i still get email updates - they just sold a LOT more then they ever thought, and its like... one or two guys making, assembling and shipping all the cartridges.
Emulation is better than modern gaming
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there are two control schemes or something, that can be changed using one of the difficulty switches. it alternates "up" as jump for one button controllers, with the two button one. also something to do with the fact that the original 7800 has a "third" button that works by hitting both side buttons at the same time. i've played a lot of bentley bear on emulators, with NES style controllers, and it controls identically to Super Mario Bros if you have a D-pad style controller with jump on the right and run on the left. If I remember right, it will also take a Sega Genesis controller.
Atari 2600+ 7800 Controller 2600 Joystick Control Pad Gamepad Rainbow
(Older design shown in video) NOTES: Works with the Atari 2600+ watch video above. NOTE: The buttons are reversed with the Atari 2600+ because of shipped 1.0 firmware. That is a emulator behavior and not my control pad. I was told that this is fixed in the 1.1 revision of the software...
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I have never used the european 7800 pad and have no idea if it is any good, and i have never played crystal quest on actual hardware as of yet.
Really enjoying the system. Though I would've liked if they had included more quality-of-life improvements on the included controller. Like a pause button and a reset button. Reset because you can't get 2600 games to start without it, at least Space Invaders. It is kinda a hassle to either have to get up to start a new game or have to stretch the console halfway across the room.
Does anyone else have an R36S? I got one cheap from AliExpress. Dodgy as hell (the games are all bootlegs), but so much fun.
I have the RG35XX from Anbernic. Lots of portable fun.
I saw the new Atari emu/tribute at Wal*Mart yesterday. I've heard good things but was surprised there was only one left (I know it's the Holiday Season/Christmas but that's a hotter item than I would've thought). I think I underestimated the nostalgia factor for a lot of people and the "retro cool" for others. But really the more I think about it there aren't enough couch co-op /couch vs. games these days, especially ones that anyone can just pick up and play and I wonder if that's a big factor.
I find I’m having less tolerance for 100 hour epics. Sometimes it is nice to just give 15 or 20 minutes to some arcade style game, then get on with your day.
Or just something without an elaborate narative/story...
One of the main reasons i've been playing more "indie" games compared to "blockbuster" games...
Lots of "indie" games also go for a retro look as well...
Learn to shmup.
Shmup? Is that Yiddish?
It's what we called shoot-em-ups back in the day
Ah! Got it.
I want to play some old games on my PC and my Xbox One, but I can't install them on my PC; does anybody know how to install ROM's?
You don't install the rom. You have to rip it from discs you own, or get them via other means. You have to install the emulator.
That can be a touchy subject as some of the ROMs are still owned by their parent companies.
That was why I mentioned pulling them from media one already owns. I think that would fall under fair use.
you really can't dump your own roms.
the only parent company that really cares anymore is Nintendo.
there are hundreds of bootleg things legally sold all over amazon, etc that have copywritten roms on them, and they are still up.
just download an emulator and go to a rom site and have fun.
standalone windows emulators are still pretty easy to set up and use. if you get into things like retroarch, launchbox, multi system emulators, then it gets a little more tricky. also tricky if u want a nice GUI or box art and logos and stuff.
ROMs don't come from discs. They come from circuit boards. Cartridges. Read Only Memory. ISOs come from discs. People kind of consider them the same thing now but they really truly are not.
the only parent company that really cares anymore is Nintendo.
there are hundreds of bootleg things legally sold all over amazon, etc that have copywritten roms on them, and they are still up.
just download an emulator and go to a rom site and have fun.
standalone windows emulators are still pretty easy to set up and use. if you get into things like retroarch, launchbox, multi system emulators, then it gets a little more tricky. also tricky if u want a nice GUI or box art and logos and stuff.
ROMs don't come from discs. They come from circuit boards. Cartridges. Read Only Memory. ISOs come from discs. People kind of consider them the same thing now but they really truly are not.
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