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Jeku
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Posted: 1st Apr 2009 23:08
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No, this is not an April Fool's joke:

http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/multi-platform-portable-gaming-entertainment-station/

This little dude can play NES, SNES, Genesis, Neo-Geo, GBA, and other types of ROMs. It can also do movies and music if you're so inclined. It has 4GB internal memory and supports SD cards for expandability. All this for just $100--- crazy eh?

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China Manufacturer Specifications

* Primary Function: Gaming and media player entertainment system
* Display: 2.8 inch QVGA LTPS (Low Temperature PolySilicon) LCD Screen
* Memory:
- Internal 4GB
- External Mini SD card
* Controller Design: D-pad
* Gaming Console Modes:
- NES (Nintendo Entertainment System - 8bit)
- SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System - 16bit)
- Sega Genesis (Sega Mega-Drive - 16-bit)
- GBA (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
- Neo-Geo (SNK Neo-Geo)
- CPS1 and CPS2 (CAPCOM, arcade game systems, 1st and 2nd edition)
* Compatible Video Formats: FLV, WMV, ASF, RM, AVI, MPEG, MP4, RMVB, SWF
* Compatible Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC
* I/O Slots
- Earphone jack
- Mini-USB slot
- Mini-SD slot
- AV OUT (output to TV - NTSC or PAL, 16:9 or 4:3)
- Stereo Speakers
* Additional Media Functions:
- FM Radio with recording function
- Voice Recorder (MP3, WAV)
- Image viewer (JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG)
- Ebook reader (with text to speech function)
* Languages: English, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional)
* Dimensions: 125mm x 56mm x 14mm (L x W x H)
* Manufacturer Ref: C244B8F4E8
* Catalog Ref: Nintendo, DS, videogames, handhelds

Other Features

* Introduce your children to 8-bit and 16-bit gaming coolness and never hear another "'m so bored" complaint from them again
* NES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System - 16bit) = FC (Nintendo Family Computer, 8-bit)
* SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System - 16bit) = SFC (Nintendo Super Family Computer, 16-bit)

Package Contents

* Model CVFH-N03-4G Portable Game Unit
* AC Adapter
* Mini-USB adapter
* User Manual - English
* Earbuds
"


Now I have to choose between this and the DSi. Hmmmmm.... I think I'll wait for hackers to make flash carts for the DSi before I purchase it, considering I already have one of those phat DSes.

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Posted: 1st Apr 2009 23:09 Edited at: 1st Apr 2009 23:11
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Wow that's impressive.

Too bad it's Euros...
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Jeku
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Dude, they ship to Canada and the US as well. When I went to the site from home, it properly brought up the prices in CDN funds. For some reason at work the Internet thinks I'm in Europe, so everything's in Euros

The shipping was under $20 to North America last time I checked. The company is in China though, so you'll have to pay for shipping anywhere.

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Quote: "The shipping was under $20 to North America last time I checked. The company is in China though, so you'll have to pay for shipping anywhere."


Are you ordering one? I'd like to see how it runs before getting one... Then again, the NDS can do most of those things already, ie - roms, music, videos, etc... But I think you know that already.
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Jeku
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2009 00:25
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Yes I'm very close to ordering one before the company gets shut down by Nintendo The only thing stopping me is, like you say, I can run these ROMs on my DS if I'm interested.

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Yeah about that, what if you want to run roms from NES, or SNES, or whatever, how do you go about doing that legally? Meaning, you obviously can't purchase the games as a cartridge any more, without using something like ebay, but I'm never fond of giving my card numbers out over the internet... Any suggestions?
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This is right up my dark mysterious alley (no, not that one). I may get one, but I'll wait and see how it performs.

@MIDN90

I think you are allowed to download the roms that you already own a real physical copy of. I don't see why you should pay for the same game twice.

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Quote: "I think you are allowed to download the roms that you already own a real physical copy of. I don't see why you should pay for the same game twice."


No not that, how do you buy the game in order to download the rom? Being that you cannot walk into Walmart and purchase NES games.
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Just because you can't see them in Walmart doesn't mean you can't see them on eBay or even in your own collection from '86.

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Quote: "Just because you can't see them in Walmart doesn't mean you can't see them on eBay or even in your own collection from '86."


