Nintendo announces Mini-NES with 30 built-in classic games

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genericus said:
I was reading something earlier that said while licencing could be problematic nintendo could fit their entire NES game catalogue of 822 games onto a 128gig micro SD card 320 times over, yet are releasing a slimmed down console for £50 which is locked at 30 games.



They know what sells does old man nintendo.
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I have majority of nes games ever made on my pi the folder is less than 1gb.
 
shogun1904 said:
I would rather have originals mind. Emulating just isn't the same.
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How so? The NES emulation is absolutely the same as when the game runs on an actual NES. And as the pad only has 4 buttons it's not a problem to play games as intended, either.
 
Is there an idiot's guide to doing this emulation thing where you can plug it in your telly? Sounds interesting.

KarlM said:
Is there an idiot's guide to doing this emulation thing where you can plug it in your telly? Sounds interesting.
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The Raspberry Pi thing seems interesting. Could you put different emulators on or is it 1 per 'device'? Eg a NES and PS1 on the same 'device', just as an example.
 
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KarlM said:
Is there an idiot's guide to doing this emulation thing where you can plug it in your telly? Sounds interesting.


The Raspberry Pi thing seems interesting. Could you put different emulators on or is it 1 per 'device'? Eg a NES and PS1 on the same 'device', just as an example.
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It has multiple emulators built into on operating system so you can play loads of different consoles on 1 pi. I have snes nes n64 mega drive and game boy games one mine at the minute. Even has an option for losing kodi on too which works nicely on the new pi 3
 
Rusty said:
It has multiple emulators built into on operating system so you can play loads of different consoles on 1 pi. I have snes nes n64 mega drive and game boy games one mine at the minute. Even has an option for losing kodi on too which works nicely on the new pi 3
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Cool. It looks interesting. I've found a guide, but just wondering how easy it is to set it up?
 
Not difficult need a card reader for your pc and a piece of software that lets you mount the image to the sd card for retropie. Put it in the pi boot it up load your Roms on a usb stick and away you go.
 
KarlM said:
Cool. It looks interesting. I've found a guide, but just wondering how easy it is to set it up?
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its as easy as copying an image onto an SD card and then putting it in the device and connecting to the telly - its literally 30 mins work tops.

in fact it will take you longer to find the old games online.
 
Rusty said:
It has multiple emulators built into on operating system so you can play loads of different consoles on 1 pi. I have snes nes n64 mega drive and game boy games one mine at the minute. Even has an option for losing kodi on too which works nicely on the new pi 3
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Would this work on a Pi Zero? I've got one doing nowt so might be worth giving it a go.
 
If anyone is looking for a middle ground between playing the real thing and emulating, you can get special cartridges for most cartridge loading consoles which take an SD card. You load the SD cards up with games as and when you want them.
 
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