It's not that great

[Anonymous No.8565951]

Shit is overhyped as fuck.

It's not bad, but it has a lot of flaws and imperfections no one acknowledges

Everyone i see just shills the ever living fuck out of it. You can support something and still call out it's bullshit.

Did no one test the goddamn dpad? Was 99% of the budget put into the screen?

[Anonymous No.8565963]

>>8565951
>hello sponsor
>why yes please I will shill your device I receive for free
>more devices later? hype for viewership? yes please!

It's no wonder you can only buy these through scalpers.

[Anonymous No.8565978]

>>8565963
At 200 + shipping i don't recommend it really. And ebay looks to be around $800+ for a sealed pocket. I can't imagine the peoples dissatisfaction when the spend nearly a grand on this...

[Anonymous No.8565998]

>>8565978
Frankly I just don't know what market it's trying to fill.
Either emulate or use original hardware.
And with the plethora of original hardware mods, why pay extra

[Anonymous No.8566010]

>>8565998
Guess it was trying to create its own market. "Premium" look emulation machine.

I can move past most of the flaws, I really can, but goddamn it did no one say "hey do you think the dpad needs more work? We got plenty of time, its 2020 and this thing won't even ship till late 2021, I think we can make improvements."

Shit d pad on a 360 controller where the analog sticks serve as the main if not only source for movement? Ok sure whatever.

Shit dpad on a fucking gameboy that has a total of 4 buttons and no other source for movement input? Unacceptable.

[Anonymous No.8566191]

I like it and hate it. The D-pad is definitely in the Switch Pro category where you gotta concentrate more on Tetris to get the inputs less you fuck up a drop.

Somehow my flashcart saves kept getting fucked up on my EZ Flash IV. I don't know what happens or why or even when. Something to do with the SRAM. I got an Everdrive GB5 and that works fine, though.

Sucks for people who bought white ones. Apparently the screen is prone to just...popping out. Though the A and B on my black one are already kinda scuffed somehow and I don't know how that happened.

The whole thing is uncomfortable to hold for long sessions cause of the weight and lack of grip. The shoulder buttons are garbage. Start, select, and volume need to pop out more.

GBA and GB look amazing while docked but GBC is a little blurry. Lack of filters seems really weird.

Lack of jailbreak blows right now. Apparently it'll come with the next firmware update, but no one knows when it's coming. Some outlets said "January" but that looks unlikely. Playing GB/C ROMs via GBStudio patches is an okay concession, but you have to wait for each game to be patched by one of four dudes.

The Pocket has one amazing thing for every shitty thing. But yea unless you have a huge boner for GB family, just get an emulation device, or hack a 3DS, or get a Razer Kishi.

>>8565978
How can you be dissatisfied with something you don't own yet?

[Anonymous No.8566205]

>>8565951
>It is meh
Like every one of the hand held emulation devices out there. No surprise at all.

[Anonymous No.8566212]

>>8565951
>piece of shit hypemachine shilled endlessly on this board
>turns out to be piece of shit hypemachine
As a rule I don't engage in complaining about shilling, I just ignore it and move on. The push around this particular shitshow is just awful, though, and I feel the need to push back, particularly because /vr/ is one of the better boards and the price on this thing is ridiculous.

You can help by not making threads about it and not bumping the threads that are made.

[Anonymous No.8566232]

>>8565978
I remember saying this on the DF retro review in the jewtube comments only to get assblasted replies like
>NOT UHH SCALPERS CANT LIST THEIR PRODUCT YET!!

[Anonymous No.8566381]

>>8565951
All marketing OP, this device only exists because of how they marketed it to a niche audience. Make a decent product and over price the shit out of it to give the illusion its premium, brainlits think price and quality correlate, produce a limited supply to make a profit and generate artificial demand. Slowly produce more over time to keep demand until sells finally tank and stop production.

Influencers hyped this shit for over a year until it finally came to market the review was just icing on the cake. Though I'm sure they were upset with some of the initial reviews atleast some of them completely shilled the fuck out of the device to create more hype. I wouldn't be surprised if analog is using a proxy seller to make some of these listing on eBay.

[Anonymous No.8566590]

>>8566381
$200 for this is actually super reasonably priced for what you're getting compared to other analogue products.

[Anonymous No.8566807]

>>8565951
Any retard could have seen this letdown coming when they announced the price. My 50 dollar Rg300 can do more than this piece of shit can. Stop listening to the marketing.

[Anonymous No.8566816]

>>8566191
>Somehow my flashcart saves kept getting fucked up on my EZ Flash IV.
Yeah no shit, it's called using an EZ Flash IV.

[Anonymous No.8566825]

>>8566807
It can't read real cartridges, which is the whole point of the pocket.

[Anonymous No.8566839]

>>8566590
Overall its $340 with its adapters to do something an $80 emulation handheld has no trouble doing. Yes $340 isn't a lot of money but in comparison to what a cheaper machine can do it underperforms.

Yes it uses FPGA but that's something 99.9% of people couldn't differentiate from software emulation in blind testing in these systems. The display is nice but for the consoles it plays completely unnecessary.