In an aforementioned post, I do not approve of me giving my card numbers over the internet. I have family that had their numbers stolen.
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2009 01:00 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2009 01:01
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Quote: "Being that you cannot walk into Walmart and purchase NES games. "


There are second-hand shops around here where you can purchase old retro games. Or try Ebay. Or you can buy the game on the Wii VC. I can't tell you the laws in your country, so I can't recommend any other ways than that.

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Quote: "I do not approve of me giving my card numbers over the internet."


Well, Paypal is pretty secure. Just put in your CC once and then after that, let Paypal store it. The retailers will never get access to your CC #.

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Quote: "I have family that had their numbers stolen. "


Well perhaps they should stick to reputable payment methods such as Paypal?

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On a side note, I have a friend who also doesn't put his CC # anywhere on the net. The thing is, I saw him order pizza on the phone and he read his # over the phone. Go figure

Anyways, if somebody steals your CC #, you are usually protected by the CC company. You won't have to pay for anything you didn't buy yourself.

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2009 01:48 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2009 01:49
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I'd love to replay all of my favourite classics from the past, will do a bit more research on this and wait for your approval first Jeku.

For some reason i'm always buying old snes games and even though the snes is set up at my wolvo house, i never play them. I was considering moving it down south but we only have one TV and thats usually getting used by Dave or the 360.
I've always had problems with emulation on the DS anyway so if this works well, i would definately pick one up. Emulation was one of the main reasons i was going to pick up a gp2x. I'm sure they have been discontinued now but they had excellent capacity for homebrew, you can still pick them up on ebay sometimes. The newer one called "wiz" was announced a while back but never really got released as far as i know.


I'll finish them whenever i can be bothered.
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@ Oolite

I was thinking of that as well... I heard you can play Counter Strike on that?
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I'm just not getting it with these little machines that can play retro. I'm all for that, don't get me wrong, but I have a PSP that costs $100, has an 8gb memory card AND plays new games on top of all the retro stuff including N64/PS1.
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Well, new PSPs are $200, right? And it's a disc-based media, which eats batteries like a mofo. Also, the PSP is dying, ready to be replaced by PSP 2. Now would probably be a bad time to buy a PSP.

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I thought of something like that... I wanted to call it multiverse.. I never made it, clearly. :/ This is kind of depressing for me actually, but yes. It is awsome.

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Quote: "This little dude can play NES, SNES, Genesis, Neo-Geo, GBA, and other types of ROMs"


So can a PSP properly modded

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Used PSPs are going for $60-90$ right now online. I bought mine used and I can tell you it's built to last.

It is disc based and it does eat battery like a mofo, you are right there. What you didn't account is that the old skool games run off memory stick and are not 3d intensive, I've had them last for 6-7 hours unlike the 2-3 hours for new 3d games on discs.

The PSP is dying indeed, but what does that have to do with playing old skool titles? You're still gonna be able to play them, the old 2d games don't require some fancy HD lcd display so it's not like you're gonna see any improvement. If the PSP was not worth buying at launch when it was $300 and is not worth buying towards it's end a under $100 then what is it good for really? It's still got a solid library of good new titles to play on top of classic ROMs and the ability to play high quality video.

Anyway not bashing this new machine, it does look quite nifty. Just saying there's nothing new going on here. I think more people are gonna be enticed by a modded PSP that can play N64/PS1 titles as those are still real popular.
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This looks ideal for me, in fact I need this damn thing!

I want to play the games on SNES that I miss, like Cannon Fodder and Mega-Lo-Mania, I have a DS for new games, a Lynx for getting really retro, and a rather nice pre-loaded Genesis handheld that I got for £30 a couple of months ago. So this would kinda fill the Nintendo gap.

The DS does have a lot of emulation software, but it's not comparable. Even the NES emulation is not perfect, the SNES and Genesis emulation is horrible, in fact the best job by far for the DS is the Spectrum, the resolution is perfect, you have a touch screen for the old rubber keyboard as well.

So even though I have more handhelds than I have hands to 'held' them, I can definitely justify buying one of those as well . I was considering a GP2X Wiz thingy, but I'm always dubious about those things, I like the idea of keeping it simple with emulation.


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I don't think I was alive when most of these games where around, but this still seems pretty awesome.
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Quote: "Even the NES emulation is not perfect, the SNES and Genesis emulation is horrible"


Er... no it isn't, it's awesome! Are you sure you have your Flashcard updated and you are using the newest versions of the top emulators?

