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Again, REALLY wish they wouldn't have cut the composite... no CRT is a bummer. Still might buy one to set up in my living room though. Main attractions to me are wireless controllers, save states, & GBC/GBA (as I don't own the CGN GBA player).
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Jagosaurus wrote:Again, REALLY wish they wouldn't have cut the composite... no CRT is a bummer. Still might buy one to set up in my living room though. Main attractions to me are wireless controllers, save states, & GBC/GBA (as I don't own the CGN GBA player).


Yeah man I am a big fan of being able to play all of the consoles with a wireless controller! I am also curious to see if the R5 helps to lower the price of the GBA player. Less than a month hopefully!!
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GBA player prices aren't to bad right now nabbed mine for $30 shipped on Ebay. If it weren't for people loosing the damn start up disc they would only cost around $10-15.
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I'm pretty excited. My plan is to set one up to my HD tv with the newer systems and keep the original systems on my CRT for light gun games and for the rare ones that don't work, if there are any
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Fragems wrote:GBA player prices aren't to bad right now nabbed mine for $30 shipped on Ebay. If it weren't for people loosing the damn start up disc they would only cost around $10-15.

Damn, you're lucky. I paid $50 for mine back in May :cry:
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SirGawain wrote:I'm pretty excited. My plan is to set one up to my HD tv with the newer systems and keep the original systems on my CRT for light gun games and for the rare ones that don't work, if there are any

Sounds like a good plan there. I wish I had space for my CRT in the apartment right now. Hopefully when I move in July I will have enough space to hook up everything how I would love.
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TheSegaSaturnGuy wrote:
Fragems wrote:GBA player prices aren't to bad right now nabbed mine for $30 shipped on Ebay. If it weren't for people loosing the damn start up disc they would only cost around $10-15.

Damn, you're lucky. I paid $50 for mine back in May :cry:

I bought three in 07 or 08 for an average of $10 a pop:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/nintendo ... ubes-5-tvs

And I still havent found four of the same size tvs to leave it setup in my game room.
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TheSegaSaturnGuy wrote:
SirGawain wrote:I'm pretty excited. My plan is to set one up to my HD tv with the newer systems and keep the original systems on my CRT for light gun games and for the rare ones that don't work, if there are any

Sounds like a good plan there. I wish I had space for my CRT in the apartment right now. Hopefully when I move in July I will have enough space to hook up everything how I would love.



When we move, I plan on getting a dedicated game room too. The CRT is in the bedroom with the classic consoles while the living room has the HD with the PS3 and 360. My plan is one room with two tvs next to each other so the significant other wont complain about me taking over a tv depending on my taste of play for the day :lol:
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aaron wrote:official trailer dropped a couple days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ6s6ZB- ... e=youtu.be

our boy Satoshi Matrix with the top comment. :wink:


Well according to "our boy" the Retron 5 uses Android Emulation, which is a big bummer.

Also i thought Satoshi Matrix was on the buy/sell/trade shitlist due to not shipping items?
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Sorry for being a bit ignorant on the subject, but what negatives does Android Emulation bring to the table? Does it not play a significant amount of games/ play games poorly? Does it have shitty sound conversion?
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