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Tom Mann Centuria

The Last Bandit wrote: »

So the Vega+ has been released at least (to a few backers anyway)

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Underwhelming, putting it mildly. Still not convinced this isn't just one of the units that's been knocking around for the last year. It's condition certainly isn't "new" anyway.

CiDeRmAn

Looks like it's done
Made it to the front page of the BBC news app

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45024267

o1s1n

Looks like an absolute piece of crap you'd buy from China!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv6GR9Q3oFY

Inviere

Looks like junk indeed, at the same time, does anyone think the shipped units with the Sinclair branding might attract collector attention?

Tom Mann Centuria

Inviere wrote: »

Looks like junk indeed, at the same time, does anyone think the shipped units with the Sinclair branding might attract collector attention?

Sinclair is just printed on paper so anyone could add it in under the clear plastic.

Inviere

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Sinclair is just printed on paper so anyone could add it in under the clear plastic.

Ah, classy

o1s1n

It was such a news piece in the retro gaming world and colossal feck up that I'm sure the few units that were actually shipped will hold some sort of collector value.

Just look at those buttons though, look at them! The three down the bottom are painted like like something you'd see on a cheapo poundshop toy.

Tom Mann Centuria

It's a shame for backers. A PSP wth the fuse emulator, or even better imo a DS with ZXDS on a flashcard would give you a better screen, better controls, more options etc for less than half the price of a Vega +.

megaten

I don't think I've ever seen a emulation focused handheld that didn't have massive flaws.

Inviere

megaten wrote: »

I don't think I've ever seen a emulation focused handheld that didn't have massive flaws.

Yeah, there's usually always something that puts me off them too...be it ****ty controls, not enough power to do 16bit and above, crappy 3rd party manufacturing, or somesuch

o1s1n

Inviere wrote: »

Yeah, there's usually always something that puts me off them too...be it ****ty controls, not enough power to do 16bit and above, crappy 3rd party manufacturing, or somesuch

Inkjet printed logo on cartridge paper under the bezel is a new one

There's a good recap of the many problems the Vega+ faced over the course of the campaign for those unfamilar.
https://thenextweb.com/gear/2018/08/01/the-zx-spectrum-vega-is-the-ultimate-crowdfunding-cautionary-tale/

Inviere

o1s1n wrote: »

Inkjet printed logo on cartridge paper under the bezel is a new one

Mr. Price start buttons to match

o1s1n

Haha, anyone read about Retro Computers (the company who released the Vega) forgetting to renew their domains for this product and one of their detractors bought them up instead?

http://zxvega.co.uk/
http://retro-computers.co.uk/

That is absolutely hilarious, god tier trolling

Tom Mann Centuria

o1s1n wrote: »

Haha, anyone read about Retro Computers (the company who released the Vega) forgetting to renew their domains for this product and one of their detractors bought them up instead?

http://zxvega.co.uk/
http://retro-computers.co.uk/

That is absolutely hilarious, god tier trolling

More often than not, if there's an article about Sex Robots in the press you'll find Mr. Levy of Rcl quoted. That's his main interest.

Relikk

Anyone with an SD2SNES might be interested in the SA-1 chip beta firmware that was released earlier this evening.

http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=8045.0

Stoner

Inviere wrote:

Ah, classy

It's rubbish looking alright. I won't get one, I was all up for it initially

Tom Mann Centuria

Re value of the Vega + despite being sh!te. There's now one on ebay currently at 255 pounds.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292664410957

There's been more videos appearing of it too. Not getting any better.

Doge

The original ZX spectrum itself set was rubbish to begin with, why am I not surprised a portable recreation is piss poor also? :P

Tom Mann Centuria

Doge wrote: »

The original ZX spectrum itself set was rubbish to begin with, why am I not surprised a portable recreation is piss poor also? :P

Them's fighting words.

Doge

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Them's fighting words.

I'm only brave enough to say it at this hour because Ciderman's asleep!

CiDeRmAn

Doge wrote: »

I'm only brave enough to say it at this hour because Ciderman's asleep!

I'm awake now,
I'm here to kick Doge's ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum...

Skerries

o1s1n

Skerries wrote: »

Looks nice, shame about the stick though. I was hoping it would have a microswitched one something like the NGP.

CiDeRmAn

Look forward to seeing if they can load extra games on there.
Presumably they couldn't get rights to Puzzle Bobble or the Aerofighters games

Firefox11

o1s1n wrote: »

It was such a news piece in the retro gaming world and colossal feck up that I'm sure the few units that were actually shipped will hold some sort of collector value.

Just look at those buttons though, look at them! The three down the bottom are painted like like something you'd see on a cheapo poundshop toy.

They are already up on ebay going for double the price now!! What a shambles.

Doge

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm awake now,
I'm here to kick Doge's ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum...

C64 Master Race! :cool:

Inviere

Doge wrote: »

C64 Master Race! :cool:

Almost, we’ll find out for definite when it’s fully loaded

Steve X2

A teardown of the mini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNwRm6b_sE

Steve X2

If anyone else uses the Micomsoft XCapture-1 as their main capture device I'd recommend having a look at the below 3rd party software. It runs the same engine but has better options, tweaks and is in general better than the official Micomsoft software. I started using it the other day and it just works better and easier. It probably supports other devices as well.

https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/usb-3-0-video-capture-device-hdmi-dvi-vga~USB3HDCAP#dnlds