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I have the Gameshark 3.3 you don't need to worry about attaching the GS to your pc because the only reason you would do that is to hack out codes for games and there are TONS of codes of online. You might be able to find one at a pawn shop, but you can buy Gsharks on Ebay for less than 10 dollars shipped brand new. I don't think the memory expansion has any bearing on the functionality of the Gameshark, but it will allow you to play many games on N64 in higher resolution.

The Gen-X, AFAIK, has the old-revision NOAC that is incompatible with Castlevania III, alters colors and distorts sound. For a NES, it's not your best option, but for a Genesis, it's an entirely different story. Sure, the audio has some issues(mostly volume-related, some sound channels are too silent or too loud), but the compatibility is on par with original Sega hardware(even works with Virtua Racing, which the Genesis 3 can't even load), save for the Sega CD(non-existent expansion port) and Sega 32X(nowhere to plug in the crossover cable). Actually, come to think of it, it IS and original Genesis in there, with a chip labeled TecToy, who manufactures the Brazilian Genesis. I freaked when I saw that. The post was over at BenHeck's forums, but has been lost, so I'll link you to its Hyperkin version, the SG/FC Dual Action(more inaccurate than either the Gen-X or GN Twin, though, but identical to the Gen-X hardware-wise): http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=23432. Or, there's also the GN Twin by Yobo, which is a similar system, but seems to have more accurate Genesis audio. It also doesn't look like a Genesis 3(it's an entirely new case design that I find looks pretty bizzare, but nice) and still has a TecToy chip doing the work on the Genesis side. You can also play MegaDrive games from Japan on all the Genesis/NES 2-in-1s as they all come with an integrated region switch. Take a look here for more info on the GN Twin: http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=23166 thank you very much for all the info I appreciate it. After reading all the reviews I think I would be better off taking off my chances with the real thing than going with a NES/Genesis clone.

I finally made it past the merman level. Which is the best Castlevania for the NES?

I already have a real SNES (well SNES 2 actually) but I am thinking of getting into the NES and it seems like a such a pain to get a console since they are so unreliable. Does anyone know if the GEN X console which plays NES/Genesis carts is similar to the Retroduo (at least the NES side of things)? I say this because they came out at the same time and since I don't own a NES or Genesis it seems like a better bet for me.

I love collecting games specifically carts, but more than just collecting I enjoying playing them which is my main drive to own older systems and games. I habve my SNES and N64 set up for gaming as well as my laptop for playing games from the ps2.gamecube era and a an intel iMac for playing modern games (like for examople Tomb raider anniv) I use my laptop to emulate SNES, NES , Atari 800 and other platforms as well. But I have a Heavy sixer and over 100 carts many are great handpicked bid on games which are fun, but it's not fun to plug my sixer into the rf slot and get a crappy picture, the flshback 2 (which I also have ) is perfect in every way except many of the games in my collection are not included in it's built in game selection and I don't want to freankenstein it to get carts to work (I am afriad I will muck something up) so should I just sell of the 2600 carts and go all emulator? Should I try to modify my hvy 6r or my fb2 to get reasonably modern output? what would you do? -Kev

it's the damn weird placed grapling hooks that keep throwing me off!!! I've been stuck on this level for weeks and I can zoom thru the other levels with no trouble.

speaking of games I remember I had a Zelda-esq game on it and some other games that were good a Phoenix/Demon attack style game and a pac man clone+ a couple tetris clones... that is about it for fun games as far as I can remember and they weren't even up to Gameboy quality. The built in applications tended to be the most useful.

you found the fish men level easy?

I had one, they ran some DOS programs but of course we are dealing with a very small amount of memory (and some of it is used for storage) so not much that wasn't programmed specifically for the Portfolio ran on it. I believe there was a floppy drive and I know there was a rs-232 interface and also a terminal card you could buy so you could call bbs's with it... not sure how fast of a modem you could use with a Portfolio or if there are any dial up bbs's left anymore though.

I'm thinking of getting a NES console, but perhaps the retroduo would be a better bet. Willi t play Castlevania III for the NES?

Nope. Did you get past the fish man level? Also does that retro console play Castlevania IV perfect? I thought I read the NOAC consoles dont play Konami games well (I see you have Contra too which is prob my second favorite SNES game!).

This game for the SNES rules... but I have two questions for anyone that has played it. 1. Did anyone else think the the level with the jumping spitting man-fish things is really hard? 2. Where there any sequels fo the SNES or otherwise that are like this game? I played Castlevania on the DS and it is nothing like this game (IMO not as good) thanxx!!!

One good thing about this... Atari will live on and not becomejust a brand name. I wish they would release hardware again, like at least a new Flashback console.

I have an ATI X700 pro (256mb svid vga and dvi output) barely used as I bought it a year or so ago and then bought an iMac 6 months later. I will let it go cheap (BO) since I am trying to get rid of stuff. PM me.

