Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
That was a known issue they appear to have fixed in my experience.
I did have to pester them for replacement parts for literal years after they had said they'd send me some and then never did but after I tried again in some random social media they actually sent me replacement controllers and they haven't had problems in years when my first one broke within a week of barely any use which was when I first contacted them about it. But I did cave and buy the Hori Fighting Commander before they finally sent me that and that's ace too for 6 face buttons (and like I said has 4 shoulder buttons so you can use it more conveniently for other systems too not just Saturn). But with their replacement gamepads being fine I'm considering their dual analog Saturn controller to be my next one now my Dual Shock 4 is showing its age so I can have dual analog and 6 face buttons for any kind of game all in one rather than use multiple controllers. But I'll probably go for something more standard with analog triggers (I wish their Saturn pad had those) like the next Steam Controller instead and use the Saturn pad and/or Hori FC for emulation/retro/2D stuff since they're bound to last for years after I have to get a new dual analog controller.
We'll see, depends on what's out and how I feel when I need to buy one again.
I did have to pester them for replacement parts for literal years after they had said they'd send me some and then never did but after I tried again in some random social media they actually sent me replacement controllers and they haven't had problems in years when my first one broke within a week of barely any use which was when I first contacted them about it. But I did cave and buy the Hori Fighting Commander before they finally sent me that and that's ace too for 6 face buttons (and like I said has 4 shoulder buttons so you can use it more conveniently for other systems too not just Saturn). But with their replacement gamepads being fine I'm considering their dual analog Saturn controller to be my next one now my Dual Shock 4 is showing its age so I can have dual analog and 6 face buttons for any kind of game all in one rather than use multiple controllers. But I'll probably go for something more standard with analog triggers (I wish their Saturn pad had those) like the next Steam Controller instead and use the Saturn pad and/or Hori FC for emulation/retro/2D stuff since they're bound to last for years after I have to get a new dual analog controller.
We'll see, depends on what's out and how I feel when I need to buy one again.
As for Mac retrostuff, invest in figuring out RetroArch since it's available for most every OS/system and has a good core for almost everything (only in some cases do I find a stand alone emu better enough to be worth having separately, like Dolphin). It's not that bad or hard, just not very standard so needs some time for a first set up but then every system you wanna emulate will be the same process you'll already know, where to put the bios files, how to add games to the list, controls, etc., it's worth doing.
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