HD NES on pre-order for $500

[The Catboy]

I'd like to see a video of it in action before even thinking about opening my wallet.

 

[lampdemon]

I don't get why people still buy old console hardware/clones when a pc/laptop + emulator setup is much more convenient and easier to put together.

If I had $500 bucks to either spend on this, I would probably just burn the money and enjoy the heat.

I hear $500 goes great with ketchup and maybe a little salt.

 

[Celice]

I don't get why people still buy old console hardware/clones when a pc/laptop + emulator setup is much more convenient and easier to put together.


I hear $500 goes great with ketchup and maybe a little salt.

Well the case for the $500 here is that on an emulator, your NES games aren't going to look as they would on an actual television from the NES era. Some enthusaists are alright with this, as they figure all they need is the console-side of thigns to be reproduced accurately, but others also feel the displays need to match also, especially considering how many games were developed with boob-tube tellies in mind. As an example, dithering looks like shite on any modern television or display, but on the average display from the late 80s, dithering creates a new color on the display that isn't otherwise available to the NES's palette.

This new machine has some special gizmos to help the NES run on an RGB signal, and then to interpolate that not only as a similar signal quality to other older displays, but also to take this interpolation and scale it to larger native resolutions, for looking good on modern displays. The emulation scene has recently been developing shaders for also giving similar effects.

The easiest way to put the price is that if you can't understand it, the product isn't necessarily going to be for you.

 

[lampdemon]

Most emulators have filters you can use to make the picture look similar to how it was originally played.

 

[bowser]

I'll just wait and buy the clone of this for $50.

 

[Deleted-236924]

If you ignore the price tag, then this actually sounds pretty cool.

 

[Skelletonike]

This console isn't emulating anything, from what I've read, it actually has original NES chips. Apparently they scavanged some from old systems.
Basically, you're paying 500$ for a new thing that has a part probably older than you. x'D

 

[the_randomizer]

This console isn't emulating anything, from what I've read, it actually has original NES chips. Apparently they scavanged some from old systems.
Basically, you're paying 500$ for a new thing that has a part probably older than you. x'D

Yeah, screw that, not spending $500 on a 28 year old system

 

[The Real Jdbye]

As it turns out, this console is using real NES chips salvaged from damaged Famicom consoles. That means they have a finite amount, which might be why it's so overpriced.
It does mean that it will be as accurate as a real NES, but it also means that the hardware behaves the exact same and therefore anything they add on would be possible through a NES mod as well.

They probably figured there is a limited market for it (which I agree with) and they would only make a reasonable amount of money if they overcharged for it as only the dedicated collectors/retro gamers would buy one and they are the ones with the most money to waste as well.

 

[Celice]

This video has a bit more explanation on what exactly the costs equal out towards in terms of if you were to do the modding yourself, as well as an explanation of why the console is so expensive.

 

[FAST6191]

This sort of thing damages my pet theory that gaming types are what is usually referred to down the pub as "tight cunts". That or there are still chancers out there in the world, if that is the case then shine on lads.

Certainly though in this case it is as close as the gaming world gets to audiophoolery, give or take this have some measurable (though unlikely one that might be considered useful) effect.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

If you want to see your NES games "like they originally were played" then buy a shitty 20" CRT TV and a NES and then realize how awful it is. Just because it was "muh childhood" doesn't mean it was great, it was just technology at the time was abysmal.

If you're smart you'll just spend $500 on something that can emulate a NES and play it on a TV. Hell, buy a Wii and like 50+ NES games off the Wii Store for that.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

If you want to see your NES games "like they originally were played" then buy a shitty 20" CRT TV and a NES and then realize how awful it is. Just because it was "muh childhood" doesn't mean it was great, it was just technology at the time was abysmal.

If you're smart you'll just spend $500 on something that can emulate a NES and play it on a TV. Hell, buy a Wii and like 50+ NES games off the Wii Store for that.

A huge chunk of the NES library is filled up with turd games that no one wants to play because they're horrible, except for AVGN because that's what he does (reviews bad retro games) otherwise the rest of the folks tend to stick to the good ones.

With $500 they probably could buy hundreds of NES games (carts only) than an overpriced NES unofficial console.

 

[codezer0]

The problem is that without hardware modifications and a buttload of careful soldering, most toploaders were restricted to just RF, which is both terrible, and has been outmoded/deprecated out of most modern TV's. In that regard, the old toaster-style NES's were better.

The price is insane, that's for sure.

 

[Plstic]

My post was deleted but people are guessing that this dude is using etims rgb board because he has been out of stock for a while. http://etim.net.au/shop/shop.php?crn=207&rn=536&action=show_detail

 

[NES_player4life]

$500.00?!
Not on your life!

 

[WiiCube_2013]

$500.00?!
Not on your life!

Shouldn't it be "Not in your life!"? Think so.

Yet again they make more retro console clones and still no PSP-UMD disc console. I'm guessing PSPgo is the closest thing to it.

 

[Veho]

Shouldn't it be "Not in your life!"?

Maybe, but "not on your life" is a thing, and he used it correctly.

 

[WaryLouka]

I have a NES and a SNES, I don't need to waste 500$ on this. Still, it's cool to see that companies still care for the retro consoles.

 

[Ericthegreat]

I prefer SNES.