I think we need a seperate NES board here

[Dittohead Servbot #24]

I didn't see a section of the Forum for suggestions so other than that, I don't know where else to put this kind of topic.

 

Now, there are seperate forums for each Atari console (of course), along with the other major second generation consoles, the Intellevision and Colecovision. And at the modern gaming forum, there are separate forums for each of the major seventh generation consoles (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360). That being said, why not create a separate NES forum also? It along with the Atari 2600 are by far the most popularly collected consoles/games of all time, and while the Atari 2600 is the first truly great video game console and started the whole video gaming thing in general pretty much, the NES is what saved the video game industry from dying forever.

 

That being said, the NES more than deserves its own forum here and I imagine there's plenty of fellow NES collectors/players like myself who could really use it. Who's with me?

[+Psionic]

That's why God invented NintendoAge.

[tz101]

I have thought the same, and even for SNES and Genesis. I mean AA already has sections for Colecovision and Intellivision. But I can sort of understand that they cannot be all-encompassing, I mean where would it end? However, if you are looking for a single site that covers every system out there, classics to current, with lots of downloadable content, then look nowhere else but the link in my signature. Very nice indeed...

[gdement]

I didn't see a section of the Forum for suggestions so other than that, I don't know where else to put this kind of topic.

That section is listed 2nd from bottom on the list - "Web Site Comments"

 

That being said, the NES more than deserves its own forum here and I imagine there's plenty of fellow NES collectors/players like myself who could really use it. Who's with me?

I am.

[Mister VCS]

The NES is a "modern" system IMO. Yes, i am old-fashioned...

The "classic-eara ends with the Atari 7800 in my eyes.

[Trooper]

I vote "no".

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

I vote "no".

 

 

+1 and a bloody HOOOOORAAAAAY!

[+GroovyBee]

I vote no to NES and yes to Dragon 32 . Having said that, both machines are on my list of "must do something for".

[Herbarius]

The NES is a "modern" system IMO. Yes, i am old-fashioned...

The "classic-eara ends with the Atari 7800 in my eyes.

I agree with you, the "classic era" ends with the 7800... But I don't agree on the NES being "modern". It's a "golden era" system. (In fact it sorta jumpstarted the golden era.)

 

Edited March 12, 2010 by Herbarius

[newtype5]

'I think we need a seperate NES board here '

 

 

edit: sorry, but i don't agree with that. the golden age started with the odyssey1. going by comic standards, it's golden age - silver age - bronze age - modern age. i do think that any videogame system from the 80's qualifies as 'classic' though. just my two cents. about all it's really worth!

Edited March 12, 2010 by newtype5

[Rev. Rob]

I vote "no".

 

For real. I don't even feel like we need the separate Coleco and Intellivision forums.

[jahfish]

ATARIAGE IS NOT A POP ALBUM

 

i though it might be better to link the video than writing out the last phrase in the video

Edited March 12, 2010 by jahfish

[Chris Leach]

That's why God invented NintendoAge.

Linked sure, but adding Nintendo?

Not real sure how many people want to have their site compared to the one mentioned above...? ?

 

I've been collecting NES for around 7 years, and just recently started a NES site that I hope to half as good as this one:

quoted from here

 

Not sure it's even half as good as Atariage.com

 

I think Nintendo is discussed a fair share in the other threads without it's own heading...

[jboypacman]

If we are doing a vote on this then i will say "no" as well.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

If we are doing a vote on this then i will say "no" as well.

 

+2 and a BLOOOODY HOOOOORAY!!!!!!!!

[Cebus Capucinis]

s*** my m*****f****** d***

 

otherwise known as

 

this gentleman votes no.

[the.golden.ax]

I don't know if it is because special people gravitate towards just NES alone as fanboys, but per capita I'd say that NA has more problematic personalities. I'm personally a video game connoisseur, enjoying everything and as of late. Being a fanboy of games in general and nothing specific in particular. That said, I would embrace having a section for anything classic on AA... yes even Nintendo. Just so I can avoid the other sites. However, if it means attracting those very special individuals, perhaps it is best to keep it classic, and shall we say, before their time.

