Poll of the Day > I'm thinking of buying a hacked snes classic

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One of those on eBay that have 200+ games added to them.

I just got some retroactive pay from a raise that took affect back in July and I wanted to get one for the kids and myself.

Has anyone heard of any problems with one of these?
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Just buy a new one and hack it yourself.

Is it even legal for people to be selling those hacked?

I have one. It was cool for like a week
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How much do people charge for them?
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Chewster posted...

Just buy a new one and hack it yourself.

It's incredibly easy. I did it and I'm not a technical guy.

Step 1: Buy a SNES classic
Step 2: Buy an axe
Step 3: HACK IT!!!
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It's basically a rom box

Why not simply just use an emulator then?

It takes less than an hour to do it yourself.
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what games are those 200+ you're talking about?
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Some of the sellers have made up a good collection even with sega games. There are sellers willing to costumize too.
They usually go for just over $100

I can't do it myself because my desktop is ancient.
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Unless your PC is running Win 98 I'm pretty sure they'll emulate 8 bit platforms at least. The requirements are low. Hell you could do the same with a Pi for like $40.
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Hell, if you want to go high end for an emubox, just get a GPD XD+ and go nuts.
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Isn't it just loading ROMs anyway? I don't think your PC even needs to be good enough to actually do the emulating, but unless it's 20 years old it should be able to handle that too.

My newer laptop drank an entire glass of milk thanks to my daughter, so I currently use a PC from 2004 running Windows XP to do my SNES hakchi-ing. Works just fine.
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So were allowed to talk about emulation now?...
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Honestly I'm ancient too and don't like sitting at a desk with a computer, wether its brand new or 7+ years old.
The GPD looks cool but I'm not into handhelds and its about the same price for the system I can easily plug into my tv.
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Just buy it brah

Fuck all these guys that are like JUST DO IT YOURSELF. These are the same people that are like YOU GET AN OIL CHANGE? IT TAKES AN HOUR AND ITS WAY CHEAPER TO DO IT YOURSELF

Guess what? I dont wanna

Chewster posted...

Isn't it just loading ROMs anyway? I don't think your PC even needs to be good enough to actually do the emulating, but unless it's 20 years old it should be able to handle that too.

Rule of thumb was 10 the processing power of the machine you're trying to emu, but if 8 bit is all you're gunning for you can literally just do that with anything made in this decade.
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It's not the same thing as telling somebody to change their own oil. However you look at it, the person selling this is either:

- Scalping an item that's still attainable
- Making a personal profit of illegally obtained software

And who knows if the thing is even legit. Personally I'd rather get one from the store that I know is legit and hasn't been opened. I don't care if people make ROMs available but to actually sell them is something I think is really scummy.

It's like if you bought an album that was just somebody who burned the songs from it onto a blank CD

WhiskeyDisk posted...

Chewster posted...

Isn't it just loading ROMs anyway? I don't think your PC even needs to be good enough to actually do the emulating, but unless it's 20 years old it should be able to handle that too.

Rule of thumb was 10 the processing power of the machine you're trying to emu, but if 8 bit is all you're gunning for you can literally just do that with anything made in this decade.

How much more powerful is the Xbox One (not X) than the Xbox 360? Xbox 360 requires an EXTREME amount of power to even emulate properly, and Xbox One shouldn't even powerful enough to emulate Xbox 360 games properly. Granted, a ton of optimization is needed for games, but they all look, and run better than they do on Xbox 360 (and it completely eliminates screen-tearing by forcing V-Sync in all of its games). Take Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYvM5ddSWMM" data-time="

Xbox One backwards compatibility is nothing short than a miracle in software engineering.

I have one of those I that got from ebay, that I don't used much anymore. it's got lots of snes/nes games on it (even retroarch, but I can't figure it out), I even have the unhacked snes mini that I don't use either. if you or anyone reading this want them, let me know
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Pikazard1 posted...

I have one of those I that got from ebay, that I don't used much anymore. it's got lots of snes/nes games on it (even retroarch, but I can't figure it out), I even have the unhacked snes mini that I don't use either. if you or anyone reading this want them, let me know

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I want them

Locke90 posted...

So were allowed to talk about emulation now?...

GameFAQs has to compete somehow.

We secretly know stubborn farts like us will never leave.
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