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How is Nintendo able to go after emulators the way it does? It was generally recognized that roms are illegal and emulators legal as long as it doesn't include a bios or whatever. It's surprising they have been successful unless things are different with the emulators they went after.

@Sebidix you are incredibly misinformed. People have been selling homebrew games for years legally. Some of those homebrew games end up on the switch eshop and other stores.

I feel like a lot of these services don't hire enough support people and rely on automation. Plus don't give support proper training. So it can take ages to actually reach someone and when you do you get the same responses you get from automation.

@RetroGames that game looks cool but I'm wanting to see it actually running on the chromatic. The resolution is right for either gb or gbc but getting the colors to look just right can be tricky.

How good is this at emulating the original monochrome game boy? Most talk and screenshots have been game boy color. Does it reproduce the look of that screen well?

Thanks for mentioning this. I read something about analogue pocket not having saves and this makes the issue a lot more clear.

@Zeebor15 I'm sorry but you're completely wrong with your post. There was never a ps1 Thief so that's out of the question unless blaze did their own port. Same for Deus Ex.

Legacy of Kain is actually most likely cause the first 2 games were ps1 games.

Is fpga emulation that much better than software based? I know it's good and input latency is better but has it really revolutionized retro gaming?

@michaelf I thought I didn't remember the load times being so long when donut dodo was game of the month.

The overall quality of the cart seems pretty high so while donut dodo is a highlight it's not only good game on the cart. Worth noting that bubble Seahorse adventures and donut dodo are native evercade ports.

Latest Atari especially under this Ceo has been doing a good job understanding what people want out of the Atari brand. Don't try anything too new especially on the console front but reinvent the classic IPs and do new things with them.

Some games look good but I can't help but feel the device is overpriced for what it is. It's cool they are getting exclusive games though.

@wiiware

Would be nice but I think it's way too early at this point. I'd say maybe 2 years and they should be able to deliver that at an attractive price point.
The games you mentioned would be difficult to license but maybe in 2 years they could be in a position to get those licenses.

Why ask for clarity on something that's been clarified? The information is right there in the article, on the Evercade site, and in the Evercade group. Blaze (and everyone involved) are consistently saying and advertising that this is the 64 bit version so it's a bit of a nonsense question asking if it's ps1 unless you're alleging they're lying and have some proof.

That piko owns glover is known as it's being released on piko collection 4 on evercade. The fact that they have an emulated ps1 version running already (whatever that means) on antstream doesn't mean much either. It has nothing to do with releasing on Evercade though yes it would have been easier for blaze as they already had handled ps1 emulation before.

The real question to ask is why doesn't this look as good as other emulated n64 games usually look. Get clarity on that, if this is the final look, and if blaze will be adding options to improve image quality. Those are useful questions.

Also while an evercade branded modern style controller with analog would be nice I'll be happy is they just add support for analog joysticks on 3rd party controllers.

@Gravyc why even ask this? They've said numerous times and in their announcements that it's the 64 bit version. That would be a huge lie if it was the ps1.

The screenshot on the Evercade cartridge page looks like n64 though I agree the gameplay footage looks ps1 level. That's likely due to filtering or lack of it and resolution. Hopefully they can adjust the image quality in the final release.

@GravyThief
It's running a normal emulator. If I recoded a nes game and released it on Nintendo that makes it a Nintendo game. That's what evercade did with glover but for n64. It's still an n64 rom file just optimized to run better which is likely needed on the relatively weak evercade hardware.

Some carts ranked higher or lower than expected. Very surprised at Irem being number 1 but perhaps that's partly due to being an Exp pack in.

Also want to note that's Alwas Awakening was not originally a nes game but the nes version was a special version created later.

@romanista

Yes it has more interviews and background info. I actually got this cart before the first collection.

I feel like the shmups on this collection are more essential than the first.

The headline feels very clickbaity.
The steam deck is definitely being surpassed in terms of power but it's the champ when it comes to usability and price. The screen isn't THAT bad with the vibrant deck plugin but a version with an oled screen would definitely be nice.

It's also nice to know that valve will be supporting the device and has been constantly updating the device. Truthfully the steam ui is snappier on my deck than my pc. With other companies that constantly throw out products you don't know how long it will be supported or how good that support will be.

Evercade is pretty cool especially for niche and homebrew titles that would be expensive to own physical copies of otherwise. For titles going out of print it's nice to know you'll always be able to play if you own the cart.

