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"Is it worth buying either a SNES or a MEGADRIVE?"

I was looking in my local Computer Exchange and they were selling the consoles for £25 each. They had a few games, but is it worth buying one? Which one is better?

super mario world is coming to the GBA too though. anyway, the GBA isnt just old snes conversions. there has been talk of games such as black & white coming out for it. god knows how that would work though.

Chr!stos wrote:
> But is there any point? Mario Kart is coming on the GBA and Donkey
> KOng Country I already have on the GBC!

Maybe I should get a
> megadrive.

The GBC Donkey Kong Country is inferior to the Snes one and the Snes versions are much cheaper than their Gameboy conversion counterparts.
You'll be able to play Snes games on a big screen and I've heard that there's an adaptor for the GBA being made that lets you play your Snes games on it.

It's up to you. Do you wait until November to buy Mario Advance (Mario Kart with a link lead four player) for £35 or do you get Mario Kart for £10 (with 2 player split screen instead).

The Advance one will be slightly better but not £25 worth!!

Do you buy Mario Advance for £35 or buy Mario All Stars for £10 where you get Mario 2 (admittedly, without one or two advance features) along with Mario, Mario 3 and lost levels.

Super Mario World is far, far better than Mario Advance (which you'll get bundled with your Snes.)

Ok then, I'll try that now. Wonder if they will find out if you're not 18?

DeltaJava wrote:
I've tried to sell my Amiga in the past few weeks, and when I signed up to eBay, I thought I could do it, but I'm afraid the site requires your credit card details, and expects you to be over 18.

i just got my mum to sign up for me. it only asks for your credit card details if you sign up with a hotmail e-mail address. try using the address you were given by your ISP. if you want to know if someone is reliable when selling on e-bay, go to the sellers feedback, see if they have good feedback.

Im sure theres a way you can use your Snes Pad on a PC...but it would be really complicated and would involve messing around with wires etc...

Your much better off buying a good PC pad, I have a sidewinder which is a good pad.

Usually theres a PC pad that looks like your consoles pad somewhere. Pop down the shop and youll see a load of PC pads based on the Playstation design, and maybe even one that looks like an N64 pad.

Just get the PC pad thats right for you..

Failing that just buy the SNES!

And if i was to get an emulator for a SNES, how would i be able to use my snes joypad to play the games, is this possible?

Chr!stos wrote:
I don't understand how this
> works. If I bid now, and no-body bid afterwards, would I get all
> that for £3.50?

Also is it reliable arranging for it to be
> delivered?

Does anyone use ebay often and can shed some
> light?
I'm all new to this!

Ebay is as reliable as the individual who is selling what you are looking for, i have bought a few things from ebay and have never had any problems with not getting my goods delivered. Check how many good feedback ratings a seller has, if there are quite a few, then you can usually say that your goods will get to your door. Although sometimes they will overcharge you for P&P, but that isnt too much of a problem.

Dont get a MegaDrive just emulate one even my PC does it reasonably well.

MarioKart on the other hand cant be emulated well.

No!

portable gaming can never give the experince of a large screen. In all honestly i think the GBA screen is just a joke. It makes a better mirror for gods sake, its way too reflective. And their aint many lights for it on the market.


A snes is definitly worth it for Mario kart alone.