/vr/ - Retro Games

>80% of pre-orders cancelled

>>8250781
>"to play a game in Library"
What?

Covering their asses.

>>8250790
I'm confused too. If you play a game with only carts without dumping, what is this "library" they speak of? Freudian slip?

>>8250781
>inserts flash cart
heh, nothing personnel, analog

>implying there won't be a cfw day one

It would actually be pretty based if they were serious about this shit and made it impossible to load roms on it with no possibility for cfw. People who blow money on emulator handhelds deserve it.

The whole product class is cringe. Either emulate or play the originals like a sane autist.

>>8250885
So, you know how you can see a library of owned games on Switch but can't play them without the Cartridge inserted

>>8250928
FPGA are supposed to be identical to the original hardware. Emulators aren't the same thing.

>>8250931
Ahh you're probably right. I dump all my games on my hacked Switch, so I forgot about that.

>>8250937
>FPGA are supposed to be identical to the original hardware
They can be theoretically identical to the original hardware. That does not mean that they actually are.

>>8250781
The "sleep" feature is interesting; I use savestates exclusively for stop/resume between sessions so being able to do that with no possibility of abuse is a nice idea

>>8250937
I'd like one of these n64 fpga

>>8250781
>Does not play rom files
Then what the fuck is this hunk of shit good for?

>>8251137
Not for zooming, that's for sure

>>8250937
FPGA is emulation. You will never escape this.

>>8251140
Show us your chinkshit collection, oomerposter.

>>8250781
Heh. Sure, officially. The next day here comes the "jailbreak" out of nowhere and suddenly it does but not officially. It's the only thing that makes sense with the features they added. They are lying to cta.

>>8250781
Unfathomably cringe, that's like a portable music player that only plays DRM infested file formats. They can shove this worthless pile of plastic up their asses, sideways.

>>8250791
from what? There's LITERALLY nothing illegal about dumping or playing roms so long as you're not distributing the roms yourself.

>>8250781
So, just get some multicart you can load a thousand roms onto.

If it plays on a real Game Boy, it will play on that.

>>8251225
This isn’t necessarily true unless they have stated it. The Retron 5 could not play ever drives for instance. They could easily lock flash carts out with their own OS

>>8250781
>buying soilogue anything

>>8250781
Defective By Design.
>>8251234
Then it wouldn't be "identical to the original hardware".

>>8250894
How does that work differently? Curious how that will beat it.

gameboy advance SP's are $50 on ebay.

>>8251254
You can just load your roms on the flash cart, then put the cart in to play normally. It's not like it'll check what you're playing on the cart.

>>8251283
I have one. They are very uncomfortable. I’m just hoping for an Analogue Pro version with GBA ergonomics.

>paying for an Anal-log product
I Shigeru Miyahontouni hope you tomodachitachi don't do this da-yo!

>>8250784
> >80% of pre-orders cancelled
I guarantee that thing is going to sell the fuck out no matter what, and quickly, regardless of any virtue signalling bullshit they tweat about muh corporate ball-sucking copyright

>>8251150
It literally is not.

>>8251397
Of course. I just don't understand it, though. Why buy some new console that only plays old game carts? You have the authenticity of using original carts, but that's completely undone by using modern hardware, which is actually the more important part of the equation when it comes to authenticity. It really comes across as "I wanna be retro, but I'm afraid normalfags will think I'm a loser if I'm seen playing on a 30 year old children's toy, so thank Science that Analogue is there to repackage this pursuit in some trendy iPhone generation deisgn!"

>>8251405
Is FPGA the same hardware setup as the original consoles?

>>8250781
Based

>>8251409
>You have the authenticity of using original carts
it will be hacked 10 seconds after release and playing ROMs and everyone knows it. Aside from that, Analogue is known for producing really nice hardware. I don't own any of their shit, not my thing, but if you like really nice hardware that you can flaunt to your friends, then it might make sense. Apple is worth two trillion dollars because there is a massive market for people like that.

