Should I sell my SNES in favour of collecting other consoles

[dogman91]

Uh well, if you don't want it, and want the money, then there you go. I personally wouldn't sell it (ever), if you were me, because the SNES is awesome.

Try using it with a CRT and see if that helps your nostalgia (and it should look way better too).

[NoFaceNico]

If you don't seem attached and want the cash, then sell it. I personally don't sell things in my collection, instead I'll gift them to friends if I have no use/space for them. I hate giving a stranger a good deal when I could give it to a friend who would enjoy it.

Here's an idea- get a PS2. You started with N64 and GameCube, so I imagine that's why it's hard for you to get into 16 bit gaming. PS2 prices are at rock bottom right now and there are TONS of interesting games on the system. Even better, you're in Australia, you can probably get some really cool games from Japan, right? (yes I know they are NTSC, you are PAL) I always see ebay auctions with really cool Japan exclusive stuff being sold by Australians.

If you get a PS2 you can still feed your retro gaming appetite, get yourself a collection like SNK, Megaman, SegaAges, Taito, there's tons of good ones out there.

Or one other option- Dreamcast. There's tons of fun to be had with a CD burner. I'll leave it at that.

[Ziggy]

Sell it if you wish, but consider the regret you might have down the road. Should you ever chose to buy a SNES again, the console and carts will (most likely) be more expensive then they are right now.

Why not keep the SNES, a handful of your favorite carts, then play everything else with a flash cart. That way, you'll have the best of both worlds: You can keep your SNES but not have to spend an arm and a leg on games for it. The initial cost of the flash cart might seem like a little much (currently ranging from $60~190 USD) but consider that you'll be able to play (almost) any game at any time, including the ones you'd never be able to afford, hacks and fan translations of great games that never made it out of Japan, etc, it's worth it.

Or just sell it and emulate.

[Tanooki]

I think the only opinion that should matter is the one in the back of your head screaming at you, not us.

That said, you made it clear you only are superficially attached and enjoy what little you have via the virtual console. You've clearly noticed that you're in an area where people are ebay or ebay+ copycat pricing trolls so there's likely no deals and if there are the aggressive ones will have it in moments after being online to clearly resell for themselves. You're not fat on the wallet(I feel that all too well) and the prices of now aren't what they are 3-5 years ago and are disgusting. If you can't comfortably afford it, the prices bug you, and you're only really half interested having no ties to anything pre-N64, you have no reason to hold onto a system for what appear to be superficial reasons. Let someone who will actually enjoy and use it thoroughly have it, use the dough on something that will actually get deeply enjoyed and used to get the value out of it.

I for one am beyond fed up with the prices, gave up on almost all of it outside of GBA and Famicom unless I accident upon a deal I'd be a moron to let go as the cheating, lying, scheming, pricing, all of it has gone well into and beyond the 90s era trolling deaths of comics and sports cards thanks to online making being predators far easier. I recently in the last few weeks started buying up lego sets, they're relaxing and none of the bullshit. It almost seems owner regulated because other than the truly early (pre early 80s) and truly rare stuff, the prices aren't out of control and it appears the buyers keep it regulated consistently so too thankfully. Games are quite the opposite.

[YoMrWhite]

Try using it with a CRT and see if that helps your nostalgia (and it should look way better too).

Funny you should say that, I have actually been using one that I found, but I prefer setting my TV to 4:3

Try using it with a CRT and see if that helps your nostalgia (and it should look way better too).

Sorry skipping this before; yeah you can, it is quite handy

It's not that I can't get into 16-bit gaming, I love playing the games that I have for it, and the ones I have on the virtual console, it's more of a case of selling a kidney to purchase more games for it. I haven't considered a flash cart before and that might be a good way of going about it.

I have though about whether I would regret it or not at least a hundred times over, and I am comfortable saying that I wouldn't purely because of the bottleneck of cash I have at the moment, a dollar is a higher percentage of my yearly income than say what a dollar will be in a few years time (provided I have a job immediately after graduation)

I really wish that games were regulated the same way as what lego is, because that sounds amazing Tanooki, but what I believe what it comes down to is asanine people trying to make a quick buck off of it, people are going to buy what they want anyway at whatever price is set, it's just disappointing that people feel the need to charge $50 for Super Mario World 2

[Tanooki]

You're right it is asinine scumbag people in it and have been wrecking it consistently for a good 3-4 years now. I know I get hell for saying it elsewhere, but I've bought old 8/16bit Nintendo games used, retail no less, since 1995. It never was once shitty or out of control up until around later 2011. I never expected things to stay like $5 retail for most except for a few screwy hot lower print titles like Dragon Warrior 4 which I could find for like $50 with the papers still. It's just that a decade ago I could get a mint in box Earthbound, Bubble Bobble 2 w/book, Dragon Warrior 3, all at my old local retail shop. A lot of the other post-SNES era NES stuff was like $5-20, even the so called and legit rare junk, same with the SNES games too. 5% of it went over the $20 mark, nothing seemed to top $50 and that stuff was complete. I was a kid of the 80s, I had baseball cards and comics robbed from me with the same tactics games have going now so that's why I've walked away from most of it and am parting with a few of my nicer items, I'd rather have a nice new laptop.

