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Thoughts?
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/753559995849990144

>> No.3358753
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3358753

No price known yet.

>> No.3358759

So it's like the Colecovision Flashback? Guess it all depends on how it runs but I don't see any real reason to buy it.

>> No.3358762
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is this real fucking life?

>> No.3358763

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Classic-Mini/Nintendo-Classic-Mini-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-112428

Games included
Balloon Fight BUBBLE BOBBLE Castlevania™
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™ Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr.
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE Dr. Mario Excitebike
FINAL FANTASY® Galaga™ GHOSTS‘N GOBLINS™
GRADIUS™ Ice Climber Kid Icarus
Kirby’s Adventure Mario Bros. MEGA MAN™ 2
Metroid NINJA GAIDEN® PAC-MAN™
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream StarTropics SUPER C™
Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Bowl™ The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

>> No.3358764

They will sell original brand new NES controllers with it? Thats awesome!

>> No.3358768

place ya bets laddies
My guess:
>ARM-powered emulator box with no chance of updating

>> No.3358771

>>3358753
>brand new official NES controllers

>>3358749
>weird proprietary connectors

A-adapters when?

>> No.3358773

Cute

>> No.3358774

>>3358749
Everything else aside, this would make an awesome case for a dedicated emulation box. Just rip out its guts and replace them with a SBC or something.

>> No.3358775

>>3358768
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Classic-Mini/Nintendo-Classic-Mini-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-1124287.html

Yeah looks like it, its USB powered, its some fucking raspberry pi inside this shit

>> No.3358776

>paying for ROMs

>> No.3358778

I can see this selling like absolute gangbusters if they market it properly. Like, 20M+ by the end of the year.

>> No.3358779

>>3358776
>paying for EPROMS inside a plastic container
wewwerino

>> No.3358780

Can't wait till it gets hacked so we can install our own perfect collection in it.

>> No.3358781

SNES mini next?

>> No.3358783

>>3358749
Finally, the retro bubble is starting to pop.

>> No.3358785
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>>3358778
You're probably right... Like, this is just for the general public not even people that play vidya.

Have you seen how big Pokemon Go blew up? I never realized it was possible for so many secondaries to exist for such a mainstream game.... It's disgusting.

>> No.3358787

It'd be even better if there was an ability to play your existing NES games. Then they could reproduce carts and sell them at $20-$30 a pop, people would buy them in droves.

>> No.3358789

>>3358753
$59.99

>>3358749
It's cool I guess, but you can technically get an original NES for that price. Maybe this will drive the price down?

That being said the controller is neat, and it will work on the WiiU/Wii.

Only thing I'm worried about is that it will be a glorified emulation box. Nintendo's NES emulation has been absolute shit. I'll wait for reviews to come out so I can know for sure if there's any horrendous input lag, or if they decided to use that stupid vaseline dark filter again.

>> No.3358797

I love retro games, but this retro gaming buble is pure cancer.

>> No.3358798

>>3358749
Need more information on how it works and what its features are. Right now I'm betting it's emulator garbage. Looks like bait for entry level hipsters.

>> No.3358801

>>3358787
The original chips for the NES weren't manufactured by Nintendo so it's unlikely they could reproduce the original hardware. I guess they could make a shitty clone box, but that'd ultimately just be emulation that puts wear on your original cartridges and thus absolute shit. Also, I doubt Nintendo wants to limit their market to the minority of a minority of people who still own NES carts.

Would be cool if this turns out to be a decent "official" emulator and people figure out how to flash the entire NES library onto it.

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>>3358789
>$59.99
No chance against Famiclones.
Though, I might be wrong, because NINTENDO is written on it.
New controllers are ultra neat though, wish they sell SNES controllers as well.

>> No.3358805

>>3358801
>The original chips for the NES weren't manufactured by Nintendo
But they might have original drawings and circuits.

>> No.3358808

>>3358805
Unlikely. Even if they did, they don't own the rights to them. They'd have to negotiate with the rights holders. Doubt it'd even be worth it to them, the cost would be pretty high to set up the manufacturing equipment to reproduce antique chips when they could just do it in software and 99.9% of people wouldn't know or care.

>> No.3358810

>>3358801
Doesn't seem like the thing will be able to play cartridges anyways.

>> No.3358812

>>3358804

Are you kidding? Throw some commercials up on Adult Swim and ESPN and at $59.99 they'll be backordered for months and going on eBay for $300+

>> No.3358816

>>3358808
The Patents have run out on those chips years ago. Anyone can make them now.

>> No.3358818

>>3358749
I think it will sell. And I think I will not buy one.

>>3358771
So? It's not like there's a shortage of actual NES controllers...

>> No.3358824

going full mobile wasn't enough, now they need to shill their shitty nes games that everyone besides nintendrones are tired of

>> No.3358826

>>3358749
>caring about plug n' plays

>> No.3358827

Looks cute, but im better off with an actual NES and Raspberry pi for rare or fantranslated games

>> No.3358838

It's probably going to be an emulator, it would be amazing if they used the original schematics but I doubt it considering the manufacturing costs. The controller ports are the ones they use for the classic controllers I believe.

>> No.3358845
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3358845

Seems like something of a cash grab for easy money, but it does have a nice lineup of preinstalled games. $60 is a bit much for a novelty, especially a plug n' play, so I hope there's a means of being able to play more games on it.

>>3358838
>The controller ports are the ones they use for the classic controllers I believe.

That's correct, of which there are two of. The SNES-like one with analog sticks and the other with grips that notably came with MH3.

>> No.3358853

>>3358810
It doesn't really need too. As long as there is a way to load roms onto it should be good. If it actually has hardware designed to run and upscale games with minimal input lag, then I'll consider buying one.

>> No.3358854

>>3358753
sixty for the unit with one controller, and ten for an additional controller

>> No.3358856

>>3358749
Memory specs?

>> No.3358857

AAAAAHHHHH look at that little thing. Im gonna sell my regular old crapola nintedo and buy one of them little things. oh god this is abot the happiest ive ever been in my life. I'm gonna buy abot 5 of em and stick em on the shelf. And if some ass hole comes over and wants to play i'll sock em and tell em to go get there own!!!!!

>> No.3358861

I wonder if these are modified and re-purposed wii minis with virtual console games preloaded.

>> No.3358871

>>3358861
I doubt it since it's USB powered. Need a little bit more than that for a Wii.

>> No.3358874

>>3358771
>A-adapters when?
just hope the shell and buttons can be swaped with og pcb controller.
Although I wonder why they didn't when with the dogbone.

>> No.3358881

>>3358749
hold up so where do u put the carts?
and it looks like u cant use original nes controller since they changed the plugs

>> No.3358884

>>3358874
>I wonder why they didn't go with the dogbone
Probably because it's not as iconic, honestly. Can't appeal to nostalgia with the dogbone for most people.

>> No.3358894

>>3358881
It says nowhere you can so I think you can't

>> No.3358898

>>3358881
Look at the size of it. Obviously it doesn't accept carts.

>> No.3358909

Can someone explain to me why they don't do this properly? Like, with a NES-on-a-chip, a real cartridge slot, real controller ports and composite out with HDMI optional. Wouldn't that be more popular with the retro hipsters? I understand that it's expensive to start producing all those parts again, but surely economies of scale would bring the price back down. I might even consider buying one. They could still compete with plug-and-play consoles, but they'd have an extra niche to sell to. It would be like the Sega Genesis 3.

>> No.3358916
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>>3358771
Looks like classic controllers they're just classic controllers.

Cool idea. I'd actually be more inclined to buy a Japanese version. I always thought the OG Famicom was qt, but it's still a bit less functional than other revisions of the hardware.

>> No.3358920

>>3358909
This is not meant for people like us. It is meant for people like Colecovision and Atari Flashback. Just a cheap all in one system filled with games people have fond memories for. For the kinds of people that want to replay them but don't want to spend all that money buying all those carts.

Personally the only thing that would get me to buy it if I learned M2 had a hand in it.

>> No.3358925

>>3358920
>If I learned M2 had a hand in it
I would to actually if that was the case, tthey always are really good at porting things and always add nice extras to things like with the Sega 3D classics.

>> No.3358926

So basically Nintendo is trying to enter in the market of cheaply made NESclones? I guess it's ok when Nintendo does it.

>> No.3358928

>>3358920
Yes, but it could be for both groups of people if they did it right. The type of people who buy a system like this for nostalgia aren't going to not buy it if it's more authentic. If they want to ship it with games, they could have some games built in and sell others on brand new carts. It actually seems pretty strange that they sell the controllers separately but not the games.

>> No.3358936

>>3358909
Supporting the original carts is not realistic... they aren't going to manufacture those again.

But NES on a chip would be awesome if it provides a 100% authentic reproduction. I have my doubts about emulators.

>> No.3358939

Why didn't they put the whole fucking library and add SNES to it if they are just making an emulation box?

>> No.3358940

>>3358928
Seem it comes with one controller. Guessing the second is being sold separately mostly for people that want to buy it for their Wii U VC. And I wish I could play my carts in it too. Just saying that I feel Nintendo doesn't think the extra cost is worth it. They wanted this to be made as cheap as they could.

Personally what I wish they did was have a system that plays carts and also play VC games. Feel that would have been a better thing for people.
>>3358936
This is why the only way I would even think of touching one is if M2 did the emulation. They have shown that they are the best in the business and can do wonderful things with emulation. But sadly I'm going to guess this is going to be a cheap Android emulation.

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>>3358928
I think that's too much for them, they only want to sell a console and controllers. If they sold individual games it'd be more work, like adding a whole new library for them to distribute like a Wii U. or maybe I'm just talking shit. Regardless, who knows if the individual games would sell when Virtual console exists. I doubt the newer generation would be interested in buying the carts, unless people want the feeling of inserting an NES cart in.

>> No.3358946

Buying it, absolutely buying it. If it does well we might see SNES or N64's as well.

>> No.3358949

Are they also releasing a Famicom version?

>> No.3358950

>>3358749
>mini gameboy DMG
>mini N64
Day one buy if they do this.

>> No.3358953

>>3358950
>mini gameboy DMG
What for?

>> No.3358954

>>3358764
but the cable doesn't hook up to an actual NES though. It's a nunchuck/pro controller cord that you can attach to a wiimote. But the controller itself looks exactly like the NES.

>> No.3358958

Is there a emulator box that I can plug at tv and play all kinds of roms I download.

>> No.3358960

>>3358954
Fuck, well if the controllers are the same as originals (minus the cable) there will probably be Wii to NES adapter I guess

>> No.3358961

>>3358953
Cute pocket games.

