/vr/ - Retro Games

>>607945
It took 6 AA batteries but still had like a 3 hour battery life on top of its size.

Had one as a kid and it rarely lasted through a long car trip.

Also, the Sonic games for it were not too great, to me.

The hardware is pretty shit, especially today, as the LCD's have degraded. There are some surprisingly fun games on the thing though. If you can mod it up to modern standards with a rechargeable battery and a new LCD screen, it's a nice little handheld.

dem graphics man, dem graphics

>>607945
Aren't they just a Master System in a handheld package?

>>607980
Yes

>>607967
Done.

Oh boy. Wait until you run in to a model 1 Atari Lynx, OP. If you want to get a feel for just how big it was check this out... Kid draws that motherfucker out of his custom made Lynx-carrying jean jacket and it just keeps coming and coming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWT3UKFuDbk

Makes the GG look like a Game Boy Micro.

>>607995

Not as comfortable. Not as cool. Disgusting aspect ratio and high resolution screen.

>>607992
>>607980
I'm surprised Nintendo didn't take this route and just smash the NES hardware into handheld size

>>608000
That's a lot of real estate with nothing but a d-pad

>>607995
>portable Gamecube emulation

Jesus christ I'm in the future.

>>608004
Gameboy was cheaper to manufacture, more compact, and less battery life. One reason the GG and Lynx were so goddamn hueg is because early 90s manufacturing technology didn't allow them to get a color handheld in smaller sizes.

The PSP, Vita and certain DS variants are also around the size of a Game Gear.

>>608013
portable gamecubes actually exist, I made one myself just recently using an actual gamecube and some shell I ordered online
shit is so cash

>>607945
Try to get your mitts around a Sega Nomad and then come talk about unwieldy handhelds.

>>608018
PSP also has a disk drive though

Wasn't the Nomad even larger?

>>608026
Luckily that can directly use Genesis carts while the GG can't take SMS carts without a converter despite being the same basic hardware.

>>608013
We're not there yet. It technically works but it took me 9 minutes to get to that start screen. But thats the story of all emus, once the ball gets rolling on emulators they pick up speed.

>>608035
In fact some of its games were just repackaged Master System stuff. In other words, a cheap way of forcing you to rebuy the things instead of getting used SMS carts.

>>608026
At least in the Nomad's case it was a reasonable tradeoff.
>compatible with the entire Genesis library
>best handheld screen prior to the PSP
>batteries will actually last you multiple days

>>608039
>emulating
just take parts out of your gamecube and put them in something portable, i've seen plenty of them on youtube

It doesn't really matter if it can fit in your pocket, as long as you can play it anywhere

>>608035
If you do have a converter, GG can (to the best of my knowledge) run all SMS games that don't require extra peripherals like the 3D glasses.

>>608049

>compatible with the entire Genesis library

Except for that X-Men game that required you to reset the console.

>>607995

is that legit

>>608082
My picture. See this:
>>608039

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiUI08UITwc

>>608026
I don't know what you're about, but I love the Nomad. It's obviously not pocket material, but damn, look at that package. A whole Genesis and you can put it on your desk. In 1994 that would blow me away. If I was a Sega exec in the 90s then I would keep one on my desk to show incoming folks what we did. That's a true professional's portable.

>>608052
Those guys are some real smart fellas tell ya hwat

>>608067
ZING!
I loved that fucking game.

>>607945
The size wasn't an issue back then. It really was the batteries. I eventually got a battery pack but all I ever had were a couple sonic games anyway.

but seriously, google poratble n64.

>>608216
>it_hurts_to_live.n64

>>608052
I'd like to do that, but I imagine it's not as easy as taking genesis board and dumping it into a Gameboy. I suck at woodwork, metalwork, and I'm only decent with a soldering iron.

>>607945
Sega should have gotten their shit together and made a game gear micro with good battery life when the technology allowed it, instead of shovelling up more and more senseless eccentricities like the 32X and nomad.

>>608241
BIGGER IS BETTER
MORE PLASTIC ELECTRONICS FOR THE SEGA GOD

>>608216

Anyone ever see this before?

>>608164
I didn't say it was bad. It's amazing for a handheld, but it's seriously chunky, if only because you can only make a genesis cartridge slot with an LCD on top so small.

