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  1. Pony Pony

    YES. It just needs the ability to load not 1 but 2 GBA cartridges simultaneously in split screen mode so that players can trade pokemon. http://hyperkin.com/blog/2013/03/retron-5-details-revealed-from-the-midwest-gaming-classic/

    Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:44:24 UTC from web
    1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

      @pony That controller looks like a repetitive strain injury waiting to happen

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:50:13 UTC from web
      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

        @ceruleanspark People seem to hve some sort of obsession with squarey anti-ergonomic controllers

        Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:53:07 UTC from web
        1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

          @notthefbi I think it's nostalgia. "My wrists hurting reminds me of when I was a kid!"

          Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:54:14 UTC from web
          1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

            @ceruleanspark I was honestly never too fond of old style controllers.

            Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:56:08 UTC from web
            1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

              @notthefbi The mega-drive controller was hell on my wrists during extended Streets of Rage and Gunstar Heroes sessions.

              Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:59:15 UTC from web
              1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                @ceruleanspark I remember it being bad for the hands after playing too much. I ended up with a PS clone controller after damaging a couple controllers.

                Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:09:09 UTC from web
      2. Pony Pony

        @ceruleanspark as you said, nostalgia!

        Monday, 19-Aug-13 21:58:51 UTC from web
    2. Pony Pony

      @vt3c big companies would like you to believe that they have exclusive rights to sell consoles, etc. I understand that after a number of years copyrights expire

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:02:00 UTC from web
    3. Pony Pony

      copyright laws are messed up. How does Disney still have ancillary rights for Mickey Mouse?

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:03:37 UTC from web
      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

        @pony Because it's a character, not a technology. Tech patents expire after a couple decades. Characters and other fictional IP doesn't as far as I'm aware, since it literally gives nothing to humanity or the governments to have something so trivial free of copyright and all that fuzz.

        Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:11:43 UTC from web
        1. Pony Pony

          @notthefbi That's quite logical.

          Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:13:25 UTC from web
      2. Matt Matt

        @pony Because they've used Mickey Mouse in so many of their recent properties I guess? I dunno.

        Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:49:02 UTC from web
        1. Pony Pony

          @zeldatra Patent law and ancillary rights and other copyrights all vary I guess.

          Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:53:55 UTC from web
    4. Ross (FlamingPandaOMG) Ross (FlamingPandaOMG)

      @vt3c .... or.... and stay with me here, they RENEW the copyrights.

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:05:29 UTC from web
      1. Pony Pony

        @flamingpandaomg @vt3c I mean they can only renew for so long or something

        Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:09:00 UTC from web
    5. Pony Pony

      @vt3c Maybe it has to do with changes they've made to his (and others') characters over the years.

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:05:31 UTC from web
    6. Pony Pony

      @vt3c @flamingpandaomg I don't believe they're allowed to after a certain amount of time, but I'm only speaking from something I heard from a teacher years ago, and, honestly, I don't think even academia has a complete understanding of copyright law.

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:08:14 UTC from web
    7. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

      @vt3c @pony You wouldn't copyright a console. You'd patent it and the technologies it uses.

      Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:09:16 UTC from web
      1. Pony Pony

        @ceruleanspark That makes sense. IP has me throroughly confused.

        Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:11:25 UTC from web
        1. Pony Pony

          @pony Which I believe is exactly what companies want so that people won't try to benefit from free use content.

          Monday, 19-Aug-13 22:12:47 UTC from web