An impulse buy to relive my youth. A Super Nintendo mini and Megaman X.

in life •  7 years ago 

For a while now I have been enjoying the old game reviews by user @schattenjaeger.

Some awesome classics have been replayed and reviewed by him.

He's been reviewing all the old Megaman series for instance and I kept thinking how I would love to play them again.

Especially Megaman X.

His recent story is about in fact about Megaman X (here) and I caved

I went online and ordered a SNES mini without thinking.

A pure impulse buy.

It arrived today.

I love it.


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I know I could have grabbed on emulator online and downloaded all the games I wanted but I'm in a period of my life where I don't want to do that anymore.

I don't mind going legit. I find it way easier.

I also rent movies online when I want to watch something for instance.

The thing is.

I used to have all the time in the world and no money when I was a kid and maybe I could justify it then.

But not anymore.

Also.

I feel that it's time for a little repentance :)

This is the box of the SNES mini. It comes with 21 games. Including Megaman X and Zelda Link to the past. Another gem I'm looking forward to playing.


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This is what's in the box. A SNES mini, 2 controllers, and 2 cables. It does not come with an adapter. I ordered one separately.


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Hooking the machine up is easy enough. It works with HDMI. One huge downside is the length of the controller cables. They are way to short (around a meter) forcing you to sit inside your tv. (I checked online there are extension cables for sale).


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I tried a couple of games to test the device. One thing I noticed straight away is the difficulty compared to today. It's full-on mentalness straight from the start. I tried Mario, Streetfighter 2, Zelda, Megaman X and Contra. Note the 4:3 resolution!


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What I also noticed straight away when I was playing Megaman X in my test run is that I was having fun.

Old-skool fun. Action from the start and no long intros and endless cutscenes.

Also, you are not presented with a tutorial telling you how to play the game and to take you by the hand.

You have to figure everything out for yourself and I love that.

I don't know why we stopped doing that in today's era of gaming.

But I guess this is a generational thing.

Or maybe it's just me getting older :)

Anyway, I'm 33 years old and I just got a device from my youth in my living room and I'm over the moon.

Tonight I'll play Megaman X again!

I'm not sure how good I will be.

But the cool thing about these games and what I remember is that every mistake is your own and there are plenty of opportunities to learn and improve.

So, nobody to blame but yourself.

Just the way I like it.



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It's quite odd, but I find the old Sega Genesis & SNES games a lot more fun than even the new VR stuff. Playing Mortal Kombat II or Street Fighter on these consoles just teleports me me back to the 90's era of arcade gaming.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug!

It's the golden age of gaming as far as I'm concerned.

YASS!

Glad to know I inspired you. :)

My SNES Classic should be arriving in the mail early next week. I also can't wait. I'm too afraid to use my actual SNES these days in fear of it breaking. It has too much value.

I also agree with you on emulators.

I don't agree with piracy being illegal, per se, but I do think people should be more willing to pay for legit stuff.

I enjoy being a Patreon for YouTubers and just yesterday I willingly paid money to a guy doing SNES soundfont remixes of NES Megaman soundtracks.

You can check him out here:

Be it a game, an album, or whatever, I'd like for people to pay people who work hard to bring them entertainment and art.

I love this device! There is just something about playing it with the 'original' controllers. I do admit that I lost some skill and it will take me a while to reach my old level (if ever). I used to be very decent at playing these games. I hope it's not age :).

Whoa, this is amazing.
This is old school.
This is for me late 80s, early 90s.
This was 2d game.
I remember playing Mario Bros 3.
Keep on steemin'

I enjoyed playing supermario,
It was 21 years ago.

I think I was 6 when I first played super Mario bros on the NES. I ran straight into the first Goomba. Some People say that guy is the most deadliest character ever in a game :)

I will buy one asap, thanks for reminding us the old days @exyle,
@racoo

Ahh thus brings back memories 😻🙌
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I did the same with the Atari & Sega Genesis console! Also have PS2 with Final Fantasy!

Oh and I’m now getting into Minecraft with my son! 😊

Fantastic! You're in for lots of nostalgic hours! I've actually been thinking about going back and playing some of the games from my youth again soon. Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, and Shinobi on the Mega Drive and then some of the older Final Fantasy games on the PlayStation. Enjoy!

O man! those titles bring back memories.

Times when the imagination wasn't hindered by thoughts about paying rent and bills, going to work, and world issues! I find video games to be a great escape when I want to unwind even to this day.

Golden Axe, ahhhhh. Never have I felt so close to my playing partner than during that game. (Ok Target Renegade on the Spectrum perhaps!) I played that to death on the Amiga with my brother.

It was such a great game! I'm definitely going to have to find the time to play it again.

