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This is cool! Never thought id see the day. Long Live Dreamcast!

Dreamcast was the single most exciting thing of my gaming childhood, and with SNES, PSX, and PS2 in there that's some stiff competition.

(SO glad they went with orange for the spiral here. The blue is cool but the orange was such a cool motif ✌️ and i cant think if any other "orange" consoles besides turbo off the top of my head.)

i really doubt that this is one of the most "sought after" Nintendo consoles. one of the rarest, sure. 👍

@Kael_Hyun

coming in kinda hot, there. Did you join today just to get that off your chest? I'm not really in the mood, frankly. ✌️

add willie to the list of retroid pocket-curious potential Retroid customers no longer curious. 👎

willie doesn't hold grudges though, so as far as willie is concerned, the ball is in Retroid's court.
willie wants that 6 button pocket.

@slider1983

it's been a long time for me, as well 😅 cheers

@slider1983

mine must just be worn out! its the only one ive ever used and it is not at all what i would call "responsive"

@slider1983

i think it depends on the model or even the idividual controller, but yeah I agree the gen/md design is one of the good ones ✌️👍

I like the turbografix dpad, the ps1-3 dpad, the saturn dpad, the NES and SNES dpads... and thats about all I can think of! unless we get into handhelds.

i will always think of "cosmic race"as the worst game ever but idk if it's Japanese.

in before the labor haters. 😅 Just name everyone that worked on your dumb (brilliant) game. 👍

@Damo

thanks, Damo. I'm interested in this entire deal just for that weird 6 button, ngl!

...but not (checks article) $700-1800 interested! 😅 I'm just in shock, boys.

I'm convinced that the best 6 button layout would be the typical "snes" layout... but with two additional buttons 😆 amazingly I feel like ive almost never seen it attempted. Does anybody ever think about the og xbox black and white buttons anymore? I was such a hater at the time but thinking back they mightve been onto something. I missed out on xbox didnt I? With all my hating? it had pressure sensitive buttons, and no one ever talks about that, either. Grandpa's tired.

EDIT - Grandpa had another thought about this handheld: as a gamer you likely have feelings about what is the "best" dpad, analog stick location, erc etc, and with this setup, you are paying for all of the ones that you already decided are worse than the one youll be using all of the time. thank you.

Damo, is it actually comfortable to use a six button layout in that particular arrangement? my first thought was the the angle is too steep... my second thought is that even the saturn 6 button layout is not perfect imo. so why not? 🤔

@Razieluigi

IMO Nintendo has been trying to kill the dpad almost since they invented it. 😐 And almost no one else can do it right in the first place.

@JimmyRiddle
"could he not just have switched the position of the monitors rather than rewire them all when they appeared in the wrong order?"

This sounds like another one of your riddles, Jimmy.

@smoreon

good eye! i guess I stand corrected. 👍

I was still about 6 years off from my first 16:9 TV (50" Samsung Plasma, still works!) so I probably didnt spend too much time pondering the "widescreen" options in settings 😊👍

PS - there aren't even dozens of us it seems but I genuinely prefer a more square display for videogames, and if I start an actual good movie on a 21" CRT I will basically instantly forget what I'm watching on regardless. Thanks I felt like getting that off my chest. ✌️

my first thought is, cool! 😎👍

my second thought is, surely this mode was designed for 3 x 3:4 displays, not 3 16:9 HD panels... 🤔

@smoreon

I'm pretty sure the rule is you cant make a VG film unless you've never played or at least absolutely hate the source material.

HOTD movie should just BE a light gun game. seems possible. 😅👍

@Damo

you got it, thanks Damien ✌️👍

SPOILER ALERT

EDIT - FIXED 👍

@avcrypt

I cant decide between the two! obv some games require 6 buttons, and its more rare to find. OTOH, I like 4 buttons better 😂 I guess it's a good problem to have!

@GravyThief

yeah... i think a "wonderswan" style design would look and work better, and be more versatile ✌️ this one looks kinda odd to me too.

Would'nt this screen actually be quite tall for tate mode? I might guess that a 1:1 device like the rgb30 would be just as good or better for tate mode, and also great for a whole lot else (besides DS of course 😅)

@GravyThief

it's one screen, as per the article. 👍

With that music, they better hope Boomerang Fu isnt feeling litigious 😂 these look great! 1:1 screen i think?! 👍👍

edit- post update: looking at the resolution, I'm guessing its some multiple of OG GB resolution. cool.

So many of y'all are thoroughly snowed already. God help us.

@MadMurdock

You're half right, but It was called the "Expansion Pak." There is no "Memory Pak" afaik. 👍

@Lanmanna

It's not about having "a gimmick." SNES and GameCube were paradigm shifts forward from their predecessors. it's not even close to comparable, sorry. ✌️

PS - yes, I know that killer games are a given with Nintendo! It's why I love them so 😊👍 but sometimes I get REALLY excited for the new nintendo console itself. This isn't one of those times. oh well!

"Have you tried the Series or DualSense? Aside from the stick drift issues that plagues all three companies, they both are great controllers."

I have heard great things! Ive thought about giving the dualsense a try, as obv I have a soft spot for sony's controllers. thanks for the recommendation! 👍😊

@sdelfin

Among modern consoles, I only play Switch. Just for context.

The original dualshock design is the perfect controller, imo. pretty much the only controller ever to have a great dpad AND analog stick imo. best analog stick top ever designed, underrated unique dpad that worked perfectly.
completely versatile and comfortable, imo.

The switch Pro controller has excellent ergonomics except for the average/workable stick and bad dpad. I use it for most games and i do enjoy it!

