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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Mar 8, 2013 12:40:45 GMT -5
Yeah JMM. From the onward, in order to save, the cartridges use batteries. I can't speak for non-nintendo carts or Nintendo DS cards because I've never had to open one. The first popular game to use the technology was Legend of Zelda for the NES. Only a few games on the NES had a save feature. I remember starting up my Pokemon Crystal after 10 years to realize my progress was lost and it wouldnt save. You can replace the battery in the carts for cheap but once you pull the battery all the progress is lost. On the up side, you renew the save life of your cartridge for around 10 years. No matter if you are playing the game or not that battery is slowly dieing with your progress.
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Post by MMCC0203 on Mar 8, 2013 13:51:40 GMT -5
The batteries in the cartidges are another thing Batteries in the cartridges.... I didnt even know the cartridges you saved on used batteries! I thought they used the power from the machine! I'd rather have one of these: OMG that thing doesnt even looks safe! look at all those wires, this defeats the purpose of sustainable retro games, it looks like it wouldnt take much for it to break and if it did good luck fixing it! It's obviously not finished yet. He's working on the case as we speak.
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Mar 8, 2013 14:22:02 GMT -5
No matter if you are playing the game or not that battery is slowly dieing with your progress. There is something very sad about that. All those moments..... will be lost. Like..... tears in the rain.
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Mar 8, 2013 15:27:29 GMT -5
I was going to say that. That almost makes the deepest of games a curse. If my Skyrim save was erased I might burn the game in my kitchen sink.
I guess thats why I like FPS games. Most of them don't heavily depend on a save state and if so can be completed fairly easy. That may be their biggest weakness. Can't get hurt if you never cared in the first place and it's hard to care when the experience is 3 hours long. The same can't be said for Action/Adventure and RPG's.
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Mar 25, 2013 0:43:49 GMT -5
The console upscales old games to HDMI with special image processing to make them look decent on HD screens. It also supports save states just like emulators do, with an SD card slot to store saves. Furthermore, you can speed up gameplay and remap the Bluetooth controller buttons to control these features.
Hyperkin doesn't have a firm price or release date, but is hoping to release the console around July for less than $100. -Joystiq
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Mar 25, 2013 6:54:04 GMT -5
I think for me to spend £100 it would need to be N64, PS1 and Dreamcast
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Mar 25, 2013 10:48:47 GMT -5
I honestly think they may never merge Cart and disc onto one system. They might eventually make a disc player but that will most likely be one disc drive that can play Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, etc.
I guess you can wait up for the N64 version adn eventually the disc version but this looks really good right now. It's cool anyway. I'm happy there is a company out there doing this.
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Mar 25, 2013 10:58:20 GMT -5
Sure its great to see something with such backward compatibility
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