Starting a new NES collection. Should I buy an Analogue Nt?

[yayitsdan]

Sadly the NES from my childhood didn't survive so I'm looking at my options.

Do you still have the non-working unit? If I were you I'd at least do a case swap with a referb.

I'd kill to have my original NES from my childhood, working or not

I'm not sure if I still have it. I left it at my parents house when I left for college 8 years ago, so it's either in the attic or long gone. I'm not even sure what condition the case was in when I left to be honest. It's a good idea though. I'll make sure to see if I can find it next time I visit.

[yayitsdan]

there are also some toploaders out there.

They'll cost a little bit more, but you wont have to worry about jiggling the cart inside the nes. Unless you want the full retro look of the classic nes.

All that extra money left over from not spending $500 bucks will get you lots of games.

There are still lots of games out there for cheap, if you dont care about owning them complete.

Dont forget the CRT tv. Time to play some duck hunt!

I do think the top loader is the way to go if I can get modded AV ports in it. I'm just not sure that I want to do it myself. I have a CRT TV ready for when I get a bigger place though. It's in storage right now.

[TSTR]

Cool beans! Was just wondering due to the madness around the AI Nt lately.

Yeah, if you're going to a non-CRT HDTV, then a scaler could be in order. Depends on how well your TV handles it--some are better than others. Note that you will lose lightgun compatibility and may run into input lag issues.

Probably the best way to go (if you're dead set on original hardware) is to find a toaster in decent shape, and go from there. There are lots of helpful folks here that can assist in getting it working, if there are any problems. If your TV doesn't play nice with it, then you could consider whether you want to go down the road of scalers or dump the toaster for something like the AI Nt.

[EllertMichael]

Sadly the NES from my childhood didn't survive so I'm looking at my options.

Do you still have the non-working unit? If I were you I'd at least do a case swap with a referb.

I'd kill to have my original NES from my childhood, working or not

I'm not sure if I still have it. I left it at my parents house when I left for college 8 years ago, so it's either in the attic or long gone. I'm not even sure what condition the case was in when I left to be honest. It's a good idea though. I'll make sure to see if I can find it next time I visit.

I'm just a sentimental fool.

[synbiosfan]

Nope it's not a joke. I realize most of the reactions towards the Analogue Nt are negative, but unless I'm missing something, that's mostly because of the price, correct?

There are other reasons that have already been discussed here

http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=46345

I wouldn't buy one for non-money reasons but I'm not out to crap on it or get banned.

[ninjainspandex]

get a toploader, mod it for composite ( or RGB mod it if you wan't to spend $200) and enjoy the system for what it is. If you are just starting an NES collection I'd start with spending the money on a nice pile of games, rather than a $500 machine that looks nothing like an NES.

[synbiosfan]

get a toploader, mod it for composite ( or RGB mod it if you wan't to spend $200) and enjoy the system for what it is. If you are just starting an NES collection I'd start with spending the money on a nice pile of games, rather than a $500 machine that looks nothing like an NES.

Exactly. Now if you feel (regardless of others opinions) it's worth it or do like the design/features, get one and enjoy.

If you combine the costs of buying a AES or TurboDuo and having them modded, the price will be pretty close to the Analogue Nt. I say that from experience. I felt/feel it was worth it for those systems.

[jediturtle]

Just grab a toaster off of Craigslist for $50 or less, a new pin connector off ebay for $8ish, and one of these:


For around $100 you will be basking in original 8-bit glory, upconverted to play well with your LCD. I just bought that upconverter and am pretty amazed by the difference it makes. I got it mostly because my new TV does not have S-Vid for my SNES and N64, but the difference it makes with just composite on the NES is pretty incredible too.

[ninjainspandex]

Just grab a toaster off of Craigslist for $50 or less, a new pin connector off ebay for $8ish, and one of these:


For around $100 you will be basking in original 8-bit glory, upconverted to play well with your LCD. I just bought that upconverter and am pretty amazed by the difference it makes. I got it mostly because my new TV does not have S-Vid for my SNES and N64, but the difference it makes with just composite on the NES is pretty incredible too.

lol @ people who think you can just upscale composite to HD and have it look nice. That converter makes no graphical improvements over just plugging in composite on your HDTV. The only use for that adapter is if your HDTV lacks composite/S-vid inputs, which most modern Tvs seem to now. IMO get a little CRT, that is the best way to play NES, NES games are so low res in the first place to justify a large screen.

[jediturtle]

Just grab a toaster off of Craigslist for $50 or less, a new pin connector off ebay for $8ish, and one of these:


For around $100 you will be basking in original 8-bit glory, upconverted to play well with your LCD. I just bought that upconverter and am pretty amazed by the difference it makes. I got it mostly because my new TV does not have S-Vid for my SNES and N64, but the difference it makes with just composite on the NES is pretty incredible too.

lol @ people who think you can just upscale composite to HD and have it look nice. That converter makes no graphical improvements over just plugging in composite on your HDTV. The only use for that adapter is if your HDTV lacks composite/S-vid inputs, which most modern Tvs seem to now. IMO get a little CRT, that is the best way to play NES, NES games are so low res in the first place to justify a large screen.

Really? You were there with me when I swapped my composite cable back and forth between using the converter and not? There is a very real, dramatic difference on my set-up. I'm not saying your milage may not vary, but I know what I saw with my two eyes. Does it magically make it into a true HD quality miracle? Of course not. But I'm not talking a subtle difference that you couldn't pick out with blind testing either...this was a substantial difference. Maybe you should do some testing of your own before running your mouth and basically calling me a liar.