A very early 2000s MP3 Player still works with its 256 MB.
It is sometimes Gamble, but Flash isn't as bad as some think.
I would love the Option to save on the System or USB, so you could even give it a longer Life, as Writing is the Bady for this Technology.
Btw. the only Flash Card that died for me was from Samsung, but Samsung is known to make Products that fail shortly after two Years (out of most european Warranties by Law).
To the Evercade:
Bought one this Month because i wanted a dedicated System with a Limitation in Games for me.
I played very much, Duke Nukem Time to Kill is very good and Sword of Ianna.
I also discovered for me that Team 17 Games are crap, yes, even Alien Breed, hate the bad Game Design.
The Renovation Module is also very good.
@Damo
Absolutly right, here will even the Switch itself die.
Not sure how easily it is to exchange it, also considering all those safety measures to keep hacking away.
So it is possible that a dead Switch will stay dead.
Guess the only Way to keep Games and Systems alive for the Future is really DRM Free, as on Gog, and Emulation or FPGA.
At some Point even spare Parts will run out for old fixeble Consoles.
Edit2
I also want to consider, some of those 20 Moneys Collections are cheaper than buying the Games separately on Gog/Steam or elsewhere.
Yep, i guess this is more for people like me that already have a Super Nintendo Collection, rather than People that want to start one.
I personally have a Retrode2, but such devices are nice to backup Save Games and put some back you have played on Emulator, Everdrive or FPGA.
The nice Thing about the Retrode2 are also the Controller Ports.
I played Doom 2016 with the Super Nintendo Mouse for fun and i can use the 8Bitdo Mega Drive wireless Controller with it, as it only works with the 2,4Ghz Dongle wireless.
People that don't have a Collection, don't start it. The Prices are insane and getting good Quality is hard. Even oficial Repros are variing in Quality (Retrobit have been fine till yet, others as Wild Guns not so).
I think they can get the Movie right, their Youtube Videos are comedial, but they get the action right about the Games and Movies they parody. They have a Feeling for the Source.
@DestructoDisk Haha i know, you need a big FPGA that could do all that. But we can have wishes with Machines that eventually will not be cheap
For Windows 98 i got myself a small HP Machine. Its a bit bigger than the Mister and thats nice... Space is rare nowadays Also got a PS2 Slim... Guess having these three i am good covered in my gaming Corner
i think this is the Error, they did miscalculate that, People were ready to have a mobile Phone with full Handheld Gaming System included. The N-Gage got a lot of Coverage in Gaming Magazines, more than others that tried. For Example, i remember the Gizmodo having been mentioned partly in the cramped Pages in the End, but it didn't got that Attention. In the End, Nokia had a good Reputation.
Nah, i am doubting Ron Gilberts Talent alone, his greatest Works were great because he had good Company and this brought out his Talent. Alone his Doings are, mhh, not so good.
@GhaleonUnlimited Well, can't tell it for sure, i was very young, but for me until the Super Nintendo came out and i do remember that there were still Floppies sold 1992 in Super Markets comparable to something like Walmart/Tesco in the US.
In Europe it wasn't as widespread, depending the Country, you had more Commodore 64, Amstrad etc. So the Prices are worse here, sadly also for the Super Nintendo, even if it was way way more around. If i wouldn't have all those Games since my Childhood, i think i wouldn't collect them Nowadays
I guess it was a cost or technological limitation of the time, i was pretty sure i have seen some third party adapers for the Super Nintendo and a quick online search shows me two, one even from Retrobit. The one from Retrobit needs an additional cable to plug it into your TV and uses the SNES solely for power supply and controller. Guess if Nintendo would do it themself, they surely could use it entirely as the Super Gameboy without that need. But yes, i think we can see why they didn't release theirs, too big/clunky and no real benefit. Btw. the Famicom Modules are small and cute, in the West with an adapter on the Super Nintendo it becomes a real tower haha.
I thought the Adaptor would more look like something as an Action Replay, but yes, considering the Super Gameboy is whole Gameboy without Screen etc., they also just took a whole NES haha Guess it should be better named NES Addon, as its only puprose is to avoid cluttered Cables.
You could be right, as it looks smaller, but it is hard to say, as the Super Nintendo was supposed to be backwards compatible. But i am very sure that there were more models we don't know of
It is beyond me how less japanese people cate about their past works. They tend to be very proud of their culture, yet their modern created one they treat like you consume and throw away, as they want the customer to buy the new stuff.
