I am excited for this! I will give it a shot later today. I have said before that my gameboy remains my go-to travel console with the playdate close behind. It will be great to be able to combine...
I am excited for this! I will give it a shot later today.
I have said before that my gameboy remains my go-to travel console with the playdate close behind. It will be great to be able to combine them.
The lack of color might throw me a bit, I will have to see.
Update: It plays great! No weird aspect ratio or speed issues that I noticed. The sound was fine, but I don't often have sound on to compare to. The biggest criticism is that the dithering that is...
Update:
It plays great! No weird aspect ratio or speed issues that I noticed. The sound was fine, but I don't often have sound on to compare to.
The biggest criticism is that the dithering that is used for shading can sometimes make text hard to read. I don't know what they could even do about that, but it is a potential concern for games with small text. I didn't notice any concerning text in Pokemon Yellow, but the Pokemon TCG game has a fair bit of small text that got a bit mangled.
I am excited for this! I will give it a shot later today.
I have said before that my gameboy remains my go-to travel console with the playdate close behind. It will be great to be able to combine them.
The lack of color might throw me a bit, I will have to see.
Update:
It plays great! No weird aspect ratio or speed issues that I noticed. The sound was fine, but I don't often have sound on to compare to.
The biggest criticism is that the dithering that is used for shading can sometimes make text hard to read. I don't know what they could even do about that, but it is a potential concern for games with small text. I didn't notice any concerning text in Pokemon Yellow, but the Pokemon TCG game has a fair bit of small text that got a bit mangled.
Here's an example of mangled text where it's supposed to say "trading card game" - https://i.imgur.com/EHBItL9.png
The issue is mostly on text on images, not text in text boxes.