>>8250781
Based because who buys this dumb shit?
If you're serious about any retro game you already experienced bad emulation and by googling for one hour you discover flashcarts and buy the original hardware on ebay. Even then, you can nowadays emulate gameboy games on a cellphone perfectly for all intents and purposes.

I swear, these companies just exist to take the money away from virtue signaling poorfags.
If you can't afford the everdrive or hardware: save more.

>>8250781
Wait, then what use does the library/playlist thing has? This seems weird...

>>8251397
>>8251443
is this samefagging or a new buzzword?

>>8251465
virtue signaling = r*ddit post with awards

>>8251465
its a buzzword but >new
it has to be at least 13 years old at this point

>five minutes after release
>"""""jailbroken""""" firmware outta nowhere

>>8250791
yeah, because flash cart manufacturers are getting sued right and left

hell, might as well sue hdd manufacturers while you're at it, they can also be used to store copyrighted content!

>>8251405
not the same anon but don’t fall for Analogue markerting
FPGA still suffers the same issues as software emulation, in other words, it’s as good as the programmer skills that made them.
I do read that FPGA reduces input lag though

>>8250784
I don’t think so, it will still run flash carts I’m sure, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of the unit

>>8250885
Just a menu with thumbnails and information about the games it can play.

>>8250937
retard

>>8251542
This. You faggots act like this is something new. They’ve always said this and it is to protect their ass.

CANCELLED. I'm back to my hacked switch.

It will work fine with flash carts you idiots.

>>8251302
The problem with this method is gb flash carts are insanely expensive. You'd be better off with a real Gameboy if you get a flash. This should've allowed me to play my physical games and load my games digitally for when I can't bring that much plastic and silicon everywhere. But they had to be corporate bootlicks about it.

>>8252259
It will run games off the sd card. How fucking new are you?

>>8252259
>insanely expensive
no they are not holy fuck

So what's the point of the device? Yeah, it's cool they plan on selling cartridge adapters to play other physical games, but why would I drop $230 to play PC Engine games when a PC Engine is marginally cheaper? Hell for $200 I can just get something that'll emulate everything they advertise and more.

>>8252307
It's for those of us who aren't such fucking poorfags that $230 isn't a massive investment for them
A strange feel, I know, but not one that you'll ever be acquainted with anyway.

>>8252314
I'm asking about the point of the device's existence. Why would anyone buy it when there are already other handhelds that fill its niche for less?

>>8252314
What the fuck do you think "investment" is? You're not getting a return from this device.

>>8250781
This is corporate speak for "Don't sue us Nintendo." There will be a cfw for this.

>>8250781
>does not play copyrighted rom files
So it just doesn't play games? Top kek these gook niggers

>>8252326
Nintendo cannot sue for emulation, that's not how this has ever worked.

>>8252263
They literally said it would not

>>8250952
Are any indistinguishable? Even as far as latency is concerned?

>>8250931
Isn't that just the console version of disk-checking? Or does it actually need the cartridge data to work?

>>8250931
It's one of the things that makes me hate the switch. Everything with that bastard system feels hostile.

At some point one of these retard clone manufacturers just need to man up and give the market what they want. 99% of their potential buyers don't even own any games, and collectors don't want to put wear and tear on their carts just to emulate. It's just an added expense for a big ugly flash cart sticking out of your emulation box.

>>8250937
>FPGA are supposed to be identical to the original hardware.
And you're supposed to be 18+ to be here

>>8251409
In theory I guess if you wanted to use original peripherals plus games on something "close" to real hardware, while outputting at 1080p via HDMI. But at the same time there's upscalers that can probably do the same job with older consoles, and outside of maybe Atari Lynx/Neo Geo/Game Gear support I can't see much reason to grab a Pocket when an SP and an Everdrive could get the job done for the same price.
I could maybe see the appeal for the home consoles if someone just wanted more of the features but without grabbing an upscaler or a SCART cable that didn't already own one. I'd still wonder why they'd want an FPGA console instead of emulating it in that case, but I guess it doesn't matter since Analogue has a hold on that niche market.

