nathanallan Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I'd like to say "I can't wait!" but I have to. Other projects are happening-- not to mention school and work-- so I can't concentrate on this unfortunately. When I started out, I was al gung-ho about it. But the barriers have been tremendous to developing this thing. I'll be there to buy whatever hardware gets made, and I'll even still pick up cards/games for people when I find them. But I can't afford to hold my breath for new development. I remember a few months ago, talking to the guy from SunPlus about making a new console using the new chip they were trying to sell me. If I had already been in the console business, I may have taken him up on it. I'll be excited when new HS hardware comes out, though! Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 these things are still going for $40 at my Wal-mart, what the hell. I wouldn't mind picking up a couple of these. one to keep sealed and one to mess with. Toys R Us sells them for $20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 these things are still going for $40 at my Wal-mart, what the hell. I wouldn't mind picking up a couple of these. one to keep sealed and one to mess with. Toys R Us sells them for $20 and tuesday morning sells them for $9.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_c Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 the Wal-Mart down the road in Amish country has 7 Hyperscans in the clearance aisle, and they're still $40. the boxes are dusty...and will collect more dust at the price they are at now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I returned the Hyperscan to Tuesday morning. I might wait for the controllers to be on clearance. I exchanged it for a Videonow color. I can give that to my dad with vids of his grand children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) well I was going stir crazy in the motel room so I wandered off and picked up a tuesday morning hyperscan, extra controller, and some software/boosters. Ended up about $20 my god it's bad. A shame, since the system itself seems to get a good bit right. Homebrew seems to still be a long way off, and I think homebrew will still have the 'cdrom speed' problem. Great joystick, though. that my opinion is that everybody "doing" hyperscan homebrew seems to have no homebrew or even programming experience, and is simply begging the manufacturer for information on how to do it. great. and why do I think this will be one of those systems in my collection where "rare doesn't mean valuable" Edited September 2, 2008 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 my god it's bad. A shame, since the system itself seems to get a good bit right. Homebrew seems to still be a long way off, and I think homebrew will still have the 'cdrom speed' problem. Great joystick, though. that my opinion is that everybody "doing" hyperscan homebrew seems to have no homebrew or even programming experience, and is simply begging the manufacturer for information on how to do it. great. Someone has already wrote an assembler/disassembler for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Someone has already wrote an assembler/disassembler for it. Yeah, right. Like 99.9% of the hardware released these days, the Hyperscan uses an off-the-shelf processor. Assemblers already exist for it. Even if they didn't use a pre-existing assembler, creating assemblers/disassemblers from a data sheet is easy. Call us when a) GCC can target the Hyperscan AND b) there's a set of APIs to manage the hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Someone has already wrote an assembler/disassembler for it. Yeah, right. Like 99.9% of the hardware released these days, the Hyperscan uses an off-the-shelf processor. Assemblers already exist for it. Even if they didn't use a pre-existing assembler, creating assemblers/disassemblers from a data sheet is easy. Call us when a) GCC can target the Hyperscan AND b) there's a set of APIs to manage the hardware. Nobody has a datasheet for the processor. Opcodes were figured out by reverse engineering. We do not know if it works right (the author [not me] does not own a hyperscan and 'figured them out' by looking at source code and compairing it with the output code). I have my doubts about this assembler/hyperscan homebrew too, but I am giving it a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I returned the Hyperscan to Tuesday morning. I might wait for the controllers to be on clearance. I exchanged it for a Videonow color. I can give that to my dad with vids of his grand children. Since when can you make your own VideoNow discs? And How? and Why am I always the last one to learn stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Here you go: video now forum and links Have to keep an eye out for this stuff. It's easy to not find neat stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I bought one on eBay. I figured the system only had five games. Might as well get them now before they turn into Virtual Boy prices. Spiderman for it is ALREADY going for $40 by itself on eBay! I'll do a FULL review, the Blaze way, when it arrives. I bought the unit, and two games: IWL and Marvel Heroes. So, I'll be able to review more than one game. The only ones I'm missing is Ben 10 and Spiderman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) If you want cards, there are a bunch for sale on the chuckwagon. I also just put up a comparing the PS2 controller to the HS controller. The only better multi-button pad I really like is the Genesis six-button. Can't wait for your review! Nathan Edited December 30, 2008 by nathanallan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_c Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 i grabbed one of the controllers with visions of making it work on the Colecovision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't see any reason that it couldn't work on anything you wanted it to, granted the pinout becomes known. afaik it's a digital output. I don't even know which pin has power going in, though. Lots of work still to be done with the HS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_c Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 i probably would gut the controller and rewire it. i took it apart and that's about as far as i got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 If anyone's interested in acquiring one of these things, there's a small chain of stores around Maine called Mardens that bought up a bunch of these, the two player packs with extra X-men cards and an extra controller, and it's now going for $7.49 new. I'd buy one and ship for a fellow AA'er...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I bought one on eBay. I figured the system only had five games. Might as well get them now before they turn into Virtual Boy prices. Spiderman for it is ALREADY going for $40 by itself on eBay! I'll do a FULL review, the Blaze way, when it arrives. I bought the unit, and two games: IWL and Marvel Heroes. So, I'll be able to review more than one game. The only ones I'm missing is Ben 10 and Spiderman. What site do you review for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 PM sent for a cheap console. I'd like to hear your take on it, too, Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 If anyone's interested in acquiring one of these things, there's a small chain of stores around Maine called Mardens that bought up a bunch of these, the two player packs with extra X-men cards and an extra controller, and it's now going for $7.49 new. I'd buy one and ship for a fellow AA'er...... Thats a great deal, probably would have taken you up on your offer If I hadn't bought a bunch of the single player ones from tuesday morning a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 saw a couple in the clearance aisle of the local WalMart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 saw a couple in the clearance aisle of the local WalMart Really? I would have never thought they would still have them after 3 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I bought one on eBay. I figured the system only had five games. Might as well get them now before they turn into Virtual Boy prices. Spiderman for it is ALREADY going for $40 by itself on eBay! I'll do a FULL review, the Blaze way, when it arrives. I bought the unit, and two games: IWL and Marvel Heroes. So, I'll be able to review more than one game. The only ones I'm missing is Ben 10 and Spiderman. What site do you review for? Go ahead and laugh, but I do have a blog on MySpace. My Blog I haven't updated it in ages, but after playing this POS, I might just do another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 What am I doing wrong? When I click your link it takes me to MY blog?? Better link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 ppcasm over on the linux forums got code running on the HS! read his post here: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/other-dis...html#post658283 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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