Color me surprised said no one ever! The real shock is the talent behind the console, they had some major power players behind the scenes but even then I was EXTREMELY skeptical.
@Jokerwolf Fingers crossed. I have a Super NT but would really like to see a GOOD Genesis/Sega CD/Saturn option. I still keep hoping Kevtris is working on a Mega NT
@Jokerwolf Yeah, I hope they're using good cores as well. The Saturn stuff though seems pretty sketchy, even on good PC's Saturn emulation still isn't up to snuff on most games.
@Jimgamer8 It's $250 for the base unit, you still have to buy each individual console module to plug into that at $59.99 each. So right off the bat you'd be spending $490 to play those systems you just mentioned.
Their wbesite ordering issues aside, it was also posted by others on Twitter that their launch day ad they just released this week is using Sega Arcade Rally arcade version footage in their Saturn montage, that's a HUGE red flag among the many other things they've failed to communicate properly. I would love for this to be a success but it screams Ouya to me all over again. Unless they can show Analogue's level of expertise in hardware/software design they're not getting a penny from my wallet.
The question I've always asked is why Nintendo let the deal get to the point where Sony wanted a cut of each game & controlled publishing rights. Nintendo President Yamauchi was a shrewd businessman, I'm very surprised the deal got as far along as it had with him knowing the financial incentives Sony wanted.
I think it would have been more successful than the other two CD-ROM add-ons from NEC & Sega but it would still have been a niche market. What really changed the course of history was Nintendo going for cartridges on the N64 instead of CD's. That's when the third parties started bailing for the cheaper produced games with more storage. To me that was the biggest mistake in their history. If the N64 had been a CD-based system they would have enjoyed cheaper games & better third party support, it would have changed everything!
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Re: Intellivision Admits Its Wii-Like Amico Console May Never See Release
Color me surprised said no one ever! The real shock is the talent behind the console, they had some major power players behind the scenes but even then I was EXTREMELY skeptical.
Re: Intellivision's Amico Is Shaping Up To Be The Most 'Nintendo' Non-Nintendo System Ever
No thanks, I’m so over waggle & touch screen controls in games, the industry moved on, this thing is already dead in the water.
Re: Polymega's Grand Vision For The Ultimate Retro System Includes A Virtual Console Successor
@Jokerwolf Fingers crossed. I have a Super NT but would really like to see a GOOD Genesis/Sega CD/Saturn option. I still keep hoping Kevtris is working on a Mega NT
Re: Polymega's Grand Vision For The Ultimate Retro System Includes A Virtual Console Successor
@Jokerwolf Yeah, I hope they're using good cores as well. The Saturn stuff though seems pretty sketchy, even on good PC's Saturn emulation still isn't up to snuff on most games.
Re: Polymega's Grand Vision For The Ultimate Retro System Includes A Virtual Console Successor
@Jokerwolf It said in the article that the FPGA was removed from the core system, only certain modules in the future would use FPGA.
Re: Polymega's Grand Vision For The Ultimate Retro System Includes A Virtual Console Successor
@Jimgamer8 It's $250 for the base unit, you still have to buy each individual console module to plug into that at $59.99 each. So right off the bat you'd be spending $490 to play those systems you just mentioned.
Re: Polymega's Grand Vision For The Ultimate Retro System Includes A Virtual Console Successor
Their wbesite ordering issues aside, it was also posted by others on Twitter that their launch day ad they just released this week is using Sega Arcade Rally arcade version footage in their Saturn montage, that's a HUGE red flag among the many other things they've failed to communicate properly. I would love for this to be a success but it screams Ouya to me all over again. Unless they can show Analogue's level of expertise in hardware/software design they're not getting a penny from my wallet.
Re: Feature: What If The SNES PlayStation Had Actually Happened?
The question I've always asked is why Nintendo let the deal get to the point where Sony wanted a cut of each game & controlled publishing rights. Nintendo President Yamauchi was a shrewd businessman, I'm very surprised the deal got as far along as it had with him knowing the financial incentives Sony wanted.
I think it would have been more successful than the other two CD-ROM add-ons from NEC & Sega but it would still have been a niche market. What really changed the course of history was Nintendo going for cartridges on the N64 instead of CD's. That's when the third parties started bailing for the cheaper produced games with more storage. To me that was the biggest mistake in their history. If the N64 had been a CD-based system they would have enjoyed cheaper games & better third party support, it would have changed everything!