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@The-Chosen-one Same. I was lucky to grab the Analog in the original preorder and love it for GB and GBC games. But this unit is pretty interesting especially with the screen format for GBA titles. The Analog Pocket is very impressive but it was clearly designed with the earlier consoles in mind. It could honestly use a revision for better displaying GBA titles in a full frame window substantially larger than the Pocket though.

@UmbreonsPapa Growing up I'd always had second hand Nintendo systems that were refurbs (aside from my N64) and the Gamecube was the first that I bought used from Graywhale and had a problem with. I remember saving up as a kid and then buying a used platinum Gamecube to find that it wouldn't read any discs, even new. Ever since that point that I've only ever purchased new disc based consoles after that experience with a bad laser.

@Seananigans Creating and having copies of games or movies you own isn't black and white when it comes to legality. Even the articles you referenced including the Softonic one can't definitively state that owning backups is illegal. Distributing backups to others on the other hand is illegal, and that is typically what copyright owners like Nintendo will go heavily after (and rightly so). Whether it's the file itself, or the software for bypassing the copyright this is what Nintendo and others will go after when defending their copyright.

Personally I have a fairly big Gamecube collection and own a disc drive that will read and copy the media to another disc that I keep as a personal backup. I don't distribute my media, or even lend it out, it's strictly a means of preserving my games and preventing them from being scratched and damaged by myself or my kids, or more realistically the disc drive itself. The same principle goes for my DVD, bluray, UHD collection. I own the means of converting my movies (not rentals) to digital and keep them on a personal server for my own families private viewing.

It's pretty cool, but... the game selection is pretty limited for the price you are paying. It seems they used good quality components though so they have that going for them. I may buy one if I ever see one discounted in a few years.

@Heavyarms55 Nintendo was famous for "planned obsolescence" beginning with their office printers years ago.

@607jf I bought a used NES and found that taking it apart and boiling the contact the cartridge connects to has it running better than new. In fact all I have to do is insert the game and don't even have to press it down for it to work. I'm sure given enough time other electrical components could fail. But with the limited use I put in on some of my original consoles like my NES, SNES, Gamecube, Genesis, PSOne, PS3, Dreamcast, N64 and others there is a good chance they will last for quite a while.

@Thegentleman Same here, cool concept though especially if N64 and Dreamcast support are added. But with module adapters this looks to be pricey. Still plugging in retro game carts once and having them in your library is appealing, but I'll wait to hear how the emulation actually runs.

@Rockman Star Fox was a 3d shooter compared the 2d side scroller games you mentioned, all of which are great. Star Fox also employs use of the FX chip which is very difficult to emulate.