Handheld SNES gaming.....not emulation

whackball · 03-12-2011 09:40PM #1

Hi all,

Not sure if this has been posted as yet.

Looks interesting.

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/12/03/the_supaboy_handheld_super_nes_goes_up_for_sale

o1s1n · 03-12-2011 09:45PM

Finally! Been waiting for a Sega Nomad companion for years. Fingers crossed it's of good build quality.

whackball · 03-12-2011 09:57PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Finally! Been waiting for a Sega Nomad companion for years. Fingers crossed it's of good build quality.

I'd say if the build is half as good as the Nomad, we will all be fighting over them...the thoughts of playing Cybernator, Axeley and Actraiser on the go.....drool

o1s1n · 03-12-2011 10:03PM

Here's a vid -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amn2JHTtoEw

I'd much rather it had the Japanese/EU colour scheme (might be easy to modify the buttons?) but it looks decent enough.

Pyongyang · 03-12-2011 10:05PM

Is that another Ben Heck handheld?

That man could make a Neo Geo AES with just a gusset and a soup ladle.

o1s1n · 03-12-2011 10:08PM

No it's a real, factory produced handheld you can order

whackball · 03-12-2011 10:09PM

Pyongyang wrote: »

Is that another Ben Heck handheld?

That man could make a Neo Geo AES with just a gusset and a soup ladle.

Sounds like he is the McGuyvor of retro game modding

Steve X2 · 03-12-2011 11:48PM

Apparently the speakers let out a very high pitch sound when you turn it on and it doesn't go away unless you use headphones.

That would put me off it a bit.

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o1s1n · 04-12-2011 02:19AM

Ah damn it, there's always an annoying catch, isn't there?

I wonder is it just a speaker shielding problem? (similar to the Vectrex) Might be easy enough to fix.

DjFlin · 04-12-2011 02:23AM

Did anyone else notice anything odd in the spec list?

Two seven-pin ports in front for wired controllers
SNES controller design
Screen size (diagonal): 3.5 inches
2.5 Hours battery life
Measures: 8.5 x 4 x 1.5 inches
Weight: 11.5 ounces
Stereo sound
AV Out
Headphone jack
Adjustable volume control

Steve X2 · 04-12-2011 02:26AM

DjFlin wrote: »

Did anyone else notice anything odd in the spec list?

Seems normal enough for these sorts of things.
They always have rubbish battery life.

I think it does run off standard Nokia batteries so you can have a few I suppose.

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Doge · 04-12-2011 01:52PM

whackball wrote: »

Hi all,

Not sure if this has been posted as yet.

Looks interesting.

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/12/03/the_supaboy_handheld_super_nes_goes_up_for_sale

It's still an emulation even though it uses original carts,

otherwise they'd have to take old parts from SNES consoles to put each unit together!

Do I smell a low pass filter mod on the horizon to curb the high pitch noise problem with the speakers?

Myrddin · 04-12-2011 01:57PM

waveform wrote: »

It's still an emulation even though it uses original carts,

otherwise they'd have to take old parts from SNES consoles to put each unit together!

So is a snes jr just an emulator, because it hasn't got the exact original chips in normal snes consoles?

Doge · 04-12-2011 01:58PM

waveform wrote: »

Do I smell a low pass filter mod on the horizon to curb the high pitch noise problem with the speakers?

Actually that may not help if the noise is due to interference form the LCD screen.

Handheld SNES gaming.....not emulation

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