Thoughts on the BackBit Platinum cartridge?

[leonk]

On one hand I get why you're comparing instant vs 12 seconds for real world use cases, but it's worth noting you are comparing two dissimilar things, as @Sp33dFr34k pointed out

The cart didn't even come out yet. Let's wait till it does to see how compatible it is. The other thing to be mindful of is price. The world is very volatile at the moment thanks to a lot of tariff talks in the world. By the time April comes around, I'm not sure if the $400/$500 price would still be possible. With 10-25% tariffs hitting many countries (and BackBit is probably made in China/sold from the USA) anything is possible.

 

[Kujako]

It does not. A YT video review specifically called this out. Unlike NeoSD that retains the game after power off, the backbit needs to be reprogrammed every time.

Flash programming is slow. NeoSD uses flash. This device I assume uses SRAM to hold all the game data, which is faster than flash but doesn't hold data without power.

12 second load times is what they're claiming. Which is quick enough that I don't mind reflashing the game. But, it would be interesting to compare it against my Darksoft Multi MVS or others.

 

[Kujako]

Pre-ordered one... after tax and shipping was more than I wanted to spend, but I can eat instant ramen for a month I guess. Assuming it ships etc, I'll post my impressions.