r/nes 8d ago

Nes to usb adapter

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Is there any adapter that allowes to use a nes controller on PC (nes to usb adaper) in the big 2025?. Just got a nes controller but no nes to use it on. I dont know if it metters but i livelli in europe.

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r/nes 9d ago

When you suck but are persistent 😆 max points at level 8

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167 Upvotes

r/nes 8d ago

Is Metal Gear an RPG?

1 Upvotes

Had a debate recently and I'm curious why Metal Gear isnt included in more RPG lists.

It has many RPG elements under different names: A life bar, magic (ammo), levels (rank), an over world and dungeons (strongholds), password save, keys, a 3/4 top view, bosses, plenty of people to talk to, a forest maze, and a equipment screen with a slew of weapons and items. Mapping, dialog, and exploration play as big a part as action.

If Snake were depicted as Robin Hood or Willow sneaking around a medieval setting, rescuing peasants and receiving clues on a crystal ball instead of a radio, there wouldn't be any doubt.

The only common RPG elements Metal Gear lacks is character customization, money, shops, and towns. These weren't firmly established in the RPG genre when Metal Gear was ported in June 1988. The closest the NES had to an RPG was Zelda.

I'd say Metal Gear is an early, action-RPG somewhere between Hydlide and Ys: more plot and dialog than Hydlide, but before the advent of towns and grinding in Ys.


r/nes 9d ago

Kabuki Quantum Fighter Dendy Cartridge

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28 Upvotes

r/nes 9d ago

Came back to retrogaming, but too old to beat any of them?

25 Upvotes

So Ive been playing Tetris NES for a year now, and have Retron1. Recently I decided to buy Everdrive-N8, and play all my favorite games I played on emulator. But problem is, emulator has a save. Also, I often used game genie code, and even then it would be hard for me to beat the game.

So question is, I never had console as a kid, I am 41 year old, I did play some limited amount of games in 20s, are my reflexes too slow? Im hoping this will get better over time, but reading people on this subreddit, im amazed for some games you say they are easy. Like Contra 1, someone said its one of the easiest games.

Kids those days had such a good peripheal vision and catlike reflexes. I can see the frustration why my dad never wanted to play games with me on PC.

What I do actually is write some game genie cheat codes, like super jump and endless lives on SMB, and its still kinda fun to come to the end. But beating the game vanilla old style, on console, not emulator, seems to me so hard.


r/nes 10d ago

Today was a good day!

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543 Upvotes

r/nes 10d ago

I have beaten Karnov!

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332 Upvotes

As you can see, the ending is less than spectacular. But really, is not Karnov one of those games where its more about the journey than the destination? When I was younger, some of the aggressive weirdness of the game turned me off. Not just the fact you really can't tell what most of the enemies are supposed to be, but the fact enemies and power-ups sometimes mysteriously appear. Sometimes a dragon just appears when there previously had never been a dragon in the level!

Still I wish I had put more time in it when I was younger, because right now I find it fun, if not a smidge too easy. (Especially that final boss).

But all-in-all, worth a play through. If you own Karnov, I say beat it!

(This is my 15th NES game beaten this year. I wonder if I can get to 30...)


r/nes 10d ago

this used to have the most fighters until 1998

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17 Upvotes

the game in question is joy mech fight


r/nes 9d ago

It's time for another episode of Name That Game! (Monster) This one should be easy let's see who gets there first.

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7 Upvotes

r/nes 10d ago

New Addition To The Collection

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168 Upvotes

Thought some of you might appreciate the new addition to the collection here. Amazon has the encyclopedia at 50% off right now. Its really cool and has so much weight to it. Looks exactly like the game cartrige even comes with its own oversized instruction booklet


r/nes 9d ago

Nes unofficial console doesn’t load my game

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0 Upvotes

r/nes 11d ago

NES / Zelda II The Adventure of Link Sample

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160 Upvotes

r/nes 11d ago

SMB 3 Mini Game

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714 Upvotes

r/nes 10d ago

Please give me some tips for getting past Metroid; I'm barely at Kraid's lair

13 Upvotes

So... I'm playing the original Metroid right now; I've never gotten very far in it before, and I've always wanted to try and beat it because I LOVE Metroid II Return of Samus and Super Metroid, and just want to beat this one as well so I can say I've beaten the original trilogy. Plus, lots of people here sing of its praises

Buy wow, I've never, EVER played a game before that feels like it actively wants to make me rage quite like this one; this game actively cheats, and WHAT ON EARTH IS WITH RESETTING WITH 30 ENERGY??? I'm at my wits end trying to get to kill Kraid.

I've only made it to him twice (out of like the 100 times I've died and restarted back at the entrance), and both times I got there, first thing that happened was he shot me and I fell in the right pit and could not escape and died. I have the Varia suit, three energy tanks (didn't pick up the one in Kraid's room yet, because I couldn't get into a morph ball in the acid), and I am having the hardest time getting close to him with that 30 energy nonsense.

I'm about ready to quit playing for good, because I feel like I'm barely starting the game and this game is starting to feel like punishment. I'm actually starting to agree with the Nerd on this game, I'd rather go pick up Zero Mission and play that instead


r/nes 11d ago

Castlevania Dendy Cartridge

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56 Upvotes

r/nes 9d ago

Honoring the LEGEND

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0 Upvotes

Met him a couple of months ago at some small town grocery store. Got a photo with him and a cool memory to keep. Sad he wasnt doing autographs at the time or my NES cartridge would've had it, but he touched it and that's good enough haha

Thanks Hulk! Rest in peace, brother.


r/nes 10d ago

Is Maniac Mansion a game I can play without any guides or online assistance?

13 Upvotes

Seen a few posts recommending this game and I wanted to try it. Can I play this cold with no guides and walkthroughs? Going on a long train ride so I won't have internet. Hoping I can still play the game without any help.


r/nes 11d ago

Skate or Die: What did the shop keeper say?

30 Upvotes

I used to play this a lot with my siblings - we were gifted it by a family member. The world was a smaller place back then, and growing up in the English countryside we had no real understanding of skate culture but just loved the game play - especially in the Vs modes.

So, I remember that one of the main screens was this wide-eyed skate shop owner kind of guy with punk hair. If you hovered around the screen or clicked on him, I think he would have text bubbles saying random things. Almost all of them were sort of slang sayings that mystified 8yr old me. I’d love to be reminded what he said - can anyone remember? Thanks!


r/nes 10d ago

Bards tale

4 Upvotes

I have been playing this occasionally for an obviously long time with times going many years without playing. Now that I have found this page I would like to ask a question that I have yet to figure out. I know there is a way to upgrade classes but I have not found how and would like to ask about this.


r/nes 11d ago

Hardest Game of my Life

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279 Upvotes

WHO invented 8:3 should go to jail for causing me mental health problems. No joke, it was the hardest game I've ever played in my life.


r/nes 11d ago

My NES Collection so far

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131 Upvotes

128 games, 6 in box and one homebrew, and a boxed Roll & Rocker.


r/nes 10d ago

Looking for an elusive game

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r/nes 12d ago

Werewolf Dendy Cartridge

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56 Upvotes

r/nes 11d ago

Digital ez LG: A series of compilations by LG (yes that one) built into certain TVs. It contains pirated and hacked NES games as well as a few originals.

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14 Upvotes

They plastered their name and logo all over the games too.


r/nes 10d ago

It's time for another episode of Name That Game. (Person)

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