I am thinking about setting this up on my DE10 based MiSTer this weekend. Might actually wipe the SD card and start over because I think it has gotten pretty crusty since I set it up in 2020 or 2021. This is basically the main feature I have been wanting since day one.
This is really neat. I am with the others that we need to get a ROM dump just to verify that there are no differences.
As a collector who maybe doesn't play their collection all that often, but loves being able to pull a game off the shelf and be playing it in seconds I really hate the grading companies and their BS. I was recently at a retro gaming convention and saw stuff like copies of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom & Breath of the Wild for Switch 2 graded and priced at 2-3x their retail price. Didn't look at them closely enough to see if any of them were Key Card or code in box games but that would add an interesting ironic twist to the whole thing.
It would be amazing if Limited Run could actually work with Nintendo and do a cartridge release of these. The new version of Doom does have a USB-C port on the PCB though so I wonder how long until someone figures out how to swap the ROM.
I really don't understand this desire to USB-Cify everything. It was only in the past year or so that decent charging hubs with more than like 2 USB-C ports even became available (I have one with 5 C and 5 A ports powering my stuff in my gaming setup, sadly it stopped working with my Switch 2 for some reason even though it worked just fine with it at first).
A lot of these projects that rely on certain models of USB-C chargers and won't work with just any off the shelf charger. This is because 12v is not a required part of the USB PD standard, but 15v is. 12v is an optional voltage that they can support if the manufacturer wants to. If someone was serious about making one of these they would use a 15v trigger and then a stepdown converter to 12v, but too many of them are either doing the 12v only option or 15v and just letting the console deal with the extra current internally.
Not having an easy user friendly way to add more games is a bit disappointing. Would love to relive some old school light gun games and so far this appears to be the one of the better options (the Polymega is a hard pass from me as it seems overpriced and underpowered compared to what you could do with PC based emulation) so maybe the G'AIM'E 2.0 or something will deliver.
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Dino Crisis and Lost Planet for sure. I would love to see a modern HD remakes of UN Squadron and Carrier Air Wing or a modern sequel.
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I am thinking about setting this up on my DE10 based MiSTer this weekend. Might actually wipe the SD card and start over because I think it has gotten pretty crusty since I set it up in 2020 or 2021. This is basically the main feature I have been wanting since day one.
Re: "The Blood Drained From My Face" - 97 Copies Of Never-Before-Seen Super Mario Bros. Variant Found In Wisconsin Retro Store
This is really neat. I am with the others that we need to get a ROM dump just to verify that there are no differences.
As a collector who maybe doesn't play their collection all that often, but loves being able to pull a game off the shelf and be playing it in seconds I really hate the grading companies and their BS. I was recently at a retro gaming convention and saw stuff like copies of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom & Breath of the Wild for Switch 2 graded and priced at 2-3x their retail price. Didn't look at them closely enough to see if any of them were Key Card or code in box games but that would add an interesting ironic twist to the whole thing.
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It would be amazing if Limited Run could actually work with Nintendo and do a cartridge release of these. The new version of Doom does have a USB-C port on the PCB though so I wonder how long until someone figures out how to swap the ROM.
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I really don't understand this desire to USB-Cify everything. It was only in the past year or so that decent charging hubs with more than like 2 USB-C ports even became available (I have one with 5 C and 5 A ports powering my stuff in my gaming setup, sadly it stopped working with my Switch 2 for some reason even though it worked just fine with it at first).
A lot of these projects that rely on certain models of USB-C chargers and won't work with just any off the shelf charger. This is because 12v is not a required part of the USB PD standard, but 15v is. 12v is an optional voltage that they can support if the manufacturer wants to. If someone was serious about making one of these they would use a 15v trigger and then a stepdown converter to 12v, but too many of them are either doing the 12v only option or 15v and just letting the console deal with the extra current internally.
Re: Hands On: G'AIM'E Light Gun - This AI-Powered Blaster Hits The Target
Not having an easy user friendly way to add more games is a bit disappointing. Would love to relive some old school light gun games and so far this appears to be the one of the better options (the Polymega is a hard pass from me as it seems overpriced and underpowered compared to what you could do with PC based emulation) so maybe the G'AIM'E 2.0 or something will deliver.