I got 2 on the BestBuy pre order last night, preordered 1, then went at it again for a second one with a different email address and credit card... I have a buddy that was up late and just happened to txt me while I was jacking with iTunes

This is partly my reason too. I was in the right place at the right time to get get in on the preorder at the end of June here in Australia.

I didn't do shit. Was all my wife. :p

Didn't see any posts about it today but Starcade is featured in a marathon stream on Twitch today via the Shout Factory TV channel.
Have been watching most of the afternoon/evening so far with just a handful of episodes left to go.

Why they didn't repro those sweet shirts for this marathon, I have no idea...

Open up your wallets retro pinheads.......

https://store.iam8bit.com/products/street-fighter-ii-30th-anniversary-edition

Nah. lol

WTF is the point of a $100 repro of one of the most common carts of all time, and not even the best SNES version of Street Fighter? Calling 5500 "limited"?

I know the guy who made this thing, and I still think it's bullshit lol

I think it's cool shit...to each his own. It's more of a collectible.

I owned that game twice back in the 90s, and I still don't.. quite... get it

https://www.bittboy.com/

Well, at least you're HALF right...

My particular SNES SFII cart was a pre-release given to the top ten finishers of the massive Family Fun Center tournament they had going when Champion Edition hit the streets.

As cool as I thought that was initially, the gameplay and graphics were sorely lacking compared to what I was used to playing.

Thankfully, the SNES port of SFII Turbo upped the ante on all fronts when it dropped a year and some change later.
(The code for the added turbo was awesome!)

Too bad they couldn't combine ALL the ports for this SNES Anniversary cart, or at least do a similar "Anniversary Edition", like they had for the 15th.
That at least would be probably worth the $100 price tag in 2017.

I wanted to watch last night but Twitch was down for a while. I managed to catch an episode later at night. I wonder how long the marathon will run?

hmm, im a huge street fighter nut. i mean i have the pin and dont hate it. I have pretty much every sfii arcade board, all the hacks and shit. i have a sfii slot machine. i have one of those rare sfii arcade piggybank thingys. i dont see the point in buying this.

also check out this sweet warning at the bottom of the listing:

"WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user. The Product is sold “as is”. Neither iam8bit, Inc. nor Capcom Co, Ltd. make any representation or warranty, express or implied, of any kind, including any warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular use, or that the Product is safe to use, and iam8bit, Inc. or Capcom Co, Ltd. shall have no liability for damage to property or persons arising from use of the Product. Nintendo of America is in no way associated with the release of this Product"

What in the hell?!

Was really interested in buying one. Now.....absolutely not. Thanks for catching that.

the only reason i would buy it is to hope to get the rarer blanka edition cause it will probably go up in value, but id never play it and could use $100 more than a collectible at this point

It's a fake collectible, like a Stern LE....but perhaps even more useless since MILLIONS of SF2 carts exist.

Good point. You've talked me out of it. I get it now. Thanks.

Haha, Rare does indeed like to drive his point home.
Sometimes even past/through said home...

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Not too retro, but I got a Spiderman VE machine about a month ago. This morning I was going through some boxes in my basement and I found this poster of a game I worked on a few years ago. Signed by Bruce Campbell who did some voice work for us. I forgot I had it, I got rid of a ton of old work stuff before the move, I'm glad this made the trip. It's going up next to the machine

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Not mine, just sharing the info for anyone interested.

Trade/OBO Rare sega new leaf test cart
washingtondc.craigslist.org link

Just announced

Snes classic will ship with more units then nes classic in 2017 and nesc will relaunch in summer 2018

great news, source?

Saw the headline for that. I didn't realize it was a Summer 2018 thing though. Still, what's Nintendo thinking? SURE they will still sell them all in 2018, but why not get a head start, and start making and shipping them before Christmas? It's not like they need to spend more time developing it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2017/9/12/16293664/nes-classic-coming-back-more-snes-stock

Real question is if the sideloading of additional games is going to be fixed or not. =\

I didn't read through the entire thread....but why aren't people downloading emulators and such? Raspberry pi? just don't get it. but then again, I'm cheap and I don't understand a quarter of the things some people do.

Meh, just retro pic and buy the nice case.

I'm keeping mine all stock. And have a retropi for all the goofy crap

It is a som running Linux. I don't see how it couldn't be hacked :-p

Because it is an official Nintendo product.

I have a retropi for all stuff but it is awesomely nastolgic with the official classics. P

I'm into 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and every other bit too, but damn me if I were chase these "machines" around for some of the exorbitant prices people are asking for. Just wondering what people were thinking

Original hardware is 100%. Emulation is not. Retro gamers want games to play and sound exactly like they should. Emulators can have lag or performance issues. Sound can be different. Many gamers like to sit in front of their TV with the real controller, not in front of a computer with a fake pad.

Aren't these Classic Editions emulators too anyways?

