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Re: Interview: "We’ve Certainly Made Mistakes" - Limited Run's Boss On Winning Back The Trust Of The Community

romanista

I guess doing this interview at the place where his audience is is damage control 101 (@nebzilla). I guess he can expect some criticism in the comments (although i don't see hate here @scalenepowers).

One of the problems with LRG (as I commented on an earlier article) is he selling a sort of illusion, that you buy a physical thing with intrinsic value. I just spent too much money on some famicom mini gba games because of the packaging, so I buy that illusion too, because the packaging is so cute..

But when you sell that, you know the details have to be completely right, otherwise your buyers remember they are basically buying the rom, that they often already have, in expensive packaging..so CDRs and stuff are a nono... That is why the emotions leads to dead threads.. people feel exposed

It make dme really sad that even our friendly retro-commuty gets so heated up that it makes death threaths to failing suppliers

(I know that there are other reasons for physical ownership, but that is not really with nes roms like rugrats or dreamcars gd-rom)

Interesting sentence about the rugrats case, that they had an already good supplier but changed it... that is a huge risk...

Re: Creator Of New Open-Source Game Boy Disagrees That FPGA Is Superior To Software Emulation

romanista

Ah it is of course a bit of a semantic discussion.. I guess analogue started 10y ago the 'no emulation' branding because they had to explain why their device was 3x the price of e.g. the retron 5 of those days..

My life in gaming just released a compilation of their old fpga videos... in their analogue nt review they copy the ' no emulation' monicker, later they start using 'hardware emulation''....

Of course they both have a place in gaming preservation...software because you can have easy access where you are.. (the best gaming device is the one in your pocket on your lap), and fpga to reduce lag and to understand how they worked on a chip level..

for me personally the analogue pocket really changed a lot.. I use to re-enjoy some carts... I use it to emulate lots of games on the go... I made a sort of mistercade out of it with a turning screen for Tate, and with the analogizer and snac I now enjoy the same device on a CRT tv too... up to 16 bit I'm now in heaven...

sill my Miyoo mini is always in my work bag.. more portable and cheaper..and achievements..

the accuracy for me is visible in the Amiga core.. I play sensible soccer on World Cup level.. and the timing of running is just off on wine cores.. the amiga was a complex beast with custom chips... you can feel the difference there

Re: Review: ModRetro Chromatic Is So Close To The Real Thing You'd Think Nintendo Made It

romanista

@RetroGames interesting bet.. (makes me wonder about the first AA batteries, 1907 , wow), because i'm sort of worrying they might not be available easy anymore sooner than later... although maybe usb micro cables should be more worrying, or usb b (wii u controller)... personnally i'm worries about the environmental impact btw... AA batteries are better recycable, but most aren't

On the device though, lots of what is said, was exactly what was said about the pocket in 2021... perfect gb(c), form factor, screen, cartridges... and if you use just that feature they seem comparable (and 20$ for the save states seems fair),

but then you see all those other features... i really love my pocket... I made it my personal arcade station, and my portable gb/gbc/more.. so excellent

Re: Pre-Orders For FPGA N64 'Analogue 3D' Open Next Week, Will Cost $250

romanista

@Edd-O oh damn, the shippingcosts... thanks for warning me... that dampered my enthousiasmquite a bit..

rationally i guess i don't have to buy it.. happy with by n64, maybe should invest in an even better cable.. not really feel the need to play them bigger screen (and have nso to tha tif needed)

but am wondering what the fpga chip could do when unlocked... saturn fpga.. now that would be something