Enjoy!

Nice
I do play car racing on my smartphone, my favorite childhood game was.

Have fun, my dear!! It has been a while ago but you will learn soon enough. I remember your dedication to those games, so be aware!

My mum would not be so polite and probably use the word 'addiction'!

A child of the 80s and early 90s never had it so good with regards to computer games!

I am afraid addiction is a better word than dedication, also for Mark (lol)

I did wonder if you would say that 😁 Such great times I have very fond memories of.

And you are not the only one. My elder son, @look4balance, replied immediately to Mark and said he would come over as soon as possible to play together. To relive the old times so to speak.

Yes, if I was closer I'd be suggesting a visit too!! 😁

Wow this is so awesome @exyle I want to buy one of those mini snes myself its got too many of my favourite games on there like Super Mario World,Donkey Kong, Zelda, Mega Man and many more, if you ever beat mega man try Super Ghouls and Ghosts I think its the hardest out of the 21 games there.

It's great to be able to relive our youth. I'm older than you and remember seeing Pong in my mall's arcade when I was a young child. I grew up with games like Space Invaders, Asteroids and Pac-Man. Every once in a while I'll get the itch to play them and turned my kids on to them. Though those games are primitive by modern standards, they're still a lot of fun.

I thought seriously about buying an arcade quality console containing many of those games, but decided against it because I thought my kids would spend too much time playing games rather than doing their homework. I may rethink that once they're all grown up.

The old games are so tough that there are life lessons there. Maybe after homework!

Excellent post and that nintendo mini looks great with 20+ games not a bad deal at all and man i also love to play the old classic games and i mostly play snow bros and super mario a lot when i was 10 to 12 years old and today after watching your post it reminds me my past too and now i should also buy that nintendo mini soon, thanks for sharing your beautiful memories with us, Stay blessed

Congratulations @exyle on the Nintendo kit , you have become an avid gamer, we would love to see sharing you record yourself playing and then upload the video to Dtube...

Maybe after I had some more training. My goodness it's tough.

Nice flashback. Those games were so fun back in the day.

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I love playing these old games. The Zelda game you have for your SNES is a classic. It's among the best of the Zelda series.

It's cheaper to just get an emulator but nothing really beats playing the game using the classic controller though.

Also, you're right about the game difficulty. Older games are much harder. I think I tried playing my old NES games a few weeks ago. They are infinitely harder compared to modern games.

There is no comparison between new and old games when it games to difficulty!

To me it's scary to think how primitive and expensive gaming consoles were 20+ years ago. Entertainment in general was expensive, and we've come a long way since then. I was looking at cartoons on an old school projector at home back in the day :)

Oh, yes, my friend, these classic games still excite us and we increasingly want to return to them when we get older. These games are really not very complicated and you are right, in them we become ourselves and get great pleasure from the game. Thank you Mark and let us know how your successes are on the playing field!

We brought with you beautiful memories and nostalgia for the past.I wish you enjoy your new game. And remember the beautiful past. .thank you .

Wat een geweldige tijd heb ik gehad op mijn Super nintendo. Ik was helemaal gek van Mario als kleine jongen en heb heel wat dagen achter de super nintendo versleten.

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Anyway, I'm 33 years old and I just got a device from my youth in my living room and I'm over the moon.

@exyle , you are a big time gamer man.

Do you at some instance feel addicted to it?

Because i felt addicted to games and decided to stop.

I almost never play games anymore. So this is a rare treat.

Brilliant!! I always love it when people get back to the roots and simple things make them happy. I want to buy one now. Feeling excited thanks for reminding my childhood. Cheers!!

When you mentioned wanting to play megaman x and all the retro games I was just thinking of scrolling down to mention emulators to you when I saw you holding the snes controller already lol. I agree that it's good to go legit. I will say that the mame emulator for arcade games is still a must have for the classics never ported over to consoles.

This is so cool! Zelda was so much fun. Will come over soon!

The image quality clearly has advanced in games, but honestly they just don't make good family friendly games like they used to. Don't need to see blood and guts each time I sit down to relax and play a video game, or at least not in the graphic detail they provide today.

With 2 younger kids in the house it's fun to hook up old systems for a few days and play the old games. Best part is even little kids can play the games without getting to frustrated as they don't need to remember what 12 different buttons do...oh and my Wife will actually play the old games too which is fun.

Oh and it's nice the old school games had clear starting points and ending points better allowing people to realize how long they have been playing. To many games now are designed to keep the player sucked in as they just respawn, can't die, or there just isn't a way to end the game.

ain't it funny how we get pulled back into gaming again? looks like funtimes brother! :) enjoy! - @dayleeo is currently playing fortnite on her ps4, it's been a slow gaming sunday.

