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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/26/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    That's no Genesis! That's a MEGA DRIVE!

    Good times.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally

    And yes, these lighters are worth $115 each.
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    Image of A strolling player got drunk and A strolling player got drunk and
    11/30/09

    @Segador: HOLY CRAP. I need them both.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    One of the better looking consoles of all time.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    Where's the Dreamcast iPhone dock? Make it so.
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    Image of spudhed spudhed
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: make one yourself, although youd have to cut a DC case sadly
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @spudhed: No, if I had a DC, I would play with the DC, the way it was meant to be.
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    Image of spudhed spudhed
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: so get one, mine cost the grand total of five pounds from a car boot sale with 2 pads and 2 mem cards
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/13/09

    In reply to PSPgo Finally Getting a Bit Cool with Sega Genesis Emulator
    Sony is kind of like the kid at school that nobody likes- although you feel sorry for him, you know that he wouldn't be so lonely if he didn't walk around with his finger jammed up his nose. #pspgo
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    Image of weendex weendex
    11/13/09

    In reply to PSPgo Finally Getting a Bit Cool with Sega Genesis Emulator
    I understand the PSPgo hate. I felt the same way before I had the chance to use one, which ultimately led to buying one.

    To me the biggest difference is that the PSPgo is pocketable. With ALL your games (not your old games, yes yes, that issue is beaten to death). I can toss my pspgo in my pocket and not feel like a retard. It's barely bigger than the iphone. No other handheld is truly pocketable like the pspgo. The form factor is what makes the pspgo worthwhile. If the size doesn't matter to you, then yeah, there is no point to get the PSPgo. Alright! Desktop computers have an advantage over laptops too, but we still like laptops (highly exaggerated example, i know!)

    CFW is just going to make the pspgo amazing when the scene gets it going, although I'm hesitant about how well it will work with your legitimately downloaded games, as they will likely require the latest firmware to be installed. We'll see. CFW could make the PSPgo a nerd's dream machine. #pspgo
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/13/09

    @weendex: Every gadget is great at a certain price. (Well, except the TwitterPeek.) The PSPgo just happens to be priced at twice the price it should be. #pspgo
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    Image of weendex weendex
    11/13/09

    @Monty: agreed on the price point.

    Buying a pspgo straight up is a little intimidating.

    I had a psp-1000 and a psp-3000, so i sold the psp-3000 (with some accessories) for $170. So to me the PSPgo was an upgrade cost of $90. Which for a gadget nerd with a job, isn't too too bad.

    I think $199 would have been the appropriate price, and imagine it will be there before too long. #pspgo
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/13/09

    In reply to PSPgo Finally Getting a Bit Cool with Sega Genesis Emulator
    Can't wait until they get homebrew sorted on the Go so I can finally replace my Phat. I'm not fussy about the lack of a UMD drive, CFW means that I won't have to rebuy my games. Plus 8GB of internal flash memory is very nice for messing around with. #pspgo
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    11/13/09

    @Odin: Good news, the pspgo comes with 16GB internal. #pspgo
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    11/13/09

    @Odin: +1

    This is awesome news. I've ripped all my current games, so if my original PSP ever breaks I can move to the Go without any unnecessary hassle.

    Hell most of the original launch games are less than 300MB, uncompressed, so I'd easily fit all my games on the PSP Go with room to spare. #pspgo
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/16/09

    @weendex:
    Even better.
    At any rate who needs Sony to make sure you can play the games you've already bought when you can do it yourself. #pspgo
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/09/09

    In reply to SNEGENES P Combo Mod Comes with Plenty of Junk in the Trunk
    In these days of cheap emulators all you need is any sort of modern electronic portable. A PSP is capable of doing all three easily. This sort of thing is just for people who can't give up their cartridges. #mods
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/08/09

    In reply to SNEGENES P Combo Mod Comes with Plenty of Junk in the Trunk
    "I hope you have a big trunk... because I'm puttin' Paperboy in it." #mods
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    10/26/09

    In reply to Sega Genesis and Saturn Lighters, Or Why Sonic No Longer Runs 5Ks
    Nice Matt&Kim reference hipster. #segalighters
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    10/26/09

    In reply to Sega Genesis and Saturn Lighters, Or Why Sonic No Longer Runs 5Ks
    Holy crap, these are awesome. If they weren't so much, I would add them to my Zippo collection in a heartbeat. #segalighters
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    Image of FooSchnickens - BPH Free FooSchnickens - BPH Free
    10/26/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Marryin'Couples: They'd need a Turbografx16 before I would do that. #segalighters
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/15/09

    In reply to Happy 20th Birthday, Sega Genesis
    Nice one, Wilson!
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    08/14/09

    In reply to Happy 20th Birthday, Sega Genesis
    I still miss my Genesis. My brothers and I fought over it so my Mom and Dad sold it... And yeah, I was a late adopter also. I think we got ours in '95.
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    Image of OrbitalGun OrbitalGun
    08/14/09

    In reply to Happy 20th Birthday, Sega Genesis
    God do I ever miss Mutant League Football.
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    Image of CaseyG CaseyG
    08/14/09

    In reply to Happy 20th Birthday, Sega Genesis
    When I joined Sega in 1990, the Genesis was just getting its legs. We were still making Master System titles, and Game Gear prototypes were just starting to enter testing. We had one Genesis that had been kitbashed to include a "CPU Pause", so we could take high-quality screenshots of games that otherwise altered the screen when paused.

    When I joined, 400 hours of testing was about all a game could expect. By the end, the test process had ballooned to include pause testing, reset button testing, and myriad other random tests that resulted from obscure and unique bugs in single titles. A given build could get upwards of 120 test hours. Most titles had ten to fifty builds, putting total test time into the 2,000 to 6,000 hour range.

    Testers were paid $10-15 per hour (I was on the low end of that range, because I was and remain a piss-poor negotiator), and worked 60-90 hours per week during crunch times. In 1993, a one megabyte title's testing cost was estimated near $75,000.
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