GCW Zero: Homebrew handheld galore $135 (play SNES, NES, Genesis, GBA on the go)
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I'm not trying to be an a$$hole I'm just saying. Assuming you have the options, turn off frameskipping, show FPS, play Megaman X2 or StarFox or Donkey Kong Country 2 and see if it runs 60fps. My guess is it won't. SNES emulation requires a lot more than people think to get to 100% accuracy. That said, most people won't notice frameskipping or frame drops. Also, I don't know if the GCW Zero is better or worse than Snes 8x on Surface (but it is better than the Android emus because Android causes sound lag). The reason someone might want this is because it has physical controls already on this. I have an ipad and an iphone and a psp and I can JB/hack those and play emus on them but the first two dont have physical controls and the GCW Zero is much better at SNES and GBA emulation. Besides, $135 is really cheap for me considering 16GB of storage.
SMW is basically bare minimum so it doesn't prove very much. Try the tests I mentioned.
I'd like a second analog too. Most of the games the machine is built for probably don't need it but it feels like it's missing.I am thinking about it
I wish it had a second analog nub
shyt, i know rightLOL @ a $135 kickstarter project kicking the Vita's ass with storage options. Sony
If you back it, you should get one by March. Yes HDMI out.
100 would be great no doubt. If you don't know what you're getting yourself into, I can see how you would be disappointed by this and it would end up at a flea market. If you're a big retro head like I am, you'll prob get some good hours out of this.
its not going to meet is funding goal
Which is why it's posted here now, come on Coli $50,000k should only be a small portion of our paychecks
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What are you even talking about. The OG Starfox and Megaman x2 don't even run at 60 fps on the OG SNES, so why would you expect the emulated version to? Furthermore Starfox ran with a special FX chip so emulation of that particular game has always been difficult that and Super Mario Kart. I would be highly doubtful if this new handheld system could run either flawlessly either.
Check out this more detailed review of retro gaming on Surface RT.
I'll try those other games you wanted to try out when I get a chance, and upload the videos when I get a chance.
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A couple things:
1 - I'm not saying the Surface isn't suitable for some retro gaming. Tons of devices can be. I was pointing out your flaw in saying "flawlessly". That's just straight up not true as you just agreed to. The point is, your emu won't run SNES games at the native framerate without frameskipping. Also there are sound issues. And compatibility issues. These are the things I said verbatim. That's not to say it's not worth playing - just that the word "flawlessly" was misused in your post.
2 - I never said this handheld can run them flawlessly. You used the word flawless. That said, we can try running games on yours and games on mine (when I get mine) and compare compatibility.
3 - The Surface or any other tablet or phone does not have everything GCW Zero has and then some. There are people out there, for whom, they may want a GCW Zero for their retro gaming purposes even though they have a tablet or phone. One of the reasons for that might be onboard physical controls and the fact that you can fit it in your pocket.
4 - One interesting thing of note is that the state of GCW Zero emulators before it's even released is better than a lot of other handheld emu's including PSP.
As an aside, what other emus does Surface RT have as of now? GBA? Genesis? Amiga? MAME? CPS2? If it has an emu that'll play the arcade version of DoDonPachi, I'd be impressed.
That's quite possible but it's actually trending towards meeting it:
GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld by Justin Barwick :: Kicktraq
I think it will just make it. I am putting my money down on Friday
I think it will just make it. I am putting my money down on Friday
Sick! Someone did a comparison on performance of games on this vs a modded Xbox and they're extremely comparable. Gcw0 performed better in almost all tests. I used to love my modded Xbox... A portable version of that would be sick. Now they need to get to work on their psx and n64 emus.
And yeah they're up to 100k now. I don't think they'll have a problem hitting their last 30. They just got a post on yahoo about them and apparently doing some interview on MTV Germany later this week. Big business
*Plays all SNES games perfectly on 3DS*
Oh word? Put me on game. You talking about virtual console? Some hack?
In any case, what about Genesis, Sega CD, Arcade games, Turbo Grafx and eventually PSX and N64?
You gotta buy an R4 card, It goes in the cartridge slot and has its own processor chip built in. You put the SD card into it and if you have Roms on there you can use SNES9X etc, Game Gear, Genesis etc. IDK if they have any 32-bit era emulation possible on 3DS.
