Nes Freak

geez... i didnt expect people to get this in to this topic  lol

all i has as a kid was cheerios  and that was it.  all though i do remember having quakers cinnamon oat meal  that was around the time they were having a special for 24 box tops  to get a sonic watch.  i still have that watch too lol

time to strike a nostalgia nerve.

so back in the 80s i know there were alot of fly by knight themed cereals.  i personally didnt get to experience these cause at the time my mother was a health nut and by the time i was born themed cereal had kinda  died down  so i got to eat only stuff with out junk or minimal junk.

but im intrested in what your experience was like eating those cool themed cereals of the time like TMNT batman nintendo etc. did you eat them cause of the theme and didnt care how crappy it tasted or did they actually taste good?  or maybe a cereal your mother wouldnt let you try lol.

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On 4/19/2023 at 6:50 PM, Tulpa said:

The other thing to remember in terms of units surviving is that these things were never seen by the general public. M82s? That was often people's first NES experience, and I'm sure a bunch of those were spirited away by store employees or given to people who asked once the SNES was in full swing, especially since M82s could play games.

Test stations were only used by techs, and while I'm sure some were Nintendo enthusiasts who hung onto them (and are probably the source of the ones still out there), most were electronics repair dudes who just saw Nintendo repair as a paycheck and probably disposed of the stations after the NES ran its course.

actually depending on the shop some people had these out for public to test their games and controllers as theres a sign the saids "nintendo test station. get your product tested here for free"  im sure the majority of shops kept them in the back vs allowing the public to mess with these things though.

On 5/13/2023 at 12:36 PM, Penguin said:

I know for all the test stations I’ve seen over the years the highest serial number I’ve ever seen was in the 500’s.  My estimate was 1000 or under of these were made. Most service centers I think were required to buy one at the start of their contract, some even had more than  1 of them.  One of the centers in Cali I bought out had 2 of the nes ones.  As far as how many of these are still in existence, probably a few hundred.  I’ve had about 7 of them pass through my hands over the years, these were always undervalued I thought and I knew after a while the price would increase on these.  Conservatively I’d say they are probably with around $5000 for a nice one nowadays.

ive had a few test stations.  i took one of them apart cleaned it and recapped it with japanese caps  and sold it of for 5k so you are right on the price.  i would say 1k is about right on how many were made.  they rarely show up these days.  even 15 years ago they were still expensive to get.

On 4/19/2023 at 1:58 PM, a3quit4s said:

It’s definitely neat but there isn’t much need for them anymore so $9,000 for basically a piece of furniture is a lot lol

Id rather a M82 cause at least you can still play the games on it!

one of those is for sale too! https://www.ebay.com/itm/402631317875?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AUKisH60Qgy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=zMW-ZRboSgS&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

the test station can be used as a regular nes actually.  its fully compatible with all licensed games.

i do.  but im just walking to it.  i doubt my wallet will get me there but i'll try to get close lol.

found this listing in case anyone was looking for one.  man they sure arnt cheap no more lol.  

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285227608373?hash=item4268e3e935:g:9u8AAOSweBdkMwN6&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4JmXDtbEIeRzsNmwKneiv4uXhcuYX6kbWd5ZeZCJEiFx92zgXobWDhq3Wo03oStopsf5WfSQ2ep%2Fql75Mo1PU7hSkGPFZLkffF8t9zZ0g7mRKAb%2BAiOygosd%2FbwytP5EICwOleP%2FNq4T7AtdBbM9ywtGvl60ioKzoqyx8uppofeIVyuxttkky689LPfpp5CnYjFBCt1lxvX3O4%2BjXO3ihP7LAp6djCGqW3cYRuWUykTF%2FsyOGK%2Fk6jDl0HSVSihhxuONIT4RXfic2Grso8dVua4DsnnszyhyWzoxFMlwMldC|tkp%3ABk9SR4ao0NryYQ

On 3/11/2023 at 6:36 PM, DarkTone said:

Any idea how many of these were made? 

5k just guessing

7 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

So cool, thanks for sharing. 

