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Pretty cool, but also kind of pointless?

It's hard to imagine a lot of scenarios in which you'd be playing a patched ROM but also don't have access to save states.

Can't wait for that Zeddemore patch, though!

Tested this out last night and it works great!

Can't wait to see CD support added down the line. I could really use a better way to get my Rondo of Blood fix.

Fantastic interview!

I love this game so much. It's easily my personal favorite "golden era" arcade game, and the timing of this article is uncanny. I just ordered the mini-cab from New Wave a few days ago, and Warren Davis's book to go with it!

Aaaaaand I just impulse-bought the Q*Bert one.

Very cool. I might have to look into this for my Genesis games. I have so many of them, and unfortunately ditched all the boxes years ago (a huge mistake that I've regretted since).

For me it would definitely be the Saturn since it's a hole in my hardware lineup.

A Dreamcast would be great but I already have two, one of which has a MODE installed.

Some wacky game about a witch with guns strapped to her feet.

That's fine with me, and it's not like people who really want to play the original version don't have plenty of avenues to do so.

Although I think a better solution might have been to reskin the sprite to preserve the gameplay.

Yeah, Tempest alone makes this an insta-buy as long as they didn't botch the emulation.

@d0c No, unfortunately. You can run software off it, and it can be used for firmware updates. So it's nice for new homebrew games or titles you just forgot to put on the HDD.

I keep hoping an update will add that functionality, but I haven't seen much evidence that Terraonion is actively updating the MODE anymore. I think it's been over a year since the last firmware release.

It's a solid device. But I wouldn't hold my breath on it learning any new tricks.

But can they play Crysis?

@belmont Yeah, I've fussed around with a lot of output options. I have an Akura from BeharBros which is nice, but I'm honestly not sure the image is appreciably better than the one I get from a simpler and cheaper Pound HD cable.

I have a MODE and it's really fantastic. It's pretty easy to install and works perfectly, although I highly recommend getting a 3D printed mount from LaserBear Industries. It makes it much easier and safer to use, and the external SD slot gives you the ability to run software you may not have put on the HDD without disassembling everything again.

Thank goodness. This is especially nice for all those old Gameboy games that make frequent use of start and select.

Yeah, I'm looking at you Link's Awakening.

Now if they'd just give FPGA developers access to all those sweet display settings and get the Dock outputting video correctly, I'll almost be ready to forgive the embarrassing rollout of Analogue OS so far.

That is awesome.

I'd love to own an original Q*Bert cab someday, but it's not likely to happen.

@Luigi05 Not only was there Slalom on the NES, it was Rare's first game on the platform!

Prior to that, they had done a few games on the ZX Spectrum under a different company name.

I mean... people aren't actually upset about the voice acting, right?

People just don't like Pratt. And for valid reason — he's repeatedly said problematic things and affiliated himself with problematic groups. But they're clearly taking that distaste and redirecting it toward his work, whether or not that work really deserves it on merit.

We've heard like three understated lines so far. And from that very limited evidence, it sounds like he's going for a low-key Brooklyn Italian affect, wisely steering clear of getting too hammy with it. Two hours of WOOHOO ITSAMEE would be ear poison.

The trailer looked great.

@Hordak This is a can of worms, but it depends on how you define emulation. I'd argue that yes it is emulation, but not in the traditional sense of emulation using software to try to emulate a hardware environment.

These are cores that program the console's FPGA to directly mimic the hardware in question. If the core is accurate, then the Pocket essentially becomes an NES without a layer of software emulation between the player and the game.

Because if there's one thing that history has taught us, it's that supporting pie-in-the-sky hardware projects with improbably ambitious design goals is always worth it.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be inside playing my ZX Spetrum Vega+ while waiting for my Atari VCS to show up.

Very excited about this. I have a huge Genesis library, and no great way of playing them until now.

I feel like SNES games have been so well represented on Nintendo hardware over the years that I don't have as big a need for the Super NT. But the Genesis has kind of been forgotten outside of a few VC releases, and official compilations have been emulated like trash except for M2's work on the Ages line.

I'd love it if Analogue revisited the NES some day with the lessons they've learned working on these FPGA alternatives.

@Jokerwolf My Amazon order says Feb 28, but not sure if that's a placeholder date or not.