Who is this for? You can build a living room PC with much better specs for $500 that can emulate a lot more systems and If you want to play your original cartridges/CDs just get the real hardware
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Some unfortunate people found the idea really appealing when the only other major clone console on the market was the analogue nt and the retro avs.
And those were actual good clones with a real purpose to existing, given that the original NES doesn't have good video output and that toaster slot is garbage to work with. Anything else is a waste of money though.
>Who is this for?
morons. there can be no other answer
What if /vr/ collectively ran a line of these bullshit consoles and we didn't even buy them ourselves while everyone else did?
delightfully devilish but I swear this is what's going on with powkiddy handhelds.
>You call emulators hardware simulation?
>Yes! It's a... regional dialect
Never heard of that one before. I have a Super Nt and my original SNES.
Part of me, probably some long-lost part of being a kid and wanting a console that could play ALL games, really likes these things conceptually. No way in hell I'd buy one just to buy cartridges just so it can emulate them though.
Polymega supports CDs out of the box, then there are addons based on NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16, and N64 that have cartridge and controller slots for those. The whole thing is around $1,000 for a complete setup. And then you buy the games.
This bundle on their site costs $800, then the N64 set is $80, and any other controllers are about $30. So $880 minimum, but it's all just emulation.
Amazing people are dumb enough to fall for this. It's not even FPGA (and even THEN it would still be a scam)
FPGA is not a scam. You have to be 18 to post here.
no but an fpga you'd have to spend 500 on then an additional 80 dollars for every cartridge console just so you can shove your precious plastic into it instead of just loading every game in existence on a single sd card, THAT would still be a scam
>Amazing people are dumb enough to fall for this
Has anyone actually bought it? I see youtubers selling it but I haven't seen anyone claim they own it.
Lol I was just going to say the same thing, I highly doubt any fricker has even bought it
I like lookin at the polymega. Looks neat. The modular design is also neat lookin.
That is the only compliment I will give it and I do not buy products based on aesthetics alone.
I'd be all for one of these if they were cheaper and more focused. Like an all-in-one Genesis/32X/Master System/Game Gear thing for $100.
Anon you're not supposed to actually buy it. This is just like one of those cool proof of concepts people make in Blender only it somehow made it past the planning stage
a PC with emu you need to set up yourself
neckbeard libs are not into such diy projects
No wonder this overpriced slop has Phil fish as a spokesperson
literally who?
Dude who made an indie game called Fez over a decade ago, it got popular. People started considering him an amazing developer, he got a massive ego and started shitting on Japanese developers, got BTFO over it, got pissy and cancelled Fez 2 then left gaming.
At least, that's how I remember it, don't recall ever hearing about him again after cancelling Fez 2.
bro, just stop going on social media. you'll be happier. you're clearly addicted
i think it's a trick for ignorant people. we should make making replica hardware, as there isnt enough real SNES for everyone who wants one (i cant split my childhood SNES with my siblings). but this shit isnt the way to go and feels like it's tricking people who dont know the difference between software emus vs original hardware vs fpga
>bro, just stop going on social media. you'll be happier. you're clearly addicted
... what? I don't even use social media. What the hell even made my post look like that?
Pretty much, which is why I was surprised to hear he of all people was involved. That would be like some hack musician being behind some upcoming retro console re-release.
You mean like the Soulja Game?
Not that I want to give Polymega any credit, but no, it's a bit better than that crap. Those were literally just Chinese clones of a clone of a clone of a crappy ARM-based emulation device with pre-loaded ROMs from Aliexpress that were being drop-shipped. There wasn't even any branding or anything, it was literally just the same thing you could buy yourself from there for less.
and you think polymega isn't a chinese cheap console because????........
all those retro consoles just give the vibes "murrican wanabe trying to pass a chinese console as his own stuff reselling it at 20 times the original price" kind of stuff.
for example there was one called somethingbox it was 40 dollars so quite cheap you could use cartridges of megadrive,snes and so on and could be dumped,it had a hard drive of 1TB and could use internet to download more games from their site but didn't catch my eye but i would rather buy that one instead of those scams like polymega or similar stuff.
on this age is more easy and cheap to just get the blueprint of snes or similar,buy the parts and assemble,is way better then something else and cheaper (if i could make my own iphone buying the parts for cheap in china why not try doing something else) you can even make your own PS2 from scratch.
>and you think polymega isn't a chinese cheap console because????........
Because it's not some garbage that was designed in China nor just meant to be a cheap as possible ripoff? The people clearly originally wanted to create something good, but also clearly had no idea what they were getting themselves into and ended up creating this overpriced piece of junk.
>all those retro consoles just give the vibes "murrican wanabe trying to pass a chinese console as his own stuff reselling it at 20 times the original price" kind of stuff.
Except they didn't, this was designed by themselves and not just some crap they found on Aliexpress that was re-packaged. You really don't see the difference between people in China just tossing any cheap crap together with several dozen pirated roms, and then even that being cloned and re-cloned over and over as cheap as possible vs a California company making something custom on their own?
