a3quit4s | 4,102 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I got an email that some Mega SGs will be available tomorrow 8am pst. This is what they have in the warehouse and will ship out next week apparently and is separate from whatever else they are doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,812 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I looked on ebay, and second-hand prices are not terrible for the pocket system. Of course why pay more if you don't have to. It looks like the stuff that has, not surprisingly, dramatically increased in price is the discontinued models in particular the Noir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,741 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Well, that was easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVOSS | 1,762 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 can someone post the tracking web address for tracking our order. just remove your order number. i seem to have lost my email but i have the confirmation number.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 got my adapters yesssss The tg-16 adapter is the thing I want most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,741 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Having an order in for TG16 adapter helps ease the pain of having no idea about the timeline for the Duo. And while most people don't care about the NGPC or Lynx adapters, I'm looking forward to having all of them. I have flash carts for all and enjoy playing the original systems. It will be nice to try them out in HD on a full size TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Dont sleep on the neogeo pocket/color. There are some bangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,987 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 The shipping is an absolute joke. $90usd for three adapters! They’re definitely scamming people who don’t live in the US to make extra profit. Very scummy behaviour. Hard pass now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,783 Administrator · Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 12 minutes ago, Brickman said: The shipping is an absolute joke. $90usd for three adapters! They’re definitely scamming people who don’t live in the US to make extra profit. Very scummy behaviour. Hard pass now. That's odd, considering the shipping I had on my order from December last year (which will show up here any day now!?!?): I'm not ordering the new adapters as I have no use for them, but: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,987 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, Gloves said: That's odd, considering the shipping I had on my order from December last year (which will show up here any day now!?!?): I just checked my pocket pre order which is the pocket, dock and game gear adapter and the shipping was $90us which is about right because they use shitty FedEx. So they’re definitely scamming people if three adapters costs the same shipping price. The weight would be 1kg max for three adapters. I definitely won’t be supporting that scummy behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,102 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 $60 to ship adapters?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,507 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Nice to see Analogue's outrageous shipping costs are alive and well. I remember on NA someone tried to be an apologist for them by saying, "well, they use really good boxes!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tulpa said: Nice to see Analogue's outrageous shipping costs are alive and well. I remember on NA someone tried to be an apologist for them by saying, "well, they use really good boxes!" I’ll be the analogue apologist here because I really enjoy their products. * Clears throat* I mean, there’s really nothing stopping anybody else from making a high-quality boutique retro game product with constant software updates and new releases outside of the US, and offering free shipping. Charge us bastard Americans huge shipping costs. Steal all that market share, and show them the error of their ways, capitalism style!! Plus the boxes are high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,102 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: I’ll be the analogue apologist here because I really enjoy their products. * Clears throat* I mean, there’s really nothing stopping anybody else from making a high-quality boutique retro game product with constant software updates and new releases outside of the US, and offering free shipping. Charge us bastard Americans huge shipping costs. Steal all that market share, and show them the error of their ways, capitalism style!! Plus the boxes are high quality. I know it’s sarcasm but I’d disagree with constant software updates. It’s been over 1.5 years since the last firmware updates for NT, SNT, MSG. Not that I have any issues playing the games and they all look spectacular but improvements are always welcome. Honestly I’d pay $90 for a Duo update because I could give zero fucks about Pocket. It’s like they realized that they weren’t going to make anything anymore other than Pocket and $79 adapters with $500 for shipping but just don’t want to admit it to the public yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 minute ago, a3quit4s said: I know it’s sarcasm but I’d disagree with constant software updates. It’s been over 1.5 years since the last firmware updates for NT, SNT, MSG. Not that I have any issues playing the games and they all look spectacular but improvements are always welcome. Honestly I’d pay $90 for a Duo update because I could give zero fucks about Pocket. It’s like they realized that they weren’t going to make anything anymore other than Pocket and $79 adapters with $500 for shipping but just don’t want to admit it to the public yet. I guess