phoenixdownita Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 13 hours ago, godslabrat said: Had they just said from day 1 "We're going to make an emulation pc in a living room form factor", I would have patted them on the back. But now they've tried so hard to make this box into something it's not that I can't even take them seriously if they tell me water is wet. I really hope that whatever happens to this venture we're going to see the improved Steve Snake ( https://segaretro.org/Steve_Snake ) emulation as well a exclusive mednafen Sega Saturn CD support etc.... basically the actual original work that went into this thing separate from whatever this unit is going to-be/not-to-be. (no a skin, a menu selector and an online store do not qualify in my book as something worth of any accolade) 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4820147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoppelganger Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) "I will check in here in a years time when Polyflop launch will be just a month or two away as usual". I said that on May 31st 2020. OK so it's 11 days short of a full year - near enough. So here I am - and here the Polyflop is not. I've been off planet for 6 months plus in a way. Heck, even the Atari VCS thing finally appeared 4 months or so ago which I missed - early adopters seem unimpressed with it though. Just waiting now for them to reset their eternal teasing by saying they've rebranded, redesigned and are launching a new and upgraded Polymega 2. Any bets ? It's as far away as ever. Or more correctly it's as far away as NEVER. Edited May 20, 2021 by thedoppelganger 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4827279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, thedoppelganger said: "I will check in here in a years time when Polyflop launch will be just a month or two away as usual". I said that on May 31st 2020. OK so it's 11 days short of a full year - near enough. So here I am - and here the Polyflop is not. I've been off planet for 6 months plus in a way. Heck, even the Atari VCS thing finally appeared 4 months or so ago which I missed - early adopters seem unimpressed with it though. Just waiting now for them to reset their eternal teasing by saying they've rebranded, redesigned and are launching a new and upgraded Polymega 2. Any bets ? It's as far away as ever. Or more correctly it's as far away as NEVER. I'd Actually agree that they would try to rebrand and relaunch... but at this point, I'm not sure they have the resources to even try. They have no money and spent almost two months without even a proper business license. The time has run out when they can play "cute". Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4827294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoppelganger Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Just "unfollowed" this thread. Bye Bye Polyflop. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4836847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 "We took your money, but have no record of what we're supposed to give you in return." 2 3 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4849118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 They've gotten very flippant on Twitter for as far behind as they are. "EARTH PEOPLE" indeed. These guys are aliens who don't understand their clientele. 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4874899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Well, good news for the people who pre-ordered this thing. Will be interesting to see what it does when the user base extends beyond Nintendolife and YouTube influencers. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4874912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacophony Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Announcing a future reveal date for a product that's years late crosses some kind of line 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4874927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, cacophony said: Announcing a future reveal date for a product that's years late crosses some kind of line These idiots crossed any meaningful line years ago. All that remains is how they play this out. Do backers get their RomBoxes? Does the hardware basically do what it's supposed to? Can the company sell more once the novelty wears off? I mean, even the Atari VCS eventually came out, but that doesn't make it a success story. 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4874991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 8 hours ago, godslabrat said: that doesn't make it a success story. And it seems the definition of "success" varies a lot lately... 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4875218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silanda Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 An announcement of an announcement of a new shipping date for a product that's already years late? Are they having a laugh? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4875525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) They announced dates and gave out a time frame. People that pre-ordered Polymega from 2018 to April 2020, will start to get their orders shipped on September 12th. Complete fulfilment of orders from 2018 to April 2020 is anticipated by the end of October. The orders place after April 2020 through 2021 will be delayed till first half of 2022. The GC01 Light Gun will be delayed till the first half of 2022. The Launch of Digital game store happens Holidays 2021. They didn't give an exact date. Edited August 3, 2021 by 8th lutz Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4876643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoppelganger Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I'll still only believe it when I see it and it's still obviously not what it was meant to be. I only learned of this new development becasue i received an email sent to a newer email address I subscribed to their updates with. My original email adress has received nothing (yes I've checked spam etc). Which supports what's happened to some whose orders have been lost - ie they've lost my original email sign up. In fairness, I may check Poly out again in 6 months when there should be loads of users out there. