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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2015, 07:23:58 AM »
I definitely can't wait to buy one! 
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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2015, 01:00:23 AM »
No NeoGeo? f*ck this shit
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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2015, 07:52:19 AM »
throwing real carts on an emulator, no thanks.
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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2015, 08:04:08 AM »
Happy Console Gamer just uploaded a new video about this

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2015, 08:27:27 PM »
Bump ! It's out now i was wondering if any body here had one yet.Sure it's just emulation but i'm tempted by it beside it being able to play pce i could use a console that looks good on hdmi tv's.Before any ones says buy a XRBG mini i still don't have the money for one.

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2015, 11:50:57 PM »
I'm not a fan of these. They are just emulators wrapped around useing an orignal cart and controllers. I'm sure this works for others. I would just use an emulator and a controller.

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2015, 12:04:57 AM »
eBay, with a suggested price hovering around $300 USD, hmmmm.... I say no thanks. At that price, I will stick to original hardware. Clone systems seem too finicky, sometimes  not fully compatible. They have admitted that not all games play 100% correctly. That would cause me to be very cautious considering the amount of money they are asking. I would want someone else to purchase one and then tell me if my favourite games are fully playable. And it is interesting that it has support for Super Grafx, PC Engine, and Turbo Grafx 16. But at that price, I personally would expect to be able to play the Turbo CDs also. At the same time, I have a few clone systems and my experience with the systems are, low quality built and I do not expect the same durability as the originals. So a CD function would probably be very problematic. Might be the reason you don't see it on clone systems. Whether the price of admission is worth it, is totally dependant on the individual gamer. Personally I am satisfied with my gaming experience on my flat-screen and my PC Engine, Turbo Grafx consoles. I still have one old tube TV that I have dedicated to retro gaming. But that will not last as it is over 20 years old.

It would also interest me on how the hardware is being emulated, actual chips, android, or glop.
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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2015, 01:20:17 AM »
Be interesting to see how well it plays pce games but like most on here I'm a official hardware junkie.

I played for years on emulators and then started using real hardware.  There really is no going back in my opinion.  A good option for casual gamers.

One other thing this will do is drive up prices even more for turbo games.

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2015, 01:31:25 AM »
Bump ! It's out now i was wondering if any body here had one yet.Sure it's just emulation but i'm tempted by it beside it being able to play pce i could use a console that looks good on hdmi tv's.Before any ones says buy a XRBG mini i still don't have the money for one.

Retron 5: $300
XRGB3 Mini: $400

If you're fine with emulation, it's more convenient to get a small computer or android device and not waste time wearing out HuCards by sticking them in and out of a device which is just emulation. A TED would make the Framemeister cheaper in the short run.

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2015, 02:41:52 AM »
Bump ! It's out now i was wondering if any body here had one yet.Sure it's just emulation but i'm tempted by it beside it being able to play pce i could use a console that looks good on hdmi tv's.Before any ones says buy a XRBG mini i still don't have the money for one.

Retron 5: $300
XRGB3 Mini: $400

WTF is the point of this RetroFreak ... it's just an emulator with a cartridge interface???

If you want to run an emulator with HDMI output, why not buy a $35 Raspberry Pi 2 ... or the new $5 (yes, $5) Raspberry Pi Zero?

You can buy one heck of a lot of Controller-X-to-USB adapters with the money that you save ... and you'd be able to play PCE CD games, too.

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #25 on: November 27, 2015, 02:45:29 AM »
Bump ! It's out now i was wondering if any body here had one yet.Sure it's just emulation but i'm tempted by it beside it being able to play pce i could use a console that looks good on hdmi tv's.Before any ones says buy a XRBG mini i still don't have the money for one.

Retron 5: $300
XRGB3 Mini: $400

WTF is the point of this RetroFreak ... it's just an emulator with a cartridge interface???

If you want to run an emulator with HDMI output, why not buy a $35 Raspberry Pi 2 ... or the new $5 (yes, $5) Raspberry Pi Zero?

You can buy one heck of a lot of Controller-X-to-USB adapters with the money that you save ... and you'd be able to play PCE CD games, too.


it also will dump your carts.  might be one reason someone might buy it

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #26 on: November 27, 2015, 02:56:37 AM »
it also will dump your carts.  might be one reason someone might buy it

Because lots of people want to spend hours dumping the carts that they have rather than downloading the complete set off the interweb?

I can see some owners doing a few for the novelty and "thrill", but surely that'll get boring very fast.

It seems unlikely to me that this is only going to be sold to people that have complete collections of carts for all those systems ... aren't they pretty likely to be downloading the ones that they're missing anyway?
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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #27 on: November 27, 2015, 03:22:45 AM »
dont really know, but there seems to be some fairly high demand for these.  This is apparently basically a copy of the Retron5 with a PCE slot.  Tobias (Fudoh) got one and posted his first thoughts on it here if anyone is interested.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=1148299#p1148299

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #28 on: November 27, 2015, 03:30:34 AM »
After looking into this, investigating and finding out as to what the Retro Freak actually is, it seems to be a fancy way of getting into emulation. The system is only the small little brick that you can possibly just stick in your pocket and carry anywhere. The controller port is what is so big and it plugs into a usb port on the actual console. Whenever you insert a game cart, it dumps that game into its memory and saves it. You no longer need the game cart to play.

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No thank you. Not interested. Actual hardware is my choice in gaming.

dont really know, but there seems to be some fairly high demand for these.  This is apparently basically a copy of the Retron5 with a PCE slot.  Tobias (Fudoh) got one and posted his first thoughts on it here if anyone is interested.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=1148299#p1148299


Just read the post there. Input lag? Having a love of shooters, I cringe to think about it.
« Last Edit: November 27, 2015, 03:48:28 AM by retro junkie »

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Re: RetroFreak: New competition for Retron 5 with PCE/TG16 support
« Reply #29 on: November 27, 2015, 04:17:02 AM »
Tobias (Fudoh) got one and posted his first thoughts on it here if anyone is interested.

Thanks! It's interesting to see Tobias posting about his hobby somewhere that he isn't seen as the Devil Incarnate.  :wink:

From his description it sounds like the emulator that the RetroFreak guys are using doesn't do a particularly great job.