I have the first version of the sn30 pro+ (i think, it was the first ine that took the snes one with the sticks, and added handles.) Initially, I was in love with this controller, but the dpad and left stick have worn down a bit and are not very fun to use imo. still, if I am playing switch and need a dpad, this is what I'm working with.

as far as ergonomics, I consider this a comfortable thing to hold, but it forces the "snes" layout into an angle relative to my hands that is not as natural as a normal snes pad without handles. maybe i should try that version?

I feel like I'm rambling! I hope this answers your question!

(oh, and i have the 8bd "sega" controller, and I LOVE the feel and concept but the dpad is not right! compared to my saturn controller, it's mushy when you press down in the middle, and even worse, "right" on the pad has no tactile feedback compared to the other directions, like ibe been playing sonic on it for 30 years 😂 ✌️)

(PS - i also love the gamecube controller besides the slightly undersized handles and triggers, and of course the saturn controller.)

@HammerGalladeBro

We are lucky to have you around, and posts like #17 really demonstrate why. ✌️ I personally have really appreciated your perspective socially, and geographically.

@DaveB

hey thanks! 👍

ive always been a little C64 curious, maybe I'll give it a go. ✌️

@Slobbert

yeah the ergonomics are like B+ maybe. as much as i want them to be my favorite.

@N00BiSH

this kind of thing is why a straight iterative followup for switch just doesnt cut it for me.

pay 400+ dollars just to continue having essentially the same experience I've been having for 8 years already. no ty til i see some killar apps. ✌️ rant over lol

hang on, will my switch controllers not work on switch 2? 💀 I never even thought about it.

the more i look at this, the more i want it... and the less i like the looks of it 😂 theres something just "wrong" about it, to me.

@slider1983

I've seen it! there's some kind of "angry mob" psychology going on with Amico - people just love to hate. ✌️

I thought the thing looked cool initially, and I'm all about the unique consoles and oddball ideas! Sometimes it feels like the Wii U will be the last one.

@slider1983

whoops, sorry i was trying to be clever ✌️ I'm 100% on your side, thought they were being oddly aggressive towards you.

btw the best possible outcome would be that those amico games eventually come out on other consoles! what could possibly be wrong with that? 😂👍

@slider1983

I'm talking about unchecked aggression here, Dude.

WHY WHY WHY do these companies think we want to view ANY game as though we are viewing a fishbowl shaped "CRT" from what looks like an exaggerated lateral angle?

Even in the glorious "CRT days," the ideal was a flat and square as possible screen which distorted the geometry minimally. I have my doubts that anyone who has actual nostalgia for CRT tvs wants their games distorted in this way.

I have bought a few "breakout" style games on switch, and they generally have this problem. I won't buy another if i cant at least turn this "feature" off. (and i want a good breakout game badly!)

thanks for listening ✌️

I have a t16 and an everdrive for it, and the experience has taught me one lesson: most of the turbo games I want to play are on CD 😆

@kgbkgb

the original 7800 was also compatible with 2600 carts. 👍 tbh I couldnt tell if you knew that, from your comment, so I'm just putting it out there ✌️

"In Shubibinman Zero, The line よくおぼえておくわ means “I’ll remember this well”. Svambo translated this as “I’ll put you on my list!” and this line is used in the Retro-Bit version, too"

actually, judging from the pic, the retro bit one says "I've put you on my list!" 🧐 🤔

"Because of this work, he was delayed in going to the hospital, lost one of his legs, and finally died,"

kinda burying the lede, here 🙁 so sad.

I loved this game btw, thanks in no small part to this great artist, I am now learning. RIP.

@MontyMole

haha fair enough, but that is the turn of phrase, and imo and they messed up 😂

and yes, I'm sure there is a Lamb of God type metal band that refers to this haha!

"what even does Resident Evil mean?"

FWIW, it means "the evil that lives (or exists) there"

For example, if you worked with someone who happened to be really into books, you might say that person is the "resident bookworm" of the office.

and, it's a play on the fact that the first game takes place in a mansion (a residence)

and if you want to think even more than anyone ever should, in my mind it has always been a twist of the title of its inspiration, "Sweet Home."

I really, really like words 😊✌️

@MontyMole

that's fair!

to me, something can be said to be "made flesh" when it becomes real, or alive. I'm not a religious person, but I believe that the bible says something about Jesus being "the word of God made flesh.'

there is no saying that goes "[blank] made fear." what would that even mean? It's like they are trying too hard to sound scary, but if a fleshy thing turns into just a feary thing, isnt that actually less threatening? 😆 idk!

"Fear Made Flesh" would make a lot more sense, to me 🤔 and sound better, when spoken.

IIRC the SNES port of Super Buster Bros did not have a 2p mode.

@Razieluigi @PanicOnFunkatron @hste

I'm so glad the comments are here to give me the real scoop. ✌️👍

@JackGYarwood

"I'm not really sure where you're getting the hostility from."

not so much hostility, as negativity.

and you need only look at your headline. the news is,

"Hamster is doing Othello next"

but you chose to write

"This Week's Arcade Archives Game May Be Worth Skipping"

😂 see my point?

"It's just pretty obvious that the market for this is likely incredibly niche,"

yes, that is obvious 👍 good reporting I guess?

thanks for replying, and being game for the chat. no harm done obv and i mean nothing personal, to you. ✌️

"Unless you're a really big fan of the [sic] Success or a huge strategy fan, we imagine this is probably one you will want to skip out on."

Is this a review or a news article? What does this writer have against Othello?

"unless you like Driving Sims, you'll probably want to skip Gran Turismo"

"unless you are a fan of 1 on 1 fighters, Street Fighter 2 probably isnt for you."

🙄

There are people that like different games than you. 👍✌️