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4877947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 If it's anything like how it was 2 years ago when I played it, the Polymega works just fine. I did just think of something, though; how does it handle the 1MB and 4MB RAM carts for Saturn? What about Saturn KOF '95 and Ultraman with their special cartridges? I'm assuming those are emulated somehow, and I'm also assuming that it does run the games that don't like the 4MB RAM cart with the 1MB RAM cart, but I don't know. I wish I'd known more about the Saturn when I actually had the chance to play the Polymega, as I knew basically nothing about it at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4878350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silanda Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 13 hours ago, Steven Pendleton said: I did just think of something, though; how does it handle the 1MB and 4MB RAM carts for Saturn? What about Saturn KOF '95 and Ultraman with their special cartridges? That's an interesting question. KoF '95 and Ultraman use ROM carts, so the images can't be supplied with the Polymega and the system has no way of dumping them. I can only assume that the system won't support those games. It's just an emulation box though, so it'll probably handle the RAM carts like Mednafen does: the games just work. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4878766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Mednafen's project leader is precisely in charge of Polymega's emulation for PlayStation, Saturn, and TG16-CD games. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4878843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Silanda said: That's an interesting question. KoF '95 and Ultraman use ROM carts, so the images can't be supplied with the Polymega and the system has no way of dumping them. I can only assume that the system won't support those games. It's just an emulation box though, so it'll probably handle the RAM carts like Mednafen does: the games just work. Yeah, I imagine the RAM cart games will just work the way they are supposed to and the system will automatically just choose whichever RAM cart is best on a per-game basis. KOF '95 and Ultraman are a mystery at this point, I suppose. Would not be surprised if they are not supported, but I suppose someone will find out eventually. I wonder if someone who actually owns the thing right now has put either of those game discs in to see what happens. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4879039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 wow this thing finally shipped. Anybody hack it yet? LOL Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4907206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Yeah, so apparently this thing is in some stores in Japan now or something. I have to go to visit the Casio customer service thingy in Akiba in about a week. I'll see if any of the game stores in the town have any of these things while I'm there. Might be sold out by then, though, for all I know. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4907413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I am looking forward to getting one when they are a bit more available, from the sounds of it most people who have it seem to lots of positive things to say. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4907671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I am surprised this actually shipped. The supply chain issues probably won't help with future availability though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4908039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricdeau Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 I am also surprised that people are actually receiving them. I cancelled mine sometime back. They lost all good faith for me with the poor communication and nonstop delays. I get that a new product from a new company is a hard thing to do, but they seemed to be in way over their heads when it comes to business management. For anyone that received their I hope you do enjoy it. For all the grief some give it for just being an emulation box I do think it's got an extremely clean and nice front end. I wanted one for the pure simplicity and nice UI because I don't the time or patience to deal with some emulators that have become much more complex these days, but I think the ship has sailed for me. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4909551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 It seems it works kind of well, call me Shirley: Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4938242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 WOW eBay is getting expensive https://www.ebay.com/itm/384472554182?hash=item5984599ac6:g:DRoAAOSwJgxhfHI1 https://www.ebay.com/itm/224669637352?hash=item344f5a9ae8:g:j7wAAOSwm8temBU0 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4938257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 12 hours ago, phoenixdownita said: It seems it works kind of well, call me Shirley: Based on all of the early reviews I was confident it was well-designed and worked well. The biggest issues remain price and an inability to side load games or use flash carts (I suppose we can also add "being available" in there, but then that's true of lots of things these days). I do think I'll get one eventually so I don't have to get a PS1, Saturn, or Neo Geo CD again, among others I don't want to bother with original systems for again. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/261689-retroblox/page/106/#findComment-4938566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.