If I understand, the big deal about this is that it is hardware, NOT emulation right? Wasn't that the point of the swapable things? It actually plays your game FROM your game, not just by dumping a rom. But still able to apply patches like translations?
@AlbertXi Great question - If I understand this article right I hope they are doing their own because of the expertise they seem to have in the field AND it sounds like that's what they mean by "hybrid" that it is part emulation, but also trying to get the Retroblox to treat the cartridge like it's original system did by constantly reading it through the electrical connectionn, NOT just dumping a rom and the beginning and then emulating from there. That's why it could handle the FX chip in SNES for example because they wouldn 't have to emulate that, the cart would still be doing it's own FX processing. That gives me hi hope for this system. (am I getting that right?)
@gingerbeardman binged it. So that is just a little machine that lets you dump your own games and play them on your computer? which you're saying is an easy way to back up saves? then can it put them back on your cart as well?
sidenote: if only nintendo would offer a "we replace your battery' for their old games. I'd pay $5 a pop for that service rather than trying to solder that stuff myself!
Can we apply translation patches to real physical Japanese SNES cartridges? That is the main thing I'm looking for. games I actually own but need translation. Playing off the original cart is awesome and I do really like the anti-piracy, so that would be great.
If it plays Super Famicom, can it apply a translation patch? That's, I think, the closest I can get to actually owning the cart, but still getting to play those Japan exclusives in English.
For example, I have Seiken Densetsu 3 but even the google translate app pointed at the screen is so garbled I can't make heads or tale of it. And no I don't want internet roms, but thanks
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Re: RetroBlox Becomes Polymega, Joypad And User Interface Get Shown Off
@ThanosReXXX
I doubt you could stack the ones with carts anyway because it looks like the cart is inserted vertically.
Also, PolyMega is a terrible name.
Re: RetroBlox Becomes Polymega, Joypad And User Interface Get Shown Off
If I understand, the big deal about this is that it is hardware, NOT emulation right? Wasn't that the point of the swapable things? It actually plays your game FROM your game, not just by dumping a rom. But still able to apply patches like translations?
If so then THAT is what i'm interested for.
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Re: Exclusive: Getting Under The Hood Of RetroBlox, The Clone Console To Rule Them All
@AlbertXi
Great question - If I understand this article right I hope they are doing their own because of the expertise they seem to have in the field AND it sounds like that's what they mean by "hybrid" that it is part emulation, but also trying to get the Retroblox to treat the cartridge like it's original system did by constantly reading it through the electrical connectionn, NOT just dumping a rom and the beginning and then emulating from there. That's why it could handle the FX chip in SNES for example because they wouldn 't have to emulate that, the cart would still be doing it's own FX processing. That gives me hi hope for this system.
(am I getting that right?)
Re: Exclusive: Getting Under The Hood Of RetroBlox, The Clone Console To Rule Them All
@gingerbeardman
binged it. So that is just a little machine that lets you dump your own games and play them on your computer? which you're saying is an easy way to back up saves? then can it put them back on your cart as well?
sidenote: if only nintendo would offer a "we replace your battery' for their old games. I'd pay $5 a pop for that service rather than trying to solder that stuff myself!
Re: Exclusive: Getting Under The Hood Of RetroBlox, The Clone Console To Rule Them All
Can we apply translation patches to real physical Japanese SNES cartridges?
That is the main thing I'm looking for. games I actually own but need translation. Playing off the original cart is awesome and I do really like the anti-piracy, so that would be great.
Re: Modular Console RetroBlox Could Be The Ultimate Old-School Gaming Platform
If it plays Super Famicom, can it apply a translation patch? That's, I think, the closest I can get to actually owning the cart, but still getting to play those Japan exclusives in English.
For example, I have Seiken Densetsu 3 but even the google translate app pointed at the screen is so garbled I can't make heads or tale of it. And no I don't want internet roms, but thanks