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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
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sixteen-bit
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You don't have to worry about region coding with SNES multitaps.
RadarScope1
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Do ALL Super Famicom controllers work on a SNES? Any examples of certain controllers not working for some reason?
It's the exact same controller port on both U.S. and Japanese systems. the controllers and the hardware are interchangeable.
Huggers
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I just grabbed it boxed complete for £32. Guess it's cheaper buying Ntsc in the UK. Glad I got a good deal
D.Lo
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early PAL consoles had a controller lockout. NTSC machines can use all PAL controllers, but some PAL machines cannot use NTSC controllers. Same with ALL front loader PAL NES consoles.
It's a very easy mod to fix however.
sixteen-bit
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you'll need a phillips screwdriver
Phillips #1
#2 is the more common Phillips screwdriver, but that one's too big. You can buy #1 separately, or it should be included in any halfway-decent screwdriver set.
Just wanted to point out that Scandinavian NES consoles actually used the NES-004 controllers rather than the NES-004E ones. So SCN NES units can use both American controllers and European 004E controllers! It probably had to do with the fact that the NES came out almost a year earlier in Scandinavia compared to most European countries.
D.Lo
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Ah, ah those the ones that got 'European' boxes (the square ones)?
Yeah the "short" boxes were released over here for earlier titles. Like all the black box games had short boxes here.
sixteen-bit
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No kidding. Apparently the standalone box is expensive as hell since the majority of copies were pack-ins.
sixteen-bit
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Demon's Crest is great. Gargoyle's Quest II is even better.
Shame they're so expensive now.
Shame they're so expensive now.
Sword Familiar
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Yup.
Awesome! Sounds like I should pick up a Japanese copy if I can play it in English. The USA one is getting pricey.
blast processed
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Is this your first time playing this? Always jealous of first time players.
Nope. I wish. I haven't played through in over 5 years though.
Yea I recently picked up a SFC version of Super Metroid, I wish more SFC games had english options so I could save some money when buying that version.. Also wish it was my first time playing Super Metroid, I still remember it and my god what a fantastic experience. It was as a kid though so unfortunately it meant I went through most of it with a guide, would love to erase that memory and go through it blind today.
There's a part in that game where you have to plant a bomb on one specific block to move on. There's nothing odd or remarkable about that block. Without a guide you'd never find it.
VARIA
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Awesome! I did the same (buy the SFC version) just for the cover/box art, which is a zillion times better than the US version.
D.Lo
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Why do you need English at all? Super Metroid doesn't even require the ability to read at all. The intro doesn't affect the game.
Same with 99% of action games.
What block? I finished Super Metroid when I was 10 years old with no guide in a single day.
SM's design is masterful. Everything you have to do is hinted at, taught to you. The place that many people get hung up on is power bombing the glass tube, but just before it you pass a broken tube - that's the visual hint.
Charles Brandon
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I remember finishing Metroid without using a guide as well
I went through a few stages with wanting to buy Super Metroid. First I wanted the big PAL box set, then I decided maybe I'd get the US one since I now run NTSC, but then I saw the box art of the Japanese one (and the huge discount on price) and I just had to have it!
I actually have a picture up on my wall of the SFC box art, it's pretty awesome.
Also I should post my recent hauls, haven't done that in awhile but I finally got a few games I've been after for a long time.
D.Lo
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I can't believe I know the answer to this off the top of my head...
If you'd gone to the Brinstar map station, it would reveal there is something behind that wall on your map.
So Immediately after getting Super Missles, and with that section of Norfair completely tapped out for now, you head back up, and see no door but something behind the wall. So you can try your latest power up that you got 5 minutes ago on it.
Whoever made that video is likely speed running so skipped the map room.
sixteen-bit
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The attract mode spells out the glass tube hint as well
There's also the noob bridge.
blast processed
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That could be avoided if people were aware of the controls and actually read the manual first.
RadarScope1
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Yeah, I'd forgotten about that. This is one of those elegant little touches that the game does so well.
theSlacker
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That person has a pretty cool channel.
I think the reason I got stuck there is because although I read the manual and saw there was a run button at the beginning of the game, I played all day and I like to explore, so it was hours before I got to that part. Probably got up and started playing at 8am, and paused to do stuff during the day, leaving the system on. Got to the bridge much later in the day, after dinner time around 8pm. With no need to run before that point (let alone the space to gather momentum save the top surface of the planet where your ship is) I was so absorbed I'd completely forgotten the run button even existed.
With the tube, I knew I had to break it, but I was using the wrong weapon for ages, believing it was more powerful than what was actually required in the end. I think it needed a super missile, but I'd acquired that ages ago, and recently got the super bombs and they made such a big visual effect on the screen I was convinced that's what I needed to break a major part of the environment. It's funny what my brain gets hung up on sometimes.
Sword Familiar
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You do need the power bomb to break the tube though.
Sadly, I got that part spoiled somehow (don't remember how), and already knew what you needed to do. This was when the game was relatively new, too.
blast processed
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Sword Familiar
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I don't know if we had that particular commercial over here, but it might be something like that.
blast processed
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There where was a PAL version assuming thats where you are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XktUvQ8fDw8
Edit: They show the box at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XktUvQ8fDw8
Edit: They show the box at the end.
IrishNinja
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wow, this took me back...totally forgot about nintendo's blatant animal abuse in the day, poor dawg
Okay I'm probably getting the names mixed up then, but whatever it was, it wasn't what I was expecting would work.
theSlacker
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Not gonna lie. I got stuck on both the noob bridge and noob tube. I read the button commands and knew about running, it's just that after one time trying it early in the game without a long hallway I thought it was useless and forgot about it. For the tube I was still thinking in video game terms and thought it looked different for the sake of looking different and was just background decoration instead of part of the world.
Shadow Hog
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Oh, hey! It's that song from Rise of the Triad.
(Yes, I'm aware Clockwork Orange came first and that the musical piece predates both, shut up)
(Yes, I'm aware Clockwork Orange came first and that the musical piece predates both, shut up)
drhankmccoyphd
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Wait for a half off sale