I've got a RetroPie setup on my TV, I've also built 3 Gameboy Zero's so far. But I also have the NES Classic and have the SNES Classic on pre-order. Those two things aren't 3D printed, or cheap China knockoffs. The SNES won't be played, just like the NES hasn't ever been plugged in. They will live on my display shelf in my office.

Other people are hard to convince that a Retropie system is just as good. I've still been trying to convince a friend to buy the stuff for one, and I'll put it together. He's still dead set on bashing Nintendo for their marketing practices.

They are emulator based. However they are using true emulation from Nintendo code of original hardware instead of rebuilding the console to emulate how they think it should work. Which we should all be excited about because emulation of sfx games are meh and the snes emulator runs Fx games correctly and true!

Don't you think that if I had *any* interest in running a RetroPi or whatever I would've already *done that*? These suggestions to do this instead of loading more roms are pointless and unproductive, because clearly if we had an interest...that could've been done years ago.

Yup...I don't want them for my main gaming purposes - but cuz they're cute & official Nintendo product. Although I love that Starfox 2 is on the SNES mini. That's awesome.

I'm so pumped I'll probably camp out with my switch and a friend but if I don't get it release night I am hoping to have them continue production.

Bring on the end of the month here in Australia! 30th of September we will be getting our mini snes. Can't wait to have it in my hands.

My buddy is building this. Lol.

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would love a dedicated one of these with the spinner. 60 in 1 with trackball is fine BUT!
ARKANOID

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LOL. whatever floats your boat man. Emulators, as far as I have played, play 100%. Many games which would not even be available stateside, all of which are available on the webs. I have plenty of fun with my PC connected to my 52in playing wirelessly with my X360 controller, on my couch. No need to get defensive, and no need to be snotty by assuming that I'm not a "retro gamer that needs 100% original hardware."

That's awesome! But do you have to use a fork to get the cart out?

They're not. Might be good enough for you, and that's fine...but there are often subtle timing issues and lag. Precise platformers are often less responsive when playing on emulators vs. real hardware. Just a few frames/milliseconds makes a difference.

All of which can be played on original consoles with an Everdrive. I have Everdrives for all my consoles, so I have access to every game ever made just as you do.

You don't notice the lag. That works for you. Doesn't work for others.

Not defensive or snotty. You asked a question about why people chase around expensive original stuff. I gave you an answer, with facts. If you're confusing actual information as an attack, that's on you. Play games however the fuck you want. I don't care.

The only emulation I do is MAME. For the most part the emulation is spot on but there are some games where it is not.

Be it as it may in any event as I digress, for console/computer gaming I prefer to play using original hardware, multicart and a CRT. But that's just the environment I prefer to play for that nostalgic experience.

As you were...

Emulators aren't 100% - almost all emulators have some shortcuts/hacks in the code (most have a LOT) in order to get certain games to work. Generally, it's hard to notice - you need to know a game so well and have played it so many times you'd notice millisecond differences. Mostly we are talking ridiculously small details.

But it's not 100%, so there are efforts (BSNES/Higan for example) to do exactly perfect emulation. This takes HUGE processor speed and is mostly not necessary unless you are super into the original games and want to KNOW that they are perfectly emulated. But for the most part one is fooling oneself if you think you can tell. That said, most emulators are NOT 100%

Ha, no forks needed. That's as far as the cart goes in, but the lever will be for power and the Red "toasting" LEDs.

Samus Returns on 3ds is awesome

I have the game on gameboy but this remake is so good. The graphics rock and the bottom screen being the map is really nice. Highly recommend if you like metroidvania games and missed out on this one back in the day.

I just started Dark Souls 4...err...Breath of the Wild last week, MvC Infinite just came out, Metroid just came out, and the SNES Classic comes out in a week. Oh, and money is tight. Very tight.

FML?

Yeah I passed on MvC infinite even tho I'm a big fan of the series (have a Capcom big blue cab with mvc2 in it) how is it?

I need to finish a bunch of games before Super Mario Odyssey comes out next month too hah.

I dunno, I haven't bought it yet because...money. I did see that they've added an 'easy combo' system and some other 'noob useability' type things. I have very mixed feelings about this. I used to have a big blue with MvC2 as well.

I liked the demo just fine, but that's not saying a lot. I will say that I'm not real pleased with the roster in Infinite. I liked having access to 'gimpy' characters that were just fun to play with like Roll.

from what I'm hearing, stores should have at least as many snes classic systems for walk-in customers as what they offered for pre-orders

I've also heard that many of the big box stores (best buy, target, walmart) could have as many as 60-100 systems available for walk-in customers on friday

4 more days!!

Yeah I checked the inventory checker sites before Target took their numbers down, and some stores near me were showing over a hundred units per store...some with 250!!!!!!I think if I get there a little early, it should be fine even if there's a line.