Actually I just want to own one that isn't yellow or scratched to fuck.

>> No.3358962

>>3358953
What is gameboy pocket

>> No.3358964

>>3358958
Yeah a raspberry pi 2 / 3 with retropie on it

>> No.3358965

>le 60$ meme
Where's the source? That sounds like extremely unrealistic.

>> No.3358968

>>3358749
I'll wait to see some footage, the Wii U nes emulator makes the games look dreary and awful, and the input lag is awful.

If it has a great picture and feels good I will definitely get one, I would also be keen on stuffing a raspberry pi in the shell and using it as a portable emulator box.

>> No.3358976

>>3358965
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/now-youre-playing-with-teeny-tiny-power-nintendo-announces-retro-nes-console

>> No.3358979

>>3358965
what, because it's so cheap? I would agree. That's also why it will literally print money

>> No.3358980

>>3358946
64 would be nice, my pal 64 looks like hot dogshit on a modern screen and I can't even RGB mod it. though I don't know if there are even 30 games on the system that you would even want, and it would be a hard sell for them to market 64 pads separately.

>> No.3358982

>>3358779
>using pdip instead of cdip
Stay pleb youngling

>> No.3358983

>>3358804
>wish they sell SNES controllers as well.
I've got one. It was for sale for a limited time on the EU Nintendo stars reward thing, so one does exist. I haven't seen it anywhere since though.

>> No.3358985

I'll definitely consider buying one just for the feeling of legit controllers vs the chinkshit ones that populate amazon and other places.

>> No.3358987

>>3358857
what the eff?

>> No.3358990

>>3358749
I will buy it depending on how easy it is to hack.
only 30 games? shit I can save every nes game on my calculator.

>> No.3358996

>>3358962
Anon didn't say about GBP

>> No.3358998

>>3358962
A 20 year old handheld system with an old blurry lcd.

>> No.3359000

>>3358749
holy shit

I'm definitely getting the NES Classic Controller to play NES games on the Wii Virtual Console.

Not sure about the actual NES Classic Console though. Will it output HDMI? Will it run NES games natively or use an emulator? How good will the emulator be? Can we play Light Gun games on it?

>> No.3359003

>>3359000
From what we know
Yes HDMI
We don't know but people are guessing it's just emulation
We haven't seen anything yet
And there's no Light Gun games on it

>> No.3359006

>>3359000
Light gun games require a crt, so definitely not.

>> No.3359009

I nearly had a heart palpitation until I realized this wasn't going to take carts and upscale them.

Only Nintendo could release one of these turd systems and charge 100% more than Sega, Coleco, Atari, etc. do.

>> No.3359013

Without slot for cartridges is only an emulation box meaningless.

>> No.3359018

>>3359013
>i actually think using a card or not has anything to do with whether it's emulated or not
lol

>> No.3359021

Isn't the going rate for a NES around $50?

Seems like a shitty price point to me.

>> No.3359031

>>3359021
A nes doesn't run on a modern tv. It's for casual fans who have some nostalgia, not for hardcore retro enthusiasts.

>> No.3359032

>>3358753
I would pay as much as $10 for one. Maybe $15 if it was complete with box.

>> No.3359037

>>3359021
>Seems like a shitty price point to me.
Games are included

>> No.3359038

It's a literal hipster box. fucking yuck.

>> No.3359040

>>3359037

>free ROMs are included

Shill

>> No.3359043

>>3359037
It's decade old games you can find easily on the internet. That's hardly the expensive part for whoever made it.

>> No.3359053

>>3358980
>pal 64 looks like hot dogshit on a modern screen and I can't even RGB mod it.

Why not?
http://etim.net.au/shop/shop.php?crn=209

>> No.3359060

>>3358749
I GUARANTEE this will cause real NES consoles to balloon in price. I'm talking $200+ for a working machine with cables. Grab a few while you still can you can make some moola.

>> No.3359071

>>3359060
They cost $150 in australia already. I dont even use mine but dont want to sell it in case i want another one.

I paid that for my fucking famicom mini.

>> No.3359073

>>3359060
speaking of which, if it isn't too much to ask how much do Famicoms go for these days?

>> No.3359083

>>3359060
Legit consoles will eventually become incredibly rare because people destroy or mod them for stupid reasons

http://www.instructables.com/id/NES-flash-drive-and-USB-port/?ALLSTEPS


I think at some point when the original consoles become uncommon enough the market will get flooded with famiclones again.

>> No.3359087

So it's a plug and play?

>> No.3359089
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>>3359083

That's the dumbest thing I've seen this week. I can't even, what

>> No.3359096

>30 NES games built-in

That's all very nice and stuff, but no-one is talking about whether it'll actually have other titles and if so how they'll be handled.

>> No.3359101

>>3358939
So they can sell another SNES emulator box some years later

>> No.3359105

>>3358763
Not a bad list if games

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3359112

>>3358763
> The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
> Not Legend Of Zelda

>> No.3359113

I'm reading that it will get power from a USB port like a phone charger which leads me to think it will also be able to sync over USB to add more games which will probably be hacked toot sweet. It would be neat if there was another USB inside the cartridge slot and Nintendo sold mini NES cart shaped flash drives with games. Now that I look at it it's actually big enough that a laptop hard drive could slide in.

>> No.3359114

>>3359112
That means they have both you twat

>> No.3359115

>>3359112
You're pretty dumb, huh?

>> No.3359117

>>3359112
They should call it The Hyrule Fantasy.

>> No.3359118

>>3359083
what the fuck

>> No.3359123

>>3359113
>nintendo
>supporting ROMs
not gonna happen. And I bet the inside will be as hacker-unfriendly as possible, too

>> No.3359124

>>3359113
The data lines in the USB port will probably not be connected to anything as a precaution against hacking.

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>>3359112
> The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
> THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

great job anon.

>> No.3359127

>>3359118
It's a waste of time, effort, money, an NES, an NES cartridge, a usb cable and a USB flash drive. But at least he made a tutorial about it.

>> No.3359128

>>3359112
Did you finish elementary school?

>> No.3359129

>>3358749
This seems perfect for my brother-in-law, actually.

>> No.3359130
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3359130

>>3359114
>>3359115
Alright, my mind is optimized to remove redundant words.

>> No.3359132

>>3359123
I'm sure their intention will be to sell them a la the virtual console - plug device into USB, go to Nintendo's site, input credit card information and install. However, nothing Nintendo has ever made was as hacker-unfriendly (aka "secure") as possible. Their model is just to make it EASY for people to get games LEGALLY and focus on that market which leaves plenty of room for us pirates.

>> No.3359135

Oh god. i can see it now. resellers will buy these up and hoard them.

>> No.3359136
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3359136

Is it still better to get a Raspberry Pi 3 and turn that into a gaming emulator or get this instead for a little bit more?

>> No.3359138

>>3359124
Then why not just use a dipole adapter? No, my impression is that the device will be capable of having new games added by design.

>> No.3359139

>>3359136
Raspberry pi can emulate more than 30 NES games
Hell, my MP3 player can emulate more

>> No.3359140

>>3359136
It's still better to use a real computer you already have.

>> No.3359145

>>3359138
no-one mentioned that though.

>> No.3359146

>>3359140
Well, a raspberry Pi is a lot more portable, much easier to get set up through your television.

>> No.3359149

>>3359136
It's best to use a Wii. I wouldn't even be surprised if this thing turns out to BE a Wii inside, or at least sharing a lot of the hardware. Look at the controller port FFS.

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3359150

>>3359113
I'd like to see indie games there

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3359151

>>3358781
>SNES mini next?

QUICK QUESTION..... do you guys think it will be possible to mod-replace the chip, and put a bigger one with the whole Nes library on it? just fucking imagine...

>> No.3359153

>>3359138
They're leaving the actual power adapter out likely to save money so using standard USB cables makes sense since everyone has at least one if not multiple USB chargers at this point.

>> No.3359154

>>3359146
Not necessarily.

>> No.3359156

>>3358749
Great hand model. I bet that hand feels nicer than a vagina.

>> No.3359157

>>3359140
I want to make a home console though with added streaming functionality so I could play games in my living room. Also, how is the Pi not a real computer? It's not a piece of furniture.

>> No.3359158

>>3359145
No one mentioned what?

>> No.3359160

>>3359149
Wii hardware can't be powered by one USB port
It's going to be a chinese smartphone SoC, maybe even running android

>> No.3359161

>>3359149
I thought the Pi 3 was more powerful than the Wii though?

>> No.3359162

It will be just a 3ds with no screens.

>> No.3359164

>>3359158
Additional games support

>> No.3359165

>>3359150
what am I looking at?

>> No.3359167

>>3359160
Yeah that's true. USB is 5v Wii is 7.5 or 9 iirc.

>> No.3359168

>>3359157
Because it's ARM and not x86. Otherwise phones and other shit would also be a real computer.

If you want to play in your living room just get a long HDMI and USB cable.

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3359170

>>3359136
There is barely much known. You may not even be able to get new games.

>> No.3359171

>>3359161
you're funny

>> No.3359173

>>3359167
>implying that's the relevant bit

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3359174

>>3359021
>Isn't the going rate for a NES around $50?
I've seen NES, even old as shit and battered to hell, go for no less than $158 and that's a fairly generous figure. I really want to get the top loader as it was what I remember playing the most, but it's just as expensive, if not moreso

>> No.3359176

>>3359161
The Pi has better software.

>> No.3359178

>>3359168
>Because it's ARM and not x86
general purpose is general purpose. x86 is not something special (except maybe in how fucked up it is)

>Otherwise phones and other shit would also be a real computer
they are

>> No.3359179

>>3359168
>a real computer MUST be x86
anon...

>> No.3359181

Is this HDMI only or can I connect it to my CRT?

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3359182

>>3359165
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/13847.htm
>>3359173
>implying is retro.

>> No.3359184

>>3359021
>>3359174
>tfw I bought mine for 5€ at a flea market, even came with that 3in1 cartridge and 4 controllers

>> No.3359185

>>3359179
>>3359178
You can't run Windows on anything else. Windows RT is a joke.

>> No.3359186

>>3359168
>Otherwise phones and other shit would also be a real computer.
They compute data. They are computers.

>> No.3359187

>>3358939
>Why didn't they put the whole fucking library

so easy to spot the uneducated child... copyrights are... an extremely complex topic for you my summer friend... enjoy your stay.

>> No.3359189

>>3359185
>You can't run Windows on anything else. >Windows is a joke.
agreed

>> No.3359190

>>3358980
Two years now. That's how long Universal N64 RGB mods have been easily available.

