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Nintendo - Switch 2, Switch, 3DS, and Wii-U / NES Games Added to Switch Onli...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - April 28, 2026, 12:29:36 PMNew NES games were added to Switch online. The games are PAC-MAN, Mendel Palace, and THE TOWER OF DRUAGA. I've only played PAC-MAN... not sure how the other 2 games are ... yet! 
The games are listed below with their descriptions.
PAC-MAN
You control everyone's favorite iconic Pac-Man!
Navigate through mazes, gobbling pellets while simultaneously avoiding the devious ghosts. Warp from one edge of the maze to the other using the warp tunnels, or eat a Power Pellet to turn the tables and make the ghosts vulnerable! In order to clear the stage, you'll need to eat all the Pac-Dot pellets in the maze! See just how far you can get through the stages before losing all your lives! Fruit, like cherries and strawberries, will give you extra points to help you reach the highest score!
Mendel Palace
Flip panels to defeat enemies and rescue Candy!
This action game was released for the NES™ console in 1990 and features the protagonist Bon-Bon, whose best friend, Candy, has been trapped inside her own dream! To save Candy, he'll need to outsmart and overpower all of Candy's evil dolls. The toys that block his path can be defeated by flipping panels in the floors, pushing them into the walls. Some panels also have special effects that can be used to clear stages even more quickly!
THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
Control GIL, the hero, as he climbs the tower!
Starting from the first floor, pick up the key inside each maze and go through the door to advance to the next floor. To clear the game, you must defeat DRUAGA, the ruler of the tower, then advance to the top floor and save your beloved KI. Some foes need to land several hits before you lose a life—but many will kill you instantly! Failing to block a spell with your shield, touching fire, and running out of time will also cause you to lose a life. Run out of lives, the game is over. There are also secret tasks, one for each floor, that will reward you with hidden items, like a pickax that can destroy walls and boots that increase your movement speed. You will need some of these items to beat the game—missing key items will lead to certain death, or at least a dead end and a long return journey. Climb carefully!
Nintendo Link:
https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/new-update-for-nintendo-switch-online-members-april-2026/
Video:
Have you played these games? If not, are you going to play them? Thoughts, comments... post it up!
The games are listed below with their descriptions.PAC-MAN
You control everyone's favorite iconic Pac-Man!
Navigate through mazes, gobbling pellets while simultaneously avoiding the devious ghosts. Warp from one edge of the maze to the other using the warp tunnels, or eat a Power Pellet to turn the tables and make the ghosts vulnerable! In order to clear the stage, you'll need to eat all the Pac-Dot pellets in the maze! See just how far you can get through the stages before losing all your lives! Fruit, like cherries and strawberries, will give you extra points to help you reach the highest score!
Mendel Palace
Flip panels to defeat enemies and rescue Candy!
This action game was released for the NES™ console in 1990 and features the protagonist Bon-Bon, whose best friend, Candy, has been trapped inside her own dream! To save Candy, he'll need to outsmart and overpower all of Candy's evil dolls. The toys that block his path can be defeated by flipping panels in the floors, pushing them into the walls. Some panels also have special effects that can be used to clear stages even more quickly!
THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
Control GIL, the hero, as he climbs the tower!
Starting from the first floor, pick up the key inside each maze and go through the door to advance to the next floor. To clear the game, you must defeat DRUAGA, the ruler of the tower, then advance to the top floor and save your beloved KI. Some foes need to land several hits before you lose a life—but many will kill you instantly! Failing to block a spell with your shield, touching fire, and running out of time will also cause you to lose a life. Run out of lives, the game is over. There are also secret tasks, one for each floor, that will reward you with hidden items, like a pickax that can destroy walls and boots that increase your movement speed. You will need some of these items to beat the game—missing key items will lead to certain death, or at least a dead end and a long return journey. Climb carefully!
Nintendo Link:
https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/new-update-for-nintendo-switch-online-members-april-2026/
Video:
Have you played these games? If not, are you going to play them? Thoughts, comments... post it up!
#12
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Whuuuttt?! Gameboy Games o...
Last post by retro junkie - April 27, 2026, 06:04:05 PM@BLUEVOODU
Not sure...with Nintendo being as aggressive as they are. Vintex has got to be in Canada....that is I assume due to their postage rates. It is bold and arrogant for them too list all this stuff like they do. Ali Express on the other hand is China. They don't care. Although I do notice that anything to do with Mario is blurred out, but you know what it is.
I have seen on Ali Express a N64 cart with Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door. That is a Gamecube game. It has to be a Paper Mario 64 mod. I might need to pick that up next.
Quote from: BLUEVOODU on April 27, 2026, 04:48:43 PM@retro junkie --> I wonder how those people are able to sell the carts without getting shut down.
Not sure...with Nintendo being as aggressive as they are. Vintex has got to be in Canada....that is I assume due to their postage rates. It is bold and arrogant for them too list all this stuff like they do. Ali Express on the other hand is China. They don't care. Although I do notice that anything to do with Mario is blurred out, but you know what it is.
I have seen on Ali Express a N64 cart with Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door. That is a Gamecube game. It has to be a Paper Mario 64 mod. I might need to pick that up next.
#13
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: The Neo Geo AES+ !!!!! Rel...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - April 27, 2026, 04:56:59 PMman... your gif is spot on @retro junkie And from your statement, it sounds like this is not totally decided yet LOL 
For me.... I'm still trying to figure out if I Can do it, if I should do it... or just let it pass. I need to also find my Neo Geo X stuff (and probably just sell it). Ugh... this is hard to pass up... so awesome
So much awesome There has to be something wrong with it, right?!
