Laner Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 New Eurogamer article: The retro gaming industry could be killing video game preservation. All about Hyperkin and other retro-hardware manufacturers profiting from open source emulators. It briefly mentions that Hyperkin has licensed Stella, but neglects to point out it's an ancient version (unless some deal has been struck with the current maintainers that I'm unaware of...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 That article was a decent read of the issues. It remains to be seen of Hyperkin will do the right thing this time around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I swear they'd rather release an inferior product than honor an open source license by giving back a few snippets of code changes used to read the cartridge bus interface. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) New Eurogamer article: The retro gaming industry could be killing video game preservation. All about Hyperkin and other retro-hardware manufacturers profiting from open source emulators. It briefly mentions that Hyperkin has licensed Stella, but neglects to point out it's an ancient version (unless some deal has been struck with the current maintainers that I'm unaware of...) For the record (as a member of the current Stella team ): no deal has been struck to license any even remotely recent version of Stella. To be fair, this is virtually impossible as Stella has been licensed under the GPLv2 for more than a decade and relicensing it would require the consent of every single contributor since the switch to the GPL. Edited February 18, 2018 by DirtyHairy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I was just at Hyperkin's Facebook page and they have post saying "Keep checking social media for updates concerning the RetroN 77." or something to that effect. So I guess more news to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Yup.. Keep-a-check'n. Keep-a-clicking. As long as you do that you'll be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Yet another annoying social media phrase. "Keep checking"... it's what you say when your project is too darned busy to answer questions, but you figure your customers have nothing to do except refresh a Facebook page that hasn't had a post since November. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 "Keep checking" is code for "deal with it" which really means "go away." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 "Keep checking" is code for "deal with it" which really means "go away." Yup... file that one away with anything that says Soon, Sometime, Delaying to make the experience better, Going forward, That said, Taking more time for continuous improvement, We are delaying to add a new feature that will better the experience, We are working hard to make more progress (insert whatever BS here), We are learning the ropes to (add something BS here) that will make the product better.... Am I missing anything... Oh... Simple as that! That one never gets old. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcrab Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I recently discovered that Ataris do work on new TV's. So that does remove a lot of reasons for me to have the retron one. Although HDMI still sounds nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I recently discovered that Ataris do work on new TV's. So that does remove a lot of reasons for me to have the retron one. Although HDMI still sounds nice. They work, but only in a very kludgy way, and the design of the TV will affect your experience greatly. The R77 could, theoretically, standardize everything to a consistent, reliable level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 At this point, unless I see or hear otherwise, I am filing this under the likes of the Polymega or the Ataribox. Yes, I know that Hyperkin does produce real products even if they are of dubious quality or legality. What I am referring to in the comparison is that nothing is going to come out anytime soon, if ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 At this point, unless I see or hear otherwise, I am filing this under the likes of the Polymega or the Ataribox. Yes, I know that Hyperkin does produce real products even if they are of dubious quality or legality. What I am referring to in the comparison is that nothing is going to come out anytime soon, if ever. Hyperkin has their own history of vapor ware. You aren't making a fool's wager at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I plan on making a rage fanboy video when the Retron77 comes out, bitching about why Draconian doesn't work. LOL just kidding. At this point I just want to support anything that promotes playing physical Atari cartridges. If enough units sell, someone will come along and do an FPGA version that corrects all the flaws and works with Melody boards. Maybe when Analogue finally releases the Mega NT, Kevtris releases a cart adapter for it with the five toggle switches and full Atari support (right now there is not "melody" core and probably won't be one for the forseeable future, meaning a cart bus is absolutely necessary to play said games without resorting to software emulation). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepp Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 It's a shame really, I'd love a product like this but it is starting to feel like it'll never see the light of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I just saw this on Facebook. https://hyperkinlab.com/retron-77-premium-retro-gaming-console-for-2600/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric-Dreams Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Homebrew support ?! I'm in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Homebrew support ?! I'm in Where are you seeing anything about homebrew support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Where are you seeing anything about homebrew support? Nowhere. So that is the big question. Will it run new homebrews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Hyperkin has a history of doing April Fool's announcements. It does then no favors to mix real news in with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Nowhere. So that is the big question. Will it run new homebrews? Not all of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I even if, it will still only support homebrews, but not homebrewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 They are posting at facebook that this is NOT a joke. I know it's April Fool's day, but it is also the first of the month which is where I would expect to see an announcement from a company. One can only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I noticed companies are not doing a lot of April Fool's jokes. Not like they were 10 years ago. Unconfirmed, heresay, he-said-his-buddy-said kinda thing - AF jokes on web pages tend to piss people off more than being fun and amusing. And then there's liability. Gotta be careful what's said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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