Reproduction Carts
Does anybody else buy reproductions all the time like me? What are your thoughts about them in general?
For anyone looking for really great repros retrocircuits.com is where I get all mine. They have a custom page you can request a game they do not have listed.
They also have a sale going on now.
For anyone looking for really great repros retrocircuits.com is where I get all mine. They have a custom page you can request a game they do not have listed.
They also have a sale going on now.
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I'm definitely okay with them, but I can see why they cause a problem for lots of collectors.
Prepare for the haters when you tell them you have repros of ntsc- us games
I've toyed with the idea of games that were released elsewhere, but ever since I got the AVS, I've just picked up the Famicom versions. I'd really only consider it for something like Recca.
I would consider hacks and homebrews, as some are pretty awesome, but other than the Blade Buster cart I got for free, I haven't invested in any. I might get the retranslated Simon's Quest, but they add up so fast that a flash cart is just better sense. I, too, like the individual carts and artwork, but when they start at $30, only about four and you're already in Everdrive/Powerpak territory, and there are a lot of great homebrews out there.
I would consider hacks and homebrews, as some are pretty awesome, but other than the Blade Buster cart I got for free, I haven't invested in any. I might get the retranslated Simon's Quest, but they add up so fast that a flash cart is just better sense. I, too, like the individual carts and artwork, but when they start at $30, only about four and you're already in Everdrive/Powerpak territory, and there are a lot of great homebrews out there.
I like my Powerpak for hacks and stuff, but I'd rather buy the real homebrews from the homebrew guys to support more releases.
Hypocritically to the above, I do have four reproduction carts. Three of them I bought solely because they were cheap, and the fourth one is the reproduction of the fixed Chip's Challenge prototype released here on NA. I made an exception for that one.
Now homebrew is where it's at!
As long as they are not an "exact" reproduction of the original and are clearly marked then there is no issue.....The issue me and a lot of others have is that people for some reason DON'T mark them and try to pass them off as real, for reasons I don't understand.
It's cuz they are bigger assholes than you!
As long as they are not an "exact" reproduction of the original and are clearly marked then there is no issue.....The issue me and a lot of others have is that people for some reason DON'T mark them and try to pass them off as real, for reasons I don't understand.
It's cuz they are bigger assholes than you!
Love them. I also have a everdrive too
Me too; I like having the best of both worlds
I have a select few that I really, really like. I think just 2 or 3. I'd rather use a flash cart and save $30. I guess I see the appeal, as so many here collect physical NES carts instead of using a flash cart, but it just doesn't total sense. Original is original and made by Nintendo. Carts that anyone can make lose that appeal to me.
Unless there's a game that a flashcart won't play like Pokemon Yellow.
games that I want to play but don't want to pay upwards of $1000 for (Little Samson and Flintstones: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak). I know it's seen a negative by certain people, but I don't really want to use a flash cart. I like having individual carts with nice art that I can put in my NES.
This argument doesn't work anymore. You could fill all of those requirements with any of the PAL versions or Famicom versions with a converter. Those ould all be original hardware and (I'm assuming) more desireable than a fake game. Also around the same price.
Edit: Also it's not really an argument, more of a preference.