RetroBlox : Another new Play-Everything "Retro" Console

[Gredler]

Can they can pull this off!?!?

I played it, and I've been playing Samurai Showdown 2 on AES A LOT on my CRT, and it felt almost identical playing the CD version through this machine on a LED TV.

[SignOfZeta]

Oh good, I thought Neo Geo emulation had been lost to time or something.

[GohanX]

The DC doesn't do a very good job of Neo, IIRC. I can't remember.

I do remember the DS ran Neo surprisingly well. So this thing has to be WAY more powerful than the DS, and also more powerful than my 133mhz Pentium 1 with 128MB of RAM which ran every Neo game flawlessley.

Can they can pull this off!?!?

The DC didn't do Neo cart emulation very well because of a lack of ram, but the DC had plenty of ram for CD games so the CD versions ran perfectly.

[SignOfZeta]

Now that you mention it...I do remember that.

[DragonmasterDan]

The DC didn't do Neo cart emulation very well because of a lack of ram, but the DC had plenty of ram for CD games so the CD versions ran perfectly.

Yeah, I remember the main problem being the redbook audio level to sound effects levels being a bit off. Beyond that they ran fine.

[elmer]

I'll wake you up next month for the big announcement.

I think they are going to keep with small weekly news updates until the big one in a month.

Well ... not much in the way of Weekly Updates, and over a month has passed.

I imagine it's either  ...

1) They found an investor and don't need to talk to the unwashed masses until they're ready to Kickstart the first manufacturing run.

2) They've found that producing real hardware is a lot more difficult than they expected, and they're either running way behind, or have given up.

I think that the majority of AtariAge would say 100% likelihood on the 2nd, but I'll give your guys the benefit of the doubt and only say 40% chance. 

[turboswimbz]

I'll wake you up next month for the big announcement.

I think they are going to keep with small weekly news updates until the big one in a month.

Well ... not much in the way of Weekly Updates, and over a month has passed.

I imagine it's either  ...

1) They found an investor and don't need to talk to the unwashed masses until they're ready to Kickstart the first manufacturing run.

2) They've found that producing real hardware is a lot more difficult than they expected, and they're either running way behind, or have given up.

I think that the majority of AtariAge would say 100% likelihood on the 2nd, but I'll give your guys the benefit of the doubt and only say 40% chance. 

From their site's FAQ.  It appears they are claiming 1.  But I would lean on two more. 

WHEN IS THE KICKSTARTER?
Kickstarter is a means of crowdfunding the development of a product which is at a prototype phase. Since we announced Polymega, when it was a prototype, we raised enough money from private investors and corporations that we won’t need to rely on crowdfunding for development purposes anymore. At this point, we’re going to launch a pre-order campaign “when it’s done”, which may be on a crowdfunding site, or might be through some other means. We plan to be at that point later this fall, and when that happens you’ll be able to pre-order the system which will have a target delivery of summer next year.

[SignOfZeta]

You know what Nintendo never does? They don't show us every chip, every decision in the process, come up with levels of ownership, peripherals, etc years before thing comes out or even has a date. They just say, "Look, here is is, it comes out on xx/xx/xx please buy it" with one price in dollars...and you pay with confidence knowing WTF it is. Not this, "Did I tell you I'm writing a screenplay yet?" bullshit.

[esteban]

You know what Nintendo never does? They don't show us every chip, every decision in the process, come up with levels of ownership, peripherals, etc years before thing comes out or even has a date. They just say, "Look, here is is, it comes out on xx/xx/xx please buy it" with one price in dollars...and you pay with confidence knowing WTF it is. Not this, "Did I tell you I'm writing a screenplay yet?" bullshit.

This is true.

I gotta say, Nintendo does what BLOXTOPS can't.

[Necromancer]

Doesn't that apply to Sony and MS too?  They all have existing products that they'd rather you buy now rather than wait for the next thing that you know you want, so you only get leaked specs and educated guesses.

[Arkhan]

*un*educated guesses.

[SmaMan]

Doesn't that apply to Sony and MS too?  They all have existing products that they'd rather you buy now rather than wait for the next thing that you know you want, so you only get leaked specs and educated guesses.

I've seen instances of Sony and MS bringing up vague, possibly made-up terms to describe their tech. "Terra-flops" immediately springs to mind.

This is why I never get excited about anything anymore. I've lived through too many Coleco Chameleons. While we do actually have some people with actual industry experience on board this time around, it's vapor as far as I'm concerned... until it comes out.

[MrBroadway]

Teraflop has been legitimate since the 90s with Intel.

[Dicer]

The dream is dying or dead, we just haven't had a confirmation yet...

[crazydean]

Doesn't that apply to Sony and MS too?  They all have existing products that they'd rather you buy now rather than wait for the next thing that you know you want, so you only get leaked specs and educated guesses.

I've seen instances of Sony and MS bringing up vague, possibly made-up terms to describe their tech. "Terra-flops" immediately springs to mind.

This is why I never get excited about anything anymore. I've lived through too many Coleco Chameleons. While we do actually have some people with actual industry experience on board this time around, it's vapor as far as I'm concerned... until it comes out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS