Palmer Luckey Unveils ModRetro Chromatic Handheld Console 36
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR and Anduril, has launched the ModRetro Chromatic, a retro gaming handheld that plays original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. The device boasts a magnesium alloy case, sapphire crystal screen, and a pixel-perfect IPS display. It comes bundled with a licensed copy of Tetris and supports Link Cable multiplayer. Luckey suggested that the Chromatic is the most authentic way to play Game Boy games, with custom components designed to provide the ultimate gaming experience. The handheld is available for preorder and will ship during the 2024 holiday season.
The most authentic way? (Score:5, Insightful)
An IPS display doesn't sound authentic. Instead it should be a godawful TFT LCD with no backlight and a reflective perspex cover so you're lucky if you can even see the screen at all.
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An IPS display doesn't sound authentic. Instead it should be a godawful TFT LCD with no backlight and a reflective perspex cover so you're lucky if you can even see the screen at all.
Funny... if you're not a retro-gamer. But 'authentic' meant 'same resolution and sub-pixel arrangement'. As in the screen isn't soft, crunchy, or at the wrong aspect ratio.
Nintendo to shut them down in? (Score:2)
Nintendo to shut them down in?
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There's been hardware NES clones before. Nintendo probably doesn't care as long as they're not also providing links to illegal ROM downloads or DRM-circumvention solutions.
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On what basis? Emulators existed long before the original Gameboy ROM was dumped (it was part of the CPU and difficult to extract), i.e. there is no need for any copyrighted Nintendo code in any compatible device. The rest of the Gameboy hardware is either off-the-shelf (e.g. the CPU) or well documented and simple to reimplement from scratch.
The issue with this thing is that there are already a lot of competing handheld gaming devices with a load of emulators, and the Analogue Pocket which is a bit more exp
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Nintendo can sue anyone at any time. And while most of the time a person can be in the legal right. The cost to actually defend one of these strategic anti-competitive lawsuits is beyond most of us.
Basically unless you're super rich, you should stay far away from anything related to Nintendo.
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But that's in the cartridge, not the console. The official ROM in the console checks for the logo, but emulators and clones just omit that authenticity test.
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Still it's just silly The game boy is so easy to emulate that nobody even bothered with a system on a chip for it when the patents expired.
If he messes up and uses any of their trademarks yeah he's up s*** Creek but as long as he doesn't screw that up it's perf
Fuck no (Score:4, Informative)
There are literally hundreds of emulator boxes.
I'm not buying an overpriced low quality one from the Trump shitposter. Palmer Luckey can fuck himself.
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I am sure that I logged hundreds of hours playing Gargoyle's Quest back in the day on my Game Boy. But I have no interest in going back and certainly not on a similar form factor. I guess everyone is nostalgic in different ways....
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There it is.. The comment I was expecting. Thanks Slashdot. Stay classy. TDS FTW.
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If you think someone else is in the wrong and you continue to do what they're doing, saying "but they did it" is not going to excuse you.
Re: Fuck no (Score:2)
The difference is that we aren't willing to be completely ignorant or to tell lies for political gain. We could get away with it as much as you could your lies, but we don't try.
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There it is.. The comment I was expecting. Thanks Slashdot. Stay classy. TDS FTW.
"Update, June 3rd: Added additional context about Luckeyâ(TM)s political donations and Andurilâ(TM)s work." -- why are you blaming Slashdot? It's in the article!
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Why is his political inclination of any relevance here?
He donated something like $100k and not everyone wants to associate with that. Just like with Nike and Bud Light. As for the relevance here.. it's in the F'n A.
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This is completely UNPROFESSIONAL.
You should look up what 'user-submitted' means.
Re: Fuck no (Score:2)
This whole site's current reason for existence is trolling nerds in order to increase engagement for the purpose of increasing ad impressions. Professionalism is not even a consideration.
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I wasn't going to buy one, but now I will.
GBA SP (Score:3)
Or you could just use a GBA SP?
GBA SP was the first time Gameboy got everything right. A lit display and internal rechargable battery was a big deal. Also compatible with GB, GBC, and GBA games.
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Everything except having separate charging and headphone ports (and you needed a dongle for that).
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I'll concede that.
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Or you could just use a GBA SP?
LCDs rot.
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No, I meant LCDs rot. https://chipmusic.org/forums/t... [chipmusic.org]
FPGBC or Analogue Pocket (Score:2)
The Analogue Pocket is trying to occupy the premium space here but has more features and QC issues.
The FPGBC is trying to do what Palmer is doing, but it sounds like Palmer is going for a more premium screen and materials.
Not lethal (Score:2)
went on to found a defense contractor named Anduril that builds lethal drones
Not exactly. Anduril builds surveillance drones. They also have an interceptor drone that can ram into other drones flying where they're not supposed to be. They're designed to take out small, unmanned drones flying too slowly for missiles to be effective. Neither one is designed to damage manned targets and would do an inferior job of it if so tasked.
Gives DOD a warm fuzzy feeling (Score:2)