>> No.3359191

>>3359164
That's why I said it was my impression based on it having a USB port

>>3359161
Yes, but a Wii comes with a lot more hardware for the same price (used) but if your original question was about power, I would assume the processing power of this thing will be relatively weak and its mod potential will be more limited so no - it would be dumb to scrap a current RPi3 project in favor of this novelty console.

>> No.3359193

>>3359182
You don't get it, do you
Do you even know how electric current works

>>3359185
NT runs on alpha, MIPS, PowerPC
2k, XP, 2003 run on itanium
8 runs on ARM
10 runs on ARM as windows mobile
CE runs on even more shit

>> No.3359194

>>3359186
So does a calculator.

>> No.3359195

Sega did this already with the Atgames Genesis.
That came with 80 games, used original genesis controllers, and even had a cartridge slot up top for original genesis games.
This thing looks like a piece of shit, comparatively

>> No.3359196

>>3359167
The important part is the total power output in Watts. 5V@2.2A(~11W) is supposedly enough to power a late model Wii
http://forums.modretro.com/index.php?threads/wii-board-revisions-guide.14059/

but running any power supply at 100% constantly is not a good idea. Maybe it's a wii mini with significantly improved power usage.

>> No.3359197

>>3359184
Most of those people that put a ridiculous price point on older home consoles know what they're going for and how to exploit every last cent out of the consumer. Tried to buy two PS1 games at the flea market once, Smackdown and Grand Turismo 2, but they guy wouldn't entertain any offer below twenty a piece because he had never seen them before and therefor deemed them "rare"

>> No.3359201

>>3359173
Plenty of modern cell phone power supplies are 2a+

>> No.3359202
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3359202

oh look its another Neo geo x episode

>> No.3359205

>>3359193
>run on itanium
I bet MS is still upset about that

>> No.3359206

>>3359202
They took an old chink MP4 player/emulator, removed all the ports and put it in a nice case

>> No.3359209

>>3358909
NES cartridges and controllers are a secondary market that no longer has anything to do with Nintendo. They have no reason to support it.

>> No.3359210

>>3359021
>Seems like a shitty price point to me

you forgot to ad the cost of those 30 games... American education anyone...

>> No.3359214

how much would people on here pay for a hypothetical (mini) remake NES that replicates the original circuitry, instead of using an ARM and an emu? It would still be incompatible to old cartridges, maybe use some proprietary 30-in-1 cart(s)

>> No.3359217

>>3359197
>He never saw Grand Turismo 2 before
lol I'd have literally laughedin his face for saying that. GT2 is probably the single most worthless game on Playstation that's also so good literally everyone should own a copy.

>> No.3359219

>>3359210
http://www.emuparadise.me/Nintendo_Entertainment_System_ROMs/13

>> No.3359220

This thread is definitely more /v/ than /vr/ in terms of post quality.

>> No.3359221

>>3359210
>you forgot to ad the cost of those 30 games
that's $0

>> No.3359226

I'm curious about price point, and dissatisfied with cartridge compatibility not being included. Other than that, could be fun.

>> No.3359229

>>3359214
ARM processor? Wait, this remake uses the same shit that the Raspberry Pi does?

>> No.3359230

>>3359220
/vr/ posting quality is a myth

>> No.3359231

>>3359219
>>3359221
By that logic, the console itself is also worthless.

>> No.3359234

>>3359221
>Thinking licensing is free
There's a reason VC can't just have every game is because there needs to be legal talk which cost actual money. If there was 30 of only Nintendo games yeah sure but third party no.

>> No.3359235

Nintendo trying to cash in on kids who say "OMG NES NOSTALGIA" who weren't even alive when it was out.
Most people here already have a NES and a bunch of carts for it, so there's not really any point to it

>> No.3359237

>online only
really Nintendo are we Microsoft now?

>> No.3359238

>>3359229
Nobody knows, but it's the most likely at the moment. Also, you don't know much about ARM, do you? Same "shit" as the Pi uses, and your phone, and your smart appliances, and your GBA, your DS and many many other things. ARM's an architecture, not more. It makes no statement about capabilities or lack of them.

>> No.3359239

>>3359231
No it's not, retard.

>> No.3359241

>>3359229
Why is that surprising? It's a common processor for small electronics.

>> No.3359245

>>3359231
The console has at the very least the value of materials and assembly. The games have been created and paid for long ago. Copying them costs nothing

>> No.3359246

>>3358785
Fuck off that nes mini has some great games on it.

There is nothing casual about it

>> No.3359248

One potential problem with using an original classic controller. The wire on the original classic controller is like 3 feet long and comes out of the bottom so you have to fold the wire behind the controller(takes up some of the length of the wire)

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>>3359234
I wonder who is behind this post.

>> No.3359250

>>3359168
>Because it's ARM and not x86

This is the reason you are kept in this containment board, please never go to /g/ we have enough retards already.

>> No.3359251

>>3359234
why do you think I give a shit about licensing?

>> No.3359252

>>3359235
>Nintendo trying to cash in on kids who say "OMG NES NOSTALGIA" who weren't even alive when it was out.
and it'll work

>Most people here
are not the target audience

>> No.3359253

>>3359251
because i had the smallest glimmer of hope you were not a garbage human being.

>> No.3359254

>>3359214
I'd actually but it if it was that.

>> No.3359256

>>3359235
>there's not really any point to it

Except to cash grab on the OMG NES NOSTALGIA kids as you were quick to point out. They obviously know their market, as any business should.

>> No.3359258

So basically Nintendo is entering the market of consoles you'd find in Bed, Bath, & Beyond?

>> No.3359259

>>3359195
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/3xezha/buyers_remorse_a_review_of_atgames_sega_genesis/

>> No.3359261

Seriously though, people have been nagging Nintendo about this for years its about damn time.

>> No.3359262

>>3359253
I had the smallest glimmer of hope you were not a piece of shit judan.

>> No.3359263

>>3359253
The garbage ones are the ones that came up with this whole licensing bull

>> No.3359264

>>3359258
Why would you not target normies? Nerds aren't going to buy this.

>> No.3359265

>>3359259
> reddit

>> No.3359267

>>3359254
for how much?

>> No.3359269

>>3359251
Because you're posting in this thread about yet another emulator box that's only differentiating characteristic is its Nintendo license?

>> No.3359271

>>3359210
>>3359221

>ILL USE THIS ORIGINAL HARDWARE TO COMPARE IT... BUTTT BUTT NOT THE GAMESS. THOSE CAN BE DIGITAL EVEN THO I CANT PLAY THEM ON AN ORIGINAL NES, BUT IM RIGHT...

mobing-goal/posts.rar

Murican education at its finest.

>> No.3359272

>>3358946
>N64
>not having access to Rare's library


Pass

>> No.3359273

>>3359261
I mentioned it in a thread a while back, but I really want an unreasonably tiny but fully functional GBC. Same old reflective display, no changes, still using carts. But everything miniaturized as far as it will go. I don't care if it ends up being unplayable half-inch tall, it's the ultimate portable

>> No.3359274

>>3359254
Why? It does the exact same thing.

>> No.3359275

>>3359263
Yes the IP system that gave birth to all the games you play is garbage retard.

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3359276

>>3359259

>> No.3359279

Reminder that Nintendo has used public emulators in the past for their commercial endeavors, like PocketNES for the NES Classics on GBA, I wouldn't be surprised if this is just a Raspberry Pi (as previously mentioned) running a modified version of RetroArch and one of the NES cores, but with a friendlier GUI.

>> No.3359280

>>3359271
creating that piece hardware costs money. Copying the rom dump of an existing game onto it does not

>> No.3359281

>>3359267
Uhhhh, I don't know. It'd have to be around or slightly more than the price of a used NES. I'd go with $60 at most?

>>3359274
We don't know that. I hope it is that.

>> No.3359282

>>3359258
Makes sense. This machine are for 30's-40's year old that haven't really touched a gaming system since the NES/SNES. And just want to live back to those days again. Work for Atari and as long as the system isn't complete shit with their games (lag will make Punch-Out unplayable) it should do very well.

>> No.3359283

>>3359275
>that gave birth to all the games you play
they exist despite it, not because of it

And you're forgetting the untold number of games I can't play, because they were prohibited due to the IP system

>> No.3359284

>>3359229
>only the raspi has an ARM CPU

>> No.3359286

>>3359194
Intel's first CPU was a CPU for a calculator, fyi.

>> No.3359287

>>3359280
The value of an item is what people are willing to pay for it. Not what it cost to make it.

>> No.3359290

>>3359287
and I put the value of these games at $0, and gave my reasoning for it. I put the value of this hardware well above $0, and also gave my reasoning for that.

>> No.3359292

>>3359280
Programming them did cost money, and you don't buy things because making a copy cost anything. Then we would not pay teachers.

>> No.3359293

>>3359283
>>3359283
>they exist despite it, not because of it
>And you're forgetting the untold number of games I can't play, because they were prohibited due to the IP system

>this is what sanders and trump supporters actually believe

>> No.3359294

>>3359281
>We don't know that. I hope it is that.
I'm saying hypothetically.
What's the difference between an emulator box that plays 30 games (near) perfect, or a hardware clone that only plays those same 30 games?
Why would it be worth more to the user if they perform the same function?

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3359297

>>3358781
>>3359151

Add a Fleshlight and a mini-screen and I'm gone

>> No.3359301

>>3359280
cant wait for movie studios, record labels, SONY and MS to start selling 1TB disc drives with all their games at the cost of just what a 1TB drive... i mean.... the music, movies, tv shows, and games are already on their online stores amirite? IT COSTS NOTHING THEY SHOULD JUST SELL THEM WITH EVERYTHING ALREADY IN IT!!! ITS A BRILLIANT IDEA!!! IM ONLY 15 YEARS OLD AND IVE ALREADY SOLVED A BIG PROBLEM!!!

>> No.3359302

>>3359292
the resources spent to create these games have been paid back

A teacher spends a scarce resource (their time) to do what they do. Copying data is a matter of ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and can be automated fairly well. No resources spent there

>> No.3359304

>>3359290
People as in the market, not one loudmoth dumbass on 4chan. People obviously pay for ROMs. Look at the VC.

>> No.3359306

>>3359168
>and not x86. Otherwise phones and other shit would also be a real computer.
>ZX Spectrum isn't a computer
>Atari 8-bit isn't a computer
>Commodore 64 isn't a computer
>Amiga isn't a computer
>Amstrad CPC isn't a computer
>BBC Micro isn't a computer
>MSX isn't a computer
>Apple II and Macintosh isn't a computer
>Vector-06C isn't a computer
>BK-0010 isn't a computer

>> No.3359308

>>3359294
>a hardware clone that only plays those same 30 games
that's not technically possible. If it's a hardware clone, it runs every executable that runs on the original hardware. The only restriction you can put in place would be physical, like giving that hardware only access to a secured ROM with data, that can't be replaced

>> No.3359309

>>3359302
When you own an IP, sell it only long enough to break even, then give it away.

