How do you currently get your NES fix?

[DigitalSpace]

The current Yobo/FC thread made me wonder about how DP'ers get their NES fix. I'm sure the majority of DP'ers play on a toaster unit. If so, how's your toaster? Did you refurbish or replace your pin connector? Did you clean up the unit? Or is blinky, but good enough to play a game with some effort?

The Top Loader is another option for those of you lucky enough to get one who don't mind the drop in picture quality and a lack of a/v support. If this is you, tell us about how you got yours.

And then there are the clones - the Yobo, the FC Twin, the Generation NEX. And then there's the Super 8 and Honey Bee convertors - anybody using those?

And then there's that shitty Power Joy unit they used to sell in malls and flea markets and smaller game stores - maybe they still do, but not around here. I see broken ones in thrifts, but that's about it.

And finally, we have emulation. For those who go this route, why?

Here's my answer: In November 2005, I received a toaster as a late birthday gift. It worked okay - it was pretty blinky and took effort for a game to start, and I planned to eventually replace or refurbish the connector, but I never did. In October of last year, I came across a Top Loader at a CD/Game Exchange, with hookups and one of the original NES controllers. They wanted $50 for it. I had a few PS2 and GBA games I got pretty cheap that I had played through and decided I was probably never going to play again, so I went back a couple days later and traded them in. Fortunately, the Top Loader was still there, and I got $35 in credit, so I paid $15 in cash. I've been using that ever since. The toaster went in storage, and I still want to fix the pin connector someday and clean it up.

I also use emulation, mostly to play rom hacks or to try out games I might be interested in buying whenever I come across the carts.

So, what about you?

[bangtango]

My preference is emulation on my Dell laptop and my emulator is FCE Ultra. I use most of the ROM's just to see if I like the game, same as DigitalSpace. If I don't, I delete it.

When I play games on a tv set, I use my Generation NEX clone system. I no longer own an official NES, I sold off all of my original NES systems, so this is all I got. Sure, a clone system isn't the real thing but I don't play any of the games that are incompatible with it, so it is a moot point.

[TurboGenesis]

I am using 2 methods right now.

For the most part I use my top loader.

For my recent Famicom playing though I am using my Super 8 converter with my SNES.

[7th lutz]

I use the top loader. I bought it when the toaster was going and I bought it with my brother getting the toaster. My regret was not getting one in 1994 when I had a chance it was much cheaper then what paid for the toploader. The only downside is, I can't use game genie on it.

[bangtango]

Ah, hell. You asked WHY.

With emulation, I like the idea of save states when playing through some of my favorites again. I don't have all day to sit on my ass and play through Super Mario Bros 3. I refuse to use warp zones in any Mario game so playing through all of the levels is half the fun. Playing Mario 3 on a computer over the course of a few days with save states and NOT using any warp zones is no worse than playing it on tv and skipping most of the game by using the whistles ;)

I've actually owned two top-loaders. One was given to me for nothing by an ex-girlfriend back in 2000 when she moved out of her childhood house and wanted to get rid of some of her "old junk." It didn't come with any controllers or wires, just the shell, but it was a freebie. I spun that off in a deal awhile back. The other top-loader I found in a box at the Salvation Army just a few weeks ago and that one was complete. I gave it to my older brother for the $8 I paid for it because I figured he'd appreciate not having to blow in his carts anymore with his original NES.

I am inept at any type of repair so fixing up a toaster model NES by myself is not an option. Nor is buying a refurbished one, which I worry could wear out again. I've been frustrated with the toasters far too long to ever consider them a serious option. I'd rather use the top loader. Lesser picture quality? So what. Picture quality isn't a high priority in 8-bit games in my opinion. As long as there is no frying or static when I play games from that era on a tv, then I'm pretty damn happy.

[Push Upstairs]

The original NES.

Thats how I gets my fix.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I use a top loader and really don't notice the pic quality. I never use emulation since I own over 400 games, I figure I will always find something to play.

[ryborg]

Toaster for live play with friends and the occasional Punch-Out run-through, emulation otherwise, because I simply can't find Wilford Brimley Battle and Ernie and the Muppets Take It All Off in cartridge form.

[Hwj_Chim]

I go with emulation just because I am to lazy to dig out my NES and I want to reduce ware and tare on it so I don't play it very often.

