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This

That GBA sound "improvement" is nothing more than a gimmick. It doesn't improve anything in my opinion :))).

@@alexandruc.5647 You might think it because you're watching a recording on your device. I can assure you can hear a nasty hissing on most original hardware up to the gba once you turn the volume high enough or use headphones, so any improvement will be miles ahead of the original.

@@V3Efreet I know very well how the original GBA sounds, don't worry :).

Friend-of-the-site “My Life in Gaming” has perhaps the most in-depth review, and a great compliment to this one.

Personally I wouldn't trust any of those youtubers who are constantly saying how great every chinese emulator console with a 320x240 screen is

Most in depth review on youtube goes to My Life in Gaming quite easily but this one is a close second.

@@siphillis A better complement to this one is the 5-month review by "Siegarettes"... he's a person who's actually used it in real life. He covers usability and practicality in a lot more depth than these early reviews.

@@Linkale_ Miyoo Mini (v2) makes this thing look like an overpriced crock of shit. It's truly pocketable (the size of a deck of playing cards), comfortable to hold, has great battery life, and has compatibility with many more systems, including PS1. It doesn't have a meme bajillion pixel screen, it's 640x480 and that's more than enough. 4x the pixels of most of the systems it's capable of emulating. Analogue is for hipsters that want a pretty thing to put on a shelf and collect dust next to their Bluetooth record player and ironic Red Canadian Nintendo Wii.

DaVinci Resolve ftw.

Could work as a joke, though, a REALLY strong filter :D

I assumed it was a joke

Thank's for the review there ^^ But John....im worried about your eyesight :( I noticed for a while now that you seem to have problem with your glasses(maybe the weight?) and you are often squinting your eyes. Im no Doctor, but...man...if possible go see a Doctor and let that get checked. Sorry for beeing so off topic!

lol thanks - thought it was hit for copyright notice for a second

It's really interesting, but in the video I found that those flickering clouds in the background of castlevania were barely lighter than the rest. Was it more noticeable on the real screen?

My mind is blown by this effect. Was it memory/CPU intensive? Why didn't all games use this effect to get 7 shades instead of 4? If more games had this, it would make me regret getting the IPS mod for my gameboy.

@@Linkale_ It doesn't seem to work on video. It relied on the low quality GB screen. It was really effective though.

@@KnightMD If memory serves, it wasn't too much of a hit on the GB. We used it mainly to improve sprites, add transparency effects, and increase the number of sprites on-screen. Once we'd figured it out, we never went back.

@@DougHolmes Does it have to be for a static element (e.g. Background) or can it be part of a character's pixels?

I'll sell u my gameboy color

It was an extremely limited pre-order when it was announced leaving a lot of people frustrated. So bad in fact that Analogue has been cast in a very negative light on Twitter and in KZfaq comment sections ever since. All the major KZfaq channels got one though!

A) It could be worse: I was forced to practically give away my collection of CIB Game Boy games after being recently displaced by an EF-4 tornado. As the original owner of these games who would never dream of trading his games into GameStop, mine somehow managed an even worse fate. :( B) You couldn’t preorder it even if you were ready and trying desperately while enlisting all of your friends and family to help. Ask me how I know. :(

Pre orders up tomorrow, fren!

You might think you want to go back and play Gameboy color games on original hardware, but I promise you the experience is more miserable than you remember it and you'd very likely quickly tire of not having a backlight.

same thing happened to me!

Yeah, just came on to say

Like John said, really strong low pass filter ;-)

Same here, commenting for visibility so he sees it.

@@OriginalChrizum The strongest :D

I'm sure they're just as happy gullible people will spend this much money on a Gameboy in 2021.

@@michaelharrington5906 Gullible people? No. There isn't some big marketing campaign to convince people to buy this. There's no attempt to persuade people it's comparable to modern game systems. It's a way to play retro games in a modern way, and that's all it presents itself to be. If you buy this based on the information provided by Analogue or in video reviews like this, you're not gullible to do so - the information is clear enough to know exactly what you're getting. This is a product people have been eagerly awaiting for years. There's no gullibility in that, especially as niche products of this type are things you tend to seek out if you're interested, not things that are presented to you. Just because you're not part of the target market and don't understand the appeal doesn't mean this product doesn't have a place or that those buying it are gullible.

