NES Classic With Every NES Game VS Original NES - Is It Good? 

The eBay sellers are very inconsistent listing these and I wouldn't trust eBay after my last experience buying one of these mini systems, but you can find this exact system on this site: retrovideo.games/item/nes_classic They also have the SNES that has every SNES game: retrovideo.games/item/snes_classic

Someone show this man PROPER emulation on a PC with filters and such. He would be mind-blown! That said, I have both original minis loaded up with a ton of extra games (did it myself) and I can't begin to explain the pride I feel watching my 9 year old play them. Awesome video!

The screen looks weird because this modern device is actually meant to be played on a widescreen modern tv.

My favorite hockey game was Blades of Steel

The NES mini is assuming that it's being played on a modern wide screen display (which is why the menu screens look stretched vertically). It adds the bars to maintain the original aspect ratio of the games. In the video settings of the console switch the ratio to 16:9 and the games will fill the screen.

seeing this took me back 30+ years! when you opened them glass doors i saw my original consoles and playing them. saga was my last console and sonic was my favorite. i played it through countless times. and we did play a og nes until all the trys to make it run quit. we couldnt afford to take it to a tech for repair. my wifes non working nes sold on fb market place in like 45 seconds to a tech that im sure went home and had it going in 45 minutes. thanks for a classic child hood throw back.

Double Dragon 2, Bad Dudes, Ninja Gaiden, Gunsmoke, castlevania, Mike Tyson were my favorite games!

YT algorithm in your favor. Nice video! I have both a modded NES and SNES Classic. They are the same hardware wise with 256MB on-board storage. You can add the entire library of NES games on the system w/o USB storage so I'm not sure what the original modder's thought was. My NES has all NES titles, and I picked around the top 100 of the Famicom (Eng friendly) Atari 2600, GB, GBC, SMS and PC-E/TG-16 non-CD, all loaded on-board with plenty of space. (Going above 200MB can cause issues) My SNES has an SDCard slot mod with 32GB card. That one is loaded with all SNES games, NES, and basically every system below the N64/PS1 and that includes Sega CD and PCE/TG-16 CD. I got two BT adapters from 8bitdo on it and I use old Wii U Pro Controllers with it. Anymore though, I just use an Analogue Pocket and Dock with the CRT filter and it is damn good and responsive. What are you using for the HDMI to Composite adapter? Maybe that is part of the ratio issue? I did just pick up an NES really cheap and a CRT. I have a flash cart coming soon so I hope to be checking out Zelda on original hardware and CRT once again. Personally, on the cheap, a modded Wii and a Classic controller will cover all your NES/SNES needs. I can't say how it will look exactly on a CRT compared to the real deal but there are palette options. Of course you can use the controllers from the mini systems on your Wii and vise-versa. I know, lota rambling I guess.

Id love to buy one of each of these. I want to keep my original classic systems un modded and want to play every single NES/SNES game 🎮 in these classic consoles. This is the perfect way to do it.

So I also modded my NES classic, and SNES classic if you download onto your PC the modding software Hakchi While you’re device is hooked up to your PC, you can go into the options and change the file format so that you don’t have individual folders, but rather all the games are displayed all on the same menu. 😊

Some of my favorites. 1942, Top Gun, RC Pro AM, Excite Bike, Spy Hunter, Break Through, MegaMan, Hunt for Red October, YoNoid, Rad Racer, Days of Thunder, Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout and Bugs Bunny Castle. Also liked Paperboy, Winter Olympics, and Bionic Commando. There were some others too like the one where you had to keep the other team from stealing your flag and knock off the enemy that was stealing it.

Aside from the aspect ratio problem that everyone mentioned, you are also converting a digital signal to analog and likely introducing input latency along with some visual degradation. These devices are made for modern tvs. You are better off buying an Everdrive flash cart to play on your original NES to play on your CRT, and store your NES Classic Mini for whatever modern tv you have in your home.

I was so excited when I heard the OG minis were coming then I heard how few games they would have. After that all thought of buying one left my mind.