In the world to be we will always be reliving our youth, as youth is the time of creativity, invention, ingenuity and a good heart. Peace !

Mario, Streetfighter, Zelda and Contra...
Oh man... Of course, you're over the moon! Every single name you've mentioned contains a reminiscence from my childhood.

I love that I booted up Zelda and I started going through it like it was yesterday. What a game.

I've long thought about reviewing some spectrum and Amiga games from my youth - so much time spent on the amazing selection we had back then!

Only had 2 games on the snes, Mariocart
And SF2 - still took months to master though and plenty of blisters! (Which is when the Amiga was powered up for some joystick action!)

Enjoy!

This is the Mac I played my first games on. Dark Castle was my favourite. I think I must have been 3 or 4.

Prachtig apparaat heeft de hele wereld veranderd 🌅

Look at that beauty!

GUI 1.0 - proud days for Macintosh for sure!

I'd go back to my youth if I could have the time and games I had back then. Just hoping for less acne!

very nice enjoy the retro feeling... i bought a joystick converter last week from steem money.. it's on its way ..

Ah great! I bought the same set a few weeks back! Good memories revived :) It feels a bit different though playing it on a modern screen!

Yeah that's true! But I don't own a CRT TV anymore :)

Yeah, who does nowadays... Probably my grandma still has one :D

Another fantastic post my friend. I grew up in the late 80’s/early 90’s and this definitely brings back fond memories. Heck all those games and your great photographs make me want to go out and buy one!

I miss the old days of gaming where your skill and knowledge of the game was developed as a result of figuring things out on your own terms after hours of gameplay. No YouTube walkthroughs or online game guides, just quality time spent with the game itself. That aspect of these classic games further deepens there nostalgic appeal for me. Thanks for the motivation to go back and seek out these classics once again.

That’s so awesome. Makes me want to get the SNES from the attic and hook it up 😆

Zelda!!! Oh, how I used to love that game! My brothers would get annoyed with me because I just wasn't as good on the video games as they were, but for some reason, Zelda & Contra I could handle. I wish I could find the old Duck Hunt with the actual big gawdy gun that came with it for my kids to try out, but I haven't seen those being reintroduced sadly. Oh, and my absolute favorite game ever was Dr. Mario. Weird, I know. Anyway, thanks for the little bit of nostalgia!

Holy shit!! I remember that was where you start off as Link in that Zelda game. It's all coming back to me now, I want one too!

Yeah that's right! It's the start just after you wake up!

This is just such a fun post @exyle. I never did get to own the SNES mini back in the days but I got to play most of the games. My favorite was Mario and Contra and Megaman X is lit! Oh, and I don't think age should hinder anyone from doing something that makes them happy. Thanks for sharing some light and fun vibes here in the community. Have a nice day. You have my upvote today! 😀👍💯

@exyle,
You brought me back to my childhood! This is pretty amazing I also placed this TV game at my childhood!

Cheers~

Don't forget to hop on Starfox and do a barrel roll for old times sakes! The love for SNES was enough reason to upvote you for witness. I have a friend that makes the emulators from a raspberry pie and 3dprints a box for them, they look really cool along with his other items. This has become a pretty big business and no doubt led to Nintendo re doing their SNES to get in on the money.

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Haha! My weekend would be toast!! 😳😳

Only your weekend? Haha 😁

Good point! Depends on how much the wife could take! 😂😳😳

Without knowing you guys of course, I'd guess somewhere between Saturday morning and Sunday lunch! 😁😂

Yes sir! Saturday morning I'd be getting the stank eye! 😡

Quickly followed by a list of things you should be doing!

Awesome buy!
Anyone into C64, MSX or Ninendo Game &Watch?

Nice! I own a north american one! Just a heads up, those are REALLY easy to mod! Just keep in mind your space is limited.Only the essential must haves, or games you thought they missed.

Haha I loved the old NHL games. So much fun provoking fights and checking the opponents into the wall:) good old gamer days!

Omg! I haven't seen that in sooo long! Now I want to play some super mario bros.

Nice post. Glad to see you having fun. I relive my youth, when my nephew come to visit me and we play all day long:).

I have my childhood video game, a safe is kept in the box.Works till date.

awesome game

sir Such a wonderful and thankful work my dear friend... Actualy....I'm always respect to your works

I got many blisters playing street fighter with that control.

I enjoyed playing supermario,
It was 2 years ago.

UPVOTE and REESTEMED ♥

Amazing game

As a kid / teenager, I really liked MegaMan, even if it was bumpy and frustrated me a lot :) @exyle

Wonderful sir.
Resteemed and upvoted done

wow its a nice story that you are shared... thanks for give me some pleasure... i waiting for your next post....

