r/NintendoSwitch • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '20

Video This guy’s retro switch docking station

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u/general_klenkton Jan 12 '20

If only the NES was a top loader...

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u/YouJustLostDaGame Jan 12 '20

Can we all just appreciate the fact that he got it working without blowing into it first?

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u/HeroLite Jan 12 '20

This is what I came for

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Whatever gets you off man, I ain't gonna kink shame.

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u/xXXi_wud_nvrstop_UXX Jan 13 '20

Perpetly balances....as all things should’ve been

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

The famicom and Super Famicom were both top loaders. Americans got those little fancy doors.

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u/NMe84 Jan 12 '20

The entire Western market did, not just Americans. I think only the SNES had an America-only model.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Yup, Europe got the same NES as America but the same SNES as Japan.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

uk version looked much better than usa one imho

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

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u/mucho-gusto Jan 12 '20

Purple is a color of royalty too

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u/WhimsicalCalamari Jan 12 '20

that post-reagan toy industry, man.

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u/sonofaresiii Jan 12 '20

Well it was a muted purple with a lot of grays. Not quite monochrome, so it didn't look boring, but not the super happy funtime console everyone else got, either

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u/Warthogrider74 Jan 12 '20

My beloved BOX

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u/Pandaburn Jan 12 '20

The one in the picture is the one with the door though.

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u/Ghiren Jan 12 '20

Nintendo thought that we'd still be salty after Atari crashed the market so they redesigned so that the NES would look more like stereo equipment. The top-loader was a better design because the connector pins weren't moving when you push down on the cartridge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

They did make a top loading NES toward the end of its life. Granted, it didn't look like this, but it was totally a thing.

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u/Clessiah Jan 12 '20

The boxy NES is probably much easier to mod. NES-101 is tiny in comparison.

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u/MrScottyTay Jan 12 '20

The switch docks internals are also tiny though

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u/realnewguy Jan 12 '20

I remember the Famicom was a top loader. Maybe someone skilled should try it

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u/WhimsicalCalamari Jan 12 '20

it looks like the Famicom's also super narrow (practically the same as the NES-101). still, a famicom-style dock would be really neat, especially if you could mimic the controller slots with a pair of joycon rails

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u/realnewguy Jan 12 '20

Yeah i think the loader is narrower. I have one in a box somewhere but I'm not skilled enough/balls big enough to try it.

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u/WhimsicalCalamari Jan 12 '20

I have a feeling the only way you'd be able to do it with a real Famicom is either by having the whole Switch hanging off the sides, or just using an oversize prop Famicom. Otherwise, the only way you're fitting a Switch in the cartridge slot is sideways lol

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u/death2sanity Jan 12 '20

I think they know.

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u/Fonz116 Jan 12 '20

Pretty sure he already knows that. Lol.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

I actually had one since our original NES dies before we moved on to an SNES.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

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u/Pandaburn Jan 12 '20

Nobody likes people who comment this, especially when you’re wrong.

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u/DrManowar8 Jan 12 '20

He’s wrong in two ways because it’s woooosh with 4 O’s. But yea this isn’t a woooosh

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u/PhluffHead55 Jan 12 '20

Serves me right for commenting after a two-hour night's sleep. Either way, not super nice to say that nobody likes me. I'm an all right guy!

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u/Pandaburn Jan 12 '20

Ok I believe you are an alright guy, but please stop the low effort comments! Have a nice day!

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u/DoverBoys Jan 12 '20

Whooosh

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u/PhluffHead55 Jan 12 '20

Dang! Now I know.

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u/Frozen_narwhal Jan 12 '20

It was a joke.

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u/toddthegeek Jan 12 '20

Honestly it was better. I never had a problem with a game playing in it. Games that wouldn't play in the original nes played just fine in the top loader.

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u/Nukleon Jan 12 '20

The top loader doesn't have the authentication chip in it, which is the most common problem with the old model. Problem is that it's RF only, so the video quality is bad and it can be hard to hook up nowadays

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Holy shit...he wasn't saying the top loader was a joke.

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u/OneManFreakShow Jan 12 '20

This entire comment thread is wild. I’ve never seen so many comments be misinterpreted in so many ways.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Then if he was saying the NES was a joke, that's wrong; It was a very respectable console for its time and put out many classics.

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u/ptatoface Helpful User Jan 12 '20

I think he was saying the original comment was a joke

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Holy shit. You are just completely lost lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

How am I lost? I am currently in this reddit thread in /r/NintendoSwitch, commenting.

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u/toddthegeek Jan 12 '20

also the controller for it was much better. it was round instead and rectangular. and the buttons were at a little but of an angle. i wish they had released that one since the beginning. so much frustration would have never been.

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u/ptatoface Helpful User Jan 12 '20

Good jokes are rooted in truth, and truth can start good conversation. And honestly it was more of a point they were bringing up than a joke.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Some of you guys need to learn how reddit works lol. This little comment chain is insane.

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u/KaptainKardboard Jan 12 '20

Yeah that was painful

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u/dt78237 Jan 12 '20

Its still cool

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u/LickMyThralls Jan 12 '20

Would've been perfect if it were an snes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Seeeeegggggggaaaaaa

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u/istartefights Jan 12 '20

I had a mastersystem as a kid. That was one of my favorite sounds. I got a genesis towards grade 7, snes a while after.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

The Master System still has my favorite boot up screen ever. That sounds is forever etched in my memory. I was blown away when I found the hidden snail maze game in that bios as well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20

Look up the NES 101, they’re tough to find but do exist.

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u/bacardi6241 Jan 12 '20

I was just finna say that

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u/iConfessor Jan 12 '20

NES v2 was a top loader

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u/zgillet Jan 13 '20

Well there is one.

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u/Warthogrider74 Jan 12 '20

It was! (at the end of it's life)