For anyone wondering why the best version of some games aren't chosen its usually needing to license a bios. CD games and pc games like amiga need bios files while cart games just need the rights to the game. The fact that they can't afford top dollar licenses has worked in their favor allowing them to have a unique library instead of the same retro collections we've seen a million times.

Caught Tommy in a lie. Republic/Fig absolutely is crowdfunding and Amico did use them

Also, putting "confidential" on a document does not automatically make it illegal for someone to share its contents. The actual document itself with branding, logos, etc is copywrited so shouldn't be shared on a site without permission. Which is why ars technica took down direct screenshots.

@bluesdance playdate had a much more compelling e3 video. Yeah it's not for everyone with the price but the season of games from established indie devs, crank, e ink style screen, and easy dev tools makes it a unique device. It seems like it will at least establish a niche audience.

@CommanderTaco Tommy calls them haters but they always have very specific criticism that brings up good points. I feel like Pat is great at calling out BS. Remember the coleco chameleon? Not to say this is a scam just not everything Tommy is saying it will be.

Also requiring every game be no more than $10 will get you phone quality games and encourage shovelware. Hell there's mobile games that cost more.

I really don't see this even being a modest success. I prefer my Ouya. At least it worked well for its time as an emulation box. Many of the things this lists about positives of its game library aren't an example of careful curation but just imposing restrictions on developers and making them not want to bother. No dlc? I know micro transactions suck but there's been some great content like from Nintendo that's been released as dlc. That means no quality free to play games like Paladins too. Requiring every game to be E is also restrictive. Capping the price at $10?!
Are they serious?! What dev that puts a lot of time and effort into their games will want that? Looking at the games like cornhole it's obvious they aren't enforcing quality but just restrictive rules.

Motion controls and color touchscreen are nice but no traditional dpad, analog stick or even buttons besides the ones on the sides seems to be trying to fix what isn't broken. There seems to be input lag too. Really the only reason a dev would want to develop for this is that it's easier to be seen on a small console.

For me some of the retro remakes and other games sound promising but not nearly enough to buy one. Earthworm Jim 4 will likely come to other consoles eventually anyway.

@zenarcher I saw a video that compiled all those comments from Tommy about switch being unsafe for kids and advocating rape, and calling others video game racists or something. Comes off as a complete nutjob. I already though he seemed narcissistic and off but that video really cemented it.

@Slowdive they don't have the rights to the bios. The Kickstart roms. There are still court cases about the rights to the OS. Blaze isn't being lazy they just didn't have it available as a choice. They are working on emulating more systems.

I don't know if I completely understand see the appeal of this. I can play my ps1 games in retroarch flawlessly. That it plays saturn games well is impressive and definitely the most notable achievement of the system. But for $450 plus storage costs plus even more if you want to play cartridge games, plug the costs of the games themselves going full original hardware starts to make more sense.

Plus this doesn't do n64, wii, arcade, ps2, or dreamcast games. There's no leaderboards, achievements or online play. Filter options seem limited. Doesn't seem like the ultimate solution to me.

@roadrunner343 The emulation on the neo geo x got a lot better with firmware updates. The screen though the wrong ratio wasn't too bad and you could change it to display in 4:3.

I just feel like the mini is worse in every way besides the 4:3 screen. It looks like an arcade but the button layout isn't like a neo geo arcade at all. The x portable had a similar layout but the controllers had the proper arcade layout making button combos easier. Joysticks were all micro switched too. X could be played on the go and hooked into hdmi with the cool looking dock.

The hardware and emulation weren't perfect but I feel like the design should have been the starting off point for future neo geo recreations. With some tweaks could have been perfect.

Or at least SNK should do something like what arcade1up is doing.

I don't get the hate for the neo geo x. I think it's better than this. You could play it on the go and the controller was an actual arcade style joystick. It wasn't perfect and the widescreen was an odd choice but it was pretty cool. Was designed to have extra games added to it too though it stopped getting support.

@Yorumi yeah I was just going to make that comparison. If you don't even have a real basic prototype you probably have nothing and aren't ready to make a console.

Everyone makes fun of the Ouya but it actually delivered it's product and started a small trend of micronsoles. Was the first steps of android on TV. Plus some good devs like the creators of towerfall got their start on Ouya.