For me.... I'm still trying to figure out if I Can do it, if I should do it... or just let it pass. I need to also find my Neo Geo X stuff (and probably just sell it). Ugh... this is hard to pass up... so awesome
So much awesome There has to be something wrong with it, right?! #14
Gaming / Movie / Media Deals / Re: Nintendo Switch Lite - Ama...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - April 27, 2026, 04:53:50 PMAH! I see. There must've been a good sale or something lol. If I found one for $150 right now, I probably would be game as well. It would be cool if they came up with something smaller form factor wise as well. IE smaller than the lite if possible.
#15
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Whuuuttt?! Gameboy Games o...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - April 27, 2026, 04:48:43 PMQuote from: Grindspine on April 24, 2026, 06:12:32 AMAt one point, I had a Super GameBoy adapter to play GB and GB Color games on the SNES. I eventually let it go only because Metroid II was the only game that I ever really used it to play.@Grindspine --> I believe I had the Super Game Boy adapter but rarely used it as well. I used the Game Boy player on the Gamecube mostly as a Game Boy Advance game player... but it would play pretty much every (I think every) original Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance (GBA) cartridges.
@retro junkie --> I wonder how those people are able to sell the carts without getting shut down.
The resolution looks like it could be potentially hard to view for an extended period of time. Then again, I didn't seem to play the GBA or other Game boy systems very super extended periods of time. Are these resalable due to their nature?
#16
General Discussion / Re: Project Hail Mary
Last post by BLUEVOODU - April 26, 2026, 04:43:50 PMQuote from: targetrasp on April 25, 2026, 02:06:14 PMI've not seen the movie but I started reading the book and it is fantastic. Its probably too late to catch it in the theater but I'll see it at some point.
@targetrasp - yeah... it's going to be on Prime. My understanding is that it's an Amazon movie (and one of their best grossing movies so far). I don't see any information on a physical release... not sure that will happen like Fly Me to The Moon... which sucks. However, the information for streaming has also not been released as well. Come on Amazon!
#17
General Discussion / Re: Project Hail Mary
Last post by targetrasp - April 25, 2026, 02:06:14 PMI've not seen the movie but I started reading the book and it is fantastic. Its probably too late to catch it in the theater but I'll see it at some point.
#18
Gaming / Movie / Media Deals / Re: Nintendo Switch Lite - Ama...
Last post by retro junkie - April 24, 2026, 12:39:32 PM@BLUEVOODU
The local Walmart had them for $149 back then. Not sure why, I can't remember. My Daughter and I both got one.
The local Walmart had them for $149 back then. Not sure why, I can't remember. My Daughter and I both got one.
#19
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Whuuuttt?! Gameboy Games o...
Last post by retro junkie - April 24, 2026, 12:34:43 PM@BLUEVOODU
Concerning the resolution, it is really not that bad. I have no idea if they are using some kind of upscaler in the emulator, I am thinking that they are because that would be the only way to deal with the difference. Here are a couple of pics, first the smoothing effect, which is a slight blur, and then the sharp. I tried to use a ruler to show the size of the pic, but my phone did not pick up the lighting in the room that I saw.
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I found these cartridges on Ali Express. But there is a place on line that have other games, they even have NES and SNES games on cart for the N64. The site is Vintex 64. I am going to need to save up my funds, sell a few games so that I can make an order from them. Their shipping is $35 set fee for the US which includes import fees. The game I got from Ali Express were about $16 with a $6 shipping. So, factoring the shipping, they are costing $20 plus. Not a bad price considering the price of games and for what they are. When I make an order from Vintex I want to order as many games as I can in order to reduce the pain of the shipping.
https://www.vintex64.com/store/c24/N64_-_GB_%26_GBC_Converts.html
Concerning the resolution, it is really not that bad. I have no idea if they are using some kind of upscaler in the emulator, I am thinking that they are because that would be the only way to deal with the difference. Here are a couple of pics, first the smoothing effect, which is a slight blur, and then the sharp. I tried to use a ruler to show the size of the pic, but my phone did not pick up the lighting in the room that I saw.
You cannot view this attachment.
You cannot view this attachment.
I found these cartridges on Ali Express. But there is a place on line that have other games, they even have NES and SNES games on cart for the N64. The site is Vintex 64. I am going to need to save up my funds, sell a few games so that I can make an order from them. Their shipping is $35 set fee for the US which includes import fees. The game I got from Ali Express were about $16 with a $6 shipping. So, factoring the shipping, they are costing $20 plus. Not a bad price considering the price of games and for what they are. When I make an order from Vintex I want to order as many games as I can in order to reduce the pain of the shipping.
https://www.vintex64.com/store/c24/N64_-_GB_%26_GBC_Converts.html
#20
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Whuuuttt?! Gameboy Games o...
Last post by Grindspine - April 24, 2026, 06:12:32 AMThat could have helped move the N64.
At one point, I had a Super GameBoy adapter to play GB and GB Color games on the SNES. I eventually let it go only because Metroid II was the only game that I ever really used it to play.
At one point, I had a Super GameBoy adapter to play GB and GB Color games on the SNES. I eventually let it go only because Metroid II was the only game that I ever really used it to play.