When Paste’s staff returned from our staff vacation (we all had a good time) we found almost a dozen packages waiting for us on our doorstep. The smallest but most promising box of all was a small white number that was just about the size of a self-respecting cookbook. We weren’t sure what was inside, so like we do with everything that comes in the mail we grabbed our camera and started taking photographs. Turns out that’s a good policy to have: we were able to capture these real-time, in-progress shots of the complicated (but exciting) process of opening a box with a NES Classic Edition in it.
The NES Classic Edition, of course, is the tiny little toy console that plugs directly into your TV and lets you play 30 games from the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Those 30 games run directly from the device itself—no cartridges are needed or supported. The Classic Edition is designed to look like a miniature NES, with that familiar grey and black color scheme, a little impression where the old flip door would be, and a controller that looks and feels exactly like the original NES joypad. It promises to be a hard thing to track down when it’s released on November 11, so if you’re wondering what the Classic Edition will actually look like, take a look at these photos we snapped while digging through that box. And check back later this week for more on the NES Classic Edition.
Here are the games loaded on the Classic Edition:
Balloon Fight
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Dr. Mario
Excitebike
Final Fantasy
Galaga
Ghosts ‘N Goblins
Gradius
Ice Climber
Kid Icarus
Kirby’s Adventure
Mario Bros.
Mega Man 2
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden
Pac-Man
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
StarTropics
Super C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Bowl
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
The NES Classic is available this Friday, November 11, with a suggested retail price of $59.99. It comes with one controller and 30 games. Extra controllers cost $9.99.
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This is the box with a NES Classic in it.
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The box can be photographed from multiple angles.
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We opened the box to see what was inside, not yet knowing that it was a box with a NES Classic in it.
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Oh.
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There is another box inside the first box.
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This is another box with a NES Classic in it, but this box also has lots of information about the NES Classic on it.
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The box lets you know what games you can play with the NES Classic.
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It is a very informative box.
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Inside the box inside the box with a NES Classic in it is a NES Classic. And a poster. And some other bits of paper and a decent amount of plastic.
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This is it. This is the NES Classic.