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I remember this one when I was like 5. Get Into it.

He said "retro gaming/computing", so I'm guessing that you could still have your modern computer, and that could emulate almost everything. With that being said, I'd stick to my SNES, as its annoying to emulate (Sound issues and co-processor issues such as Super FX games not running at the correct speed) and its my first system and I've had it as long as I can remember.

Trevor Belmont is after me then... I'll just hire Medusa heads to attack.

My favorite Mario game.... destroyed! Also, My ears! It looks like a major hack of Mario 3 to me. I find Mario's Missing to be more technically impressive.

Thing is that the SMS had some pretty bad sound. I've heard better tunes from Thunder Castle on the Intellivision than most games on the SMS.

Also, when you get the screen back, make sure that you focus your eyes on a blank wall, not the screen, it will give you a headache.

I was gonna say acrylic, but that would probably be a better idea.

I just love PC gaming, it brings better social interactions while gaming, Keyboard and mouse, better graphics and more. Steam also has a ton of cheap games. Not only is a PC a gaming device, it does everything else any computer can do, like productivity applications like Microsoft office and a ton more. But I usually buy the consoles some time or another for the exclusives, like inFamous and the like. Each platform has their ups and downs, but for me, PC fits best. A "good enough" gaming pc could cost around $400, like a Phenom II x4 and a Radeon HD 7770. It can be pretty cheap over the long run.

Yep, it is very impressive for SMS.

I don't know what you're seeing, but I'm sure that we aren't seeing the same thing... That definitely does not look like the Genesis or SNES.

The last computer before this one had a 6600 in it. It was definately time to upgrade, thing was from 2004 I think. It choked on everything, couldn't even run Just Cause 2, that game needed DX10.

Not in my experience. on PC you can still play COD4 without hacks. Its because of dedicated servers and Moderators on the game prevent those hackers getting on and ruining peoples' fun. I've seen far more hackers on consoles, because the hackers know they people can do nothing about it. I have had my PC for about 8 months and I havn't upgraded a part, except a new hard drive, 320gb wasn't nearly enough. I had that thing forever and just threw it in my build to save money.

I doubt they would do that. If they did, it would leave a very bad taste in people's mouths, and I doubt they would go on to buy the PS4. They would probably rather go to the next xbox or maybe PC.

This thread is too TL;DR for me at the moment, but I'll throw in what I've seen from the press conference and the released specs. First of all, Jaguar Cores for a CPU? Really? Is this next generation? For those of you who don't know, Jaguar Cores were released to compete with Intel's ATOM processors, the slowest piles of junk you'll ever use. Judging from the specs of Jaguar cores, The PS3's cell processor is almost as powerful, hardly an upgrade. The only upside to this is that its probably easier to program for. It has a Blu Ray drive @ 6x speed, so faster loading. and no "only download" poop that has been going around. That is definitely where its heading, but its not ready yet. All of the demos but one were pre-rendered so I couldn't really measure it up to my pc or the PS3 or anything, but the Watch Dogs demo was actual gameplay. The the graphics are looking how I expected them to be, with the Watch Dogs demo (that was a live demo) and they are good. Hopefully games will be running at native 1080p, and not WSVGA upscaled to 720p or 1080p, you can tell, it makes the image look aliased and blurry. Though I'm not sure how well that CPU is gonna hold in the long run, considering its for high end tablets and netbooks.... The controller doesn't look that good. Everything looks cramped together. The touch pad almost looks useless, I picked up my PS3 controller, and tried to imagine a touch pad there, and its not comfortable reaching over there anyway. I loved the convex joysticks on the Dualshock controllers, they let me roll my thumb off the stick as I play, instead of sucking my thumb into the stick and forcing me to move my whole thumb to control the game, like the xbox 360 controller. It appears that they tried to do a little bit of both, but it still doesn't look that comfortable to me. I don't care much for the share button on the controller, and its placement, just imagine hitting that on accident and then having the PS4 rape your internet connection by streaming. Why not let that be a menu option? The concept of a new inFamous game excites me, I like that game franchise a lot. In the end, I'm not getting one. I've had my mind made up for about 7 months about that, since I got my PC. I'll be able to enjoy Watch Dogs on the PC, and I won't have to deal with a gimped CPU. People were complaining about the Wii U CPU (which is basically a tri-core version of the Wii's CPU, which was an overclocked GCN CPU) being slow, this is gonna be right next to it. And 4k? don't even count on it, its not happening. 4k isn't ready, last time I checked a 4k TV costs $20,000. Even the highest of the high end PCs choke on 4k resolutions when gaming. It would be like designing the Gamecube for 1080p, there just isn't any reason. I've seen an integrated video solution run 4k video on a demo video of CES, so just video at that resolution takes hardly anything.

I have the same thing on my GBP, but to a lesser extent, where if there is a vertical dark object in the screen the pixels above and below are darkened, I fix this by turning the contrast down. If it still persists, its a probably a bad connection or something like the original GameBoy's screens are prone to. Its definitely not leaking, if it was leaking there were would be black splotches all over the place when the system is off.

Needing to replace a chip of some sort to make the game save again? sounds like a Dallas RTC/cmos/battery chip -.- those things suck, my pentium has one.

L337 64? oh no.... Its cool, but I'm not a fan of portable consoles with that cheapo SOC hardware.

There was Mortal Kombat for SMS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE2UTBhQkzk I used to have the R-Zone, the one that straps around your head, that stuff was baaaad. My mom threw it away without asking at one point though becasue I was using it wrong (focusing my eyes on the plastic screen thing instead of a wall) and it gave me headaches.

I'm guessing that a light gun would work on a 120hz CRT. Since the signal output from most consoles is 60hz, the tv would probably scan the same image twice, so it should theoretically work, unless there is some kind of picture processing going on. I have a flatscreen Sony Trinitron TV and all my lightguns (Zapper and Super Scope) work on it.

I got my copy of Turtles in Time for $5 2 or 3 weeks back, I don't know why anyone would pay >$20 on this game

Well, my sisters did have a NOAC device that was basically 8-bit DDR, it had the equivalent of a Power Pad attached to it. It had a 3.5mm headphone jack on it so you can passthrough your MP3 player's music to the TV, but it didn't affect the gameplay in the slightest.

Its probably the Super FX chip, the pause screen has rotating polygons that say "PAUSE" so that probably kept it under load the whole time you left it on.

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. If Apple is suing companies for using a rectangular shape for their phones, this will be on the top of their list of companies to sue. But that's hilarious how Sony is just making fun of them.

I also like this version of the game more.

Oh boy, yes it is. It seems every episode there is some psycho serial killer dude freaking out trowing punches and shit, and that intro music oh gosh. If you are trying to make it sound like you're overdriving the speakers in the TV, you're doing it WRONG. It absolutely sounds horrible. There is only one image that describes this show.