>>608260
Yeah, looks a bit shit. I mean, the fucking logo is nearly the size of the screen.

>>608067
Rumor has it that you don't actually need to reset the game. You have to press a button combination, or at least, according to some image I saw once. It had Wolverine on it and referenced the resetting trick, but was scribbled out and wrote a rant over how "everything was a lie" or something.

>>608260

Sure. You can buy them and there's plenty of reviews on youtube.

>>608242
SCRAP FOR THE SCRAP GOD!

>>608260
Yes, at Urban Outfitters. I've heard too many mixed reviews to go for it though. Rather just emulate on my psp go or play the real deal.

>>608013
Yeah, have fun with those games.

>>608242
AS YOU WISH

>>608269
Eh, that's forgivable. You can only make the hardware so small and the screen so large.

>>608290
What a fucking abomination.
What is the honey bee attachment?

>>608290
Jesus Christ, how horrifying.

>>608290
>that low battery light

>>608326
>the low battery light isn't actually hooked up to a sensor or anything, it's just always on

>>608306
It is a pirate Famicom adapter that works on your NES and lets you play non huge Famicom carts

>>608290
Hail sega!

>>608336
It just adds to the picture, like its about to die of cancer.

>>608290
Bravo. The only thing that could possibly make this any better is that micromachines cart with two controllers plugged in.

>>608341
What the fuck is on the side, what the fuck is with the front

What is going on here

>>608356

The thing on the front is a wireless controller receiver. Not sure about the side.

>>607980
There was actually an attachment for the Game Gear that fit into its cartridge slot that allowed you to play Master System games on it.

to be honest, the size or the battery life is the smallest problem of the game gear

i still have my and it's broke, so is everyone's that i know that had or still have one. it's like a xbox 360, it destroys itself.
people sell broken game gears on the internet for parts.
it's more unreliable than an alpha romeo.
too bad, i kind of liked it.

>>608361
>"Mega CD Karaoke"
I'm guessing Mega CD Karaoke

>>608356
Sega is what's going on, my friend, sega is what's going on!

>>608341
That thing will come to life and purge the entire humanity one day.

My Game Gear has no battery covers and a screen that's washed out and scratched to shit. I still play it though, just with an AC adapter.

>>607945

>pic approximately actual size

I just pulled out my GG. It's way fucking bigger than your picture, OP

>>608241

So, does this actually work? Like, does it play 32X games on a nomad?

I mostly just emulate this stuff on PSP, but 32X doesn't work yet.

>>608380
Is it even possible to play a game with that thing?

The Game Gear was like 8 years in the market, I wonder why Sega never released a more slim version that used less batteries.

>>608391
I think OP's screen is 800x600

>>608394
Not with the cleaning cart in there.

>>608290

You have not yet witnessed my final form

>>608356
>>608361
Can't you zoom and read? It says Mega CD Karaoke

>>608341
What's that to the left?

>>608381
What, the Big Zam?

>>608432
Genesis. And the Big Zam if you too.

>>608439
If you want too*

what other handheld official system can just take full size carts?
oh, don't actually answer that :D

>>608446
Clean those smudges

>>608446
I like how the cart peaks over the edge of the system so that it can still stalk you while you play.

>>607945
The original Gameboy was large and unwieldy too.

However it had way better battery life, and it had Tetris.

>>608506
It also had this. Possibly the best portable Mega Man game until the Zero series

>>608006
>That's a lot of real estate with nothing but a d-pad

Oddly enough, it was also ambidextrous. You could flip the screen upside down.

>>608067
>Except for that X-Men game that required you to reset the console.

In all honesty, that was the most original thing I've witnessed in the ENTIRE 16-bit generation. It was genius.

>>608446
Hey, guys! TurboExpress here! I can play TG-16 games on the GO! I also have an antenna that hooks up and let's you watch TV anywhere! Guys? Where are you going?

>>607945
Oh I don't know. How about because it was a hand held video game system with not only a color screen but a backlit one at that. A fantastic library of games including more sonic than you could shake a stick at.

>>608260
You can find shit like this everywhere. They are a dime a dozen and most of them are poorly made and break.

