I know this tab got panned, but hear me out. If I mostly plan on doing emulators (GBA, NES, SNES, PS) and doing a battery mod, is it good?
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The controls are crappy even with a mod the battery stinks and the rom is slow and clumsy my advice get a psp go put a little magic in it and now you have an awesome little portable piece of tech in your pocket with way better battery life
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Well, I've been playing Final Fantasy 3 & 4, among other games, on it for a while now. It is a little quirky when it comes to the thumb sticks, and there isn't a true D pad so fighting games will be more difficult to play. Plus the screen could be better like some of the reviewers noted, but it is pretty responsive. If you're a casual gamer such as myself I think you will enjoy it. I do like playing my games on there despite the quirkiness. but if you're a serious hardcore gamer you will find in a bit lacking especially against what's coming out now. The Wikipad looks pretty damn good. As for the tablet part I think it's decent. It runs Jelly Bean smoothly and I haven't had any real problems with it. Its not as bad as some reviewers made it out to be but there are better pads out there now.
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I have not personally tried the battery mod but I have always been in the range of a power plug when I am using my Gamepad. As for emulation capability the Gamepad is quite capable of running the Emulators that you mentioned without any problems. Aside from the less than ideal set up of the controls the biggest issue that I had with my Gamepad was the official firmware that it shipped with; I could neither gain root_access or uninstall preinstalled applications. After searching around for a functional custom rom I settled on SigmaxJFG. Once you install the custom rom everything just works better and faster. I have not personally tried the battery mod but I have always been in the range of a power plug when I am using my Gamepad. As for emulation capability the Gamepad is quite capable of running the Emulators that you mentioned without any problems. Aside from the less than ideal set up of the controls the biggest issue that I had with my Gamepad was the official firmware that it shipped with; I could neither gain root_access or uninstall preinstalled applications. After searching around for a functional custom rom I settled on SigmaxJFG. Once you install the custom rom everything just works... » Read More I have not personally tried the battery mod but I have always been in the range of a power plug when I am using my Gamepad. As for emulation capability the Gamepad is quite capable of running the Emulators that you mentioned without any problems. Aside from the less than ideal set up of the controls the biggest issue that I had with my Gamepad was the official firmware that it shipped with; I could neither gain root_access or uninstall preinstalled applications. After searching around for a functional custom rom I settled on SigmaxJFG. Once you install the custom rom everything just works better and faster. « Show Less
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i just noticed they dropped the price to 157, that's a little better. i think it is possibly worth that, i was just irritated that it had dead pixels on arrival. i bought it specifically for emulation as well, and it did that just fine. however, keep in mind the screen is pretty bad. it is not that clear, and the viewing angle from one of the sides was terrible and not equal to the other three, which was odd. i honestly still want one, but am just waiting to see the handheld android market develop more.
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Yeah absolutely it will. I use it in my original GBA, my Japanese GBA (I don't think they are region locked BTW), and my GBA Micro. I haven't tested it in a GBA SP but all indications are that it works fine in them as well (tons of people in the forums have confirmed this). Only issue to watch for is about 15-20 have problems with the slower SRAM in the SuperCard (Doom 1&2, Yoshie's island, Tony Hawk 3 etc.)The slowdown in those titles is noticeable though not necessarily game breaking. If those are some of the games you would like to play you may want to invest in the EZ Flash IV or the EZ Flash V Fat Version, both of those have full speed memory but finding them can be tricky. Yeah absolutely it will. I use it in my original GBA, my Japanese GBA (I don't think they are region locked BTW), and my GBA Micro. I haven't tested it in a GBA SP but all indications are that it works fine in them as well (tons of people in the forums have confirmed this). Only issue to watch for is about 15-20 have problems with the slower SRAM in the SuperCard (Doom 1&2, Yoshie's island, Tony Hawk 3 etc.)The slowdown in those titles is noticeable though not necessarily game breaking. If those are some of the games you would like to play you may want to invest in the EZ Flash IV or the EZ... » Read More Yeah absolutely it will. I use it in my original GBA, my Japanese GBA (I don't think they are region locked BTW), and my GBA Micro. I haven't tested it in a GBA SP but all indications are that it works fine in them as well (tons of people in the forums have confirmed this). Only issue to watch for is about 15-20 have problems with the slower SRAM in the SuperCard (Doom 1&2, Yoshie's island, Tony Hawk 3 etc.)The slowdown in those titles is noticeable though not necessarily game breaking. If those are some of the games you would like to play you may want to invest in the EZ Flash IV or the EZ Flash V Fat Version, both of those have full speed memory but finding them can be tricky. « Show Less
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I am very pleased with the AGPtek nine-cell battery. It has tamed that little power-greedy bugger and made it useful. I run Mint Linux on it. I've never actually run it down to empty, but I have gotten more than three hours out of it. The power meter says I have more than six when its fully charged -- and I think it would give that as long as you weren't taxing the drive and graphics too much. It is a bit bulky, but I actually like the way it raises the back of the unit to make it like the legs of desktop keyboard. It also gets rather warm, so I wouldn't recommend using it in cramped conditions where that heat will be allowed to build up. All-in-all, I recommend it as a good solution to the problem. I am very pleased with the AGPtek nine-cell battery. It has tamed that little power-greedy bugger and made it useful. I run Mint Linux on it. I've never actually run it down to empty, but I have gotten more than three hours out of it. The power meter says I have more than six when its fully charged -- and I think it would give that as long as you weren't taxing the drive and graphics too much. It is a bit bulky, but I actually like the way it raises the back of the unit to make it like the legs of desktop keyboard. It also gets rather warm, so I wouldn't recommend using it in cramped... » Read More I am very pleased with the AGPtek nine-cell battery. It has tamed that little power-greedy bugger and made it useful. I run Mint Linux on it. I've never actually run it down to empty, but I have gotten more than three hours out of it. The power meter says I have more than six when its fully charged -- and I think it would give that as long as you weren't taxing the drive and graphics too much. It is a bit bulky, but I actually like the way it raises the back of the unit to make it like the legs of desktop keyboard. It also gets rather warm, so I wouldn't recommend using it in cramped conditions where that heat will be allowed to build up. All-in-all, I recommend it as a good solution to the problem. « Show Less
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No. That message is referring to the battery inside of the game cartridge, not the battery of the system itself.
