I have ben thinking about buying a uses SNES from Amazon and I was wondering if the SNES plays NES games also.
SNES question
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is snes super nintendo if it is buy it its the funiest thing ever. I'm not sure probably not about the game of nes.
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is snes super nintendo? if it is buy it its the funniest thing ever.
It is the super nintendo. But whats that about it being so funny?
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*funiest
sorry i suck i spelling i was just typing fast and didnt notice sorry. yeep!
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It does not play NES games.
That was WAY before backward compatablity.
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hmmmmm im not sure… ill test it now ill have your result in a minute. nope sorry. nes games do not work on an snes. in fact the catridges don't even fit right.
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Okay then I'll just buy both!
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It's an expensive and frustrating hobby to collect NES games. Good luck.
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Yah you're better off getting the emulator or waiting until the Ninitendo Revolution comes out and download the old games.
And warp, funiest and funniest is both right, it just depends on the country you live in.
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The SNES is solid, but the NES had a fundamental design flaw in the game slot; it eventually gets more and more a pain to work and eventually requires replacement of parts or the entire console.
In lieu of a NES, you might consider buying the "NES compatible" console, sold under the trade name Neo Fami.
It costs about $30, which is actually LESS than a refurbished or guaranteed used NES, it comes with new controllers (not great ergonomically, but worth $10 for the pair). Compatibility is okay (I have two games it won't recognize controller input from, and the sound's a little off), but it's a pretty good way to play actual NES cartridges, cos you don't have to spend 30 minutes getting them going first.
They make a version with a Famicom-compatible slot (you use a small adaptor card to fit a NES cartridge in) and a propriatery joystick port, and a version with NES-compatible slot and controller ports. I bought the latter for the sake of convinence.
I bought mine from estarland.com, but I found they tend to overpromise and underdeliver on shipping times. :/ Many other places will get you one though.
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well i live in the u.s. so its a bad thing gulp
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Why is it a bad thing? I'm in the US. It works fine. You just get the version which is designed with the NES slot built-in, or a "regular" one from a dealer who says he includes the adapter card.
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I think warp was talking to me about the spelling problem of funiest
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well i live in the u.s. so its a bad thing gulp
I actually thought 'funiest' was a typo and I live in Texas. Never seen it spelled that way before. ^^
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I remember somewhere releasing a new Nes with Wireless controllers etc, you could try getting one of them?
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wait for the revolution! you can play NES SNES N64 GC games on it, at least that's what I hear.
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@Bad-Beat:
wait for the revolution! you can play NES SNES N64 GC games on it, at least that's what I hear.
from what i understood, you'll have to download them, there aren't 5 different slots on the revolution.
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yeah I know that (forgot to mention it) but isn't downloading them much better then having all those cartridges taking up precious space?
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Well, I think they'll probably be a charge per download, and one gets you fifty that they'll want like $5 or $10 for games you can buy the carts for $3 used.
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They will charge you for downloading on the Revolution.
Just a few weeks ago, I had to fix my freinds NES system, and he said I could have it if I fixed it. -
I bought myself a SNES and NES on ebay last year and I can say that it is worth the money. You can get a system with around 5-10 games for about £20-£30 (dunno what I'd would cost in other countires). The games are all pretty simplier to get understand but at the same time offer some degree of skill, which will offer ages of entertainment.
Or you can wait for the revolution to come out and you can download the games for a fixed cost and not have to worry about cartridges and stuff.
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heh, but using a newer console like the Revolution takes away all the fun.
True fans prefer to play their favourite games on the consoles they were made for, especially these days, its much more fun to actually look for an old game, just the other week I bought a copy of Metroid for the Nes, sure it is out on GBA but I wanted to play it on the Nes, like I would in the good ol days. It felt…great.
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No, NES games don't fit in SNES..
NEs are long Cartriages.. and SNES and the size of N64 sort of..
I tried.. it doesn't work.
oh ya, get "Zombies at my neighbours" also for SNES ^___^
or just buy a NES for like 10 cents off of Ebay and SNES for like 20? lol
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They'll play in this
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They both play in that?
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Well I know it plays NES games and they said it plays Famicom (SNES) games too I tried putting up pix of the controllers but the website where I upload pix or other images is running abit slow for some reason.
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You know, alot of people don't know it but there's a Luigi game for SNES that came out before Luigi's Mansion. It's called "Mario is Missing" and it's actually an educational game. /random SNES fact
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Famicom = Nes
Super Famicom = SNESso no, Snes games won't work.
And yes, I own Mario is missing, it sucks lol
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I f'ing love Mario Is Missing…
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Well, I think they'll probably be a charge per download, and one gets you fifty that they'll want like $5 or $10 for games you can buy the carts for $3 used.
I don't know where you're from, but here and most other places I've been still charge about 15-20 dollars for used SNES games of decent quality. So unless you're talking about crap like WRASTLEMANIA GOLF 2000 you won't be able many carts for 3 dollars.
ooh, 5 dollars. How expensive for games that cost 50 or more when they were released, conveniently downloaded inside of your console where it takes up no space.
You know, alot of people don't know it but there's a Luigi game for SNES that came out before Luigi's Mansion. It's called "Mario is Missing" and it's actually an educational game.
I thought everyone knew that. I played that piece of crap.
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The local used-book-and-software shop has (aside from last month's ASJ at $2.50 :D) usually a fair stock of NES games, the most common at 3.00 or 3 for 10, and the rarer ones at 6.00 to 10.00.
The SNES ones tend to be a bit higher, like 6.00/12.00/15.00.
What I fear of the "downloadable" concept is I'll bet they're "locked" to the console. Bust your Revolution, buy new downloads. Wanna play at a friend's, buy the games for his console or drag yours along. I can take my copy of Zelda 1 with the home-replaced battery job and play it at anyone's NES or Neo Fami, no extra cost (I think that was a $6 game FWIW)
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I forgot Famicom & Super Famicom are two different things but in hindsight the system should still play SNES games otherwise it wouldn't have made since to add the top-loading part to the system.
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I went to my local gamestation and I was looking through all the SNES games they had, when I came accross 'Secrets of Mana', the price?…..£50! I kid you not. Now I know this is a popular game and has a cult following with retro buffs but I wouldn't even consider buying the new MGS or Zelda for £50 let alone a game that came out 10 years ago, regaurdless of it's gaming status.
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My local Gamestation has that too, cheaper than that though.
Though I did see Chrono Trigger go for £60 0.0 I also saw Suikoden II for £25. Remember that these are both pre-owned games too.
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The best game I ever played on the SNES was Super Metroid. Anyone agree?
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while it is a great game, I wouldn't say best, Best for me would have to be either Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World or Yoshi's Island
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Super Metroid was amazing. Link was good too. A good racing game to get is Top Gear, if you're into racing.
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I had that for N64, twas good.