Sega Genesis Flashback

mediamogul

since Sega just released more games through android I'll be busy with that

"SEGA Forever", right? I hope those types of legitimate services really take off. Is there a controller you favor, or do you plan on roughing it with touch screen controls?

herb_fargus

@mediamogul I've just been roughing it to humour it, one day I may get a Bluetooth controller.

After reading this though it made me have less respect for Sega:

https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6ir6cc/sega_forever_was_supposed_to_run_on_retroarch_but/

I still respect them more than Nintendo though.

lilbud

@mediamogul Sega Forever probably won't take off.

They are using Unity, it allows them to Port to multiple systems, but the ports are struggling to hit 40 fps

mediamogul

@herb_fargus

That's a very interesting article. I was wondering why the recent RetroArch Netplay matchmaking features became a priority so quickly and there's the reason. We got a really great feature out of the mess though. I'm fighting the urge to go off on a rant about how additionally abusive all middle to large-sized companies have become to every part of society within the past fifteen to twenty years, but sufficed to say, this whole thing doesn't surprise me, yet it does disappoint.

mattrixk

I want one that looks like a MegaDrive II

(it's what I grew up with, and I think the Genesis looks ugly)

It would also be cool if the controllers were made in such a way that you could easily use them on other things too, like with usb.

obsidianspider

@backstander I actually think my Genesis USB hub has a nicer case, even if I did have to massage it a bit.

obsidianspider

@lilbud said in Sega Genesis Flashback:

Sega Forever probably won't take off.

The ads are super intrusive.

backstander

@obsidianspider

The ads are super intrusive.

I haven't tried it but that's what I've been hearing

herb_fargus

@backstander but for only two dollars you can have an ad free experience that still is sub par compared to RetroArch. What a deal!

backstander

@herb_fargus

but for only two dollars

Oh, so it's 2 dollars! I thought my friend said it was 10 dollars haha. Now this is more reasonable!
Either way, RetroPie is better! ;-)

mediamogul

The more I read about SEGA Forever makes me think about any given episode of 'Silicon Valley'. Choosing to package their games with an inappropriate middleware component that better serves a corporate agenda than it's intended purpose is frustratingly hilarious. These guys got in their own way and I'm sure it'll hurt sales.

PetroRie

"IN STORES SEPTEMBER, 2017" the SNES mini will be in the stores in September too. Soon we're going to have the Second 16Bit war LOL.