[Penguin]

I had a old Toaster style NES i refurbished and modded, Which now has a bright blue LED in place of the red one, my remotes were modded to light up with little dots (like the Wii remote, New gold plated 72 pin collector and everything was coated with a coat of white epoxy, which gave it a very clean finish. Heres some pics of my Wii edition NES, still need to get some nintendo decals for it thou. :P
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8544/wiinesmx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6632/wiimoteshj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Drag0nsfyre]

Using the Top Loader mostly.
I obtained it through Ebay along with 24 games decent ones at that Mario 1-3 Contra and Super C etc. I won the lot for $165 shipped.
from time to time I use the Toaster. ( I need to get it fixed or get a new one though I think)

[Dire 51]

I use a Super 8. I got it back in '94 so I could play my NES and FC games all on one system (and also to relinquish my half of the NES I co-owned with my brother, as I was sick of fighting with him over it). It's served me quite well all these years.

I wouldn't mind getting an actual NES again at some point (preferably a toaster), but if I do I'll need a Honeybee converter (or something similar) because I'd like to play my FC games on it too.

[dgdgagdae]

Just got a toaster this week after not having an NES since I was a kid. And quickly learned that the zapper doesn't work with a rear projection CRT. Oh well.

[Videogamerdaryll]

The Power Joy III (Because I got it in the flea market for $5.00 and it is easy to hook up...I've become very lazy with hooking systems up.

But the Power Joy doesn't have all the games on it that I want to play.
So I'll use a toaster..Usually one that's going to be put on ebay that I just put a new 72 in.
I used to fix the 72 smyself,got lazy and started to use the new 72s.
I have a box filled with old 72sLOL

I don't have a toaster in my own collection because I sell them...So I use my Top loader or Famicom.

I don't like using the top loader or famicom much though..they are mint and I keep them in special plastic covers.

[InsaneDavid]

The toaster is the way to go. My original one finally bit the dust last year. Wasn't the ZIF connector, something just finally gave out so I had to toss it. I pulled in one of my reserve systems and have been using that one since. The ZIF connector has been rebuilt by me a couple times but it needs a good hard cleaning again soon, works fine though - I know where the sweet spot for cartridge connection is. For Famicom games I use my infamous homemade converter cartridges built from those early release NES games with the hardware inside...

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/NESconvert001.jpg

Emulation via the Dreamcast is how I play most homebrews and hacks. This is also how I do initial research for my RTM articles. When it comes time to do screenshots I use NEStopia on my computer. However every game is rated / compared against an actual physical cartridge being played on the toaster.

[Three-P]

I don't play much NES, anymore. I sold it and my games a long, long time ago. (I was a fool.) But I have found a great computer game that brings back some pleasant gaming memories from yesteryear.

-Zelda Classic, featuring an almost perfect emulation of the original. (Only the dungeon music sounds different. The graphics and SFX are dead on.) Also contains some updated graphic versions, a super-tough challenge game, and a program where you can create your own Zelda-type game, using a map-maker, selected midis, and your own imagination.

Check it out at http://www.zeldaclassic.com. It'll bring back memories, and downloading is absolutely free.

[retroman]

I have the old school NES and the Top Loader one, and a Yobo. Of the three i still use the old school Nes the most. My Yobo has some sound quality issues.

[shoes23]

I use my toaster when I'm at home. I replaced the pins in it a few years ago, but wishing I hadn't as it helped a little, but is still finicky and trying to pry some of those games out is a chore. I use my PSP or Dreamcast for translations and hacks. I also have a Yobo, although its still new in the box (silver color I think). I'm holding on to it for when the Toaster craps out finally.

[zektor]

I chose emulation, but I honestly do not play much NES anymore either. I think after 20 years I kind of played it out for now. I think I'll enjoy the NES much better if I stay away from it for a few years and then re-visit.

[kedawa]

I use an emulator called It Might Be NES to play NES ROMs on my modded PSX. It's not perfect, but it's good enough. I'd rather be emulating on my computer, but it's a PPC Mac, so there aren't any good NES emulators available for it.
I do plan to get a PC notebook in the near future however, so I would like to know if there are any emulators that actually fix the slowdown and sprite-drawing limitations/flickering of the original hardware. It would be nice to play some of my old favorites without those anoying problems.

[InsaneDavid]

I would like to know if there are any emulators that actually fix the slowdown and sprite-drawing limitations/flickering of the original hardware. It would be nice to play some of my old favorites without those anoying problems.