The kicker to me is it tries so hard to imitate a Gameboy Color but goes direcrly against Gunpei Yokoi philosophy of Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology. I can only imagine what he'd think of devices like this that directly contradict the original idea.

[Anonymous No.8566957]

>>8565951
Welcome to talking about ARM emuboxes. Too many poorfags buy them because of the hype, then spend their time screaming online that they are perfect emu devices and anyone saying anything bad about them are just "hardware purists". Otherwise they would be forced to admit to themselves that they might have made a bad purchase. So no maker of any ARM emubox actually has to deal with legit criticism and fix things since all critics are silenced by the "fans".

[Anonymous No.8567021]

For me, it's a Q5 backlit Game Boy Color with OEM shell and buttons.

[Anonymous No.8567141]

>>8566816
Never had an issue on regular hardware

[Anonymous No.8567264]

reminder that Hardware emulation is still emulation

[Anonymous No.8567269]

I have one. My only real issue with it are the shoulder buttons. They're just not particularly comfortable. Otherwise I think its probably the best way to play gb/gbc games, and an alright way to play gba games

If I could get an SP with the same quality screen then that would be super cool. Outside of that its a lot better than any of these Chinese emu handhelds

[Anonymous No.8567280]

>>8567264
I dont know why people thinks this matters. Whats important is the quality of playing the game, whether its really hardware, software emulation or hardware emulation. I have yet to see a software emulation that handles audio as well as fpga emulation (delay wise)

[Anonymous No.8567305]

>>8567021
Soul

[Anonymous No.8567315]

I like mine and have no real serious issues with it, but it seems like there's a lot of QA issues between models, dpads, etc, and Analogue is slow as fuck with firmware updates in general.

[Anonymous No.8567327]

is using an ips screen mod on an original gameboy emulation or am i still having real fun?

[Anonymous No.8567362]

>>8565951
you were warned

[Anonymous No.8567447]

>>8566839
Yeah I mean, I think it's specifically really for people that have their own carts, everdrives, or funky GB peripherals
You're basically paying for
>100% compatibility
>a really, really good display
>a dock, which is nice for games on the TV but also makes game capture really really simple
>a modern device that should last a long time

So if you're just like,
>I don't give a fuck I JUST WANT TO PLAY GAMES
Then one of the many emulation handhelds is the way to go
And if you just want an accurate handheld to play your old carts or everdrives, >>8567021
is the way to go (beautiful by the way).

But for me its like, I still have my childhood GBC (atomic purple chads wwa), and I don't want to mod a system i've had forever with a backlit screen so for me I fit perfectly in that niche where an analogue pocket is exactly what I want. It's just a shame the D-Pad is an 8/10 and the shoulder buttons are a 6/10 but I can live with that.

[Anonymous No.8567506]

>>8565951
It imitates premium products. You could even say it... emulates the feeling of a premium product.

[Anonymous No.8567612]

I think GBA with an IPS mod and flashcart would be the obvious choice if I only cared about playing GBA games, but is the Pocket a smarter choice assuming I also want to play GB games? Wouldn't the system, screen mod kit, and two flash carts be a similar price to the Pocket?

[Anonymous No.8567684]

>>8566191
I'm assuming you misunderstood me. I own one and was one of the few who pre ordered in the very first 5 minute or order window back in 2020.

I'm saying even scalper prices aside, at 220 + shipping i don't recommend it.

[Anonymous No.8567748]

>>8565951
At the end of the day it’s just an emulation hand held with a nice screen that can play original carts. Anyone falling for marketing is dumb as fuck anyways.

[Anonymous No.8567761]

>>8566839
What a fucking retarded post lmao

[Anonymous No.8567779]

>>8567612
as far as i know, theres no cfw hack yet for the pocket that allows booting roms off the sd card and based on some of the language being used, I'm thinking there probably wont be, or at least not a "first party" hack (i guess they're trying to not get in hot water with Nintendo and Sega or whatever)
i could be totally wrong though

[Anonymous No.8567826]

>>8567748
True, at the very least it should've had a good d pad.
>>8567779
Not him but you can IPS patch gb roms to run in gb studio on the pocket. I've done it myself to a few games and it works. Decent work around until a jailbreak makes its way out

[Anonymous No.8567862]

>>8567779
Kevtris has confirmed there will be one once they finish the 1.1 os update. Half of the os features aren't even turned on yet

[Anonymous No.8567863]

>>8565951
Is it true it doesn't even have save states?

[Anonymous No.8567962]

>>8567863
V1.0A does have save states.

Beyond that information, I have no other specifics. I basically wanted to test it out to see if it was there and working and it is. Analogue button plus up on dpad saves and Analogue button plus down on dpad loads. Don't know how many save states you get or anything beyond how to make and load them.

[Anonymous No.8568091]

>>8565951
The D-Pad is GARBAGE. I am so glad I passed on this.

[Anonymous No.8568109]

Nothing but comments and replies about a device none of you fucks own. Stay fags, fags.