>>8250781
To the slack-jawed cunt janny who warned me for posting the word "based" and nothing else for posting "irrelevant" content or whatever the fuck:
I was literally answering the question posed by the OP
I hope you get raped and murdered in real life you worthless cunt piece of shit
FUCK YOU

That being said

>>8250781
Based

>>8250781
NO thats hella GAY

>>8252324
Wrong. Playing this thing in public is going to increase your social standing and turn you into a pussy magnet. Buy it. Your children will thank you for it.

>>8250781
>gb case with 4 face buttons and no analog
super cringe

>>8252889
Someone sounds mad. LOL

>>8253003
it also runs neo geo pocket and lynx and none of the games it runs use analog controls
they'll probably be set to turbo buttons or something in other games

>>8250937
Jesus anon, no. To put it in dumb dumb terms, a FPGA is just a hardware accelerated emulator.

>>8252307
to sell to hipsters mostly

>>8252365
lol. You retard. And qtips say to not insert them into your ears on the box.

>>8250781
there is going to be custom firmware for this within days of release to play roms from sd, this has been true of every analogue product.
what >>8250791 said

>>8251914
Entirely incorrect. No one listen to this toddler.

If you were handed a controller of a top emulator, an FPGA, and real hardware, you would never know the difference. Stop lying to yourself because no one here believes your idiocy and ignorance.

>>8251542
>>8251961
JB firmware.... made by the analogue team no less.

>>8253189
Not trying to be a twat but have you tried comparing the three? I use original hardware happily but am just curious on fgpa

>>8251325

So sick of you uncomfortable controller fags.

>muh cramps
>I need a perfectly ergonomic prosthetic device moulded to the contours of my personal hands waaahhh

I've never in my life experienced discomfort from a controller, and I've been playing my SP since it came out.

Relax your autism grip and quit your belly aching.

>>8251409

I don't really understand why people don't just go for an SP, though.

It plays every Game Boy game, it's rechargable (my battery is going strong nearly two decades later), the clamshell design means it's ACTUALLY portable, and look at it, it's stylish as fuck.

>>8251409 #

I don't really understand why people don't just go for an SP, though.

It plays every Game Boy game, it's rechargable (my battery is going strong nearly two decades later), the clamshell design means it's ACTUALLY portable, and look at it, it's stylish as fuck.

>>8253276
>I've never in my life experienced discomfort from a controller
I have, I despise the PS1-PS3 dpads

>>8253284
If only the AGS-101 was more prevalent

>>8250937
ELECTRONS

>>8253064
>a FPGA is just a hardware accelerated emulator.
I've never heard this one before. But honestly, I think it's the best way to describe them in a way fucktards might be capable of understanding.

>>8252307
If custom firmware unlocks the cores for the other systems it supports officially, then it becomes far cheaper than the combination of real hardware, mods, and flash carts it would require to get the same experience. But on it's own, it has some potential that makes it worthwhile to me.

>>8253284
The cart slot at the bottom causes issues with a few games that also happen to be kind of pointless to emulate, like Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble and the GB Camera. So I feel like a modded AGB is probably better overall, even though I hate the shoulder buttons.

>>8251405
isn't it literally LLE

>>8253064
>a FPGA is just a hardware accelerated emulator.
I'm going to start using this. Thanks, fren.

>>8253185
Anon you really are not supposed to use them in your ears. They are actually not good for that. People passed down this nonsense of cleaning your ears socially.

Can’t wait for Anallog to send me a review sample for my youtube channel!

>>8253185
lmao

>>8250937
Life is emulation.

>>8254770

>>8250937
It's sad that the marketing has been so effective on people like you. It's literally emulation.

