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Happy to see most people in comment section are of the same mind. I see plenty of 4:3 LCD displays. It may quite a bit different as far as cost per unit but man the quality just looks so much better than 16:9 on these emulation hand helds.

Didn't they say they were doing something big for the 30th anniversary? And wasnt it last year?

I was hoping for just a switch release honestly, or bring it to nso or something. I have it on DS, but would like to be able to share it on the big screen easier with the wife.

Looks neat, I'll try it if it comes to switch or switch 2.

I like a few others have some work I need to do in the retro area for my goals this year.

I got a free PVM that I need to replace some transistors on the power board to fix it.

I need to permanently fix my virtual boy with the eye patch ribbons.

I got a Sega nomad and am waiting for the mod to arrive in a few months, I'm on a waiting list.

I need to mod my NES top loader to do Composite and RGB out.

I have a wiiu that I need to sell that I need to replace the screen digitizer.

As for the play part, I want to get more virtual boy games, and play more game boy color and advance.

It happened yesterday! Got a Sega Nomad CIB for $150. I was trying to find this article and was happy to see it was republished today. Looks like he's sold out of the kit right now, so I emailed him to see when restocks will happen.

Thanks again for the article, if you have any tips on getting my hands on one of these let me know!

He's actually already built a 2.0 that works a lil smoother than this version. And for anyone curious he does take commissions through his instagram. I don't know how much it costs but I bet it's a pretty penny.

@datamonkey oh ya super easy. If it's your first time soldering just look up a few vids to teach you the basics.

My 2 beginners tips would be to use flux paste, because it heats up the solder faster and easier, and to not be afraid of overheating the board. The PCBs can take the heat pretty ok. You'll learn what's too much and too little as you go, but I find most people don't apply enough heat when the first start.

@datamonkey for me, almost all my library, SNES, GB and GBA alike, all needed new batteries. So I took time one Saturday and just churned em all out.

I don't have an N64, but I imagine, it's a similar enough era that they also need to be replaced.

Dude I'll take it. Limited Run Games already has my money for this one. Super grateful that they went through all that trouble!

James Channel is always a good time.

Hope it comes to switch! Grateful steam exists but I never game on a computer hardly.

Really neat. I hadn't noticed before that it doesn't have the same aspect ratio for the screen as a GB.

@Gs69 @sdelfin thanks for looking at that for me, I'm for sure getting Ninja Gaiden now.

I'll probably hold off on Shinobi for now. Knowing Sega there'll probably be a crazy sale by the time I cave. Hopefully by then they'll add the setting there too.

@Gs69 Is there a setting to turn off the blood in either of the games? I have young children in the house and would prefer if I could turn that off.

I've googled it a few times, with no dice, it doesn't seem like a question most people are looking up.

Ok fair warning, I am a crazy retro guy, I do buy expensive things like Earthbound or a virtual boy but the shipping on a single record is £15. So like $30. Not sure I want it that bad.

I got my wife a record player a few months ago and she loves it. An old califone, maybe I'll pick up the Mania soundtrack since it's my favorite Sonic game. CD does have bomb tracks too, but I don't think I can justify it.

@Martin_H you're a gentleman, thank you! I just looked it up and looks sweet, I'll get one ordered!

I just started programming for Pico8 last week so I've been looking for a device to be able to show my friend my finished products, otherwise I was gonna take a crack at making my own.

My biggest thing is that I want it to have a similar picture ratio like the game boy. So this seems neat. Expensive, but neat.

Hadn't even heard of it! Never played neo geo but this might be the only official way I could.

@HexagonSun I still hold out hope man. I know the new Nintendo President seems pretty money focused but I hope they do it again.

My N3DXL is a daily driver, that's an everyday at lunch activity. The library is insane, the 3D is too much fun. I just can't convince myself to hack it. I want to use Red Viper, but don't think I could restrain myself from downloading ROMs illegally and my conscious can't handle that.

@Hairlesswookiee oh ya I think we all have that feeling about a lot of misunderstood tech back in the day.

If you are interested in getting a virtual boy, for sure the cheapest way is getting one with broken eye pieces. It's a super easy fix. Still expensive, I got mine for $200 with Red Alarm, but still cheaper, for like a half an hour fix.

Also fair warning. I love it, but I get an insane headache after like 15 minutes. So fair warning, you gotta be a bit of a masochist, to enjoy it.

This mod looks awesome. I've been wanting a nomad for some time now. I recently got my virtual boy, fixed it up and have finally fulfilled that dream.