Nearly any NES emulator written in the past five years.

[XYXZYZ]

I use the original toaster, because it's what I've been using since 1986 and hasn't failed me yet. (I still have, and use, the first one I bought way back then.)

[XxHennersXx]

well i sold my NES for money towards a second N64 back in summer 99 and I regretted it. i used to run a gamingish blog and some girl on the internet liked me.

so she sent me a nintendo and games. needed a new connector, so I call Nintendo and they offer one for free (this is a few years ago 2004 ish)

my brother the next weekend or so found a nes with a game, 2 controllers, connections, and a new 72 pin connector for 25 dollars so thats how I got my other NES.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/XxhennersXx/P3230308.jpg

Ahh...

as for my famicom games,

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/XxhennersXx/P3230309.jpg

I got a brand new AV Famicom for 125 dollars with 12 games. :D

The games mostly sucked but hey, AV Famicoms on eBay usually go for more than that anyway, so to me it was the deal of the century...

actually, all my NES/Famicom's were AWESOME deals. One NES was 25 refurbished, and the NES and the 72 pin for my personal one I use were both free. an brand new mint in mint box AV famicom with 12 games for $125? Oh yeah.

Consider me lucky. :)

[kedawa]

Nearly any NES emulator written in the past five years.

Really? They allow more any number of sprites in a row without disappearing? That's great. Like I said, I have a mac, so I don't know much about NES emulators for PC. I always assumed they were all shooting for accuracy rather than enhancement.

[jcheatle]

I use the top loader. I bought it when the toaster was going and I bought it with my brother getting the toaster. My regret was not getting one in 1994 when I had a chance it was much cheaper then what paid for the toploader. The only downside is, I can't use game genie on it.

Actually, with regard to the game genie, that's not *entirely* true. It's strange because I haven't read about anybody else who has done this and gotten it to work.

As an aside, I received my top loader for Christmas '93 from my parents, still have it, still works great, and the picture quality thing for me is negligible. Honestly, I'm probably just used to it since I've used it longer in my life than I have a toaster. (I had a toaster from 89-93, then just picked another working one up last summer.) So yes, the top loader remains my primary NES machine.

Anyway, in my stupid youth, before I was online and understood the top loader's value and rarity (about 1994 or 95 when I was 14), my friends and I wanted to play through Zelda II, but couldn't get through the final castle. He brought over his game genie and we wedged it into my machine. Yes, it's an *extremely* tight fit. Yes, you need to almost work it into the slot side by side slowly. Yes, the game itself doesn't actually sit inside the top loader; rather, it's only connected to the game genie pins, but it DOES work. I've done it. After that, I just left the game genie in the slot and just played the games through it.

I must not have done any irreparable damage because it still works. It probably wasn't the smartest idea, but I just wanted to say that the game genie / top loader incompatibility thing is a myth.

[k8track]

The vast majority of the time I use my modded Xbox with the MednafenxNES emulator, the main reason being convenience--it is always hooked up and ready to go, and I have every NES, Famicom, and Disk System game on there. I'm trying to do the chronogamer thing with Famicom games and so that really makes it convenient--no way I could score all of those original Famicom carts, and pointless, really. For that same reason, I don't have to collect NES carts anymore. Also, the picture quality is excellent, since I use S-Video with my X-box.

As mentioned before, save states are really nice. My favorite example is Rygar. I love that game, and now I can play and use save states at my leisure. That is one of two instances where I actually prefer emulation over the original. The other reason is SMS specific--it's better for games where the pause button is required, like Psycho Fox and Wonder Boy III (for those who don't know, the pause button on the SMS is located on the console and not the controller--but since this is about NES, I won't get into that).

I even have a light gun, and you're supposed to be able to to use it with MednafenxNES, but I haven't had any luck. And of course there's Arkanoid, which you really need the paddle controller for.

However, I'm not worried about that. As far as original/other systems go, I have:

--a toaster with refurbished 72-pin connector that works like a dream
--two toploaders
--a Super-8 converter
--a Korean famiclone called "Episode" with many built-in games
--a Sharp Twin Famicom Disk System
--a Power Joy controller unit (which is cool because you can also plug in Pirate Famicom games (NOT original ones) in the slot underneath)
--NesterDC disc for Dreamcast

So I'm covered.