[Anonymous No.8568119]

>>8567863
There is. Doesn't work with flash carts though

[Anonymous No.8568120]

>>8567761
It's hard for shills to understand fact and logic, I suggest getting that GED, that or I apologize it's never right to pick on the disabled. Ether way make sure to take your meds tonight for your own good anon

[Anonymous No.8568129]

I know it's shit and you shouldn't have to, but the dpad issues on the pocket (as well as other 8bitdo controllers and the switch pro dpad) are actually fairly simple to fix. it's actually the first thing I did when I got my pocket. Just have to tape off the inner quarter or so of each contact, which results in less sensitive diagonals. And the pocket is fortunately pretty easy to open

Again it sucks that it's not perfect out of the box but it's a surprisingly easy fix if you have one and want to try

[Anonymous No.8568180]

>>8568129
I've seen this on le reddit (fucking sheep who do nothing but praise the device) but yes as you said there's no reason one should have to open a brand new device to "fix" this.

On this topic tho, have you done it personally? The post that is the most common shows that the Analogue 'seal' sticker doesn't have to be penetrated or punctured, is that true?

[Anonymous No.8568346]

>>8568180
It doesn't matter, void warranty stickers dont mean shit

[Anonymous No.8568448]

>>8568346
Go on...

[Anonymous No.8568538]

>>8566191
>or get a Razer Kishi
I owned Kishi and that shit blows.
Sticks having too much movement for that grip and shoulder buttons having too much pressure distance as well is one thing, but having to rely on the Bluetooth for the audio is way too off the charts. You'd think it would not be such a big deal, but holy fuck it is.
For that much money you might as well just throw more in and get Vita or at least a PSP.

[Anonymous No.8568585]

>>8566839
>Gunpei Yokoi philosophy
Based post

[Anonymous No.8569149]

>>8568109
>Wahh I'm not coping, you're coping!

[Anonymous No.8569183]

>>8568448
In the US anyway, void warranty stickers can't be used to deny warranty. It's just not a thing

[Anonymous No.8569184]

>>8566807
>runs some shit linux emu
>doesn't play real carts
>no glorious fpga
>no satisfaction of the cpu being hooked directly to the cart

Pic related is what chads play on for 40$ from china.

Also speaking of carts I hate these new retro consoles that can play off the cart but literally dump the cart into your devices memory and play it off an emulator instead of reading off the cart properly. Really might as well play your game off a good emulator.

[Anonymous No.8569191]

>>8567447
>I think it's specifically really for people that have their own carts, everdrives, or funky GB peripherals
But why not just use an actual GBC then? Either using one you already have or a buying a new one and modding the screen, which would be considerably cheaper than getting an analogue

[Anonymous No.8569196]

>>8567021
I agree, except for the shell. I'd much rather get a decent quality shell made with the Q5 screen in mind instead of trimming an OEM shell
>>8567447
as >>8569191 said, getting another used GBC and modding it yourself is still cheaper

[Anonymous No.8569197]

>>8569191
I think it's for people looking to replace their gameboys. Doesn't it also output to a TV? That would eliminate the need to track down a SGB+GBP combo setup.

[Anonymous No.8569202]

>shitposting is ok if i agree with it
kill yourself mods

[Anonymous No.8569204]

>>8569197
If you really want to do that, sure, but I'd rather use GBI

[Anonymous No.8569247]

>>8569204
Well you're gonna need a gamecube and gbp for that, on top of your modified gbc/gba, and if you care about sgb compatibility also an snes and sgb. This is a dedicated device that takes care of all of that. I can see the appeal. Right now my only access to gameboy is with SGB, I don't have a GBP/gamecube or a regular gameboy at the moment. I'd probably be spending the same amount of money on the pocket than a gamecube/gbp/gbi/gbc set. I'd have to do a price check to confirm.

[Anonymous No.8569312]

>>8569247
>Well you're gonna need a gamecube and gbp for that
>also an snes and sgb
Yes, and I got all of these when they were current.

[Anonymous No.8569316]

>>8569247
>he thinks GBP means GameBoy Player when it actually means GameBoy Pocket
zoom zoom!

[Anonymous No.8569336]

>>8569247
>an snes
Fucking Americans for fucks sake

[Anonymous No.8569339]

>>8569312
Well that's cool, my mom threw my gamecube out when she was drunk and mad at me and I gave my gameboy to a friend who's in jail now. I still have my snes though.

>>8569316
Retard

>>8569336
Seethe

[Anonymous No.8569414]

>>8569336
Not who you're quoting but what's wrong here?

[Anonymous No.8569415]

>>8569339
America moment

[Anonymous No.8569419]

>>8569414
He probably pronounces it snez instead of as an acronym.

[Anonymous No.8569421]

>>8569414
>an super nintendo entertainment system
Or, if you're pronouncing SNES as a word in itself, would you say "an snip" or "an snail"?

[Anonymous No.8569424]

>>8569414
He's a dumb brit wot says sness like it's a word

[Anonymous No.8569425]

>>8569421
It's an acronym, and "s" begins with a vowel, ess. An ess-in-ee-ess. Saying snez is trashy as fuck.