>>8254827

>>8254975

>>8251542
>>8251961
>>8253194
how do people not get this? this is clearly CYA, just like they've done with all their previous consoles

>>8252259
>100 dollars
>insanely expensive

>>8252916
Didn't ask that, kid. It's poopy. Deal with it.

>>8252314
One of the key aspects of not being poor is to avoid wasting money on stupid shit.... like this....

can i get a quick rundown on this "covering your ass" meme, and why it's necessary, to the point you all have a fucking acronym for it? what could they possibly get in trouble for with this device? the fact that they are pussy enough to care is reason not to buy alone. what a bunch of faggots

>>8250781
Cringe considering it'll just get modded

>>8255202
It's not necessary. People get trapped in their little consumer bubbles of bullshit and never pay a few bucks to consult with a lawyer before making wild claims about how they want to avoid being sued. But also, some people are just genuine bootlicking dogs who *want* to piss in your cereal and make everything they think is anti-corporate or anti-copyright as scary and hard as possible. So you have those two dipshit groups reinforcing one another while their dialectical opposite — the anarchist/pirate exists to serve as an ideological counter and both are constantly making up claims in the hopes that they can impose their reality through ideological war. Except that's not how the material world works at all and production itself needs to be shifted. Peoples' mass lax morals on emulating ROMs come from extreme difficulty to obtain old games (usually from lack of continued production and shitty bubble markets of dedicated consumers) versus the fact that physical objects break down over time no matter how many times you repair them. So a measure of common-man's leeway is born of this material circumstance which ideologues cannot accept or understand and prefer to scare you shitless or make up their own stories to soothe their scared brains.

>>8255034

>>8253284
Even my tiny baby hands are too big for that thing, and have been since I was in high school.

Also the battery is complete dogshit, mine stopped charging within the same decade I bought it because I actually used the damn thing. If I recall the manual even says it's only good for 500 charges which is pathetic.

To say nothing of the annoyance that is the headphones you have to use for it. I went through like 3 or 4 pairs of those things back in the day. Was so glad when the DS came out and I didn't have to use it anymore.

>Companies can't make any good new games
>So lets desperately covet 30+ year old games

When are people going to stop buying games so we can put out this trash fire?

>>8250937
Every Analog FPGA has needed firmware updates to fix bugs. Wouldn't be the case if it was identical.

>>8257179
FPGA-based emulation is inherently more accurate than software-based emulation because... it just is OK!???

>>8257179
bro even ninty fixed bugs in hardware revisions (or introduced them in the case of GBC)

>>8257381
They're not recreating nintendo's bugs, they're fixing their own emulation errors because it's not an accurate representation of the hardware.

>>8253286
Pussy hands

>>8257179
Uh, excuse me, did you read the store page? They said it's NOT emulation. That means it isn't.

What, you think Chinese companies can just lie like that on their official sites? Pretend that something about their new system is magical and has never been done before?

What's next? Are you going to tell me there's a competing open source alternative out there with double the logic gates at half the price? With 10x as many cores, that all invalidate all the other wonderful non-emulation devices Analogue have spent the past few years pumping out for 200 bucks a pop? Get the FUCK out of here, unbeliever.

>>8250784
They've had the same disclaimer for all their previous consoles and every single one of them has also had an 'unofficial' jailbreak (made by kevtris himself) released the same week that allows ROM loading from SD card.

>>8250781
It would have been a cute idea if COVID didn't absolutely fuck the retro market. As it stands it's a polished turd for idiots with too much money. You're better off buying a Chinese handheld and cramming multiple Romsets on a $8 32GB SD Card.

>>8251465
"virtue signalling" is not new. First time on the internet?

People to yap about respecting the copyright of decades old games are doing nothing other than virtue signalling what good people they are. It's bullshit. The original developers are not getting anything if you buy a 20 year old cartridge on ebay. All you're doing by buying old games is helping inflate retro game prices even more and give money to ebay in the form of transaction fees. If someone wants to buy "legit" copies of old games, that's fine with me, but let's not pretend that you are somehow morally superior for doing it, you're just a collector.

