Some are worse than others but generally speaking all consoles pre CD seem to be much more reliable overall and much easier to fix if need be. I've replaced parts in my NES which I find to be the most unreliable of those of consoles mainly due to the pin connector and lockout chip causing issues. Everything else I have seems good but I do worry about my Saturn and its unique AV port and will at some point have to replace it with something more conventional.
This is also why emulation is important and not something for Nintendo or anyone else to hide these games away never to be seen again
@Kidfunkadelic83 when you slow down that much the game forces you off the edge of the track, his jumping would have just been trying to get him moving forward again but unfortunately it doesn't work. In the challenge simply completing the course would have given him the win but he wouldn't have known how relatively simple it was so just tried to go very slowly down the middle. The console and game weren't out here back when this was filmed
@SBandy the guy literally ruined his television career because of how he reacted to being set up on a game he knew nothing about. If he was good enough and played long enough to work out the shortcut why would he not just complete the course as his opponent had already failed? Don't forget the game and the console weren't even out in the UK then so he couldn't have played it.
@SBandy he wasn't going for the shortcut and it's unlikely it was even known at the time. He was just trying to spend more time on the slope but didn't know that when you slow down that much you just fall off the side
Or I can simply download all those emulators to my PC for free.
Let's be realistic here, how many games are going to be licensed for sale on their store? Nintendo? Sony? Sega might do but most 3rd parties won't.
I either have those consoles or emulators on a much more powerful PC already so I see no need for this. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a fully licensed version of some of those consoles to be brought back but this just sounds like a very expensive way of using existing emulators.
Wonder how impressed Nintendo will be with the video showing so many downloaded Roms to advertise the sale of this thing 😉
This is so much better than Battlefront and to be fair the Death Star trench still looks amazing today. Every time I fly an X wing in Battlefront I wish I was playing this instead, with its superior controls oh and an actual game.
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Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
@VmprHntrD Ultra HDMI in the N64 is so good
Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
Some are worse than others but generally speaking all consoles pre CD seem to be much more reliable overall and much easier to fix if need be. I've replaced parts in my NES which I find to be the most unreliable of those of consoles mainly due to the pin connector and lockout chip causing issues. Everything else I have seems good but I do worry about my Saturn and its unique AV port and will at some point have to replace it with something more conventional.
This is also why emulation is important and not something for Nintendo or anyone else to hide these games away never to be seen again
Re: Hardware Review: 16Bit Pocket MD - An Unexpectedly Decent Portable Mega Drive
Hardware Review - "We didn't test any PAL or North American games on it, so we can't say for sure that they work"
Ok then, well I'm no closer to knowing if this will be any good for me
Re: Feature: Dave "The Games Animal" Perry On Picking Sega Over Nintendo And Returning To Mario 64
@Kidfunkadelic83 when you slow down that much the game forces you off the edge of the track, his jumping would have just been trying to get him moving forward again but unfortunately it doesn't work. In the challenge simply completing the course would have given him the win but he wouldn't have known how relatively simple it was so just tried to go very slowly down the middle. The console and game weren't out here back when this was filmed
Re: Feature: Dave "The Games Animal" Perry On Picking Sega Over Nintendo And Returning To Mario 64
@SBandy the guy literally ruined his television career because of how he reacted to being set up on a game he knew nothing about. If he was good enough and played long enough to work out the shortcut why would he not just complete the course as his opponent had already failed? Don't forget the game and the console weren't even out in the UK then so he couldn't have played it.
We'll just have to agree to disagree then
Re: Feature: Dave "The Games Animal" Perry On Picking Sega Over Nintendo And Returning To Mario 64
@SBandy he wasn't going for the shortcut and it's unlikely it was even known at the time. He was just trying to spend more time on the slope but didn't know that when you slow down that much you just fall off the side
Re: Hardware Review: The Retro-Bit Go Retro! Portable Is A Rose-Tinted Disappointment
I guess I'll just continue to use my PSP for all retro handheld goodness 😉
Re: Feature: How Mortal Kombat Defined The Console War Between Sega And Nintendo
@AcridSkull GET OVER HERE
Re: Polymega's Grand Vision For The Ultimate Retro System Includes A Virtual Console Successor
Or I can simply download all those emulators to my PC for free.
Let's be realistic here, how many games are going to be licensed for sale on their store? Nintendo? Sony? Sega might do but most 3rd parties won't.
I either have those consoles or emulators on a much more powerful PC already so I see no need for this. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a fully licensed version of some of those consoles to be brought back but this just sounds like a very expensive way of using existing emulators.
Wonder how impressed Nintendo will be with the video showing so many downloaded Roms to advertise the sale of this thing 😉
Re: The Making Of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
This is so much better than Battlefront and to be fair the Death Star trench still looks amazing today. Every time I fly an X wing in Battlefront I wish I was playing this instead, with its superior controls oh and an actual game.