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I bought everything they released for switch for a good few years. That was a LOT of money. So I can reliably say they’ve had issues for years. In the end I got so fed up I know refuse to deal with them and have seen others become wise to their corner cutting Doug knows. It’s obvious they cut corners. They had a mission statement and wandered so far away chasing a higher margin. They were always a bit greedy but they got too greedy. It didn’t help they got licenses that should never have been limited runs - like Star Wars and then those games ended up not being limited then there was the Walmart deals. There are so many things they’ve done at this point people should just know what they are dealing with and if that’s cool with them….. go for it order.

@Damo really appreciate your balanced and calm answers and whilst I don’t fully agree with what you say and think in a few years you’ll have massively changed your tune, can you absolutely guarantee all of us, and apologises if you already have but none of the family of your websites, PS, PX,NL, use Ai content either in reviews, proof reading or any other features? Can you give us a life time guarantee on that?

I have it on my ps4 and never played it. I will give it a go

Fight for New York was a cracking game. Sometimes games companies don’t know why people liked a game. EA is a company that deffo often doesn’t.

Def Jam
NBA street
SSX were three series they didn’t actually get what people liked. To get to the heights of SSX3 and then make several games and take away pretty much everything that made ssx 3 good highlights it.

Def jam they just didn’t understand the appeal and got the sequel wrong.

@Poodlestargenerica erm Shaq Fu had a new game

Imho these people are trying to steal the guys thunder. He was first. End of. Them jumping on the bandwagon…. Na.

Congrats to the main guy that did it first.

@Damo I thought his comment was harsh. Until I read your reply…. 9 out of 10 doesn’t suggest a product that “certainly could be better” it’s suggests near perfection.

Especially at such a high price point with or without modules.

Most people reading want to know…. Do I want to spend 800/900 quid on this….. 9/10 suggests yes. This is an excellent way to spend your money.

I guess that’s the hardest thing as a reviewer. Firstly scores are almost impossible…. And secondly knowing you are saying to people “yes spend £800 on this gadget”

I enjoyed the review and your thoughts either way.

Thanks for the link to the documentary as I would have missed it. I’ll give it a watch and hopefully you can find more info. I’d love to see I proper pic of it.

Deluded staff writing to a CEO about the “values” of a company about something from a culture they don’t understand.

Same ole same ole.

Whilst questionable things happen right under their own nose.

These preachy types are the worst.

Almost certainly right wing Karen types.

It’s not a classy move at all. Not expecting them to always want his input but giving him a heads up is the classy thing to do.

It’s related to Xbox studios though so online it’ll get a pass. They can do no wrong.

Not gonn lie I’d cop this if I could

I bought a steam deck on impulse. No real research and never being a PC gamer. No regrets at all. These other machines all seem like they are missing the point of the steam deck.

Price.
Easy of use
Support
Community.

They smash the price. Remove the ease of use. Don’t give any support (windows) and won’t have anywhere near the active community working on it making it better (emulation support, controller support etc).

That is every sort of cool.

Limited run will scrape the barrel, do the bare minimum and charge the maximum.

Wonderful people.

For that money I’d find the extra money and get the base steam deck. Which is an emulation monster and can do so much more.

Although it’s also a monster in size. It feels so comfortable in your hands. It needs a lot of bag space:

I’d love a cheap small handheld device that does Gamecube and Ps2 emulation. Under £100 we just aren’t there yet are we.

It kinda reminds me of the stadia one….

Has anyone tried the stadia one as a Bluetooth one now they’ve allowed it?

Cloud gaming is a pass from me. So many issues still it’s such a compromised experience.

I guess the same can be said for steam deck and switch both have massive compromises but especially with the steam deck if you have it set up right at least you can play your games on the go with worrying about the net and the emulation is way way better.

@Forgotten_Worlds @JJtheTexan I stopped a couple of years back. Greed destroyed it. When you started seeing Star Wars games and doom games getting limited runs and even worse they then got proper releases….. you have to step back and realise it’s greed.

This collection is ridiculous.

@KGRAMR if it was a usb stick that contained the files to work on the pS mini or the mega drive mini we wouldn’t be saying it’s a pS one version or a mega drive version. This is no different. A person can’t buy it and play it on their gamecube. Might as well be a file on email.

The gaming industry is, and it’s by far, in its most ludicrous era.

People lost their damn heads.

I don’t wanna be “that guy” but the gamecube version just doesn’t count. Sorry.

@BulkSlash agree. I went for middle price one. With a 1tb sd card and now wish I’d gone for the most expensive one. Amazing bit of kit though

Lol - this is ridiculous. It’s claiming to do something the steam deck already did. It won’t redefine anything now, it might do it slightly “better” (that’s debatable on terms of better) but double the price.

Steam deck is easy to use. Easy to erm “personalise” and cheap to get games for.

To ask me to buy a different device for twice the price it would need to be truly exceptional.

The 90s and magazine freebies were amazing.