[Anonymous No.8569429]

>>8569425
Embarrassing post

[Anonymous No.8569432]

>>8569429
Not as embarrassing as this retard >>8569421 denying how the letter s is pronounced with a vowel

[Anonymous No.8569495]

>>8569202
Same.

[Anonymous No.8569501]

>>8569419
>This is your brain on burger.

How do you pronounce LAZER?

[Anonymous No.8569504]

>>8569424->
>>8569501

[Anonymous No.8569507]

>>8569501
Just because some acronyms are pronounced as words doesn't mean all are. How do you pronounce brb?

[Anonymous No.8569509]

>>8569425
>Has to spell it out like a 5 year old at a spelling bee.

So does your mom give you a cookie for getting it right? Would explain the diabetes.

[Anonymous No.8569512]

>>8569507
Therefore it IS accurate to say "Snez".

[Anonymous No.8569513]

>>8569512
If you're subhuman, sure.

[Anonymous No.8569515]

>>8569513
Post hands. Amerimutt

[Anonymous No.8569534]

>>8569501
el-ay-zee-ee-arr, anything else in unamerican

[Anonymous No.8569535]

>>8565951
I like the form factor, and the screen looks nice but I don't think I can justify paying scalper prices for it. Maybe I should start a retro gaming channel and get a bunch of free shit like that faggot metaljesus

[Anonymous No.8569537]

>>8569202
I also hate how the mods flaunt the rules because no one holds them accountable

[Anonymous No.8569548]

>>8569534
Well at least that's something.
Probably not a good time to mention it's an 'S' not a 'z' but It's not in my nature to split hairs. That other anon is probably ESL and just trying to wind you up. They get a kick out of it.

[Anonymous No.8569595]

>People finally are shitting on this thing
Thank god

[Anonymous No.8569612]

>>8567447
Why didnt you just buy another gbc? I spent about £50 in total getting another gbc and a backlit screen and I still have my childhood gbc that hasn't been modified. The d-pad is good on this and I saved at least £150

[Anonymous No.8569613]

>>8569183
Source? I use a hairdryer to bypass warrenty stickers

[Anonymous No.8569620]

>>8569183
Incorrect. Companies have the right to deny your rights as a consumer if you violate the terms of agreement when you purchase the device, you'll notice in the manuals it states by purchasing this device you agree to not remove the warranty sticker or else forfeit your rights to a warranty.

t. I tried to sue Panasonic

[Anonymous No.8569629]

>>8565951
I have one. I think most people's issues with the D-Pad is just them holding the thing in a cramped style. I personally have no issues with the D-Pad, and my inputs come out just fine, but if I put my hands more centered on it where the thumb has to curl over the D-Pad, then yeah, you'll hit the up more because your thumb is on it.

It's actually really nice to have a GBA-like device that emphasizes GB games so well. They look incredible on it, and Game Gear games have never been better either. These old ass games desperately needed a screen like this to make them look good.

The downside of it is that it shows just how bad many GBA games really are without hacks to fix palettes. And each game has a different level of fucked up, and they all sound terrible.

Being able to play real carts is great, and I enjoy seeing my old saves or playing again new. A way to load rims in the future would be good though.

[Anonymous No.8569635]

>>8569595
Only 4chan

[Anonymous No.8569637]

>>8569629
Play tetris and load up the button input tester rom and get back to me about the dpad

[Anonymous No.8569639]

>>8565998
Well, we already have raspberry pi and the thousands of different cases and portable setups you can hook it up to. yeah it requires some assembly but fir the most part its just screw in the case, hook up a few cables, and you're usually good to go. Dont need to solder or anything like that.

[Anonymous No.8569669]

>>8569637
Tetris is totally fine, fighting games are totally fine, I have no issues. I've seen other people's captures of the button testers and it looks good. I'll give it a try later this morning.

It's possible some people have bad D-Pads or other quality issues, but it is pretty easy to hold the thing in such a way as to get shitty inputs (it's also easy to not hold it that way, and much more comfortable).

[Anonymous No.8569695]

>>8569669
While I do appreciate the picture it doesn't really show anything in action. A video showing the screen and the dpad would be how one tests the input and shares the result.

I can take a still shot just like that no problem, a video showing me switch directions on the dpad is an entirely different story.

Fuck it while you're here does you white pocket have the 2mm horizontal black line above the glass, nestled in-between the plastic and glass? Some do some don't, kinda have to play around with the angles to see it

[Anonymous No.8570383]

>>8569197
Needs an "optional" $100 dock to output to TV.

[Anonymous No.8570825]

>>8569620

[Anonymous No.8570828]

>>8568091
Wait, how can you know the D-pad garbage if you passed on it?

[Anonymous No.8570830]

>>8570825
Baste

[Anonymous No.8570835]

>>8570825
>>8569620
>>8569613
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/11/601582169/warranty-void-if-removed-as-it-turns-out-feds-say-those-warnings-are-illegalgapk4

[Anonymous No.8570841]

>>8570825
Kind of funny in an autistic protest way buy the seal is the envelope, the sticker is just a label.

[Anonymous No.8570847]

>>8570828
someone on /vr/ told me it was
why would they lie?

