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The FPGA product news is starting to sound really enticing. Once the offerings are not only budget-friendly, feature-rich and simple, but stylish to boot, that’ll be the time!

@Gamelore treating a video game like an immutable ritual that shall not be augmented in any way by what comes after it, is not a perspective that even original publishers and authors of old games share.

The philosophy about a video game weakening a person if the challenge or time commitment is altered sounds like you’re attaching worthiness and credential to personal entertainment and hobby.

I’ve not got into FPGA yet but I do play a lot of the classics on original hardware. As much as I love gaming on old stuff, emulation is a big convenience that I also really value. Definitely appreciative of those that keep old games working in a modern setting, it’s no small thing

Will they move on to the DS form factor?

Would be a nice display piece for a streamer

Interesting the control tactics of these businesses at the time. But I guess back then, the money in gaming was Japan’s to lose.

Millions in the dirt and I had to settle for a weird off brand version, lol

Nice that it hews to the game title and not a hollywood-isation that takes itself too seriously

These iOS emus have really given me a bunch to tinker with

I’ve heard that type of ‘guidance’ from the corporate world of children’s literature. I think it’s stupid and hopefully outmoded these days

It would be super nice if Konami did more (almost anything) for the Hudson back catalog

I’m feeling like it’s groundhogs day with these GBC Zelda clones. I also get the sense that they don’t impress when it comes to the game feel. At the same time I’m looking forward to YCG’s take, which is looking like it’ll make the rest look like sleepy toadstools..

Very nice find. I guess the key to following yamauchi was to not actually follow yamauchi, like Alice and the waistcoated rabbit..

@N64-ROX the picture of MD model 2 shows an A/V out port, not an RF. I’d be surprised to learn of any RF only Mega Drive model 2 considering the model 1 was composite.

Edit: You must have had only the Sega-supplied RF modulator unit attached and not an A/V cable.

@N64-ROX those are nice consoles, but I don’t envy the RF only element of them. Also don’t really understand why I need the evidence of the existence of RF, because it doesn’t have much bearing on the fact that composite was standard in addition to RF (a photo of my SMS and Genny model 1 would show composite out). Most 8 and 16-bit consoles after the NES were made with both. I don’t believe there was any RF only SNES, all had multi A/V out in addition to the RF.

@DestructoDisk I’m not sure what you’re aiming to convince me of here. I’ve personally a collection of 8 or 9 various CRTs and all popular consoles between NES and Wii. All the consoles and TV sets are composite compliant, even the black and white TV set. If you’re trying to tell me I’m living in some reality where composite isn’t actually a standard console to TV connection, I don’t think there’s much discussion left here..

Also PS1 and Saturn released only with A/V on the console. So that should suggest something about composite capability among the gaming population

@KingMike @DestructoDisk I appreciate the replies. All consoles at least from the 8-bit generation (NES, SMS, Turbo Grafx) were composite compliant. So I don’t know about the general population and RF only TV’s, but composite technology predates game consoles and every “retro” console I’ve owned from 8-bit gen and up have been composite. So as far as popular game consoles goes, it’s been standard. Now those consoles are being emulated with great accuracy and composite is anything but standard

If I was an insurance investigator I’d have some questions based on the claim and the look of the photos.. if I was an insurance investigator

Is composite an option? It’s always been odd that these artisanal game consoles aim for all this accuracy but can’t easily do the one thing all old consoles were made to do (connect to any TV)

Very nice to get these classics on apple hardware. I’ve had my iPad Pro for years but it never played a classic video game until today.. lol

So I just fired up 19XX on this app for my iPad Pro in portrait orientation, and I think that’s the best way I’ve played an arcade shootemup in emulator. Very nice.

I’ve only got my iPad to tinker with these iOS emulators and with Delta not yet having full iPad support I’ve not really taken the concept for a whirl. But now I’ve just fired up Abadox on the NES core with my M30 pad and quite enjoyed myself. I might just do more of my retro gaming on iPad via Retroarch despite having all the original hardware readily available for my classic gaming

@Poodlestargenerica ahh ok

Did they show a version with analog sticks?