>> No.3359312

>>3359279
PocketNES is public domain while Retroarch isn't

>> No.3359314

>>3359306
Macs use x86.

>> No.3359315
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3359315

>>3359302
"WHAY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR OLD RECORDS IF THOSE BANDS HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR MONEY BACK? WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR MOVIES ON BLURAY IF STUDIOS ALREADY MADE THEIR MONEY BACK FROM SCREENINGS AND DVD SALES"

#FEELTHEBERN

>> No.3359319

>>3359217
I remember telling him "you know that I can buy these cheaper used on amazon right?" and he just scoffed at me like I had told him "the earth was flat" or something

Really superb customer service~

>> No.3359321

>>3359301
>cant wait for movie studios, record labels, SONY and MS to start selling 1TB disc drives with all their games at the cost of just what a 1TB drive
better even, skip the drive and make it a free download. You just discovered that distribution as payment method is a bad idea. It gave us DRM and all other kinds of consumer-hostile mechanisms, because it can't deal with the simple reality that copying digital data is really easy.

Creating these things is a different matter. In the case of NES games, they're old enough that they made their money through distribution, because infrastructure for free distribution was not yet available. They've been paid for long ago though, so charging for their distribution again is quite insulting

>> No.3359323

>>3358749
This would have been great like 12 years ago when I was a middle schooler who didn't know what emulation was. That said, totally getting that classic controller.

>> No.3359326

>>3359294
There is no difference, except that a real clone would be much more difficult to make

>> No.3359328

>>3359304
>People obviously pay for ROMs
that's their problem, not mine. You followed the actual trail of the exchange? It did not involve the price you can charge people. It was all about the value of the hardware + software

>> No.3359331

>>3359314
Underage b&

>> No.3359335

>>3359309
>When you own an IP
that's where things go wrong

>> No.3359336

>>3359314
It's a recent thing, they used PowerPC ten years before and 68000 Motorola twenty years ago.

>> No.3359338

If anyone buys this, please castrate yourselves.

>> No.3359339

>>3359321
you DO realize that copyright and IP rights.... are in place... right? you DO understand that, the fact that Hitchcok movies are old and have made their money back, i cant just go and sell a USb drive with all his movies inside... you Do understand it right? are you from California by any chance? did you vote BERN? do you want free stuff from the tree of free shit?

>> No.3359342

>>3359338
buying one for my wife's son

>> No.3359345

>>3359319
I stopped buying $1 copies of Gran Turismo 2 when I hit 5 of them. Some shithead demanding $20 for one would get my full contempt.

>> No.3359347

>>3359294
Software is faster, easier, and cheaper to develop but less accurate. High accuracy software emulation requires beefy hardware to be comparable to hardware.

>> No.3359349

Between this and Pokemon Nintendo have been nothing short of marketing genius lately. I have an actual NES and won't be buying this shit but goddamn, for casuals that know fuck all about the bubble we live in this will make serious money.

>> No.3359351

>>3359328
>It did not involve the price you can charge people. It was all about the value of the hardware + software
Irony, Gentlemen.

>> No.3359352

>>3359347
>High accuracy software emulation requires beefy hardware to be comparable to hardware.
Not for the NES. Or any popular 8-bit system.

>> No.3359357

>>3359349
You know you will eventually, just wait. And you will buy more than one.

>> No.3359359

>>3359315
>>>/v/

>> No.3359360

>>3358812
>advertisements for an NES
>playing during a dubbed Gundam anime on the Toonami Adult Swim block

Holy shit. That's like two layers of nostalgia there.

>> No.3359361

>>3359352
Running high accuracy only work on modern hardware because the software is running on hardware that is hundreds if not thousands of times faster than the hardware its emulating. Its not powerful relative to modern standards its powerful relative to the hardware it's emulating.

>> No.3359365

>>3359339
>you DO realize that copyright and IP rights.... are in place... right?
unfortunately. Can't wait for that shit, and people believing it's good shit, to die. You've been kicking and screaming for the last 3 decades now, fucking over the digital age for anybody sane, because you treat thoughts like objects. It's insane.

>> No.3359368

>>3359357
>you will buy more than one
>you
Speak for yourself retard.

>> No.3359370

>>3359349
>bubble we live in
you're adorably delusional

>> No.3359371

>>3359365
found the commie...

>> No.3359373

>>3359349
I feel like they're targetting people who don't have Nintendo's hardware.

Although I guess this is hardware, atleast it doesn't require WiiU or something

>> No.3359374

>>3359357

I might if they added Castlevania III :3

>> No.3359375

>>3359365
>Create a good thing
>I want to protect myself from having anyone distribute my good thing

>NO, I WANT FREE STUFF!

>> No.3359379

>>3359375
>protect myself from having anyone distribute my good thing
that phrase makes no sense. You want to stop people from thinking? If you don't want something to be in the public, don't make it public. If you want other people to see, read, hear, or otherwise experience it, deal with the inevitable reality that these people will form thoughts about it, and there's nothing you can do against that.

>FREE STUFF
Who said I'm unwilling to pay for creation?

>> No.3359380

>>3359370

Hey, I didn't say it was a small bubble, but it exists. You can't ask a random bloke on the street about finding the best connection to hook up your Turbografx-16 to your Sony Trinitron CRT, but he'd probably at least know what an NES is. You can't deny they're aiming for a market much bigger than us right now.

>> No.3359381
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3359381

>>3359379
>selling something is the same as giving up my right to be the only one profting from my hard work and great idea that lots of people use everyday.

I guarantee youll achieve success at a young age my friend, you are destined to greatness i have no doubts.

>> No.3359383

>>3359380
If some random bloke didn't know what a TG16 is, they probably have no interest in getting a NES in the first place.
Now fuck off.

>> No.3359384 [DELETED] 

>>3359379
This post is a troll.

>> No.3359385

>>3359380
>I didn't say it was a small bubble, but it exists
yeah, that's why I was laughing

>You can't deny they're aiming for a market much bigger than us right now
which has nothing to do with bubbles

>> No.3359390

>>3359381
>giving up my right to be the only one profting from my hard work
You're free to get paid to work, if you can manage. What you created is out of your control, whether you like it or not

>> No.3359391

I am a software programmer who manages my own regional independent company. I don't give a fuck if you believe me. I am Anonymous afterall. But why do I feel the need to upload and download our shit to Pirate's Bay just to say fuck you to Jewish business policies?

>> No.3359392 [DELETED] 

>>3359384
It's my genuine position on the subject

>> No.3359393

>>3359383
>If some random bloke didn't know what a TG16 is, they probably have no interest in getting a NES in the first place.

I don't know what a TG16 is, but I know what an NES is and if I saw a commercial or one sitting in a store, I wouldn't mind dropping 60 bucks to play some old games.

>> No.3359394

>>3359149
The controller port doesn't mean anything, and by the way the Wii doesn't use that controller port on the console itself, it's used by the controllers.

>>3359160
I can't see Nintendo actually using Android. They seem to want to develop their own stuff.

>> No.3359395

>>3359391
probably because you understand the nature of software and its development better than the men in the middle trying to "sell" it on your behalf

>> No.3359397

It's cheaper to buy one of these than to buy the real games, isn't it.

>> No.3359398 [DELETED] 

>>3359392

5/10

>> No.3359401

>>3359397
even cheaper to emulate. It's very likely this is just an emu box

>> No.3359404

>>3359390
>You're free to get paid to work
And where does that money come from?

>> No.3359407

>>3359390
>What you created is out of your control
>if i invent something nobody on this planet has been capable of, and proceed to sell it to make things easier for other people, then im not allowed to be the only one selling it even tho i came out with the solution n the first place, and everyone should be allowed to make bootlegs of my creation.

back to /g/ Richard.

>> No.3359409

What if this was the NX all along

>> No.3359410
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3359410

>>3358781
Mass produced SNES classic controllers is very yes.

>> No.3359412

>>3359404
probably not from distribution

also
>if you can manage

>> No.3359413

>>3359404

Nice trollpost.

>> No.3359414

>>3359393
>I don't know what a TG16 is
Then you're ignorant.
>but I know what an NES is and if I saw a commercial or one sitting in a store, I wouldn't mind dropping 60 bucks to play some old games.
When you can emulate them on your smartphone/toaster PC for free?
Give me a break.

>> No.3359415

>>3359395
I bet you think programming should only be a hobby.

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3359416

>>3359383

>If some random bloke didn't know what a TG16 is, they probably have no interest in getting a NES in the first place.

Uh, I don't think that's quite right. Maybe looking up Nintendo's sales figures circa 1989 and comparing them directly to NEC's could leave you slightly better informed.

>>3359385

This thing needs more Bubble Bobble anyway.

>> No.3359417

>>3359397
if all you want is to ppay those games, it would be better to find a cheap second hand Wii, mod it, and the you can play the complete Nes, Snes, Gamecube and gameboy library on it with those nice Nintendo quality controllers, also as a plus youlll have accesss to the Wii library of only 4 games wirht playing.

>> No.3359423

>>3359417
>>3359401
Sure, but there are normalfags who are afraid of pirating

>> No.3359426

>>3359407
>then im not allowed to be the only one selling it
why should you be? With what reasoning do you want to deny people the ability to sell something? With what reasoning do you want to deny people to buy something? You want to infringe on the normal abilities of billions because you're on a power trip? I don't see why law should support you.

>even tho i came out with the solution n the first place
so what? Tell you what: You came up with it, you understood it best. That knowledge is valuable. Others can copy what you did, but they need time to learn what how and why it works.

>and everyone should be allowed to make bootlegs of my creation
what's a bootleg? You think digital data is different because someone else puts it on a chip, or a disc?

>> No.3359427

>>3359151
>>3358781

>OMG OMG ANOTHER EMULATOR BOX!!!!!!

>> No.3359429

>>3359415
Considering my job, you'd lose that bet. What made you think I'm against paying people for work they do?

>> No.3359431
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3359431

So is it just running Virtual Console, because that looks oddly blurry for some reason

>> No.3359432

>>3359426
Ohhh so your a Chineman bootleger, gotcha... you shouldve said that in the first place, it all makes sense now.

>> No.3359437
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3359437

Can't wait for that 240p upscaled bilinear filter scale through hdmi
It's gonna be great, just like virtual console amirite
I mean I haven't followed virtual console since the Wii, please tell it doesn't look like something like this

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3359439

>>3359432
it's so much easier to just kill the messenger, instead of dealing with the actual subject, isn't it?