>>8257491
Thanks for confirming. Definitely a single retard false flagging

>>8257491
The only thing I respect is the silence that serves as the foundation of creativity

>>8257503
Thanks for confirming. Definitely a low IQ tranny

>>8257503
>>8251465
>new
just remember to dilate

>>8257536
>exploded from nothing around 2016
thanks for exposing all the election tourists

>>8253284
Because you can ONLY play GBA and GB/C games in it. People would rather have an Anbernic handheld or hack a current one (3ds, vita or Switch)

>>8250781
Instafail because it won't be able to run many cores that MiSTer can like PSX & Saturn. Also not an open platform, just sandboxed Kevtris trash.

>>8257430
It's funny how the whole appeal of FPGA's used to be that you could emulate a bunch of different systems on the same chip, and then Analogue showed up and said "no no no, we need separate chips because each one is a perfect replica of the hardware", and everyone just went along with it. There's no reason to use an FPGA for just one system. And none of them have been perfect yet.

>>8257203
So this is the first time I'm even hearing of "FPGA", yet it's all over the thread. what is it?

>>8253580
>>8253938
>>8253064
You shouldn't use "hardware accelerated emulator" because it's not even close to accurate except in weird, tortuous use of the term "emulator." FPGAs are "recreations" of the original hardware with HIGHLY VARIABLE levels of accuracy.
At the low end you've got shit like most of the arcade cores on mister where they are basically just Verilog implementations of the MAME driver and so apart from latency improvements they are no better than the questionable source they were developed from.
At the other end of the scale you've got the good cores like the NeoGeo where it's the product of years of effort decapping real hardware and turning that into HDL to generate cores that can and have been PROVEN to be capable of being swapped in and out of real hardware with 0 incompatibilities. This is because the guy who did it had no intention of making a mister core, he was making FPGA replacements for failed chips on real hardware and so had to get them perfect. However it was trivial to turn it into a complete system and so it happened.
Somewhere in the middle you have cores like the SNES core where they borrow a bit from higan to paper over the cracks where understanding of the hardware is curiously at odds with the games and no one knows why. Higan accuracy is a pile of lies, it's a total per game hack job, don't believe anyone who claims otherwise. And when byuu was still with us, more useful information flowed BACK to higan from Kevtris than went the other way.

>>8257639
People could work to develop more emulators like Goomba for the flashcarts. I'm sad that the only ones still being in development are Goomba Color (not by the original creator) and PIUemu afaik. But there exists emulators for SMS/GG and ColecoVision that also work. I think there is a lot of potential for it. Someone should finish the NeoGeo Pocket emulator.

>>8250931
Never used a switch, are you fucking serious?
There are physical cartridges STILL?

>>8257734
It stands for "field-programmable gate array", and emulation is not its only purpose in programming, no matter what this board tells you.

>>8258497
Yes, but you could download games from the e-shop, or if you're a cheeky person with a hacked switch you can download them from "somewhere else" for "really cheap". So you do not need to use carts at all.

>>8257423
>bad dpads now mean your weak
well that's a new one

>>8250781
vaporware

It was supposed to release over a year ago, and for a console coming out “this month” er sorry it’s actually next month guys! we sure haven’t seen literally any actual real life evidence of the thing existing.

Even if they really thought they could ship by October they would have known that wasn’t the case before we were a week into the month. If they really thought a ship date was only a month away we would have gotten at least a picture of a single unit. It’s been 2 years and we only have renders still.

They’re not telling the truth, they might as well be lying, and suddenly I don’t even believe the thing exists

Inb4 files for bankruptcy “sorry guys!!!”

They literally pulled a mighty number 9 in announcing some other unrelated project before even remotely delivering on the first. I’ll bet it’s to get funds for the first falling apart project.

