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Retrogaming Hardware
Awesome! Is that Paper Mario?hey jerks, I got a Retroid Pocket 2
Hello, it's me, Kazin, one of TT's most severe nostalgia cases, apparently! I recently acquired this exact Tamagotchi, and I would like to backlight it. However, I'm coming up blank on how to do so. I've located some sources for backlights themselves, but does anyone know where I might find some schematics for this thing? I'd like to know where to solder the light to, and I figure even if I screw it up, I'm only out about $8, so nbd.
Sarge
hardcore retro gamin'
According to this review, you can use a different front end, but it's apparently a giant pain to set up.
www.pcmag.com
Retroid Pocket 2 Review
Boasting an excellent build and responsive controls, the Retroid Pocket 2 is a great emulation-based handheld game system. However, you must put in some work to unlock its full potential.
I feel the same way about the Retroid Pocket 1, software wise, but also, the hardware feels awful too! Sad to see Taki Udon left important bits out, since I recommended him somewhere either here or on the old forum, so I hope I'm not the reason you dropped a bunch of money on something you don't like. If so, I'm sorry!
In any case, I haven't touched the thing, partially because I'd have to get it set up which as you say is a huge, huge pain, and also because the emulation ain't great from what I saw either. Guess we'll be waiting a while longer for a decent, somewhat cheap portable N64 emulator
In any case, I haven't touched the thing, partially because I'd have to get it set up which as you say is a huge, huge pain, and also because the emulation ain't great from what I saw either. Guess we'll be waiting a while longer for a decent, somewhat cheap portable N64 emulator
See this is why I gave up on any handheld emulation machine that wasn't just a full windows pc (or at least an x86 processor). Too many compromises and half-implementations. Of course, that tanks the "cheap" criteria. The one I have was about $800.
But damn, I love the thing. I can literally play every mainline Zelda on it. Even BotW and the HD remakes.
But damn, I love the thing. I can literally play every mainline Zelda on it. Even BotW and the HD remakes.
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Someone has made a PS1 memory card that lets you slot an SD card into it. One gig equals over 8,000 PS1 memory cards. It feels excessive, but hey, never worry about making space for Deception or Madden seasons or whatever else.
Can the system manage that much storage, or do you have to partition it into 1000 virtual memory cards?
Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
Based on the screen and buttons, it looks like it is paging into virtual memory cards. At least it should hopefully be more reliable than than the 3rd party memory cards that actually tried that back in the day.
Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
So apparently people are now fanboy warring over expensive Windows powered niche handheld devices that aren’t even out to the public yet. This is why we can’t have nice things!
Super cool.
EDIT: my local gaming shop had some cheap cables. There's still an audio issue (the sound seems to be just one channel, maybe? Or it's stuttering. Probably a capacitor issue?), though I have power and sound, and the disc tray works and everything. Wish I had a game to test it with, ah well.
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Sarge
hardcore retro gamin'
I have a Model 1 Genesis that I recapped and it didn't fix my audio crackle issue. Not sure what the problem is. I've been told maybe a bad ground connection? I haven't had time to really debug it more. I know that there's a point before it hits the amp that it still sounds good, though.
Sarge
hardcore retro gamin'
I just have no idea, honestly. Someone more knowledgeable than me would probably be able to debug. Could be cables, or something else. Definitely start with the simplest solution first, though.
Oh, where are you getting your audio from? Does it have the single-channel issue on all sources, or just some? And for clarification, is it the sound coming from the Genesis, or the L/R audio from the Sega CD? So many potential points of failure!
Oh, where are you getting your audio from? Does it have the single-channel issue on all sources, or just some? And for clarification, is it the sound coming from the Genesis, or the L/R audio from the Sega CD? So many potential points of failure!
It might be the single channel issue? I'm not sure either haha. I have the audio cable plugged into the Sega CD at one end and the headphone jack on the other in the Genesis, and I messed around with the A/V cables, and it still sounded weird. Like, it stutters... If I had to describe it, I'd say it plays half a second of music (or thereabouts), goes silent for half a second, plays another half second of music, and so on.
I've not looked into common issues with the thing, since there's so many different things that can go wrong and I have no games to test it with. I did try to put a music CD in it and it kept spitting it back out without playing it at all, but I think that's because it was a burned disc.