>> No.3359440

>>3359437
My eyes hurt

>> No.3359441

>>3359423

This is exactly who this device is aimed at, I have no idea how people in the thread are so autistic they can't figure this out. Normalfags don't wanna hear about fucking roms and emulators, maybe they're ignorant, maybe they just can't wrap their head around it, maybe they haven't given the NES a thought in years, who knows. To imply something like this won't sell because you can buy a Raspberry Pi or hack a Wii is hilariously narrow-minded.

>> No.3359442

>>3358774
How about i rip out your guts and replace them with my BBC

>> No.3359448

>>3359437
what face will you make when it turns out the thing runs at 1080p with a fat CRT filter slapped onto it?

>> No.3359449

>>3359441
we understand who it's aimed at. We can still shake our heads in disbelief when someone from this here crowd still considers getting one anyway

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3359452

>>3359440
Pic related, what could've been

>>3359448
I can only hope, but they've been doing that shit since the gameboy player in the gamecube, and I know how stubborn Nintendo is. But still, I don't know how it is in the Wii U now.

>> No.3359456

>>3359437

The VC is basically unchanged from the Wii barring a few more generations available (GBA, DS). Whatever happens the emulation will be far better than the Neo Geo boxes, I'd bet.

>> No.3359459

>>3359449

Eh, you still see a surprising amount of HDTVs/emuboxes in the Battlestation threads, there being plebs on /vr/ is something I accepted long ago.

>> No.3359461

>>3359437
Why would it look like that? The wii produced analog signals, this will be digital.

>> No.3359462

>>3359452
>that letterbox

>> No.3359463

>>3359459
>HDTVs/emuboxes
>being plebs
the problem's on your end, not theirs

>> No.3359465

>>3359456
So they actually put new features for the GBA/DS but said fuck everything else?
I honestly don't understand Nintendo when it comes to the Virtual Console, boggles my mind. And it's not like people are asking for the world, just something as simple as nearest neighbor stretch and/or scanlines would suffice. Sheit I'm not asking for goddamn crt-royale shader.

>> No.3359467

>>3359462
probably trying to use integer scaling. On modern big screen TVs the resulting image is quite old school in size.

>> No.3359469

>>3359459
Emuboxes are fine.
An emubox that only plays 30 games is not.

>> No.3359470

>>3359465
>just something as simple as nearest neighbor stretch and/or scanlines would suffice
that would be options. Don't do options. They confuse people

>> No.3359471

>>3359469
>Emuboxes are fine.
Why are you here if you can't set up a raspi

>> No.3359472
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3359472

>>3359448
Mario Maker CRT filter

>> No.3359474

>>3359469
an emubox playing only 30 can be fine, if the management is dead easy and the price is fair. Remember, consoles are at least to some degree about convenience

>>3359471
a raspi would be an emubox

>> No.3359475

>>3359471
I don't understand.
Why am I on /vr/ or this thread?

>> No.3359476
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3359476

>>3359462
>Scanlines + nearest neighbor without integer scale

Hey you're the one that asked for it
Enjoy

>> No.3359478

>>3358749
I'm curious what kind of picture output it will have. 240p? 1080p? RGB? HDMI?

>> No.3359480

>>3359476
But muh biliniar filter

>> No.3359481

>>3359478
RF

>> No.3359482
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3359482

>>3359470
I swear to god they picked up this shit from Steve Jobs or something

>> No.3359484

>>3359481
Just as the devs intended

>> No.3359485

>>3359478
It has HDMI, nobody mentioned the resolution

>> No.3359487
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3359487

>>3359465
I think that's just because they got someone else to work on the other virtual consoles for them and they added the features?

>> No.3359489

the controller will use the cheapest tech available at the moment and may look like an NES controller but will feel nothing like it, having the wrong weight, the wrong button response, probably even the wrong blend of plastic

>> No.3359490

>>3359465
>nearest neighbor stretch

Yuck, you meant 2x/3x NN upscale, right?

>scanlines

Nearest neighbour with scanlines makes no fucking sense.

>> No.3359491
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3359491

>>3359480
Fine let's compromise
>nearest neighbor + integer scale 4x + scale the resulting picture to fit the rest of the screen with bilinear filter

Not terrible, but my autism still prefers integer scale

>> No.3359493

>>3359491
upscale 2x - 4x with nearest neighbor, then take that and scale it bilinear to fit the screen (maintain aspect), and no scanlines, the ones your implementation use are junky

>> No.3359494

>>3359490
>Yuck, you meant 2x/3x NN upscale, right?
Of course I meant this: >>3359452
Integer scale on, scanlines optional
I like scanlines + NN if the scanlines aren't the same size of the game pixels, which unfortunately is what usually happens in emulators. I also like to control the scanlines opacity.

>> No.3359495

>>3359271
>THOSE CAN BE DIGITAL EVEN THO I CANT PLAY THEM ON AN ORIGINAL NES, BUT IM RIGHT

Anon, there are flashcarts.

>> No.3359501

>>3359489
That is so Kafkaesque.

>> No.3359503 [DELETED] 

>>3359491
>make pixels razor sharp
>also 3 times taller than scanlines for whatever reason

wow, such accuracy, much nostalgia

>> No.3359504

>>3359495
the NES does not support flash. It uses proprietary cartridges with ROMs

>> No.3359506

says it comes with 30 games. These better be 30 tiny little cartridges to stick into the device. Even if these carts are just plastic chips used to identify the ROM that's being played back, what's an NES if you can't feed it carts?

>> No.3359508
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3359508

>>3359493
Sure buddy
But again, I doubt Nintendo is doing this shit, if all we have to go by is the Virtual Console they'll just slap bilinear filter from the 1:1 pixels and be done with it
What a mess
Not to mention they fuck with the colors as well, everything's desaturated n'shit

>> No.3359509

>>3359494
>which unfortunately is what usually happens in emulators

And for good reason, unless you didn't really use a CRT, or just cranked up the brightness/contrast up to unsustainable levels, in which case you might also have used less than capable video signals, which wouldn't make the game look like NN.

>> No.3359512

>>3359508
yeah, that's the style I roll. Crisp as integer scaling, fills the screen, little to no floating point scaling artifacts.
You're right though, Nintendo likely won't give a damn

>> No.3359515

>>3359503
There's really no way to make it perfect without fucking with the image too much. Either just get a CRT or all the filters are just going to be up to personal preference, you really can't please everyone without providing options

>> No.3359516

>>3359156
just imagine the blow jobs

>> No.3359520
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3359520

I don't have Mario, so here's what Kirby looks like on VC

>> No.3359528

>>3359520
woah dude, trying to blind me? Turn the fucking brightness down

>> No.3359529

>>3359520
Why is this allowed

>> No.3359530
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3359530

>>3359504
Well whatever they're called, you can load the whole library on one of said carts and they'll play on a real NES.

>> No.3359535

>no AV out
>emulator box
>shitty emulator box, if the WiiU VC is anything to go by
>input lag out the ass

No thanks, I'll stick to actual NES and SNES and flashcarts

>> No.3359536

>>3359530
just messin' with people. Yes, they're called flash carts

>> No.3359537
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3359537

>>3359506
They're all hard loaded.
Instead of expansions, they just sell an NES Mini 2 with 30 more games.

>> No.3359540
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3359540

>>3359335
I have a game system for you comrade

>> No.3359541

>>3359536
Oh, my bad then, I'm terrible at technology so I just assumed I was wrong when I got corrected. Thank you for re-clarifying.

>> No.3359543

>>3359537
Oh, I don't mind them being hardloaded. Like I said, the "carts" can be little more than pieces of plastic that select one of the roms in the device. I just want to stick carts into that thing before booting it up, like the real thing

>> No.3359546

Why should I get this over a RaPi loaded with every NES game there is?

>> No.3359548

>>3359546
You shouldn't.
This is for people who don't want to setup a proper emulation device.

>> No.3359550

>>3359546
looks

>> No.3359552

>>3358749
I'd only buy this if it had a way to play more games than the 30 included. Who knows, it could happen. It's a bit too soon to take any conclusions.

>> No.3359556

>>3358749
i'll be picking up a pair of controllers on day1

>> No.3359557
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3359557

>>3359540
Dude, those are PDP-11 clones
Get some real micro-PC

>> No.3359560

>>3359112
nigga u dumb

>> No.3359561
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3359561

>>3359546
Because you want to support nintendo, make them stronger to destroy any competition. That way we may return to the good old days of games with actual gameplay value instead of only graphic appeal.

>> No.3359563

>>3359537
What if it has an expansion port, and you buy NES Mini Expansion packs instead?

>> No.3359567

>>3359561
Not if Nintendo got stuck with a new Jewish CEO.

>> No.3359568
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3359568

>>3359557
well played, you sneaky commie

>> No.3359570
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3359570

>>3358749

I emulate, but I'm going to get one anyway.
I only wish they included Trog, but I do acknowledge that's a pretty niche game.

>> No.3359575

>hating Retron V

>but its okay when Nintendo does it!

I dont understand you guys

>> No.3359581

>>3359439
thing is, the "actual subject" its pretty much "i want that shit the other guy invested money and time in creating, for FREE because if he didnt want it to be free he shouldnt have invented it in the first place"

Thats a shit way of thinking, and also what the commies wanted the world to be... you could be doing pretty well in the soviet union or cuba... or maybe venezuela, the guvment takes care of you and everyone is equal it must be paradise isnt it? move there and post back.

>> No.3359583

>>3359469
>>3359463

For the record I was referring to the specific combination of emubox + HDTV, not them individually. I know you can use a Framemeister with consoles or an emubox that's actually good like a miniPC, that's just a bit more rare.

>> No.3359584

Can we download more than just the 30 included games?

I'll gladly shell out for this if I can.

>> No.3359585

>>3359561
All we'll get if this dumb thing is a success is more emulation boxes with 30 games each. But with a shiny plastic cover and a cheap controller that's strictly inferior to a Classic Controller. Nintendo basically has made a shittier OUYA and is trying to advertise it as a good thing.

>> No.3359586

>>3359575
The retron 5 is an emulator box that looks like dogshit and arbitrarily reads cartridges in spite of the fact that it just dumps them anyway, this is a nice looking very affordable little gimmick with some great games and aimed at a casual audience. They are not the same thing.

>> No.3359587

>>3359575
Maybe reading the thread should help you guide your confusion. Hardly anyone is praising it.

>> No.3359589

>>3359575
Sup /v/

>> No.3359591
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3359591

>>3359083
This is legitimately infuriating.

