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GBA-Based Classic NES Series Confirmed For States

Posted by simoniker on from the jig-of-victory dept.

Thanks to IGN for its article revealing that Nintendo has confirmed their Game Boy Advance-based classic NES conversions for U.S. release on June 7th. According to the article: "The collection [already released in Japan as the Famicom Mini Series] will be called [the] Classic NES Series, and will begin as a limited edition NES Game Boy Advance SP as well as a line-up of eight classic games", with the specific titles being Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Excitebike, Ice Climber, Xevious, and Bomberman. The piece also notes: "Each game in the series will be priced at $19.99, and will be packaged in a standard Game Boy Advance box featuring the classic artwork of the original game."

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  1. Emulation, possible extensibility? by tblease · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Nintendo will release eight games for starters, all accurately emulating the NES games...

    If they're actually using their own emulator to run the old ROM data for these old games, I wonder how hard it would be (if at all possible) to 'modify' one of the game cartridges to run other NES ROMs.

    I dont own a GB, but I'd consider owning one if I could relive my addiction of the original Metroid.

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    huzzah
    1. Re:Emulation, possible extensibility? by BexGu · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Actually, this leads me to an interesting legal question. If I own the original NES carts to the games being re-released (and I do) does this mean I can legally use a gba NES emulator and dump the re-released NES game onto a single flash rom cart?

  2. Or just buy an original NES... or maybe not. by 2Flower · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I gots me a hankering for the classics one day, and went on a crazed eBay spending spree. Got an NES and a bunch of good titles: Contra, Mario 3, Zelda, Ice Climbers, etc. Nothing beats the original hardware playing the original games on the original controllers...

    Except that I can't get the blasted thing to work. It's got Grey Blinky Syndrome, a common ailment because the pin connectors are too lose... I cleaned my carts and got a shiny new 72-pin connector, but after installing it, now the thing's got a vice-like grip on my carts to the point where a grown man can't pull them out without yanking the 72-pin free. Agh.

    A) Anybody got any suggestions?
    B) Maybe getting them emulated on your GBA isn't such a crazy idea...

  3. That's a bit too steep by Mupp252 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they were polished versions of the games (ala Metroid: Zero Mission.. I'm too lazy to link) I'd be more then happy to shell out the $20. Hell, I'd shell out full GBA price for that.

    Until that happens I'll be just as satisfied with Zelda on my emulator. (I own the original copy so don't hound me out.)