Good video, I liked the comparisons....I have several of the mini systems, I also still have my original consoles and games which all still work....The thing I like about the mini consoles is the fact it's more portable but typically if I'm at home I usually play the actual games on the original consoles, they just feel different to me than the emulation, although the mini consoles with the emulation are great too, I have never done a side by side comparison like you did here, though. If I did it might help confirm whether I can tell the games play differently or if it's just my nostalgia feeling of popping in a cartridge into an original console, it could be a little of both I guess...Really enjoyed your unboxing and demo video, NES was a good system with a lot of memorable games.👍

Here is the issue I am seeing, the NES classic defaults to "Pixel Perfect," that will not display properly on a CRT. It looks too narrow. You have to use the 4:3 setting WITHOUT scanlines, unless you want them to be doubled. There will be a little lag even if it is a real NES Classic, that is just unavoidable with emulation. Nice vid.

The cords were short because people were playing on 19" or smaller CRT TVs back then. Many still black and white. You had to sit close anyhow.

What I want to know is how can you put the Game Genie on the regular nes classic

As others have said, the NES Classic Mini is assuming it's plugged into a modern 16:9 aspect ratio HDMI television, not a 4:3 standard analog set. You need to switch the system's aspect ratio in the settings menu.

5:45 if you’ve never even played Metroid I don’t think I want to know you 😂😂😂

That original Nes and Zelda look and sound incredible, that's what we want. Nintendo just needs to come out with all original systems and physical original carts again(not emulated carts), everyone would buy them.

The exact reason why I picked up a raspberry pi 5 and botacera.. I grew up on the old consoles and still play them to this day 👍 Via emulation anyway haha

You got to understand, you have a HDMI to AB Adapter, It doesn't convert it to 4:3..If your playing it on my Newer TV, it will look right I have the HDMI to AV Adapter & a NES Classic, I went in RetroArch change the Video to 16:9, and it looks like normal playing on a CRT, That's why it's like that

2 feet was how we played Nintendo back in the day...lol

When it comes to the controller extension cables, I actually needed to have two of them in order to have enough length to reach the console from my couch. My NES Mini sits about 6 to 7 feet from my TV and using just one of them wasn't enough. I should have bought two sets of extension cables at the time when I bought my NES Mini at Best Buy. As for the games on my NES Mini, I found an application which runs through my computer that allowed me to patch the NES Mini's operating system to allow me to upload my own game ROMs onto it. With the amount of memory space that the NES Mini has on it, I could upload every game made for it onto the console itself. Instead, I just uploaded my personal favorites onto the console. I have over 100 games currently on it.

Weird that you insist on a CRT for authenticity while using emulation. Ironically, this is the source of the distorted image. The NES classic is not designed for a CRT, it’s designed for a modern flat panel. Whatever DAC you’re using to display it on a CRT is squeezing the 16:9 image into 4:3. I recommend you look into getting a flash cart. They can be a bit pricy, but they allow you to play any game on real hardware, on a CRT, in a manner indistinguishable from using original cartridges.

How are you getting so many games? The box says 30, and my research says 30. You seem to have a ton more here. Im interested in getting one, but ive been burned before and a little gun shy on these remakes. Any info would help. Cheers

Did you the Classic emulator on a modern TV? I cant imagine they made this new device with the intention of people needing old CRT TVs. Lol

I always thought they kind of needed another NES classic with just the sports games, Tecmo SB is obvious #1, but Pro Wrestling, Bases Loaded, MLB, Ice Hockey, Super Dodgeball, track and field, Rad Racer, Super Sprint, etc etc It was such a great console. What I noticed though is that my controller was not as responsive especially when playing Punch out.

How are you playing into a CRT TV with a HDMI output?,or are you using a chinese clone with AVI output?

There’s no shame in playing Zelda. It’s been my favorite game since 1987 Easter and I just played through it recently with only the wooden sword. Still strong!!

The NES & SNES is before my time N64 is my era but I did try a lot of Mario,Zelda & Metroid games from the NES/SNES era

Over the year, I convinced myself that I wasn't good at SMB3 due to emulators. I mean, beefy PC emulating a NES, that can't be slow. I bought an original nes, with original SMB3 and played on my CRT. Well, I was really good at convincing myself 😂 It happens that muscle memory can last 30 years 😅 Game a thousand time "easier", flying through the levels, not like the best speedrunner, but way better than what I was doing on emulator. I bought a N8, put all the games and tried Quart and Circus Charlie, same thing ^^ And those are not fast paced games, but timing is still very important. So, I shopped for the gun, tried duck-hunt and saw I didn't lose my hand. Later, I got a guest at home, showed him the nes. He said he was good at shooting games when seeing the gun. So, I had him play duck-hunt. He had many troubles and accused the gun, so I played with the gun from my waist (it's how I played as a kid). Hit all the ducks😂 So, he wanted to do round 2 and lost it. Then I put "wild gunman", because you don't need much aiming. But you need some reflexes. He got obliterated😅 Yeah, you're good 😅 And then he said he was better at fighting games on the SNES, so I showed the SNES 😂😂😂 We didn't play the SNES 😁 Morale of the story: don't say you're good at nes games to a guy who invested in retro gaming unless you're really good ^^ It's a joy to see people who master games, so you'll be challenged ^^

