To me, retroc64, since I consider all of these original platforms dead, I would be more apt to pay for a turnkey super emulation machine than a modern day rebranded PC that makes use of a classic name/brand. I'm thinking something like a tiny box with a preconfigured emulator that boots straight into it and has removable storage (like an SD card) that I can add additional software to (though of course I'd want it to come already preloaded). That to me would be a "Commodore 64 - 2" or a "Commodore Amiga - 2", you know? Sort of like the perfect realization of the original platform. It should also come with a keyboard with remapped (and relabeled) keys to ratchet up the authentic experience and have both S-Video and HDMI outputs, and be optimized for either. I would gladly pay $300 for something like that, even if in theory it's something I could go to the trouble of setting up myself. Of course if this "Box - X" could be turned into perfect realizations of other systems by replacing the SD card and they offered matching keyboards per system, even better, and I'd even pay a little more for the base system.
I realize what I'm talking about is embodied in this project: http://www.c64upgra.de/c-one/ , but they're trying to do in FPGA what can probably be done nearly as well with today's budget processing power and good emulation software, and for cheaper.
*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
To me, retroc64, since I consider all of these original platforms dead, I would be more apt to pay for a turnkey super emulation machine than a modern day rebranded PC that makes use of a classic name/brand. I'm thinking something like a tiny box with a preconfigured emulator that boots straight into it and has removable storage (like an SD card) that I can add additional software to (though of course I'd want it to come already preloaded). That to me would be a "Commodore 64 - 2" or a "Commodore Amiga - 2", you know? Sort of like the perfect realization of the original platform. It should also come with a keyboard with remapped (and relabeled) keys to ratchet up the authentic experience and have both S-Video and HDMI outputs, and be optimized for either. I would gladly pay $300 for something like that, even if in theory it's something I could go to the trouble of setting up myself. Of course if this "Box - X" could be turned into perfect realizations of other systems by replacing the SD card and they offered matching keyboards per system, even better, and I'd even pay a little more for the base system.
I realize what I'm talking about is embodied in this project: http://www.c64upgra.de/c-one/ , but they're trying to do in FPGA what can probably be done nearly as well with today's budget processing power and good emulation software, and for cheaper.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.