 

AX

 

PS ...but I still don't get the bad blood fan-boy-ism, why you can't like BOTH Nintendo and Atari.

[CGQuarterly]

I vote "no".

 

For real. I don't even feel like we need the separate Coleco and Intellivision forums.

 

Agreed.

 

It makes sense to have separate forums for all of the Atari systems, because this is first and foremost an Atari website. Above and beyond that, I would like to see as few sub-forums dedicated to particular systems as possible. I wish the modern gaming forum wasn't even sub-divided as it is. I don't use the "view new content" link, so I end up looking through 7 or 8 sub-forums every time I visit. The only sub-forum that I really like is the auctions forum, because I hate when people spam up the marketplace forum pimping their eBay auctions.

 

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to tell anyone how to run their site. I am just voicing my personal preference based on my own forum viewing habits. I am saying though that a separate NES forum is completely unnecessary. I can understand why the OP feels the way he does, though. We have forums for the Coleco- and Intellivision, so why not the NES? Why not the Genesis, SNES, and TG16, too?

 

Chris

[jboypacman]

I vote "no".

 

For real. I don't even feel like we need the separate Coleco and Intellivision forums.

 

Agreed.

 

It makes sense to have separate forums for all of the Atari systems, because this is first and foremost an Atari website. Above and beyond that, I would like to see as few sub-forums dedicated to particular systems as possible. I wish the modern gaming forum wasn't even sub-divided as it is. I don't use the "view new content" link, so I end up looking through 7 or 8 sub-forums every time I visit. The only sub-forum that I really like is the auctions forum, because I hate when people spam up the marketplace forum pimping their eBay auctions.

 

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to tell anyone how to run their site. I am just voicing my personal preference based on my own forum viewing habits. I am saying though that a separate NES forum is completely unnecessary. I can understand why the OP feels the way he does, though. We have forums for the Coleco- and Intellivision, so why not the NES? Why not the Genesis, SNES, and TG16, too?

 

Chris

 

You hit it on the head Chris.

[coyo5050]

Colecovision and Intellivision were major competitors of Atari in their heyday and my childhood memories so I think those systems deserve more notice here as they do. NES was a part of a whole new period and there is a pretty big site devoted to that system already. I love all systems but I think the website setup is good now and there are always general forums to look through.

[Rev]

you would not believe how many hours of begging and bribing i had to do to get albert to start the intellivision forum

 

 

j/k Al.

 

 

 

btw, thanks

[hhwolfman]

I would say, NES Started the new age. All though I have nothing against talking about it here, Just doesn't need to have its on Board . I vote NO.

[+Psionic]

Dedicated forums for ColecoVision and Intellivision probably weren't really needed, but it makes sense to have them due to the amount of people here at AA who are into these systems (especially the CV) and the fact that these systems have no dedicated forums of their own on other sites. This being an Atari site, there is obviously a strong bent among the members toward pre-NES consoles.

 

On the other hand, the NES ushered in a whole new era of gaming. Nintendo people tend to be from a different (obviously younger) age group and are generally an altogether different type of gamer/collector than the fans of the arcade/pre-NES era. I really don't see the point of a NES-specific subforum, as I don't think most people here would be in favor of anything that encourages more discussion of Nintendo stuff when there's plenty of other places to do that (like the aformentioned NintendoAge).

[+thegoldenband]

Yeah, there's really no other place on the net to talk Intellivision, other than the INTVProg list which is really for programming and hardware discussions. So the dedicated Inty forum is very much appreciated, and fills a genuine need, but that need doesn't really exist for the NES, SNES, or Genesis, much as I love all three systems. There are already dedicated websites like Nintendo Age, Sega-16, SMSPower, et al.

 

And for that matter, there are solid communities for many of the other pre-NES consoles like the Vectrex and Odyssey2 (as Videopac), so frankly I'm quite happy with the status quo!

Edited March 13, 2010 by thegoldenband

[Rev. Rob]

There's lots of rep being handed out in this thread, lol!