom hacks or to try out games I might be interested in buying whenever I come across the carts.
So, what about you?
(I was planning to do a poll but
ed it up - the first time I forgot to click the box, and then the second time I went back to edit something before I realized that leaving the poll options page would cause the thread to be submitted without it. Whoops. I didn' want to have two ed up threads, so I just decided to forget about the poll.)
