How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?

Looking to buy a video game console. My wife has fond memories of playing Super Mario and Contra with her late mother and I want to enjoy those old games with her. I think I have seen something akin to having hundreds of Nintendo and Super Nintendo games all on one disk. How does that work? What console is that? I guess the logical answer is the Wii, but the guy in the store said he didn't know anything about it.How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?Well, you can use the Virtual console on the Wii to download games. They have Contra and all (I think) of the old Mario games. N64 games are 1000 points ($10), SNES games cost 800 ($8), and NES is 500 ($5). They have some other non-Nintendo systems too, but I don't know how much the games cost.



After a few games, you might run low on the Wii's internal memory and need to store games on an SD card...

But if you want old school games on your console without using a hack or buying a bunch of systems or a collection, then you might try getting a Wii.



EDIT: I think what you're talking about is a mod/hack that you hook up to your Wii (don't really know how it works) and you download ROMs from your computer to play on your Wii. The homebrew channel, maybe?How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?
Simple....one answer.... Nintendo Wii!

But only if you have internet.

If you have internet you can buy games off of the wii shop channel by buying wii points at a store like wal-mart or EB games. It will cost $20-$25 to buy 2000 wii points, it is simple and easy to upload the points onto your wii, you just need to enter the code on the wii points card onto your wii shop channel.

Or you can buy the games online with your credit card. You can buy mario games for 500-1000 wii points, which is about $5-$10. Also you are able to send gifts to your friends nintendo wii but they too need to have internet.





So thank you for taking your time to read my answer!

Hope i was helpfull! =)How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?There is no Game that contains all those in one. The only thing I could think of is some game on Xbox live arcade are old school games like doom, sonic, and I'm almost 99% sure Contra is one of them. Here's a link to their classic games.How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?
Well in the wii channel you can buy older games. Search the web to see if they have the games you guys want.How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?Wii console will work with the old games. Don't ask the guy at the store, shop on line using Amazon.com or Google. They are out there, just look for them. Good luck!!!How can play old school Nintendo games on a current video game console?
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