>for example there was one called somethingbox it was 40 dollars so quite cheap you could use cartridges of megadrive,snes and so on and could be dumped,it had a hard drive of 1TB and could use internet to download more games from their site but didn't catch my eye but i would rather buy that one instead of those scams like polymega or similar stuff.
I wouldn't buy either, I am just saying the Polymega isn't the same as a "Super Ultra Mega Retro Games 999999 in 1 Best System" on Aliexpress or other such crap.
>on this age is more easy and cheap to just get the blueprint of snes or similar
Yeah, good luck getting the "blueprints" (That's not even what they would be called for an electronic device like this, you are building electronics, not a bridge) for something Nintendo made. And double good luck managing to get the exact same specs from those "blueprints" fabbed on modern fabrication processes.
>Made to soak up cash from affluent middle-aged gamers
Even "affluent middle-aged gamers" don't seem to be interested in this
So... he has no relation to the Polymega.
>No wonder this overpriced slop has Phil fish as a spokesperson
lmao no it doesn't.
All hardware gays get the rope
This, the only reason to use original hardware is to play on a crt. Otherwise just emulate ffs.
What a pleb
And even then. Just emulate on a Raspberry Pi and output to composite.
>Who is this for?
Youtubers, they're the only ones i've ever seen interested in it
They were given for free for the shilling campaign.
>Who is this for?
moronic manchildren with too much money
Can it at least play roms from an SD card or something?
No.
>$550 for a celeron and 2gb ddr4
>4-8 frame sound lag on all PS1 and Saturn titles
>Sometimes random buttons get pressed with no input from the player because frick you I guess
>Massive input lag on SNES games
>Does not read homebrew carts or Everdrives.
>Works by copying the ROM/ISO to the system's storage, meaning you can't save or load save games on the cart.
>$550+tip
This is absolutely one of those things that started out as a sincere effort but turned into a scam.
Sad. I would say to get a Super Nt, but it appears that sadly, Analogue stopped making them.
But think of all the benefits!!!
Literally less features than the original 30+ yo hardwares it's supposed to replace.
morons that don't know anything about computers. It's just an over price PC that runs Linux.
This thing was just a 8th Gen Intel Pentium G5400T, 2GB of RAM, 32GB eMMC Flash Storage. You can upgrade the CPU and add a M.2 SSD up to 2TB but the RAM is soldered onboard.
You can buy a used OEM PC for way cheaper on eBay that is more powerful than this trash.
At that point just get an original SNES and a Retrotink x5 for like a bit more of the cost. It would be a better investment since you could use the Retrotink for other consoles too.
I get original hardware. I get emulating. I don't get things like modern reproduction systems or mister.
The emulation isn't even good and is just based on outdated versions of emulators that are available on PC with all of the customization features and tweaks ripped out. The Genesis emulator is literally Kega Fusion.
I like Game Sack too.
Not that I was planning on buying one of these things but the Game Sack review turned me off from even considering it.
I like my AVS quite a bit and it gets a lot of play. I'm pretty happy with the couple of Analogue machines I have too.
>I like my AVS quite a bit and it gets a lot of play. I'm pretty happy with the couple of Analogue machines I have too.
Yep, and at the time they were considered premium options for NES. Then comes the poly guys saying "oh we're gonna do that but with CD consoles and have these big swappable things" and it was just a budget x86 emulation pc that does the same thing pcs from 20 years ago can do but with glorified usb adapters. This was before even the super nt.
Shelf collectors and resellers who have no intention of playing the game but need to test it works perhaps
>no intention of playing the game but need to test it works perhaps
This wouldn't even be good for that. It just dumps the cart, not runs the game off it. So all it would tell you is that the ROM chip(s) can be read, not that any of the other components in the cart are working.
>Who is this for?
morons with more money than sense. A few years ago people wanted like, a high-end retron 5. The company behind the Polymega announced it would be an FPGA which explains its high asking price. Then they had to walk that claim back.
I have like 3 or 4 PCs lying around that I can basically turn into homemade polymegas for free.
There's lots of morons with more money than sense but they're spending it on 800 dollar NES cartridges, not this. I'm really not sure if there's a single paying customer. All i've seen is shills and people making fun of it.
DESU, it doesn't matter to me much whether something's an FPGA or emulation or whatever, as long as it works. (Though they shouldn'tve lied.) The whole point of this is to make it simple to play old carts & discs w/out going through a bunch of hoops, but the problem is they made it way too fricking expensive for what it is.
>DESU, it doesn't matter to me much whether something's an FPGA or emulation or whatever, as long as it works. (Though they shouldn'tve lied.)
They didn't really lie, the FPGA aspect was dropped pretty early on. I don't recall if it was dropped in the middle of or after any of their crowdfunding though, it would be pretty bullshit if they originally advertised it as FPGA and got money over that before just switching to a crappy Celeron (seriously? A CELERON? I didn't realize those were even still being made, not even the crappiest budget prebuilt PCs that cost less than this thing use a CPU that shitty, to say nothing of a laughably small amount of RAM).