[Anonymous No.8570859]

>>8569191
>>8569196
I already have a Gameboy for the authentic experience
I'm not really interested in an IPS modded Gameboy when I already have my childhood Gameboy
Plus I have a GBA flashcart as well
and this is just the next logical step. Plus the dock is a nice quality of life feature especially if I want to capture gameplay footage.

I definitely don't think the pocket is for everyone but I'm pretty sure buying an "in good shape" Gameboy then having that modded by a decent modder is going to cost more than the cost of the pocket these days.

[Anonymous No.8570926]

actual, legitimate scam

[Anonymous No.8571195]

>>8570859
>I'm pretty sure buying an "in good shape" Gameboy then having that modded by a decent modder is going to cost more than the cost of the pocket these days
This is utterly false, and it would be even cheaper if you modded one yourself

[Anonymous No.8571240]

I have one and it rules, but if all you are looking for is GB/C/A then an AGS-101 is 99.9% of the way there. If you are getting it for the TV output then get a Consolizer, which is currently superior to the Pocket Dock.

I think this is a great way to play GB/C/A games but I don't understand why anyone would get it just for that. Everyone is getting this for the jailbreak and community cores that will come out. It's almost not even worth discussing how good it is at GB/C/A (it's fine!) because that isn't the point. If you want a handheld for < 5th gen CPU-based emulation there are many wonderful options, but if you want an FPGA-based handheld for whatever reason, this is it and no one will compete in this market. There will never be a mass-produced handheld Mister.

[Anonymous No.8571253]

>>8571240
I've only ever used an original GBA and the GameBoy Player, in terms of screen and form factor, would you recommend a 101 or a modded GBA?

[Anonymous No.8571274]

>>8571253
IMO if you're choosing between an AGS-101 and an IPS modded original GBA, the form factor is more important than the screen. Both screens are great! A lot of people claim to hate the SP form factor but I have huge hands and have put in 100s of hours on my 101 and it's fine. If you prefer landscape and like the feel of your original GBA then get a screen mod.

[OP No.8571529]

>>8569639
I guess it's just aimed at youtube hypebeasts and zoomers

[Anonymous No.8572661]

>>8569620
Why do stupid children come here and bullshit like this?

[Anonymous No.8572689]

>>8568129
Is that still necessary on 8bitdo controllers? Thought they fixed it.

[Anonymous No.8572837]

>>8565951
What reviews are you watching? DF Retro, MLIG md MVG said the dpad wasn't any good, and they also said the dock was lacking a ton of features, as well as called attention to the issues with flash carts that work perfectly fine on real hardware.
Maybe don't rely on IGN and The Verge for your handheld emulator reviews?

[Anonymous No.8572845]

>>8571195
This is utterly true. And he was specifically talking about paying someone to mod it. Which you really don't need to these days, the China kits are more or less plug and play with very minimal if any soldering needed.

[Anonymous No.8572859]

>>8572837
>DF Retro, MLIG md MVG said the dpad wasn't any good, and they also said the dock was lacking a ton of features, as well as called attention to the issues with flash carts that work perfectly fine on real hardware.
And they loved it otherwise, BTFOing the poseur purists on /vr/.

[Anonymous No.8573059]

>>8568538
I got a kishi on black friday and it kicks ass, I already use bluetooth headphones for working out so that's not a problem but I think I agree with you on the sticks, and the plastic ass dpad, but I'll tell you what, I haven't stopped using it since christmas and if they ever make an updated model I'm selling this one and getting the new one in a heartbeat. The switch form factor is just too good for portable gaming.Playing Punisher and then opening up a tab of milf hentai is too based

[Anonymous No.8574041]

>>8571240
The jailbreak isn't out yet and the firmware that the jailbreak is allegedly coming out on isn't out despite all the paid reviews saying "they'll finish the firmware in January"

[Anonymous No.8574897]

>>8566825
>It can't read real cartridges,
Which are then ran on an emulator making that point useless.

[Anonymous No.8574980]

>>8574041
I've been wondering where this rumor came from. I haven't seen anything official about a firmware coming out this month.

I feel like analogue would be the company to drop the update on 1/31/22 11:50pm and it be just a minor "bug fix" update.

I think this i a bug reason why there are no 'bad' reviews and no jailbreak; average non YT shills don't have this device yet.

[Anonymous No.8576105]

Post dpad results.
For anyone who is defending the shit ass dpad. O wait, you can't

[Anonymous No.8576107]

>>8576105
How do I post results?

[Anonymous No.8576390]

>>8576107
Assuming your serious (and for anyone else too)

Download the button test rom
Shoot video of the dpad and screen at the same time, moving between different directions.

[Anonymous No.8576485]

>>8576390
I'll do it but I didn't think you could run roms off the SD card yet?

[Anonymous No.8576503]

>>8576485
Its called ips patching, thinknof it as a work around until a jailbreak is released.

Even going into this 100% blind you'll be done in about 5 minutes

[Anonymous No.8576513]

>>8576503
wait, you aren't even able to run your own roms on these? does it just come with some public domain ones and nothing else? what the hell is the point of this thing?

