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This is the Fenrir Duo Optical Drive Emulator. You pull out your Saturn’s CD-drive and put this in its place. It is specifically designed for it. Plugs right in. Put a 256GB SD card in the slot, load every Saturn Game you own (the disc image) onto it, and you’re golden.<\/p>\n
So…we know what we’ll be doing with the Saturn. Although, on that note, I would like to share that I got several Saturn disc images to work on the BizHawk emulator package. I don’t know a lot about BizHawk, but I gather it’s actually being designed as an alternative to RetroArch…that is, it’s a front end for emulators. However, just the basic package loads Saturn games, so far, with no problems. I may look into it some more in the future.<\/p>\n
2) I also received the Component TV adapter for the PSP 3000. It works fine, and as I have previously stated, PSP games play natively in HD, so the visuals are on par with the first generation of full HD consoles. After some research, it looks like getting full TV playability will require either a PSP GO or a PlayStation TV, which is a VITA designed for connecting to a TV with HDMI, and pairing to a DualShock controller. I’m watching a few auctions on eBay to get a feel for pricing.<\/p>\n
Except for 8-16bit systems, console emulation has pretty much broken along the lines of “the best console to play a single manufacturer’s titles. That is, play Nintendo games on a Nintendo console (the WiiU in our case) and Sony games on the PS3, etc. Sega throws a wrench in that; as, while 8 and 16 bit titles can be run on the Dreamcast, easily…you still can’t do Saturn emulation. And as far as I can tell, there is NO support for running 8 and 16 bit emulators on the Saturn. I don’t really care that much about Dreamcast games themselves, I already mentioned that almost all worthwhile Dreamcast games eventually received a release on other systems. There *is* an optical drive emulator mod for the Dreamcast, much like the Saturn, but considering it would be limited to the SMS, Genesis, and Game Gear; and other random older systems, I don’t see that as a solution as much as a “fun experiment.” So Sega is still stuck on other systems. Xbox, as I’ve discussed a couple of times, really only does digital releases of Xbox and 360 games, and not all of them have been made available (and if they aren’t by now, it’s unlikely they ever will be released.) So Xbox remains its own ecosystem. Except, intriguingly, I’ve heard and read enough about doing emulation on a Series S to make me want to give it a try. I *have* heard that Microsoft has locked it down quite a bit, and it takes a quite a bit of work, but the challenge might be fun.
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Updating everyone on how the RetroArch WiiU install goes will have to wait until next week, because I still have college stuff and carpet cleaning waiting. But, to tide everyone over, here’s the current plans for where I’m going to get started on game-playing completionism. This should give everyone plenty to talk about. Note that unless the Edition\/System is blank, I already own the game and version listed:<\/p>\n
Final Fantasy 1: Origins PS1
Final Fantasy 2: Anniversary Edition PSP
Final Fantasy 3: PSP
Final Fantasy 4: Advance GBA, 3D DS, FF II NA SNES
Final Fantasy 5: Advance GBA
Final Fantasy 6: Final Fantasy III NA SNES
Final Fantasy 7: PS1
Final Fantasy 8: PS1
Final Fantasy 9: PS1
Final Fantasy 10: Remaster PS3
Final Fantasy 10-2: Remaster PS3
Final Fantasy 12: PS2
Final Fantasy 13: PS3
Final Fantasy 13-2: PS3
Final Fantasy Lightning Returns: PS3
Final Fantasy 15: PS4
Final Fantasy 16:<\/p>\n
Dragon Quest 1: SNES
Dragon Quest 2: SNES
Dragon Quest 3: SNES
Dragon Quest 4: NDS
Dragon Quest 5: NDS
Dragon Quest 6: NDS
Dragon Quest 7: PS1
Dragon Quest 8: PS2
Dragon Quest 9: NDS<\/p>\n
Metal Gear: HD Collection PS3
Metal Gear 2: HD Collection PS3
Metal Gear Solid 1: Twin Snakes GC
Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty: HD Collection PS3
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater: HD Collection PS3
Metal Gear Solid 3-2 Peace Walker: HD Collection PS3
Metal Gear Solid 3-2-2 Rising Reveangence: PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots: PS3
Metal Gear Solid 5 Ground Zeroes: PS3
Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain: PS3<\/p>\n
The Legend of Zelda – Collector’s Edition Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: The Adventure of Link – Collector’s Edition Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – SNES original
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Switch remake
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Collector’s Edition Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Collector’s Edition Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages\/Seasons – Gameboy Color
The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker – WWHD WiiU\/Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – GBA
The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess – TPHD WiiU\/Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass – DS
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – DS
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Wii
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 3DS only
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch\/WiiU
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – <\/p>\n
See you next week!<\/p>\n
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