I love the Vita form factor. Clearly plenty of others do too

Purchased the PSIO back in 2017 from Cybdyn. Been pretty happy with it for years now. It does need solder connections to the motherboard to work. I’ll have to look into the new update

Well I shall give it a whirl on iPad even though I have the PSIO hooked up for when I need a fix of PS1

I suppose it’s the old ‘tallest tree, strongest wind’ proverb at work

Interesting to read about the Wizards production. I definitely remember the Wizard and it’s SMB3 gameplay. Mostly just another movie back then but featuring video games it did stand out to me, probably because of the adjacent concept of the Canadian game show Video & Arcade Top 10.

It’s the composite connection that grabs me. Is this the only FPGA to have built in composite?

Love throwing on some YMCK on Spotify when the mood hits..

I think on the web the Saturn has a positive reputation. I would go as far to say that some at Sega surely know that. I think the core of the issue is Sega’s internal narrative about the Saturn. That’s probably the narrative that needs to change, but executives at Sega probably fixate on historical sales numbers and don’t see a campaign converting that into mass appeal. And maybe there isn’t mass appeal for Saturn, but if there’s one thing that gives me optimism about the Sega of old, it’s the efforts of the modern fan base.

When I read the headline I thought about how much the Ecco soundtrack reminds me of my young years. That sound really imprinted something in me, even though today that sound driver (and Ecco ST along with it) is commonly slagged off on the web. For me, I appreciate that bit of history.

I don’t get why Sega doesn’t do anything with all their old strategy series. They want Sonic to outdo Mario when they could actually be a competitor with their strategy properties

I’ll try out Genesis emulation on my iPad which is on a stand right next to my Sega Genesis, lol

Won’t turn down more scrolling layers and colors.

I’d love to visit Japan and take a look at the game shops there. But just window shopping, no desire to buy old game cartridges.

@notreallyhere part of the difficulty of creating new items for vintage hardware is the temptation to be disingenuous about what you’re putting on the market. Whether its the multitude of operations counting on fooling people about vintage-looking gaming wares, or this LRG business choosing to misrepresent a product when faced with the choice to do so. And no doubt they went that route because standards in this new items for vintage hardware industry are low all around. No one need rise to the occasion in the current collector gold rush

A wake-up call for content that nowadays lives on the internet where people can hack or edit their way into groundless ownership

Looks fun. And massive excitement for the next Sequel Wars ep. Blue. These are all nice things in the absence of a Mega Man-centred Capcom. Also working in the Genesis and SNES space resonates with me more than the budget-conscious 2.5D graphics styles used by publishers when revisiting their older IP

FPGA is very compelling to me. The current hardware offerings that house that technology have not been as compelling. So getting emulation on hardware I like using is the current option I’m going with (between the two). But doubtless the form factors for FPGA devices will come along with time. For example that Sega Neptune pitch, which looks like a cooler Sega console than the rather bland looking Analogue Mega SG

Hopefully they can get support making their games exportable for their fans not in Jpn

I am interested in 3DS emulation on Nintendo hardware foremost. But I’m not expecting them to give it the dedication I’d like to see. Which is fine because I’m still gaming on a selection of various 3DS hardware. Just imported a Japan exclusive OG model recently. I did have to replace the bottom panel of that unit, which shows that it’s a system falling into the aged hardware category and emulation will be needed at some point. But also I’d like to be able to recommend 3DS games to friends that will only have access to games on current/new Nintendo hardware now and in coming years.

I certainly remember this brand from previous decades. I’m not sure if I was the victim of the 'friend controller', but ive long had an aversion to third party inputs. Ive imported some from japan that looked interesting and promising but most of them are in the gaming miscellaneous pile now. Currently I’m using the 8bitdo M30 for most things and I’m mostly happy with it.

Neat. Potentially checks a lot of my boxes including the later 2D 90’s-Sonic art aesthetics

Publishers are businesses and preservation isn’t at all within the scope of their business. Preservation isnt selective, it’s the pursuit of any and all. So outside parties with entirely different objectives and motivations and not bound by mandates are the ones that can reliably do that work. Preservation of information in many cases isn’t helped by those in positions of authority and influence. Anyone with a little life experience comes to understand that much.

I have tried the Delta emu on iPad and it seems not too bad except for the current state of full screen. I’ve never used my iPad to game on but I’ll continue to try out these emus as they develop

It’s a beauty, to be sure.

Around my 5th Birthday my parents took me into a department store that had the NES and the brand new Game Boy on display and asked me which I would choose. I went with the Game Boy and that choice really shaped how I enjoyed games up to this day