Well E3 has drawn to a close, so I thought I'd dedicate this [chat] to an upcoming console...the Retron 5!
Ugly sumbitch, I cannot deny, but here's what it plays.
- NES
- SNES
- Famicom
- Super Famicom
- Genesis
- Megadrive
- Gameboy
- Gameboy Color
- Gameboy Advance
Also you can plug in NES/SNES/Genesis controllers if you don't want to use that controller.
All for the low price of No Hundred and Ninety Nine US Dollars! ($99)
Due to be released in July. Is that enough Backwards Compatibility for you?
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how can they make something like that, I assume the ip for all those old games and consoles are still under copyright
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Yeah. The Retron 3 had ones based on the Six Button Megadrive controller. Dunno why they ditched that.
I think the console makers don't really care anymore.
Console tech is covered by patents, not copyright. You provide the games.
I dreamed that I got the campaign job
Pfft. I got that.
Yeah, copyrights seem to last forever, but fortunately disney never got into the hardware biz so patents are still relatively short.
EDIT: Although I'd think the GBA was still covered -- could just be that they really don't care.
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Geth cares not for your tears.
okay that makes sense
so duh, they're not infringing mario, just making a machine that bleeps and bloops
Plus seventy years.
He will when I cry all over his motherboard!
bleeping and blooping is too nsfw for [chat]
let's talk about boobs and penii instead.
don't tell me penii is not a word.
our police don't walk around armed either, but for this situation they had apparently decided it might be necessary to arm themselves. This cop probably got a little too excited.
I'm somewhat intrigued by that console. Probably not $100 intrigued, but somewhat.
Can the Genesis part take my 32x or connect to my Sega CD?
Just kidding. Most of those games are awful.
Sorry for jumping to assumptions.
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Your assumption has offended my country. Holmgang, tonight.
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penes is the plural for a type of pasta that is delicious with some Italian sausage and red sauce.
penii is pluralized like virii because it will penetrate all your defenses.
GOD DAMMIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN VIRII ISNT A WORD
The English language is a travesty.
"Backup Assistant Team Lead"
This is Schrute League.
No. You'd have to pay half a weregild if you win, though.
They like that word a bit too much.
I was really excited when one of my friends gave me two or three huge boxes of old Genesis / CD / 32x / Master System games and hardware about years ago. Unpacked and hooked everything up...but I only used it once or twice and once I packed it up to move I never unpacked it again. It's down in my basement somewhere in a rubbermaid tub.
Maybe I'll hook it up to a TV in my daughter's playroom when she gets bigger.