[Mr.collection]

I am always using toasters cause I referb them myself and sell them. I just got a FC twin so I can have it upstairs with my collection downstairs and I test all my new games on it before they touch my original NES.

[Videogamerdaryll]

--a Power Joy controller unit (which is cool because you can also plug in Pirate Famicom games (NOT original ones) in the slot underneath)
--NesterDC disc for Dreamcast

So I'm covered.


Does the Power Joy Controller unit you have not work with original Famicom Games?
Just curious is if that controller looks like the Super Joy Controller unit.
My Super Joy Controller unit plays my original Famicom games..

[k8track]

I have a few original/official/real Famicom games, and a few pirates. I physically could not insert any of the original Famicom games in the slot, because the cartridge casing is thicker. All of the pirates had thinner casings, and could slide in the slot. There could be exceptions, of course, I have a very limited number of these.

And maybe other models of the Super Joy controller (like yours, it would seem), can play all of the games. Maybe I just have a crap unit or something.

[Kevincal]

I play on an original "toaster" unit. I really don't like how that sounds though. I'd rather like to call it the "original" Nintendo. :) Mine has an old pin connector and some games do take some time wiggling around to get working. But, I'm proud to say after trying atleast 100 used NES carts on it, I've never once failed to get a game working! Some took up to 5 minutes of coaxing, but finally worked. :D NES rocks btw...

[theoakwoody]

I also play on the AV Famicom and even play my nes games on it with a converter. I'm currently on Palace 6 Link's adventure. I still think its one of the best looking games on the nes.

[RockNRollJerk]

I use both an original NES unit and a Yobo. I definitely prefer to play on the original, but I think it's more for nostalgia, as almost all of my games work on the Yobo.

The Yobo's nice for just throwing in a bag on a whim and taking to a friends place. Bring some SMB or some Tennis and Tecmo Bowl, it's always a hit.

[miaandjohnrule]

Actually, with regard to the game genie, that's not *entirely* true. It's strange because I haven't read about anybody else who has done this and gotten it to work.

As an aside, I received my top loader for Christmas '93 from my parents, still have it, still works great, and the picture quality thing for me is negligible. Honestly, I'm probably just used to it since I've used it longer in my life than I have a toaster. (I had a toaster from 89-93, then just picked another working one up last summer.) So yes, the top loader remains my primary NES machine.

Anyway, in my stupid youth, before I was online and understood the top loader's value and rarity (about 1994 or 95 when I was 14), my friends and I wanted to play through Zelda II, but couldn't get through the final castle. He brought over his game genie and we wedged it into my machine. Yes, it's an *extremely* tight fit. Yes, you need to almost work it into the slot side by side slowly. Yes, the game itself doesn't actually sit inside the top loader; rather, it's only connected to the game genie pins, but it DOES work. I've done it. After that, I just left the game genie in the slot and just played the games through it.

I must not have done any irreparable damage because it still works. It probably wasn't the smartest idea, but I just wanted to say that the game genie / top loader incompatibility thing is a myth.

My friend had one and did the same thing. I bought the unit off him years later and it still works like a champ. It's a tight fit. It's still cool to have the adapter , too. As for my preference I chose other. I play on my NES TV. But for just testing , I'll usually bust out one of my toploaders.

[boatofcar]

Right now, most of my NES playing is done on PSP, but I want to play new games on my PSP, so I'll be switching to DS emulation.

[Aussie2B]

It's gotta be the real deal for me; emulation just can't compare. I have the original model at my mom's house, which I picked up on eBay around 1999 or 2000 for around $40 shipped with a few games. It's a little finicky, but I've never done any serious work on it besides cleaning it as well as I could without taking anything apart (ditto for the games). It's still pretty reliable, so I don't see a need to change anything anyway, especially since I now only use it on vacation. It's actually a bit funny in how it works, as if it's got a personality. It seems to be picky about how much use it gets. When it's cold and I'm starting it up, it may not want to work, but after warming up the hardware a little by playing (or TRYING to get to play a game), then it'll work well. But I can also take it too far too, since if I'm playing for a long time and switching games a lot, it'll start being difficult again.

A couple years after I got it I bought a toploading model on eBay for around $55 shipped with two dogbone controllers and a copy of SMB/DH. It was partly because I wanted a more reliable system (and, ironically, my toploader can be slightly picky as well), but mostly the purchase was a result of my desire to get into Famicom games. I had picked up a converter and a few carts, but they were all but impossible to get to work on my toaster. These days, since I have my toploader at my house, it gets way more use than the toaster.