>>608026
These aren't too expensive, about 60-100 bucks. And sega was always on top. Always ahead of its time.

First portable, full fledged 16 bit system.
First system to incorporate something other than cd's.
Plus the dreamcast at the time had superior graphics. Shenmue still looks amazing to this day.

>>608368

yeah I think the screens wear out.

That's what happened to mine. Shame

>>608538
>and it was never copied
Surprising.

>>608000
>>608006
>>608521
This thing was also one of the first 16-bit systems, too. It was almost as powerful as the SNES (it could do "Mode 7" more efficiently for one), and it could be written in 6502, one of the most common programming languages back in the day.

For a 6502 programmer, the Lynx and the PC Engine was a dream come true. They had no market share, though.

>>608290
That is impressive but it is not 64 bit.

>>607967
>game gear
>change LCD.

for a battery mod it should be easy enough to do. even a led back-light mod wouldn't be a problem.

but changing the game gear LCD is like an impossible mission.
first you need to build an rgb multiplexer PCB to get the console video signal and make it out as regular rgb. some guy sell them for 50AUD/each.

you need to find the good tft screen (a 3.5" i think). around 35 to 50 $.

and after all this you will find out that all this shit was useless cause with native game gear games there is no upscale of the picture and it appear in a tiny box on the center of your already small lcd. only master system ports like ecco or castle of illusion work fine

sorry for the bad english too. it 5am here too.

The Game Gear was the only console that was so exciting that it was banned in Mega City One.

>>608575
>banning the gamegear in 2139

They probably found out it causes cancer.

>>608552
>it could do "Mode 7" more efficiently
>it could be written in 6502, one of the most common programming languages
I understand what you're trying to say but Jesus Christ, pull yourself together.

>>608582
What is this, California?

>>608380
can you play as knuckles

>>608610
No way? No way!

>no face when this is actually good mega drive handheld

>>608624
Doesn't the sound suck for Sanic though?

>>608636
See in youtube "md play"

>>608290
>>608290

>>608541
I'm surprised this isn't a popular choice for DIY'ers, considering how damn small the motherboard was.

>>608541
I know a shop that carries one. Didn't see the value in a non-Japanese Turbographx though. Is it worth anything anyways?

>>608542
>First system to incorporate something other than cd's.

What does this even mean?

>>608547
Kojima does weird shit like that all the time.

Whatta shit d-pad

>>608565
>massive hands
>tiny head

>>608860
That card thing the SMS used. An early version of the TG-16's HuCards, basically.

>>608290
You are smalltime.

>>608886
but no system used cds back then, in fact cd roms weren't even common place at all yet

>>608871

Fuck you buddy, the D-Pad on the Game Gear is great.

>>608903
>the curve of that tower
god damn that's close to being tech guro.

>>608886
Unless I'm following this wrong, Game Gear didn't use the SMS cards, it had regular carts like the Gameboy

>>608984

>>608998
>TG16 and sms cards
Yes I know that. My mistake, I went back and read the thread and realized you were talking about Sega in general and not the gg or sms.

i had a GameGear, OP. I only had four games for it, and AA batteries weren't cheap-as-all-hell back then, so it ended up collecting dust.

>>607995
You could at least take your Youtube video off of the thing before you post. Shameful.

>>608003
>Emulation purists
Not only did I NOT know that this was an actual gaming segment, but I did not know how ridiculous they would make themselves with every MUH ASPECT RATIO post. Get over yourselves.

>>608341
ahahaha "Mega CD Karaoke"

The Game Gear had a few good games. Tail's Adventure was probably my favorite of the bunch. The coolest thing about the Game Gear was the Game Gear Tuner, which let you watch TV. There was also an adapter that let you play your Genesis games on the Game Gear before Nomad was a thing.

The battery issue was a real thing, but I didn't know a single person growing up that didn't have a rechargeable power pack for the thing (then again, I only knew a few kids who had it growing up). You could also plug the thing into your car through the cigarette lighter if you had the right cord.

Keep in mind, battery life was an issue because it was a backlit system, something the Gameboy wasn't, and that was a big issue with the Gameboy. Batteries also supposedly lasted less long back then.

>>609405
>The coolest thing about the Game Gear was the Game Gear Tuner, which let you watch TV.