I've not looked into common issues with the thing, since there's so many different things that can go wrong and I have no games to test it with. I did try to put a music CD in it and it kept spitting it back out without playing it at all, but I think that's because it was a burned disc.
Sarge
hardcore retro gamin'
Hmm, weird. If you've got a pressed CD, definitely try that. I generally have no issues with burned discs on mine, regardless of burn quality. Maybe I'm lucky in that regard.
I have no idea why it would stutter like that, unless there's some sort of intermittent contact somewhere. Could indeed be a cap or something on one of the audio channels. I wish I could be more helpful, but it's definitely one of those things where narrowing down the problem is a giant pain in the rear.
EDIT: I'm still a little confused on how you've got the audio cable hooked up with the Sega CD. I know the audio is already mixed in on the Genesis side through the expansion port, so you can either pull audio from the Genesis headphone jack, the A/V from the Genesis, or the two audio ports on the Sega CD unit itself. I've never actually used the audio channels directly on the Sega CD, though.
Oh, and dang, I keep thinking in terms of the Model 2 Sega CD. There may be some setup differences there that I'm not aware of, which might be causing my confusion.
EDIT 2: Oh, I completely forgot about that mixing jack. Huh. I've never actually used that. So you can flip it the other way and route audio from the Genesis to the Sega CD and then tap the L/R audio jacks.
I have no idea why it would stutter like that, unless there's some sort of intermittent contact somewhere. Could indeed be a cap or something on one of the audio channels. I wish I could be more helpful, but it's definitely one of those things where narrowing down the problem is a giant pain in the rear.
EDIT: I'm still a little confused on how you've got the audio cable hooked up with the Sega CD. I know the audio is already mixed in on the Genesis side through the expansion port, so you can either pull audio from the Genesis headphone jack, the A/V from the Genesis, or the two audio ports on the Sega CD unit itself. I've never actually used the audio channels directly on the Sega CD, though.
Oh, and dang, I keep thinking in terms of the Model 2 Sega CD. There may be some setup differences there that I'm not aware of, which might be causing my confusion.
EDIT 2: Oh, I completely forgot about that mixing jack. Huh. I've never actually used that. So you can flip it the other way and route audio from the Genesis to the Sega CD and then tap the L/R audio jacks.
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It's such a weird setup. I've never used a model 2 CD, so maybe that's not as odd lol. It's possible I'm hooking it up wrong - iirc, I had this same issue when I was actually using the thing years ago, but figured out what the problem was and got regular audio. I think. I'll keep messing with it before I list it.
Just hooked the thing up again to see if mono audio would work, and it's the same issue, even through the headphone jack. I'm assuming it's a capacitor issue, and I can't be bothered to try to fix it since I don't even want a Sega CD anymore since it's so easy to emulate lol.
Okay, I finally found a video that sounds EXACTLY like the issues I'm having with my model 1 Genesis/Sega CD:
I have no idea who filmed this video, but this is exactly what my Sega CD does when I boot it up, whether it's connected mono or stereo or headphones. Any idea what the issue is? I've cleaned and reseated all the cables in the Sega CD (minus the small one in the disc drive because I didn't want to take that apart), and haven't opened the Genesis yet. Capacitors? Something else I'm not thinking of? The connector port that connects the Genesis to the Sega CD was filthy, but I cleaned that to the best of my ability with isopropyl alcohol and it didn't make a difference.
I have no idea who filmed this video, but this is exactly what my Sega CD does when I boot it up, whether it's connected mono or stereo or headphones. Any idea what the issue is? I've cleaned and reseated all the cables in the Sega CD (minus the small one in the disc drive because I didn't want to take that apart), and haven't opened the Genesis yet. Capacitors? Something else I'm not thinking of? The connector port that connects the Genesis to the Sega CD was filthy, but I cleaned that to the best of my ability with isopropyl alcohol and it didn't make a difference.
Not sure if this is quite the right thread for this, but apparently Analogue will be making another batch of Super Nts and Mega Sgs?
So if anyone has been dying to grab one, guess you'd better go sign up to be notified!
So if anyone has been dying to grab one, guess you'd better go sign up to be notified!
I can confirm that they are an excellent product...although I use mine significantly less often now that I have a MiSTer. It was really neat to be able to rip all my SNES carts, though!
What’s the best option for playing GBA games for someone with big ol’ adult hands? My GBA SP isn’t quite up to the task now as it was when I was 20 years younger.
