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Sluggotg The decision to use a Composite only out put was very poor. It automatically limits the market to people who still own displays that accept composite input. Yes, you can use an up scaler but that will introduce lag, (unless you use something like a high end Retrotink scaler). I am a huge Retro Gaming fan but I really don't see why I would want one. We have lots of options for retro 8 bit platforms that play the original games, giving us thousands of titles to enjoy. Then there is Evercade, they have put out a vast number of cartridges for their console. These are filled with some very nice games from many platforms. I wish them luck, but I doubt it will make money. Reply
bit_user Sluggotg said: The decision to use a Composite only out put was very poor. Yeah, but probably tied to the hardware complexity of a proper HDMI integration. Sluggotg said: I am a huge Retro Gaming fan but I really don't see why I would want one. Yeah, some weird decisions in this one. It's almost dogmatically retro. Reply
skane2600 Some microcontrollers predate the 6502 so it's not as if using one of them instead would be less retro (not that using a microcontroller is necessarily a better solution). Since the 6502 can only address 64K of memory, I guess there's significant bank switching involved. It's kind of a mismatch of legacy here. Why create a new system with retro goals and then provide memory resources that are modern? BTW, single chip solutions that can convert composite to HDMI can cost as little as $10, so as others have noted, composite only was an odd choice. An open source gaming system is interesting but not one that is artificially limited. Reply
Supermath101 skane2600 said: An open source gaming system is interesting but not one that is artificially limited. The Adafruit Fruit Jam is a good example of that. With that said, other than the Fruit Jam OS ecosystem, the majority of its use-cases can be emulated on any single-board computer that has GPIO pins. Reply
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