WELL THIS IS INTERESTING.. Retron 5

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No word from Newegg yet on my order. Ugh.

Hyperkin is having a Reddit AMA with product developer Chris Galizzi in about 15 minutes at 12:30 eastern. Their Facebook page will have a link to it.

This should be good. I hope he's got a good firesuit.
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Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
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I cant wait to see a teardown
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ExedExes wrote:I hope he's got a good firesuit.
He is going to need it!
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did he delete his post? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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FlashbackX wrote:If you could add one more system compatibility to the R5, what would you add?
cgallizzi wrote:turbo grafx 16
I wish they had. :cry:

Also, there's lots of people asking about the Black Unit, and he insists that they've shipped them out and are waiting on Amazon. So far the comments haven't been that bad.
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Pretty decent Reddit, I thought. Lots of questions were answered.

In other news, about 30 minutes ago --
Thank you for shopping at Newegg.com

We're delighted we had what you were looking for!

Your order should be processed and ready to be shipped within 24-48 hours.
YUPYUPYUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's in process!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was a gray unit.

Not only did they honor the $99 pre-order price, I guess since I asked about my order status a while back, they waived the 3 day shipping fee!
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Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
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Cheat database is up! :)
http://www.retron5.com/cheats/
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Yay, it's here. :)

I downloaded the cheat database. Unfortunately, I cannot update my firmware as I'm on version 0.2.0 and Hyperkin has advised to not update.
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Really looking forward to getting my hands on a black one (it would simply be wrong for me to fly SNES colors :P ), but life has thrown some curve balls lately and I'm not in any hurry.
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Got a tracking number for my Retron 5 -- hope to have it next week!

In the meantime, Pat the NES Punk's review is up here. It's the best one I've seen so far, he put it through the paces and it's the most comprehensive and accurate review so far. It's also good to know he pointed out that GBA games are having saving issues (which will hopefully be fixed!)
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Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
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