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| scott:
I agree on the finding of something with a detailed walk through. I played most of Jump Superstars with a translation guide and it really helped and near the end of it I was starting to catch on to it. Though I look at it now and I don't know any of it again... I never finished the story mode though, so I may find that guide again and start it up again eventually. |
| teck:
I have seen this happen with 3rd party systems in the past.... There was a version of one FC system that had some cartridges that were loaded with terrible games they sold.... Also along the lines of the Retron 5, I have sold many other Retron models and I would be MUCH happier if they simply focused on the quality of the hardware instead.... I often times don't even want to sell a lot of the 3rd party hardware we have because of shoddy quality and high defective rates.... |
| tpugmire:
As I understand it, the previous Retron consoles were NOAC based, and were only as good as the current chip revision. This led to several different hardware revisions for the same console, but the only way to tell which one you had was to open it up. This new console is Android-based, which already has excellent compatibility with most of the troublesome games. Plus, with the addition of a SD card slot, it should allow for firmware updates. I'm keeping an eye on this, and am remaining cautiously optimistic about it. |
| teck:
--- Quote from: tpugmire on November 08, 2013, 05:35:55 pm ---As I understand it, the previous Retron consoles were NOAC based, and were only as good as the current chip revision. This led to several different hardware revisions for the same console, but the only way to tell which one you had was to open it up. This new console is Android-based, which already has excellent compatibility with most of the troublesome games. Plus, with the addition of a SD card slot, it should allow for firmware updates. I'm keeping an eye on this, and am remaining cautiously optimistic about it. --- End quote --- True, but at the end of the day it is still just an emulation.... It can't be any better than an emulator run on a PC, so really all you're getting is the novelty of a box and controller for a TV.... You can get USB controllers cheaper and emulate all the games on a PC.... Then you wouldn't even put wear on your cartridges for an inferior experience.... Without proper hardware, I just don't see how people won't get turned to PC emulation.... Even though I own over 90% of what I play, I find it hard after looking into the system to use it rather than the original hardware/PC emulator.... While it is a go between, it does not surpass the strong points of either.... I think that will be it's biggest weakness.... I've already spoken with several collector's who experiment with new hardware a lot and all of them are completely brushing it off already.... Doesn't look too promising.... |
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