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I guess we can talk about this.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/teampocket/pocketsprite
https://pocketsprite.com

A very small portable device that ships with SMS Plus and lets you upload ROMs over wifi. Oh, and it emulates some other 8-bit console too.

80x64 screen? :|

That's my main concern... Non integer scaling hurts my eyes, downscaling scares me. But given the size, is it noticeable? Is it dumb sampling or is it interpolation?

I don't know, but seems like too small to even imagine what's in there.
Alex Kidd would be like - what, 4 pixel tall?

It's reduction by 3 vertically so 24px Alex will be squashed into 8. The Snail Maze snail will be 3 pixels tall. But the screen is so tiny, is that still below your ability to perceive it?

I really don't know. Are there some close up pictures of the screen? I didn't see any.

Just an approximation by resizing these screenshots to 80x64 in Photoshop... but it's hard to imagine that this device will be very playable. It could be fun just to watch it, or maybe mod it into some sort of nostalgic model 1980s living room by placing it in a miniature CRT shell and attaching a gachapon SMS...

Snail would become impossible. And Ultima IV totally unreadable...

I doubt it‘s actually usable as intended. As a portable emulator it’s probably nothing more than a novelty. Might be interesting to develop something especially for the thing, though, something that‘s specifically taylored to the 80x64 screen.

I'd buy it, to make a small game for it. It's not that bad price wise for $55. Don't care for the emulator aspect. Just want the tools easy to use and integrated with some game maker or game engine.

I want one, but only if it's 4x larger. too small :(

I think the fact that it is crowd funded is the main reason I'd stay away from it. They will surely have issues with the injection molding and the pcb. ;-)

too small to control, too small see, basically unplayable.
But I'll still probably get one! :)

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Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14759 Location: London	PocketSprite Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:41 pm
	I guess we can talk about this. https://www.crowdsupply.com/teampocket/pocketsprite https://pocketsprite.com A very small portable device that ships with SMS Plus and lets you upload ROMs over wifi. Oh, and it emulates some other 8-bit console too.

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3859 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:45 am
	80x64 screen? :\|

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14759 Location: London	Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:06 am
	That's my main concern... Non integer scaling hurts my eyes, downscaling scares me. But given the size, is it noticeable? Is it dumb sampling or is it interpolation?

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3859 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:02 pm
	I don't know, but seems like too small to even imagine what's in there. Alex Kidd would be like - what, 4 pixel tall?

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14759 Location: London	Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:07 pm
	It's reduction by 3 vertically so 24px Alex will be squashed into 8. The Snail Maze snail will be 3 pixels tall. But the screen is so tiny, is that still below your ability to perceive it?

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3859 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:03 am
	I really don't know. Are there some close up pictures of the screen? I didn't see any.

Centrale Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Posts: 89	Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:26 pm
Centrale Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Posts: 89	Just an approximation by resizing these screenshots to 80x64 in Photoshop... but it's hard to imagine that this device will be very playable. It could be fun just to watch it, or maybe mod it into some sort of nostalgic model 1980s living room by placing it in a miniature CRT shell and attaching a gachapon SMS...

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:24 pm
	Snail would become impossible. And Ultima IV totally unreadable...

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 885	Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:38 pm
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 885	I doubt it‘s actually usable as intended. As a portable emulator it’s probably nothing more than a novelty. Might be interesting to develop something especially for the thing, though, something that‘s specifically taylored to the 80x64 screen.

Orlan Rod Joined: 28 May 2015 Posts: 118	Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:19 am
Orlan Rod Joined: 28 May 2015 Posts: 118	I'd buy it, to make a small game for it. It's not that bad price wise for $55. Don't care for the emulator aspect. Just want the tools easy to use and integrated with some game maker or game engine.

dink Joined: 09 Dec 2013 Posts: 228 Location: detroit	Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 2:39 am
dink Joined: 09 Dec 2013 Posts: 228 Location: detroit	I want one, but only if it's 4x larger. too small :(

efry Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Posts: 106 Location: Sydney Australia	Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:13 pm
	I think the fact that it is crowd funded is the main reason I'd stay away from it. They will surely have issues with the injection molding and the pcb. ;-)

BIG D Joined: 09 Jan 2018 Posts: 228 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:53 am
	too small to control, too small see, basically unplayable. But I'll still probably get one! :)

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