Great video and comparison. I’ve seen one person comment that you just have to switch the NES classic to 4:3 and it will display correctly on your CRT. That is 100% false. Someone else said that the NES classic has a 16:9 setting. That is also 100% false. It won’t display properly on your CRT regardless of settings. I will never understand why people make completely false comments on videos.

The famicon mini is worse. Has short cables but hard wired so cannot make them longer. I have it hooked up in the car cause about the only place to use it.

You should try it on a Roku TV it's looks awesome on the big screen a friend of mine has his hookup to his tv

Gee... thought someone would've told you already, but "it looks different" because Nintendo has been using a dark filter in all emulated games since the Wii Virtual Console days. Doesn't mean it's counterfeit, it's just Nintendo being Nintendo. Aspect Ratio is configurable via the "Home Menu" in the Mini. Controls doesn't feel good because they might have some latency. It's meant to be used with Digital Video signals, not Analogue Video signals.

How do you play the zapper games?

I have the Nes classic back when it first launched, managed to find two of them at a local Walmart at like 2am.. but the nerdy clerk with glasses running the only lane open (before self checkout at the time was everywhere) and he would only let me buy ONE of them. I was mad, but glad I grabbed one. I never did grab a Snes Classic though new from the store, so I still need to get one, but felt like it was not needed since I could just put all the Snes classic games onto my Nes Classic, but had to get a Snes Controller converter plug to plug into it.

Can you use the Game Genie with one of these. A local antique store near me had one and im thinking of getting it

The screen will never be original you are using a system designed for a flat screen TV. You can stretch it out using the widescreen option

Its not an emulation when you're playing on the system it was meant to be played on. You have the black bars cause you're using HDMI on a CRT

Why didn’t you check the setting to see if you can fix the aspect ratio instead of leaving us all wondering?

The NES emulation is programmed for HD 16:9 widescreen video. What are you using to convert HDMI to composite SD 4:3 video for the CRT? A cheap adapter is not going to fix and stretch the aspect. My $30 PlayStation Classic literally has full sets of dozens of systems on a 32GB flash drive plus loads of other goodies, like HD widescreen Mario 64. The full RetroArch menu also lets you set any aspect ratio you want. I like 16:10, fills the screen more on HD. But I could choose full 16:9 screen and it would look normal output to a CRT. You can run RetroArch on a $20 Android box and get better results. and not have to search through dozens of folders either.

There isn't enough room on the SNES classic to hold all the games... Also, how exactly are you playing an HDMI system on CRT?

The New Emulating consoles are designed to work on modern TV and not an old CRT. Good review but need the proper equipment! Do it again on a modern TV!!!👍🍻

One can only surmise the reasons for the vertical black bars is that the emulator assumes you playing on a modern size video device.

I don't have the mini, but I've watched a lot of videos about the emulation and what I think may be up is there should be settings for aspect ratio for the screen, pixel size or ratio, and color filters. I've never seen a video where emulation gets it perfect, but you can get it closer. Good to know about the fakes, I hadn't thought of that, but of course it makes since.

I believe you are having color issues because you are using a hdmi to analong converter , they wash the colors out completely. That’s your issue

Master Blaster and Totally Rad were great.

At the game selection screen, it appears there's a display and setup cog at the top. Maybe check for screen adjustments in there.

Get an Everdrive for your NES and a SD2SNES for the SNES and have all the games on your actual consoles. You can get knockoffs that are cheaper and still work great. They play perfect using the flash carts.

Is that played on the original 30 games or from the USB drive?

The black bars down the sides are because it's been made to have a 4×3 picture on a modern widscreen tv, same issue with movies and tv episodes that were originally made in 4x3 all the Blu-ray, dvds and streaming services add the bars as they are expected to be played on s widescreen tv as that has been the standard for the last 25 years, you can stretch the picture back out using a scaler but its not perfect.

I think you should have tested the emulator on a modern wide-screen TV. I would assume that's what it was designed for since most people no longer have a CRT.

