Rick Dangerous Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I saw this this morning: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/11/mysterious_retroengine_site_goes_live_promises_support_for_nintendo_sega_atari_and_sony_systems Looks pretty cool! Pretty solid lineup of systems emulated so far; and the article references the Mike Kennedy and the Coleco Chameleon debacle as well... Wonder if this one will actually make it to market.. Amstrad CPC Atari 2600 / VCR Atari 7800 Atari ST Atari Lynx Sega SG-1000 Sega Dreamcast Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Sega 32X Sega Game Gear Sega CD Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo 64 Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo Game Boy Color Super Nintendo NES MAME Neo Geo Pocket Color Neo Geo NEC PC Engine Sony PlayStation Sony PlayStation Portable Vectrex Discuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 RPi 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The placement of micro USB for power, HDMI for AV out, and USB slots for controllers look EXACTLY like a Raspberry Pi. I'd buy one of those little cases, because it's cuter than the one I'm using, but I don't think they should take any credit or money if they're using EmulationStation or RetroArch, which COINCIDENTALLY JUST SO HAPPEN to support the exact same systems. From https://retropie.org.uk/ RetroPie is a system to install/configure emulators on an existing OS – The RetroPie Setup Script is released under the GPL. The image we provide is Raspbian Lite with RetroPie pre-installed. Much of the software included in the RetroPie image have non-commercial licences. Because of this selling a pre-installed RetroPie image is not legal – this includes “giving away” a pre-installed RetroPie with your commercial product. Including copyrighted games with RetroPie is also not allowed. If you are selling hardware that supports RetroPie you should provide a link to our site for your customers rather than including a RetroPie image with your product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 OK, so the USB jacks are slightly different, but power and HDMI are in exactly the same spots as on a Pi. This is a Pi. And here is the "RetroEngine FPGA console" That menu looks STRANGELY FAMILIAR. Ah yes, it's EmulationStation, quelle surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) RPi/low cost ARM emulator boxes are the new TV games... we'll probably see a lot more clones. It's a bit sad because people will associate crappy "good enough" emulation with these. Edited November 22, 2016 by Newsdee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 OK, so the USB jacks are slightly different, but power and HDMI are in exactly the same spots as on a Pi. This is a Pi. Pi.jpg And here is the "RetroEngine FPGA console" USB plugs.png AV plugs.png .... I believe it's closer to or it simply is this one: http://orangepi.com/orange-pi-lite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 It certainly does look like that. In any case, this doesn't seem to be FPGA, but simple software emulation. There's nothing wrong with that, but there's nothing special or unique about it either. On their Facebook page, someone said "stop hyping up this stupid Pi thing like it was the PlayStation 5, release some specs and details," to which they replied they would not do that for competitive reasons. Just like RetroVGS/Colecovision Chameleon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Neat stuff! Even if it is just a Pi running EmulationStation in a cute little Genesis style shell I imagine that there would still be a sizable market for it, if they make loading your ROMs onto it a simple drag and drop affair and all the software comes preinstalled and configured for easy plug and play use. Personally the only thing that's kept me from getting a Raspberry Pi up to this point is all the setup and configuration required, since I'm not terribly technically inclined when it comes to software and getting it all up and running properly sounds like a major pain. If the RetroEngine could take all the hassle and headache out of it and provide the customer with a simple, powerful, and easy to use Pi setup that works right out of the box then I think there would definitely be a market for it. I know I'd be interested in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Retropie is easier than you think. I doubt there's much these guys could do to make it any simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_crayon_king Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I think the whole listing is misleading. Shouldn't need a kickstarter to make something like this. Now if there was a kickstarter for a FPGA based system or this one specifically: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/242970-fpga-based-videogame-system/ Then I'd be on board 100%. I'd like an open source type FPGA based console that way people could develop stuff around it (video/controller adapters/software etc.) I suppose that would open up the market for knockoffs but would prevent the hardware from going unsupported in the long haul. Myself personally I prefer the actual hardware being modified to support the best video out possible but that is an expensive hobby. In the best of worlds Id like to see something like the OSSC that could be scaled down to fit in any console that puts out RGB/YPBPR and apply appropriate scaling/filters to the HDMI out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I'd like an open source type FPGA based console that way people could develop stuff around it (video/controller adapters/software etc.) I suppose that would open up the market for knockoffs but would prevent the hardware from going unsupported in the long haul. Here you go: https://github.com/mist-devel/mist-board/wiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 If someone would make a nicer case for the MIST, it would be like the Neo*Geo of retro remake consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 It certainly does look like that. In any case, this doesn't seem to be FPGA, but simple software emulation. There's nothing wrong with that, but there's nothing special or unique about it either. On their Facebook page, someone said "stop hyping up this stupid Pi thing like it was the PlayStation 5, release some specs and details," to which they replied they would not do that for competitive reasons. Just like RetroVGS/Colecovision Chameleon! IMG_5789.PNG What a bunch of nonsense in that post. They are using std emu on std off-the-shelf CPUs ..... there are no trade secrets in there, actually there's really nothing to it. Those guys are posturing as if they are designing something new from the ground up ..... the Orange-pi-lite is a 15$ SBC folks. The are talking about licensing deals ...... mmmmmhhhhhh that'd be the SW side ..... I wonder what games are they targeting ...... it looks like a mini MD/Genny ..... I digress!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 If someone would make a nicer case for the MIST, it would be like the Neo*Geo of retro remake consoles. One guy in the ZxUno forums made a case: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 One guy in the ZxUno forums made a case: IMG_20160802_140503.jpg This is stunning. Makes me want one and much nicer than the mini-genny case of this thread. Did he produce or was this a one off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This is stunning. Makes me want one and much nicer than the mini-genny case of this thread. Did he produce or was this a one off? He did a few I think. I'll ask. There's also this new case from the guy that makes the boards, but I prefer the one above: http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=186 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/retroengine-sigma-mini-console-media-player-cool?mc_cid=fa9d190b3b&mc_eid=3471f42cb6#/ Looks like it's available for pre-order finally. I recently got my soft modded xbox back so my incentive to pick this up has gone down significantly for the moment. I am no way endorsing this product. Just keeping an eye on it.... If it winds up getting good reviews I may pick one up. Edited December 6, 2016 by travistouchdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 There's something on Facebook for some kickstarter deal to get you a RetroPie system on a Nintendo cartridge. Yet, the RPi is not included. In fact, I think it's just the cartridge shell. There's already comments on the Facebook page asking what are they bringing to the table. Heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/retroengine-sigma-mini-console-media-player-cool?mc_cid=fa9d190b3b&mc_eid=3471f42cb6#/ Looks like it's available for pre-order finally. I recently got my soft modded xbox back so my incentive to pick this up has gone down significantly for the moment. I am no way endorsing this product. Just keeping an eye on it.... If it winds up getting good reviews I may pick one up. It's just like a RetroPie except you have to wait for them to collect money before it goes out. I literally don't see the point, except for the cute case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 the saturn is conveniently absent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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