Tell me more

>>608241
can... can you do that?
can you then stick sonic and knuckles into that?
then top it off with sonic 3?
CAN YOU BE THE RADDEST MAN IN THE RADDEST LAND?

The best feature the Game Gear had going for it was its ability to predict the future.

>>609405
>There was also an adapter that let you play your Genesis games on the Game Gear before Nomad was a thing.

Wasn't it Master System games?

>>609421
There was a device called the TV Tuner that you'd plug into your Game Gear, allowing it to pick up analog TV signals and watch local channels. Won't work nowadays in countries that have switched to digital (like the UK and the US). Back in the day, though, it was pretty badass.

>>609443
Isn't the Genesis what people in the US call the Master System?

>>609449
I have got to admit, that shit is genius

>>609453
Genesis is what the US calls the Mega Drive, which is how they call it in Europe and Japan

>>609449
I remember using this on a car ride, the majority of which was spent fucking with the antenna,

>>609453
Genesis is the American name for Mega Drive.
Because of a trademark issue here.

>>607945
>pic approximately actual size

wait, is that like an original gb? then I dont see the problem. I think OP is an underage faggot who is used to DS or gb micro shit.

>>609462

GB was fucking huge.

Sega's handheld sucked because it only had a couple of really good games on it. Gamers at that time were used to mammoth handhelds so its size or battery requirements weren't a big deal.

I only remember enjoying the hard as fuck Sonic game on mine, everything else sucked or was unforgettable.

>>609468
Damn, didn't remember it being that big. I thought it was about the size of the original GB turned on its side.

Shining Force II on the Game Gear was pretty great.

My brother liked the Mortal Kombat ports on the Game Gear, but I think it's just because he liked Mortal Kombat. They certainly beat the dick out of any fighter game on the Gameboy (then again, so could a Tiger handheld game).

>>607967
>the LCD's have degraded

Correction: The filter capacitors have degraded. You can reverse a faded screen by replacing the caps.

>with a rechargeable battery

Just put a bunch of Sanyo Eneloops in it. Something like a li-ion pack is unnecessary and short-lived.

>a new LCD screen

The GG's video output is in an uncommon 15-bit digital RGB fomat. You'd need a whole conversion circuit to make it play nice with anything but the original LCD.

>>609486
>They certainly beat the dick out of any fighter game on the Gameboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwkQu_qSjg4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1nAsPjMKzI

>>607945
>(pic approximately actual size)
Holy shit, my Wonderswan is HUGE!

>>608306
The Honeybee is just a pass-through adapter. Does nothing electronically.

>>607945
>(pic approximately actual size)
MONITORS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY. GOOD NIGHT.

>>609449
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8EqyoA1ks

>your mind is now blown

Ohi

>>607945
>(pic approximately actual size)
I'm sorry but I have to interject on this, do you think screens have the same sizes proportionally?

>>609989
Pandora is pretty good
But it's not that good for the price they're asking

>>609989
>Wasteland
Huh, I would have never expected them to use that game for one of their examples.

>>609989
>Nintendo 64
Suuuuure
It runs Mario and the popular titles I figure. Not even Project 64 running on Windows can be considered good.

>>607945
i have one, i had it since i was a kid. i tried turning it on a couple of months ago, the screen almost degraded completely, and the battery consumption was as bad as ever. i still love it though

>>608624
where can i find mdplay outside of brazil?

>>607945
Yes I would. I owned a Lynx. The original design, the one that could cause a concussion if you swung it at somebody's head. I consider it one of the best things I ever owned.

Ate up batteries like Pac Man on a binge, though.

>>610029
It actually runs pretty good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09iY6Co8KQY

>>610013
I made it.

>>610168
Are you being serious, I can't tell

Fucking capacitors. FUCKING CAPACITOOOOOOOOORS.

>>610215
How am I gonna be the coolest kid in the universe if the screen's all washed out?

>>610117
You are better off getting one of the many open-source handhelds like a GCW Zero for playing Genesis games.
The emulation is superb and you can load it with the games you want.

>>610239
>GCW Zero
But it's not out yet

>>608624
I've got the Blaze atgames Mega Drive one of these, but it doesn't have an sd card slot. I was bummed at first, but then I read online that even the SD card ones don't support saving, which means that Shining Force would be a complete waste of time on it.