Nomad is next on the list.

Yo people are crazy

I love this idea. The gamepad is great but the display shows its age pretty poorly.

Not sure if there's a mod out there for a better display. But until then super cool. I'll have to watch the tutorial and see if it's worth the effort.

Either way it's great that the WiiU gamepad can now outlive the hardware.

I just googled some screenshots and if what I saw was correct they look almost like DS graphics. Color me impressed!

@frenchtoastplease hey what's your profile pic from? It looks familiar?

I feel like they'd need their own console to do that. I guess I don't see the vision there. I hope they don't.

Virtual Boy is always on my radar. Hoping to find one, that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Maybe just an arm.

But still super cool that there's a fix, thanks for letting us know!

I like it, Neat!

Looks neat! Id get it if it came to switch.

That's neat, no idea it existed but sounds like a fun project.

I'd like one but I couldn't justify anything above like $100 for a watch I don't have nostalgia for, and just want the novelty of it.

James Channel is bomb.

Merry Christmas! Retro gaming is kinda my main hobby so I was so excited when I found out this year that Nintendo life had a sister site that was retro. Thanks for all the fun articles and suggestions. Especially the FPGA Funny Playing GBC.

I misread the title and thought it said they were making more of them, since 3D classics is on my list of games I want to pick up. Aw well second hand isn't so bad since everyone just pirates 3DS games now.

I agree with the practice of using broken parts to make something like this. I love my modded GBA but it was built off of some sad bones.

I do get worried about kids, even my kids, thinking tech was different than it actually was when I was growing up, the old hardware is rough, and I prefer modded hardware, but I do have originals of all the hardware I modded to "preserve" what it was really like.

I saw a mistake in the article, the HD rerelease was in 2013 not 2023.

Other than that a great read thanks for highlighting it!

I mean it's like Sega making fun of Nintendo to me. Doesn't bother me, and I see the humour in it. I also own both Sega and Nintendo Consoles just like I own physical games and (pretty much when digital is the only option) some digital games. It's hard to avoid these days.

I feel like part of the reason these emulation handhelds don't really go past, "well that looks neat" to me are first the names. Homie I can't remember these names.

Second is I don't believe in emulation, one of those cartridge purist guys. But I guess I was trying to make the point that these names are not easy to remember nor share.

I mean at the end of the day nothing beats original hardware.

I love NSO, I use it as a way to test out games to know if I want to own it physically on their respective consoles. Most of the time I just use it as demos, to try out a game, then I'll finish it on an original cart or disc.

Then there's also games you can't play anywhere else (legally or maybe it's region locked) like Earthbound Beginnings and the Wily Wars.

I know that it has its flaws but the convince and price of splitting a family plan between 8 people, I feel makes it totally worth it for me.

Sounds neat and doable. Not for me, though I'm pretty terrible at DKC.

I'm interested but I built the funny playing one about a year ago and it works great, it kinda covers all my needs. If this came out before that, I might consider it, but the funny playing is so budget friendly.

@BulkSlash ya hoping to find one on a crazy sale, maybe like a garage sale or something. I'm in no hurry to get one. Good for you having those, pretty sure if it wasn't you someone mentioned something very similar in the top 32x games list on the site.

I can't even afford a 32x haha. I checked out the best 32x games and none of them really call my name so this is an easy pass for me. Still really cool it exists.

I do want a 32x one day because it's such an odd bit of history and like Knuckles Chaotics even though I'm told it's terrible, but that's enough to break a bank just for those 2 things alone.

@Damo oh that's fair. I remember that little atgames Genesis that had like built in games and could read carts. I always wanted there to be a SNES version of that. Closest we got was the classic. I'll have to pick up one of those atgames ones one day. I know they're fairly cheap so probably not the best but a good novelty.

Nope! Never even heard of it. Neat to see, I love that Sega did weird stuff like this, even if at the end of the day it was cheap and terrible, still fun to see.

As interested as I am in this project I graduate in a few months. I have 2 kids and a wife at home, and we are just living of of savings until the end of the year so I won't be preordering a unit. If this were February of next year maybe? But for now I'm just gonna have to hope it reaches their goal or they change their mind.

Any links to where you can preorder?

I never really fell in love with the N64, but FPGA stuff blows my mind so I'm excited to hear what the reviews say.

Castle of Illusion has a level with neat rainbow like waterfalls, I don't remember it looking rainbow like at all in Sonic. I'll have to check it out.