Modern Mate?

rolins · 12/01/2007, 05:55 PM

Anyone seen one of these before? Coolest looking pirate console that I've laid eyes on. It has a built-in joystick and it plays famicom and megadrive games too.

source: http://tsuru.tri6.net/sp/pachi/p-hard.html
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Turbo D · 12/01/2007, 06:04 PM

thats freaking awesome!

MissaFX · 12/01/2007, 08:21 PM

I've never seen or heard of one of these before. It looks totally insane.

nat · 12/01/2007, 08:31 PM

24-bit, hahaha. Yeah right.

guyjin · 12/01/2007, 10:34 PM

what an odd combination. The MD and FC don't share much common hardware; a combination would seem wasteful.

I'd think a pirate neo geo/genesis combos would make more sense, but pirateers don't seem interested in the neo.

OldRover · 12/01/2007, 10:50 PM

Quote from: nat on 12/01/2007, 08:31 PM24-bit, hahaha. Yeah right.

Sure...if you add the 8-bit 6502 clone with the 16-bit Motorola 68000...hey look, 24 bits!

SignOfZeta · 12/01/2007, 10:51 PM

Nope, I've never seen it before. Awesome.

Keranu · 12/02/2007, 12:17 AM

Wow that's sweet.

ccovell · 12/03/2007, 06:15 AM

It's actually 32-bit.

8+8+16

(There have to be at least 3 processors in that clone: 6502, Z-80, 68000)

Tatsujin · 12/03/2007, 06:42 AM

how to manage 2 players?

Nazi NecroPhile · 12/03/2007, 01:19 PM

That's kinda cool, but it's likely a famicom-on-a-chip plus a megadrive-on-a-chip rather than a full blown hardware clone. I'll bet that it has limited compatibility and looks, sounds, and/or controls like shit.

Quote from: nat on 12/01/2007, 08:31 PM24-bit, hahaha. Yeah right.

That's called SNK (or Jaguar) logic.

Dark Fact · 12/03/2007, 02:44 PM

I wonder if anyone here is gonna get these?

And the thread title was a bit misleading, Rolins. I thought you were putting up a thread for Internet dating.

Turbo D · 12/03/2007, 03:56 PM

Or Virtual Boy logic

Nazi NecroPhile · 12/03/2007, 04:01 PM

Quote from: turbo D on 12/03/2007, 03:56 PMOr Virtual Boy logic

Huh? They marketed it as 32 bit and it had a 32 bit processor, didn't it?

Turbo D · 12/03/2007, 04:02 PM

I thought it had two 16-bit processors

MissaFX · 12/03/2007, 04:04 PM

I'm pretty sure the V-boy has a 32bit risc processor

Edited to add info from a site about hacking and programming for the VB:
Processor: NEC V810 (Part# uPD70732)
32bit RISC 20mHz Clock speed / 18MIPS 1Kbyte instruction cache Vdd = 2.2 - 5.5V DC 1Mbyte DRAM 512Kbyte P-SRAM
Display: RTI (Reflection Technology Inc) SLA (P4)
384x224 resolution (4 color with 32 levels of Intensity)50.2Hz h-scan
Sound: 16bit Stereo (with built in stereo speakers)

rolins · 12/03/2007, 04:30 PM

Quote from: Dark Fact on 12/03/2007, 02:44 PMI wonder if anyone here is gonna get these?

I'd buy one. Would be nice show piece.

QuoteAnd the thread title was a bit misleading, Rolins. I thought you were putting up a thread for Internet dating.

Nazi NecroPhile · 12/03/2007, 04:40 PM

That's what I was thinking, Missa, except for the four color thing. I don't know what they mean, 'cause the LED's have two settings: red and off.

guyjin · 12/03/2007, 05:14 PM

actually, the LEDs have 3 shades of red (bright, not so bright, dim) and off.

I also find it interesting that the FX and the VB have the same processor. I wonder if a VB emulator could be made for the FX...

Kitsunexus · 12/03/2007, 05:21 PM

Quote from: Missa on 12/03/2007, 04:04 PMDisplay: RTI (Reflection Technology Inc) SLA (P4)
384x224 resolution (4 color with 32 levels of Intensity)50.2Hz h-scan

DESTROYER OF CHILDREN'S VISION!!!

MissaFX · 12/03/2007, 05:27 PM

Quote from: guyjin on 12/03/2007, 05:14 PMactually, the LEDs have 3 shades of red (bright, not so bright, dim) and off.

I also find it interesting that the FX and the VB have the same processor. I wonder if a VB emulator could be made for the FX...

I don't want to sidetrack the thread any more, but personally I only play V-boy games on the console itself. I don't know how any emulator could give you the sense of 3-d, which is the only reason I ever play it. I did find it interesting though that the V-boy has a NEC processor. Be glad NEC didn't make the system itself and decided to call it the Virtual Grafx or something. I do with the V-boy had more vector games like the unfinished f-zero game. I love red alarm a lot! The Wario platformer is really interesting, I recently saw a Mario game on the Wii or a DS (I forget which) in a store and the way the game was designed, it totally reminded me of Warioland. The boxing game is hard as hell, but very fun still too. Too bad V-Tetris sucks

How is a 2-d tube 3-d?

Turbo D · 12/03/2007, 07:41 PM

ya, that boxing game is hella hard! I can beat the first dude, but not the second. He keeps lowering is head and then punching me

. I enjoyed mario tennis a lot, haha. It was a great pack-in