Vintage Gamers: What is Wrong Here?

[mikethompson]

There are 5 things wrong I spy in this picture. Can you find them? It is on the back of the original box to my Nintendo.

 

[BarrelProof]

Two people playing at the same time and only Mario appears to be on the screen. The cartridge is on the table. There are no cables coming out of the back of the console. The console power isn't on. The cartridge/console don't appear to have been beaten half to death and blown on incessantly to make the game work.

 

[Chasing Embers]

blown on incessantly to make the game work.

The NES cleaning kit fixed that.

 

[BarrelProof]

The NES cleaning kit fixed that.

Not in my house. That thing was junk.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not in my house. That thing was junk.

Always worked fine for me. Kept my games in aftermarket plastic cases too.

 

[didimauw]

That's funny stuff! What year did the NES come out?

 

[Chasing Embers]

That's funny stuff! What year did the NES come out?

1985 in th US. Got one for Christmas that year. Later got into the Zelda, Metroid, and Metal Gear games that I still love today.

 

[didimauw]

1985 in th US. Got one for Christmas that year. Later got into the Zelda, Metroid, and Metal Gear games that I still love today.

Ahhh ok. I remember the first time I played my sister's, in 1994. I was 5 at the time.

 

[shanez]

Nintendo. Because Atari wasn't frustrating enough.

 

[olkofri]

My Mario experience/fix was at the arcade.

 

[Akousticplyr]

There are 5 things wrong I spy in this picture. Can you find them? It is on the back of the original box to my Nintendo.

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The mom is a serial killer?

 

[BarrelProof]

The mom is a serial killer?

But that's a given. I think he's asking about items that are out of the norm...

 

[olkofri]

Ah, the many 'sins' of commercial photography back then.

 

[mikethompson]

Two people playing at the same time and only Mario appears to be on the screen. The cartridge is on the table. There are no cables coming out of the back of the console. The console power isn't on. The cartridge/console don't appear to have been beaten half to death and blown on incessantly to make the game work

Very good, although you are missing one. The picture might be a bit too small though.

As for the cartridge/console cleaning, the problem was always the front loading spring system not the cartridges.

 

[scloyd]

Looks like two Marios are on the screen at the same time.

 

[olkofri]

Looks like two Marios are on the screen at the same time.

Hmm? I see the one in mid-jump, but where's the other one?

 

[scloyd]

Hmm? I see the one in mid-jump, but where's the other one?

Down at the bottom running along the brick wall. One right behind the other. Maybe it's two Luigis.

 

[wolflarsen]

That doesn't look like a NES cartridge to me. Too small. More like Super NES size.

 

[BarrelProof]

Down at the bottom running along the brick wall. One right behind the other. Maybe it's two Luigis.

Those are two of the little mushroom dudes.

 

[olkofri]

Down at the bottom running along the brick wall. One right behind the other. Maybe it's two Luigis.

I think those are two goombas.

Off-topic on topic: anyone knows if there's some port or version of Mario Bros 3 for PC?