Clay Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Saw this in Sams Club last Friday. 40 games in the machine and takes a SD card you can download an additional 40 games. Almost bought one but I just can not see how for $38 the screen can be anything other than complete junk. But does have a video out. Wondering if I may have missed out on a neat little portable dedicated system. Anybody have one they can give us a small review? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 It's your typical Atgames clone. No saves. Some people complain about the sound but I don't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 It's your typical Atgames clone. No saves. Some people complain about the sound but I don't see it. Yep, much easier to hear the difference than seeing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 isnt there something funny about the SD as well in the new versions, something like 4 reversed pins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algus Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 AA User Bill Loguidice posted a fairly good review of the unit back when it came out here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/202180-sega-arcade-classic-and-arcade-ultimate-portable-review/ Video Game Critic's got one as well: http://videogamecritic.com/vgc_genportable.htm I picked one up several months ago and was using it when I was hosting the Genesis HSC. I ended up ordering the AV out cable and AC adapter from ATGames as well. Thoughts... One 8 GB SD card holds basically every game. The unit lists games based on how you named the files so its up to you to organize your games. It runs modded games fairly well so that you can get a prepatched Sonic & Knuckles. Having Blue Sphere portable was worth the price for me practically. The lineup of Genesis games is great, Wiley Wars is a lot of fun to play The 40 homebrew games are all universally terrible. Most of them aren't playable and all are unspeakably bad. The unit doesn't support saving which is pretty annoying, especially since Wiley Wars is one of the games prominently advertised on the package Sound emulation is not accurate and the games don't sound very good. It's not a game breaker but it is an obvious weakness and will bother the more anal retentive among us. Battery takes awhile to charge and only lasts a few hours. I like mine and get decent play out of it. It is surprisingly light and the screen looks good. Responsive but not particularly sturdy. If you're a big Genesis fan it is a cool toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 As noted by others, this was a product released last year. It's definitely not only available from Sam's Club. The "Sam's Club Exclusive" element, judging from that sticker on the box, seems to be just the fact that it includes the AC adapter and A/V-out cable. The system itself is unchanged, still the same set of games running on the RK2 Genesis-on-a-chip. Incidentally, is it possible for you to edit the title of this topic? "Sam's Club Exclusive" as a title really doesn't give a lot of useful info on what this topic is actually about. I mean, hey, it could be a barbecue grill . . . that runs a port of BurgerTime. onmode-ky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 isnt there something funny about the SD as well in the new versions, something like 4 reversed pins? haha! You thinking of the Neo*Geo X maybe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 haha! You thinking of the Neo*Geo X maybe? Yes you are right on that,been buying and reading to much game crap lately,it's all mixed now.it was neogeo x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yeah these are in our local Rite Aid ads for BF too. "Exclusive" indeed. It was sold out last year so I got the home ones (they were cheap). Hope to get the portable this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinSEGA Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 The SEGA Genesis one has a "Sam's Club exclusive" that is bundled with a physical cartridge of something akin to this- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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