There are many vendors out there that sell the Mister ready to go preensembled. But yes, the Price has gone up very much, so i hope for everyone else that the Clone Board will be fine and make the Mister more available.
I am not against Emulation, love it, but to play on FPGA really is a different Thing, as it is not distinguishiable to the original Hardware. A Game i am failing all the Time on Emulation is Contra on the Super Nintendo.
Also Consoles start to fail and bring them up to modern Levels wirh HDMI, Bluetooth, Everdrives, Stuff agains Region Lock can become very expansive. Lets see: Super Nintendo 80€ OSSC 160€ or Rad2X Cable 55€ Bluetooth Adaptor from 8Bitdo 20€ SD2SNES/FXPakPro 275€
Would be easier to just buy a Device that isn't as overpriced and closed. My Motorola did cost 300€ and it runs all kind of Stuff vers nice, mostly i am using Devilution X (Diablo) with a Controller, as i am not the biggest Fan of Touch Controls. PSX and N64 Emulation does run very nice, didn't try anything above, but a Source Port of Doom 3 runs with about 25 fps, but i haven't tested it much, Quake 3 runs flawlessly. And yes, i have a USB Hub at Work, so i can just play with Keyboard and Mouse haha Dosbox Magic does cost, but it is pretty well done to make an easy use on such a Device.
Ha, just connected my Super Nintendo with the SD2SNES to my PC Monitor, as it isn't as occupied as the TV Have to try it out, MSU Stuff is just so insane coming out the Super Nintendo
Yes, but to the human being it just feels better Just open a NES or SNES module, the former ones have more air than hardware, the snes ones are also only half filled, if the don't use additional chips, battery etc.
Also, it is much nicer to have the Artwork and logos visible on the module, i often like them
It is in case of Accuracy and CPU Power needed to do the same Task.
To Emulate via Software you need a much beefier CPU/GPU than the original System had and even than you have to make Compromises, depending on the System smaller or bigger ones.
You can see this especially with the N64. Or my 58003D CPU, it can't emulate a Pentium 2 with 300 mhz properly, even if both are X86 and are closer as the CPU of the N64.
But both are not concurring, i use both and original Systems and love to have the Freedom nowadays to play in all possible Ways. The Research in both also benefits each.
The Mister is also a good everything in One Device. Upscaler, Everdrive, Console.
Good RGB Cables, OSSC and Everdrive are expansive, if i had knew beforehead, maybe i would have spared Money on some Consoles
And yes, some Games i prefer absolutely on original Hardware, such as Contra 3. My Muscle Memory is just tooo adopted to it, i am failing all the Time on Emulation
Were people are, is Drama.
The Mister is a real Dream Machine, i would have never thought that we'll see PSX and mostly the N64 on it, i even got my original Save Games to run on it
So Kudos to all the People that worked on it with all the different Systems and Cores.
I guess they did need a Shield and Spokesman, that catches all the bad Stuff that can appear from People.
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Re: 8BitDo Just Dramatically Expanded Its Keyboard Range
... oh my, they killed of the Problems i had with it.
Sadly they will not release other Language Layouts so far.
Re: Evercade Alpha Is A Bartop Arcade System Packed With Capcom Games
I like how they handled the Slots ^^
Compared to other Products of these kind, they have the clear advantage that you can expand the Library.
The Megaman one has a lot more going on Artwise, should have done similar to the Street Fighter one.
Re: Blaze Confirms One Million Evercade Cartridge Milestone, Ex-Eidos Boss Joins As Chairman
@Steel76
A very early 2000s MP3 Player still works with its 256 MB.
It is sometimes Gamble, but Flash isn't as bad as some think.
I would love the Option to save on the System or USB, so you could even give it a longer Life, as Writing is the Bady for this Technology.
Btw. the only Flash Card that died for me was from Samsung, but Samsung is known to make Products that fail shortly after two Years (out of most european Warranties by Law).
To the Evercade:
Bought one this Month because i wanted a dedicated System with a Limitation in Games for me.
I played very much, Duke Nukem Time to Kill is very good and Sword of Ianna.
I also discovered for me that Team 17 Games are crap, yes, even Alien Breed, hate the bad Game Design.
The Renovation Module is also very good.
@Damo
Absolutly right, here will even the Switch itself die.
Not sure how easily it is to exchange it, also considering all those safety measures to keep hacking away.
So it is possible that a dead Switch will stay dead.
