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OldSchoolRetroGamer

Member Since 12 Aug 2006
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In Topic: A to Z console games! Add pics if you can!

Today, 5:11 AM

View PostSeob, on Mon Feb 6, 2012 11:02 AM, said:

D/Generation for Amiga CD32

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Nice! Man I played this a lot back in the day on my Amiga, never completed it and damn it drove me crazy but always felt compelled to give it just one more try lol!

In Topic: I learned something from this smashup video - Pet 2001

Today, 3:37 AM

Boo! Another a-hole destroys classic tech for views, NO THANKS........ :mad:

Now, if it was merely to learn something by exploring the insides that would be one thing , I really don't see most members
here appreciating this kind of thing, if your into it whatever,
personally I find it pretty pathetic. :thumbsdown:

In Topic: Powerpak, Harmony Cart: thoughts on these?

Yesterday, 9:14 AM

That is where many people are confused, because devices like that use "ROMS" many assume it is emulation becuase in their minds they equate ROMS = EMULATION. Really though it is just a different means of storing the game code. Loaded from original cart or from ROM on a flashcart in the end your just loading the code so your not likely to see any difference unless of course there was something off with the rom dump. I am sure some of the more technically inclined will give you a more thorough answer but in my experience as a games player from my Harmony cart to my Everdrive MD there has been no difference, that is, if I compared the game loaded form original or flashcart side by side I would not tell the difference. Usually inaccuracies in timing, graphics, sound from the original are noticed when the ROM is loaded into an emulator, for example on your PC and these "issues" are more to do with the HARDWARE being emulated, the emulation of the hardware is not 100% accurate and so that is where you can notice the difference. This is also why clone hardware (Famiclones etc) have similar issues with sound, graphics or complete incompatibility in some cases, because the hardware is not 100% accurately imitated. SO YES SHORT ANSWER THEY ARE THE GAME BIT FOR BIT. YOU ARE ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME.

In Topic: Powerpak, Harmony Cart: thoughts on these?

Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:25 PM

View Postatarilovesyou, on Tue Feb 7, 2012 11:00 PM, said:

Hmmm...not a problem if they're SD cards, but CF cards, I'll need an adaptor to read them. That's why I was hoping for a direct USB solution...I'll go check out the website one more time. With the 4 GB card, total cost is almost 200 bux...yikes.

I agree. prefer SD cards. However you could consider, and I do not know how ell this may work, but there ARE CF to SD adapters, you insert a regular SD card into a casing that adapts it to CF size specification. I bought one form some company in CHINA on Ebay pretty cheap and it works fine in my wife's SONY ALPHA 200 Camera! This is great as I bought her a nice 8GB SD card to use. Don't see why that would not work just as well.

Also, if you go the regular CF card route there is no reason you cannot just get the flashcart then add your own CF card you can probably find from a cheaper source. Just some things to consider.

In Topic: Atari 7800 - Reignited Fire

Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:06 PM

I WAS considering at one point to sell/trade my 7800 and the few games I have. However, it is the model with the expansion port, the only odd thing about it was having an extra button labeled POWER where pause should be but a kind member is sending me a PAUSE button to remedy that as well I got the last NES covered pad on the way from GoldenAxe so that along with some of the sweet homebrew carts (Beefdrop looks awesome!) and the possibility of an Harmony Cart for 7800 I decided to hold onto my 7800!

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