NUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Ma perchè postate ste notizie, maledetti!!! Io ho un mutuo sulle spalle!!!
E soprattutto ho un mega drive rotto in cantina e tante belle cartucce... Mi sa tanto che la cazzata la faccio, soprattutto perchè, ho appena letto su Play.com che è anche region free.
Edit: rimane dov'è, le recensioni su Play.com, soprattutto una, sono davvero poco lusinghiere...
First impressions were great. A brand new and very cute little Mega Drive that not only has a bunch of built-in games, but also accepts old Mega Drive cartridges. It comes with two six button control pads, it's region-free, and it even has a little PAL - NTSC switch on the back to play imported games at the correct speed. One would think the only minor niggle would be the composite output (which itself is better than the RF most of us had to make do with back when the Mega Drive was king). In any case, it's a decent enough image for these games (too clear and you'd see all the massive pixels), and definitely an improvement over RF, if that's what you used to use. Of note is that stereo sound is not possible on this unit. It only outputs a single channel down the white (left) audio cable.
So far, so good, then. As soon as you get it home and open it, you realize it's all a bit 'too good to be true'. This product has that awfully cheap, plastic-y feel of extremely shoddily-manufactured rubbish from some random factory in China. The console is lighter than my wallet. Feels hollow. Just by changing the orientation of the control pad, the buttons clatter about unbelievably. The pads are also quite tiny. Not the size of the genuine articles. They're about the size of your average mobile phone, give or take. Like scale models of the original pads.
Now, these are all significant downsides, but we haven't even gone into playing it. Upon turning it on, I realized that what we have here is NOT a Mega Drive, but in fact an emulator in disguise. This would be OK if we were running our emulator on a modern PC, but we're not. I tried putting a couple of old carts in it. Sonic seemed to work fine, and Micro Machines *played* fine, but the sound was glitching all over the place.
As mentioned by others, the built-in games play at the wrong speed. I think this is because the built-in games are the NTSC versions, but they will only output in PAL (for some reason, the switch on the back of the unit does nothing), causing the games to run 17% slower than they should. Since a lot of games weren't optimized for PAL, our versions were 17% slower anyway. But a lot of the big blockbuster games (Sonic 2 onwards, Earthworm Jim, etc) were optimized for PAL. It's cool that Sonic & Knuckles is built-in, but it's strange playing it in what almost seems like slow-motion.
Anyway, all these problems would ultimately be forgiveable if it wasn't built to such a low standard. A mate of mine has one of the original Mega Drive units (the big one). It is some 19 years old, and works now as it did when he bought it. This? It broke on me after three days. I can forgive crap controllers when the unit is compatible with the original peripherals. I can forgive the hit and miss emulation, so long as the majority of games run without any huge issues.
What I can't forgive is such terrible workmanship. I know it's gotten all positive reviews so far, but I get the impression that people just open it up, scream with joy, and proceed to post a beaming review of it because they're so delighted, without spending some real time with it to get to know the pros and cons. I've had McDonalds Happy Meal toys that are sturdier than this piece of garbage. My advice is to just get a real Mega Drive. They're built to last, and one will set you back around a tenner or so. Incidentally, I think Play should have a retro section, or at least allow Play Traders to sell retro stuff. In any case - avoid this, however alluring it may be.
Ultima modifica di Strider; 22-10-09 alle 09:56:39
E be, io mi sono acapparato su ebay una copia di Street of rage 3 ma non ho i soldi con cui pagarla!
ieri mi è arrivato l'ultimo numero di Retrogamer e c'è un bello speciale dedicato al Nomad.
Ragazzi fatevi il regalo di natale con un abbonamento a Retrogamer, consigliato da Dan e da me
Rivisita inglese? dove ci si abbona?
2 dvd per 50 riviste?
Ultima modifica di Lo Zio; 22-10-09 alle 12:51:07 Motivo: Andro: PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Bene bene. Sono molto interessato a materiale su console Sega!
andro, ricordati di segnare che sei stato tu a editare il messaggio
L'abbonamento a Retrogamer prima o poi lo farò, ho entrambi i dvd con le riviste in formato elettronico, ma le sconsiglio caldamente, tutte le immagini sono in bassissima risoluzione...
eh al primo giro non era comparso
ah, va da se che non devi mai più modificare il senso del messaggio, o ti spezzo le gambine
Qui Retrogamer lo vendono a 7.43 (EDGE a 6.70) ed e' un gran bel leggere. Lo specialissimo sul Nomad mi ha fatto venire una gran voglia di provare una console che non ho mai visto se non di striscio.
Abbonandosi a 13 numeri il costo per copia di RG è circa 6 euro...
13 numeri sono 70 sterline spedizione compresa.
Ma che è 'sto retrogamer? Ho trovato una copia incellophanata nel negozio dove si compra/vende roba usata... parlava dell'amiga... lo compro?
è roba per vecchiardi malinconici
in regalo la copertina di flanella, per sfogliare la rivista stando al calduccio
è l'lunica rivista di videogiochi che va comprata.
il resto è puramente accessorio ed ininfluente.
Effettivamente l'erezione iniziale per avere Edge a portata di mano a 6.70 euro si e' eclissata quando ho preso il mio primo numero di RG. Ora quando compro RG, che esce settimane dopo Edge, la finisco avidamente per prima. E poi quando leggo Edge mi trovo troppo spesso a pensare:
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atso, guarda quanto sono bravo con l'Inglese che capisco 'sta roba
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mentre quando leggo le news del 1987 godo e bon.