Guess the only Way to keep Games and Systems alive for the Future is really DRM Free, as on Gog, and Emulation or FPGA.
At some Point even spare Parts will run out for old fixeble Consoles.
Edit2
I also want to consider, some of those 20 Moneys Collections are cheaper than buying the Games separately on Gog/Steam or elsewhere.
Re: Here's A First Look At The SN Operator, Your Next Essential SNES Accessory
@RetroGames
Yep, i guess this is more for people like me that already have a Super Nintendo Collection, rather than People that want to start one.
I personally have a Retrode2, but such devices are nice to backup Save Games and put some back you have played on Emulator, Everdrive or FPGA.
The nice Thing about the Retrode2 are also the Controller Ports.
I played Doom 2016 with the Super Nintendo Mouse for fun and i can use the 8Bitdo Mega Drive wireless Controller with it, as it only works with the 2,4Ghz Dongle wireless.
People that don't have a Collection, don't start it.
The Prices are insane and getting good Quality is hard.
Even oficial Repros are variing in Quality (Retrobit have been fine till yet, others as Wild Guns not so).
Re: Here's The Logo For The Upcoming Live-Action Street Fighter Movie
@Blofse
I think they can get the Movie right, their Youtube Videos are comedial, but they get the action right about the Games and Movies they parody.
They have a Feeling for the Source.
Re: This Dreamcast PSU Is The Only One You'll Ever Need, But It Costs As Much As The Console Itself
@Gs69
If you are from Europe, try Retroreiz.de oder Dragonbox.de.
Re: This Dreamcast PSU Is The Only One You'll Ever Need, But It Costs As Much As The Console Itself
I recommend the Clean Power from Retrosix, not so bulky with similiar Features :>
Edit: And with about 50€ cheaper.
Re: A Powerful New FPGA Rival To MiSTer And MARS Is In Development
@DestructoDisk
Haha i know, you need a big FPGA that could do all that.
But we can have wishes with Machines that eventually will not be cheap
For Windows 98 i got myself a small HP Machine.
Its a bit bigger than the Mister and thats nice... Space is rare nowadays
Also got a PS2 Slim... Guess having these three i am good covered in my gaming Corner
Re: A Powerful New FPGA Rival To MiSTer And MARS Is In Development
Playstation 2 and Pentium 2 with Voodoo or go out XP
Re: Tamagotchi Boom Cost Bandai $38 Million And Unsold Stock Was Buried, Atari-Style
I had Raku Raku Dinokun.
Re: The Nokia N-Gage May Have Sucked, But It Had Rollback Netcode In 2003
@UK_Kev
i think this is the Error, they did miscalculate that, People were ready to have a mobile Phone with full Handheld Gaming System included.
The N-Gage got a lot of Coverage in Gaming Magazines, more than others that tried.
For Example, i remember the Gizmodo having been mentioned partly in the cramped Pages in the End, but it didn't got that Attention.
In the End, Nokia had a good Reputation.
Re: Poland's 'Dreamcast Extreme' Magazine Looks So Good, You'd Think It Was Official
Where is the international Version XP?
Re: Workshop Of Retro Modder And Engineer Voultar Has Been "Ransacked"
@RetroGames
Me too, how can someone have so much hate to do such destruction?
That is just evil
Re: Game Boy Color "Technical Showpiece" Zephyr's Pass Launches This June
looks impressive
Re: YouTuber Scores $2000 Sega Saturn Mother Lode For 500 Bucks At GameStop
@Damo
Yep, sometimes people sell stuff rather to someone who wants to use it, than someone who sees it as an investment.
Also, Ebay Prices (or similiar) are sometimes very very high and don't get sold or stay there for years.
Re: Three Years On, PS1 ODE PSIO Gets An Update - Along With Some Terrifying DRM
@Carck Yep, those are some very bad decisions.
Re: New Tool Allows N64 Games To Be Played With Ray Tracing, Uncapped Frame Rates And Ultrawide Support
Those People coming up with such impressive Programms are Wizards.
Re: Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Is Working On A Zelda-Style RPG Adventure
Nah, i am doubting Ron Gilberts Talent alone, his greatest Works were great because he had good Company and this brought out his Talent.
Alone his Doings are, mhh, not so good.
Re: A1 Unicorn Will Have "One Of The Best D-Pads" Of Any Handheld, Says ZPG
The D-Pad should have been parallel to the Action Buttons.
