For a while now I have been enjoying the old game reviews by user 
Some awesome classics have been replayed and reviewed by him.
He's been reviewing all the old Megaman series for instance and I kept thinking how I would love to play them again.
Especially Megaman X.
His recent story is about in fact about Megaman X (here) and I caved
I went online and ordered a SNES mini without thinking.
A pure impulse buy.
It arrived today.
I love it.
I know I could have grabbed on emulator online and downloaded all the games I wanted but I'm in a period of my life where I don't want to do that anymore.
I don't mind going legit. I find it way easier.
I also rent movies online when I want to watch something for instance.
The thing is.
I used to have all the time in the world and no money when I was a kid and maybe I could justify it then.
But not anymore.
Also.
I feel that it's time for a little repentance :)
This is the box of the SNES mini. It comes with 21 games. Including Megaman X and Zelda Link to the past. Another gem I'm looking forward to playing.
This is what's in the box. A SNES mini, 2 controllers, and 2 cables. It does not come with an adapter. I ordered one separately.
Hooking the machine up is easy enough. It works with HDMI. One huge downside is the length of the controller cables. They are way to short (around a meter) forcing you to sit inside your tv. (I checked online there are extension cables for sale).
I tried a couple of games to test the device. One thing I noticed straight away is the difficulty compared to today. It's full-on mentalness straight from the start. I tried Mario, Streetfighter 2, Zelda, Megaman X and Contra. Note the 4:3 resolution!
What I also noticed straight away when I was playing Megaman X in my test run is that I was having fun.
Old-skool fun. Action from the start and no long intros and endless cutscenes.
Also, you are not presented with a tutorial telling you how to play the game and to take you by the hand.
You have to figure everything out for yourself and I love that.
I don't know why we stopped doing that in today's era of gaming.
But I guess this is a generational thing.
Or maybe it's just me getting older :)
Anyway, I'm 33 years old and I just got a device from my youth in my living room and I'm over the moon.
Tonight I'll play Megaman X again!
I'm not sure how good I will be.
But the cool thing about these games and what I remember is that every mistake is your own and there are plenty of opportunities to learn and improve.
So, nobody to blame but yourself.
Just the way I like it.
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