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Maximus:
Played with the Android gear tonight, made a short 4 min video of it but my internet connection is acting up so finding it hard to get it up to YouTube.

Anyhooo

Overall very very good. The Kade is super easy to flash between the different profiles that it comes with in the software. Android recognized PS3 controller, USB HID Joystick and HID Generic Keyboard profiles with no problems. I did have a small issue in RetroArch where I had mapped the Kade PS3 Dpad to the movement keys, it detected the pad properly in setup, but then when I ran Mame for some reason the movement didn't work. I think that's more a RetroArch issue rather than a Kade issue.

I'm working with the standard list of ROMS that you would see on your typical 60 game board and so far they all look great on the Android stick with nice crisp emulation and snappy input, a better emulation than the boards as the sound is better. Add to that the fact that you can add your choice of games AND RetroArch is a multi-platform emulator bundle and you have yourself something far more attractive than the generic 60 board. I've only tried one of the other emulation cores so far, the PSX one and it ran Crash Bandicoot: Warped and Parappa the Rapper very nicely from BIN files.

So far so good, now I have to work out that DPad mapping issue and work on some kind of front end, but overall this is far superior for a zero-moving-parts solution that could potentially run on rechargeable batteries, very attractive for a headless box, although admittidly it's more spendy than the 60 board.

Kade inc shipping $32
Android Stick - $50-$100 depending on choice of device and storage.
HDMI-VGA Adapter - $8
BobA:
Great work so far.  Following your work closely. 60 in 1 need a good replacement and this looks great. :applaud:
Maximus:
Finally the video uploaded

TheShaner:
Im sorry, I cant understand a word you are saying with that accent ... :-)
CoryBee:
YEA!!!  :soapbox:

GO BACK TO ALL THOSE PLACES YOUR ACCENT CAME FROM!!!!
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