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The argument that if a game is not currently available to buy then it's fair game is overly-simplistic and sounds like it comes from a petulant child. The entitlement is real in the emulation scene.

Just because they're not currently selling a game, that doesn't mean they might not want to some time in the future. Meanwhile, everytime it gets emulated it's losing a fraction of its future worth. Emulation encourages the perception that Nintendo shouldn't be charging for retro games on NSO, for example.

Also, the fact that original copies of out-of-print games increase in value adds to the prestige of the developer, which again supports the value of its current, future and retro software offerings.

This reminds me of the UK Dragon's Den contestant who had poured thousands and thousands of pounds into R&D for a piece of silicon that caps the end of a cucumber to keep it fresh.

Hmm. Tempted, but the chunkier body, clicky buttons, and unpolished OS are putting me off. For now at least.

I've toyed with the idea of buying one a few times these past few years. Yes, it is iconic, and a big chapter in Nintendo's history. But the fact is I never really liked it as a kid. This could well have been at least in part due to not having much time to get to know one - my access was limited to using a mate's for a few minutes on a school coach ride somewhere on just a few occasions. But I just wasn't impressed with the experience a day the few games I saw and never thought more about it. If I were to get one it would be the epitome of buying it for the sake of sticking it on a shelf. Still tempted, but with my shelves overflowing with gaming stuff I do actually like I still haven't justified one. Having a Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Player for my GameCubes is enough.

Knowing me I'll wait until they're £1,000 before deciding the time is right.

This... is why we game.

Did somebody say OutRun 3? Jolly well better have!

Never heard of it.

I have 4 Wii U consoles, but only one of them sees regular use, so I will have to find some time to get the others booted every now and again.

Alas, this was before I'd ever owned anything Nintendo other than a Game & Watch, so the occasion went completely under my radar, but I'll be sure to get to the next one, Miyamoto-san.

Ridiculous price. What's the likely cost of production for 256kb?

I was prepared to drop fiddy to pick up 4 of these, but at that price I doubt I'll be buying any.

Wow, can't believe some of you guys be doing my boy dirty up above.

My favourite is the Wii Remote. Beautiful and iconic to look at and hold, versatile, and when you put the outer jacket on it feels like an adult entertainment product. Love them.

Yep, great article. I would have appreciated it even more if the art included had some creator's comments/descriptions accompanying them, but nonetheless, a great insight.

Seems a fair review, to someone who's reasonably unfamiliar with the Mega Drive/CD library.

I pre-ordered one of these but had been meaning to cancel it (gotta reduce outgoings). However, the end of October has snuck up on me and it got delivered today without me realising it was coming.

As it's Amazon-sourced and not a sealed package, I'm going to try it out and return it unless it wins me over. Sluggish OS is never a positive, and seems unnecessary on such a system.

The idea of receiving random games once a week is kinda interesting, but the idea of spending £150 on a low res, monochrome, device with not much going for it is quite preposterous to me. Dislike the idea of the crank. I'm thinking of a Private Frazer. An even number. And the opposite of succeed.

@Zach1122 Anyone still not using rechargeable AAs by 2021 is surely not bothered where their portable power comes from.

Not gonna buy an Evercade for this, but if they ever feel like doing the sensible thing and releasing the collection on Switch then we can boogie.

They need to run some winner-stays-on games, with celebs and nobodies, build up a bit of hype about knocking people off the top from week to week.

As long as the game lineup was golden and the emulation up to scratch I would Day 1 a Dreamcast Mini. I've thought about buying an original Dreamcast, but I've heard a fair amount of stories about hardware failure, and so at this stage, with the best games presumably being pretty hard to come by, I'd prefer a Mini.

The games lineup looks very similar to the mini. Otherwise, I'd get one.

Does it have an operating system with a user interface (if so, what's it like?), or do you just insert the media and boot directly into whatever's on the media?

Edit: I've seen the reference to internal storage above. Guess that partly answers my question.

Basically they saw the 3DS was full of whoop-ass and backed right away. Right decision. Tomodachi Life would have beaten it to a pulp.

Well, I don't recognise the tune and had no idea the music had some sort of legendary status, but it's nice to see this kind of feature on the site again.

It's that classic tale all over again:

Boy meets girl
Boy co-creates global phenomenon video game
Boy butchers girl, their son and then himself.

I've lost count of the number of times it's happened...

@Damo @BionicDodo I'd mash my nether regions with tennis racket for that collection.

Love Megablast...

@kenzo Same here, I'd not heard of the Sega sponsorship (though I may have done at the time and not paid much attention). Although the branding is around the start/finish line, it's not particularly prominent going by that video, and the Sega branding on the Williams cars is easy to miss unless you're looking for it. Hope they didn't pay too much money for it.