[agbulls]

I've actually got two systems stacked on top of each other: my toaster and my a/v modded toploader. With the a/v mod of the toploader, the only time I find that I need to use my toaster is when I want to pull out the game genie.

I highly recommend getting your toploader modded, it really makes things a lot better. I consider it to be the ultimate way to play NES carts as it solves every potential issue: compatibility, reliability and picture quality.

I considered getting a NEX or other NES on a chip system at one point but read about the poor sound emulation and strange alteration in color. Additionally, the lack of Castlevania 3 compatibility was a killer for me personally.

[Retsudo]

I rarely play Nes games anymore. But if I did, it would be on my toaster.

[bennyleeiowa]

Right now I play with the "toaster" box which I actually prefer over the top loader just cause I grew up with it. Sentimental attachment I suppose??? I dunno??? With a new pin connector it works just as well!

[Jake2215]

Yeah, bennyleeiowa is my roommate, we both have our NES's running pretty constantly. Been playing a lot of TMNT3 together lately. I myself have been playing the Mega Man games a lot as of late. Just beat the first one a couple days ago, for the first time ever.

[bangtango]

I considered getting a NEX or other NES on a chip system at one point but read about the poor sound emulation and strange alteration in color. Additionally, the lack of Castlevania 3 compatibility was a killer for me personally.

I own one (an NEX) and it is a little overpriced compared to other "chip" systems. However, the issues with the sound and colors are not quite as bad as people have been saying online. At least not with the games I've been playing. Sure, they are there but when you're knee deep in a game, you won't be sitting there and thinking about it. If the price on the NEX came down to around $20-40, I'd recommend it to about anyone who was seeking out a clone system.

I've owned a couple of them and the first one came out of the box defective but the new unit I acquired has worked just fine, aside from the compatibility issues and sound/color quirks which I was aware of before I ever tried one out. The first one I ended up with was part of their initial shipment but the last one I picked up was in a more recent shipment, even the packaging was slightly different, so I expect any of the early bugs were fixed.

[Bloodreign]

I still have my "toaster" unit, going on 20 years I've had the thing, amazingly it still works, although not nearly as well as she used to (lots of pretty flashy colors to look at while I fight the cart to work, except Sky Kid, amazingly that game works like a charm). Emulation, this tells me what I should purchase in the future, I like a game I emu, I buy it, also as a time passer and to see what games I missed as a kid.

[Tron 2.0]

I mostly play my famicom carts and nes ones on a famicom av.

Ever since i got one last year it still works great for me.

I can even use a converter if i wanna play nes carts on it as well.

Sure it means making sure the games are fit in tight to play it, but i have no problems so far.

It's a shame though noa left av out for the, NES top loader instead they replace it with a crappy rf.

I know there's the modd for it but going through the trouble... to get av for it shesh.

Btw i have a FDS too.

[Slate]

I use a Top Loader. I Bought it from a salvation army for $5 last year.

[MarioMania]

I use the toaster NES


The toaster is the way to go. My original one finally bit the dust last year. Wasn't the ZIF connector, something just finally gave out so I had to toss it. I pulled in one of my reserve systems and have been using that one since. The ZIF connector has been rebuilt by me a couple times but it needs a good hard cleaning again soon, works fine though - I know where the sweet spot for cartridge connection is. For Famicom games I use my infamous homemade converter cartridges built from those early release NES games with the hardware inside...

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/NESconvert001.jpg

Emulation via the Dreamcast is how I play most homebrews and hacks. This is also how I do initial research for my RTM articles. When it comes time to do screenshots I use NEStopia on my computer. However every game is rated / compared against an actual physical cartridge being played on the toaster.

What kind of stuff did you get it to hold it when you take a famicom game out of there..Super Mario Bros. 3 has trouble fitting in the converter

[InsaneDavid]

What kind of stuff did you get it to hold it when you take a famicom game out of there..Super Mario Bros. 3 has trouble fitting in the converter

I don't use anything, I push the cartridge tray down and can reach in far enough to wiggle it out. The converter grips the Famicom games tight enough so it's not a problem. Remember, this is the stuff that's in the early NES games that basically had Famicom boards inside, I just make it universal and selfcontained.

