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8-bit Miniboss posted:AVS: The AVS using usb for power means you can plug it into the wall, or into something with a USB port. I don't know enough to know why that would be really a pro or con, or just a thing. I bought an early AVS and the power jack wasn't properly attached to the board. I'm hearing that a batch of them weren't properly epoxied or something. I've got to send mine back and bunnyboy is going to replace or fix it.
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cosmicjim posted:The AVS using usb for power means you can plug it into the wall, or into something with a USB port. I don't know enough to know why that would be really a pro or con, or just a thing. Depending on your needs is probably the wrong statement and is probably a bit of my bias showing. I don't like mini USB for such a critical thing. It bugged the poo poo out of me that he went with mini instead of micro. There are reasons why it got left in the dust.
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I feel like once the mini nes comes out and those sweet wii compatible nes controllers hit the market, a modded wii will be back on top as far as nes emulation is concerned. Nes on the wii is super solid, not to mention SNES, Genesis, etc, and the component out looks great. I guess I don't get spending $500 on an aluminum nes emulator when you can get one at GameStop for $65 that also plays wii and GameCube games. But that's me 
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Nov 2, 2016 14:18
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Because NES games on any of the three VC platforms looks bad? They're all blurry and washed out for some reason.
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Not VC, emulated on a softmodded wii. They look like they should when you do that
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I feel like once the mini nes comes out and those sweet wii compatible nes controllers hit the market, a modded wii will be back on top as far as nes emulation is concerned. Nes on the wii is super solid, not to mention SNES, Genesis, etc, and the component out looks great. Good luck if you didn't manage to preorder a second controller already, because those things are gone. Even the recent final batch of preorders were just for the console.
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You could just buy a wii right now and use the 8bitdo controller right now. Why wait for anything. Also likely just as expensive as the nes classic but has more games. The main reason I was asking about nes consoles out there because I already have a library of 100 physical nes games.
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Good news if you want a Famicom Mini but lamented the lack of Famicom Disk System Mini to accompany it, turns out there is a box theory.   Even includes the warning sticks to put on your Famicom Mini to complete the original look.  972 yen, selling like hotcakes because of course.
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drat it I was hoping that was real and used a non-garbage belt so I could rip it out and put it in my twin fami  still cute though
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univbee posted:Good news if you want a Famicom Mini but lamented the lack of Famicom Disk System Mini to accompany it, turns out there is a box theory.
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Ineffiable posted:The main reason I was asking about nes consoles out there because I already have a library of 100 physical nes games. If you already have a framemeister I wouldn't bother with the AVS or NT.
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Of course, with the Framemeister you still need some type of RGB mod for your NES/Famicom to make the games look presentable, and that can get expensive especially if you choose to buy a pre-modded system and/or live in the backwoods of Europe. The NT, like other Analogue products, is obviously a complete ripoff aimed at people with more money than sense, but the AVS seems like it might be a decent-ish option.
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Yeah I forgot about the rgb mod. That's probably the way to go for me.
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Ineffiable posted:Yeah I forgot about the rgb mod. That's probably the way to go for me. If you still want to do HDMI, the Hi-Def NES mod is about the same difficulty as the NESRGB. I say that because even though it's less wiring than the NESRGB but you not only have to desolder the PPU, but the CPU as well. As long as you have the right tools, it's not bad. https://youtu.be/bVq1vwZvWq8
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Yeah they are about the same difficulty, just more desoldering work for the HDMI kit. The real issue with the HDMI mod is unless you already have a kit, there's a 2-3 month wait time to buy one. They are just finishing up testing a batch that was pre-ordered back between June and September, and they look like they be delivered in the next couple weeks or so. The NESRGB can be ordered from a US store and will ship to your door in less than a week: http://etim.net.au/shop/shop.php?crn=207&rn=536&action=show_detail
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I just bought a Master System. I have officially bought an old games console. I need to do some serious cleaning work on it though, and find some new cables since the ones it came with are kinda terrible.
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Is there any relatively reasonable way to play Famicom games on a front-loading NES? I have an adapter thing that works, but because it's so short it's a gigantic pain in the rear end getting the cartridge into and out of the NES. There's no real pressing need or desire for me to be honest other than to be able to say I can play Japanese cartridges on all my retro systems.
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Nate RFB posted:Is there any relatively reasonable way to play Famicom games on a front-loading NES? I have an adapter thing that works, but because it's so short it's a gigantic pain in the rear end getting the cartridge into and out of the NES. There's no real pressing need or desire for me to be honest other than to be able to say I can play Japanese cartridges on all my retro systems. If you have an extra dollar/euro or two, get an AV Famicom. You can also use an adapter for US games much easier since it's a top loader. Using a converter on a front loading system is a real PITA no matter how you look at it. And then you'll naturally want it RGB modded as well. Welcome to the rabbit hole.
