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Re: retroUSB's HDMI NES, the AVS, is Heading for a Summer Release

Gio32k

The best thing about this is that it uses FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array). Which can accurately recreate the original hardware right down to its bare metal. You see, the beauty of FPGA is its ability to act like the hardware that was "programmed " into it. But, FPGA tends to be far more expensive than SoC. I wished more Famiclone manufacturers would invest in FPGA..You can read more about FPGA here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array

Retro USB has definitely raised the bar on NES clones.

Re: Talking Point: The Argument For And Against Retro Flash Carts

Gio32k

I'm a recent owner of the Commodore 64 and Commodore Vic 20. Find actual floppy disks for those computers are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Since floppy disks are magnetic, they usually crap out after a certain amount of uses. The ones that do survive, especially the really good ones. Can go for hundreds of dollars and you have no idea how much longer they will last. Thankfully there are emulators and devices out there which allow you to play software that otherwise would have been lost to time. Without such things existing, I would have never gotten into retro computers and I would have never been able to fully experience what made those computers wonderful.

Re: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is Truly a Multi-Platform Game

Gio32k

Just because it has a story written by two toy story writers from the orignal toy story movie, doesn't make it an automatic win. Just look at the Ghost Busters game for the 360 and PS3. That game had the original writers for it, yet it didn't preform well in sells or ratings.