Birthday was a week+ ago. Wife got a full-on NES bundle as a sweet-ass birthday present. The thing came in the original box, even the original cords and styrofoam. It works like a champ. Funny thing is, I pulled it out and turned it on and there was all this garbage on the screen. So I blew the dust off the cart (you know, the NES trick) and it freaking fixed it! Having something that cliche work was quite a shock, like an airplane meter actually responding after you tap the instrument dial. Cliche.

It came with SMB1 and Duck Hunt. Classics but I wanted to expand my horizons to maybe a humble stack of 10 gray carts. I don’t want to go overboard (see the rest of my life) but the NES carts can really be cheap. I picked up Baseball Simulator 1.000 for $2+$3 shipping and some ones too:

• Baseball Stars
• Baseball Simulator 1.000
• Zelda (yes gold cart)
• Kirby’s Adventure – I used to borrow this one from a friend
• Legacy of the Wizard – was like $3, classic!
• SMB3
• Tecmo Super Bowl (ut! ut! ut!)

The modern TV is kind of puking at the signal but it’s working fine. I really have to chuckle at the size of the carts and no fans anywhere on the box. It’s extremely light compared to the PS3/360. Also, remembering that there’s no save games (outside a code on a napkin) was something I completely forgot about after all these years.

Wife gets a cookie for birthday present from heaven.