I have the Retro Duo White Model,Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island doesn't seem to work.Can anyone confirm this?..
UPDATE:It works,just tooked some time to load!..
Last edited by ooXxXoo; 03-24-2008 at 04:20 PM.
Also,for some strange reason if only the s-video cable is connected and all of the RCA jacks are not(no audio or composite video),the S-video will display fine for the NES side as well,but as soon as you plug an audio cable it goes ballistic!
WoW!...I can't believe it!
This little beast has a Samsung KA2198BD RGB Encoder PAL/NTSC.Therefore it has RGB outputs.Modding Time!..Get Yours while they last!
Its me again....I got another set of the Retro Duo today(Black model)...I did some comparison side by side between the 2 models(White/Black),and found just a few differences.It seems to be more than one revision made to the Retro Duo mother board.The only change that I noticed between them was just a chip...For some reason the controllers included with the white model are better responding than the ones found with the Black one,specially with fighting games such as Street Fighter II where you have to make all sorts of moves...The white system cartridge ports seem to hold in place the games better.The cartrige ports found in the Black model are a bit more loose when inserting a game...the s-video signals provided by the white model are just a notch cleaner than the black one,but the sound is much better within the black system.They both have the same Samsung RGB encoder!...If you are curious to see what the Retro Duo motherboard looks like,take a look!...
http://usera.imagecave.com/capcom2000/HPIM5847.JPG
There is a clock missing in both of the boards but I'm thinking that it may be for the PAL systems.
Last edited by ooXxXoo; 03-28-2008 at 12:01 AM.
If you are able to compare the 2 models whenever you get the chance,let us know if you find any differences...Believe it or not the cartridge connectors for the SNES and NES sides on the white model are better quality than the ones within the black.
For those wanting to get RGB..The RGB lines can be easily driven out with a 75ohm resistor and a 220uf capacitor for each output line from leg 21,leg 22 and leg 23 of the Samsung KA2198BD.There are plenty of data sheets for this particular encoder out there...Since the Retro Duo directly uses the s-video output lines from the encoder,leg 15 and leg 16 (C/Y) ,it would be wise to disconnect them from it,otherwise it may become corrupted and there will be no RGB mod for anybody!
We did some testing (on video for posterity) of a bunch of games at the NAVA meeting, I need to cut the videos together to fit on one or two YouTube spots, but here's the rundown of what we found :
Gauntlet for NES (the black unlicensed Tengen version) works fine. MYTH BUSTED!
Rolling Thunder for NES (also black, unlicensed Tengen version) does not boot on the Duo.
A TON of other strange unlicensed stuff and random NES cartridges worked GREAT, including but not limited to : Quattro Adventure, Chiller, Sunday Funday, Bible Adventures, Star Tropics 1 & 2, Pacmania, Klax, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Batman
Last edited by Frankie_Says_Relax; 03-31-2008 at 11:32 AM.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
I can't wait to buy one, I just need to find out if MegaMan X2 or X3 works on it. Impressive that Stunt Race FX works however
These cartridges are dirty as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!
I got to see one of these first hand today. They look pretty nice, but the dpads on the included controllers are dreadful.
You are totally right!....those D-pads are not very responsive...But it is only a D-pad plastic molding flop,nothing mayor....I had a dead original SNES controller and did some D-pad swapping between them two and now is all good....
http://usera.imagecave.com/capcom2000/HPIM5869.JPG
Strongly recommended!
i find the d-pads to be great! the problem is the actual pads inside the controller. i swapped those out with original snes pads and it feels great! there were just a few cuts that needed to be made so they fit the same. that way, the controller still looks exactly the same, but has the responsiveness of the original snes controllers! woo hoo!