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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Retro Gamer
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| zeitfest Guru  Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 562 |
These are on sale here [Coles special] at $25...that less than the cost of the same size LCD screen. Retro Gamer The blurb says 2.8 inch screen, 256 games, TV screen use. Looks very similar .. |
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| al18 Senior Member  Joined: 06/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 226 |
These gaming devices have been available for 5-8 years, and typically contain unlicensed clones of NES games. No licensed Nintendo game is on the device. |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7735 |
Yo Ho Ho and a bucket of pixels! Some of these cheap Chinese game machines are actually stripped down linux boxes, I think. running one or more emulators (that may or may not be open source) and loads of blatantly pirated games. They are generally pretty dire and not all the supplied games will actually run! Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4281 |
You get a better quality of buccaneers for not much more with the R36S and that (at least in theory) will run MMB4L too. https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?TID=17843 Best wishes, Tom MMBasic for Linux, Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7735 |
You pay more than £5.50 for yours, Long John? Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4281 |
F'nuff, I didn't look at the AU$. It's highly unlikely the device linked by the OP is a stripped down Linux box though, it is almost certainly an older "NES on a chip" design. Best wishes, Tom MMBasic for Linux, Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7735 |
I just looked on AE for one that looked the same. I didn't convert the price or look any deeper. Yep, NES on a chip is likely. The multi-emulator types seem to be more likely to be linux-based. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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