[Anonymous No.8576517]

>>8576503
alright, I'll look into it. Might take me a bit

[Anonymous No.8576523]

>>8576513
It doesn't come with any roms. It's for carts. Though with the upcoming update there should be a jailbreak with rom support (this is how all analogue devices work, they don't support roms out of the box for legal reasons and then the lead dev releases a version of the firmware with rom support 'unofficially')

I have a GBA flash cart so it hasn't been a big deal for me

[Anonymous No.8576528]

>>8576513
>>8576517
Ok listen up niggers, IPS patching from what I understand is a way for GB rom creators to share their roms and be playable on the pocket.

With that being said, you can patch your own roms and play a decent selection of existing ones. For example on my SD card I have: Test rom, Tetris DX, and Super Mario Land 2.

[Anonymous No.8577353]

>>8574980
A few outlets/channels said that analogue said "January", so it's all hearsay based on something that was mentioned in passing by whoever paid for the reviews.

[Anonymous No.8577528]

Does anyone know how you could recreate their Gameboy Color shader or Gameboy shader in Unity? Could be really cool for a pixel game

[Anonymous No.8578000]

>>8577353
Ah, a rumor spread by the same people who don't have a single negative gripe about this thing. Well we got 1 day left in January, anyone wanna make a bet we don't see it?

[Anonymous No.8578219]

Everyone wants to hate this and mister but the way i see it, this is the way forward

[Anonymous No.8578989]

>>8578219
>everyone wants to hate

Actually no. The issue is "everyone" wants to praise this thing and refuse to call it out on its flaws; which then maybe fuels a hatred for it since its nothing but shills standing up for this device.

With the right improvements i wouldn't even had made this thread, but the lack of acknowledgement combined with a list of cons doesn't exactly sit well.

Literally anything critiquing the system has been removed online. Thats what you should be hating.

Tell analogue I said hello tho.
Also ask them why they never respond to any emails.

[Anonymous No.8578998]

>>8578989
Oh well I have no problem with that, I'm just saying that FPGAs are infinitely a better concept going forward than the random shitbox plastics you see on alibaba

>Tell Analogue I said hello
>implying I talk to people
That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me

[Anonymous No.8579005]

>>8578989
This, this thing is far from perfect but it seems everyone has to completely suck its dick and can't admit it's far from the perfect device.

[Anonymous No.8579103]

>>8569629
game?

[Anonymous No.8579141]

>>8579005
Why couldn't they make the jailbreak in advance of deciding to release this device? Haven't they shot themselves in the foot?

[Anonymous No.8579228]

>>8577528
>Does anyone know how you could recreate their Gameboy Color shader or Gameboy shader in Unity?
Yes
>Could be really cool for a pixel game
No

[Anonymous No.8579248]

>>8579141
It's because half the features of the OS are practically made to work with running roms off the SD card, and they don't have the OS finished yet. So I'm assuming they're waiting to release the jailbreak in tandem with finishing all of the OS features, aka the next release

[Anonymous No.8579286]

wouldn't the jailbreak actually hurt their sales this time since they're not only selling the main hardware but the cartridge adapters as well? unless they plan to release it only with GB/C/A support and not the rest.

[Anonymous No.8579307]

>>8579286
They've sold adaptors for other devices before

The people wanting to use roms and those interested in using carts are largely two separate groups. I doubt the people who would buy one of these to use roms with it would even have physical game gear or tg16 games anyway

[Anonymous No.8579573]

>>8579228
Well can you at least point me to some resources to learn to do it

[Anonymous No.8579664]

>>8579307
If they can't afford the cartridges why would they be stupid enough to buy it?

[Anonymous No.8579856]

>>8579286
I think it will always have a split user base, 'cart purists', and people who just want to play. If analogue is managing to turn a profit off a $30 add on it must be a really good profit which makes me think the add ons are for the purists I mentioned earlier and perhaps for legal reason. They'll likely keep these in low supply if I had to guess or release them in artificial waves.
>>8579307
Unfortunately I collect gaming shit which mean a lot and I mean a lot of my purchases are solely for the fact of collecting. I have the GG adapter but I never plan to open it. Although I do have about 30 some GG games in my collection. Also gonna say consumers are looking at this as somewhat of a collector piece, going back to what I said before I think they'll treat these with an artificially scarcity to drive sales.
GG games are pretty common, tg16 on the other hand... not so much.
>>8579664
I can only speak for myself but one word, collection. I'll end up getting each of the adapters for shits and giggles. No intention to open these especially if the jailbreak will run those roms. I admit it not a smart reason, but neither is collecting plastic.

[Anonymous No.8579904]

>>8579664
I dont have carts (outside of a flash cart) and I bought one because its got a fantastic screen. Its probably the best way I have to play gb/gbc games on me, and that's along side an sp and a micro

GBA its less great due to the shoulder buttons bit still a good option. I also have a 351v and its pretty shit in comparison

[Anonymous No.8579918]

I don't like crisp pixels. Kinda beats the purpose don't they? Hell I don't event like rgb outs and pvms for retro consoles. My mister fagpga is running on a cheap samsung crt via composite out and the only things I'm getting for my gbc are a frontlight mod (they may look washed out in darkness but still look fucking great under natural sunlight) and some aftermarket shells, buttons and sound mods.

why even get an fpga console when u can't even load roms on them?