Do they support saving?

>>610230
The fuck do you do with all that stuff, man? Hunt ghosts?

>>610250
I have a feeling that would make a good plot device, some kid finds a game gear with a tv tuner that detects ghost frequencies, but he can only hear it for a few seconds because the batteries deplete itself immediatly.
Hollywood what are you even doing

>>610259
Batteries are just plain cool in general. They are POWER, in a handheld thing.

I often wondered why there's never been a electric shotgun in a game which uses AA batteries as shells.

>>610250
I do everything!

Except look at it, because the screen doesn't work because it needs recapping.

And the TV tuner only accepts analogue signals and they've turned them off in my area. (Though it does have video -input-, so I could play my Nomad through it if I were grade-A wacko.)

And I can't turn it on because the TVT eats batteries even more than the bare GG does.

And I can't lift it, but that goes without saying.

>>610270
>I often wondered why there's never been a electric shotgun in a game which uses AA batteries as shells.
FUCKING FUND IT

>>610280
AAA battery: five-seven style round, for P90 and other PDWs.

D battery: grenade for launcher.

9V battery: magazine-style power source for handheld railgun.

IT WRITES ITSELF.

>>610280
>>610270
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuOxqE5mY6c

>>610292
Car Battery for BFG

>>610309
You'd end up looking like the guys from The Typing of the Dead with the dreamcast strapped to your back.

>>610302
So, just sticking batteries into a real gun: stupid, but it does work. That's 24,000 more plausibility points than a lot of video game weapons get.

Electric shotgun? I'll take it.

>>608067
Actually, turning the system on and off fast enough will do the same thing, since the data is still in the system's RAM.

I used to do that all the time on my Nomad, but with Sonic 2 instead of X-Men. Fuck year Super Sonic on Emerald Hill zone.

>>610330
Is that a US thing? I've never gotten the reset-to-keep-emeralds thing to work on my Mega Drive with any Sonic before.

Back then we earned our Emeralds the old fashioned way.

>>610315
I'm okay with this

>>610336
It might be. What model, 1, 2 or 3?

I only ever had a Model 2.

>>610340
I have a Pal Mega Drive 1.

> And a Nomad. It's not very good?
> Anybody want to buy a Nomad?

>>610337
My head isn't on today.

Car batteries would of course be claymore mines.

>>610342
Might be US only, might be Model 2 only.

Who can really say?

>>610270
Imagine a MacGuyver game where you can walk into a convenience store and simply buy five of everything you see, right down to the shop fittings, and you can make awesome devices out of it.

It'd be like the anti-shenmue?

>>610242
It will be very soon anyway, should be some time this month.
There is also the Dingoo A320/A380 but it seems silly to get an outdated device at this point, it would be overpriced for its capabilities.

>>610416
Where do all these things go anyway? There must be boxes of old crap lying around that nobody wants to touch with a ten foot pole.

When I was doing GBA dev malarky in 2003-ish, folks in the forum would rave about the GP32 and stuff like that. There's at least ten years of these shonky consoles lying around somewhere.

>>608026
>6 button
>Reads carts directly
>Lock on technology
>16-bit handheld gaming in 95
>Can hook this mofo up to your TV
>Supported portable multiplayer via controller
>The Genesis of the whole console-to-handheld conversion scene

Which would you rather take to a bro's house?
That's right, the Sega Motherfucking Nomad

>>610437
32-bit surely?

>>609989
love how none of those games use the full screen. so tiny...

>>610075
>i have one, i had it since i was a kid. i tried turning it on a couple of months ago, the screen almost degraded completely

Bad backlight?

I managed just fine AND I had the huge magnifying glass thing on it

>>608506
>The original Gameboy was large and unwieldy too

Not nearly as much as GG

>>611089
No, bad caps. But you can replace them.

>>608903
>not capping it off with Sonic 3

>>611170
I'd be disappointed if you don't play as thirty odd copies of Knuckles all at once.

> The title sorta sounds like an autistic kid
> I WANNA PLAY SONIC & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES & KNUCKLES

>>608903
Where do you even find that many S&Ks?!