Haha, awesome... sometimes it's a nice thing to do something on impulse. Enjoy!

In venezuela we are poor and we can no longer play. :(. I want a play4

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Damn now i want my sega saturn back, i want to play sonic the hedgehog :(
U should video yourself playing the game and put it on dtube.

Mario and the tanks. The best games)

I want it, I want it!
You've got a real treasure this time, Mark. Even though we are grown-ups now but still can't stop ourselves from the desire to play some Mario or Megaman :)))

Got the NES mini myself, wanted to get this one as well but money went into the Nintendo Switch instead ^.^ Luckily this one doesn't seem to be as rare as the previous one so i'll still be able to get it someday. (If I still want to...)

Man, where can I buy that? WANT!

Nintendo = childhood! Best controller always the N64 though...

Very excellent game

wow...great game...i like it..i hope everybody like your post...thanx for shear it

story is always plesure us
it is a book to read all time without boaring
thanks for sharing

I just relived My childhood

Now that is a great buy !

I was a big fan of the TMNT games

still my favourite game is super mario :) <3 my eternal love

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It was exciting to read the spirit of my brother

I miss my childhood.I can still remember how I used to play super Mario with my brother
-cheers-

THIS IS NOSTALGIC! 😍😍

WOW, ZELDA was an ATFavourite ! I played and played,... and again ,... So nice to see it again. I thik you will have a lot of fun and memories will sure be present in your mind.

Cool, responsible behavior while having fun!

Classics are always the classics. something about them, can never be beat.

@exyle, That's realy amazing way to revival your chilhood activities.I played too much Super mario and other video games. Thanks for sharing interesting Stuff.

Haha...miss those good old days!!! Nothing beats Mario...Contra n later Golden Axe!!! My holidays would be over before i knew it coz of those!! Have fun playing bro!!! Do upload video clips if possible!! Cheers!! :)

awww. :)
super cute. hehe
I'm a fan of Nintendo since childhood.
I remember my siblings and I where waiting in queue for the Nintendo Gameboy. :)

I lost many many hours to Mario Kart - I reckon the snes is still in the loft on account of Mario Kart alone!

oh my god YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never liked video games. I am 53 years old; it's a generational thing I guess.

So many great games- so many great jrpgs - so many hours gone....

Beautiful Post........Thanks for Shearing.

I like such games
:)

Genuinely very nice...

unexpected moment that became best memories who can remember Sega anyone

Oh My God you brought back the memories of Childhood <3

Super Mario
Snow Bros
Taken-3
Street Fighter -2

are the games i used to play after doing my home work Hahaha :D :D

You made my day Brother <3

I think it's cool that StarFox 2 is there, even though it was never released previously. The SNES mini is a must-buy in my opinion. I'll have to pick one up in the future. I had the NES mini but ended up reselling it.

Excellent acquisition, the Snes will always be one of my favorite consoles which I have practically dedicated my life to, that I demonstrate always in my beloved blogs. Thanks for sharing, enjoy it!

Aah! the classic Nitendo never gets old and the super awesome games till now have no competition. I miss the old days when you just had to plug in you're Nitendo and simply just shoot the disk , sit back and play for hours and hours.

It seems interresting i followed and up voted. Please keep doing your great work

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Sometimes powerful reviews on a product can drive us crazy into buying. But I guess you love it, right?

super mario, all time favorite :)

Great article, makes me nostalgic​ about the old days. I love Contra and Streetfighter 2.They both remind me of the skating​ rink :) "showing my age"

I have been looking at the SNES mini, but havn't made the plunge yet. Your article making me think....

Thanks for the article,
@tincanjunction

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Enjoy 😊 life worth enjoying every moment the way ONLY YOU like !
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hahaha, thank you brother you remind me of my childhood,
I used to play super Mario the most.
The 8 stages of super Mario Always stand as a good journey and one thing I would like to tell you we never get bored playing this game, later we came to know about Tekken 3, snow bros and many more.
God bless you brother :)

They were the days for sure! I hope the excitement will be the same for you!

Damn that's proper old school. Sam had the next version (64) when he was younger. It was all about Super Mario Kart 64' and GoldenEye. It was pretty intense from the get-go. Ah, the good old days...

Most excellent except for the short cords! Doh!!

I whipped out my old GameBoy not so long ago. It was amazing that it still powered on.

very amazing, I like this post.
I myself am a game lover. if playing playstation, Manchester city is my idol clup in english league.

incredible, you are the best @exyle

if you have time, let's visit my blog @bangmimi thanks

I wish I could turn back those times when I was a kid. For me, Playing those stuffs were the best remedy for everything.

I used to play F-Zero on this shit all the time along with Yoshi's Island of course