
While I agree that’s a better way to view them, what happens a few years from now when they take that webpage down? It would have been nice to have them saved on this device, just as an archive: The “manuals” button is just a notice telling you to go to their website to get the manuals. I’m not even sure why they put this here, but they wasted an “options” page on legal notices: Here’s all the languages the menu supports: More screenshots and a full-sized image can be found below. Here’s a close-up of the blurring effect of the CRT filter. Pixel Perfect: This mode displays the games in their original aspect ratio, which does not look correct on a flat-screen TV. Save states are managed by hitting the down arrow and choosing your slot:ĬRT filter: This ads scanlines and a blurring effect that mimic’s a low-quality CRT TV.Ĥ:3: This mode displays the games how they’d look on a 4:3 CRT screen. Pressing reset on the front of the console will bring you back to this menu at any time and will allow you to create a save state. The main screen shows a picture of the original game box and can be sorted by name, release date, developer and recently played. There isn’t much to show about the menu’s and the video options are a bit disappointing, but I’ll show what there is to offer: Here’s the bottom side (click for full-sized): Here’s a closeup of the top of the motherboard (click for full-sized): The internals are a small circuit board, with an aluminum heat sink: It’s a bit odd that the HDMI port is upside down. The rear is equally as simple with just a USB-style charging port and an HDMI port. The front of the NES Classic has Power and Reset buttons, as well as two controller inputs. In fact, the NES Classic is only about the width of the NES controller itself! The outer casing is a direct throwback to the original front-loading Nintendo console, but much smaller. It covers everything except the picture comparisons found below: Here’s a video review of the NES Classic, it’s features and how it works. Since there are so many other reviews being released, this review will concentrate on things other serious retro gamers would be interested in.


A full list of games, as well as other info can be found on the Wikipedia page. It only outputs 720p HDMI video and has limited options, but it’s 30 games and retail price of $60 might make it a great choice for the casual retro-gamer. This is a review of the NES Classic console released in 2016.