>> No.3359594

Praying to god that this doesn't use the shitty Wii U NES emulation, cause it's shit. Wii VC would be nice seeing how it's essentially the size of a Wii.

>> No.3359597

>>3359587
Look to see how many people here said they are either pumped for it or will buy it day one. Over half.

I thought /vr/ was all about authentic consoles or emulation, not emu boxes with a preset amount of games aimed as casuals.

>> No.3359598

>>3358749
It will sell like fuckin hotcakes for christmas. But ppl will get bored of it real
>no one likes sega :(

>> No.3359603

>>3359597
It has a nice aesthetic and is cheap, it's not for hardcore retro gamers but it's perfectly suitable for our normie friends, and looks nice on a shelf.

>> No.3359604
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3359604

>>3359597
http://poal.me/7t4fqw
http://poal.me/7t4fqw
http://poal.me/7t4fqw
http://poal.me/7t4fqw
http://poal.me/7t4fqw

LET US SEE THEN

>> No.3359629

What's the best controller for the raspi with retropie?

>> No.3359632

>>3358749
I think it's way overpriced

I would buy one if it includes at least 50 games and for 25-30 dollars.

>> No.3359640

>Muh emulator box

Just buy a fucking Wii. They're worth pennies.

>> No.3359653

>>>/v/345010807

>>>/v/345010807

>>>/v/345010807

>> No.3359667

>USB powered
>Those controller ports
>Can't play physical copies
>More than likely just a emulation box

I mean, what's the point? Could be cool if it had an sd card slot and had the ability to connect to the eshop to get other NES titles. I do like the form factor though. Looks cool.

I'd imagine this is pointless for alot of people on /vr/, but nice for hipsters.

>> No.3359674

>>3359632
where are you getting a price from, that tweet didn't mention a price.

>> No.3359675

>>3359653
Misses the part where the PSP cost like $200+ at launch and how you couldn't even play retail games if you wanted to play homebrew because Sony kept locking out homebrew in the firmware and locking old firmware out of the retail games.

>> No.3359679

>>3358749
>>3358753
>with 30 games included

So is this thing digital only? Also hate to be that guy but couldn't they make a bigger version of that controller? It wold be so much better if they could make a bigger or altered version of the controller that us adults can use comfortably. Perhaps with two top buttons as well that act as alternate A and B buttons.

>> No.3359680

>>3359667
I'm fairly sure it will get homebrewed

>>3359674
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Classic-Mini/Nintendo-Classic-Mini-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-1124287.html

>> No.3359681

>>3359640
it's probably NES on a chip, not software emulation. To be honest I'm not really that interested in it either way, I never liked the design of the orginal NES.

>> No.3359685

>>3358763
>Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream StarTropics SUPER C™

Wait is this Mike Tyson's Punch Out or no?

>> No.3359687

>>3359681
oh and not to mention that you can get a chinese clone that's pretty much the same thing for a lot less than this will AND have a slot to put real famicom games in.

>> No.3359693
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3359693

>>3359679
It supports classic controllers if you just want to use those instead.

>> No.3359697

>>3359685
Same game, less legal bullshit.

>> No.3359698

Is there a list ofthese mini-consoles with prebuilt games?
I know Atari and SEGA did it already for instance.

>> No.3359701

>>3359680
there is not price mentioned in that ad either.

>> No.3359710

>>3359698
I think there was a C64 one too

>> No.3359712

>>3358771
Mayflash make classic controller adaptors. I got one to use with the SNES classic controller I got from that Nintendo online store thing for turning in stars

>> No.3359714

>>3359680
Thanks for that link. This thing fucking sucks man. What a waste.

>> No.3359715

>Emulator box
Is this the new buzzword of the day? Every console ever is an "emulator box", a box that plays its own games. Do you consider Steam an "emulator service"?

>> No.3359716

>>3359685
>Wait is this Mike Tyson's Punch Out or no?

The Mr dream version is the re-release of punchout in around 1990 or 1991 (going by memory here). I remember seeing it in stores thinking it was a new punchout game, only to find that it was just a re-release after Mike Tyson's contract with Nintendo had expired.

>> No.3359717

>>3359698
Neo geo did they handheld right? I know it got crap reviews like the Sega ones. But then again Sega will let fucking anyone use a license for that shit.

>> No.3359719

>>3359715
Do you know what an "emulator" is?

>> No.3359721

>>3359697
>Same game, less legal bullshit.

Yeah but everyone knows it better as Mike Tyson's Punch Out. This thing is a waste of money anyways so fuck it.

>> No.3359723

>>3359715
Is this bait or do you just not know what the word emulate means?

>> No.3359739

>>3358749
>$60
I played less than that for a modded wii. It plays all nes games too.

>> No.3359745

>>3359431
Wii U Virtual Console is garbage. Everything is extremely dark and blurry or pixelated, with several frames of input lag. You're better off with the Wii VC version or the actual hardware.

>> No.3359760

>>3359680
>I'm fairly sure it will get homebrewed
It probably won't since you won't have access to the storage without desoldering chips

>> No.3359764

>>3359760
Yeah, it's called a hardmod

>> No.3359765

>>3358785
it has a good selection of games on it, even startropics is on there and that game's never really gotten all too much love. for 60 dollars it looks like a nice thing to have, i might pick one up personally. and pokemon go is actually pretty fun, maybe if you pulled the stick out of your ass you'd be able to enjoy it.

>> No.3359771

>>3359681
Probably not, since it has HDMI out and savestates

>>3359764
Why would anyone even bother when you can get a general-purpose single-board computer for less

>> No.3359781
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3359781

>>3359739
>I played less than that for a modded wii. It plays all nes games too.

They don't sell modded wii consoles at bed bath and beyond.

These mini-NES will be sold literally everywhere on back Friday.

>> No.3359786

>>3359771
Because it's Nintendo. Someone is going to be autistic enough to have fun hardmodding it :^)

>> No.3359789

>Final Fantasy
>but no Dragon Quest
Nintendo, you're constantly saying how you want to make Dragon Quest popular in the West. And then you do this? What the actual fuck.

>> No.3359791

>>3359083
>this project was on the backburner for a while
DOING WHAT, YOU JUST DRILLED A HOLE THROUGHT THE CASE FOR A USB EXTENSION CABLE AND HOTGLUED A FUCKING FLASH DRIVE TO A CARTRIDGE

I'm more angry that he thinks this is a project to be proud of than that he destroyed the hardware.

>> No.3359795

You know it's cheap shit because it came from NoA. Japanese people aren't retarded enough to buy an emulator in a box.

>> No.3359798
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3359798

>>3359791
should have put the whole computer inside it.

>> No.3359803

>>3359795
Yeah, unless the emulation is extremely good (or better yet: running natively), I'm just gonna buy a few of the NES Classic Controllers.

>> No.3359813

Well, where's the Mini Famicom?

>> No.3359814
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3359814

>>3359791

>> No.3359815

>>3359112
LOL go have a seat in the corner m8, I've got a cone shaped hat for you.

>> No.3359819

>>3359537
>30 more games
I think you mean 10 more games, 20 repeats, and now featuring a cheaper, worse emulator

>> No.3359820
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3359820

>>3359814
JUST

>> No.3359825
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3359825

>>3359781
>check prices for that Genesis
>40 bucks, sometimes 60
>80 games
>Can read cartridges
>Two controllers included

>> No.3359827
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3359827

>>3359820

>> No.3359829

>>3359827
At least it still works.

>> No.3359837
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3359837

>>3359829

>> No.3359838
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3359838

>>3359827
Drakon's mods are my favorite

>> No.3359841

>>3359838
Should've posted the Genesis/GBA mash-up.

>> No.3359843
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3359843

>>3359838

>> No.3359846

>>3359837
This thing is a famiclone so it's not really that bad except for the cartridge but at least it's a very common game with several releases

>> No.3359850
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3359850

>>3359841
What was this shit again?

>> No.3359852

>>3359838
Good god did he cover the thing with whiteout? The paint is clearly not evenly distributed

>> No.3359858

>>3359850
It was so you could play GBA games on a TV. That's it.

>> No.3359859

>tfw 3 different people just this morning have messaged me telling me about this
>consider telling them I own almost every one of the pack-in games on cartridges but instead just say "yeah looks cool" so I don't seem like a dick

is anyone else "that guy who likes those old games" to every person they know?

>> No.3359860
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3359860

>>3359852
yes

>> No.3359863
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>> No.3359864

>tfw NES had blinking screen of death
>pushed pins out and disabled lockout chip
Now the NES won't even turn on
Halp!

>> No.3359865

>>3359825
enjoy the horrible controllers and the terrible sound emulation

>> No.3359869
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3359869

>> No.3359870

>>3359865
Nobody ever played the Genesis for its sound anyway.
>beep
>boop
>fart

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>> No.3359883

>>3359870
The YM2612 is amazing. What's it like being deaf?

>> No.3359884

>plug-in multi-game box
Hey, Nintendo finally grew a brain!

>^F controller
>54 results
>no one asking for a bigger controller
>no one asking for a controller with rounder edges
I mean I like the classic design, but I liked it a lot better when I was little and it it fit my hands properly. I don't even have big hands now, if anything they're kind of small. The relatively pointed edges get uncomfortable after a while now too.

>StarTropics
fuck yes

>> No.3359886

>>3359870
>he bought the genesis fart meme

https://youtu.be/xdY4EKAcW4Q

https://youtu.be/bYJd6aEkwvg

https://youtu.be/w5sGV7Jw2s8

lol k. Genesis only sounded like fart bwangs when the sound designer didn't bother to learn his way around the hardware

>> No.3359890

>>3359884
>>no one asking for a bigger controller
>>no one asking for a controller with rounder edges
>I mean I like the classic design, but I liked it a lot better when I was little and it it fit my hands properly. I don't even have big hands now, if anything they're kind of small. The relatively pointed edges get uncomfortable after a while now too.
Classic Controllers exist. Third party ones exist as well.

>> No.3359895

>>3359890
I prefer the NES 2 controller.

>> No.3359897

>>3358936
>>3359209
he didn't ask for more cartridges, he asked for cartridge support
I have a licensed Sega box that has a bunch of games built in but also supports plugging in most Genesis cartridges
the thing is...
>>3358928
>>3358942
Nintendo wants tighter control and lower costs

>> No.3359902

Is this going to be a system on a chip or just a thing that connects to the Nintendo eShop?