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Reviews are in, the extra battery (and that's $69 more btw) only offers one more hour of gameplay, for a grand total of two hours of game play when adding $320 to the MSRP, what a joke...Way to nickel and dime your costumers Razer, the battery should've at least been included with the gamepad controller for $250...Don't get me wrong, I definitely was looking forward to this product, but I'll hold off until gen 2 with Haswell, at least battery life should be a *little* more palatable for what you're paying...
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The battery is great. I would say it lasts about 2 days even when I am playing games. No problems so far with the memory.
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It works for anything, it's a regular gamepad that just so happens to look like a NES controller. The only thing you should consider seriously though is that mine had a button that completely didn't work (even after tinkering with the innards to try and fix this "new" item). A lot of us who bought these had problems with them and their shoddy craftsmanship, and I'd be a jerk to not mention this sorta' thing to any potential new buyers.
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Well, unfortunately I'm not an avid gamer so I am not on it that often, but I have found that if you have it in sleep mode it does a very good job of retaining power. If I were to estimate, if you played it as much as the average owner, I would say you could get a guaranteed couple days out of it...I might even venture and say three days. Again thats just a guess. You might wanna poke around online and google some sites that will give you some good insight on the battery life. Hope I was able to help at least a little. Have fun and keep gaming! ;)
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Here's the honest truth. This device is a basically a Nintendo gameboy advance emulator, running on a big screen that blows up the image. The games look good when the image is turned back to it's game boy size. The games are from a decade ago, and there are no current gen anything in this device. There are really only 100 or so games in it. Game collectors could appreciate it, but yet feel that this items is very generic and 'Hong Kong' bootleg. The games are not hacked versions, but actual copies of gameboy advance games, pre-loaded,onto the so called hard drive. The 100 games repeat themselves to appear as if there are thousands in number. This system cannot do anything that a Playstation PSP can do, nor any of it's so called media content. It's all a clever gimmick. A 10 year old could appreciate this device...but would be laughed at if seen with it at school. Nevertheless it runs well, but needs to charge for a long time before it can hold it's without battery. This system is entended for it's locale. Wonderful technology for a child that may have been never been exposed to a hand held video game system. Better off going to a video game vintage shop for a more suitable deal. In the end, the emulated games running on this device were originally licensed by Nintendo. Some if the games are foreign. Be advised.
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You're right, the battery is soldered to the board and not directly replaceable. The battery is rechargeable so it shouldn't need to be replaced really, however, in my testing so far it looks like it's not actually connected to the 3.3V supply. So it will just die after a few days and become useless. It's a surface mount battery so you could probably remove it fairly easily without risking any damage. (Definitely a pin that should have been broken out to the main header for external access, along with PPS)
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Yes it is. It really depends more on your computer and emulator than the controller. I use Linux instead of Windows or Macintosh and it works great on that. As far as Windows or Macintosh, I can't really say...
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If you want to use Nes, SNES, gameboy, etc Emulators, there is a a "Moga Universal Driver" you can find on the Google playstore that works perfectly for that. just keep in mind though that the games that are "built in" to work with the controller (Moga Pivot) use separate drivers. Open and enable "Moga Universal Driver" when you want to use your emulators, and open and enable "Moga Pivot" otherwise.
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I just got the 16GB for Christmas. After reading all the battery posts, the first thing I did was charge it fully, then play it until the battery died. I got 20+ hours. I think a lot has to do with how often the screen is "lit". If you're constantly shuffling through, picking songs, adjusting volume etc. i think one would get less life than just playing it like I did (the screen was black most of the time since I wasn't adjusting anything). And of course, i would expect video or games to kill the battery even quicker. That would be a good test, play a video straight through and see the life. I don't have any videos loaded, so I can't really test that.
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Yes, it's been a good controller for the month I've had it. Bulk, Boost, Float, and Equlize depending on the battery type you select. http://www.epsolarpv.com/en/uploads/news/201206/1338535105981473.pdf
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we're currently using recharbeables in our sets. They seem to work well, I haven't had to replace yet (just been playing a couple of times). Actually, I did have to replace almost right away - it turns out two of the 6 were not fully charged. The gun would still tag/receive tags, but the special effects were all off and the voice/sound effects were V...E...R...Y.......S...L...O...W... but it was a good warning, and at least I could finish that game effectively. If that's what we have to look forward to, I'm pretty happy with how the tagger handles low battery.
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It's just for the GBA games. It does not work on Game Boy or Game Boy Color games. You need a 3.8mm Security Screwdriver bit for them. Not sure what you need for the system.
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Yes, perfect for just that. We specifically use it for GBA, NES, SNES, & SEGA roms.