The NES Thread

[Gorf]

Post Of The Week! Too funny! 

[TrapZZ]

It's so weird to me that the NES wasn't well received over there, I just can't get my head around it!  I understand the reasons but it's so ingrained in U.S. culture I feel like I'm looking at a parallel universe when you talk about it. 

Similar to Back to the Future 2... :39:

Still scratching my head as to why it was ever well received over here.

 

Really?  Wow I'd love to hear your perspective.   Here's mine:
At the time I was playing an aging Intellivision and A8.  Once I saw the likes of Zelda and Metroid nothing in my current library could compare to the graphics or gameplay experience.  It was an affordable alternative to the awesome ST and Amiga computers which I would never be able to purchase.

SMS, 7800, and whatever else I'm forgetting hadn't arrived yet.  NES was the first one on the scene.

[onthinice]

The best thing about Nes, it did not uses disks and load times were minimal. Also the first system in my area, that you could rent games for the console.

[TrekMD]

I remember seeing NES carts available for rental at video rental stores.  I was always disappointed that I never saw Atari carts for rental anywhere!

[onthinice]

Think if they had advertised on the games. Most times it was a Blockbuster or mom & pop sticker. But, I do have a couple of games with business stickers. One is an electricians sticker and was probably just a way to mark his kids game.

Think of the lost revenue?

[TrekMD]

I wonder who's idea it was to start renting the games.  Was it Nintendo's idea or did Blockbuster come up with it themselves and then get copied by the mom & pop rental stores?

[Shadowrunner]

I wonder who's idea it was to start renting the games.  Was it Nintendo's idea or did Blockbuster come up with it themselves and then get copied by the mom & pop rental stores?

Good question, I'd be interested to know how it started too. At the time VHS rental stores were popping up all over the place so it wouldn't take much to add a game section. I rented a ton of NES games back in the day, way more then I ever bought.

[DreamcastRIP]

I wonder who's idea it was to start renting the games.  Was it Nintendo's idea or did Blockbuster come up with it themselves and then get copied by the mom & pop rental stores?

Forgive my Britishnessnessness but what is a "mom & pop rental store"?

(I'm resisting making the obvious quip!)

[TL]

I remember seeing NES carts available for rental at video rental stores.  I was always disappointed that I never saw Atari carts for rental anywhere!

This is probably because Nintendo had the market locked out in North America, so I am guessing this applied to rentals as well as sales and stopped said shops from offering Atari games along side Nintendo ones.

[TL]

I wonder who's idea it was to start renting the games.  Was it Nintendo's idea or did Blockbuster come up with it themselves and then get copied by the mom & pop rental stores?

Definitely wasn't Nintendo's idea! As you could rent games over here too and I NEVER saw NES games in any rental store, was pretty much always Sega stuff.

[TrapZZ]

If I remember correctly Nintendo was suing those rental stores trying to get them to stop renting NES games.  A quick search found an article to back this up:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3146206

[TrekMD]

I wonder who's idea it was to start renting the games.  Was it Nintendo's idea or did Blockbuster come up with it themselves and then get copied by the mom & pop rental stores?

Forgive my Britishnessnessness but what is a "mom & pop rental store"?

(I'm resisting making the obvious quip!)

Those are your independent, local stores. It's a small town reference. 

[TrekMD]

If I remember correctly Nintendo was suing those rental stores trying to get them to stop renting NES games.  A quick search found an article to back this up:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3146206

Well, that pretty much confirms that it wasn't Nintendo's idea. 

[onthinice]

In my little town, we rented from the small grocery store. A & P had closed its doors by then. Also, the local pharmacy rented vcr systems, tapes and Nintendo games.

[Gorf]

Really?  Wow I'd love to hear your perspective.   Here's mine:
At the time I was playing an aging Intellivision and A8.  Once I saw the likes of Zelda and Metroid nothing in my current library could compare to the graphics or gameplay experience.  It was an affordable alternative to the awesome ST and Amiga computers which I would never be able to purchase.

SMS, 7800, and whatever else I'm forgetting hadn't arrived yet.  NES was the first one on the scene.

The unit never appealed to me. All the games were less than great translations. Even owned one from a flea market I got cheap with a shit load of games. Was left with a bad taste in my mouth. Gave it all to my niece Vanessa who was a big fan of it.

Zelda or games like it never appealed to me. Never did like much in the way of RPG's or platformers and the NES was chock full of them, sadly.