/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6579182
It'll just be MAME anyway.

>>6579182
>JP exclusive
Fucking cunts

>>6579182
This looks really nice, I hope the emulation is solid. If m2 are also taking care of this, and the screen has a proper integer scaling solution, this could be a really, really nice product.

>>6579204
>he doesn't just order things like that off playasia like a normal person

I assume these type of devices are relatively easy to hack?
I would rather load up CPS1/2 and Neo Geo games on this.

I don't give a shit about a mini emulation boxes, I just really want this since it's a mini Astro City cab.
Love candy cabs, but they're too bulky and expensive to own.

>>6579182
What is the point of any of these if it's only one player? You get it all set up and then only have shitty AI to play against? Lol

Why pay for emulation? Especially when >>6579302

>>6579182
Using real Sanwa parts and a 9" Sony PVM screen.

>>6579302

It will probably have a usb port on the back so you can hook up a joypad for p2.

>>6579302
It has a pair of USB ports round the back

>>6579182
So stupid. Why not just rerelease a Virtua Stick with Astro City branding that plugs directly into your TV?

>>6579182
Looks cute. I wonder if it's gonna be easy to hack?

I really hope this makes it to europe. Getting a bartop setup is a pain in the ass for an rpi.

>>6579524
>bartop setup
m8 have you seen the size of this?

>>6579429
well given that fact that that's 20+ year old hardware no longer being manufactured and ergo harder to find, versus a newly/mass manufactured device
>>6579276
it's more so about having the increased stock, I can see this being of interest to people like me who were bruned by how barebones the Neo Geo Mini was what with it having no clicky stick or resemblance to the more popular MVS

>>6579182
I would so buy that in a nanosecond.

>>6579663
>that's 20+ year old hardware no longer being manufactured
Shouldn't be hard for Sega to make a replica, the would just need a mold for the enclosure, a modern encoder and some Sanwa parts plus some kind of single board ARM computer built in to run the ROMs.

>>6579687
Yeah you're right
Speaking of which I do wonder if this new mini cab will have a built-in battery? That Neo Geo Mini didn't which really killed it for me

>>6579429
It has an HDMI port and a full stick will be sold separately

>>6579715
is it HDMI IN or OUT? im assuming OUT so u plug to a tv, but fuck if u could configure it to accept video input and send out controller input, hooking up something like a switch to it would make it such a comfy mobile setup to play on

hopefully someone more competent in homebrewing as the same idea and the thing wont be overpriced

>>6579742
It's roughly $120

>>6579529
Looks like the kind of cute little toy I'd keep on my desk at work

This makes me wish the gg micro hadn't been such a blatant cash grab. This has 36 games, even if a bunch are veritable also-rans for Sega collections, the package looks a thousand times better than the micro and its tiny screen and incredibly small game selection vs price.

>>6579759
>$120 for a glorified raspberry pi emulator

YA GOT CONNED...AGAIN!!!!

>>6580046
Its almost like the micro is a novel gacha toy for japanese people to win and collect and the astrocity is an international product

>>6580056
1. GG Micro isn't in gacha or UFO machines, you buy it or you don't
2. Astro City mini is currently only listed for Japanese sale
3. You're a dumbass

>>6580067
Its clearly gacha and ufo. Sorry that you're so personally invested in mini products.

The fact it uses micro switches for the joystick and buttons automatically makes it better than SNK's little paperweight.
>>6580056
>>6580071
Oh look, it's this faggot again....

Oh, and they're also going to sell Astro CIty themed gamepads if you don't want to use the joystick/want to play with another player.

>>6580092
Even though they are mini sized, it still looks like an ok size.

>>6580109
Might as well use a USB 6 button then

Wonder if having two usb ports means intent to support two external pads? Then you could just use any usb stick you want

if VF 1 is good this might be the first time ever that a commercial emulator surpasses hobby emulators.

>>6579276
Any good alts to playAsia?

>>6580153
You realize all this stuff just uses hobby emulators

>>6580310
well considering vf 1 is fucked on mame I hope not

>>6579204
was it ever confirmed if it really is Japan only?

i do imagine this and the gamegear micros should be available in america one way or another.

>>6580226
zenmarket?

>>6580109
That might be worth trying. Always looking for new six-button controller options.

>>6580598
GG micro is pretty unlikely I expect. The systems are just too small for westerners. The game selection would also need to change a lot I expect. Also, unless they use fan translations, they will have to translate five of the games in the pack (royal stone, puzzlepuyo, the last shining force game, and both last bible games), and even with fan translations, puzzlepuyo has no existing one. I think it's a definite long shot. They'd probably have to make them bigger.

>>6580323
Hopefully they have m2 on it

>>6580109
>device is 13cm wide
>usb pad is 15cm wide
>by comparison, an nes pad is 12.3cm wide

Dang, this is looking like another tiny box problem waiting to happen.

So you're telling me this thing is

No

>>6580598
Not confirmed Japan only yet. In fact the announcement today was apparently premature and the full reveal is for tomorrow the 8th.

>>6579182
Provide a god damn link on where to find it!

