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Dunno what's the address?

I like how the article said, "An AC adaptor is not included in the NES Classic Edition package, but as a plug-and-play device, it comes with a free HDMI cable." Whoopdefuckindo! My VCS came with a free RF cable, and so did Intellivision. And like a million other consoles after that. Shit. Man. Even the dedicated Pong ones came with a cable too! And what does plug'n'play have to do with anything? If it wasn't plug'n'play, would it all of a sudden not come with an HDMI cable? And let me assure you one thing. Nintendo isn't giving you anything for free here. The "free" hdmi cable's cost of manufacturing, packaging, and shipping weight has been carefully factored into the $59.96 MSRP. Stupid journalists don't know how to word anything anymore..

Not sure either. I think I'm just bored today.

Forbes says: "If you’re one of the people still trying to get your hands on the sold out mini NES Classic Edition, here’s one thing you can do." Sold out traditionally indicates high popularity like a Fleetwood Mac or Billy Joel concert. They sell out. Searchlights adorn the front of the venue. A gala event. Impressive. Everyone knows that. But with this mini-nes bullshit. 5 units sell out and headlines are made! Is this supposed to be a big deal or something? Nothing fantastic or Earth shattering here now is there? Now I know it's artificially created scarcity! Meantime while you sit in the corner of your room, clicking on the refresh button like a skinner box game, they're feeding you advertisements and crap.

Believe it or not. I prefer the original VCS version (with 112 variations) over the arcade or most other implementations. I suppose it's because it's the first version I played as a kid. My gramma made a big stink over this game and got it for my birthday and all that.

My favorite was Doom inside Doom. http://mashable.com/2015/07/17/doom-inside-doom/#gCUK0MdUGkqm ..and in the future I'll bet they get Doom going on the TRS-80 Pocket Computer and Apollo AGC. Mark my words!

But everything else is REAL in the here and now. And obtainable without superhero antics.

Now do it on the Vectrex.

Why not?

I'd expect to see mods and such in the future. There's just a Flash ROM and mobile-class CPU (or SoC) in there. Some RAM..Desolder the Flash chip and read it through a programmer if the data is not accessible through the connectors already present. I would even suspect that with a certain sequence of something or other, it can be flashed without disassembly. Extended game lists. Roms from other systems. It's all doable I'm sure.

So we have: 1- Original hardware 2- Traditional software/PC emulation 3- FPGA circuit simulation I can't wait for next method, whatever it is, to be invented.

I won't argue that when the the word "emulation" pops up on a videogame forum that it means games played on modern hardware through a program that simulates the behavior of a console. I think we all agree on that. PC + MAME = Arcade game emulator. I also won't argue the multicart stores billions of games. But "emulator" can and does apply to many more things than just the above. There's In Circuit Emulation. There's replacement CPLD/FPGA for custom chips. The C64 has a glue chip that goes bad, IIRC. And a software configured FPGA is available as a replacement. Everdrives and flashcarts are ROM emulators. They simulate/replace the standard masked ROM. They use a chip a hundred billion times more complex to recreate and simulate the function of proper original roms. In that way they are emulating a cartridge.

Wouldn't improved manufacturing processes enable a wholly software based machine to be more power efficient? Certainly an ENIAC or COLOSSUS emulator running on a 20 watt intel chip is going to win. While that example wins, perhaps more recent systems like even a VCS or Atari 800 take more power in emulated form.. Don't know where the exact balance tips from more efficient to less efficient.

Maybe a short/fast format is best, because of the way FAT directory organization works. Dunno don't have one of these units yet.

Atari + Sears (no dupes) = 172 And if you count 3rd party, variations, rebrands, homebrews, hacks, tests, evaluations, nda release candidates, and other unobtainables, it comes out to just over 15,119

Ever drive is an emulator. An emulator for a rom chip. That's the extent. Does it make the whole console an emulator? Are you playing via emulation? Nope. Does it have the potential to introduce errors? Yes - but I would think it's simple enough that all the bugs and problems have been worked out and that it presents the information to the cartridge slot with exact timings.

Everyone knows I'm into the Apple II series. Those are life keepers. But I keep hemming and hawing and going back & forth about purging all my Apple /// stuff. It's about a tenth the amount of my II stuff and therefore only fills a closet at best. But every time I reference the Apple-In-Depth catalogs from 1980 it makes me feel like my II stuff wouldn't be complete without the /// baggage. In the past I've deduped and curbsided some /// stuff. But I still got plenty of it, still.. ..and round and round we go. One of those OCD retard things I guess.

I don't believe it's about what gets connected. But what goes through the connections - there is no doubt they want to control it and monetize it.

It's both. Things are moving more and more toward digital. So no need for analog inputs. And it saves cost by eliminating analog circuitry and connectors. Believe it or not connectors are expensive. Sometimes even more than the A/D chips. Another thing, black friday specials usually feature the cheapest material marked down even more. The purpose being to move inventory, and put a feel-good sense in you so that you may shop more at the store you're currently visiting. The continuing disappearance of old-school connectors is cost cutting and elimination of inferior standards.

Love these kinds of repackagings and projects. So much of an improvement over the original hardware.

My youtube connection is lagging..

Then, by the book, Everdrive is emulation, no two ways about it. Part of the system is being emulated/simulated/recreated/replaced whatever.

This artificial scarcity will pass. Hopefully it passes quickly, and all of a sudden scalpers are left holding the bag. All their time and effort, and the most they can get is $60.

Eh.. SaveStates are simply a development in gaming. But not a new one. And they allow many conveniences. They're only a cheat if you consider them such. Most importantly they eliminate tedious time-wasting grinding and allow a lengthy game to be broken into several sessions.

Well, yeh, you can only do it as long as the terrain allows for such antics.