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I think the laser works fine. The GC simply doesn't spin the disk! ..until 10 minutes later when it magically starts to spin and boom, everything works. 🤷‍♂️

Hey I missed this thread. I've always liked the Gamecube.. but it sucks because last I tried mine, it seemed the disk drive was dying where it wouldn't spin at all until the GC had "warmed up" or something. Basically it will work after being on about 10-15 minutes or so, but it obviously isn't long for the world. Anyway I was pretty annoyed about it, wondering what type of alternate (ODE) or repairs could possibly be done to play the games. But! Then someone mentioned "Just use your Wii??". I totally forgot the Wii can play GC disks lol So now the GC repair idea has kind of been put on the backburner

Cool man. I'm actually playing through a translated (with some QoL additions) Final Fantasy 5 for the FIRST time ever, despite being a huge huge fan of FF1, FF2(US), and FF3(US).. until FF7 turned me into not liking the series anymore I decided to go with the SNES version rather than the later remakes since that is what I'd imagine I'd have gone for after FF2(US)/FF4 typically. The Pocket has made it possible for me since sitting in front of a TV to play doesn't happen often and I'm much more likely to pay attention when doing certain bio-break activities *ahem*. Anyway, been playing it for months.. a few minutes a day at a time and so far I'm 30 hours in. Loving the translation action.

Yeah it's funny because I primarily play handheld these days, and these days that means the Analogue Pocket over any other format, simply because it has nearly everything in there already I almost rarely play on the TV/consoles anymore. HOWEVER... there are infrequent times I do want to play on the TV (especially with RPGs.. like SNES Final Fantasy V which I'm playing through right now) and to do that I have to copy out the SAV file from the Pocket and then manually copy it over to the SuperNT/SD2SNES or MiSTer, etc. Which works fine but requires effort and takes time. So I ordered the Analogue Dock, which despite what you guys are saying, seems like the nice ideal solution where I can just pop the Pocket in there and I'd instantly be in TV mode! But alas.. I only figured that out back in December 2022. So at the expected rate, I'm sure it'll arrive here in Dec 2023, or maybe early 2024

Not exactly a 'glitch' per-se but doing the 5th extra man in Taito Space Invaders Part 2 was my first. The game had a secret reward of an extra life if you cleared a stage in 55 shots (which is the exact amount of invaders on the screen).. but it could be fooled by shooting over 255 shots and rolling over the shot counter. As a kid we didn't fully know this but we knew if we just kept on shooting after a certain point, it would give us an extra man when we cleared the stage. After that I guess the lives trick in Mr. Do where you make the apple crush you on your last life just as you clear the stage, then you get 255 lives. Apparently they patched this bug later but luckily for me, any Mr. Do machine I came across had this trick possible. On consoles the first trick I found was double shots in 2600 Space Invaders.. I was so eager to play the game I would often flick on the console and hit reset simultaneously which kicked off the trick. That's about all I can remember as far as finding out myself. The rest I would read in magazines like how to shop the bugs from shooting in Galaga, etc.

Well that's your choice of course.. but you have a device where that's one of the main features, and only adds to the functionality and takes away none.. so Lots of people are happy with a standard GB/GBC/GBA (maybe modding it with a new IPS screen etc). and those of course work great as well.

Back when I would only buy 1 game at a time? Of course.. especially starting in the NES/Famicom days and onward. Some games did defeat me though like Actraiser 2 where I said screw it. 😜 It wasn't until the Playstation days when we all started burning CDs when that changed, where it obviously became impractical to try and beat your non-stop influx of 'new' games. On that note that's when I first dealt with something we've all come to face with and that's paralysis of choice... which I dealt with for over a decade+ until I figured out to just make a friggin choice and focus on one game at a time. i.e. coming full circle to my first sentence.

I don't know man.. I really have zero bias and (not counting non-handheld forms e.g GB Player, MiSTer) will play GBA games on any GBA or even an emulated on a PSP, Steam Deck, 3DS, etc. and I will say one of the Pocket's main strengths is GBA! Especially when you're talking real carts and the save states functionality the Pocket gives you. It plays them well. Unless you're talking about some edge case, but for me it works well with whatever I throw at it. 😛

It's basically the difference between the Nintendo vs. the Analogue BIOS. And while it's probably not what you want (i.e. with the physical cart) it's worth nothing that on the OpenFPGA GBC Core you DO get the pre-set color palettes for those certain games, as well as the GBC color palettes you can choose at startup with the D-Pad + Buttons. So that is an option. On the flip-side when running a cart it's the Analogue BIOS and as you know, there can get the "Analogue GBC", or the GB palettes (DMG, Pocket, Lite, Pinball). There is also the "Analogue GB" where you get a few more options in the menu. I'm not going to even bother mentioning the palettes you get with the Super Gameboy core. 😜The hope is eventually all palettes from both (and more, if customization is allowed) will be accessible no matter how a game is accessed.

You never mentioned this so figured I'd ask... you sure you don't have "Force GB Mode" enabled in the settings? 😛

Yeah I've had zero problems playing this thing.. it's my #1 most played console for the past several months.

There's no coding necessary.. you just take their sample one and put in 1) name of folder 2) name of .BIN and 3) name of .CUE. But yes it confused me for a few when I first tried it. But as usual, it's super early. They'll probably streamline the Turbo CD stuff as time goes on where it won't be as necessary to do all that manual editing.

