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    From NuSkooler@80:774/20 to All on Thu Nov 9 15:15:41 2017
    Have you guys seen this thing? I hope it's not vaporware:

    http://polymega.com/

    Basically it's a multi-console console remake to play physical cart/CDs. The thing is modular, so you add on e.g. NES, SNES, TurboGrafx, etc.



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  • From deepthaw@80:774/43 to NuSkooler on Thu Nov 9 16:46:21 2017
    Have you guys seen this thing? I hope it's not vaporware:

    http://polymega.com/

    Basically it's a multi-console console remake to play physical cart/CDs. The thing is modular, so you add on e.g. NES, SNES, TurboGrafx, etc.

    Interesting, but I've seen a lot of projects like this fall apart. I wonder what's actually contained within the add-on modules? I'd guess little more
    than a way to insert the cartridge/disc, and controller ports. All emulation
    is probably taking place on the base unit.

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  • From NuSkooler@80:774/20 to deepthaw on Thu Nov 9 19:37:17 2017
    Interesting, but I've seen a lot of projects like this fall apart. I wonder what's actually contained within the add-on modules? I'd guess little more than a way to insert the cartridge/disc, and controller ports. All emulation is probably taking place on the base unit.

    Yeah, I really hope this one isn't vaporware & holds up to the hype. I have a Retron -- it's not bad. Have real systems too, but the management of them all is horrible + conversions to HDMI, etc. is... bleh.

    They claim some sort of "Hybrid emulation".

    More breakdown info here: https://goo.gl/kf24wN







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  • From deepthaw@80:774/43 to NuSkooler on Thu Nov 9 22:09:02 2017
    On 11/09/17, NuSkooler said the following...

    They claim some sort of "Hybrid emulation".


    "Hybrid emulation?" Yeah, I'm going to need a technical paper on that before I believe them.

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  • From Necromaster@80:774/0 to NuSkooler on Sat Nov 11 02:00:01 2017
    WOW! Looks very interesting.... love it :)

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  • From Richard Menedetter@80:774/18 to NuSkooler on Sun Dec 10 14:23:06 2017
    Hi NuSkooler!

    09 Nov 2017 15:15, from NuSkooler -> All:

    Have you guys seen this thing? I hope it's not vaporware:
    http://polymega.com/
    Basically it's a multi-console console remake to play physical
    cart/CDs. The thing is modular, so you add on e.g. NES, SNES,
    TurboGrafx, etc.

    I am VERY vary with such things.
    Also I think that any RetroPi whatever else is a much better, cheaper and much more versatile.
    You can use PS3 Bluetooth controllers or USB replicas of different controllers (SNES, NES, Genesis, ...)

    But again ... that is just my 2 cents.

    CU, Ricsi

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  • From NuSkooler@80:774/20 to Richard Menedetter on Sun Dec 10 10:30:33 2017

    On Sunday, December 10th Richard Menedetter muttered...
    I am VERY vary with such things. Also I think that any RetroPi whatever else is a much better, cheaper and much more versatile. You can use PS3 Bluetooth controllers or USB replicas of different controllers (SNES, NES, Genesis, ...)

    It depends on what you're after. I have a RetroPi set up with 128 GB of stuff -- which is near the complete set on some systems, and everything you'd want to
    play on others.

    However, I've started building a cart collection again as a kind of side hobby.
    I think it's cool to have them in hand. At first I was using the original systems for this. The problem there is the connections a) are an extreme pain. For example I have a Atari 2600 -> VCR (for the RF adaption) -> RGB out -> RGB to HDMI -> HDMI switch -> Receiver. Now I could elimiate one of those (the RGB to HDMI, by getting a VCR with HDMI... but that's hard to do; or get an expensive device to do the same thing).

    ...or I can use the Retron, Polymega, et. al., and go direct to HDMI with good upscaling and and so on.

    ...and still use carts, which is just fun :D

    When I'm lazy, don't knwo what to play, etc., I still go direct to the RetroPi,
    but like I said... I enjoy this (somehow!) :D



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  • From CyntaxX@80:774/58 to Richard Menedetter on Tue Jan 9 20:58:44 2018


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  • From CyntaxX@80:774/58 to Richard Menedetter on Tue Jan 9 21:00:57 2018
    I am VERY vary with such things.
    Also I think that any RetroPi whatever else is a much better, cheaper
    and much more versatile.
    You can use PS3 Bluetooth controllers or USB replicas of different controllers (SNES, NES, Genesis, ...)

    100% agree although I wish the RPi would emulate N64 a lil better without having to overclock. Maybe a new Pi4 would be up for the task.

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  • From esc@80:774/56 to CyntaxX on Wed Jan 10 06:27:25 2018
    100% agree although I wish the RPi would emulate N64 a lil better without having to overclock. Maybe a new Pi4 would be up for the task.

    I think I read somewhere that N64 is notoriously difficult to emulate for
    some reason, even for people with lots of hardware to throw at emulation.

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  • From CyntaxX@80:774/58 to esc on Wed Jan 10 11:54:01 2018
    I think I read somewhere that N64 is notoriously difficult to emulate for some reason, even for people with lots of hardware to throw at emulation.

    I agree, they haven't quite cracked N64 emulation 100%. But it certainly alleviates some of the general stutters and choppiness and allows some roms
    to be more playable than on lesser hardware.

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  • From Necromaster@80:774/0 to esc on Wed Jan 10 15:56:31 2018

    I think I read somewhere that N64 is notoriously difficult to emulate for some reason, even for people with lots of hardware to throw at emulation.

    So far on my Raspberry Pi 3 N64 emulation run pretty good but not perfect,
    same thing on my PC which is pretty descent specs.

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  • From naga@80:774/38 to CyntaxX on Sun Jan 28 11:43:33 2018
    I agree, they haven't quite cracked N64 emulation 100%. But it certainly alleviates some of the general stutters and choppiness and allows some roms to be more playable than on lesser hardware.

    My understanding of the issue is that the main N64 emulator, Project 64, was closed source and eventually became abandonware. This is compared to the SNES projects, which were open. N64 emulation was set back by years because of
    this. Also compare it to GCN/Wii emulation, which (while requiring a powerful system), is pretty close to actual.

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