r/nes

I remember making it to 8-4 when I was 7 or 8 years old but not understanding the maze and running out of time. Not long after that I got Mario 3 for Christmas and just moved onto that game. I don't know what compelled me to put this in yesterday, but I did and I had a blast.

Recently, I bought this very late print copy of Ghosts ‘n Goblins. Some thoughts and questions:

It stuck out to me for a number of reasons, first, the mismatched Seals of Quality. I have noticed some post-‘89 reprinted black box games with mismatches seals (namely, some games like Mario Bros., Popeye, Wild Gunman, etc. with Rev-A Circle seal boxes and Oval seal cartridges), but had yet to see any third party releases to have the bizarre mismatches seals. I don’t believe these were two separate game/box incorrectly paired, since while one can easily find oval seal GnG cartridges, I have not seen any photos of an oval seal GnG box. Logic therefore indicates that this seal mismatching did happen with this title.

The other, much more surprising thing about this copy was its inclusion of the rare 2”x3” Mega Man Sticker and other promotional flyers/inserts. While the 2”x3” Mega Man Sticker is advertised as being included with some games (such as Little Nemo, Street Fighter 2010), it is also widely held that the sticker was included with other Capcom games printed in the 89-92 timeframe which did not explicitly advertise the sticker on the front of the box. It also seems to be widely accepted that Mega Man 2 always (or almost always) came packaged with one of these rare stickers, and that other games of the era either did or did not seemingly at random. I was shocked to find the Mega Man sticker with this post-‘89 copy of GnG, since never before have I seen any evidence to suggest that the Mega Man sticker was included with any other reprints of Capcom games featuring the early-style “laser grid” box art. Notably, I have never seen any evidence suggesting that reprints of Mega Man (1) (of which it is worth noting that oval seal boxes are commonly found) ever contained the rare Mega Man sticker. Any information that more seasoned experts possess regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated!

The other inserts lend credibility to the fact that this is a truly complete copy of an 89-92 timeframe Capcom game. More specifically, the registration card and $10 rebate offer are appropriate for a Capcom game of this later timeframe, despite rarely being found packaged with copies of GnG. Then again, it is clear that this is a very late reprint of a successful 1986 title. I am therefore nearly convinced that this is a truly complete copy, from which no inserts have been taken and no inserts have been added. Then again, anything is possible. If it is a stitched together copy from some later collector who had a spare MM sticker, Reg Card, and $10 offer, then why would they match it with a game like GnG over Mega Man 2, which is known to have included all three?

I’m very pleased to have this game in my collection, and I would be very interested to hear any thoughts or further commentary on this somewhat bizarre and intriguing example of a favorite game! I’m happy to provide more photos if necessary.

Ever since I got the NES Lego set for my dad for Christmas as few years back, I’ve been wanting to get a real NES. Today I finally got myself a NES plus the Super Mario Bro’s game! And for those of you who are wondering, yes, everything is included in the box and it’s all working! I can’t wait to start playing!

I ordered 2 new shells from aliexpress, one clear and one smoke clear. I used the top of the clear one and the bottom of the smoke one to make a clear NES. Looks super clean and is a fun way to revive my old system. Paired with my ever drive this is a piece that will last another lifetime. I opted to remove the metal shielding for a better look. What do you all think?

This is probably the most money I've ever dropped on video games in a single sitting. 😂

I was on vacation last weekend, and we had some time to kill, so I figured I'd pop into a local game store and see what they had. Holy shit, I don't think I've ever been to a game store that had so many NES games I didn't already own!

He worked with me on most titles to match or beat price charting since many were listed much higher. I'm not sure if it was because I spent so much or just luck, but they were super helpful.

I'm pretty sure I walked out with every single game they had that was missing from my collection. LOL.

It took me about a week to crack them all open, inspect and clean them, verify they're authentic, and test them. Thankfully, everything checked out and they all work great!

This haul officially puts my NES collection at 509 games. Getting closer and closer to that complete set! 🤘

Luckily I found all of these locally for a pretty good deal. Dragon Spirit is the only one of the bunch I’d never played when it was new, but found it pretty fun. I was very stoked to find Mike Tyson’s Punch Out in the wild, usually only ever see the non Mike Tyson version.

Bought a blinking red light NES to see if I could fix it and success! Luckily, it was just the 72-pin connector as usual. Boiled it, pulled the pins a bit, threw some DeoxIT in to clean up connections, and replaced the voltage regulator to fix some wavy lines in the background and now it's good to go!

The plan is to throw it in a new black transparent case, replace the caps, and add a PPU Digitizer mod when they come in. I'll keep this one as my main system and probably send the old family one to my brother after refurbishing it too.

Happy to get this NES up and running either way. Picked up Dragon Warrior 2 from eBay to celebrate, ha.

Another one down I've never actually played it, so I'm pretty excited to finally give it a shot. Anyone here have any experience with this one? Curious to hear what everyone thinks of it! I know last time people gave me crap for swamp thing but after playing it I didnt think it was that bad. It was mid but not horrible.