A dear family member has passed on...

Nayrman · July 17, 2011, 10:35:25 AM

A sad, sad farewell to something I hold dear. After 20 years of loyal and unwavering service, through my youngest days til now, it's been sitting, eagerly ready to be of use. I bid thee farewell Super Nintendo. You were my first gaming console. One of my earliest memories is playing Super Mario Bros. on the All-Stars pack with my dad. We never made it past world 4 when I was that young, but it was fun none the less. You had everything a kid like me wanted. All sorts of genres and all of my favorite characters (minus Sonic of course). From Mario to Power Rangers to Ninja Turtles to Donkey Kong, you had everything. Years went by and consoles came and went, but you were always there, functioning and ready to go at any time. N64 doesn't play as well as it used to, and I've had to replace most of my systems at least once for one reason or another (yay warranties). But you SNES, you never failed me. Through moves, all of schooling, friends come and gone, you were always there, happy to relive old memories if I needed you. Finally, that day as come I have most dreaded amongst gaming. Not Nintendo going third party, or the loss of consoles in general to casual bullpooptery, but the day you leave this earth, never to play another game. I'll miss you good buddy. May you join your brothers Gameboy and Sega Genesis in gaming heaven.

R.I.P.
SUPER NINTENDO
1991-2011

Mind you, this MAY just be an AC adapter issue, but this is the first time in 20 years the thing has failed to turn on for whatever reason (short of not being plugged in of course). I'll check some adapters online, but to be honest I fear the thing as finally kicked the bucket. Any systems you guys have loved that eventually died from old age?

Neerb · July 17, 2011, 10:43:20 AM

I sell all my old consoles, so they never die of old age while in my household.

However, I have lost several consoles over the years to far more obnoxious reasons; my 360 red ringed after less than a year of ownership, my Wii mysteriously lost the ability to spin discs while at my grandma's house, and my first DS was stolen. All were shortly replaced, except for that bullcrap 360; I'm not going back to Xbox unless they have an exclusive release of Banjo-Kazooie 3.

Doodle · July 17, 2011, 11:16:20 AM

Oddly enough, the only console to ever go on me was the Gamecube for whatever the reason. We were getting a Wii though, so nobody bothered to fix it.
My NES is still going strong, but I never use it since it takes 20 tries to get a game to actually work. I could mess with it and replace parts and stuff, but I'd probably end up breaking it. :U

Nayrman · July 17, 2011, 11:36:38 AM

Quote from: Doodle on July 17, 2011, 11:16:20 AM
Oddly enough, the only console to ever go on me was the Gamecube for whatever the reason. We were getting a Wii though, so nobody bothered to fix it.
My NES is still going strong, but I never use it since it takes 20 tries to get a game to actually work. I could mess with it and replace parts and stuff, but I'd probably end up breaking it. :U

My Sega Genesis was like that for a while before finally kicking the bucket. But my SNES worked perfectly until today. Looking online it's one of two things:
1. AC Adapter just plain fried over time, need to replace (the easy problem)
2. The fuse in the SNES fried over time. Can get replaced at a old game shop or if you know someone who can do it.

DededeCloneChris · July 17, 2011, 02:01:46 PM

Reminds me of my old SNES, but thankfully its legacy lives on my Wii.

Kayo · July 17, 2011, 02:05:01 PM

Quote from: MooglePlayerChris on July 17, 2011, 02:01:46 PM
Reminds me of my old SNES, but thankfully its legacy lives on my Wii.

Why did you change the title of that post?

Also Nayr, I hope it's just an adapter issue. You've done nothing wrong to deserve this. :(

Nayrman · July 17, 2011, 02:27:24 PM

Quote from: Kayo on July 17, 2011, 02:05:01 PM
Why did you change the title of that post?

Also Nayr, I hope it's just an adapter issue. You've done nothing wrong to deserve this. :(

Thanks. If all else fails, there is a Nintendo product repair site that has an option for my problem.

Tupin · July 17, 2011, 04:00:23 PM

SNES consoles are cheap if it's broken anyway.

… · July 17, 2011, 06:05:28 PM

My first Gamecube stopped reading discs but I had a replacement plan at Best Buy for it. So they gave me a voucher for the full price that was originally paid for it, but the Gamecube had recently undergone a price cut, so I had an extra 50 bucks.

Kayo · July 17, 2011, 06:33:34 PM

I love my Gamecube to death. Fortunately if mine breaks I know I can get another one for $30 or less, which would be totally worth it. Don't care that the Wii exists, I loved the Gamecube.

Nayrman · July 17, 2011, 07:37:11 PM

Quote from: Tupin on July 17, 2011, 04:00:23 PM
SNES consoles are cheap if it's broken anyway.

It's not necessarily the SNES in it of itself Tupin...

Matt · July 17, 2011, 08:15:02 PM

I've had a Xbox, multiple Xbox 360s, Playstation 1 & 2, Dreamcast, multiple Gameboys(Original, Color, Advance, SP) DS(Original, Lite), and Genesis die or malfunction on me due to constant use. A N64 might have but I don't recall one doing so as they were a superior console.

Kayo · July 17, 2011, 08:20:43 PM

Oh yeah, my Gameboy Advance has fallen into disuse. It turns on fine, but the dpad doesn't work unless you press REALLY hard for a few seconds. Except for up. It's impossible to play using it though, but it's fine because I have my SP and DS that play GBA games.

Tupin · July 18, 2011, 12:41:20 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on July 17, 2011, 07:37:11 PM
It's not necessarily the SNES in it of itself Tupin...

I guess I can understand. I still regret selling my NES, the first system I ever played. I got one again, but it's not exactly the same.
These things were built to be tough. It's probably just the power supply. Go to the Digital Press forums, they'll help you find out what's wrong.

The Seventh · July 18, 2011, 12:58:41 PM

The only game system I've ever had that mysteriously stopped working was the Wii. I don't even know why it stopped-just wouldn't boot up. Think it got bricked...but I haven't a clue as to why.