Flamin' 'eck, that does sound good.

My brother bought a 'basic' EZ Flash Omega at the start of lockdown which I sorted out for him to use with my GBA and it's been flawless for him since - didn't realise there was a more advanced version available.

I'd started to play through a few oldies using Retroarch on my PS Vita but have to admit there's something nice about using the proper hardware for it.

I presume these gizmos would work with the GBA Player on Gamecube?

davyK wrote:

I presume these gizmos would work with the GBA Player on Gamecube?

I've noticed they dont seem to work with the Retron 5 which is a shame

I've just invested in one for the Atari Jaguar which now makes the whole library that much more accessible. Of course there's loads of chaff but Raiden, Tempest, Doom, Super Burnout and NBA Jam are really playable still.

davyK wrote:

Nice. Always fancied a Jag for original Tempest 2K. I have the Saturn port and the PS1 Tempest game but I've heard they just aren't as good. Heard the Raiden port is nice too but I have Raiden Project for J-PS1 now so one reason less to own one.

"I have this game and these ports of it. I'd like to buy another machine to get another port. But this other game, I already have a copy of it, so I don't need ports of it."

Retro gamer logic at it's finest.

EvilRedEye wrote:

The cost of 256GB Micro SD cards annoys me. I may as well get one for my Mega SD and use the 64GB card that's currently in that in the GBA flash cart. I've been meaning to get one the entire time I've had the Mega SD to be honest, but I only really want to pay £25 max for a reputable one and they always seem upwards of £30. Petty I know, but I thought they'd eventually lower in price a bit and it's never happened.

I went out drinking last night and when I got home I was like "Given I'm drunk I'm gonna take advantage of my reduced inhibitions to just buy the micro SD card I want without grousing about the price". So after years I finally fucking ordered one!

retroking1981 wrote:

So I got my Super NT, its pretty spectacular and is just as good as all the YouTube videos say.

If its anything to go by I'd say anything else from Analogue is the real deal, quality stuff.

In other news I just preordered an N64Digital from 8Bit mods for £180. That's only for the chip itself, still need to pick up a second NTSC console and send it off to be soldered by a professional.

Confident I can sell my current RGB modded console and Super 64 HDMI adapter for a decent enough price to offset the cost enough to make the net outgoings reasonable.

So I got the N64 back modded up with the N64Digital.




It's bloody glorious.

There's a wealth of options which can be access by pressing L, R, >C and right on the D-Pad.

You can even reset the system by pressing Z, A, B and Start which is brilliant, especially seeing as I have an Everdrive 64 X7.

The picture quality is pretty outstanding, much better than any other solution I've used for modern TVs.

I'd definitely recommend it, but it is only for real N64 enthusiast. The mod was £179.99 and installation was £92, so it's not cheap.

Really happy with it.

Oh my. 

I'll still always want most of my physical J-N64 collection but this thing is simply wonderful.

Had a go of Drill Dozer with the EZ-Flash Omega DE. I've never tried the original cart but the rumble seems decent, must be at least comparable to the original. Gotta get my money's worth out of these extra features, lulz.

Well I never etc.


https://gbatemp.net/threads/saturn-emulation-using-cotton-guardian-force-testing-and-debug.600756/

It seems the Cotton shmup pack for Switch uses a Saturn emulator. In theory you can drop other Saturn ROMs into it and they will run.  Someone got Saturn Bomberman running.

Turns out I didn't get the gist, didn't spot any mention of Switch. Amazing.

Isn't the emulation on the Cotton shmup pack a lag filled mess?

It's interesting the emulator works for other games but I would be surprised if they run well.

retroking1981 wrote:

Isn't the emulation on the Cotton shmup pack a lag filled mess? It's interesting the emulator works for other games but I would be surprised if they run well.

Yeah - the Cotton games are poorly done. Sounds pretty lazy - slapping the ROMs into a ported emulator. Explains a lot.

Seems so. It's a real pity because the Cotton games cost a packet on Saturn.