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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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[–] Fondots 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

FYI, duck hunt was an NES game, which was an 8 bit console, the SNES was Nintendo's 16 bit generation

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Shhh they're too busy playing Sonic right now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Right you are Ken .... I goofed because I never understood in then as a kid and seldom remember it as an adult ... the original unit I have is an 8bit Nintendo system ... but I've also been on the lookout for the 16 bit SNES and I hope to get one eventually (my favourite on that unit was F-Zero)

[–] TexasDrunk 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you want an SNES that's going to take a while, but it's definitely findable. If you want a device that can play SNES cartridges (along with many others) look into getting a Retron. It's got NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis, Famicom, Super Famicom, and Gameboy plus a place to plug in those old controllers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow ... I love the nostalgia of the original old units but this is definitely an option I'll have to look into.

Lol ... I feel like a 12 year old fantasizing about the latest 16bit and 32bit gaming systems

Thanks for this

[–] TexasDrunk 3 points 6 days ago

Sure thing! I had an older one before my current emulation setup. It worked really well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

In my humble experience the SNES was totally where it was at! It was just advanced enough to have more complicated titles, but still had so much charm.

Happy you're enjoying that NES though. Duck Hunt is still impressive and fun. I also loved that "click-ftinnng!" Sound of the lightgun trigger.

Lol I remember asking my mom during like, the X-Box era if we could get an NES and a couple games for a deal going on at Funcoland. She was a little confused since it was so old, but I really missed that system. I'm so glad I did. We walked out of there paying like $70 or something for the console and like 5 games. Before the retro-collector-craze really hit.

I'm pretty sure my favorite NES title turned out to be Paperboy. That game was so ridiculously hard but had such a solid loop that made you keep retrying for hours haha. Highly recommend if you haven't played it!