Is this the 16:9 to 4:3 crunch?

The super Nintendo mini controllers work on the nes mini fyi. I own both

My favorite NES game was the chibi Superman game. I've been trying to find a way to play short of buying an original NES. Although I would totally buy the game again. The Atari consoles can add games. Can this do the same? The bars are because they assume you are on a new TV. Many new sets will let you set up for 480P, which is an old set.

I was curious as my original snes doesn't work on my modern tv, so i had i got a snes mini, and i couldn't see any difference, other than the upscaling to 1080p, but it seemed like the emulation was much better than @games devices for example.

The NES says 30 classic games. Definitely more than 30 were released in north America as last i counted i had 72. I know i dont have them all.

I just boy original gear, if I can afford it. There's something about struggling with getting the game to work in the slot. Kinda like love for the first time.

super Metroid is definitely a game that if missing would hurt

I need to find out where to the memry stick with all of the games on it! How I so wanna play Little Samson on my NES Classic!

Would be smart to include the duck hunt gun in NES or super scope for SNES n gun for all Sega systems

I have a NES Classic, where did you get the USB with all the nes games on it?

I don’t know if anyone has already tried, but if you go into the display settings on the nes mini Home Screen and set the aspect ratio to 4:3 that may solve your black bars problem. The other options are pixel perfect, and CRT filter. Pixel perfect is more for HD TV’s as the screen shimmers whilst scrolling, and crt filter is self explanatory. Also I don’t know what box you are using to convert the HDMI signal to AV, but is there a switch or setting on that?

The fact that they claimed the snes classic had every North American game gave it away to me, because it doesn’t have that much memory to begin with

Where is the best place to find a legit mini Nintendo system for purchase?

I think you theres an issue with your HDMI to composite converter. Try using a different one.

I tried playing Mega Man 2 on something like this and my muscle memory made it impossible to play. Timing was just a liiiiiittle bit off. Really threw me off. Are these actually good though? I never heard of these minis😊

Television was originally black and white. That doesn't mean I refuse to use a 4K TV. "It was meant to be greyscale with ZERO definition...so that's how I watch my programs".

I feel there is a lag in my NES games, but my SNES games work fine. I bought a modded SNES with both NES and SNES games on it.

if you are hooking it up to a crt then just use your original console and by a multicart

Can you play the awesome yet underrated game xexyz?

Not sure if anyone has said it already, but he didn't need that extended piece or memory card.

If I had one of these I would use my flat screen to play these games because that's what the screen setting is for lol.

Does the super Nintendo have the tecmo super bowl games ?

Waiting for link to order this min nes

Playing MTP on a non-CRT TV is a problem: I can no longer beat Sandman on it and Tyson is not as hard as Sandman on a new TV...The strange thing is--I could be one step of him all of the time if playing the CRT(hitting him more than most and dodging his punches, as well)...

Do you have the link so we csn buy it ?

Why don't they bring back iron sword to switch?

Interesting video thanks 🙏

Another way to tell a knockoff which is very easy to spot, the knockoff controller has 2 extra turbo buttons that are not on the Nintendo licensed controllers.

Do you have the link for the system yet?

No link homie. I’d love to buy this

The link is still not in the description.

I just got the nes everdrive with all the games and play them on the original hardware

I have the extensions, and they do cause a lag in the controls. Definitely sucks when you need definitive/quick movement in certain game. Could also be the ROM. All the games ARE the actual game. They're just ripped from the original game program. Why they appear "different".

You ever played blades of steel? Much better game of ice hockey imo

You should get a modded wii with emulators it plays these games at 240p like the originals you can even use your Nintendo classic and super Nintendo classic controller it's the way I play these they look beautiful in a CRT

Do I have to use a remote control to hold the game cartridge down?

any hints on how to get one online? i'm only finding the fake ones.

Does it have Baseball Stars?

It’s ok wish had more games

Looks like you need to adjust your screen so it will fill it out.

Its good. Only problem is punchout is unbeatable with the lag

My totally not modded Wii may or many not have all the game on it. So it's kinda redundant to own a SNES or NES classic. The Wii classic and pro controllers are top tier tho.

Where do I get a setup like yours?

NES is Missing several games… baseball stars, Tiger Heli, Bad Dudes - just to name a few…

I'm confused. There were around 700 licensed NES games released in North America. How does a 30 game console qualify as having every game? Every Nintendo-developed game?

It also depends on the rom dump they used