@@dandavidson4717 100

@@michaelharrington5906 eh... there's worse things to spend your money on isnt there.. but yeh, you can get something emu based of almost comparable quality (to the less keen eye) for a fraction of the price with a far greater library. Nobodies getting 'fooled' by this, but again I kinda get why you say that. It is what it is. This is for a certain somewhat niche group of collectors and enthusiasts and I say good for them. Its very impressive what they've accomplished with this. If it makes the people that are into this and have the disposable cash happy- great. I personally wouldnt fork out for it, I cant afford such luxuries...but Id love to have a try on one. I've still got some Game Gear carts knocking around somewhere from a million years ago... with this I wouldnt have to be permanently tethered to the wall socket or paying the same amount in AAs to enjoy them haha

@@dandavidson4717 the big marketing campaign are all these reviews/review copies as well as hype lololol

@@Cardamander you are not alone

This would be awesome indeed. However, I'm not sure how this could be possible from a legal stand point given that PS1/PS2 would also require its BIOS (which I believe is propietary and illegal to use). I would appreciate is someone can help me clarifying this as I'm not super versed on this topic.

Mister has you covered ps1 and saturn cores incoming

Saturn and PS1 core on the MISTer is already at a playable state. The PS1 in particular already has save states and soon next year will have sound implemented.

@@Moravia90s Some PS1 emulators use their own emulated bios’s nowadays, compatibility isn’t as good as a real bios but that’s something that could be improved upon especially if it was needed for a shipping product. Ultimately the bios for a game console of that era is just the “OS” that games run on top of, so that can be reimplemented just like the hardware side can.

@@StrangerHappened Yup it's an okay option, I do have one but it still has emulation issues (glitches, artifacts, slow down, etc.) So I still prefer FPGA.

Same here

I already have a 200 game backlog on steam i promised myself to play imagine if I told myself to play my retro library as well. Immorality can't come soon enough

@@namonaite this comment made me feel…and feel attacked….and laugh. Thanks 😊 🤝

@@namonaite This typo made me laugh so much 😂

Same. I imagine lots of people would get it as impulse purchase. But since the delivery of AP is pushed to unspecified month of 2023, no chance for this either.

To be fair, it's a fairly recent development, and a newborn science. People are just now realizing the need to emulate the original presentation, and getting around to implementing display emulation shaders into the usual emulators. Currently, the most advanced emulator on that front is RetroArch, even featuring CRT TV emulation shaders for the games that looked their best before LCDs came along. But for the CRT ones in particular to look proper, you need a beefy GPU, and a really high-end, extremely bright display, with 4K and HDR support. Otherwise it looks like garbage due to downscaling of the phosphor matrix and not enough color precision to properly emulate the analog physics, contrast and brightness of a real CRT monitor. Or you could get an actual CRT and just use the composite signal emulation part of the effect. Early LCDs like the ones seen in GB hardware, though, are much easier to emulate by comparison, so those can fit in a portable device like this one. And having a screen this high-end with the correct, native aspect ratio and a resolution & density high enough to properly emulate the original subpixel layout is 80% of what makes this look so good.

Word! Mine is supposed to ship this week!!

@@swissmrkc I can't wait! Going to play so much fire emblem and golden sun haha

I started replaying Metroid 2 recently. That game holds up surprisingly well.

Newcomers making hardware to play 30 year old games from said "big 3"? Nintendo gives literally 0 shits if you want to play Gameboy games they make 0 money from fifth hand cartridges...

i laughed when the sound muted

Glad someone brought this up.

@@Kysen10 Extremely Low Pass Filter

I thought it was my headphone being defective lol.

any idea when they're supposed to ship? i was able to get in on the pre order, but there doesn't seem to be much if any communication from analogue. not too enthused with that price tag. a little communication would be nice

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not really a scoop it was in dev and prod state for the past two years

@@gzaos who else has covered the Analogue Pocket yet? Not seen it in the flesh and analysed to this extent by anyone = scoop.

@@jpxdude on my subscription feed I count 4 videos on this, all dropped at the exact same time (when the embargo lifted). Not a scoop at all

@@jpxdude I currently have 12 videos on it in my subscription feed, so definitely not a scoop.

I use an everdrive >_>

Collecting was alot more accessible pre covid. Now if someone is getting into the hobby I just recommend they get everdrives and optical drive emulators.

That'll be an embargo thing for sure

Review embargo most likely

paypig

i know right? i just went to go find it but cant find this specific track :(

also wonderful to see a couple of glimpses of Super JetPak DX

Get rid of those old batteries now! If they're still in there, leaving them in is just going to make things worse. If there is leakage, scrubbing the battery contacts with a toothbrush and alcohol should get rid of the acid corrosion.

I tested a bunch of my carts yesterday and only found it possible to tilt my EZ-Flash Jr enough where I'd be concerned to accidentally freeze the game. All my other legit carts and the Shantae reprint from limited run games are rock solid and won't be moving around enough to matter unless you slam the thing on a table or drop it on the floor.

Analogue duo is sort of this