>>608060
I remember seeing the MS Converter in the booklet that came with the GG and wondering what the fuck a Master System even was.

>>608575
>advertorial
hahaha what?

>>611252
I'm more concerned about what's going to happen in Kansas in 2014...

>>609405
This game is pretty cool, but why must Tails be so damn sluggish?

He sure didn't look like it the games.

>>611434
Gotta go slow.

>>608000
Spiderman is that you?

>>608582
too exciting, he said.

people in the future have to chill by law.

>>611281
well, dredd was on his way, so apparently not a damn thing.

>>608903
OMG YES.

>>610278

I just recapped my GG. The screen's surprisingly crisp when it's working properly.

Still has fuckloads of that old LCD motion blur though.

>>609442
Kind of neat that they created the game in conjunction with / to be shown in the movie.

>>610230
tacticool gg.

very nice.

>>610445
No, 16-bit. It's a Genesis.

>>610178
Yes, we know you did Pandora Marketer. Yet, I still don't mind you, because you're probably one of the handful of marketers we'll ever get on /vr/.

>>610230
I had that screen magnifier, with a huge batter pack hanging off the bottom of the GG. Shit was like 6 lbs.

>>610215
There's like 3, man. You can do it.
Leave the SMDs alone though, you'll just fuck up.

>>610270
eric get out

Nobody here have gp2x? Stay pleb, /vr/.

>>619376
I can't see it taking off, unless it has some serious game support I don't know about. And don't tell me it streams PC games or something, if I'm playing PC games then I'm playing them at my desk on a real monitor with mouse and keyboard, or an original controller+adapter or a very good USB pad.

>>622848
>joystick instead of D-Pad

who's the pleb here?

>>622882
It's pretty cool for mouselook in 3d games.

i have a game gear pirate tv edition, it comes with a huge fucking telescoping antenna in a game cart shaped tv tuner, but my area doesnt have an analog signal anymore... still cool to have as a collectable though. came in its original box and errythang

pic related

>>608043
>In other words, a cheap way of forcing you to rebuy the things instead of getting used SMS carts.

In other words, they were a way for you to play Master System games instead of buying a home console that nobody owned and that nobody sold games for.

>>607967
>mfw my game gears screen works like a dream still

>>622909
>TFW my Game Gear stopped turning on years ago

>>608542
>And sega was always on top. Always ahead of its time.
Ahahahahahaha...
I bet you were one of those kids that bought into the whole "blast processing" bullshit
But in all seriousness, I love Sega (in terms of consoles) now as much as any Sony or Nintendo system

>>622914
I could take a pic of the working screen if it would make you feel better?

>>622920
Not really, it would just remind me how I can't play Sonic Drift 2 on my actual Game Gear anymore.

>>622925
Good, cause I can't find my power adapter or any batteries anywhere

>>609442

I HAD THAT GAME FOR GAME GEAR

It was pretty shit but I still have fond memories of it

>>609442
I was so glad when I found that movie on DVD at a Big Lots a couple years back.

One of the best movies ever.

I bought a Game Gear and Mortal Kombat, Taz-Mania, and Jurassic Park at a pawn shop years ago for about $20.

Somehow lost the Game Gear and Jurassic Park though. I think maybe one of my parents accidentally threw it out.

>>610426

we are actually living in an age where even advanced technology is disposable.....

it's fucking star trek TNG up in this bitch!

>>608039
>But thats the story of all emus, once the ball gets rolling on emulators they pick up speed.

Except for N64. That just kinda died at a certain point. Same with Xbox.

Big handhelds never bothered me. Usually when I have a handheld I only play it when I am waiting for the bus or at lunch so I would just keep it in my backpack. Anyway having a brick like the Nomad or GG made it a lot harder for some punk to steal it without getting caught.

>>623304
N64 emulation is like a really sick kid but slowly gets better over time but he might never be 100%

Xbox emulation is like a baby that lived for 2 days and then died but nobody really cared

>>607945
the thing that pisses me off about the Game Gear is how most people nowadays say Master System games were the same as GG ones, only with a smaller resolution.

I grew up with a MS and played a friend's GG and the Master System was pretty much superior. People often confuse screenshots too. That really grinds my gears.

