I guess no reason to wait for NES Classic to be hacked outside of hardmodding?

[Deleted User]

Or you could get the PI zero the 5$ version which can still emulate NES

True, but not much else. It would just be better to buy a PI 3 or whatever the latest on is (or a lattepanda which is more powerful than the latest pi)

 

[Foxi4]

I'm with @WiiUBricker on this, NES Classic was not designed as a functional console, and the only evidence you need to support that theory is the length of the controller cable. Unless you're playing this thing on a monitor or you're sitting ridiculously close to the TV, there's no way a bog-standard HDMI cable (1 meter/3 feet) and the controller cable will be long enough to let you sit back on your couch (the optimal distance from a 42-inch TV, an industry-standard size for most living rooms, is 6 feet, if I recall correctly). It's very obviously a collector's item that you play on once or twice as a novelty, setting it up as a permanent system would require you to buy a long HDMI cable and to leave it on your coffee table/desk at all times, which is just inconvenient.

 

[DeoNaught]

True, but not much else. It would just be better to buy a PI 3 or whatever the latest on is (or a lattepanda which is more powerful than the latest pi)

do you have a lattepanda?

 

[Deleted User]

do you have a lattepanda?

Nope, but it has better specs and can run Windows 10, but it is more expensive

 

[DinohScene]

I pretty much only get it for the nostalgic factor.
Will prolly end up on the shelf as a collector item.

 

[The Catboy]

For 35$, you can buy a Raspberry Pi 3.
It does the same thing and more. You are basically paying more money for the Nintendo Name and nostalgia

 

[FAST6191]

You are basically paying more money for the Nintendo Name and nostalgia

and a legitimate license for the games.

 

[Deleted User]

For 35$, you can buy a Raspberry Pi 3.
It does the same thing and more. You are basically paying more money for the Nintendo Name and nostalgia

And the convenience of just plug and play, not having to bind save-state key, legit manuals, nice UI you don't get with emulators

 

[The Catboy]

and a legitimate license for the games.

That's nice and all, but Nintendo made sure the NES Mini was near impossible to find and they are going for like 250$ on amazon.
I mean, if you already have one, it's nice. But if you don't, just buy something else.

 

[Hungry Friend]

I can't say I feel bad emulating NES games since I do still have a ton of old NES carts at my parents' house somewhere, but my old NES is broken so emulation is simply the most convenient way for me to play NES games. Then we have cool stuff like ROM hacks, fan translations that don't have official counterparts and all the other advantages/opportunities emulators provide. The vast majority of NES games I emulate are games I physically own or in the case of the ones I don't own, they're mostly Japan-only or hacks.

I never buy to collect but rather to just play, and if I wanted to collect I'd buy the real deal since I still have so many old carts.

Randomizer: I don't own a Wii U nor am I familiar with the emulators on said console so I can't really comment on them or their accuracy, but thanks for the quick answer. Comparable to Nestopia is really all I needed as far as accuracy comparisons go since it's my main NES emu.