From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   Dr. Luveno wrote:   
   > Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:   
   >> In article   
   >> <8bitwizard#fanboy.net-78EDF1.08465615112007@news.newsreader.com>,   
   >> 8bitwizard  <8bitwizard#fanboy.net@127.0.0.1> wrote:   
   >>> In article <473bcc55$0$20620$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,   
   >>> "Dr. Luveno"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> If you really want portable Genesis goodness with no strings   
   >>>> attached, I'd have to recommend a PSP with custom firmware.  That   
   >>>> little device kicks all sorts of booty when appropriately hacked.   
   >>> And the battery life is a bit better than the Nomad too. But you   
   >>> don't get people asking you what you're playing on like with the Nomad.   
   >>   
   >> I do like that the Nomad is a conversation piece. It's also a good way   
   >> of sorting out the hardcore gamers too ('What's that?' versus 'Hey,   
   >> cool, a Nomad!') I've found it's most useful for two-player action, as   
   >> Streets of Rage under emulation just isn't as much fun without someone   
   >> else there to watch your back.   
   >>   
   >> -KKC, who runs off to investigate PSP host USB functions for possible   
   >> external controller hacks...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > What drove me to eBay my Nomad was (a) the PSP replaced it, (b) the   
   > battery wart, (c) the battery life (even with the charge pack), (d)   
   > carrying around the relatively clunky carts, and most of all (e) the   
   > blurry passive matrix screen which made many games nearly uplayable.   
   >   
   > It was a great device for the time, and it got me through the late   
   > 1990's, but it is strictly in retirement land with other fond memories   
   > for me.   
      
         I paid $70 for a Nomad this year, and am still unwilling to spend   
   even that much on a PSP, hacked emulation or no.  I've found the video   
   quality on the Nomad superior to the quality on a CRT or LCD PC monitor   
   when using a video capture card (ATI or Avermedia).  I've also found the   
   PSP's LCD display blurry, especially when fast moving objects such as   
   sprite based bullets are on screen.  So, I think I'll be bringing my   
   Nomad with an AC Adapter and six AAs, along with two or three Genesis   
   carts, on vacations for some years to come.  That all sounds way too   
   snotty, but I really am just trying to say that the Nomad still has it's   
   qualities.   
      
   -   
   Scott   
      
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