Nukey did a lot of those in his hack to Atari pacman. Sure he made it 8k (for intermissions, etc.), but it at least gives you an idea of what you're talking about IF we're talking only about improving the original VCS Pac-man we all know and love. Aside from that of course at this point there's Dintar816's amazing port of the arcade game to the VCS

I fumbled around a bit but finally got it going. What wasn't quite clear was how to launch games after you get all your ducks in a row (i.e. BIN/CUE correct, and in their folder, and the corresponding correctly-edited JSON for it). Once you launch a turbo cd game, it just brings up the menu again.. you THEN have to launch the appropriate .PCE bios file typically found under the /common folder. That part wasn't exactly clear but that's how I get it to work, at least for the moment. Then the turbo cd game will start up. (obligatory Rondo pic) and fwiw, here's how the JSON for it is configured if anyone needs a reference: { "instance": { "magic": "APF_VER_1", "variant_select" : { "id" : 300, "select" : false }, "data_path": "Akumajou_Dracula", "data_slots": [ { "id": 100, "filename": "Akumajou_Dracula.cue" },{ "id": 101, "filename": "Akumajou_Dracula.bin" } ], "memory_writes": [ ] } }

There are like 5 Pocket Updaters out there. e.g. Under the "OpenFPGA Cores and Updaters" section of https://www.reddit.com/r/AnaloguePocket/comments/yhdpso/analogue_pocket_quick_start_guide/ However as I mentioned earlier the one I've leaned towards using is:

Oh wait... do you need it to play the "99" games? I had no idea.. well, I play Pacman 99 a lot if that counts.

I have zero interest in online play when it comes to Nintendo stuff, but I do subscribe as I do like the games emulated on the Switch with the easily accessible emulation features like rewind, and save states. It's how I finished Mario Golf 64 with Birdies/Eagles on each hole Sure I got the original carts for plenty of them, and an Everdrive, and the Analogue consoles, and a MiSTer, and the mini consoles, and most every single one of those games playable in some form or fashion elsewhere, but whatever. I also want it on Switch. :)

I've said this a bunch, but Zaxxon would probably be considered a relatively decent (and definitely unique) 2600 game in its day had it never had the "Zaxxon" name... ok and maybe if the ship didn't look like an airplane But still, it has very unique gameplay as a shmup for the VCS, stages, and.. it has a boss! Can't knock that really. But alas, when viewed as an arcade port of what was a state of the art arcade game at the time, it obviously falls short.

I took a look on ebay and there are a number on sale for 200-300 bucks but I don't see any actually sold recently.. so who knows what the value is. I still have my original MUSHA cart I bought back in the day at retail. There was a lot of hype for the game, so (at the time) I just assumed anyone interested in video games would have ran out and gotten it right away just like Street Fighter. Anyway if it starts actually selling for crazy crazy amounts who knows maybe I'd consider letting it go lol <edit> Woops! Last 3 games: Actraiser Renaissance (Switch) Final Fantasy 5 (translated SNES version on Analogue Pocket) Pacman 99 (Switch) yeah pretty boring I know.

When did you place your order out of curiosity? Just wanting to know what the expected times are. I already have one as I bought one at launch, BUT I ordered another for my kid on Nov. 11 2022 so I pretty much don't even expect it until the end of this year But was wondering if that was truly accurate.

The FXPAK Pro (previously known as the SD2SNES) is better than the snes Everdrive I believe. <edit> woops didn't read the later replies. Yeah I guess they are probably hard to find at the moment. ALTERNATIVELY, you can always build a MiSTer OR, if you don't mind waiting (which you will if you order one) you could order the Super NT from Analogue. The Analogue Pocket also plays SNES very well in handheld format. All sorts of options these days.

RE: Updaters, (I sent this to GoldLeader the other day) - https://www.reddit.com/r/AnaloguePocket/comments/yhdpso/analogue_pocket_quick_start_guide/ gives good overall info, and under "OpenFPGA Cores and Updaters" there's a list of the updaters. I tend to use "Pocket_Updater by Retrodriven" which has a Windows GUI: https://github.com/RetroDriven/Pocket_Updater/releases/tag/v1.4.4 It's super easy to use.. just click "Update Pocket" and select your SD card, or a directory on your computer, and off it goes. Just put them on there anyway. 😜 I mean hello.. SNES, GENESIS, TG16, NEO GEO, NES, SMS, 2600, 7800, COLECOVISION all FPGA'd in handheld format! Again.. absolutely zero reason not to put all those on there as far as I'm concerned. And I'm talking obviously as someone (like most here) who has original consoles & carts, flashcarts, the Analogue Consoles, the MiSTer, and any and all sorts of emulation options (PC, Steam Deck, Switch, Mini consoles, etc. etc.) around to the point I can't even think of them all. So what if you have 15+ ways to play Super Mario Bros. 1?. That's a positive, not a negative as far as I'm concerned.. why deny one method for the other You mentioned you had a Dock. Funny thing is my thought was I didn't need one since I would use the MiSTer (or other Analogue consoles) on the TV, and the Pocket would be purely for handheld play. BUT.. what I found is when I'm playing through games on the Pocket, especially RPGs, very occasionally I would like to play it on the big screen as well. To do that I have to copy out the save file from the Pocket and put it on the MiSTer, which works, but takes time and is pretty much a hassle. I would much rather just shove the pocket on the dock and boom.. tv mode. So, I ordered one finally.

There's really zero reason not to shove any available cores on there aside from personal disinterest (e.g. I pass on stuff like PONG). Especially when you can just run the single updater and it puts all of them on your SD card in a click.

I got a Analogue Pocket from the initial batch… I like it a lot. I also have a Steam Deck and a Switch as far as “current” handheld options. I really meander from one to the other as far as which one gets the most play time, depending on the game I happen to be playing. But if I’m playing any GB,GBC,NES,SMS,GG, SNES, TG16, SNES, then it’s pocket for sure UNLESS I need emulation options such as save states or fast forward, in which case I’ll use any number of emulation options.