Topic: I'm getting a Retron 5 Gaming System

brie !kiTty82duI started this discussion 9 years ago #63,630

It has slots for NES, famicom, SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis, Megadrive, Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance games.

Has a wireless controller but also has controller ports for the different systems.

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 17 minutes later[^] [v] #794,904

Can't you just make a fetching case for a computer and just download emulators??

Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #794,905

@OP
Just buy a computer.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 48 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #794,906

@794,904 (B)
What if he wants to play his old cartridges or play like how it was originally intended?

@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
Shut the fuck up, Matt.

Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #794,909

@previous (D)
Whomfor, praytell, is "Matt"?

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #794,913

isn't that just an expensive emulator that accepts actual cartridges though?

Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #794,917

@previous (E)
I think it is.

brie !kiTty82duI (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 19 minutes later, 55 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #794,922

@794,906 (D)

> What if he wants to play his old cartridges or play like how it was originally intended?
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> Shut the fuck up, Matt.

This.

Anonymous D replied with this 9 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #794,962

@794,909 (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
I don't know why you continue this "Who's Matt?" shtick when it has become a dead giveaway that you're Matt, Matt.

Meta joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #794,963

Does it implement the actual hardware of the systems on an ASIC or FPGA (like the C64 Direct-to-TV did) or is it an emulator with a physical cartridge interface?

brie !kiTty82duI (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #794,981

@previous (Meta)
The latter but there are advantages to that way of doing it.

brie !kiTty82duI (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 18 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #794,986

I already have a robust SNES collection but I picked up a reproduction cartridge of Earthbound and copy of F-ZERO.

I"m starting an NES collection now too, got some classics coming soon.

Got a couple of my favorite Genesis exclusives as well.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 55 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #794,996

Research retrofreak. It's a much better Japanese alternative.

brie !kiTty82duI (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 18 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #794,999

@previous (G)
Looks pretty neat but it's more than twice as expensive as the Retron 5 I ordered.

Anonymous B replied with this 9 years ago, 32 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #795,001

@794,906 (D)

I mean you could just get little 64mb sd cards and put the roms on those with a nice little box, it would be just as good

And also free

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 4 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #795,017

@OP
> Genesis, Megadrive
Those are the same console. Megadrive was just the European name, for some reason.

brie !kiTty82duI (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 7 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #795,097

@previous (H)
Those consoles were region locked and the cartridges are different.

Also note that the NES is the same as the Famicom but with different cartridges and the SNES is the same as the Super Famicom but with different cartridges.

Back in the day shit was region locked, they count as different consoles.

Minichan