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@h3s Just saw on socials from Taki Udon: "We are planning to open orders for a limited number orders for MiSTER Pi 1.6, preorders for MiSTER Pi 1.7 (adds PCIe lanes for display port/other development), GB/GBA cartridge adapters for MiSTER Pi, and MD/NES SNAC adapters for SS1 & MiSTER Pi next week."

Sounds like you might be able to order that Mister Pi you wanted. I'm interested in snagging the MD/NES SNAC adapters.

If it’s designed as nothing more than entertainment, then I’m in. We all should try to enjoy something for a bit now and then. Here’s hoping it ends up being fun!

An NES FPGA was also teased in August or September. Posted a pic of a controller port.

@Scummy In the US, I don’t recall seeing any JP box art until the internet as an early adult. We didn’t have money for magazine subs outside of a couple years of early Nintendo Power and I’m referring to the game boxes my friends and I had, which were usually localized here. I wasn’t privy to a majority of magazine previews. If I did see some original box art from Japan, I either didn’t know it or have forgotten over time. Either way, as a young artist I would study and sometimes redraw the US box art on my games for fun, and as mentioned, it’s all I knew and I enjoyed it. Having now seen lots of the original Japan art, it’s so different and stellar! But I was satisfied as a kid with the covers I had too.

@16bitGeneration that’ll do. Hope you enjoy!

@16bitGeneration Nice! Just curious, how will you do updates (did you get the Wi-Fi/bt adapter with it)? I noticed this was a key difference from the black one I got which has no fan, built in WiFi/bt and a larger 64GB micro sd (batch 5).

I like that green one and am considering a frost (clear) one.

@h3s I understand the frustration. Mister Pi has been out of stock for several months while they roll out and fulfill SS1 orders. I opted for SS1 and am extremely happy with it so far.

For controllers, I am using Switch Pro (wireless bt), M30 6-button Genesis with 2.4 gHz usb adapters and a usb 4P arcade stick with my cabinet. Everything has been pretty easy to set up and the Switch Pro controllers pair quickly, then they’re good when you turn them on after that.

@Gs69 yes, very addictive! Such a classic.

@Diablo ooh, I had missed it. Thank you!

@h3s I just placed an order 20 minutes ago for a few accessories and have successfully placed two other orders last month. Is there something specific you’re looking to buy? I thought it would be a pain ordering from retro remake but luckily it went smooth in my case.

Does anyone know if the book purchase comes with a pdf copy too? I ask as this has been the case with some of my books.

I love my retrospective hard back books, but sometimes I just want to blow them up on my 32” 4K monitor. Tons of iconic art to see on the big screen!

I think all the different art styles are excellent, but I’m happy with what we got in the west. Those were the only covers we knew and we admired them. I hadn’t seen any of the Japanese box art until at least the late 2000s.

Heck, the famously bad covers were part of the fun for my friends and I! I wouldn’t want it any other way.

@obijuankanoobie No, you’re not. I’ve noticed the lack of a post each and every week too. It does seem like every other but I’m not tracking it.

@Gs69 I have both the Switch and MD versions too. Love the MD port! I’ve not played the new one enough yet, unfortunately.

Wish I had grown up with the SMS alongside my NES but I didn’t even known that it existed until after it was discontinued in the states. I never recall seeing it at any big box stores and I didn’t know anyone who had one. Shame. SEGA!!!

The demo from October 2024 was awesome. In my opinion this plays better than the arcade game and S2 on MD. I hope this gets released somehow, whether through an official release or not. I would pay money to play it.

More TMNT is always a good thing. I watched the entire video and this looks totally tubular!! Very excited to see how it comes along, and props to whoever’s handling the music and sound. Radical!

Virtua Racing 32X is my favorite version of that game. Could this be the same for DayTOOOOOONAAAAAAA?

Gordon, you were supposed to be in the test chamber half an hour ago.

Always wanted to play this on Dreamcast.

For my cabinet, I actually bought an aftermarket metal door with two coin slots that are functional and light up when powered on but never connected to the raspberry pi. I just replaced the pi with SuperStation one and the playability has improved tenfold. Amazing! I hope I can get the coin slots I have working. If not, this would be a cool replacement.

AI will never buy this. Scraping? Scraping the barrel!!

@mjparker77 SEGA reprogramming GnG for Genesis ended up as one of my favorite games in the entire library.

I have not played through Black Tiger, but what I’ve played I really enjoyed. I welcome a MD port!

@Orpheus79V definitely, I‘m interested in this 😂 it’d be nice to have official switch game cards of all of them. Even just Rondo, SotN, Chronicles and Adventure ReBirth would be nice.

