Cover Art: 4 bits out of 16

16-bit: Standard beat em up. Can't touch the likes of TMNT in Time and Final Fight.
15-bit: Playing the levels in the pre-morph can be boring since your ranger does very little cool(besides Zack spinning on his flat top in a dancing move while kicking foes).
14-bit: Zack spins on his flat top.

RIP Trini

13-bit: Fighting styles do match their TV counterparts.
12-bit: Putties don't offer much of a challenge. If anything they are cheap. They hit you during mid attack.
11-bit: Bosses are cool but way easy.
10-bit: No story whats so ever.
9-bit: Besides strike and tossing putties there isn't much to do to them.
8-bit: Morphin effects are pretty great and its all you want since the levels are such a bore before it happens.
7-bit: You get this bomb and it explodes into some sort of power ranger bomb... Its very Golden Axeish. Nothing like this in the show.
6-bit: Graphics are ok. I would say the rangers look good. Everything else(Angel Grove) looks very bland.
5-bit: bulk and scull in the juice bar!
4 bit: Platforming is a bit tricky. Rangers feel like they have weights in their feet.
3-bit: Weapons are included in the attacks which is cool.
2-bit: Where are the zords? I know.. Play the zord fighting game.
1-bit: Again I could have landed on a lot worse but this game feels a bit mailed in and I am sure they just wanted to get it out to make even more money off the Rangers at that point. I remember renting this game and blowing through it in a hour or so on a Friday night and being pissed. It can't hold a candle to other beat em ups and I have yet to play the movie edition which "looks" better. Fun to play to laugh at but not fun to play...to play.

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How this works: I have all the NES and SNES roms(if you would have given me such a machine in 1992 I would have locked myself in my room and lost touch with reality) on my wii. I close my eyes and scroll through the list and whatever I land on I play. 

Cover art rating: 3bits out of 8bits.

1-bit: The game is like Contra but in a car. Dodge this, power up this and impossible boss fights.
2-bit: There are cheap moments like when the screen isnt fast enough and you jump in the "deep" part of the water and your boat/car sinks? It makes no sense... I know its a boat.
3-bit: You can change your guns positioning. Front,sides and back. You have to be quick but its pretty cool and works well.
4-bit: They are more then fair with power ups and lives to keep you going.
5-bit: When you take these turns the game does this thing disorienting thing that throws you off
6-bit: Music is ok... Nothing to wrote home about.
7-bit: Game is challenging but not over difficult. The boss battles are a bit cheap but keep you coming back for more. Not a power off frustration. 
8-bit: I was pretty lucky to pick this game. There is a ton of shit on the list and this was fun and some what addicting. I've never played it before I'll be coming back to this one for sure. I didn't really touch on the graphics but its a great looking game. Pushed the hardware pretty well here.  
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Well I am huge em head and I have never been on board with playing my favorite SNES/NES games on my phone. The virtual game pad feels impossible to me. Like whats the point of dying and being terrible at SMB3? If I had my game controller I would be way better. I hated other 3rd party crap controllers that feels off,cheap and is just terrible. So I just stuck to my roms on my Wii or my 1st gen PSP which are both pretty good but my psp is huge and my Wii is well my Wii.

I gave up on any hope on a controller until now...

Its beautiful isn't? But is it functional? OH YES IT! 8bitdo did a amazing job with this thing. Such an amazing job I can't believe they haven't been sued into outer space. It feels like a real NES controller. From the rubber start button to the amazing but plastic d pad. I have carried this thing everywhere with me and even used it during boring trainings which now fly by as I don't pay attention to my job but play Super Castlevania 4. I have had random strangers come up to me in public and ask "is that what I think it is?" "Are you playing SNES on your tablet or phone?" They love trying it out and want one of their own but when I get into explaining Emulators and roms they look at me like I'm talking Spanish. Which I don't understand its not that hard. It also has some great features like being able to use it with the Wii(which I haven't yet),wall charger and being able to update the firmware. So how does it play?

