good DC controllers are hard to come by. i hope they make something good or get saturn quality on there.
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Retro-Bit Gets Sega Licensing: New Accessories for Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast in 2018
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Please release a six button genesis controller for PC.
Also: please a genesis/saturn mini. Will never happen.
Also: please a genesis/saturn mini. Will never happen.
If they make new Saturn controllers, they NEED to change the cables to whatever the DC or GCN or Xbox used...
Damned thing is soooooooo rigid and keeps the kinks and shape. It's horrible.
Damned thing is soooooooo rigid and keeps the kinks and shape. It's horrible.
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.
It's my only wish from them, but I don't have high hopes it'll ever happen. So this is good news!
I already have two genuine USB Saturn pads (one white/colour buttons, other is grey) though, so that aspect of the news doesn't faze me.
Does an OSSC scale properly on both 1080P and 4K displays?
Oh man, the thought of playing on my Dreamcast with an actually ergonomic controller gives me goosebumps
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...
Would be cool if they made them compatible with Switch via Bluetooth, like 8bitdo's controllers. I'm very curious if Sega is planning some Mega Drive ports to that system considering how well Sonic Mania did for them, guess we'll see if they'll be part of Nintendo's VC program.
I also have a fondness for the Dreamcast controller though I can't imagine it being all that comfortable these days. At the very least Dreamcast emulation will feel a lot more authentic.
I also have a fondness for the Dreamcast controller though I can't imagine it being all that comfortable these days. At the very least Dreamcast emulation will feel a lot more authentic.
Neither love nor hate it, done it's job.
And it also has alot of great games nobody has really played. GG Shinobi 1/2 etc...
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.
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).
Awesome, thanks for the info! And apologies to all for the thread derail.
It was Europad too, I had it :)
Wish 8bitdo made a faithful recreation (maybe with a little better xyz buttons) since they seem to make quality stuff, but they really need to nail the circle d-pad.
Edit: wait, what?! Retro-Bit are making them after all! The way this was worded I thought they'd only make stuff that work with the original consoles rather than something like this! I really hope they're well done but it's a huge jump to conclusions to say that since they're licenced by SEGA they're as good quality as the originals. There's plenty of dodgy stuff licensed from SEGA out there and even SEGA branded stuff of shit quality (like the Saturn pad made for their web games service thing a while back). Has anyone used Retro-bit controllers? Are they good quality? Will they work fine on PC?
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Looks beautiful! Sadly I think this will shoot the Dreamcast/Saturn consoles price up to the sky lol
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fuck it, they should release a brand new Saturn :D I would be sooo happy.
Hmm. I was literally about to sell my Saturn and Dreamcast this week. Maybe I should hold off?
I bought one a few months ago, posted my thoughts on it earlier in the thread.
Hopefully these newer ones are significantly higher quality, I wouldn't mind a wireless Saturn pad.
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.
I got a Toro from them for use with mu Framemeister and love it!
Anyone that makes quality Saturn controller adapters so I could use my PS4 Vewlix Hori arcade stick on the Saturn? It has a PS3 mode as well.
I do have a modded Virtua Stick, but I mess up the top layer quite a bit...
Those Saturn cables... Am i seeing HDMI?
So hype to finally see what's up with this Retro-bit deal in CES
You expected a cheaper solution to a complicated issue ?
You're alternative options are a OSSC or a xrgb
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.
The USB Saturn pad I bought a few years back worked on the PS3 for fighting games. It was phenomenal.
I hope these saturn pads are the same quality as the originals, been waiting ages for a saturn pad to play 2d fighting games, saturn d-pad is the best one ever made for fighters in my opinion.
I'd buy a ridiculous amount of money for a good quality Saturn pad, similar to the originals by Sega. Hope these new pads are awesome.
Retro-Bit had me at Wireless Dreamcast Controllers. Now to wait for impressions, price tag, and release date.
There was an ebay seller from europe (poland maybe?) that was selling what appeared to be their own local made Dreamcast VGA cables, around $25 shipped (i live in Canada). Paired that cable with a VGA to HDMI converter box from Amazon, also around $20. Works great on my HDMI port on a Panasonic 26 inch LCD. I can PM you the details if you want.
Picture is very noticeably sharper, colors are more accurate. I was a bit concerned spending nearly $50 to upgrade the picture on this old system but I think it was well worth it.
I have a VGA Cable from the era but I was concerned any VGA to HDMI conversion hardware would introduce input lag.