>>8257104
GBA SP's battery is utter fucking shit. 600 mAh and only 500 cycles. The backlit model runs out of juice in 2 hours, or less if the battery is dying. Not to mention you can hardly find a replacement nowadays, it's not an industrial standard battery used by nokia and samsung phones. The only GBA worse than the SP is the GBA micro.

>>8250781
I look forward to it. I'm not getting particularly hyped since who knows when they're going to release. When they do, I will try to get one. It's a very nice form factor emulation machine.

>>8258980
Just buy this dude. It has a 3D printed holder and a simple circuit to solder to so that you can put whatever battery you want. You can also buy replacement circuits if it breaks. It is not that difficult or expensive.

Should have HDMI out.

>>8258886
are you retarded?

>>8258497
why wouldn't you not want physical carts?

>>8251234
The Super NT supports these already, so I don't see why this wouldn't

>>8259764
heck, NOT supporting everdrives would mean it's not a faithful recreation of the original hardware.
but that's besides the point since we wont even need those for the pocket, it'll support roms via SD Card

>>8259793
IIRC they had to have some weird option, some delay option for them to work, but it's there
As for supporting roms, you assume we'll get a hacked firmware like the Super NT? Super NT's hacked firmware is not ideal because it won't support the games with extra chips, but it's better than nothing. No such problems for GB/GBC/GBA and other portables it supports as far as I'm aware

How often do these things come back in stock

>>8259829
it's not even out yet

>>8257104
Didn't get one of these?

>>8259798
>you assume we'll get a hacked firmware like the Super NT?
Literally all of ther devices have "custom" firmware released by the creator of the cores himself, usually day of or shortly after. I don't see why the pocket would be different. Especially now that half of the features of it's OS seem to rely on stored ROMs

The hacked frimware for the super nt doesn't support games with special chips because the FPGA used by the nt isn't large enough to support them. It has to rely on the carts themselves. Likewise, if the pocket gets a SNES core (which it probably will), it also probably will not play special chip games

>>8250894
Yeah, its not hard to figure out...

>>8250784
Christ, I wish. I really want one but they disappeared so quickly I never got the chance to pre order one for myself.

>>8258497
bro you thought the switch ran on little discs like the PSP? Lmao

>>8258886
i truly want this project to be real but as you said there is literally no evidence of even a functional prototype. just two more weeks bro then it will totally ship!

>>8258980
bro, your 850mah ds battery?

>>8258980
>i've never owned an original SP battery that lasts for 8-10 hours
Zoomers gonna zoom

>>8259264
>spend $15 when you can spend $5
Genius! I actually built something like this once when I had a bunch of spare drone batteries I was trying to find uses for. Not even worth the few minutes it takes when you're saving a buck. When it's costing you $10 more it's literally retarded.

>>8250791
No one gave Hyperkin shit for the Retron5's ability ro rip ROM's which is about the only thing it's useful for in all honesty

>>8261527
Ssh, don't tell him that you can put a DS battery into a GBA SP.

>>8252259
>insanely expensive

GBC flashcarts are literally the cheapest ones you can get. Hell you can get a GB Everdrive for 60 bucks.

>>8261837
Yes, please give me the URL to a place where you can buy GBA SP 800-900 mAh batteries that can ship internationally for $5. I do not have access right now to a 3D printer and I live in a small apartment so the Makho battery is perfect for me to buy assembled. The Megabatt is a good alternative but it is $11.

>>8261837
He was definitely exaggerating but those things degraded stupid fast. I remember thinking the rechargeable battery was fucking revolutionary and was so happy I wouldn't have to keep swapping out batteries but after like a year it already had significantly decreased battery life.

>>8261883
>i can't afford a $11 battery so a $15 assembled battery is better for me
>plz google for me, i live in internationally
>p.s. i'm totally not a shill


>>8261884
I have no reason to doubt that anons first GBA SP battery was a clapped out ancient piece of shit that came with the SP be bought on eBay. The batteries were cheap toy parts using 20+ year old technology and manufacturing processes and shit by today's standards. But they were pretty decent back in the day. No point using them now as far better options are available for a few bucks.