Re: This NES Clone Has RGB, S-Video And HDMI Output
@GhaleonUnlimited
Well, can't tell it for sure, i was very young, but for me until the Super Nintendo came out and i do remember that there were still Floppies sold 1992 in Super Markets comparable to something like Walmart/Tesco in the US.
Re: This NES Clone Has RGB, S-Video And HDMI Output
@GhaleonUnlimited
In Europe it wasn't as widespread, depending the Country, you had more Commodore 64, Amstrad etc.
So the Prices are worse here, sadly also for the Super Nintendo, even if it was way way more around.
If i wouldn't have all those Games since my Childhood, i think i wouldn't collect them Nowadays
Re: You Seriously Need To Check Out This Fan-Made Remake Of Dragon Quest
Why is there are version for amd and intel lol
And i see, RPG Maker
Seems ambitious.
Edit: And it is Steam Deck compatible, but not Linux?
And XP, 7 and 10 but not 8(.1)?
Thats so strange
Re: This NES Clone Has RGB, S-Video And HDMI Output
Looks cool, but i have no NES Games and a Mister and i will not start to collect, toooo pricey
I will stay with my beloved Super Nintendo and that Collection
Re: Rare SNES Prototype Auction Cancelled After Passing The $2 Million Mark
@bring_on_branstons
I guess it was a cost or technological limitation of the time, i was pretty sure i have seen some third party adapers for the Super Nintendo and a quick online search shows me two, one even from Retrobit.
The one from Retrobit needs an additional cable to plug it into your TV and uses the SNES solely for power supply and controller.
Guess if Nintendo would do it themself, they surely could use it entirely as the Super Gameboy without that need.
But yes, i think we can see why they didn't release theirs, too big/clunky and no real benefit.
Btw. the Famicom Modules are small and cute, in the West with an adapter on the Super Nintendo it becomes a real tower haha.
Re: Rare SNES Prototype Auction Cancelled After Passing The $2 Million Mark
@bring_on_branstons
I thought the Adaptor would more look like something as an Action Replay, but yes, considering the Super Gameboy is whole Gameboy without Screen etc., they also just took a whole NES haha
Guess it should be better named NES Addon, as its only puprose is to avoid cluttered Cables.
Re: Rare SNES Prototype Auction Cancelled After Passing The $2 Million Mark
@Lofoten
You could be right, as it looks smaller, but it is hard to say, as the Super Nintendo was supposed to be backwards compatible.
But i am very sure that there were more models we don't know of
Re: Multiple Copies Of Delayed Mega Drive Game Paprium Discovered In French Warehouse
Crazy verrückte Locura.
It is sad that Customers don't get their Games.
Re: Rare SNES Prototype Auction Approaches The $2 Million Mark
Crazy that the Nintendo PlayStation didn't reach such Marks.
Re: Sega's Turn-Based Strategy Sim 'The Hybrid Front' Is Getting An English Fan Translation
Cool, i am looking forward to play it
edit: an update when its done would be nice
Re: Incredibly Rare SNES Prototype Goes Up For Auction
Ah price is now over 1000, i think i will not bet on it.
Re: A Bizarre Legal Battle Is Being Waged Over Metal Orange EX And Chip-Chan Kick's Soundtracks
It is beyond me how less japanese people cate about their past works.
They tend to be very proud of their culture, yet their modern created one they treat like you consume and throw away, as they want the customer to buy the new stuff.
Re: FPGA Vs Software Emulation - Which Is Best? We Asked Four Experts To Find Out
There are many vendors out there that sell the Mister ready to go preensembled.
But yes, the Price has gone up very much, so i hope for everyone else that the Clone Board will be fine and make the Mister more available.
I am not against Emulation, love it, but to play on FPGA really is a different Thing, as it is not distinguishiable to the original Hardware.
A Game i am failing all the Time on Emulation is Contra on the Super Nintendo.
Also Consoles start to fail and bring them up to modern Levels wirh HDMI, Bluetooth, Everdrives, Stuff agains Region Lock can become very expansive.
Lets see:
Super Nintendo 80€
OSSC 160€ or Rad2X Cable 55€
Bluetooth Adaptor from 8Bitdo 20€
SD2SNES/FXPakPro 275€
Re: The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically
The Price has really gotten up, i had the Luck to get it for 260€, not has doubled on the Seller i did buy it.
Re: Flashback: How The Kindness Of Sega Saved Nvidia From Going Under
But where was Nvidia when the Westfold of Sega fell?
