Topic: SNES Mini

This is what I used, just periodically check it when you get the chance and act quickly. I also used this site to get the Switch, as well.
https://www.stockinformer.com/checker-super-nintendo-entertai...

REJOICE!

Just six more hours to go, then off home from work I go!

Received mine today. Played it for 5 hours after work.

Mine just shipped, so I actually own it now. Should be getting it around Monday.

...I just thought of something...anyone wished that Nintendo made Super GameBoy Player possible on here? Ah well, would've been awesome if we could play Gold/Silver on the TV again.

That would require emulating both a Game Boy and a SNES at the same time. (although fan emulators might allow Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy functionality simultaneously, that is not a combination that existed in actual hardware and I can only imagine should be buggy if a game was designed to support both of the two separately)

But even on 3DS VC, Nintendo didn't even go the fan emulator route of supporting just the SGB palette and border functions. They just didn't support it at all (for most games it wasn't a huge loss but Donkey Kong '94 was designed to showcase the SGB).

Ah well, would've been cool...even if it was an expansion you could download for the Classic/Mini or something, I would've bought it. TwT

.....I liked my idea more. TwT
Anyways I did record gameplay of Yoshi's Island, it's almost done uploading. Took me a while, though...Ended up trying out new editing software and actually liked it for once, so...funnier edits from me. (I wanted to do a silly intro for this one. xD)

SNES Mini sells more than Switch in Week One - Famitsu

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/snes-mini-sells-more-than-swit...

via: https://www.famitsu.com/news/201710/11143794.html

For people in the US. My local gamestop got a shipment in today, sounds like more stores we're getting some too.

Got my NA SNES Classic hacked, with 100 of the best games ever.

Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War (recent Project Naga translation), Fire Emblem Thracia 776, Dragon Quest 1 & 2, 3, 5 and 6 all in English, Bahamut Lagoon in English, Shin Megami Tensei 1 and 2 in English, Chrono Trigger and the BS Satellaview exclusive Chrono Trigger sequel Radical Dreamers, Donkey Kong Country 1, 2 and 3, Final Fantasy 4, 5 and 6, and countless others. All of them have official looking SNES box art that looks identical to that of included games. It was hell finding box art for the English translated games, some I had to find the full box art and rotate it sideways then crop the front off.

Then got the 8bitdo wireless SNES controller with NES Classic wireless receiver (which has been updated to work with SNES Classic). Feels identical to the stock controllers.

And, got my EU SNES yesterday. Have one of each region sealed for posterity.

I dont know if ill add games to my SNES. Doesnt seem something Id do successfully and Im a game developer so my stance in that is....well guess.

Edit: Looked it up, it mentions kernel modifications and at that point we go past the "ROMs are okay as back ups maybe" grey area and into straight OS modification, so Im out.

Well, I don't plan to hack the SNES mini, but I did hack the NES mini (to replace one game with another one I actually like, and own physically Castlevania 2 with Yoshi)...

It literally took like three clicks. What the program does is, it first gives you a copy of your original kernel (in case you want to revert the hack) and then replaces it with the modified one.

I guess if I were to hack this one, I would follow the same guidelines... But to be honest, I don't really see a need to do it.

I'm just using the hack to do custom borders, I already did replace FFIII (not a FF fan, get over it, lol) with Chrono Trigger. I mean yeah setting everything up is a bit tricky (had a tough time due to tutorials not being 100% precise. >_>) but after all that it's pretty easy. I'm not gonna go overboard with the games, though...just a few swaps/additions here and there.

But yeah, I just want mah anime borders. xD

EDIT: Also, I guess we're okay talking about this, then? Ant/Lz (I forget) did say it was fine with the NES before the SNES version even came out. lol

I guess, yeah, as long as people aren't giving any links to anything.

@Meowpheel Thing is, its that dumping of the kernel I'm not down with.

See, ROMs are already a grey area, and given I don't own any physical SNES games I wouldn't feel good about that, especially from my stance within the industry.

But one thing I will not do, is dump a custom OS kernel to my PC, that's a huge no-no in my book. That will be proprietary software, no matter how you spin, saved to my PC without consent, and as someone who values their job in this industry, this is far down my bucket list, maybe for when I retire in 60 years.

Well technically, no. Dumping a custom OS to your computer is nothing sketchy. It gets a bit "gray" with gaming consoles, but...

This system already uses linux, which is an open source operative system. It already runs one of those "custom OS" people dump into their computers.

It being Linux means Nintendo's classics modified os is also open source. Like really, you can go to Nintendo's site and download the source code yourself.

If anything, the most clear black and white illegal thing here is adding downloaded roms to the system.

@Meowpheel Unfortunately when you work with game development its a little less "Clear" than "Oh its an open source OS anyway so why does it matter".

Just because the Xbox One OS is Windows 10 means you can dump it on your PC. Just because the PS4 and Switch OS are ALSO Linux forks doesn't mean you can dump those.

Well, windows is not an open source os as far as I know. If but the PS4 and switch are, then technically they should make the source code available to the public. Do keep in mind that that does not condone piracy in any way.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, you're drowning in the wrong cup.

@Meowpheel I'm not drowning in the wrong cup, I like my job and all potential future jobs thanks

FreeBSD is a fork of Linux. FreeBSD is what powers both PS3/PS4 and Switch. It's free and it's open source. So go ahead. Dump those OS files too.

Difference is, due to the license, which is BSD, people are allowed to modify the code base or base FreeBSD ONLY, and sadly, Switch and PS4, use only the code base, as a starting point, hence how they are vastly different. The thing is, it is based on FreeBSD, but doesn't use it enough.

This is the key difference. They based the OS on Linux, but have turned it into their own thing, hence the TOS mentioning you cant reverse engineer any of it.