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Monitor Burn posted:Yeah they are about the same difficulty, just more desoldering work for the HDMI kit. The real issue with the HDMI mod is unless you already have a kit, there's a 2-3 month wait time to buy one. They are just finishing up testing a batch that was pre-ordered back between June and September, and they look like they be delivered in the next couple weeks or so. The NESRGB can be ordered from a US store and will ship to your door in less than a week: http://etim.net.au/shop/shop.php?crn=207&rn=536&action=show_detail Yeah and I have no skills so I would rather just pay you for it and be done with it. Snes and n64 already have rgb mods so it's just my nes that's left out.
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Won't famicom games work in an nes when put thru a game genie? Or am I misremembering that?
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Nate RFB posted:Is there any relatively reasonable way to play Famicom games on a front-loading NES? I have an adapter thing that works, but because it's so short it's a gigantic pain in the rear end getting the cartridge into and out of the NES. There's no real pressing need or desire for me to be honest other than to be able to say I can play Japanese cartridges on all my retro systems. Not sure if your converter has this, but ones from when the NES was still current had a ribbon for pulling the converter and attached cartridge out.   Jim Silly-Balls posted:Won't famicom games work in an nes when put thru a game genie? Or am I misremembering that? The pin converter would definitely still be required, but might be easier to deal with with a Game Genie. univbee fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Nov 3, 2016 |
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Rirse posted:When does Dragon Quest VIII come out in the US? 3DS release date just got confirmed for January 20th.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Won't famicom games work in an nes when put thru a game genie? Or am I misremembering that?
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Yeah, hitting start without entering a code will just play the game as normal iirc
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yeah, hitting start without entering a code will just play the game as normal iirc The only game I can remember this not being the case for is Mega Man 2. Codes or no, putting MM2 in the Game Genie means hitting mute on the TV.
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Saoshyant posted:Did anyone figure out what hardware the NES Mini thingy is using? When it was announced the first thing I thought as that they would repurpose a 2DS or Wii PCB to do the thing. One of the Tested guys was in the Giant Bomb quick look saying its a single custom board. As far as I've seen though no-one's done a full breakdown of it yet though.
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Saoshyant posted:Did anyone figure out what hardware the NES Mini thingy is using? When it was announced the first thing I thought as that they would repurpose a 2DS or Wii PCB to do the thing. It's a completely custom setup, though apparently it's got a lot of open source stuff running on whatever their board is. 
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Weird they would make a custom board just to run an emulator, but guess that's rather Nintendo of them.
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Saoshyant posted:Weird they would make a custom board just to run an emulator, but guess that's rather Nintendo of them. Probably to avoid any emulation inconsistencies or perhaps input lag?
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Every manufactured thing will have a custom board. I'm sure it's just some emulated nonsense like everything else, that's the only way it's profitable. Edit: it says R16 on it right? https://liliputing.com/2016/08/allwinner-launches-new-quad-core-octa-core-chips-r16-r40-r58.html "The Allwinner R16 is positioned as a low-cost solution for IoT applications, with support for Android or Linux-based software." falz fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Nov 4, 2016 |
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Wii production stopped in late 2013, so it's probably just as cheap and easy to design a new board from scratch (and take advantage of any new or improved capabilities that might be on offer) as it would be to try and restart the whole supply and manufacturing chain for the Wii line (which may not be possible).
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Kthulhu5000 posted:Wii production stopped in late 2013, so it's probably just as cheap and easy to design a new board from scratch (and take advantage of any new or improved capabilities that might be on offer) as it would be to try and restart the whole supply and manufacturing chain for the Wii line (which may not be possible). Kinda sad that Wii production ran for 7 years but Wii U production only ran 4 years.
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Not too surprising, considering one console was an incredible success and the other was an incredible flop, even irrespective of its immediate predecessor being the aforementioned incredible success.
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I really doubt nintendo had much to do with the creation of that thing beyond game selection and marketing/branding. iirc it was designed by sone european company, which is really obvious when you look at it's very un-nintendo menu interface
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Saoshyant posted:Weird they would make a custom board just to run an emulator, but guess that's rather Nintendo of them. It looks pretty barebones, and was probably pretty easy for them to throw together. I see what looks like the SOC (CPU, A/V, I/O, etc.), RAM, flash ROM, and a PMIC (for dealing with DC power).
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Shadow Hog posted:Not too surprising, considering one console was an incredible success and the other was an incredible flop, even irrespective of its immediate predecessor being the aforementioned incredible success. Even still, GameCube was the worst selling Nintendo console until the Wii U, and that still managed to be in official production for 6 years (production halted the year after the Wii released).
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