Re: The ESA Says Its Members Won't Support Plans For Online 'Game Preservation' Libraries
Everyone can Help by voting with Money, buy Stuff on Gog to show the Companies that you care about DRM free Games, that can be preserved.
Re: This Handy Dreamcast USB Adapter Lets You Use Third-Party Controllers
Nice thing, also love those Dongles from 8Bitdo.
Edit: It is beyond me, how there is coming enough Energy for Bluetooth from the Super Nintendo or Mega Drive Controller Ports
Re: PS1 Doom Has Been Backported To PC, Along With Its Amazing Soundtrack
Isn't Psydoom a few Years old :>?
Re: iPhone NES Emulator Pulled From App Store "Out Of Fear"
Would be easier to just buy a Device that isn't as overpriced and closed.
My Motorola did cost 300€ and it runs all kind of Stuff vers nice, mostly i am using Devilution X (Diablo) with a Controller, as i am not the biggest Fan of Touch Controls.
PSX and N64 Emulation does run very nice, didn't try anything above, but a Source Port of Doom 3 runs with about 25 fps, but i haven't tested it much, Quake 3 runs flawlessly.
And yes, i have a USB Hub at Work, so i can just play with Keyboard and Mouse haha
Dosbox Magic does cost, but it is pretty well done to make an easy use on such a Device.
Re: Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Gets Fanmade SNES Port
Ha, just connected my Super Nintendo with the SD2SNES to my PC Monitor, as it isn't as occupied as the TV
Have to try it out, MSU Stuff is just so insane coming out the Super Nintendo
Re: Tomb Raider Collection Is Coming To Evercade
It is nice to see 90s Lara again so often
Re: Evercade Is Getting New "Giga Carts" To Allow For Bigger Games
@snk2d4life
Yes, but to the human being it just feels better
Just open a NES or SNES module, the former ones have more air than hardware, the snes ones are also only half filled, if the don't use additional chips, battery etc.
Also, it is much nicer to have the Artwork and logos visible on the module, i often like them
Re: This Portable PlayStation Uses Real PS1 Hardware
Guess it is better to use FPGA ^^
Re: Dev Behind MiSTer's "Impossible" N64 FPGA Core Is Working On A Game Next
Ha, i am curious what sorcery he will do!
Btw. i got my original save files to work on the Mister that i harvested with the retrode2, pretty cool!
Re: Hands On: Xeno Crisis On SNES Really Is A Dream Come True
@BitmapBureau
Great, love my Super Nintendo ^^
Re: All Is Not Well In The World Of FPGA Retro Gaming
@jbrodack
It is in case of Accuracy and CPU Power needed to do the same Task.
To Emulate via Software you need a much beefier CPU/GPU than the original System had and even than you have to make Compromises, depending on the System smaller or bigger ones.
You can see this especially with the N64.
Or my 58003D CPU, it can't emulate a Pentium 2 with 300 mhz properly, even if both are X86 and are closer as the CPU of the N64.
But both are not concurring, i use both and original Systems and love to have the Freedom nowadays to play in all possible Ways.
The Research in both also benefits each.
The Mister is also a good everything in One Device.
Upscaler, Everdrive, Console.
Good RGB Cables, OSSC and Everdrive are expansive, if i had knew beforehead, maybe i would have spared Money on some Consoles
And yes, some Games i prefer absolutely on original Hardware, such as Contra 3.
My Muscle Memory is just tooo adopted to it, i am failing all the Time on Emulation
Re: Over 20 Classic SNK Games Have Just Been Released On GOG
I can really recommend Shock Troopers, Sengoku and the Space Shooters.
And Twinkle Star Sprites!
Re: All Is Not Well In The World Of FPGA Retro Gaming
Were people are, is Drama.
The Mister is a real Dream Machine, i would have never thought that we'll see PSX and mostly the N64 on it, i even got my original Save Games to run on it
So Kudos to all the People that worked on it with all the different Systems and Cores.
I guess they did need a Shield and Spokesman, that catches all the bad Stuff that can appear from People.
Re: Prototype Builds Of The Cancelled N64 Game 'Riqa' Published Online
Looks pretty nice
Re: 33 Years Later, Game Boy Title's 16-Player Mode Is Finally Unlocked
These Gamecubes must be really nasty ones, as they put them all in Cages.
Re: Dino Crisis One Of The Most Talked-About Games In Recent Capcom Survey
They will smash Microtransactions into it, so my Interest is low