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elgefe02 on 09 January 2008

You know those "20 in 1" classic gaming joysticks/emulators that you can buy in Wal-Mart? Screw them. The real deal is the Retro Duo and Gen X from importers Innex. The former is a tiny console that accepts NES and SNES cartridges, which the latter takes Sega Master System and Genesis/Mega Drive slabs.

It's retrogaming for those who never threw away their collections, even when the machine that played them was done and dusted: "It's for people who still have the games in the garage," says Ron Pang, a sales manager at Innex.

I've got no idea why these guys can just sell multisystem clones of old consoles (Innex says that the systems they carry are based on lapsed patents) but I'm happy they do. It's certainly more "legal" than downloading ROMS and old tape images and what-have-you. How about an all-in-one featuring every system up to the post-16-bit era? The history of an industry, of entire generations of computer entertainment, embodied in a single mass-produced box out of Asia.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/ces-2008-retro.html



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elgefe02 on 09 January 2008

Somebody knows were can I get one of those?



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valen200 on 09 January 2008

Yeah I would be very interested in them. I already have some of the Famiclones, but I could use an snes and I never had a genesis.



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GooseGaws on 09 January 2008

Video Games Plus sells the FC Twin:

http://www.videogamesplus.ca/product_info.php?cPath=54_46_137&products_id=12350



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superchunk on 09 January 2008

I saw them i a mall in Stockton CA, on one of those carts in the walkways. Haven't seen it anywhere else. But, I don't visit malls much.



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elgefe02 on 09 January 2008

^^^thanks



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CDiablo on 09 January 2008

These are nice but no S-Video on the SNES is not good for me. My Launch SNES from 93 is still doing fine. I may be interested in the Genesis one, though I have an XEYE.



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supermario128 on 09 January 2008

No use to me, but still pretty cool.




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madskillz on 09 January 2008
CDiablo said:
These are nice but no S-Video on the SNES is not good for me. My Launch SNES from 93 is still doing fine. I may be interested in the Genesis one, though I have an XEYE.

FTR - I *played* SMB and Duck Hunt on my projector at 10'. All I will say is "YUCK." Old-skool gaming and big screen setups DON'T MIX! 



JoeJ on 09 January 2008

I've got an FC-Twin. The sound on NES games isn't perfect, but it's close enough. Also, some Super-FX games do not work properly. Besides that, I've been happy with it.