>> No.3359904

>>3359890
what do you mean, like Wii-style controllers that look NES-ish? I've never had one of those

>> No.3359906

>>3359902
Neither, just an ARM offline emulator

>> No.3359907

>>3358801
They don't necessarily need to be original chips. They could use a smaller generic chip that works in conjuction with a converter that paths and reacts like an original chip. Like their own flash cart that only has one game, but there probably wouldn't be enough market demand for something like that to offset the cost of developing it.

Personally, of the new controllers are nice and compatible with the original wii I'd definitely pick some up for my emulator box.

>> No.3359908

>>3358816
Would it even be possible to do it or do the NES chips rely on obsolete chip fab processes?

>> No.3359912

>>3359886
The Genesis is a great console with many great games but it did have less than stellar sound.

>> No.3359913

>>3359328
>implying anything has intrinsic "value" in a market

go take economics 101, fuck boy

>> No.3359914

I can't wait to see its internals or if people will be able to hack it to do more than NES.

>> No.3359916
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3359916

>Usb power cable
>I can plug it on my PC or Wii U
>Or my fridge

>> No.3359924

>>3359031
You know what it reminds me of? Back when they had those NES emulator cart thingies for the GBA. There were a bunch of games like the NES port of Dig Dug that might have been nice to have but they chose not to release them in the US because we never got those games here back in the NES era thus no nostalgia.

>> No.3359928

>>3359908
You could easily "emulate" them with an FPGA

>> No.3359931

>>3359680
no composite or coax out? what the fuck? how am I supposed to get the full experience by playing it on a CRT?
also why does it have Castlevania 1 and 2 but not 3?

>> No.3359932

>>3359928
Yeh but an FPGA probably won't replicate some of the hardware quirks/bugs of the original chipset.

>> No.3359940

>>3359931
HDMI is teh future

>> No.3359942

>>3359931
As far as i know, it has a HDMI cable.

No idea if you can use it on a CRTV.

>> No.3359945

>>3359813
Famicom wasn't a big grey box
It was already mini
The only smaller console is PC-Engine

>> No.3359949

So what goes on the N64 version?

>> No.3359950

Nintendo putting out useless bullshit and trying to appeal to nostalgiafags after their last console fucking died? I can't believe it.

>> No.3359951
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>>3359561

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>>3359916
or the TV

>> No.3359953

>>3359945
Yeah, I mean a Japanese version of whatever this thing is.

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>>3359951

>> No.3359959

>>3358749
What will happen
>nintendo is so cool! I love retro gamez
>plays for 15 minutes
>damn son these games suck dick
>goes back to playing xbone

>> No.3359960

Its the neo geo x all over again.

>> No.3359962

>>3359957
>>3359951
Have you noticed the point where video games stopped being good always seems to coincide with the point where they attained puberty and started caring more about girls?

>> No.3359963

>>3359959
Pretty much

I see casuals getting bored quickly after playing it 15 minutes each game and return to Halo or COD.

>> No.3359964

>>3359957
He's not wrong, Toobin' is godlike

>> No.3359967

>>3359870
If I'm going to listen to a fart it better fucking be an accurate rendition of one.

>> No.3359969

Ricoh manufactured the NES chipset so they would own the rights to it.

>> No.3359971

>>3359912
no, it had less than stellar programmers

learn the difference

>> No.3359972

>>3359969
The patents don't exist anymore, Famiclones are actually legal now.

>> No.3359973

>>3359969
even then, chinese bootleggers managed to clone the consoles without the help of ricoh in the 90's using 6502 clones

im sure nintendo could do it if they wanted to, hell im sure it's just as easy now since they still produce 6502's

>> No.3359975

>>3359951
not sure how serious you're being with that repost, but it's almost impossible to be have completely new gameplay now because there are so many genres and subgenres and different approaches to them, and when a game like that does pop usually no one cares
also you can totally buy video game soundtracks, in fact they've gotten more prevalent over time

>> No.3359980

>>3359973
And they did produce PPU clones as well?

>> No.3359984

>>3359975
I think his point was that >>3359561 is today's equivalent of >>3359951

>> No.3359986

>>3359931

Castlevania III had an additional hardware in it's cartridge, and that co-processor varied by region. Japan used the VPR6 and the north American release used the MMC5 chip. Back in the early days of NES emulation it was very hard to game to emulate for that reason.

>The MMC5 is Nintendo's largest MMC. It was originally also the most expensive. Only Koei used this chip regularly. The chip has 1 KB of extra RAM, three extra square wave, PCM sound channels, support for vertical split screen scrolling, improved graphics capabilities (making 16,384 different tiles available per screen rather than only 256, and allowing each individual 8x8-pixel background tile to have its own color assignment instead of being restricted to one color set per 2x2 tile group), highly configurable program ROM and character ROM bank switching, and a scanline-based IRQ counter.

The right emulator can do it, but who knows what is in this little NES box.

>> No.3359989

>>3359980
pretty sure they did, or else it wouldn't actually work, you know

NOACs didn't exist back then

>> No.3359992

Remember all that discussion of how we apparently can't reproduce the Commodore 64 chipset? Funny but it was possible to clone the NES chipset which is barely newer.

>> No.3359993

>>3359883
>>3359886
What's it like being blinded by nostalgia?

Genesis' sound is horrible and only a few composers actually managed to make something good out of it. This bullshit about "learning the hardware" doesn't fool anyone.

>> No.3359997

So this is the NX? Talk about a disappointment.

I kid, I kid. This is kinda cool, now you will be able to play old NES games on an HD television with (I assume) that damn lag being gone.

I don't think I'll be getting it though. I already own a lot of the 30 games that come with it. Will the library be expanded? If you can play more NES games on it I would consider buying it.

>> No.3359998

>>3359992
there's a lot more to clone with the C64 than there is with the NES

you actually have to clone the VIC-II, the SID, the CIA chips maybe even more

the only really exclusive stuff to the NES was the PPU and sound generation which was part of their 6502 clone

>> No.3360001

>>3358749
>yfw Will be more weak than a raspiberry pi

>> No.3360002

>>3359992
Right but that's because Commodore were still using the outdated 70s NMOS process. Most chip fabs had switched to CMOS during the 80s and I would take a safe gamble that the NES chipset uses CMOS, which is also still used while NMOS isn't.

>> No.3360004

>>3359998
WDC still manufactures CIAs, although it's a newer CMOS variant that's not 100% like the original 6522.

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>>3359989
>NOACs didn't exist back then

>> No.3360013

>>3359992
NES used fairly standard hardware, there was really only two completely unique parts, the CPU(2A03/2A07) and the PPU.

The CPU could be half-assed if you didn't mind shitty sound so that's how a lot of famiclones ended up getting that part. The PPU was probably decapped and reversed or someone took the schematics

>> No.3360014

>>3359998
Really just the core chipset you mentioned. I guess the only other thing are the low-capacity DRAMs which aren't manufactured anymore however a C64 can use SRAMs with some l33t hax0r tricks (a guy on Lemon64 actually did it).

>> No.3360016

>>3360007
the SNES mini doesn't run on a shitty NOAC glob though

>>3360014
i'd imagine it would be even easier from scratch since you don't have to rely on old commodore parts

>> No.3360017

>>3360013
>The PPU was probably decapped and reversed or someone took the schematics
Uh huh. There was talk about decapping the VIC-II/SID to reverse engineer them on Lemon64 but even if you did it, that still doesn't solve the problem of how they used an obsolete chip fab process.

>> No.3360019

>>3360013
>The CPU could be half-assed if you didn't mind shitty sound so that's how a lot of famiclones ended up getting that part.
What I meant is the CPU was basically a standard 6502 with a sound processor embedded in it so bootleggers just stuck a 6502 in there with a half-assed sound processor.

>> No.3360021

>>3359997
>HD television with (I assume) that damn lag being gone.
There is sadly no LCD tv that has 0 lag it inherently.

>> No.3360023

>>3360017
i thought most of the SID decapping had been done but the guy unfortunately got cancer and died before he could finish

>> No.3360025

>>3360021
No display has 0 lag. You can't cheat physics.

>> No.3360026

>>3360014
http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56301

Here. He replaces the 41464 RAM in a C64C with a homemade SRAM board, but it did require some clever hackery because of how the C64 accesses memory.

>> No.3360027

>>3360016
By the way, I remember only the Russians giving a damn about creating a 1:1 clone of the original. China always went with the cheapest option.

>> No.3360032

>>3360027
i thought most russian clones were actually taiwanese

i think that's how the dendy was produced actually

>> No.3360034

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

God. Dammit. I spent half an hour adding info to this page the other day only for some nigger to go and revert everything.

I hate when this happens, I really do.

>> No.3360037

>>3360034
Totally on topic.

>> No.3360039

>>3360034
You can post your changes here anon.

>> No.3360041

>>3360034
>but unsourced and with many mistakes (kernal)
>kernal
>mistake
loling irl

>> No.3360043

>no DQ3

Damn it

>> No.3360045

I'm not reading too much about it, but I guess it is kinda neat. Hopefully the neo-NES pads will be good because they might be a good way to harvest brand new parts for legit controllers at an affordable price, even better if they make a Famicom version.

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>>3360032
this anon is right. Steepler threw their own brand on things but all the hardware and carts that had their name on it were right out of Taiwan.

The only one that does perplex me a bit is the Dendy classic, which has a form factor that I haven't seen on any other famiclone. The Dendy Jr. was just a branded famicom, but the Dendy classic seems to have been designed specifically for the former Soviet market. I've never seen another famiclone that uses this design.

>> No.3360051

>>3360034
My personal favorite Wikipedia story?

>back in 2009, I edited some pages on Civil War battles
>dude reverts all of them for being unsourced and "historical fiction" whatever that means

>almost four years later, I went back and edited the page on the Battle of Fredericksburg
>surprise, it gets reverted by the EXACT SAME guy

I am not making this up. Four entire years later and this same dude is still patrolling Civil War articles like the night watchman at a prison.

>> No.3360056

>>3360041
I'm willing to gamble the guy who reverted it was some Yuropoor Commodorefag with bad English skills.

>> No.3360059

>>3360056
but it's just so strange to me

kernal is an actual article on that site too

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>>3359984
They were wrong back then, but know i'm sure i'm right. You can't get VR with 2D graphics. Poor '93, they knew nothing.

>> No.3360062

>>3359697
I thought it was image related, not legal, around when nintendo re-released the game without the mike tyson liscense he as going through an image crisis, having just bitten off the ear of an opponent in the ring and being accused of being a woman beater in court. I would assume that it was simply that nintendo no longer wanted some one with such a bad image on/in one of their products.

>> No.3360063

>>3359986
ah, right, I forgot it had that
>four extra sound channels
>scanline-based IRQ counter
>tons more tiles available
>every backgroud tile can have different colors
fuckin' hell, it's like NES+

>> No.3360065

>>3360051

Wiki attracts autists moreso than pokemon and DC comics.

