Bought my first NES system

[rainulous]

I was going to get a Famicom but I found a refurbished NES at a local retro video game store.
I'm just not sure about shipping to get a Famicom, and I'd mostly just have NES games anyways.
This is the oldest thing I own, haha. (I'm fairly young to be into retro gaming.)

[ulera]

I've gotten into retro gaming too. I've owned an NES handed down to my cousins when I was 6, but it quit working and we threw it out. (A 6 year old isn't gonna no anything about replacing connectors. If only I'd known and kept it.)

[80sFREAK]

It's all the same, except sound extensions, which Famicom have.

P.s. shipping Famicom only in cardboard box and bubble wrap is 15USD economy airmail.

[rainulous]

I'm more than likely to get a famicom as well, there's just some games I can't play without the better sound.
I plan to clean the NES and try to make it new. They guy I bought from said the connector was replaced but it doesn't seem like it. Games that I know work on my clone system won't work on this.
Also I may buy some famicom controllers so I don't have those stupid hard edges.

[GohanX]

If it has a new connector, try leaving cartridges in the "up" position. The pins in some replacement connectors are so tight they work better up. Also, hunt for a NES2/Famicom AV Dogbone controller, it's the best.

[narunetto]

I recently got a NES2 with the dogbone controller but it's basically useless because I haven't been able to AV mod it. The RF output it on it is horrid and worse than my 2600, which is sad. Unfortunately I don't have the money to do it yet, but it's not very expensive. It's only about $40 which I think is fair.

It is nice though to be able to put in an NES game and have it work pretty much everytime, similar to the Famicom.

[NintendoKing]

I recently got a NES2 with the dogbone controller but it's basically useless because I haven't been able to AV mod it. The RF output it on it is horrid and worse than my 2600, which is sad. Unfortunately I don't have the money to do it yet, but it's not very expensive. It's only about $40 which I think is fair.

It is nice though to be able to put in an NES game and have it work pretty much everytime, similar to the Famicom.

The output is exactly the same as original Famicom and nobody has ever called it useless.

[GohanX]

There seems to be some variation between NES2's, but mine was much, much worse than my Famicom through RF. I was actually amazed at how horrible it was, and I wouldn't even consider using it unmodded.

The Famicom wasn't bad as far as RF goes, although RF universally sucks.

[narunetto]

I've seen the RF output of a Famicom and it's no where near the same as the NES2. The NES2 is very famous for having a cheap RF output. I don't like RF output at all just because AV is leagues better but, the RF output on the original NES model is actually usable, the one on the NES2 has tons of jailbars and is so fuzzy it looks like a TV station from when over the air analog TV exisited.

[MarioMania]

I don't really mind the RF on the NES 2

[rainulous]

I like playing in lower quality, it seems more like how it was meant to se seen. That's why I use RF on my NES even though I could use composite.

[80sFREAK]

Keep in mind, that RF units might "drift" with aging, so can loose quality more over years.

[narunetto]

I like playing in lower quality, it seems more like how it was meant to se seen. That's why I use RF on my NES even though I could use composite.

Yeah, there's nothing wrong with liking to use RF, it's just that it's very different on most NES2 models.

Keep in mind, that RF units might "drift" with aging, so can loose quality more over years.

From what I've heard it was like this since they came out. They cut corners and used very low quality parts compared to the parts in the NES or the Famicom. If I recall though, there exists a model of the NES2 that does have similar internals to the AV Famicom as it has a AV-Multi out on the back.

There's a lot of info on it here: http://www.game-tech.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Nes/NES-101Intro

[Pikkon]

I av modded my friends nes top loader and it turned out great,awesome picture and no jail bars,pretty much on par with my av famicom.

[narunetto]

I av modded my friends nes top loader and it turned out great,awesome picture and no jail bars,pretty much on par with my av famicom.

Yeah, I've heard when they're AV modded they're great. I've seen someone go all out and replace the back with an AV multiout connecter from an AV Famicom, but it also had capability for S-Video and RGB. Pretty awesome.