All-In-One Cartridge Console Coming!!!

[burningdoom]

http://kotaku.com/retro-console-promises-to-play-all-the-games-1705659623

Retro Console Promises To Play ALL The Games




This is the Retro Freak. It’s promising to play games from the Famicom. SNES. Genesis. PC Engine. TurboGrafx-16. Game Boy. Game Boy Advance. Game Boy Color. And even the Supergrafx. Holy shit.

It comes in two parts; there’s the actual console, which is a small box that takes care of all the actual work, then there’s a giant “adapter” which is where you plug all the cartridges in (the console slides in under the adapter). The console has various settings that let you change video (and conversion/upscale) options, as well as built-in cheat support. It also supports USB controllers, so you can plug just about anything in there.

Most interesting, though, is the fact it’ll let you install games from a cartridge onto the console (which looks like it’ll let you use a microSD card).



Currently announced only for Japan, if there is a Video Game God, it is time to pray to him/her/it, and ask for a Western release (or at least a semi-affordable import and some language FAQs).

[burningdoom]

I so hope this does well and gets a Western release.

[redblaze57]

Wonder if it will work with the powerbase converter.

[badATchaos]

No wonderswan? 

[thecrypticodor]

Meh looks like just another android based emulation box. Kind of hard for me to get excited about  a machine that just dumps my cartridge's ROM and runs it on an emulator.

[soera]

Wonder if there will ever be a complete cartridge emu-box that does N64.

[fighterpilot562]

Wonder if there will ever be a complete cartridge emu-box that does N64.

This is what I am waiting for. If one has all the above, N64 and (long shot) atari 2600 and 7800. I would consider it.

[matimo]

Ugh, so many of these consoles exist already. I want to see something that'd include the n64 and most disc systems. :/

[foxhack]

Ugh, so many of these consoles exist already. I want to see something that'd include the n64 and most disc systems. :/

No chance of that happening. The systems aren't that easy to emulate - the N64 alone is an emulator coder's nightmare.

You're better off building your own mini PC and using that as an all-in-one solution. One of my oldest friends did that and he's happy as heck.

[fighterpilot562]

Ugh, so many of these consoles exist already. I want to see something that'd include the n64 and most disc systems. :/

No chance of that happening. The systems aren't that easy to emulate - the N64 alone is an emulator coder's nightmare.

You're better off building your own mini PC and using that as an all-in-one solution. One of my oldest friends did that and he's happy as heck.

And now my hopes and dreams are now crushed.

[koemo1]

wait! no NES?

[woahsweetgreyphix]

I guess they figured the Famicom slot was sufficient to cover the NES? Interesting that they are putting in SFC and SNES in together, though.

[badATchaos]

wait! no NES?

because its japanese

[foxhack]

wait! no NES?

I'm sure there's one poor Japanese guy with a CIB Acclaim / THQ / LJN set who's heartbroken over the lack of a NES port.



If this makes it here expect a NES slot or an adapter to be included.

[burningdoom]

The article says N64, but the pics don't show it. The console in the pics definitely looks like a prototype and not a finished product for the public. So I'm hoping that the article is right and we do get N64.