They are the borederline savant kind of autsits who are almost useful sicne they are living databases on the topic that triggers them, but they will tard rage very easily the moment something is slightly out of place.

On wiki they are like trolls living under a bridge and allow none to pass. For the first time in their lives they have a taste of power and authority. Your sources must by rock solid to get past them.

>> No.3360067

>>3360062
>>3359697
oh, I didn't realize it was the current system release you were talking about, in that case I would think it would still be the case, he is still seen as not a very nice guy, I don't think nintendo would go out of their way to get his name on their prodcut.

>> No.3360070

>>3359561
>the good old days of games with actual gameplay value
I'm sure we still have a few games of that sort today.

>> No.3360072

>>3359951
hahaha this reads like the sort of posts we get here now, but talking about the 90s.

>> No.3360073

>>3360065
>Wiki attracts autists moreso than pokemon and DC comics.
How does it compare to /vr/?

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>>3359838

>> No.3360087

>>3358774

They already have those

>> No.3360102

>>3359168
>ARM
>not a real computer
you are dumb

>> No.3360104

I would pay more for the following games
Blaster Master
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Earthbound Beginnings
Super C
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers
Gargoyle's Quest II
Rygar
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
Metal Storm
Crystalis
River City Ransom
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

>> No.3360106

>>3359957

>and you could still find video games in supermarkets

Fuck yes.

The local Safeway had Kangaroo back in the early 80s. It was the only place I ever found the arcade version of it.

>> No.3360107

>>3360104

Super C is one of the games included, bro.

>Double Dragon 3

Ummm... that game is shit.

>> No.3360108

>>3359306
or the Acorn Archimedes for that matter, which was a british home computer that was the first device to use an ARM based processor.

>> No.3360109

I've never seen a thread hit the bump limit so fast on /vr/

>> No.3360110

>>3359279
Source? I'm interested in this

>> No.3360114

>>3360086
He was trying to make a front loading N64 apparently? Why?

>> No.3360116

guys im getting a little worried abot how much attention this thing has gotten outside of us retarded autistic retro gamers, they did a fluff peice abot it on the local news 5 minutes ago, and all the major news outlets are running stories about this thing, do you reckon this thing will burst teh bubble or just make the bubble more bigger? I could see those discusting normies who don't give a toss abot nintendo jacking up the price of that old NES they find in the closet up to 400 bucks easily, god it make me so angry oh well who cares i'll prolly get one anyway so i can play nintendo on the crapper cause i can't figure out taht gay fucking retarded ass raspberry pie bull fucking shit oh well who cares bye

>> No.3360119

>>3360106
I remember those CD collections of shareware and freeware games being sold in supermarkets and hardware stores in the 90s.

>> No.3360123

>>3360116

Are you drunk?

>> No.3360126

>>3360116
are you an idiot or is this a troll post?

>> No.3360137

>>3359279
>friendlier GUI
A DOS 1.0 command prompt would be friendlier.

>>3360049
You've led a sheltered life. Its a 501 with a commie label.

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>>3360119

No I am talking the actual arcade machine.

Every grocery store had 1-2 arcade games up at the front near the customer service counter and the carpet cleaner rentals (back when they had those as well).

>> No.3360163

>>3359308
Or if the games had an extra chip like the SuperFX chip. I recall some NES games also had extra chips on the board.

>> No.3360172

>>3359409
underrated post

>> No.3360203

>>3359869
what the fuck

>> No.3360223

RESELLER SCUM ON SUICIDE WATCH

BUBBLE = BURST

>> No.3360252

Confirmed for no way to add new games.
This Nintendrone is going to take a pass.

I might buy the controller though.

>> No.3360263

>not including a proprietary cartridge slot to release new game compilations on for cheap to extend the life of this thing and make mad dosh in the future

ya blew it ninty

but they'll still make millions

>> No.3360273

>>3359993
I can agree with this

Then again, I thought the SNES mostly sounded pretty terrible as well with samples sounding like they were being heard from a room or two away. Console games in general didn't get actual good sounding music until CD-based consoles came about :)

>> No.3360316

>>3360137
>>3359279

you can put about any GUI you want on on a pi you dunces

>> No.3360320

>>3359993
the genesis actually had a very good sound chip, the whole thing about it being shit is a myth based on lazily programmed games. This is coming from a nintendofag by the way.

>> No.3360340

>>3360320
It always seemed to me like the sound chip in the genesis was trying to go for an arcade sound, it sounds very similar to 80s arcade games.

SNES on the other hand was trying to sound like a keyboard, which by extension means it was trying to sound like actual instruments.

it's totally subjective which one you prefer, both could either be great or terrible depending on who was doing the programming. the only stupid thing is arguing that one is objectively better than the other.

>> No.3360434

>>3359860
Did Drakon never learn how to solder or does he just have some kind of techno-bukkake fetish?

>> No.3360437

>>3360434
>or does he just have some kind of techno-bukkake fetish?
>not a hot glue fetish

>> No.3360450

>>3358749
It's a toy for nostalgic casuals like myself and I'm going to get one, it'll be my first gaming related purchase in 3 years.

>> No.3360479

>>3358763
Not bad, although I don't understand the why only Double Dragon 2 and Mega Man 2.

>> No.3360486

>>3360434
There's probably a story behind it. Someone must have jewed him on one of his mods by claiming the console was broken during shipping and he had to repair it or something so he decided to never allow that to happen again so he just applies hot glue to everything to prevent everything from moving around.

>> No.3360513

>>3359581
>for FREE
I'm willing to pay for creation, I'm not willing to pay for someone else to do ctrl-c, ctrl-v, I can do that myself just fine. There's no reason why distribution should cost anything,

>if he didnt want it to be free he shouldnt have invented it in the first place
what they "want" is completely irrelevant. They can't police thought. They're free to not do it, if they don't like the terms

>> No.3360562

>>3360340
well the genesis was about arcade style games so that makes sense.

>> No.3360570

>>3360316
Reading comprehension faggot. Not the cool Freddie Mercury or even Liberace kind. Just a a 100% ignorant faggot.

>> No.3360593

>>3359698

>> No.3360646

>>3358818

New Zealand here, can't find NES/SNES hardware or controllers for shit, would definitely be keen on good quality controllers for my PC.

>> No.3360648 [DELETED] 

>>3360570
what? you post literally makes no sense, was that meant as a response to a different post?

>> No.3360654

>>3360570
I'm ignorant because I pointed out that you can put about any type of GUI you want on a pi? that makes no sense as it's true. In fact you can even put any OS that runs on an ARM chip on it.

>> No.3360661

>>3360654
ah, never mind they were talking about retroarchs gui, in that case there are front ends that support it, I never liked retroarch for other reasons though.

>> No.3360678

So what, is this just a Virtual Console box? Fuck that

>tfw already emulating onto a PVM and play the games at their native resolutions anyway

>> No.3360950

>>3358818
There's certainly a shortage of non-knockoff excellent condition ones.

>>3360646
Same, I await a snes mini purely for that. I'll buy like 4-5 controllers.

>> No.3360964

>>3358818
>So? It's not like there's a shortage of actual NES controllers...
You can easily find NES controllers but a lot of them are flimsy chinkshit quality things. Most of the original controllers are worn out and/or need a lot of cleaning.

>> No.3360987

>>3360964
>but a lot of them are flimsy chinkshit quality things
what makes you think this one is any different?

>> No.3361027

>>3360987
Nintendo already knows that people will even buy the controllers purely for emulation purposes, so making low quality ones would bite them in the ass because if they were low quality chinkshit, word would quickly spread and people wouldn't buy them, in turn losing them a good portion of profit. They'd make even more money if they released an "official" wiimote extension > usb controller adapter.

>> No.3361030

>>3360987
Never had a Nintendo controller that felt bad I doubt they'd bother starting here.

>> No.3361036

>>3361027
>so making low quality ones would bite them in the ass because if they were low quality chinkshit, word would quickly spread and people wouldn't buy them
You'd think word of mouth would work on Nintendo anything? You're quite naive

>>3361030
how many remake/nostalgia cash-in Nintendo controllers have you bought?

>> No.3361171

>>3361036
>word of mouth
When it's negative? Yes. Also how many "cash-in nintendo controllers" even exist? None come to mind.

>> No.3361181

>>3361171
>When it's negative? Yes.
When it's Nintendo? No. People brush it off as hating on a beloved company. Jealousy or whatever.

>how many "cash-in nintendo controllers" even exist? None come to mind.
bingo, this is the first, so assuming it'll resemble the original controller, or have a somehow superior build quality is questionable at best. There are stronger indicators this one is sold on emotional appeal, not build quality

>> No.3361223

>>3361181
I'm pretty confident shit build quality would spread pretty well, when nintendo is generally known for pretty solid build quality. Why do you think shit's known as nintendium?

>> No.3361234

>>3361223
>Why do you think shit's known as nintendium?
You know how the NDS lite got shit for being flimsy? Shit still sold well as fuck. Nintendium is a mythical material by now, hasn't been used since the original DMG

>> No.3361410

>>3361181
The classic controller has already more buttons (it's modeled after the SNES one after all), that already include all the ones this novelty controller has. I really don't see any point from it, other than shaving off money from gaming hipsters.

>> No.3361415

>>3361410
>I really don't see any point from it
don't buy it then. Others see the point, and may or may not consider a purchase

>> No.3361485

>>3361234
NDS was a fucking tank sport. Think you're confusing it with the DSL. Which is more age appropriate for you.

>> No.3361650

>>3361234
>>3361485
Oddly, my original DS hinge snapped a few months ago when it slipped ~50cm off my bed onto (albeit fairly unforgiving) carpet, while my DS lite didn't have any negative after effects after doing the same thing.

>> No.3361910

>>3361650
>Oddly
Not so odd. It happened to dozens of people.

>> No.3362283

>>3361485
>Think you're confusing it with the DSL
>You know how the NDS lite got shit for being flimsy?
>NDS lite
want to try again?

>> No.3362439

>>3362283
Never owned a DS lite, I see

>> No.3362461

>>3362439
the only system in the DS line that I own, and I like it. Nice deflection though. Anon claimed I confused the NDS with the NDS lite, although I clearly mentioned the NDS lite.

>> No.3362692

>>3359375
The money doesn't even go to the creators anymore. Most left their companies years ago.

>> No.3363417

>>3362692
Most discussions of this nature are really about copyright term length and not about the fundamental philosophy of copyright transfer (otherwise you're devaluing creators' ability to sell their work to an investor at all).