Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025?

Zaghadka wrote:

 I have a first release Sega Genesis in the basement myself.
Sometimes putting the carts in is tricky.
 I'm happy with the Switch's Gameboy emulation, though. I wish I
could bring my own roms from cart dumps, but I understand why they
can't do that.
 If you take it out of the dock, you get a Gameboy with a manageable screen size. Limited selection though.
 Cool Spot isn't emulated on Switch, and doesn't work right on
original hardware hooked up via composite video because the NTSC blur
doesn't happen (you get a series of lines instead of intended
transparency. So in that case, the only way I can get an authentic
experience is through emulation with an NTSC filter. Original
hardware isn't always the best solution, or more to the point, you
need *all* the original hardware, including an RF switch in some
cases.
 

Gameboy and GBA are more or less the first time the Switch VC gets it
right, although it's missing a a few things. Namely, being able to pick
the colour in GBC mode, and gameboy support. Quite a few of the games in
the Switch VC are SGB enhanced, but it's impossible to get the borders
or custom palettes in games like Mole mania.
Regarding Cool Spot, Sega is the king of annoyances due to its constant
over reliance on composite artifacting. First to increase the colour
(The Lion King), then for transparency effects (Saturn). that's one of
the few cases were I have to rely on emulation if I don't want to plug
the ancient CRT TV. The latest Retrotink can do the trick, but it's not
cheap.
I upload playthroughs / longplays from time to time, and I prefer doing
it with real hardware, for preservation purposes.