I've never seen the cover but I think that's it. It's super rare. I've never heard of anybody having a copy. It's too bad you don't have the disk. If you could ever get it scanned I know a lot of people would appreciate it. Allan I have this book. I was thinking of selling it, but I would rather sell it to real enthusiasts on this board if anyone is interested PM me.

Wow this looks like it might be cool toy to have... does anyone who has one know if the NES cart has a Zelda game as well as Super Mario? If it does, I would grab this up in a minute.

thanks I will give it a try. WOW what a difference!!! Thanks again.

Atari 400 with 8k... later upgraded with GTIA chip, then 32k then 48k then B-key keyboard. Years later I upgraded to a 130xe and then an Amiga 500, before finally giving in and using PC's and Mac's. I still have the upgraded 400 in storage.

I collect SNES games and I was thinkng it would be cool to play some of these games on my laptop (1.6mhz dual core, 2gb, Vista). I downloaded Zsnes and it looked pretty horrible in the few resolutions I tried also I could not get the sound to work. I am wondering what the best emulator would be? I pretty much want to play Castlevania IV and Contra III for now. Thanks for any help!!!!

K-razy Shootout is a Berzerk knockoff, and Berzerk has been ported to everything. Not sure whether we're counting clones, knockoffs, unlicensed ports or not. Space Dungeon was an arcade game first... I dunno about Zybex. I like K-razy shootout a lot more than Bezerk but you have a point... never the less it is 8bit only as far as I know. Another one is Caverns of Mars (unless you count the flickery unplayable flashback 2 2600 version).

how about K-razy shootout and Space Dungeon? Both were 8bit/5200 only games. Was Zybex an 8bitr only game?

If the Amiga did have an Atari ST emulator, it was probably not very good unless it was hardware based. The best Mac emulator on the Atari ST was hardware based and that is why it was so good. Those old systems were generally all too weak to be a good hardware emulator via software on their own (even when they tried running 8-bit software). Only in the past few years can we finally get some great emulation on our PCs. However, Atari ST owners did not need an Amiga emulator anyway because the system were so similar and most games were available for each system and they were great. As for the Amiga having better games overall, let us not start with our lists of which conversion is better than which (I promise it will never end). Thank you for not going into a rave about Shadow of the Beast LOL. the reason why Mac emulators were hardware based was to accommodate the Mac Roms. I like the ST and the Amiga but if you honestly think the Amiga was not the superior platform for games, then you never used an Amiga. It hardly matters now, and regardless of which one was best, they both had some great games that are still fun to play today.

I had an ST emulator for the Amiga. I was able to play a few games (albeit slowly) on the Amiga. It wasn't a commerical emulator (as far as I know) I downloaded it from a BBS back int he day.

The store I bought my Mac from was selling Atari/spectre systems and i recall the cost savings being dramatic. Also there were people who wanted an Atari but used the mac software because the ST had very limited software when it first came out. Another reason people liked it was because you would of had greater resolution with the mono ST mode rather than the 512h pixels of the mac. (For the record, i bought the mac since i already had apple peripherals from the 8 bit days, was doing heavy DTP, and a mega sale at the store coupled with apple's educational discount cut teh price gap enough for me to pay extra.) David Small is a legend. At one time, Atari ST owners were running Macintosh software faster and at at better resolution than Mac owners (you pointed the latter out already of course)! I do not believe hardware emulation hurt Atari owners because the Mac and PC emulator ran fast and were very good at their time. I remember using PC Ditto and PC Ditto II as well. Honestly though, I think most Atari owners (and people in general) understood the world ran on a PC, the schools ran on Apple and games ran on Atari so it was no big deal to us to buy an emulator for our computer by then. Even the Atari 8 bit had a PC emulator and the Commodore 64 had a Apple II+ emulator. However since we are in a Atari ST vs. Amiga debate (you know I have to make a knock), notice no one ever made an Amiga emulator? We all knew people could live without one (Amiga) LOL. Just kidding! Seriously though, the Atari ST also had a couple of great desktop publishing programs that competed well against the Mac. Calamus and PageStream were very excellent programs. Well I guess you cannot beat an Apple education discount though. I knew a lot of people bought their Apple IIe's because of that program. The good news you can always emulate a ST if you ever want to see what you missed out on! The reason no one ever made an Amiga emulator for the ST is simple. THe ST couldn't emulate an Amiga. The Amiga could and did emulate an ST. The Amiga may of been more advanced and had better games overall but there were plenty of great ST games too.

You are totally wrong. When it comes to games the OS is of little consequence. Most games didn't run through OS anyway. The difference between the Atari ST and the Amiga (I like and used both platforms) is more than just the time a programmer puts into developement (although you are correct that makes a big difference) the Amiga's grfx/sound chipset ran circles around an ST and every Amiga had them even the very first A1000. I think a fair comparison would be A500 vs Atari 520stfm or 1040.