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I imagine licensing for music would make this a nightmare. Reason why none were released on the PSN.
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There's little interest in securing most plug n plays because software isn't sold for them. (Nintendo in particular can barely even keep their mainline consoles secured.) There's a million alternative devices out there for emulation, locking yours down is just gonna rob you of a few hardware sales from the more tech savvy user.
In other news, I'm trying to think of another word for the title of this thread to replace "proudly," yet maintains alliteration.
Publicly?
Steam: betsuni7
While that product would be a complete failure at what these retro all-in-ones are trying to capitalize on (ie: cashing in on the nostalgia of people who gamed when they were kids who no longer play anymore), I do wonder how many people would pay for a new official piece of hardware to play their old games on modern TVs (with minimal headaches).
I find it to be pretty good, but I'm not terribly sensitive as others are. That being said, I think it's better than the NES Classic's input lag.
As for adding games, most of them run fine in the default emulator (called Canoe). Many need patches to run properly.
I've yet to see any indication that adding more ROMs--a lot more ROMs--changes the inherent input lag of the emulation solution Nintendo chose (itself being very subtle, but the people who follow these sort of things notice). Having an absurd number of games on all one root menu can fuck up that root menu, but that's it. Assuming that was your question.
As noted above, not all games (like Teranigma) are run by that emulator properly. Hakchi CE has solutions for that, and more (Megadrive, Neo Geo, and other emulators, to start).
Metal Gear Solid, Twisted Metal, and...I think that's it. Fuck, I don't even think this version of Resident Evil is the one people wanted (doesn't director's cut have music issues or something?).
Steam: pazython
It was the dual shock version that had fucked up music.
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NES and SNES classics could and should have offered several times more titles.
Just because something is technically possible, doesn't mean you're entitled to it.
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It'll probably be faster due simply to not having to read data from a spinning optical disc. It probably won't be a ton faster, but probably enough to notice side-by-side.
Maybe. However, I do have a counterpoint:
I really really really want it.
Steam: pazython
I feel like Battle Arena Toshendin fits better as it was an exclusive for the system. I remember it being a big deal and enjoyed playing the first and I think there was a second? No clue how they hold up. I got a PS freshman year in HS, so I remember all of these games.
Perfect!
I half expect a "PS One" version next year with dualshocks and a different game list. Oh and for $150 because why not. Sony doesn't exactly have a deep well of retro systems to keep milking.
Yeah, if Sony were to jump straight to PS2 for their next retro console, they'd be seeing some pretty significant hardware costs compared to this mini. Assuming the PSmini isn't powerful enough to run PS2 games, there would need to be an internal upgrade. More storage would be needed since they switched from CD to DVD that gen. And they can't get away with cheaper controllers, since the dual analog was standard. They might be able to get away with leaving out rumble and possibly the pressure sensitive buttons (depending on the game lineup).
All in all, that would add up to a more expensive system, and they're already getting plenty of flak for the current PSmini having the audacity to charge more than Nintendo. It just sounds like a bad move right now.
Still, I just wanna see what the Hakchi people do with this thing. I don't really care about the game lineup at all.
Don't assume anything. The NES and SNES mini are capable of runing dreamcast games.
The best Toshinden was Nitoshinden, or “Toshinden Kids”