good DC controllers are hard to come by. i hope they make something good or get saturn quality on there.
It's my only wish from them, but I don't have high hopes it'll ever happen. So this is good news!In for wireless Saturn if it's good. Was hoping 8bitdo would get there but no signs of Sega stuff from them.
Does an OSSC scale properly on both 1080P and 4K displays?1. Get yourself an OSSC
2. For the Saturn, ditch the S-video cable and get a SCART RGB cable instead
3. ....?
4. Profit
Oh man, the thought of playing on my Dreamcast with an actually ergonomic controller gives me goosebumpsIf they make an XBOX shaped wireless controller for the Dreamcast I'll buy 4. Fingers crossed.
1. Interesting device...but the price is almost the same as the TV I'm looking to pick up.
2. True, but not too many TVs in the states will use that. HDretrovision has an adapter that lets the Genesis component work on the Saturn.
3. !
4. I wish profit.
Still, thanks for the advice.
They are extremely easy to come by.good DC controllers are hard to come by. i hope they make something good or get saturn quality on there.
Nobody wants a Bluetooth Master System controller. And I'm saying this as a dyed in the wool Master System fanboy. The controller was trash.
Once I found out Mega-Drive controllers worked on the Master System, I couldn't get one fast enough.
Well this sounds awful.Pretty sure they already make Saturn controllers, I bought one for PC a few months ago with a Retro Bit logo stamped on and it has possibly the worst build quality of any controller I've ever bought. Even replacing everything but the main board with parts from an official Saturn pad didn't fix all the problems because the chipset is from a SNES controller, which has 1 more button than a Saturn pad, and the button they decided not to map is Start so in games like Sonic Mania you can't even pause!
I imagine it look okay on 4K, it should scale perfectly given its exactly double 1080P. Also, didn't realise they were so (relatively) cheap, less than $250AU shipped! Sounds like an excellent present to myself.Of course, no worries. And the way I worded it was a bit humorous, so please let me explain where I was coming from:
1. The OSSC is a product that performs similar functions to the XRGB Mini ("Framemeister"), but it's actually cheaper than the Framemeister and also has VGA input, which the Framemeister does not have.
2. This advice was only predicated on going through with #1.
3 & 4. These were part of some old internet meme from like years ago, LOL.
It was a recommendation coming from a good place, without exactly knowing your needs or situation. Sorry about that! :-)
Good question. I can say that it looks fantastic on my 1080P display. Not sure about 4K, I'll see what people say about it in our own (ResetERA) retro thread...
That's... a complicated question. The OSSC, unlike the Framemeister, isn't actually a scaler. It's a line miltiplier. If you feed it 240p it can multiply that up to 5x and 480p to 2x. Some TVs don't recognize a multiplied picture at some or all integers as a "proper" image and wont display anything.
Awesome, thanks for the info! And apologies to all for the thread derail.That's... a complicated question. The OSSC, unlike the Framemeister, isn't actually a scaler. It's a line miltiplier. If you feed it 240p it can multiply that up to 5x and 480p to 2x. Some TVs don't recognize a multiplied picture at some or all integers as a "proper" image and wont display anything.
So TV compatibility aside, 240p @3x = 720p which is at an integer that scales evenly on a 4k TV and 1080 sets that can recognize the multiple will scale with a non integer. To avoid a non integer on a 1080 TV you can multiply instead to 5x and hope the TV can display that with overscan. 480p @2x = 960p and it's up to the TV to scale at an uneven integer, if it cannot display it at a 1:1 pixel map (with a border around the active image).
It was Europad too, I had it :)Saturn jpad is best pad of all time.
Also, since were in hypothetical dream land, Im excited for the new updated, open source, bluetooth compatible VMUS!
Fuck it, they should release a brand new Saturn :D I would be sooo happy.A Saturn backup memory cart that doesn't frequently shit the bed would be nice.
Make it a Neptune for the ultimate package.Is it too out there to think that this partnership might lead to something like a proper Sega Genesis mini?
Hopefully they release a VGA Box-like apparatus that allows me to connect to HDMI on my television.
As it is now I'm kinda tempted to just liquidate my Dreamcast library because there's no elegant want to connect it to my TV.
I bought one a few months ago, posted my thoughts on it earlier in the thread.http://retro-bit.com/saturn-controller-pc-usb-black.html
Is this new or old then? And how was the quality? And will the new one be like this but with official branding or are they doing anything different? Need info. Price is rad, if it's good ($20). Visually it's spot on.
Edit: yeah this is older, Amazon reviews not so good either so I hope the new controllers are substantially better otherwise Hori's Fighting Commander is still the go to for 6 face button goodness on PC/PS4/Xbone.
Pretty sure they already make Saturn controllers, I bought one for PC a few months ago with a Retro Bit logo stamped on and it has possibly the worst build quality of any controller I've ever bought. Even replacing everything but the main board with parts from an official Saturn pad didn't fix all the problems because the chipset is from a SNES controller, which has 1 more button than a Saturn pad, and the button they decided not to map is Start so in games like Sonic Mania you can't even pause!
Yes please. The only replacement ones around were top parts from back in the day that are extremely rare and expensive now, or full shells that are seemingly only available from Venezuela and came in a ton of colours but half of which are too difficult to locate now.
Those guys make terrific stuff.
Those Saturn cables... Am i seeing HDMI?
You expected a cheaper solution to a complicated issue ?
You're alternative options are a OSSC or a xrgb
The USB Saturn pad I bought a few years back worked on the PS3 for fighting games. It was phenomenal.Yeah something like the recent 8bitdo SN30 but based on a Saturn pad would be the dream.
Stupid playstations and their 4 face buttons.
I was thinking $40-$50 max. I don't need any fancy features that something like a XRGB offers, I just need a way to get a Dreamcast video signal on my TV. My current TV doesn't have a VGA port or S-Video in, so I'm basically looking at composite at best, which isn't great.