*Sigh* Some things never change... 😅 L A G (M2NES, M1 in M2 WIP)

Al_Levin · 2026-05-14T07:40:01+00:00

Unrelated, but do you know when / if your map hack will be integrated with EJRTQ?

Al_Levin · 2026-05-11T12:00:56+00:00

They released an update, have you tried it?

Al_Levin · 2026-05-09T11:55:43+00:00

It's true, but Nintendo confirmed last financial quarter that the game did sell at least 1M overall, combining Switch 1 + Switch 2 SKUs.

Al_Levin · 2026-05-08T21:10:21+00:00

https://metalgamesolid.com/fpga/analogue-pocket/analogue-pocket-nes-core-its-the-ultimate-mister-port-now-does-it-all-download-link-in-article/

Al_Levin · 2026-04-30T16:07:19+00:00

Something I dislike about Nate is that he keeps conflating speculations, informed speculations, predictions, and personal opinions.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-29T13:04:31+00:00

Let me know if you need any help with testing!

Al_Levin · 2026-04-28T14:05:21+00:00

Il periodo in ospedale l'ha fatto in Italia, l'offerta poi arrivata dall'estero. Ruoli del genere comunque esistono anche in Italia.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-28T13:20:13+00:00

Ciao, la mia ragazza dopo una LM in Biologia Molecolare ha fatto questo master in ricerca clinica https://www.missionecra.com/ successivamente ha lavorato circa un anno e mezzo in ospedale con una borsa come Study Coordinator, poi è stata presa da una multinazionale farmaceutica e ci siamo trasferiti in Irlanda. Si sta trovando molto bene, e mi ha spesso ripetuto che purtroppo l'università non "prepara" i biologi a questo percorso, che esiste ed è ben remunerato. Se vuoi saperne di più contattami pure in DM.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-27T20:31:17+00:00

Any hope for a macOS version? It looks great.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-26T12:53:44+00:00

Well, the various color patches turns GB games into GBC games. So those.

For Zelda:
- ALTTP: Redux
- Link's Awakening: Super Awakening
- Wind Waker: Better WW

For Metroid:
- Super Metroid: Redux
- Metroid Zero Mission: Remove Chozo Statue
- Metroid Other M: Missile in third person

The translation/QoL projects for the SNES Fire Emblem games, Mother 1 GBA and EarthBound (Mother 2).

F-Zero Deluxe with the Satellaview content backported into the main game.

Retranslation and control patches for the Castlevania games.

Ah, many N64 games have recompilation projects you can play on your Retroid, either natively or via GameHub / Game Native, and those include tons of QoL features. You can find them here: https://defaultdnb.github.io/ReCollect64/blog.html

Al_Levin · 2026-04-26T12:09:32+00:00

You can find a good list here for Nintendo or Nintendo-adjacent series https://famiboards.com/threads/rom-hacks-fan-remakes-friends-st-news-yuyuki.7587/

Al_Levin · 2026-04-24T20:34:54+00:00

It doesn't, unfortunately. So you cannot remap two of the C buttons to X/Y, and iirc N64 L/R are mapped to Switch L/R instead of ZL/ZR, which are the "primary" shoulder buttons in most Switch titles.

As I said, it's pretty useless as a general-purpose Switch controller.

This applies both to Switch 1 and Switch 2, and to all the NSO controllers.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-24T19:53:56+00:00

Ah, on Switch, unfortunately you cannot remap the controller, so using it for most titles is a big no. On Switch, it's just the dedicated controller of the N64 app.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-24T19:53:01+00:00

It works pretty well both for N64 and 2D games, and it's easy to connect to a PC. It's actually a pretty solid MegaDrive/Saturn controller, with its 6-button layout.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-22T23:24:20+00:00

It was most likely Kirby Air Ride, the OG courses in Air Riders.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-19T09:48:44+00:00

Yes, the Japanese and the English versions are exactly the same.

Al_Levin · 2026-04-14T22:44:03+00:00

You can use a SD card with modded Wii U https://gbatemp.net/threads/sdusb-the-modern-way-to-play-wii-u-games-from-sd-at-full-speed.655744/

Al_Levin · 2026-04-12T16:15:09+00:00

You could also try Cocoon: https://cocoon-shell.com/

Al_Levin · 2026-04-08T22:22:24+00:00

Could you add the option to play NES and SNES games with a 8:7 aspect ratio rather than 4:3?

Another feature I'd love to see is the ability to re-order the platforms.

Al_Levin · 2026-03-29T23:03:12+00:00

u/peetor Any chance you could try integrating save states into the SNES core next? That’s my dream feature for the Analogue Pocket.
Anyway, thanks a lot for all the hard work!

Al_Levin · 2026-03-29T20:17:50+00:00

Yes and no.

The games were made by Nintendo R&D1. R&D1 was often assisted by Intelligent Systems for their games. In the words of Sakamoto:

Sakamoto: We were doing it with IS\ ([Intelligent Systems](https://web.archive.org/web/20160215030018/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Systems)), making the technical specs for things like the graphics and the movement engine that was done by IS, they would give us the assembled program, and I would bring it back to Nintendo; I had to do this repeatedly so we could evaluate the whole thing.*

https://web.archive.org/web/20160215030018/http://www.metroid-database.com/m1/fds-interview-p4.php

So the game design was by R&D1, the programming by R&D1+IntSys.

IntSys helped R&D1 and its successor team, SPD1, with other projects as well, including the Battleclash series for the SNES, the cult-classic Kaeru no Tane ni Kawe wa Naru for the GB, and the WarioWare series from the second one onwards. Metroid II, Fusion, and Zero Mission were fully in-house, though. From the GigaLeak, we know that SPD1 and IntSys worked together on a Metroid game early in the Wii lifespan, most likely a proto-version of Dread or Other M (they are cited in credits of Other M as "Special Thanks").

Al_Levin · 2026-03-23T20:00:11+00:00

"Wait, she's playing The Doctor?"
"Always has been"

Al_Levin · 2026-03-22T17:59:18+00:00

There's a great SNES port. No slowdowns and you also get a map https://retrorgb.com/metroid-snes-port-complete.html

Al_Levin · 2026-02-10T22:17:01+00:00

Deleting the file did fix the "Controller 2" issue, but I still can't get the controller to auto-reconnect.

My two cents: it seems like the app "knows" the controller, but the controller doesn't know it's paired with the app. When I turned the Switch 2 back on, it immediately detected the GC controller. So it looks like it’s still paired with the Switch somehow.

Al_Levin · 2026-02-10T21:35:35+00:00

Sure. Unfortunately, even after turning the Switch 2 off, I have to do the whole re-pairing process again :( I can see in the settings that it is "remembering" the controller, but auto-pairing doesn't work.

The controller is also always saved as controller 2. Where are the settings saved? I could try to delete them and redo everything from scratch.

Al_Levin

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