>The whole point of this is to make it simple to play old carts & discs w/out going through a bunch of hoops, but the problem is they made it way too fricking expensive for what it is.
Honestly, I would say the whole having to swap modules to play different cartridge-based systems counts as jumping through hoops.
And yes, it's absurdly expensive for what you get. $550 for what is basically a 8-9th gen Celeron Linux PC with 2GB of RAM?
>I'd rather have a real SNES but the styling ain't bad.
Yeah, visually it looks nice, that's about all it has going for it.
I have no idea. As a died in the well collectorgay, if I'm going to play with original carts, in going to do so on original hardware. If I'm going to use a flashcart, I'd still do so on original hardware. If I'm going to emulate the hardware, I'll just do it on my computer and not frick with carts or a console.
This seems like a showpiece for rich collectors, so they can set up a single console with a modern, mature, adult-friendly design that they can show off without feeling like they're showing off children's toys.
It's for morons.
It was originally going to be a FPGA based device, before I believe even the MiSTer was a thing. But then the FPGA aspect got dropped and now it's nothing more than a laughably overpriced and fancy Retron.
The thing is nothing more than a standard x86 PC with emulators and what I assume is Linux on it that charges you laughable prices for what accessories that are basically the equivalent of a cartridge dumper (Because you sure as frick aren't going to be able to run the carts directly using software emulation) and USB controller adapters for whatever system the adapter is for.
I don't understand why anyone would want this thing, even the crowd that are obsessive over retro games. That kind of crowd seems like they would either be interested in the actual hardware, an Analogue system, a MiSTer, or just plain emulating in software. You are paying several hundred just to have the same experience as running a software emulator on your desktop.
Want to dump your own carts? Build or order a pre-built Sanni cartridge reader. The latest version thing by default has ports for Famicom, NES, SNES, N64, SMS, Genesis, and GB/GBC/GBA. And with basic pass-through adapters can be compatible with nearly every cartridge system made from Gen 6 and older. You can get all the parts for around $100-125, and if you can't solder you can get pre-built ones for under $200.
Want to use your original controllers? Shitloads of USB adapters for that.
ZERO need to pay several times more to get the same experience with this thing as having Sanni's cart dumper and USB controller adapters on your PC. At least if it had a FPGA I would see some point (though it would still be massively overpriced), but it's pure software.
I'm so glad that only Analogue has been successful at commercializing FPGA emulation. Not that I think the company is good or anything, but that the open source MiSTer project reigns supreme is great.
why does that thing have MIDI input?
it's a NEC PC Engine controller port
it's kinda moronic
I watched the GameSack video
>it's kinda moronic
It's ass
It's for people who can't be bothered to build a PC and have the money to drop and play immediately.
You can buy an i5 l thin client for less than $100 these days.
Is that a hardware accurate clone?
There is one for sega genesis too. It's called MD mini drive lite. I want this but don't really need one. I already have a good sega genesis.
>Is that a hardware accurate clone?
It uses open source software emulators.
OK. It's a snes emulator.
That one in my last the pic is a hardware accurate sega genesis 2. It's veery nice. I don't know that is has the connector for sega cd though. The 32x would certainly work. But oh well. As I said. I have no need. This might be nice to keep in the living room hooked to an HDTV. The acrylic shell looks nice.
Polymega:
>fricking celeron processor
>2GB ram
>outdated emulators
>can't read rom files
>has trouble reading homebrew games
>doesn't copy save games
>over $800 US to play everything
>UI is at least pleasing to the eye
my 2 Dell Optiplex 7060's
>8th gen intel i7
>8GB ram
>can update emulators when needed
>provide your own rom files
>homebrew games work just fine
>can transfer saves or download other peoples' savedata
>stolen from work
>multiple paid or free frontends to choose from
it's for buying and then being sad again until you do another buying
These pricey aftermarket consoles are made to soak up cash from affluent middle-aged gamers. If you think they’re expensive, they weren’t made for you. It’s very simple.
Affluent middle-aged gamers likely have the original hardware with scalers, HDMI mods and/or CRTs. Which begs the question again, who is this really for?
for the same price and way cheaper in the long run i'd rather buy a few consoles and flash carts and emulate the rest on my PC.
this product is probably for upper middle class who have little time to spare in-between their professional grindfest sessions to get informed on their options and the time to set them up.
probably also mid-life crisis millionaires with no social life.
I'd rather have a real SNES but the styling ain't bad.
This console is slightly confusing. I need to see youtubes to explain this to me.
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Brutally mogged by used pc off eBay + batocera
I seriously can't believe someone would buy this over a Raspberry Pi at a 10th of the price or an actual FPGA emulator for half the price.
Hell, I'd get a PlayStation Classic over this.
idk man
the controller looks nice enough at least
According to the GameShack video the controllers kept issuing wrong inputs after a while. Seemed to be a software issue since unplugging and replugging them made them work for a while before it started happening again.
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