>>6580035
oh I didnt know they let you have a desk down at the faggot factory

>>6580825
yeah because they have such a great record with sega products recently, with Daytona's fucked up colors and the Gen minis shit sound and lag

>>6580967
aka... in 1 hour or 2 like the GGmicro.

hopefully they do announce it for US too, the fact that VF1 is one of the available games could potentially make this one of the most powerful minis to date.

Mame has never played nice with 3d games on ARM processors, even oldies like Namco's StarBlade, this could mean the processor, or its a Hi-grade ARM like a later model Snapdragon, or even a low-mid level X86 one.

>>6581075
Does that mean i can replace my pc with one of these once its hacked

>>6581027
As someone arming a micro arcade out of a bluetooth stick, some wood and an old cellphone, aka: someone who really doesnt need the SACMini, lemme just say this:

can you just SHOVE a raspberry pi up your fucking ass and leave people interested in this alone!? 1.- M2 has never made a daytona port, it was Virtua Racing, and even then, im sure no one really notices the colors, and 2.- no one, and i mean NO ONE has EVER complained about the Genmini's performance.

>>6581080
who knows, but if its using a x86 cpu, it definitely has potential for more emulatable games than your average ARM device. like the one all other minis have. but if it uses a higher tier ARM, it can still be a nice system.

>>6581075
>Mame has never played nice with 3d games on ARM processors, even oldies like Namco's StarBlade, this could mean the processor, or its a Hi-grade ARM like a later model Snapdragon, or even a low-mid level X86 one.
Highly doubt it. They probably have M2 working on this. They aren't just throwing mame on shit and calling it good. They are capable of optimizing things to run on shittier devices. They've been doing this for decades.

>>6581090
why is everyone pretending m2 is some godsend? M2 sucks ass. As Bithead1000 said: ya got conned

>>6581092
For what they do they are good. I mean what do you compare them to, autistic furries with malfunctioning brains convinced dedicating their lives to emulator development is worthwhile? Even then it's not really a fair comparison because the goal is entirely different.

>>6581095
They shouldn't bother with mini consoles unless its the exact hardware and it can play games natively.

>>6581096
That's just your highly autistic and wildly unpopular opinion. You're a vocal minority. Also what you're saying is.
>retro video games should not make profit

>>6581097
Its not fair. Why cant i play the hardware...... My life...come on man...emulation sucks why cant you guys see that...

>>6581103
You can play the hardware though. There's more options than ever for that. That's what's great about not living in 1998.

>>6581096
You're literally retarded lol

>>6581090
i do like M2's work and yeah, its almost sure Sega hired them for the project.

however, the thing is, implementing VF in this, would be a port, not emulation. same with all other 20-something games, and that is not practical, they CAN do that, yes, but making 20 games almost from scratch is not practical, they have to use standard emulation, and ARM devices never had optimizations for hardware like the Model 1 arcade.


>>6581092
>>6581096
>>6581103
REEEEEE! NO! YOU CANT BE INTERESTED! PRODUCT BAD! IM GONA COMPLAIN THRU THE PRODUCT I BOUGHT!

Go masturbate with your Raspi dildo or go bury yourself in the nearest cave if PRODUCT made by BRAND hurts you that much.

>>6581104
what options to buy model 1 arcade boards?

>>6581104
Where?

I wish i could live in 1998...

>>6581115
eBay. I don't think it's reasonable to expect that you would pay any less if they started producing them again either.

Soooooo what games do we think are gonna be on this thing?

>>6579368
>>6579409
That's cool then. It still seems like a cramped kinda shitty way to play, but also probably more of a gimmick novelty item than for serious use and that's cool too.

>>6581123
Probably mostly stuff that you can already play on MAME just fine.

>>6581110
M2 completely rebuilt all of the 3D Classics games from the ground up. Maybe they will do it for specific titles that demand it (such as VF) and just use emulation for the more reliable ones that already work well enough.

>>6581123
Hopefully arcade Shadow Dancer and E-SWAT.

>>6579663
Tiny 1 player astro city cabs that were never even made are even harder to find

>>6581123
hoping they don't hold out and have more than just one "hard to emulate or otherwise play at home" game a la VF. Not willing to make a bet on that though. It will probably be all arcade though, no console ports. That will be a nice change of pace; Even the 3D Altered Beast was the Genesis version, I don't think they've ever done a re-release of the arcade version, not anytime lately anyway.

I don't think they'd bother but super monkey ball would be a cool throw-in assuming the hardware could handle it.

M2 is trash, hyped up by Digital Shill Foundry and other faggots.

All they do is rip off and copy MAME. Biggest frauds in the industry along with Frank Hackifaldi.

M2 buys up romhackers on the Internet then makes them pull their free work. Fucking bottomfeeding freeloading cockroaches.

>>6581976
In none of that did you say they do shoddy work so if that’s your only complaint, suck a dick.

>>6580035
It is nothing more than a toy though, might as well just put a generic brick game on it because it's way too small for any meaningful arcade gaming.

