Best Ultimate Tech Talk Hang Out Loud Edition season VI, RIP MarkMan's #BeardStache

Yeah the G27 has issues with the optical encoders getting loose.
And i know Motors gets an issue too

Hope you get it sorted out soon.

Are you just more a fan of Nintendo? Or are those cores not perfect enough yet?

I am more of a Nintendo fan to be honest.
And the Genesis got some AV quality flaws.
They can be fixed with mods, but still.

Other thing That I neglected to mention is I have a significant NES and SNES game collection.
I donā€™t own that many legit Genesis games. And most of my Sega CD games are CDRs

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Hooray, Champion Edition is upon us. Now maybe Iā€™ll really get into SFV . Sad thing is, I copped it on day 1 (like most of us) and got the Arcade Edition update, but it just hasnā€™t resonated with me like IV.

I do like the new skills and triggers. Chun Li plays more like her Alpha days now, which I can get used to. Canā€™t wait to see how cheezy Seth is now

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I gotta check out SFV CEā€¦ sometime.
In all honesty, I dropped off of SFV around when DBFZ came out at the beginning of 2018. Like to most people, SFV didnā€™t ring as well with me as previous SF games did. But it was mainly that the people around me whom I played SF with all dropped the game around the same time as well.
Iā€™m wondering if itā€™ll be tough to get back into it, considering the game system and meta have changed so much since the last time I was anywhere ā€œgoodā€ at it.

Does anyone know what the recommended RGB-to-composite/Svideo encoders are these days?
I have an itch to build another Supergun later this year, and my last Supergun from 2014 used a JROK v4. I donā€™t necessarily need the v4 this time (donā€™t need component), but I canā€™t seem to find any JROK v3 or v4 for sale anywhere. Has it been discontinued? Is there a recommended alternative?

The G25 miraculously works again. I suspect it may be a heat issue.

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That is great to hear. I wonder what can be done to alleviate the heat issues?

Finally got done my GBA consolizer


Main PCB


Adding a Power LED. Since I have a black plastic case, I ended up cutting a small hole to fit a 3mm LED in.


Final Product.

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Testing out new Fightpad

Iā€™ve played with this controller for 5 hours with various fighting games. This is a USB gamepad for PC and PS3. Itā€™s recognized as a Xbox 360 controller by Steam when set on PC mode. The controller works great on the PS4 with a Brook adapter. When using it with the latter, the ā€˜ā€˜Backā€™ā€™ button replaces the touchpad in MK11 and KOF IV, but does nothing in SFV and SamSho for some reasons.

The controller comes with interchangeable d-pads, Iā€™m sticking with the default one for now. The d-pad reminds me a lot of the 8bitdo M30ā€™s. I was worried at first because I noticed that the whole d-pad would go down when I pressed at the center of it Thankfully, it didnā€™t seem to mess up my inputs. The d-pads on the 8bitdo M30 and and Retro-Bit Sega Saturn also do the same thing. I had no problem doing SRK, QCF and charge motions.

The 6 face buttons are slightly concave and have a matte finish. They have just the right amount of travel distance. The buttons are not very big, theyā€™re slightly bigger than the XYZ on a Saturn controller.

Shoulder buttons are not triggers, theyā€™re very clicky and not hyper sensitive. Unlike the shoulder buttons of the PowerA Fusion Fightpad, you can place your index fingers on them without worrying about activating V-Skill or Rage mode by accident

The controller is about as thick as the Saturn, but itā€™s more comfortable to hold. I like it more than the PowerA Fusion and Razer Raion.

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Thats kinda cool looking

Recently installed sets of Cherry MX Clears in Gamerfingers and Crown SDB-202s. Obviously the noise level is different btwn the two, but if youā€™ve been looking for a viable feel alternative to the Tokai MM9-4s in most 30mm Seimitsusā€¦

Look no further (at least if you intend on sticking with Cherry)

(P.S. for Sanwas, MX Speed Silvers do the trick)

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Iā€™m ready to start blasting these users that skip over the obvious stickied topics and think that creating a topic specifically for their issue will get it answered sooner.

Donā€™t its a quick way to getting just generally angry and grumpy all the time.

Anybody put LEDs in these? El Guapo is going to get an overhaul this year and Iā€™m pulling the old Seimitsu buttons. I suppose if I really wanted I could reuse the OG Arc Eye 1.0 I have in the buttons now, but I may ditch lights altogether. Just in the planning stage now

Analogue is making their final print run of the Analogue NT Mini

Spring for this or Hi-Def NES a real NES?

ā€¦Or take the hammer to piggy and get a second hand Analogue NT non-mini :smiling_imp:

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While groundbreaking at the time, I feel that the NT Mini doesnā€™t have quite the ā€œmodernā€ look/feel that the Super NT, Mega SG and Analogue Pocket have. Maybe theyā€™re discontinuing this old version to have a newer/sleeker model coming up?

What Iā€™m hoping that Analogue would tackle eventually is a take on Hyperkinā€™s Supaboy. A portable that plays SNES cartridges. The Analogue Pocket could probably do it via roms, but Iā€™d want something good/reliable/cool-looking that could play legit SNES carts.

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My primary thing about the Analogue consoles is the initial cost associated with buying them. I donā€™t make a whole lot of money from my current gig with Intuit, so two hundo on the console is a big ask. I could also do the whole forgiveness rather than permission bit, but thatā€™ll probably setup a force disturbance/choke from the missus :joy:

Other than the NT Mini which is hugely overpriced, and their shipping out of the US is a joke.

The Analogue consoles are priced fairly.
If you jail break them, then you dont need a flash cart. And the next closest FPGA console are the AVS which is about the same as the Super NT and Mega SG when it comes to price, and the MiSTer which the mainboard has a hugly subsidized as itā€™s used for the educational market