Keep your game key card trash. No one needs them with an actual switch game card release.

@Willgraham yes! We had lots of fun with DD Gaiden in this house. Last year's game, not so much. I still want to give it another chance, but it was unremarkable and forgettable. Soon after I got Absolum, played 80 hours, and never looked back.

Um, yay? I have plenty of patience for the AES+ but if this announcement was next summer it’d make more sense. I’m guessing they booked the TGS booth a long time in advance before the massive delay.

Good selections though! Just odd timing for a big exciting announcement.

Excited to play this game eventually, but man, everything takes forever these days. I suppose we were just horribly spoiled in the ‘80s, ‘90s, and ‘00s.

Some of the worst ‘90s ‘tude in one collection. 🤢

It’s time for some CUH-RAAAAAZY CONTENT.

YEAYEAYEAYEA YEAAA!!!

Looks great and I want to try it out. Very cool design, though I wonder how sturdy the parts feel.

Makes me wonder if they took preorders and then BEGAN development after seeing the $$$. Kickstarter without saying it. Like others have said, at least they pushed it out so far for them to possibly get this thing right.

Was any physical working prototype of the AES+ ever shown anywhere?

Luckily, I just recently got my RT4K, SuperStation One and a Tall Dog Electronics TinyNES, so I’m pretty much experiencing retro gaming bliss at the moment.

@LinktotheFuture if memory serves, they are different games. I also like the NES Karnov, and much prefer it to the arcade game.

Having worked for a start up company that sounds like this, I honestly trust the Super SEGA guy more… at least my company had the balls to just lay people off and fold up shop. This whole thing sounds bizarre.

@h3s +1 for The Messenger. Just played first time last year and had a lot of fun with it, though I didn’t really get on with the 16-bit stuff. The first half of the game was satisfying enough for me that I played it a couple times. I will definitely go back to it again someday.

@Ruka I see where you’re coming from, but I think it’s nice to have some modern options and see what people are up to in terms of creating something derivative from an old classic. As an example, there have been no official Konami classicvanias since the Wii’s Adventure ReBirth, and there have been a handful of imitations and games that stem from that gameplay and design approach on Switch. Some are quite good, like Lords of Exile, which borrow from Castlevania as well as other games of that era. I highly recommend it to anyone that grew up playing NES.

Live service claims another. How much more money will be flushed down the toilet making these “games”?

Ahh, my favorite Arkanoid ever! This is one of my most returned to SNES carts.

Bought this many years ago based on the label and ended up really enjoying it! Excellent music, graphics, and gameplay. Like others here I’ve never beaten it but I’m drawn to its focus on mythology and hack slash platform mechanics. For whatever reason I never liked Zelda II.

For a modern game that’s somewhat comparable I highly recommend Aggelos, which I’ve played through a couple times. Also, Aggelos 2 is due out later this year which I’ll be picking up when it’s available.

Just got a RT4K. Love it so far. If I was only feeding it analog signals, I’d definitely consider the new 6X.

Ridiculous and sad that this composer has to issue announcements to confirm no involvement with an AI album that could tarnish her reputation.

Artists of all kinds are going to continue to get royally bent over until laws are in place. Everyone should have a right to refuse their own creative work being stolen and exploited. Between AI and the also more recent “interpolation” in popular music, it’s an uphill battle continuing to blur the lines (at least in the eyes of the public) over who actually created something.

Announcement of an announcement… no thanks.

Indiana Jones is on the way to this auction. It definitely belongs in a museum!

In paragraph three I think you meant X68000. I remember this one on NES!

Waiting for Batch 4 shipping! It feels like forever now. Can’t wait to try it all out.

Agree with everyone’s sentiments.

Prepare yourself: more corporate crap “content” incoming! These will not be films, lol.

Bubsy must be trolling: what could possibly go wrong?!

Do they know how badly fans want a proper video game sequel?

And with the recent news of the AES+ hardware, it just seemed like a perfect time to make a new NEOGEO Metal Slug.

@OldManLav exactly, if not employing a design or marketing team, at least have one or two responsible people look at these junk images on a high resolution screen for artifacts and other crap before releasing to the world. Makes SEHA look like s***. Yes, I’m leaving my mistake. Just as lazy as them.

It’s one thing to use this technology for shortcuts, it’s another to not care on top of that. Lazy as f.

Soon the SEGA logo will be SEGAI.

And the SEGA screamer will be deepfaked.

SEGAI!!!

@slider1983 can you please list some examples of “more interesting stuff going on” that you believe make the 90s licensed games better? I’ve played (not completed) a few of them, and besides SEGA CD’s The Terminator, I thought they were all pretty terrible. If I missed out on something, please share so I can take another look.