Good stuff! I'll look forward to more of these. SMB1 is a game that my brain, on autopilot, will sometimes just load up when I'm not sure how I want to pass a few minutes. And then I always end up getting more into it than I expect. It's far more inviting than any later Mario game. It's so easy to jump back into old 1-1 again and find that I want to just keep going.
On the topic of controllers, I have this controller, which I use on Switch and elsewhere, and I love it.
It's based on the Genesis 6-button, which isn't quite ideal for NES but it's still a large improvement over the Pro IMHO, and you'll be able to use it on a lot more games than the NES controller will allow. And it's half the price, for half the number of controllers, so that's, uh, something.
Maybe it's just me, but something about the M30 feels perfect in my hands. I loved the feel of the old Genesis 6-button too, my favorite gamepad of the era, and that's coming from a solid Nintendo guy. The M30 is an interesting compromise in that it doesn't have sticks (which feels great if you don't need them), but it has all the other buttons and a D-pad (which can be set to function as d-pad, left-stick, or right-stick, as needed). So you can't quite use it on every game, but you can use it on a lot of games, modern and retro. It's always the one I go for in those cases.
SMB1 is crazy inviting. I love the other Mario games, but they can feel like decent-sized commitments.
I did not know about the M30, that looks awesome! $29.99 is always better than $59.99.
The Genesis 6-button pad is such an improvement from the 3-button iteration. Arguably better than the SNES controller, and I absolutely love the latter.
Good stuff! I'll look forward to more of these. SMB1 is a game that my brain, on autopilot, will sometimes just load up when I'm not sure how I want to pass a few minutes. And then I always end up getting more into it than I expect. It's far more inviting than any later Mario game. It's so easy to jump back into old 1-1 again and find that I want to just keep going.
On the topic of controllers, I have this controller, which I use on Switch and elsewhere, and I love it.
https://www.8bitdo.com/m30/
It's based on the Genesis 6-button, which isn't quite ideal for NES but it's still a large improvement over the Pro IMHO, and you'll be able to use it on a lot more games than the NES controller will allow. And it's half the price, for half the number of controllers, so that's, uh, something.
Maybe it's just me, but something about the M30 feels perfect in my hands. I loved the feel of the old Genesis 6-button too, my favorite gamepad of the era, and that's coming from a solid Nintendo guy. The M30 is an interesting compromise in that it doesn't have sticks (which feels great if you don't need them), but it has all the other buttons and a D-pad (which can be set to function as d-pad, left-stick, or right-stick, as needed). So you can't quite use it on every game, but you can use it on a lot of games, modern and retro. It's always the one I go for in those cases.
Just know that you'll probably be remapping it.
SMB1 is crazy inviting. I love the other Mario games, but they can feel like decent-sized commitments.
I did not know about the M30, that looks awesome! $29.99 is always better than $59.99.
The Genesis 6-button pad is such an improvement from the 3-button iteration. Arguably better than the SNES controller, and I absolutely love the latter.
Great to see you embark on another project like this! And I concur: Mr. Parish’s videos are really good.
Thanks! We'll see how long I last, haha.
And yes, Parish always does the homework the rest of us don't want to do.