Retro Duo NES Compatibility "Stress Test" PART 2

(Part 2 of 2) A compatibility test of the NES capabilities of the Retro Duo (RetroDuo) system performed live during the March NAVA Meeting at the Digital Press store in Clifton NJ. This video is NOT intended to show the visual quality or clarity of the games tested, simply that they are compatible with the 8-Bit NES side of the Retro Duo system. The opinions and views of Frankie and Lissette are not those of www.DigitPress.com or The Digital Press Store.

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[papercanfly]

anyone willing to sell their retro duo? personal message me please!

[FrankieViturello]

Dude, they still make them and you can buy them on eBay.

[cowhead1975]

I've used the original SNES controllers, the Super Advantage, and the Ascii-Pad, and they all worked great!

[wowhunter79]

@TPsynth- Yeah same thing happens with my actually SNES. I play simcity quite a bit and sometimes one tiny bump of the SNES and the game just goes black.

Then when I turn it off and on again all my saved data is gone. It really sucks when your only about 5,000 people away from a megalopolis(500,000 people) in simcity and you totally get fucked over. But whatever shit happens.

[Stereorage]

Although this guy had a problem with his, that's just it, he had a problem with "his". My Retro Duo has no problems whatsoever with save data, and I have knocked my system before by accident a few times. Also, it is a problem with the batteries inside of a cart, not the system it is used on. If any data is deleted, it's usually not going to be the system's fault. It's usually a result of hard bumps or removing the game while saving.

[3yE]

Oh, in the early models (1991-93 era) the sound was not exactly true to original, but without too large of faults. The noise channel pattern was different.

I don't know whether there is any system currently out there which has a filter design which even roughly resembles the NES (this machine has none audible at all). 25% and 75% duty cycle pulsewaves may be swapped or channel phase wrong, which is only audible in rare abuse cases.

[royalefreshness]

ok thanks again for the help. im thinking of getting a retro duo at the end of the month. why is S. metroid hard cos thts a game i am looking forward to playing tht and chrono trigger

[TPsynth]

SNES games save the data within the game, not in the console itself. The memory in the cartridge can be accidentally erased if cartridge is dropped or bumped while playing. Data can also be lost if system is turned off before it has saved all data.

This happened three times while trying to complete both S.Metroid and DKC2. This could have been the old cartridges. After I started being more careful I didnt have the problem again. Good Luck. I dare you to finish Super Metroid.

[royalefreshness]

thanks that answers my question does the retro duo save games. but what did you mean by if you bump it data will be lost

[VelvetKevorkian]

It's not a real signature on the StarTropics letter. The ink on mine breaks up in the exact same places.

/buzzkill