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by ssl-3 38 days ago
I have an old PSP that has only ever been used to play emulated NES games.

Shall I call it an NES?

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Does it boot straight into NES games? Does it have an NES cartridge slot? Or controllers? What about the never used expansion port on the bottom? Is it in a NES shell?
> Does it boot straight into NES games?

No.

> Does it have an NES cartridge slot?

No.

> Or controllers?

No.

> What about the never used expansion port on the bottom?

It does have an expansion port that I've never used.

> Is it in a NES shell?

No.

> [so it's not an NES, then]

It's mine, and I can call it whatever I want. :P

>It does have an expansion port that I've never used.

so not an NES one, then

>It's mine, and I can call it whatever I want. :P

that's fair, I call my switch lite a playstation 7. It'd be disingenuous to present it to others as an NES, however. If it meets most or all the criteria above, then it wouldn't be