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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Still bummed they didnt have RBI Baseball on it. They need to quickly produce a 2nd one of these once they get everyone who wants the first one the chance to buy one.
    Also -- Ice Hockey, the most primitive Ice Hockey game ever.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    RBI Baseball was an unlicensed game made by Tengen, so I'm not surprised it didn't make the list.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Jason P said:

    RBI Baseball was an unlicensed game made by Tengen, so I'm not surprised it didn't make the list.

    Sad news.

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,465
    F Me In The Brain said:

    Still bummed they didnt have RBI Baseball on it. They need to quickly produce a 2nd one of these once they get everyone who wants the first one the chance to buy one.
    Also -- Ice Hockey, the most primitive Ice Hockey game ever.

    Should have been BLLLLDDDSSSSS OEFFFFFF STLLLLLLLL
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    F Me In The Brain said:

    Still bummed they didnt have RBI Baseball on it. They need to quickly produce a 2nd one of these once they get everyone who wants the first one the chance to buy one.
    Also -- Ice Hockey, the most primitive Ice Hockey game ever.

    Should have been BLLLLDDDSSSSS OEFFFFFF STLLLLLLLL
    Blades was likely a better game -- with better controls and graphics & they actually had 5 skaters -- but there is something to be said for the simplicity of the Ice Hockey game and choosing your teams with the fat, medium, and skinny guys.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    actually, Ice hockey was probably a better game than blades of steel. The graphics at the time as well as a little bit of a tournament format was a big draw for Blades of Steel.

    Ice Hockey is more of a fun and timeless game. The puck is much more independent of the players, and the skinny-medium-fat guys makes for good variability and dynamic. The gameplay is actually a bit smoother/fluid as well.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Could be -- I remember 4 guys vs 5 being a factor as my buddies always wanted to play Blades. I preferred Ice Hockey.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Showed up at 830. Sold out 17 minutes before that. Local Bestbuy had 50 for sale.

    People in line the NIGHT BEFORE!!! It was in the teens last night...

    So someone waited in line 12 hours in the freezing cold to make about $7 an hour for their time... Bravo.
  • Jed
    Jed New York City Posts: 1,206
    Absurd
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    If they make a SNES Classis, they better damn well include NHL 94!
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    tempo_n_groove said:

    Showed up at 830. Sold out 17 minutes before that. Local Bestbuy had 50 for sale.

    People in line the NIGHT BEFORE!!! It was in the teens last night...

    So someone waited in line 12 hours in the freezing cold to make about $7 an hour for their time... Bravo.

    That's crazy!
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    HesCalledDyer said:

    If they make a SNES Classis, they better damn well include NHL 94!

    And Ken Griffey Baseball
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  • F Me In The Brain
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    HesCalledDyer said:

    If they make a SNES Classis, they better damn well include NHL 94!

    I played on an original system a few years ago. We got drunk as shit and talked trash like crazy. Funny how some of the motor skills were still there and after a few games the old moves were there at times. Lots of fun.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,465
    HesCalledDyer said:

    If they make a SNES Classis, they better damn well include NHL 94!

    Would never happen due to licenses I bet.
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    You know, I would have bought one of these things had Nintendo not been fucking around with the supply of inventory. Now that I have had a chance to think it over and read about it, I'm not even interested in it anymore. Even when these things are stacked up all over every store in May of next year, I don't think I'd even give it a second thought. My guess is the people standing in line overnight are just looking to flip it on eBay while they still are demanding 4x the original price. So thanks Nintendo for not giving me buyers remorse and saving me $60 that I can spend on my kids for xmas.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    youngster said:

    You know, I would have bought one of these things had Nintendo not been fucking around with the supply of inventory. Now that I have had a chance to think it over and read about it, I'm not even interested in it anymore. Even when these things are stacked up all over every store in May of next year, I don't think I'd even give it a second thought. My guess is the people standing in line overnight are just looking to flip it on eBay while they still are demanding 4x the original price. So thanks Nintendo for not giving me buyers remorse and saving me $60 that I can spend on my kids for xmas.

    Yeah, I'm gonna spend $30 more and build a Raspberry Pi and have thousands of games readily available on something the size of a cassette tape.
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    If they make a SNES Classis, they better damn well include NHL 94!

    Would never happen due to licenses I bet.
    They'd have to go w/ NHL '93 then, which was a pretty good game in itself.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    youngster said:

    You know, I would have bought one of these things had Nintendo not been fucking around with the supply of inventory. Now that I have had a chance to think it over and read about it, I'm not even interested in it anymore. Even when these things are stacked up all over every store in May of next year, I don't think I'd even give it a second thought. My guess is the people standing in line overnight are just looking to flip it on eBay while they still are demanding 4x the original price. So thanks Nintendo for not giving me buyers remorse and saving me $60 that I can spend on my kids for xmas.

    Yeah, man. I played these games enough back on the day and I don't have enough nostalgia to care that much for this fuckinf thing. Fuck them and I'm not giving a cent to a bunch of fucks that run a business this way.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    I was at Best Buy on Monday night for something else and just asked about the NES. They told me tickets would be passed out at 7am but they're were already people waiting in their cars. Not worth it. I'll wait.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    JK_Livin said:

    I was at Best Buy on Monday night for something else and just asked about the NES. They told me tickets would be passed out at 7am but they're were already people waiting in their cars. Not worth it. I'll wait.

    Yep. I'll wait too.

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