Comments on: Pocket Retro Gaming on the Cheap http://news.filefront.com/pocket-retro-gaming-on-the-cheap/ News for Gamers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: bob http://news.filefront.com/pocket-retro-gaming-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-202095 bob Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:10:15 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/?p=31491#comment-202095 I got one of these from ThinkGeek about a month ago and returned it. Any GBA games with Mode 7 style graphics were unplayably slow. Some GBA titles worked great, but too many of them suffered from horrible slowdown or frameskipping for my taste. The CPS1 emulation was good. The CPS2 and NeoGeo emulation suffered some slowdown. The SNES and Genesis (a.k.a. MegaDrive) emulators both have serious problems. If you google a few forums, you'll find a lot of complaints about slowness or corrupt graphics. For all that it *can* do, this thing is amazing for its price. But the things it can't do (or doesn't do well) annoyed the bejesus out of me. I'll wait until better, faster hardware comes along. Maybe in another couple of years... I got one of these from ThinkGeek about a month ago and returned it. Any GBA games with Mode 7 style graphics were unplayably slow. Some GBA titles worked great, but too many of them suffered from horrible slowdown or frameskipping for my taste.

The CPS1 emulation was good. The CPS2 and NeoGeo emulation suffered some slowdown.

The SNES and Genesis (a.k.a. MegaDrive) emulators both have serious problems. If you google a few forums, you’ll find a lot of complaints about slowness or corrupt graphics.

For all that it *can* do, this thing is amazing for its price. But the things it can’t do (or doesn’t do well) annoyed the bejesus out of me. I’ll wait until better, faster hardware comes along. Maybe in another couple of years…

]]> By: Shyfty http://news.filefront.com/pocket-retro-gaming-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-201803 Shyfty Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:25:40 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/?p=31491#comment-201803 Saw this the other day @ Think Geek when i was looking to buy their NES/SNES combo system. The device is great for the price imho. Would like to see more/better emulation for Android devices. Saw this the other day @ Think Geek when i was looking to buy their NES/SNES combo system. The device is great for the price imho.

Would like to see more/better emulation for Android devices.

]]> By: Kanadwen http://news.filefront.com/pocket-retro-gaming-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-201794 Kanadwen Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:14:16 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/?p=31491#comment-201794 If F-Zero lagged this makes me wonder if every game with MODE7 would lag? If F-Zero lagged this makes me wonder if every game with MODE7 would lag?

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