Thoughts on this beast?

[SlobodanElectro]

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I got a NES in 1987, this would've been awesome. I only had a couple games. Accessing a network, with more stuff, I think it would've been awesome for USA, oh well.

 

[Mr. SyS]

Looks cool but it's useless in 2025 just like Satellaview.

 

[JPchicre]

The NES had Net!?!?!

 

[RETROVETRO]

The NES had Net!?!?!

Nah, the Famicom.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I honestly kinda like the way it looks. It's sleeker then most other top mounted console add-ons.

 

[job32]

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I think you're supposed to plug it into your head. Then things go total V.R., or did the advert say if you accidentally plug it into your head visit the E.R.?

 

[thecrow2313]

I think you're supposed to plug it into your head. Then things go total V.R., or did the advert say if you accidentally plug it into your head visit the E.R.?

28k dial-up matrix, the console was mainly used for gambling not for e.r. visits

 

[job32]

28k dial-up matrix, the console was mainly used for gambling not for e.r. visits

I think they only tried a small test group of people before they realised they may have to wait a few years, lol.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Theriise]

I love this thing but also sort of hate it because a lot of content from those days got lost because of it.
(I.e. sites shut down and people not being able to source data from these devices. I'm grumpy at the SatellaView especially because they lost entire games!)

 

[RETROVETRO]

I love this thing but also sort of hate it because a lot of content from those days got lost because of it.
(I.e. sites shut down and people not being able to source data from these devices. I'm grumpy at the SatellaView especially because they lost entire games!)

And then they had to be recreated off of videos of the gameplay, like F-ZERO for the SatellaView.

 

[Theriise]

And then they had to be recreated off of videos of the gameplay, like F-ZERO for the SatellaView.

You got it!
Did you know the Famicom detective club games released (and rereleased) for switch aren't games 1,2,3 but rather 1,2,4 because 3 was a satellaview game? Fans are doing their best to get as much as they can back but it is an arduous task due to factors such as Nintendo taking extremely bad care of the game data they were handed for the Satellaview.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

This is Future .
I can smell it with my naked eyes .

 

[Skeetos]

It's proof that the industry was already set on it's current course even back then. People always like to blame Microsoft for how the Xbox 360 pushed digital content, or Valve for doing the same with Steam, but Nintendo used the idea from this to push out the Sattelaview which allowed you to download digital only games that would be lost when downloading another. The Mega Drive had the Sega Channel as well, idk if that was in the US though. I know the Sattelaview wasn't. Wild stuff.

 

[thecrow2313]

It's proof that the industry was already set on it's current course even back then. People always like to blame Microsoft for how the Xbox 360 pushed digital content, or Valve for doing the same with Steam, but Nintendo used the idea from this to push out the Sattelaview which allowed you to download digital only games that would be lost when downloading another. The Mega Drive had the Sega Channel as well, idk if that was in the US though. I know the Sattelaview wasn't. Wild stuff.

Sega Channel was available in the US, I had it. Including XBAND, way ahead of its time.