What Is The Best NES Console/Hardware Platform?

[roker]

The price for the clone is just insane.

I'd buy it for the right price. Seems kinda cool actually.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

It’s good enough that I also own a Twin Fami that I don’t even know if it works to this day because it came without a PSU and I never cared to buy one. It’s 72 pin, no CIC, indestructible slot, compatible with NESRGB and not one of those POS on a chip clones you see today.

I imagine people selling it overseas have no reason to not flip it like their lives depended on it though lol

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

Just out of curiosity, how much was it when you bought it?

 

[Takumaji]

It’s good enough that I also own a Twin Fami that I don’t even know if it works to this day because it came without a PSU and I never cared to buy one. It’s 72 pin, no CIC, indestructible slot, compatible with NESRGB and not one of those POS on a chip clones you see today.

I imagine people selling it overseas have no reason to not flip it like their lives depended on it though lol

You should give it some TLC, man. Seriously, that's too good to being left to wither away.

 

[Neo Alec]

Toploader NES always felt wrong for me even if you don't have to deal with the notorious pin connector.

Yeah, I kinda get that. The Japanese version of the toploader design makes a lot more sense to me.

 

[city41]

Yeah, I kinda get that. The Japanese version of the toploader design makes a lot more sense to me.

Why is that? I was always baffled the toploader only had RF, but other than that it makes sense to me. According to Wikipedia there is a version of the toploader that has the same multi out that the SNES and N64 have.

 

[Neo Alec]

Why is that? I was always baffled the toploader only had RF, but other than that it makes sense to me. According to Wikipedia there is a version of the toploader that has the same multi out that the SNES and N64 have.

Yeah, I should have written more. The console looks tiny with a giant US cart sticking out the top. Those carts were clearly designed for a larger, VCR-loading style console. Looks awkward.

The Japanese version is the one with AV multi out.

 

[city41]

The Japanese version is the one with AV multi out.

This site says there was a rarer late US version that had it too

> A rare later version replaced RF with the same AV multi-out port used on the Super NES (and the Nintendo 64, and the GameCube)

Nintendo Hardware Refreshes Through The Ages

Nintendo's lineage of console updates and revisions

www.nintendolife.com

Is it true? Who knows.

 

[Neo Alec]

This site says there was a rarer late US version that had it too

> A rare later version replaced RF with the same AV multi-out port used on the Super NES (and the Nintendo 64, and the GameCube)

Nintendo Hardware Refreshes Through The Ages

Nintendo's lineage of console updates and revisions

www.nintendolife.com

Is it true? Who knows.

I have my doubts, but it's interesting. This topic adds some credibility:

NES Top Loader A/V

I am sure some people saw these videos, but I came upon them yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLfcBrk5ydc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kka6FGl9kcw I read that some people thought that his system was a hoax or a pirate version. I would like to firmly debunk that nonsense, but first some...

forums.atariage.com

 

[Takumaji]

I'm gonna use hot distilled water in an ultrasonic bath on the 72pin connector, this should get off all the dirt and grime. Currently I'm looking for a tech manual of the NES to find out about the original specs of that thing, should be possible to bring it back to factory settings.

Prices for used NES consoles over here are a mixed bag, you can get a standard front-loading PAL NES for around 100 or less but if you want a AV Fami or anything else that's not standard, you gonna have to shell out. NESRGB AV Famicoms in refurbished condition go for between 280 and 400 Eurobucks, you can get them for half that if you keep on digging, still a bit to much for me for what you get.

I must say I like the front-loader, it's a nice little box that has a charme like no other console I own and I'm having tons of fun catching up on all the cool games I've missed back in the day.

 

[Neo Alec]

Pre-modded consoles are expensive, and the NESRGB board isn't super cheap to begin with. That's why I did my own. NESRGB is not a beginner level mod though.

 

[Ajax]

I recently serviced my childhood toaster NES, but the 72 pin thing is too messed up for it to work. I've got an AV Famicom that I really like.

EDIT: Also Tak, not trying to like hock my wares in here or whatever, but I've got a spare NESRGB modded AV FC that I'm looking to sell. The price I'm looking for is quite a bit less than the range you posted, just for awareness!