Title: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: vandro on January 05, 2016, 22:52:27 PM
Post by: vandro on January 05, 2016, 22:52:27 PM
Apologies if this has already been posted before. But I came across the following website today. This seems rather cheap to me unless I'm mistaken!
http://tomsgiftsandgadgets.co.uk/collec ... n-uk-stock (http://tomsgiftsandgadgets.co.uk/collections/handhelds/products/sega-megadrive-handheld-100-games-in-1-portable-console-sonic-bomberman-uk-stock)
http://tomsgiftsandgadgets.co.uk/collec ... n-uk-stock (http://tomsgiftsandgadgets.co.uk/collections/handhelds/products/sega-megadrive-handheld-100-games-in-1-portable-console-sonic-bomberman-uk-stock)
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: Shadowrunner on January 05, 2016, 23:02:50 PM
Post by: Shadowrunner on January 05, 2016, 23:02:50 PM
That is definitely cheap! There's a few of these handhelds out there but I really don't know what the quality is like. The SD slot for adding roms is nice but If I was going to get one I'd probably look for one that can play the actual cartridges too.
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: TrekMD on January 06, 2016, 02:51:08 AM
Post by: TrekMD on January 06, 2016, 02:51:08 AM
I have one of these. They are pretty cool and the fact that it has a slot for a microSD card is great because you can play titles not included, like homebrews that are available for download.Â
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: vandro on January 06, 2016, 08:04:31 AM
Post by: vandro on January 06, 2016, 08:04:31 AM
Is it straightforward to get home brews to work on the system trek?
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: TrekMD on January 06, 2016, 11:25:23 AM
Post by: TrekMD on January 06, 2016, 11:25:23 AM
Quote from: "vandro"Is it straightforward to get home brews to work on the system trek?
The ones that I've tried have worked just fine.
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: onthinice on February 07, 2016, 16:11:24 PM
Post by: onthinice on February 07, 2016, 16:11:24 PM
I have a similar one also and have been very impressed. The speaker is not the best on mine but the sound is spot on. I have one of the consoles made by the same company and the sound effects are way off from the original.
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: MadCommodore on February 08, 2016, 11:41:59 AM
Post by: MadCommodore on February 08, 2016, 11:41:59 AM
Quote from: "Shadowrunner"The SD slot for adding roms is nice but If I was going to get one I'd probably look for one that can play the actual cartridges too.
I was interested by this comment because unlike 8 bit computer games on cassette that came with some awesome loading artwork, music and even games to play (Invade-a-load for example) while a game loaded I don't really understand how playing the games from an SD image compared to a real card would change the experience personally.
(which is why I have always had the largest possible collection of tape image files for my emulators)
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: Lorfarius on February 08, 2016, 12:47:40 PM
Post by: Lorfarius on February 08, 2016, 12:47:40 PM
Quote from: "MadCommodore"Quote from: "Shadowrunner"The SD slot for adding roms is nice but If I was going to get one I'd probably look for one that can play the actual cartridges too.
I was interested by this comment because unlike 8 bit computer games on cassette that came with some awesome loading artwork, music and even games to play (Invade-a-load for example) while a game loaded I don't really understand how playing the games from an SD image compared to a real card would change the experience personally.
(which is why I have always had the largest possible collection of tape image files for my emulators)
Emulators aren't capable of getting the MD sound right.
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: Shadowrunner on February 08, 2016, 15:07:52 PM
Post by: Shadowrunner on February 08, 2016, 15:07:52 PM
Very true about the sound, plus I just don't like pissing around with emulators and roms. I'll always go for original cartridges if possible.
Title: Re: Handheld Sega Megadrive
Post by: MadCommodore on February 09, 2016, 19:39:24 PM
Post by: MadCommodore on February 09, 2016, 19:39:24 PM
Hmmm generally I would agree but Steve Snake's awesome multi Sega console emulator has really good sound on Gauntlet 4 and is really easy to use. Of course you then need to buy USB adaptors for the real official Sega Megadrive 6 button joypads (the best joypads in the world!!!!) so I can only half agree myself 