Is someone selling the place, is that how you got to check it out again?

yeah its up for sale for 620k  so i made an appointment to see the place pretending to be interested in buying the place (i didnt want to make the guy think he was wasting his time with me)  its a nice house  but  because its dated it needs alot of renovations to bring in up to date.  atlease 250k worth  (new kitchen, bathrooms, paint job in and out, new AC unit, rip out carpets and replace with wood/tile change windows replace, fireplace replaced, etc.

its sad its been neglected  but also nice to see it as it was when i was a kid though.  i hope who ever gets it updates it lol

heres a shot of the game room now.  i used to spend alot of time in playing nes genesis and n64.

and heres a video of me playing a new game i got for my birthday in 1999.  i ditch my party for it and my older step brother and cousin  tried to get me back upstairs  but i was like screw it i gots me a new game to play lol.  i was only 10 what can i say.

anyways  if you look closely  after 22 years the game room other than the fans and lights  remain unchanged.  as with most of the house too lol.  and any changes that were made were cheap or mismatched.  alot of good memories here. 

i found a nes cart without a save battery as in there never was one soldered in from the factory.  the game is hatris.  can any one confirm this is an error?  or they just used the battery curcuit and didnt use the save function.

this isnt the first time ive come across a error cart.   about 13 years ago i got a super mario bros cart that was missing solder on the nes 10 lock out chip again non was on it from the factory and thus only functioned in a toploader.

21 minutes ago, Tanooki said:

NIce, I know where to get a bases loaded 4 locally but they want $60 which I'm guessing is high for a sports title maybe, too high for me to care at least.   They also have DW2 and 3, but of that stuff if I saw locally a copy of Prince of Persia again sometime, that's fun, I'd bite for that as it's well done.

yeah thats true.  they average around 50 but im sure if you play your cards right you can get them cheaper.

Just some more to cross off my list.      waynes wor'ld was the most expensive being 700  (better than ebays 881)  but i just got it for the game so i will likely sell off the box and instructions.

i need only 70 more games to complete my licenced nes collection  9exluding NWC and stadium events)

On 10/5/2022 at 8:00 AM, nrslam said:

X-Men is a tough find. Have you verified it's NTSC? There seem to be a lot more PAL copies floating around, but it's a good get either way.  Congrats!

 

its ntsc  i just check it.

i found this video  on youtube  it appears to be new  footage from a old build of sm64 beta.  the user claim these were tapes of a friend that used to beta test the game or something like that.

22 hours ago, phart010 said:

I got the poor man’s m82

i do too.  i dont want to wear it out lol.

On 9/23/2022 at 12:49 PM, marko said:

hello 

congratulations for the modifications of the nintendo m82, sorry what is the model of the power source, thanks

im out of town now. but i'll be glad to tell you when i get back on nov 7th

8 hours ago, G-type said:

Blue Print is an interesting game.... you gotta have a good memory, which is why I'm so bad at it.

i bought it for the colection value  so  yeah id be the same way if i played it XD

8 hours ago, nrslam said:

X-Men is a tough find. Have you verified it's NTSC? There seem to be a lot more PAL copies floating around, but it's a good get either way.  Congrats!

 

i wont be able to verify if its ntsc or pal till i get home according to what i found  the screen is green for ntsc  and blue for pal.  the labels are the same on the cart. 

i got some uncommon and rare atari 2600 and 5200 games from the game zone in salem MA.  i almost acquired a missing part for my n64 kiosk (the tv backplate with the large n64 logo)  but  he decided not to sell.  oh well.

anyways  one of the games has been on my list awile.  x-man  not to be confused with marvel or dc x-men.  this title is 100% deceiving.  its a porn game.  yeah...  its one that avgn didnt review oddly.  tbh im not sure how people were "entertained" by this crap lol.  thats what happens when you have all the commons for the atari 2600.

it was a decent price  for all of them  just 240

6 hours ago, Tanooki said:

Double your money?   I've always wanted one, but never came across it, even when I collected the things.  I had the tabletop version of that which looked amazing from Coleco as the Nintendo one was two tone ugly.  These days I think that's like a couple hundred dollars, I can't do that.

tbh i wouldnt know what to sell this for the price is as low as 250  and as high as 750 sold on ebay. i got it for 120 cash