Nintendo - The Thriftdweller Perspective

Since the Thriftdwellers have been slowing down in the pick ups, we've had more time to reflect on the items of the past which have meant a lot and shaped our current existance. The Nintendo Entertainment System was the height of video games at home in the 80's and early 90's. With games like Contra, Super Mario and POW, the Nintendo (NES) was felt everywhere. It was on commercials, TV shows, bedroom walls and my dreams.

The NES restored home gaming into a new age of glory from the ashes of the Atari era. Check out the Thriftdweller take on the Nintendo.

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The wonders of emulation... SNES in HD and perfection.

A classic... in standard def =( So you connected your old pre-HD Super Nintendo system to your nice HDTV. Only to find out it looks like crap. Well no fear. You can play these classics on your computer. Today we will look at the emulator bSNES.

Pickups 08.22.2020

Nintendo Wii Motion Plus for $3.99 found at Value Village. I don't know if it was a screw up from an employee as the Motion Plus attachment was in the rubber sleeve. It may have been overlooked when they put it out on the floor. Nintendo did release Motion Plus controllers, only time will tell if the attachments are sought out for in the future.

Friday Night Fights - Test Your Might!

Beating up all your buddies at home? Time to take it to the streets. Every Friday, chipdamage.com hosts a weekly fight club... for video games that is. A group of local fighting game enthusiasts gather at the University of Manitoba Science Lounge and duke it out in video games, like Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom and Soul Caliber...

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