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  1. adiwan adiwan

    I'm a bit sad that the Coleco Chameleon (aka Retro VGS) is dead now. I'll miss the drama that surrounded that piece of crap.

    Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 11:44:57 UTC from Choqok
    1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

      @adiwan What in the name of an Atari lookalike is that thing ?

      Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 13:42:13 UTC from web
      1. adiwan adiwan

        @critialcloudkicker You mean the Atari Jaguar.

        Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 13:48:00 UTC from Choqok
        1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

          @adiwan They pulled the Atari Jaguar ?

          Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 13:50:47 UTC from web
          1. adiwan adiwan

            @critialcloudkicker Ah... I thought you meant the origin of the case of the Coleco Chameleon. The Atari Jaguar case was used in many products like a dental x-ray machine. http://i.imgur.com/fnvu2vu.jpg

            Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 14:00:49 UTC from Choqok
            1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

              @adiwan Hah, that is amazing. ... Still though, what is that Chameleon ? Some sort of handheld wannabeall retromachine ?

              Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 14:02:27 UTC from web
              1. adiwan adiwan

                @critialcloudkicker Exactly. The Coleco Chameleon was intended to bring back cartridge gaming. They wanted to bring out bug free games that don't have ever to be updated. In their original pitch they wanted to have that an FPGA chip so other systems can be hardware emulated, like the SNES.

                Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 14:08:39 UTC from Choqok
                1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

                  @adiwan You know, I said something like "Wannebeass handheld retromachine" and that kinda retorted in my brain for a bit. Yeah I want one of those. Although in my case I would settle for something as silly as [some quick fighting with paint.net ] ... something as silly as this http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/834639

                  Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 14:58:22 UTC from web
                  1. adiwan adiwan

                    @critialcloudkicker A PSP is not a bad choice. The emulator support isn't bad. I tested a SNES emulator but the FX chip games ran horrible. The others were OK.

                    Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 15:10:04 UTC from Choqok
                    1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

                      @adiwan I was mostly talking about the hardware design of the thing though, and not any of the internals, but the balance of the thing in your hands, the buttons that have a "right" feel. Unlike the Ipega "clip on" controller ( http://www.usbgeek.com/products/ipega-iphone-android-bluetooth-controller ) which make the whole ordeal both feel unbalanced and laggy to me, and sometimes even downright yanky.

                      Wednesday, 09-Mar-16 16:07:55 UTC from web