The only problem is the mismatch between resolutions, but you can still play SFII Turbo and Sonic fine.

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I have tried and regularly try the emulators on DCEmu, but there are always issues. ZDepth sorting, resolution is wrong, game is too slow... What emulators are you using, I'm perfectly willing to try different ones, in fact I have a fresh MicroSD card waiting just for emulators.

Genesis emulation is the worst though, I could only get a couple of games working properly at a playable speed, compared to my handheld Genesis the DS emulation blows.

Let me know what I should try though, and I'll give it another shot. That's not to say I won't buy Jeku's gadget though .


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I agree here, SNES/Mega Drive emulation is just not good on the DS. Some games (F-Zero) suprised me by working perfectly and others (Super Mario World) ran slowly and continually put menus behind the background.

The two best portable emulation platforms are the netbook and soon, the Pandora. The netbook can run Windows or a full blown x86 Linux and so it can emulate pretty much every console worth emulating. The older models are under £160 now. The Pandora has two SDHC slots, a keyboard, a big touchscreen, a darn good battery life and a lot of emulators being written for it.

I used to run NES games in an emulator on the GBA, and it was perfect even with features like rewind, so if NES support is bad on the DS, dunno what went wrong there.

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I have yet to encounter a NES emulator that can actually emulate Mig29 Soviet Fighter without giving you seizures. So there's still some problems, even with PC-based NES emulators.

I like the fact that the little gizmo can also play videos, radio and be connected to a TV. I don't think you'll ever be bored if you got it with you on a trip.

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@Megaton - After considering the PSP, I chose not to buy one (even though I have lots of PSP games on my shelf at home that I worked on!). I *hate* the DPad, if you can even call it that. I can't stand the way the Sony systems have 4 separate buttons instead of a single DPad. I'm pretty sure Nintendo patented the "cross" DPad first featured on the NES and used on every one of their systems since.

Ok, I've talked myself into picking this Chinese one up. The best emulator, hands down, is a PC, and nothing will replace that. But with my new job I have travel times on the bus and sometimes skytrain, where it would be nice having something like this to play.

Too bad it's still a bit short on details. I would love to be able to save the state of a game. Who wants to play SMB3 and then reset the entire game each time? We left that behind with the NES days, and I hope this system allows for proper emulated save states. I also hope they have regular firmware updates.

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Quote: "I would love to be able to save the state of a game. Who wants to play SMB3 and then reset the entire game each time? We left that behind with the NES days"

I seem to remember a NES game that you could save your progress on. it was called Shadowgate. But yeah, save states are pretty much a must. It's hard however not to abuse them and play trough a game without using the save states to "cheat" when things get rough.

Tell us all about it when you get to try it out.

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Quote: "The best emulator, hands down, is a PC, and nothing will replace that. But with my new job I have travel times on the bus and sometimes skytrain"


Netbook! If you're sitting down on those journeys and want the best emulator, it's got to be a netbook. That gives you a bigger screen, something you can work on too, not to mention the PC library too. On minimum settings I can play Flatout2 comfortably on the bus in and then put in a bag and forget about it until the bus journey home.

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Quote: "Who wants to play SMB3 and then reset the entire game each time?"

Play the All-Stars version instead?

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Quote: "Play the All-Stars version instead?"


Noooo, that version is messed. The All-Stars versions are all re-skinned and the physics are quite different. I prefer the originals

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Quote: "I seem to remember a NES game that you could save your progress on. it was called Shadowgate. "

Zelda, Zelda II, Crystalis... just to name a few others.

Quote: "Noooo, that version is messed. The All-Stars versions are all re-skinned and the physics are quite different. I prefer the originals "

I agree. The originals were better. If nothing else, they better hold that "classic" feel that I love when I play old games.
Let me know if it saves states Jeku, I would really like something like that.

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Quote: "Yeah about that, what if you want to run roms from NES, or SNES, or whatever, how do you go about doing that legally? Meaning, you obviously can't purchase the games as a cartridge any more, without using something like ebay, but I'm never fond of giving my card numbers out over the internet... Any suggestions?"


I doubt you could get a cart reader without paying online

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This looks great....even though i dont think it would compare with other emulators its definitely worth the cash.

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