ledzep Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Maybe the Retroblox will do it. http://retroblox.com/2017/02/08/everything-you-need-to-know/ Holy crap, that is about 80% what I was wondering about (though it doesn't address the Vectrex32 part). If that thing is for real and it can be expanded to more systems (like the 7800 and 5200) that will be a great option for people who aren't in the mood to maintain ancient hardware. And it would promote more physical releases since it's not an emulator on a regular PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Maybe the Retroblox will do it. Do what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) A software emulator that talks directly with the cartridge. [but it's not a PC solution as the original poster had asked.] Edited March 17, 2017 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Didn't kevtris say that was not practical? And it is certainly not a lag-free setup unless perfectly programmed and operating on a 4+ GHz machine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoofu Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Didn't kevtris say that was not practical? And it is certainly not a lag-free setup unless perfectly programmed and operating on a 4+ GHz machine.. Kevtris main issue with it had more to do with memory since simulating so much hard-ward components concurrently will be very demanding which a lot of cheap SoC's are not well designed for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Do what? Impress people, duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Retroblox and "impress" in the same sentence? Not likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 How can you say that? You haven't seen the packaging yet. Might even come with a poster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Seems that specially modified versions of popular emulators packed together with a tiny PC in a vintage-looking box is becoming popular. RetroN 77. And people are going nuts over it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 @ledzep. There's nothing to prevent you from building a nice rig with the best emulators AND building a wall of cartridges to demonstrate physicality. IMHO it could be a double whammy when cruising for praise and eliciting the oohs and ahhs of all that view it. 1- Impressive that you'd have 1375 cartridges on display. 2- Impressive that all those games fit on a microSD and run on any PC. --- Regarding building adapters and readers and new consoles that interface to the PC, or not, is rather impractical. Fabbing new exact copies of the chips would be too costly for the small amount that'd be sold. Far better to do it via software emulation on cheap SoCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Seems that specially modified versions of popular emulators packed together with a tiny PC in a vintage-looking box is becoming popular. RetroN 77. And people are going nuts over it! I think you're reading too much into that. All that means is folks in the hobby love spending money on superfluous hardware that's just gonna end up on a shelf or in a bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I won't argue with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoofu Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Regarding building adapters and readers and new consoles that interface to the PC, or not, is rather impractical. Fabbing new exact copies of the chips would be too costly for the small amount that'd be sold. Far better to do it via software emulation on cheap SoCs. Maybe not as a lot of those chips were used in a lot of different products so their may be comparable chips still produced Also Digital logic chips are starting to hit the mass market Edited June 22, 2017 by enoofu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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