More impressions of the 2.0. All negative:Originally Posted by nusilver
Forgot to mention the sound - there are pluses and minuses here. The MAJOR plus is that the screen doesn't distort due to the sound - no matter how loud you turn the volume up. On the flip side, the speakers are tinny and the left one already sounds like it's blown. At mid volume, things are fine, and I'm still most likely to play with headphones anyway - but at least that horrible feedback in the picture is gone. I can't overstate how happy that makes me. More to come, but the next couple of weeks are pretty busy. Keep bugging me with questions and I'll do my best to answer 'em!
p.s. Apple headphones still don't work here - just like my Pokefami DX.
p.p.s. the "RDP-only" Retroport works fine with the Pokefami DX.
1) The speakers are definitely CRAP compared to the Pokefami DX/RDP 1.0. They're half as loud, and tinny no matter how loudly you turn them up. I believe they may be blown - I will probably swap them with the speakers on my PFDX but I need to get out the soldering iron, and I'm not in love with the idea as I'm not super confident with that yet.
2) Compatibility is much WORSE than on the Pokefami DX/RDP 1.0. On the PFDX, I was able to get Kirby Super Star to boot one out of every 20-30 times. Here, it boots every time. great. However - Illusion of Gaia, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, Yoshi's Island, and Starfox 2 - none of these work here. They all work fine on the other unit. Is there an FX chip in Gaia that I'm unaware of?
Overall, I'm torn. I LOVE the screen - finally, somebody got the screen perfect on a portable SNES. But the sound kills me and the compatibility - specifically, not being able to play Yoshi's Island on the go - is a huge bummer. Video review will come next month some time.
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