Some of my fave CDs came free with music magazines from back then.

Video game mags had the best freebies

@purplesodium yeah, I’ve back their stuff before, he ran into issues with his other one….. in my experience you can never tell with Nintendo.

Hope it avoids a take down.

I’ll back this.

I quite liked the newer Bubsy games. Never played the “classic ones”

@sonict yeah. I’m loving emulation on the steam deck. If they somehow blocked it I’d be furious.

Guns don’t kill people rappers do.

Everyone knows that.

Classic game. I have an urge to replay one of them now the first two were very good games

Cavemen on dinosaurs….

I’m in.

Sign me up.

I liked Bubsy although I was call and spell it by the wrong name. (Busby)….

RIP my man. A worthy contribution to gaming history

Stone cold classic this. Agree with first poster. Holds up well today and a few “high scoring” new racers don’t.

PGR series was always a fave too. Rallisport on Xbox - the OG Xbox was strong for racers.

Would love to see some of these old racers make a comeback

Just looked to pick up a copy of this on Gamecube. Wow. Pricey. Playstation 2 it is.

It’s the the game version of Woodstock 99. Made for and by idiots.

I lived through this era and this sailed me by.

Morbid curiosity has me now.

Great article.

It’s an amazing bit of kit. Anyone saying negative things hasn’t used it. It’s remarkable.

I was late to the party but it’s blown me away and I’ve changed the way completely. I didn’t have a Steam library.

I do know. It’s cost me way way too much money and bundles and steam sales and cdkeys etc are a gift and a curse. Emudeck is mind blowing. To use ROMs of my 1000s of owned games is Amazing

I can play some of my all time fave games which tbh have never looked or played better and also play the latest Hogwarts game - which plays amazing.

Playstation console exclusives, Halo and Forza….. then over to Gamecube and Wii games….

Ssx 3, Dirt3….. F zero, diddy Kong racing…..

It’s amazing.

@Muriustar thank you. I like the look of that. I will find the best place to get to deliver to me. It’s a lovely bit of kit. Is it worth paying more for the not (s) version?

I have a steam deck so for most my emulation needs I’m sorted as it’s super easy to set up and use…. But I fancy a small device for my work bag and to general have on me, anyone recommend a device? About this price. The more it can play the better obviously.

Also are any of the super cheap devices any good?

If it’s got GC and PS2 even though I have a steam deck…. I’d snap this up.

Luckily I snagged a preorder the day before they took it down.

Unlucky for all those that missed out.

Great cause. Great item. Great show.

Still chuckle at the meltdown on Mario 64.
Even funnier the guy still has sour grapes over it.

I am tempted or was, to pick one up. I don’t need one. Steam deck has me covered on emulation. But it is an awesome design.

The amount of awesome games we’ve lost to delisting and deleting is obscene. Hopefully we will see people bring back to life many of these games that should have been left alone and or supported longer

Truly awesome news.

Many “gamers” are so opposed to “roms” and emulation but they have no idea what they are talking about.

Good work to all involved and the current owner.

There is nothing wrong with emulating old roms - the games industry is so and lazy when it comes to game preservation. They often charge a monthly fee and the emulation is ropey.

I subbed to NSO at highest level. GPU and pS+ and I own 1000s of games from way back retro machines to mini consoles to ps5/XSX/OLED switch and a steam deck. I’ve given the industry plenty of money.

Almost all the games I use roms for I own physically anyway and those I don’t, there is no ethical way to buy them - the second hand market is not - that’s giving large sums of money to someone that gives nothing to the software producers anyway. So in that respect it’s no better than roms itself.

With all the issues in society… me playing a ROM version of Wave Race GC on my steam deck…… a game I own on disc - it’s not even slightly a grey area…. It’s absolutely fine.

I game industry would be far better looking at itself and how it deals with these sorts of things.

At this point unless you’ve already ordered you’d be mad to part with cash with these guys.

Retro gaming accessories - do as little as possible for as much money as possible.

“Retro gamers are a bunch of mugs”

That’s what it feels like often.

@Hexapus thank you, I’ve just looked into it and apparent emudeck has an openBOR folder in it and you can just drop games in there similar to the other systems I have used on there. This is welcome news. I will definitely have a poke about at some point.

I was super impressed how easy emudeck was to set up on it

@Rambler agreed although In that scenario she died pretty young

I wonder how easy or possible it will be to get this working on steam deck

Love this story.

I hate online people always say “didn’t happen”

I love that she wanted different saves. I can’t remember how saved worked in that game?!? Why would you want so many profiles? Anyone know?

@SonOfDracula it’s not a case of human nature. A real collector won’t buy this. Someone washing some money will. As a group of dodgy individuals swap worthless or near worthless items in what appears a legit collectors market.

Even the most over excited collector of items that intend not to play would not play 4K for that.

People that spend big on sealed games know what they are doing.

I don’t agree with it but they at least wouldn’t pay that for this.

It’s a scam.