The lego stuff I think it's self regulated by the market. Anything that can be still had at retail online tends to be a few dollars more+ shipping for ease, but they don't get bought, which is fair and deserved for attempting it. Retired stuff without the box but manual complete can get around what they retailed for originally or double depending on the sets, usually the larger stuff doesn't get crazy over. It's the really old 60-early 80s stuff that can get up there but it's a niche thing. I think what helps is that you can get the manuals all online and people sell a crap ton of bulk lots, like 1000 pieces for $50 shipped or less so it suppresses the rest. Stuff like that causes the shills not to make bank, and those who try watching the history on ebay, they lose to those who start with lower bins or open bidding. The video game stuff just doesn't happen because it's so much more wide spread and it's period centric as legos are pretty consistent in the 90s to today. It makes games easy to exploit and abuse, the other you can just do whatever. I just drove by a garage sale an hour ago for $1 I got I think around 60-75% of a lego rescue chopper with some nice unique pieces. I know it can't go back together, but a smaller one could be made with the parts.

[Tanooki]

I wanted this separate. As to your flash cart interests. It may be a really good idea if you can control yourself in how you use it. Don't load it with roms, you'll get gamer ADHD and finish nothing then get sick of it. Pick 1, pick 5 games, and commit.

Also, there are 2 tiers out there. You have the everdrive which can handle normal games plus DSP1(Pilotwings, Mario Kart) level stuff but it can not handle special chip games. That thing I think is around $100. http://www.stoneagegamer.com/super-ever ... ly-na.html

THen you have the very nice but very much more expensive SD2SNES. This one can do a good bit more when it comes to things. If you're a fan of special chip games it can do all the DSP boards, the CX4 which is Mega Man X2 and X3 which I know you saw is 'kidney sale' priced, real time clock, and more -- currently FX chip is being developed which adds the star fox games, doom, yoshi's island and more. I'm not sure if they're on it or will ever add SA1(Mario RPG and Kirby Games) but this one runs the most. Problem is a loose board is $190, in a shell over $200 -- http://www.stoneagegamer.com/sd2snes-board-only.html When you figure how slimy things have become, it would be a huge money saver.

[Ziggy]

As to your flash cart interests. It may be a really good idea if you can control yourself in how you use it. Don't load it with roms, you'll get gamer ADHD and finish nothing then get sick of it. Pick 1, pick 5 games, and commit.

I couldn't agree more. This is how I use my flash carts too. If you dump an entire ROM set on there, you end up playing a game for 5 minutes then jumping to another, then another, and another. I only put games on it as I want to play them.

Also, there are 2 tiers out there. You have the everdrive which can handle normal games plus DSP1(Pilotwings, Mario Kart) level stuff but it can not handle special chip games. That thing I think is around $100. [...] THen you have the very nice but very much more expensive SD2SNES.

There's actually two more choices out there for SNES flash carts. Tototek's Super Flash Cart and Retro Zone's SNES PowerPak.

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 44&t=36353

Also worth noting is that you can score these carts used on forums such as this one. I got my SNES PowerPak used from a Racketboy member for abotu $60 IIRC. With so many SNES flash cart options, it's not too hard to find one used when some one wants to "upgrade" to another.

currently FX chip is being developed which adds the star fox games, doom, yoshi's island and more. I'm not sure if they're on it or will ever add SA1(Mario RPG and Kirby Games) but this one runs the most.

SA-1 is still on the "to be determined" list. I try and keep current with the progress updates, and it seems like he's actively working on several other features. I guess SA-1 just isn't toward the top of the list. From what I gather, it seems like people have been hounding him with requests to get the GSU (Super FX) chip working, so he's trying to focus on that, but it's complicated. He's implemented a lot of cool things though, you can check out the progress updates here: http://sd2snes.de/blog/

[Tanooki]

I forgot about tototek, but having once owned the NES powerpak I can't recommend it at all. The build quality is there, but the menu system is annoying pain in the ass only second to how you have to save games with it. You can't just save in game, you save, then reset your system, let the thing load back up and you either queue it or it does it itself where it will put the save into storage. Loading you'll have to load the save and game each which is just unnecessarily annoying.

Good to know on the SA1, I haven't followed any of it for awhile, at least sometime last year as I was considering despite the cost looking into one. I backed off it just because I have the horrendously expensive stuff (the $50-300+) stuff I want short of Aerofighters which I've given up on. I have the dough but the price is bullshit for a shooter, rather that and more head into that new laptop I want as it'll get thousands of hours or more, the game never will. I'm just glad it's that open to improvement while other devices are not so much which is why price aside I still recommend it.

[Ziggy]

I forgot about tototek, but having once owned the NES powerpak I can't recommend it at all. The build quality is there, but the menu system is annoying pain in the ass only second to how you have to save games with it. You can't just save in game, you save, then reset your system, let the thing load back up and you either queue it or it does it itself where it will put the save into storage. Loading you'll have to load the save and game each which is just unnecessarily annoying.

Yes, I agree with both points VERY much so. I hate the menus that the PowerPaks have (both NES and SNES). It's not that they're simple as in boring and I need something more visually appealing, because I don't. But they're hard to look at. And the character length for each file is rather limited, which makes things harder.

I have two good things to point out though. One, if you name each save file the same name as the ROM it'll automatically load with the ROM. Still, you have to hold reset to back up the save to the memory card (forgetting to means you lose your save) which I'm not a fan of, but that isn't TOO much of a hassle. At least the save file can auto load.

For the SNES PowerPak, there's custom firmware available (not created or endorsed by Retro Zone) which completely revamps the menus. They look much nicer, but more importantly, everything is easy on the eyes. I upgraded to the CFW the first day I got my SNES PowerPak, and I'm never going back!

It's all in the link I posted in my last reply, but here's a direct link to the CFW for the SNES PowerPak: http://manuloewe.de/main/index.php?/pag ... erpak.html

Now only if some one could do this for the NES PowerPak...