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@Bod2019 This is what I get for rushing. Thanks for the save!

@Guru_Larry There are a few games which suffer from slowdown and sluggish frame rates (like Road Rash, Abrams Battle Tank, F22, etc). These are apparently smoother with the overclock.

@NewBond I wasn't aware of the L and R thing, have added that in! Thanks!

@Bod2019 Good question, not heard anything as yet.

@Sketcz I really didn't need to recall that ending! XD

@Ryu_Niiyama It's definitely robust enough. It's built like a tank, honestly.

@Lordplops According to the Indiegogo page they've got almost 300 backers and have raised almost £300,000. Their entire business model is based around small production runs, so I guess the high price is part of that. Now, 300 units obviously isn't going to trouble the Switch 2 or Steam Deck, but there is an audience for these devices, even if it's a small one.

@-wc- I thought the same thing and tbh, it takes seconds to adjust to it. Like you say, the six-button arrangement on pads like the Saturn and Genesis six-button controller isn't 'perfect' anyway.

@-wc- I've edited out what I think you're talking about... apologies!

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot It can handle them, just not the entire library, and not all running at full speed.

@gingerbeardman Yeah, sorry, I didn't make that clear, you have to set your sound to 'mono' in the game's settings.

@RetroGames People can be angry about both of those things at the same time.

@KingMike It's pulling them from the web.

@gingerbeardman If you could link me to that, I will update the story.

@drypaphmrbro The original poster of that skeet has deleted it. I've located a screenshot of the email and added it to this piece.

@RetroGames The point being made here is that Retro-Bit has always claimed that it doesn't use existing translations. If it had given credit then you could be more understanding, but to claim this is original work makes it a bit worse in my book.

Anyway, I've reached out to them and will see what they say. The people I've dealt with there have all been really decent over the years, but clearly, someone has dropped the ball pretty badly here.

@bring_on_branstons My personal fave was the fake VR console that was featured in CVG

@X68000 That name rings a bell - I might have to have a look in some old issues for an advert!

@X68000 Oh wow, what shop did you own? PC Engine Supplies?

@sdelfin I feel the NGCD pad is really good for fighting games because the pad acts more like a stick, if that makes sense.

@NinChocolate I can only speak from my own experience but I've been playing 2D fighters since the days of the original Street Fighter and IMO this D-pad just isn't all that great. It's serviceable, but is leagues behind the Saturn D-pad, which is the best ever, if you ask me.

@-wc- To be fair I had no idea Agetec distributed the stick in North America, so I learned something today too!

@-wc- Agetec released the stick in North America, but it was made by Sega: https://segaretro.org/Dreamcast_Arcade_Stick

@Angelus3K My only experience with this kind of thing is the SAROO Saturn cart, which is using the console's expansion port, and that loads things super-fast. I couldn't say for sure but it wouldn't shock me if loading from this thing is just as fast, if not faster, than loading from optical media.

@RootsGenoa I think you're right!

@jimmytodgers I might be wrong, but I think both of those cores are now (mostly) playable on single-RAM MiSTer FPGA units?

@Daggot Some of the appeal is the hardware itself, though. I got my first Nomad around 1999 when they were dirt cheap, so I've got a nostalgic connection with it, bulk and all. Plus the D-pad is incredible!

@RetroGames We use both Twitter and Bluesky links. We link to the source where we first witnessed the news.

@Guru_Larry System 3?

@Bod2019 Yep, apologies, fixed!

@ruiner9 Quite right, I've added that! I assumed it was just for the Pocket. Apologies!

@Ristar24 The music in the Mega Drive version absolutely slaps, you're right!

@O_Ilusionista Done!

@slider1983 London floods too, you know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b95MIFk2kMM

@Deway Software emulation on powerful hardware is great, but on a device like this (which will most likely use an underpowered, off-the-shelf SoC), there's almost certainly going to be a big difference in accuracy when compared to, say, the Analogue Pocket (which admittedly costs more).

FPGA emulation, in the most part, is superior to software emulation - at least in the commercial applications we've seen so far. On super-powerful hardware, the difference is less noticeable.

@dmcc0 Yes!

@GlamorousAlpaca Sorry you were disappointed! I'll try and make it up to you in 2025. Can't let my hardcore fans down! 😘

@GlamorousAlpaca Thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to have such a devoted fan! ❤️

@Fanboy_Destroyer I imagine (if this does happen) we'll see a combination of new games and hacked ports which add in CD-quality music and the like.

@B3tan_Tyronne You're not the first person to ask this, and from what I can gather, it won't. I might be wrong there, though!

@mariteaux Yep, if it hadn't been for Spawn Wave's video I wouldn't have known it had an update.

@RetroGames It already has (kinda): https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/somebody-has-made-the-computer-from-ufo-50-to-play-ufo-50-on

@-wc- "Slightly odd writing here, as the (admittedly slight) improvements on the design are sandwiched between statements that seem to claim there are no improvements"

Printing some text on the casing doesn't constitute a massive improvement in my book, but each to their own

@cakeashi I didn't notice that during the review period, I have to admit. I was mainly playing solo, so will investigate a little more and update the review if I find anything. Thanks for the info!

@hste Whatever your opinion of CDKeys they are a pretty big retailer when it comes to games and digital codes, so it's worth highlighting.

@TJSpyke No profit is being made from this project.

@bring_on_branstons The majority of traffic for our network comes from the US, so we tend to use US names (when we remember, at least).

@GlamorousAlpaca This piece pulls from existing sources as well as new interviews with the developers to present as full a picture as possible on the making of the game.

Your continued negativity in the comment sections of this site has been noted, so consider this your first warning. If you don't have anything constructive to say, then I'd rather you posted elsewhere.

@dequesi It's probably not as big a deal as I've made out, to be honest. The majority of the text flows perfectly fine. There's no indication whatsoever that this is machine-translated.

@KainXavier I was referring more to the chipset which is driving the machine, which I believe is totally identical to the one in the 2600+.