As far as the "scam" comments go; IMO its more materialized than the "new" Atari console. Among the retro gaming community MVG and Sarumaru seem to be very well respected so I doubt that they're (and the other select others who got beta units) going to willing push a scam.
Currently (someone feel free to correct me if Im wrong) some have said Rasberry Pi's are really good for NES, SNES, Genesis, GG, NeoGeo, NGP, GB/GBC/GBA but once you get to Saturn, N64, and PS is where the game play is choppy. (However the research that I have done has been up to Pi 3, nothing found on how those systems fared on a Pi 4).
Polymega isn't going to be for everyone. Who it's going to appeal are the following; 1. Those who have these consoles and are looking for that one stop shop to play their collection by just swapping modules. 2. Who dont want to bother searching, dowloading ROMs and emulators 3. Those who dont want to spend the money to upgrade their still working old systems to play on modern TVS which can get pricey
Yes there is the systems by Retron and Analog (to me Analog is better) but right now they're still only limited to cartridge based games (NES, SNES, Genesis). With Retron they're currently in development of a N64 system and Analog is working a handheld for GB, GBC, GBA, NGP, GG and Lynx but supposedly the Analog system might be only available for a limited time. Still no systems that play any of the old disk games (PSX, NGCD, SCD and SS)
Polymega has said on twitter that its possible that portables, N64, Dreamcast could be something they're open to down the road so take that for what you wil.
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Re: Polymega Beta Units Are Out In The Wild, And Things Are Looking Pretty Impressive
As far as the "scam" comments go; IMO its more materialized than the "new" Atari console. Among the retro gaming community MVG and Sarumaru seem to be very well respected so I doubt that they're (and the other select others who got beta units) going to willing push a scam.
Currently (someone feel free to correct me if Im wrong) some have said Rasberry Pi's are really good for NES, SNES, Genesis, GG, NeoGeo, NGP, GB/GBC/GBA but once you get to Saturn, N64, and PS is where the game play is choppy. (However the research that I have done has been up to Pi 3, nothing found on how those systems fared on a Pi 4).
Polymega isn't going to be for everyone. Who it's going to appeal are the following; 1. Those who have these consoles and are looking for that one stop shop to play their collection by just swapping modules. 2. Who dont want to bother searching, dowloading ROMs and emulators 3. Those who dont want to spend the money to upgrade their still working old systems to play on modern TVS which can get pricey
Yes there is the systems by Retron and Analog (to me Analog is better) but right now they're still only limited to cartridge based games (NES, SNES, Genesis). With Retron they're currently in development of a N64 system and Analog is working a handheld for GB, GBC, GBA, NGP, GG and Lynx but supposedly the Analog system might be only available for a limited time. Still no systems that play any of the old disk games (PSX, NGCD, SCD and SS)
Polymega has said on twitter that its possible that portables, N64, Dreamcast could be something they're open to down the road so take that for what you wil.