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Virtual Console versus Top Loader


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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
PostPosted: Jan 24 2009 08:18 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I was thinking of picking up a classic top loading second gen NES off of EBAY, and wanted to know what you guys think of the VC. I had a Wii, gave it to my nephews though because I got bored with it. My girl wants one now for the Wii Fit so it looks like I will be buying another Wii soon. So, what do you guys think, a book shelf full of retro games and the ol' NES versus everything nice and neat on the Wii Virtual Console?


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Ash is probably just home humping his SNES collection.

 
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
PostPosted: Jan 24 2009 08:23 pm Reply with quote Back to top

There's a super secret third option...
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
PostPosted: Jan 24 2009 08:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

If you are sharing the Wii stuff with everybody then get the games off the virtual console. If you are going for the old games, get the toaster. It has video and audio outputs, the toploader doesn't. The toploader also has video problems.


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Jan 25 2009 12:38 pm Reply with quote Back to top

The toploader will eventually give you problems, worse is that all games that use batteries for saving data are going to have dead batteries by now.

The wii is eventually going to bring you to bordomland again.

I agree with Syd for regular NES games.



 
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
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PostPosted: Jan 25 2009 02:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
The toploader will eventually give you problems, worse is that all games that use batteries for saving data are going to have dead batteries by now.

The wii is eventually going to bring you to bordomland again.

I agree with Syd for regular NES games.


All the NES games I've played recently don't have any save problems.


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
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PostPosted: Jan 25 2009 02:11 pm Reply with quote Back to top

DarknessDeku wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
The toploader will eventually give you problems, worse is that all games that use batteries for saving data are going to have dead batteries by now.

The wii is eventually going to bring you to bordomland again.

I agree with Syd for regular NES games.


All the NES games I've played recently don't have any save problems.


Do they have save states?

For example: The Legend of Zelda

They will eventually lose their ability to save data. Batteries die. It is how they work.



 
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
PostPosted: Jan 25 2009 02:33 pm Reply with quote Back to top

You can replace the battery if you procure one of those security bits to open the cart... There's lots of how-to's on this subject too...
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Jan 25 2009 02:39 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Some of my carts have shit rattling around in them, but they save fine. Confused



 
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Cameron
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Joined: Feb 01 2008
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PostPosted: Jan 25 2009 09:42 pm Reply with quote Back to top

My shiny gold Legend of Zelda cart still saves just fine.

Oddly enough, the only games I've ever gotten whose save batteries didn't work were Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis games.


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