300 NES Games on a Dreamcast Disc
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:03 am
I thought I'd share a little story with you all about an experience I had at a flea market about 10-11 years ago. Back then, I was just getting into retro consoles and I wanted any old system I could get my hands on. I saw an NES at a flea market and I asked the guy how much it was. He said it was $25, but he said that I shouldn't buy it because the cartridges were hard to clean. I told him I had experience cleaning Genesis carts and he said NES carts were much worse. He then told me he had a Dreamcast disc full of 300 NES games and offered to demonstrate it for me. I said "sure" and he plugged in a little CRT TV, hooked up a Dreamcast, turned it on and after the usual DC loading screen I saw a long list of games show up on the screen. He scrolled down to Super Mario Bros. 3 and gave me the controller. I remember the game looking quite good and the controller worked fine. I think I played just the first level. While I was impressed, I still wanted the actual NES, so I went against his advice and bought the 30 year old Nintendo console from him.
Looking back, I wish I would've bought the Dreamcast disc instead. I don't hate the NES or anything, but I'm not attached to it, unlike the Dreamcast. Anyone else have a similar experience? What would you have done: bought the NES or the NES emulator for DC?
Looking back, I wish I would've bought the Dreamcast disc instead. I don't hate the NES or anything, but I'm not attached to it, unlike the Dreamcast. Anyone else have a similar experience? What would you have done: bought the NES or the NES emulator for DC?
