s1rweeze wrote:I still play my original SNES I got as a gift back in December 1991, still works great, zero problems. I've barely even had to clean it. I rarely hear about technical issues or durability problems with SNESessessesesess...eses.
Yeah, they don't make em like they use to.
My first SNES was the SMW bundle, and judging from the label variant it was from either 92 or 93. Unfortunately, I had to retire this SNES. While playing any game, I get some garbage graphics on the screen. After being sure the cart slot is 100% clean and doing a little research, I'm pretty sure my problem is bad RAM or a bad PPU.
ExedExes wrote:I've got SimCity. I could not do anything with the $20K they gave me, so a tip in either Game Players (or was it Game Pro) to get $999,999 made it a lot more fun. My copy I think had a faulty battery because game saves were always being erased. I did let my friend borrow it and he managed to complete all 6 scenarios and the bonus one you unlock by doing it. Crazy.
Yeah, my first Sim City cart would always drop my saves on me. Then like I said, the battery died on me. But those older carts without MAD-1 are really prone to dropping saves. If the cart or cart slot is a little dirty, this can lead to losing your saves. Another thing, Sim City is one of those games that allows you to erase save data by holding down a button combo while loading the game. I might have done this by accident a few times when I was younger.
Damn, all this Sim City talk is making me wanna play it!
ExedExes wrote:I got DKC and DKC2 in Christmas 94 & 95. By 1996, my time was getting a bit short and my interest in the SNES was waning ever since I got a PC a few years before that. The last game I probably got at full retail was Super Mario RPG -- that made my summer in '96 pretty fun.
Yeah, I remember by the time DKC3 came out my brother and I were really looking to get an N64. I remember renting DKC3 and Wrinkly Kong playing SM64 in her save cave. I actually didn't get a copy of DKC3 until years later.
ExedExes wrote:I played about 10 minutes of DKC3 and really didn't see a lot of fun in it. They really should have stopped at 2, they just got everything right there.
While I like 2 just a little more than the other ones (probably just due to nostalgia) all three are great games. The third one is just as fun to play as the other two. If you like the first two, I really recommend giving the third one a try beyond 10 minutes. It's worth it. It's still a DKC, made by the same people that made the other two.
Universal Game Cases
Whenever I see a pic of a few dozen UGC lined up on a shelf, it's looks so mint. I would love to do this to my SNES collection, but it's too expensive for me. The cases alone are, what, 50-100 dollars for 100 cases? Then you have to print covers for each one. It would be way too costly for me to print them, being that ink carts are like $30 plus each. I had Fed Ex print me a couple covers once, they look professional and were only $1 and change each. But again, 100 covers at a dollar each means $100.
