Rocket Man Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 How likely is it that Analogue will make this their next system? Is anyone here on the board interested and willing to pay $2-250 including the $40 s/h, for a unit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerhomer Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) I would consider it. An overclock option would be nice. Edited August 23, 2018 by homerhomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Genesis consoles are so cheap I almost don't see the point (getting good video quality is easy thanks to the available HD Retrovision cables). Then again, it was a popular console in its time and so there would probably still be a decent demand for a modern FPGA version of it. I wouldn't get one as I already have a couple of decent scalers to use my original systems with. However, if they did one, I would appreciate having the Sega CD expansion slot included as well as having it be compatible with the 32X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I dunno. Genesis emulates very well and I don't use my SuperNT as much as I "should," even though I like it a lot. A Core Store for that system would be welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I don't have a burning need for one, and it would likely not have 32x (not a big deal) or SEGA CD (a bigger deal) functionality. Meanwhile, I can just go into my bedroom where I already have those things set up and good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haightc Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I would probably pass as well! Although if I was a big SNES fan I would have probably not purchased the SuperNT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I've passed on Analogue's systems so far, but a Mega NT would be a big deal for me. I just love everything about the system and it'd be one more way to play the games. I never had a 32X as a kid or even a Sega CD so I don't think I'd miss that missing functionality, but it'd be nice to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I'd buy it because why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 If they were to make a Mega NT it must have 32X and Mega CD suport. This would make it a must buy but just a Mega Drive alone, well, for me that's not an essential purchase since Mega Drives offer excelent image quality over RGB (which I use). But I don't own a Mega CD, I own a Wondermega and sadly those things don't offer RGB as standard. Really dumb move considering it's meant to be the premium Mega Drive / Mega CD option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00010000 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I think it's highly likely but like others have said, actual Genesis systems are pretty plentiful and affordable and I'd figure options to get HD out of them through some external connection are fairly priced. Personally I'd be more interested in a Saturn NT, particularly if it had switchable BIOSes. Saturns seem to have climbed up almost 2x the price I was able to pick one up for back in the late '00s, and it'll probably just keep climbing. And that's just for loose systems, not boxed ones (let alone mint which are probably hyper rare these days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I think buying an FPGA based system with only one officially supported console type is.. awkward at best. Their existing systems could do it but it's still unofficial and they'd have to tweak the core for each model.. not gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 I think buying an FPGA based system with only one officially supported console type is.. awkward at best. Their existing systems could do it but it's still unofficial and they'd have to tweak the core for each model.. not gonna happen. I disagree. I think each system should have inputs for the controllers for that system, only. It would be awkward to me to have a system with inputs for multiple systems and I don't see how they could program that, but I'm no Engineer. I agree with the overall sentiment in the thread that support for the 32x and CD unit would rock, although I'm not sure they could incorporate them. To those saying they're fine with their existing Genny setups, I hear you... but the main reason I've recently fallen in love with the idea of Retro Gaming on a Widescreen, due to my experience with the Super NT, is due to the fact that I can have every pixel utilized for the game. I despise bars on the screen, and playing a 4:3 ratio on a Widescreen is for the birds imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 To those saying they're fine with their existing Genny setups, I hear you... but the main reason I've recently fallen in love with the idea of Retro Gaming on a Widescreen, due to my experience with the Super NT, is due to the fact that I can have every pixel utilized for the game. I despise bars on the screen, and playing a 4:3 ratio on a Widescreen is for the birds imho. So are you zooming in or are you stretching the content? Playing a LITTLE zoomed in (cutting off a few pixels on the top or bottom) isn't bad, but stretching to fill the whole screen makes my OCD itchy. I mean, Mario is a portly fellow, but he's not THAT fat. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Although I use a framemeister for other things, a genesis+32X+segaCD with all of those wires into an up scaler is a bit of a mess. Plus, we need something that plays the 2nd players mode of Sonic 2 correctly, right? That said, I'd like to see an FPGA clone to reduce the clutter and have the Sega CD as an option (the 32x isn't as much of a big deal). The big thing is getting the sound right. A lot of these clones don't get that right... although I think the Sega Smash Pack for the Dreamcast had the biggest issues with sound in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 So are you zooming in or are you stretching the content? Playing a LITTLE zoomed in (cutting off a few pixels on the top or bottom) isn't bad, but stretching to fill the whole screen makes my OCD itchy. I mean, Mario is a portly fellow, but he's not THAT fat. Stretching. It doesn't look stretched though, it's so crisp that it looks like it's being rendered in widescreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sure, if you don't know how it's supposed to look lol lol lol To each his own, I suppose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sure, if you don't know how it's supposed to look lol lol lol To each his own, I suppose I despise black bars. Like I said, it doesn't look stretched: it looks crisp as if it's being rendered in 1080p. This is why I want an FPGA system for all the old systems, because the picture in widescreen is superior to anything I've seen in 4:3 on a CRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Crisply stretched because it's up-sampled Edited September 10, 2018 by derFunkenstein 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Crisply stretched because it's up-sampled Did you eat paint chips as a kid... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Yes but that's not relevant. Either your image is stretched out to 16:9 or you have lost a huge portion of the top and bottom of the screen (or some combination thereof). That's just how it works. Edited September 11, 2018 by derFunkenstein 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Yes but that's not relevant. Either your image is stretched out to 16:9 or you have lost a huge portion of the top and bottom of the screen (or some combination thereof). That's just how it works. It is relevant, because you keep going in circles with this. I know what's it doing, but like I said... multiple times: it looks extremely clean, as if it was intended that way by the developers. I get it, you like black bars. I don't, and I have a device that renders a crisp enough image to where stretching the image doesn't detract from the artistic quality of the content presented. Good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Like I said, it doesn't look stretchedThis is what I am talking about. It's gotta look stretched 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 This is what I am talking about. It's gotta look stretched It doesn't. It looks badass and crisp as can be. I said Good Day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 It doesn't. It looks badass and crisp as can be. Post a picture. Prove me wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Post a picture. Prove me wrong. picture say a thousand words as they say. I can't see this not looking stretched. I'm interested is seeing the results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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