>>6579759
It's also expensive. What is the fucking point. I mean I get that they have to pay for their raspberry pi as well but if it costs that much anyways I don't see any reason not to pay a bit extra to get something that's actually playable, like a properly-sized bartop setup. Unless your wife only allows you to spend exactly $120 and not more and you're fine with being treated like that I don't see any point for this thing to exist

>>6581976
>reads one arstechnica headline about them buying the work of a Japanese rom hacker
>doesn't actually read the article and misses the part where the guy never released the rom in the first place and only teased it in youtube, vimeo, and niconico videos
Once again you guys are on here gossiping like fags in a hair salon without taking the time to get your story straight first though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vaxm3qvCfM

Boring lineup

>>6582487
eh

>>6582487
That's only the first batch. They've confirmed there are going to be 36 games on this machine.

>>6582593
I hope they don't "waste" too many slots on games without good home versions. This is a big chance to get some rare games that never got ported. I'm already excited about Dark Edge as it looks really neat and I don't think I've ever heard of it coming out elsewhere. Really hoping for Arabian Fight to show up too. Cool game totally forgotten.

Full disclosure though, I already ordered mine. Opened up on Amazon.jp in the past 12 hours I guess. No shipping restrictions to the US it looks like, but they are limiting it to one per person, so no getting gift units if you want one for yourself as well.

>>6579182
Would look nice next to my neo geo mini

Is anyone really hyped for a miniature arcade machine with some MAME roms inside it? I just can't understand the love for this. Besides, playing 4-player graphically impressive beat 'em ups like Golden Axe RODA in that tiny screen deserves a paddlin'.

>>6582623
HD output + pad support..
Did the trailer confirm if it has a battery or not?

>>6582593
Then they should have announced something more interesting than Fantasy Zone before the orders are all filled by resellers like the GG Mini

>>6579182
Sega Titan / System 32 infogram anyone??

>>6582623
>>Some MAME roms inside it

Apparently M2 is not involved with the Astro City Mini.
https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1280784025808809984

>>6582667
I don't think this will be a port like the 3DS thingies.

>>6582656
Why bother recommending sonic jam when the "sonic world" clip it shows is one little tech demo and doesn't even involve a game to play? The rest is just ports of MD sonic games, why list it at all? Might as well list sonic r, at least it's a game.

>>6581095
>autistic furries with malfunctioning brains convinced dedicating their lives to emulator development is worthwhile
based byuu

>>6582623
It's purely for the aesthetic. I have a full setup with a modern PC for emulation in my living room. No product is going to come close to retroarch with runahead and advanced shaders. But I still preordered this (the only mini console I've been interested in) simply because I love candy cabs and this looks really cool. I'll probably put it on my desk at work

One day

>>6582741
F

>>6582741
Ah shit

Would be sick if it was possible to tate the screen and add some vertical shooters to it once hacked, but I know that won't be possible.

Still, pre-ordered.

>>6582741
oh ffuc

>>6579276
>Playasia
Overpriced garbage. Fuck them

>>6583430
you can pre-order direct from amazon.jp but weirdly enough they won't let you order the USB controller that goes with it. Maybe they worry about more large-scale ordering of that since it's cheaper?

>>6583453
you can order using US dollars without having to use some service or do any transfer bullshit?

>>6583515
Basically. You have to make an amazon.jp account, but otherwise it's trivial. You can even change the site language to English. It will charge in yen but you just pay by conversion rate anyway.

Just so you know though, it's not everything that will ship outside of Japan, and frequently the shipping will be higher, so you won't always luck out like this. That said, this is a fortunate time that you can get it without much in the way of hoop jumping.

>>6581086
where did I say a fucking thing about a pi? youre a brainwashed little twat that just absorbs what shill channels like My Life in Gaming says as fact, arent you?

>>6581092
BLASPHEMY!
the virgin high priests of youtube have ordained M2 as GODS!!!

>>6581197
oh really? rebuilt you say? to run on modern hardware?

good to know. I'll be sure to report any and all discussion of M2s games seeing as they arent retro

>>6584149
You realize remakes of all kinds are allowed on /vr/ right

The M2 worship is a little odd considering the SNES/SFC mini is so far the best of the mini systems as far as the included emulation software goes. M2's Mega Drive and PC Engine minis both have the same audio lag and lack of good video interpolation options that the NES mini suffered from. M2's better than AtGames but apparently not as capable as improving as NERD.

>>6584526
/vr/ is being shilled

>>6584526
but baTTLE GAREGGA !!!!!

>>6584186
Sauce?

>>6582795
>based byuu
Yeah someone's gotta do it.

can someone tell me whats the point of these?
why cant they at least be bartop size?>>6582869

>>6585696
Well this mini is more expensive than other ones of somewhat similar size, probably based on the extra hardware. Making a bartop of that size would take the price from 12800 yen to probably 3 or 4 times that. Not to mention how much shipping would go up.

If you're asking the point of the mini console fad entirely, well companies realized in the 90s that classic game collections were appealing, and Nintendo proved with the nes version that if you do it in an easy all-in-one package that looks cool/reminescent of the original, that it appeals to people that liked the original. In the case of Sega, they seem to like making teeny tiny ones. No doubt helps their bottom line. Ultimately it comes down to appeal; it looks cool and it might be worthwhile for the games selection.