How To Collect For the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

How To Collect For the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) - Retro Bird

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4 жыл бұрын

I present a buyer's guide for those looking to get into NES collecting, including addressing some of the common concerns when it comes to collecting the hardware as well as games. Various tips and tricks for collecting the console and getting started.
How To Collect For the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / A Guide For Those Who Want To Be a NES Collector / How To Start Collecting for the NES
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@RetroBirdGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Here's the video where I talk about the misconception around blowing into game cartridges:

@drewdelamont1443 4 жыл бұрын

I cant believe your channel hasn't blown up yet, I watch all your videos as soon as they come out.

@TIDbitRETRO 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the game prices. I know a lot of people talk about when they were able to get NES games for like a buck, but to me, $10 for a quality game is far from the “outrageous” and “overpriced” labels people like to throw on the games since the market “skyrocketed”. 👍

@faub3282

I’m up to 696 games on NES. My master list currently has 1,051 games on it, so I’ve got a ways to go. I’m including all of the US licensed games, unlicensed and a bunch of homebrews (though not every homebrew). I’m also including PAL games from Europe and Asia that were not released in the US and the Chinese Sachen games as well as some multicarts and other foreign releases. I’m also doing the cart variants such as 5 screw and 3 screw as well as label variants. There are so many. I also have just under half of my collection with the box and manual, though about two dozen of the boxes are reproductions.

@awill891 4 жыл бұрын

I started "collecting" CRTs last year to play my 90s consoles and I love how they look. I have an NES I bought from a friend in 8th grade (2002) for $13 but I could never get it to work I even boiled the pins and deep cleaned the system. But yesterday I was rearranging my gear and decided to give it one more shot and used a safety pin to tighten the pins and it works! But I only have the light gun and can't find the controller so I got one coming in next week. I have the 5 games that came with the system: Mario Bros, Turtles Arcade and Manhattan, Dr. Mario and Skate or Die. Excited to finally give the NES a shot after I ignored it my whole life.

@krisfrederick5001 3 жыл бұрын

"I love the Power Glove...it's so Bad" Was not false advertising

@CAPCOM784 3 жыл бұрын

Some of my favorites not talked about much for NES are Shatterhand,Little Nemo the Dream Master,Kabuki Quantum Fighter,Shadow of the Ninja,Vice Project Doom, and Scat

@nicholashughes4342 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful days of old,time flies,be saved,blessed all in Jesus shalom

@robbiedoblin 3 жыл бұрын

You totally cant beat Mike Tyson on emulation and not on a CRT TV unless you develop some unusual timing technique

@markm4033 3 жыл бұрын

Keeping your games and console clean is the key.

@Dav3Campb3ll 2 жыл бұрын

I like that the NES is still affordable 👌

@IowaRetroGamerDad 4 жыл бұрын

I don't care what people say... Blowing in the damn cart worked everytime and I even had an NES that liked to be abused and slapped on the side to work. Haha. I love my Top Loader and actually thinking about doing the composite mod to it.

@coolbluelights Жыл бұрын

I still have my original NES from 1989. it still works the same as it did in the early 90s and it looks fine plugged in to my HDTV with the composite video out. a better way to clean the games is to get the NES bit, take the game apart and polish the connectors with ultra fine metal polish. I use Gliptone.

@Brammall 3 жыл бұрын

Fun NES games that wont break the piggy bank (too much)

@jim41184 4 жыл бұрын

The NES is still the greatest! A few years ago I used to refirb NES's for resale. What works surprisingly well for the NES pin connectors is boiling them in water. I never would have believed it until I tried it. Thanks for another great video!

@george8719 2 жыл бұрын

I was born 2007 so it was obvious I couldn't get to play these consoles. I allways hear my parents story about playing the Nes or Sega. I just wished they still have those consoles but I recently bought a clone console and.i finally got to play nes games and i'am happy I get to play these games from the past. So nes is my favorite console to collect for now but will always love NES

@wargodsix 3 жыл бұрын

Childhood faves and thankfully with KZfaq you don’t need the entire collection unless your looking for complete

@Malcoladdin 3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about the Sega Master System that many people who grew up in the USA feel about the NES. The library of games is smaller but there are still lots of gems

@oleschoolgamers 3 жыл бұрын

Collecting is definitely fun. Good video! Don’t forget that lots of folks miss playing the light gun games and they can only be played on original hardware and on CRTs!