[Anonymous No.8579925]

>>8579918
You can though

[Anonymous No.8579927]

>>8579925
oh did they add that in recently? Good for them then

[Anonymous No.8580524]

>>8579573
You literally just download a shader and attach it to your project. I don't mean (You) you. But someone capable of using a Unity template would do that.

[Anonymous No.8580658]

>>8580524
Are there any unity asset store shaders that look as good as the analogue GBC shader?

[Anonymous No.8581068]

>>8580658
>shaders
>good
You're a very funny guy.
But to answer your question, I don't know. I know that making cringe that looks identical would require wasting max 15 minutes of your life. I don't know whether anyone has gone so far as to waste those minutes. God I hope not.

[Anonymous No.8581094]

>>8579918
The screen filters they have on games on the pocket aren't bad, IMO. the best ones are for the OG Gameboy models, but the GBC and GBA filters look pretty close to me. Gameboy Light filter looks best, but I might be biased due to liking the blue screen over standard grey and green on GBP/GB. ROMs can kind of be ran on it with IPS patches to convert them to GBStudio format, but not all games are patched yet. Allegedly jailbreak firmware will be released next update to allow for raw ROM loading.

[Anonymous No.8581381]

>>8581094
>the GBC and GBA filters look pretty close to me
Sorry to be the one to break it to you chum. But like youtube, your seeing eye dog lied to you. The GBC filters I've seen, and the ones posted ITT, are very different from original hardware. That's fine, because their objective was to make it look good, not 100% accurate. To pretend otherwise just make you look retarded.

[Anonymous No.8581525]

>>8581381
Look pretty close to me comparing to my GBC and close up grid shots online. Any discrepancies could be explained due to the lit screen or their color desaturation filter not being 100% accurate, but the grid effect itself is pretty close in my own comparison

[Anonymous No.8581557]

>>8565951
Another shill thread again welp

[Anonymous No.8581593]

>>8581381
>>8581525
I will say the GBA mode is probably more fucked due to the non-integet scaling for it, though. Per some people, it causes some fuckiness on screens of only one color i.e. ff menus. I've only done some quick tests with GBA on mine and it looked "good enough", but didn't spend a lot of time with GBA games.

[Anonymous No.8581772]

>>8581525
You really need to do something about your seeing eye dog. It's a God damn liar. How bad is your eyesight? If you were to take a close up picture of your GBC and then zoom in on that on a large screen would you be able to see the blatant differences? Or you could post it here and people could describe it to you. Not trying to be an ableist, but the difference is very obvious to us sighted folk.

>>8581593
Do you have a pic that demonstrates this? People ITT have posted close up pics of it running GBC, where you can clearly see the matrix generated by the shader looks very different from original hardware. It'd be useful to have similar stuff for it running GBA. Shills and simps will continue to scream helplessly at the sky. But for non-brainlets it'd be useful information.

[Anonymous No.8581893]

>>8581557
>complains about Pocket
>shill thread

U crazy zoomers n ur epic buzz words

[Anonymous No.8582207]

>>8566590
not when what you're getting is something that plays games for a console that has pretty much no issues being emulated unlike the mega drive and super nintendo

[Anonymous No.8582329]

>>8579918
What game?

[Anonymous No.8582503]

its a neat idea but i cant afford GB carts these days

[Anonymous No.8582515]

>>8565951
While it looks cool and all I still prefer emulating this shit on my pc so no thanks. I do admit it looks like a neat handheld though just not worth it. Had it been its own thing with its own games and came out in like 2000 the shit would have been fire.

[Anonymous No.8582739]

Guys is MVG and MLiG paid shills?

[Anonymous No.8582829]

>>8582739
MVG is a retarded wog loved by zoomers

[Anonymous No.8583007]

I'm still waiting for something to replace my oled vita as an emulation machine

Sadge

[Anonymous No.8583052]

>>8582829
He seems knowledgeable on exploits and such

[Anonymous No.8583053]

>>8581593
They fixed the gba filter with their last update, looks perfect now

[Anonymous No.8583089]

>>8565951
I fucking hate how it looks. Soulless, boring, sterile and lazy minimalism. It speaks volumes when devs don't even bother designing something pleasant for eyes and go with disappointing, low-effort, smooth and shiny brick.

[Anonymous No.8583097]

>>8583052
I too can read github pages and gbatemp threads, anon

[Anonymous No.8583239]

>>8583089
Could be worse...

[Anonymous No.8583320]

>>8583097
I'm not disagreeing with you but is that not 99% of YouTube now? Basically a video version of what already exists? At least when it comes to news in the gaming realm.