>>8253276
>tiny hands

>>8262302
No, I actually could afford it. I was just wondering where this mythical $5 battery is. It is not helpful for the rest of the board if it cannot ship internationally (the only website I found that ships the SP battery internationally is Retro Modding due to fear of dealing with customs check). I got both the Makho and the Megabatt battery and imo $15 ain't much. But >>8261837 is complaining it is somehow too expensive. I think the price is normal.

>>8262302
By the way, kind of strange you think that it is the price that is the problem. Sounds like more of a (you) problem. I just like that I can reuse the materials again with a different more common battery in case I cannot find or they stop selling Megabatts.

>>8262508
Buy a DS battery nigger

>>8259264
Yes; an extra layer of jank is exactly what I want when dealing with a form of battery known for self immolation.

>>8262571
Nah, I like new batteries.

>>8262508
>>8262525
These mythical $5 batteries are all over the place. I guess just not in the Faggots Republic of Internationally where you live. Also, thanks for double copeposting just to make things clear. I thought you might have been a retarded poorfag but now that you've explained that you totally aren't and didn't complain about the price of a $11 battery all doubt has been removed. And no, you can't just use the same parts and replace the battery. You bought it already assembled because you're too retarded to solder a couple wires.

>>8258497
>>8258512
They taste absolutely horrible though. Nintendo coated them in a horrible tasting chemical to stop kids from eating them. Just bare that in mind if you ever intend to get physical Switch games, they taste horrendous.

>>8263197
It's just 2 points dude. Desolder it and resolder a new battery. If the circuit breaks (because it's small) just buy or print a new one. You can still use the holder if you want, it is just a piece of plastic.

>>8264260
....I have never seen a child eat a cart, and that is such a weird factoid.

>>8265881
But you need a soldering iron to do that and you're too poor to buy one. And no way mommy is going to let you play with one of those.

>>8251325
>t.

>>8266058
I have a soldering iron actually. A few things. First, I figured that if people like Helder stop making the custom battery for the SP/DS, I would need to have a workaround for the battery. Unfortunately, I do not have the luxury like you to have a drone parts store in town that sells the drone battery, and actually there really is only 1 store in town that sells electronic parts, and that store is pretty small, and unfortunately it does not have those type of batteries, so I would have to buy the battery online anyway. I do not have a 3D printer (and I shouldn't because I am living in a small apartment and it would be against the landlord's terms), so it is also nice to have the holder for different size batteries in the future. So that is why I bought it, and I think in the future I can buy the battery online by itself to replace it and solder it.

Analog is planning to start offering a store front to sell indie, retro throw back titles. To keep everyone from pirating it they are going to lock these things down with drm going forward.

>>8268658
>my mommylandlord won't drive me to the store and wouldn't let me have a 3d printer even if she did
fixed

>>8258489
>Somewhere in the middle you have cores like the SNES core where they borrow a bit from higan to paper over the cracks where understanding of the hardware is curiously at odds with the games and no one knows why. Higan accuracy is a pile of lies, it's a total per game hack job, don't believe anyone who claims otherwise. And when byuu was still with us, more useful information flowed BACK to higan from Kevtris than went the other way.
very interesting if true, do you have any sources for this

>>8268738
That seems like a sure fire way to kill interest in these things.

>>8269295
That's thier plan, we'll according to thier private, dev discord anyways. I don't use discord but I think it's like irc chat rooms or something. Some anon was posting it in a analog thread a month or two ago. Take with a grain of salt but the screen shots looked legit to me

>>8261449
I believe the preorders sold out in 8 minutes of going live.
Scalpers are on this like flies on shit, expect a ton of these on eBay going for double price or more.

>doesn't even have a fan

shit

>>8250937
>emulators aren't the same as an FPGA since an FPGA can emulate the hardware almost in the same way.
wait what?