The Gen-X Dual Station

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Someone made a console that plays both Genesis and NES games, so obviously I'm going to own it, it's just a matter of when. But that's not the POINT of this thread.

Tell me your GODDAMN favorite Genesis and NES games! My brother took ours when I left New York, so the only ones I have are NES Hockey and Excitebike. This means I gotta get:

GENESIS GAMES
- Road Rash (#1 or #3?)
- NHLPA Hockey '93 (The last one with fighting)
- Altered Beast
- Sonic... but 1, 2 or 3?
- Starflight? Star Control?
- That one Spider-Man game

NES GAMES
- Super Dodge Ball, natch
- Super Mario Bros, and SMB3 ... #2 was just some slop they threw the Mario name on, right? It was not a Miyamoto game, correct?
- Elite. I can't remember the names of the Elite guys, but one of them, Bell I think, said the Nintendo version was his favorite.
- Tengen Tetris, although I know that's unlikely.

Anything else?!?! Whatcha got?

[AArdvark]

My so recently modded xbox has both those emulators installed. All I need is a larger hard drive and the time to figure out how to move the roms. Oh, and the time to actually PLAY the games.



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AARDVARK

[bruce]

Genesis:

Sonic 2

NES:

Homoerotic Bible Adventure!

Also

The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy

Bruce

[jjsonick]

- Elite. I can't remember the names of the Elite guys, but one of them, Bell I think, said the Nintendo version was his favorite.

Huh, I had that on my "to play on emulated (or real, if I buy one again) Apple IIe" list, but maybe I should play the NES version instead?

[filthy guest]

- Super Mario Bros, and SMB3 ... #2 was just some slop they threw the Mario name on, right? It was not a Miyamoto game, correct?

[Draal Ranger]

With Nintendo's newest console playing NES games, and the patents on the NES having expired (allowing the Gen-X and the Fami Twin among others), the cost of the original NES (front loading) console has finally fallen below $200.

Which means I can finally screw around with two or three of them without much worry (screwing around with the PCB and a few special kits for doing.. Special things).

So hey! Finally!

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Whatcha got planned for the boards?

[Draal Ranger]

One system is going to be overclocked. The other is going to have a rom dumper attached to it because I have a couple chinese games that I've played since I was four (gift from a cousin) that I can't find online (arguably, one is a wonky version of Super Mario Bros. 3, the other is a Mah Jong strip game, and I'd need to post screenshots from the others).

I'll see if I can grab a camera and do a work log while I'm at it. Only a few days till summer vacation!

EDIT #1 Both mods will ruin the systems though. Thankfully I have three working units, and one will remain untouched (err... Except for the new 72 pin reader I need to attach).

EDIT #2 The price of the NES console has gone down on ebay, but I picked these units at various flea markets and they used to be priced as "vintage units", but now no one really cares.