[Anonymous No.8583323]

Might be worth it if/when it gets TG16/PCE support

[Anonymous No.8583472]

>>8583320
I agree that it is, yet people still continue to shill MVG

[Anonymous No.8584158]

>>8583239
I still want to belive that was a troll

[Anonymous No.8584326]

>>8582329
shiren gb. its a great entry in the series great for pick up and play with very little language barrier although the plot is pretty good too

[Anonymous No.8584346]

New firmware today. https://www.analogue.co/support/pocket/firmware/1.0B

[Anonymous No.8584347]

Has anyone packaged all the various patched ROMS? Would be nice to just download them all at once rather than patching 100 games individually.

[Anonymous No.8584624]

Buy a used ds, vita, or psp and hack it. Or buy one thats already hacked if you cant be bothered.

[Anonymous No.8584698]

>>8584346
>Everdrives still not fixed

[Anonymous No.8585035]

>>8567021
I love my Q5, but I wish there was a way to make it emulate the washed out colors of the original GBC screen.

[Anonymous No.8585481]

>>8584698
X5 Mini works perfectly

[Anonymous No.8585578]

>>8584698
They're called everdrives because they're ever in development

[Anonymous No.8585865]

>>8584346

>Wowitsfuckingnothing.jpg

Hit me up when v1.0Z comes out, maybe then we'll have a jailbreak available lol this thing is a joke and I bought into it

Nah I'm exaggerating, would love to see people actually call out this goddamn thing tho instead of dick ride and make excuses for it.

[Anonymous No.8585989]

>>8583239
That power switch is in the wrong fucking position. Imagine reaching for the shoulder buttons and accidentally switching it off. lol.

[Anonymous No.8586501]

>>8585989
You say that like it'd be a bad thing. Like "accidentally" throwing it in the trash.

[Anonymous No.8586697]

>>8565951
Is it already jailbroken to play games from the SD card?
Im not paying 200 bucks to use fucken cartridges.

[Anonymous No.8586737]

>>8586697
220 plus shipping now.
And no, no jailbreak yet. Best we have to work with is a dumbed down version of it, see>>8576528

[Anonymous No.8586778]

>>8586737
So basically, you patch your own roms and play it from the SD card?

[Anonymous No.8586792]

>>8586778
Correct.

[Anonymous No.8586969]

>>8585481
That's only because Krikzz actually fixed it on his own. The x7 and x5 are still luck of the draw due to some bullshit on analogue's cartridge slot, even with his new hardware revision. Per krikzz, it should be fixable via firmware updates on Analogue's side, but they're slow as fuck with updates per usual. Their fucking DAC has major output issues with color via composite/svideo that's been known since it's been released and they still have no fix for it despite Mister also having the same issue when composite was first being tested and fixing it in a week.

>>8586778
>>8586737
Worth noting only a handful of games can be patched this way, though. A lot of the most popular are covered, but if you like something that's not that, you're still sol.

[Anonymous No.8586971]

>>8586969
>The x7 and x5
mean GB x7/x5, not GBA.

[Anonymous No.8587073]

>>8569184
Gangfeng GBC (GBboy) don't have a pixel-accurate LCD and don't have any low battery indicators.

[Anonymous No.8587096]

>>8569620
>Modifying the internals of your Panasonic tv while still in warranty and then expecting them to still honor it

[Anonymous No.8587202]

How good is the FPGA on this anyway? Will somebody make a Megadrive community core for this one day, for example?

[Anonymous No.8589067]

>>8586969
Right which is why I said you can patch your own or download ones thats are already patched.
>>8587202
I have no other fpga stuff to compare this too

[Anonymous No.8589202]

>>8585035
The too-high saturation is by far my biggest issue with these screen mods, especially since most GBC/GBA games oversaturated their palettes to increase visibility.

[Anonymous No.8589336]

>>8589067
>>8587202
It says it has an Intel Cyclone V and 10? I know fuck all about FPGAs. Is that two separate ones in it? Could they do Megadrive cores?

[Anonymous No.8589361]

>>8589067
I mean, I'm not disagreeing with you on that. My problem is moreso the lack of JB firmware or many GBC flashcarts still having problems necessitating said limited alternative of patching.

[Anonymous No.8589485]

>>8589361
Yup I think we all can agree on that. Shouldn't take this long for a jb.
Patching is gay but has worked for me so far

[Anonymous No.8589505]

>>8589361
It's comical to me since people were shilling the device were vehemently promising there would be a pre-launch or day of launch firmware to allow for playing roms.

[Anonymous No.8589735]

>>8587202
>How good is the FPGA on this anyway?
A bazillion times better than your google skills

>>8589336
The 10 the main part. You'll need CFW to do anything with it. The V is basically a gimmick thrown in for "developers". Don't ask me what they were thinking.

[Anonymous No.8591415]

>>8589735
Devs have access to the main fpga. Its the tiny one they can't use, and I'm pretty sure that's just for os functions

[Anonymous No.8592096]

Is fpga a gimmick?

[Anonymous No.8593603]

>>8592096
Not gonna lie i figured vr would jump on an opportunity to prove fpga as a gimmick...

[Anonymous No.8593621]

Pretty much, most people could just put Retroarch on their PSP and be fine and call it a day...

[Anonymous No.8594360]

>>8593621
Any charts or grafts showing performance over typical software emulation