[MarioMania]

Well I heard with these kind when you put in the Famicom Carts the Label is facing backwards in a top loader unlike the Honeybee ones

[InsaneDavid]

"These kind?" I make these. I know people slap alternate Famicom boards INSIDE the early release NES cartridges and then make a conversion (ie Famicom Goonies inside an NES shell) cartridge, but as far as I've been able to see I'm the only person thus far that spends the time rebuilding them into universal converter cartridges.

[MarioMania]

Do you have a pic of the adapter running in a top loader with a famicom games..I can't really explain it without pics

[xxxDEVILMANxxx]

I personally go the emulation route because I don't have the time, space, or money to play all the old games I like. Other reasons are:

-Savestates
-Fast forward/throttle (the ultimate time saver)
-Rewind (very nice too but only available on my SNES emulator)
-VGA 480P or 720P output to my 20" flatscreen monitor (Nintendo never looked so good!)

But just because I collect and play games on my emulator (on my xbox) doesn't mean I don't put a lot of effort into my rom collections, or don't appreciate all the collections I see on dp. For my nes rom collection (and most other collections I have), I have an artpack that goes along with each rom that shows a scan of the cover, the cartridge, the title screen, and an in-game screenshot.

However, I can definitely see why people would question the emulation route, because playing an old game is only a small part of the fun of collecting. I feel like the artpacks that I have along with my emulators restore the experience and nostalgia to some degree...and in some ways I feel like I have the largest complete collection of all (digitally that is;)).

Plus I like being able to play every U.S. release for Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, Colecovision, Intellivision, Odyssey2, Turbografx/Turboduo, NES, SNES, Game Boy/GBC/GBA, N64, Sega Genesis/Sega CD/32X, Neo-Geo, and Neo Geo Pocket/Color on one machine.

[Nesmaster]

Emulation for the savestates alone, but it's not like I do a lot of NES playing anyways anymore. 360 eats up all my time :)

[Oobgarm]

Emulation via PSP. I'm rarely at home, so I don't get a lot of time to sit in front of the TV with my toaster, which is what I'd use given the opportunity. I've got a toploader and a Power joy III but I never use either one.

[Gentlegamer]

Until I get my "toaster" NES in working order, I get my NES fix through emulation using Nestopia.

[cosmicpsycho]

theres something about the toaster thats very nostalgic to me. i have been thinking about getting a toploader though, but probably not for awhile. i've got three toasters that work fine so i'd rather just spend my money on more games right now. unless i found one really cheap.

[DefaultGen]

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[InsaneDavid]

Do you have a pic of the adapter running in a top loader with a famicom games..I can't really explain it without pics

I don't use a top loader, the crappy vertical lines that they all display annoy me too much. However, regardless of the converter used, Famicom games will always face AWAY from the front of the NES toploader - it's just how things are. Same thing with a toaster, the label will always face down.

[DefaultGen]

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[spunky_d_99]

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a Top Loader with the original box and manual for about $125 (I think). Sure the picture quality isn't as good, but it still beats the "toaster's" front-loading problems. I just want my games to work.

[InsaneDavid]

Sure the picture quality isn't as good, but it still beats the "toaster's" front-loading problems. I just want my games to work.

Disassembly and cleaning goes a long way. ;)

[cyberfluxor]

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8544/wiinesmx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6632/wiimoteshj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Pretty nice! I sold my toaster a few months ago and used the money towards a top-loader that ended up having a few cosmetic issues, but good nontheless and works. I might be down the road looking into modding to have composite out, put a new coat on it adding some details and LEDs and fixing up the controllers. That's some real nice work done there though and hope to have something of similar quality when I'm done.

[PentiumMMX]

I use emulation (Hate fighting my Toaster, but I do use it to test out new games. I plan on buying a Top Loader this weekend, though)

[RyanLec84]

I had a old Toaster style NES i refurbished and modded, Which now has a bright blue LED in place of the red one, my remotes were modded to light up with little dots (like the Wii remote, New gold plated 72 pin collector and everything was coated with a coat of white epoxy, which gave it a very clean finish. Heres some pics of my Wii edition NES, still need to get some nintendo decals for it thou. :P
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8544/wiinesmx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6632/wiimoteshj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I curently get my NES fix with the FC Twin system.

Penguin- Wow! That's so sweet!!!!! Nice job...I guess you are "playing with power..."!!!!:o