>>623304
Isn't the Xbox just a weak PC? What's to emulate?

>>623374
Tricky chip, poor documentation, and a general lack of interest from everyone.

Polite sage because not retro

>>607945
>>Would you want such a large, unwieldy handheld?
The guys who bought the X-box and an iPad for an iPhone.

>>623374
That is actually brought up on the Cxbx website.

>The first step to creating an Xbox Emulator was determining the hardware and software systems used by the Xbox. Since the Xbox is pretty much a PC dressed up like a console, the hardware component was easy enough. The software side was a bit more complicated. The Xbox uses a stripped down and partially modified Windows 2000 Kernel. The Xbox also only executes a single process at a time.

>In order to emulate an Xbox game, it is necessary to simulate the game's environment. For the Xbox, this means making the game believe that it is running on a very specific set of PC hardware, running a very specific operating system. The operating system is simulated by intercepting kernel function calls, and wrapping them around existing NTDLL functions within Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The specific hardware is simulated by intercepting code that is known to touch the hardware at the lowest level possible. For Direct3D, this means simulating the Direct3D API by wrapping it around the windows Direct3D API.

>>608018

But the thickness

>>623374
>Isn't the Xbox just a weak PC?

could have been a slogan for gaming PCs, especially since most of the good titles had a pc release..

Well, personally, I preferred it to my Gameboy. The main appeal of a handheld to me wasn't so much playing it out in public, but just being able to play a vidya gaim anywhere in the house without having to bug my mom to let me use the TV. I could sit anywhere and just play it. For that reason, I generally used an AC cord with it. In the instances where I took it on car rides, I would use the battery pack.

>>615529
>not putting a 32X into the Nomad

>>608018
Have you actually had a Game Gear before?

>>615529
Buts! Buts! The 68000 has 32-bit wide data registers!

> but only a 16-bit wide data bus so oh well.
> I'm rubbish at being a 90s kid.

What's the best Game Gear emulator for Nintendo DS ?

the only problem I had with it was the ammount of batteries needed

cellphones back in those days weren't that small either lol

>>629142
Duct taping a game gear to your SMS.

>>629158
*Duct taping a game gear to your DS.* I mean

Damn, I'm retarded. Shouldn't be allowed to use a computer

>>629161
Why ?
There is no good game gear emulator ?

I enjoy the level in which I am upon.

>>629178
I don't even know what's going on in this thread any more.

>>629192
OH GOD WHHAT HAVE I DONE!!!

>>629215
CLOSE THE PORTAL, MARTY.

By my calculations, the world will be completely smothered with a 2ft thick layer of handhelds by this time next week!

>>629218
they are the only ones out of 15-20 consoles not stuck in (heated) storage right now...

>>629226
> heated storage
You're burning them?

>>629226
>not keeping them in the fridge, chill as fuck

fucking casuals

>>629262
>>631010

Aww yiss... Burn or Corrode! Seriously tho, they are fine.

>>632709

And the circuitboards were never seen in good condition again. The end.

>>607945
Beats me, why not ask DSi XL, PSP, Vita, and 3DS XL owners?

>>632797
Nope, worst one I have is from a friend's collection. I need to find a donor Madden game to swap this over...

Horrormode enabled: It's Secret of Mana

>>608216

That's horrifying.

>>632826
The Game Gear is like twice the mass and weight of all the systems you mentioned, don't even try to say they're comparable.

>>609486
Better to just play the remake of it (and the rest of the GG series that never came out outside of japan) on Sega CD.

>>635701

If I understand correctly, the third one isn't on there.

>>608216
It would be hilarious to see this done to an xbox.

>>608216
I still think that's kinda cool

>>635701
It's expensive as dick all on Sega CD sure you could just burn a CD, but still, for collectors, having the real deal is where it's at but fairly cheap on Game Gear. I got my loose copy for $6.

>>636094
You asked for it.

>>629215
>Defenders of Oasis

>>636154

Depends where you go. The one local shop that sells Shining Force Sword of Hajya puts it at the same price as online; $25 cart only. I was lucky to have found a boxed copy for $20 in a classified ad

>>636173
>brofist!

Was happy as fuck when I found it. 1.99 goodwill mode