NES Games

I've played a lot of different NES games with it and they play without a hitch. No lag and very responsive. I will say the set up was a bit confusing as the instructions didn't really help with how my devices(Note II and Nexus 7 Tab) hook up. I was pretty pissed that I could connect my controller to the device but the emulators were not picking it up. Well after searching the 8bitdo site I finally found a app that you download that helps do that. No where in the manual did it say that or what the hell I wasn't doing. Maybe it was just me being dumb and my user error but wasn't very clear how to get this thing rolling outside of connecting it by holding "Start" for 3 secs.
Back to the games. They all tested great and the lag was zero. I mean zero. I was playing Contra on my phone with no lag of any sort. It was amazing. I use Contra to always test out these things since the game mashing is so crazy and it just passed with flying colors. Mapping out the buttons was very easy. My only real gripe is the space of the "Y" and "A" button as they are farther then the real "B" and "A" button which makes sliding your fingers over a bit of a adjustment. But after a 30 mins that goes away the problem isn't much of one anymore.

SNES Games
I was worried about some lag with this one since SNES just demands more but again it preformed with no flaws. NBA JAM TE and MK3 played amazing. No button lag or screen. Lets talk triggers for a bit. This is basically a SNES pad put into NES form and the trigger work and push great but the straight corners can cause some pain after some extended playing where the original SNES pad is rounded and feel much better to the hand. Really if I had my choice I would want a SNES pad over the NES pad for that very reason. The triggers don't cause any issues in the playing but just in your hands.

So buy it?
Yes!! GO BUY IT NOW!  If you are a Em Head like me then this is a must for $33. Plus I know my kids down the road will be all over this when they are a bit older. I plan on buying a 2nd one before they get sued.. I hope not but damn I'd be shocked if they didn't. I don't leave home without this thing and it will make you the coolest kid err..adult at work.

Pros
-No lag
-Authentic feel
-High quality
-Works with the Wii
-Charges with Micro USB
-20+ hours of use

Cons
-Set up is a bit tricky
-SNES trigger pain

Check out Retro Collects review of the NES30 since its more technical and they are just better writers then me.

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A few months ago I decided I needed to track down some NES cover art for my "me room"(Still no pictures..I know) and looked at some auctions on Ebay. I thought some had some pretty crappy looking quality. I found 8bitfetish which had a huge selection. The quality looked way better than the other options. They even have some classic video game scenes! I can't wait to see what more scenes they decide to push out. I decided to take the plunge and ordered the original Super Mario Bros and TMNT II The Arcade Game.

Got my order in a few days. The posters were a 13 x 19 and were full of 8 bits of awesomeness. Great colors,great quality poster and didn't break the bank($11.99+Free shipping). I am huge sucker for Nintendo box art from the NES and SNES days and I couldn't wait to get more.
The other day I was thinking I needed a NES Knight Rider poster to complement my Knight Rider display and I thought why not ask 8bitfetish to be my Friend?!?!? I mean I love Nintendo box art,their stuff is outstanding and its fast and cheap(oh yeah!). I contacted Steve the owner of 8bitfetish with the idea of getting one poster a month sent to me to review on SD80sK. So did he say yes?........ YES! I am excited to announce that SD80sK is partnering up with 8bitfetish! Reviewing Nintendo box posters sounds like a dream come true and the Knight Rider poster should be here any day! So please welcome them to the blog and go check out their amazing posters and their website(still under construction) and Ebay Store!




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I have a odd love for game art. Maybe its from my days of rushing to the toy department at my local Meijer or Toys R Us(which had the pictures you flip to look at the back.. Oh wait they still have it.) to see the latest games. Back then you didn't really know release dates. The games just showed up in the case for me to drool over.

The cover art used to be your whole choice if you were lucky enough to be buying a game that day. A few games I can remember buying solely based on the cover are:
-Final Fight
-Mortal Kombat 2
-Michael Jordan Chaos in the windy city
-Any of the three Star Wars games
-WWF Royal Rumble
-Bulls vs Blazers

I am glad I still own these boxes.

I think cover today is just awful. Just a bunch of faces most the time.

Here is some honorable mentions.
-Zelda: Link to the Past. Very simple but the black border with the gold Zelda logo just screams greatness at you.
-Bulls vs Blazer. My favorite NBA team on a SNES box? I'm in.
-Super Metroid. Its a great cover but I never played the game through until last year so the effect isn't as great on me
-Royal Rumble(its still real to me damnit!). All my favorite wrestlers(Bret Hart!) with a terrible looking chair photo shopped in with the classic Royal Rumble logo. Man wrestling used to be awesome.

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