LOL, I have two Super UFOs (technically a FX32 and a Turbo Fighter X) laying around to fix, I just picked up nicad batteries from Jameco. I hate dealing with 3.5" floppies, though.
I really don't feel like registering with the site to find out, but what is the capacity of this thing?
nvm, I see from the loader pic that it's 256Mb (that's megaBITS, folks), so that's only 32 8Mb games, 16 16Mb games, etc. Not too bad, but in this day and age couldn't some sort of flash media (like SDHC) be implemented?
@DeAthWaGer The Wii can handle SDHC cards up to 32GB aybe even further) plus all the games are legal. Plus not only you can get legal copys of SNES games you can also get NES N64 megadrive master system turbographex & arcade systems.
Not only a wide verity of systems & games with the Wii but the most importanly they all leagal.
I know you're all about legality, but the fact is most of us can't afford to re-purchase all the games we already own on cartridge.
A lot of us actually purchased games ON CARTRIDGE back in the day for $50-$70 EACH. That was 15-20 years ago, so add a few bucks to that per game for today's rate.
I will gladly pay for a game when it's worth it, but unless the game gets an HD treatment, I'm not shelling out $5-$10 (or more) for a game I can just toss in my old system or load up on an emulator.
Games that don't have any such treatment available on a virtual console version should cost LESS than if I go on eBay and buy the damn cartridge.
This device is used for backing up your own cartridges. As is the intended use for many other such devices.
Game companies are getting upset that these devices exist because they make zero dollars when someone goes to a yard sale or on eBay and buys a game for 50 cents, brings it home and copies it, then plays it on an emulator.
Meanwhile, Johnny "sold his nintendo back in high school" will go throw his money into his Wii account and re-purchase all his old memories on VC.
I want technology to help me play on the original system, because using the actual old console and old controller is nostalgic and allows you to play the game exactly how it was intended. I would just like a convenient method to play all my games on a big selection screen.
BTW, Nintendo is by far the worst company at preventing piracy. I can still go to my local mall and buy a bootleg 100-in-1 NES in a controller for $20. They sell like mad during the holiday season. And yes, I HAVE reported them to Nintendo before several years ago when I still gave a crap, but they just pop up again like a bootleg DVD stand.
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LOL, I have two Super UFOs (technically a FX32 and a Turbo Fighter X) laying around to fix, I just picked up nicad batteries from Jameco. I hate dealing with 3.5" floppies, though.
I really don't feel like registering with the site to find out, but what is the capacity of this thing?
@DeAthWaGer
nvm, I see from the loader pic that it's 256Mb (that's megaBITS, folks), so that's only 32 8Mb games, 16 16Mb games, etc. Not too bad, but in this day and age couldn't some sort of flash media (like SDHC) be implemented?
@DeAthWaGer
The Wii can handle SDHC cards up to 32GB aybe even further) plus all the games are legal.
Plus not only you can get legal copys of SNES games you can also get NES N64 megadrive master system turbographex & arcade systems.
Not only a wide verity of systems & games with the Wii but the most importanly they all leagal.
@kawaiipikachu
I know you're all about legality, but the fact is most of us can't afford to re-purchase all the games we already own on cartridge.
A lot of us actually purchased games ON CARTRIDGE back in the day for $50-$70 EACH. That was 15-20 years ago, so add a few bucks to that per game for today's rate.
I will gladly pay for a game when it's worth it, but unless the game gets an HD treatment, I'm not shelling out $5-$10 (or more) for a game I can just toss in my old system or load up on an emulator.
Games that don't have any such treatment available on a virtual console version should cost LESS than if I go on eBay and buy the damn cartridge.
This device is used for backing up your own cartridges. As is the intended use for many other such devices.
Game companies are getting upset that these devices exist because they make zero dollars when someone goes to a yard sale or on eBay and buys a game for 50 cents, brings it home and copies it, then plays it on an emulator.
Meanwhile, Johnny "sold his nintendo back in high school" will go throw his money into his Wii account and re-purchase all his old memories on VC.
I want technology to help me play on the original system, because using the actual old console and old controller is nostalgic and allows you to play the game exactly how it was intended. I would just like a convenient method to play all my games on a big selection screen.
BTW, Nintendo is by far the worst company at preventing piracy. I can still go to my local mall and buy a bootleg 100-in-1 NES in a controller for $20. They sell like mad during the holiday season. And yes, I HAVE reported them to Nintendo before several years ago when I still gave a crap, but they just pop up again like a bootleg DVD stand.