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Funny how the whole Retroarch community tries to get "console blur right" when in reality back in the day all you wanted was clarity, Europeans were blessed with SCART cables for ultra sharp imagery and now in Emulators everyone is trying to get the most blurry RF-signal-like image quality it seems.

Just enjoy the Pixelart!

Still something for a modern GBA thing (the classic shell). Also waiting for some usable custom firmware for my Anbernic Arc S.

Yes and no. I was a SNES kid, now I'm hardcore into Mega Drive gaming. I'm nostalgic for the time and 16-bit style of games as a whole, but not for the games of the Mega Drive. I play them, because I missed out on most of them.

Wow, that was out of left field.

I'd love to have such a device for GBA games. Just cut out the analogue sticks. Heck the OG GBA had the perfect horizontal layout.

I think the early bird prices are "fine". Just wish that touch screen would work independent of Windows, which it surely doesn't, does using this as a Batocera box looses lots of it's appeal.

@KingMike Maybe alternate universe version of it! Too much fictional steampunk stuff in it.

Cute, okay. But the hell with the vertical design. All I really want for those old SNES/GBA games is a GBA or even GB-Micro horizontal design (without any extra fluff like analogue sticks). Still waiting...

@Gorejelly Don't worry, normal people don't fuss about gender as much as the TV wants us to believe! What a wonderful experience and well told anecdote! I always wanted to have it back in the day, but never got to it unfortunately.

@RupeeClock Yeah especially since Twitch is like "EVERYONE come and do crap on our platform and EVERYONE ELSE come and WATCH them on our platform" and when they do, they suspend him. Fail. I bet he would still be online if he was a barely dressed e-girl chewing bubblegum all day...

Getting this to play Genesis/Mega Drive, for which it is simply perfect. Oh yeah throw in some PC Engine Shmups and Basically whole of Neo Geo and this is the best handheld you can get!

Hm. It is what I expected. Slow pixelated software scaling with a fixed top-down perspective. I mean. Yay to the effort, but Super Mario Kart this is not. I love the Genesis for what it is, no need to make it something it is not.

@Azathoth Exactly my thoughts. It has that "newgrounds" look, if anyone's old enough to remember that platform. All flash games and short films. Castle Crashers also looks like this, but is a way better game and the aesthetics fit way better than with a horror-themed game.

Can you imagine Splatterhouse in this boring flat cel shaded look? Ugh...

@farrgazer No he just stated HIS hands grew too large, which happened with adulthood. Not everyone has large hands. Some can stand handcramps better. But yes, generally, hands grow larger as we become adults.

@Poodlestargenerica If it's powered like a regular Miyoo Mini, it won't do much beyond the odd PS1 and N64 game. Otherwise, yes I'd agree.

I hate how they put those analogue sticks on everything barely able to handle PS1 emulation. I'm perfectly fine with up to 16 bit and some GBA (technically 32 bit, isn't it?). No analogue sticks needed for that.

I'd love to have some modern, sleek reimagination of the original GBA, formfactor wise it was a godsend! Loved it!

Gone too young, that's for sure. But I didn't know "we gamers" are an elitist group based on how hardcore of a game we tend to consume in what kind of frequency. Sorry if I come along "too sensible" about this stuff. Just that whole "us and them" mentality irks me the wrong way in all walks of life.

He was a cool dude. RIP.

Isn't every Bubsy game up until now really awful?
Well if they put some effort into it to rectify that, why not?

Takes me back to C64 games and playing Wizard of Wor!
Music creeped me out though. I was 7.

I get the appeal of such a device, but honestly, with the new raspberry pi 5 I'm just hoping for a fancy, fitting enclosure and off to batocera-heaven it is!

Hmmm that negative points are odd.

Retrokeyboards never had flash RGB LEDs and of those it's clearly inspired. No one complains if 8Bitdo's Controllers don't feature RGB LED elements like some high-end modern gaming controllers right?

Also it's loud for some office environments? Well firstly it's clearly intended to appeal to retro gamers and makes a great gadget in your retro-man-cave and secondly it's a mechanical keyboard. They are ALL loud except you fill them up with lube and go with foam dampeners and linear key-switches.

So, that said the only downside I see personally is that there is no ISO-DE layout available to buy!

@Peteykins I know. I know! ;(

Yes, nice, and yes intrigueing. But expensive. Generally I'd love to just see a modern gameboy equivalent. Monochrome screen with backlight, with the power of the GBA or something. Minimalist gaming. Love it.

Looks just as nice as it is useless!

@Damo I'd love a simple, modern Gameboy. Sharp, bright LCD or even OLED screen and maybe switchable shells, transluscent, metal, etc... I'd be all over it. Recently, as live gets louder and faster, I've been falling back on the simple joy of playing 4-greyscale games from the Gameboy - and loving it!

Looks good!
I'd gladly pay for some official hardware, or something from a third party like that high end metal case gameboy clone - but meanwhile this is fine too!

WOW - total trash!