constant is relative lol. When was the last AVS update? Does hyperkin even update their clone consoles? And I use my pocket far more, and while I would like them more often, I feel for such an aggressively niche product a software update every 1-2 years seems fair. What update to those consoles you mentioned would you like to see? Also-There was some sarcasm, but in a free market, the consumers decide. I agree that’s way too much for shipping, but maybe they’ve had a lot of issues with shipping to Canada in the past and that’s their way of making it worth their while? If enough people in Canada don’t pay and they really want that demographic then they will adjust their prices accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) Would anyone be willing to go in with me on one of those adapter packs? Minimally speaking I only really really NEED the NGPC adapter. I'd like the TG one, but there are cores for that and PCE emulation is on the nose, NGPC emulation quite frankly is shit, and even if they added it, it's not right in some core. Lynx can forget it, no interest at all. I already went in with MegaTank to get some analogue accessories that were missed out on I'll ship that way once the thing eventually arrives, so it's not uncharted territory. Also that said, fuck em, seriously. Both on $60 shipping for 3 small adapters but also for forcing people to buy 3 when they sold us on the promise for a good year to buy the devices separately for $30 each, now you're forced into crap you won't use. I bet they figured out the costs of the Lynx one no one was likely to buy much of, didn't want to sit on an inventory at a loss, so boom... shenanigans. Edited October 22, 2022 by Tanooki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,102 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Reminder Super NT and Mega SG at 8am pst today. Also reminder they aren’t shipping until Q4 2023 so there will probably not be a fast sell out on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) I don't see a fast sellout on their bait and switch antics with the pocket adapters either. What the hell were they thinking forcing buying all three, increasing the price, and increasing their shipping costs by a lot?? I'm glad it got hacked for firmware now honestly, saves me 1/2 the problem of the adapters I did want. Now someone add a NGPC core for me ok? And then I'll go get an IPS screen I was holding off on for my actual handheld -- dicks. >:\ Edited October 28, 2022 by Tanooki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Non. Stop. Bitching. God damn. Dont fucking buy their product then. An full grown ass man crying on the internet about a boutique product lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Tanooki said: I'm glad it got hacked for firmware now honestly It was never hacked. The ability for others to develop cores was planned by Analogue. They provided information, firmware, and free development kits to people. Here is more information about the program called OpenFPGA: https://www.analogue.co/developer Additionally, if others a looking for lists for cores available:https://joshcampbell191.github.io/openfpga-cores-inventory/analogue-pocket Or for auto updaters:https://github.com/mattpannella/pocket_core_autoupdate_net/releases 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Planned or not, it's close enough to a hack than not, maybe jailbroken fits best since that's what the SNT/MSG had going for them to run all those roms off the SD card in the rear. Either way, those are some solid links. The system itself is open like the former consoles, but unlike them, it's uniquely being actively developed for like the Noir did and I very well welcome it given their bait n switch on the adapters. Thanks for the links I'm going to keep those because some point this year I'll have that device on my doorstep. Sadly given the toxic nature of the after market, it maybe called Portable, but it never will be. I've got a power plug and HDMI port reserved for the last year for that thing to get popped into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 8 hours ago, a3quit4s said: Reminder Super NT and Mega SG at 8am pst today. Also reminder they aren’t shipping until Q4 2023 so there will probably not be a fast sell out on them. Just got my order in for the Super NT (black) and MegaSG ... figures the shipping will take that long.. I'm still waiting for my Pocket.. ah well, I wager it'll be easier to resell them if I decide I don't need them by the time they ship 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I hope someone comes along and fills the void. I mean the concepts are there between what they did, FPGA work, side installs like the UltraHDMI or NES HD Kit. I mean I'm simplifying this, but with all the projects you see popping up in the last few years of cheaply well made boards, various chips, and clearly some of them are very cheap given stuff tends to even sit in cheap aliexpress large chip based multicarts even. It would be amazing if someone, even if it's overseas, just swiped the work there (much like bootleg everdrives) if it has to come to it, just so there can be mass run, as well working, HDMI consoles for various systems not relying on garbage upscalers and junk emulation like retron has. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,987 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I received an email that they are preparing my pocket order and to have all details up to date by the 20th. I was in group 3 so it looks like they have finally gotten around to us 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma | 73 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I received my package for my preorder today....they forgot the fucking console! Anyone interested in buying a game gear adapter... 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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