ptitSeb
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A last batch a pictures took during the gamescom.
Gamescom, sensor upgrade and other nice news
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ptitSeb
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Caine
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Thanks for all the pictures guys.
How did the public react to the Pyra?
How did the public react to the Pyra?
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sulu
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I can see how that leads to bad opinions.
Maybe there should have been a big sticker on every prototype, saying what is right and what is wrong about this particular device. So if you find something you don't like and see that it belongs to the wrongs of this device, you can check another prototype, ideally one where the same feature is on the "right" list.
To everybody who had a prototype in his hands:
What do you think about the hinge? Now that the touchscreen issue is (almost) sorted out, this is my only excuse to delay the pre-order. I'm not fully up to date. Does it work like a laptop hinge where the display stays open equally well in any angle or does it have discrete fixed angles (how many? at which angles?)?
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Thanks for the pictures !
So you now have a Pyra ptitSeb ?
So you now have a Pyra ptitSeb ?
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
And ED's blue Pandora has one of the best screens that the Pandora ever had. Personally, I find Venture to be the hardest game to see clearly - the 2600 version has a magenta player pixel, which at least means two LCD subpixels are lit, but the arcade version has the same in red! Sure, they don't move as fast as those bullets, but on Pandora I can't even see it stationary - and only get a hint once I move it. Berzerk is another one which in later levels has magenta robots with magenta bullets (on arcade, not checked the 2600 version of that yet)
But looking at those Phoenix captures there, even Venture should probably be playable!
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
And what game is that? That certainly doesn't look like a 2600 Emu!
elvissteinjr
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Well, thank you. I was kinda unsure about putting my own wallpaper there, but people liked it on the forums before so I thought why not.
I had a very great time helping out again. Thanks to everyone else on the team, you guys are great!
ible
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yeah i think i do like the blue pyra. or the red one. or the gray...
Safely arrived back from the GamesCom
Well, about the one who posted about the Pyra:
He most probably only tried it out without asking anyone.
The points he complained about are exactly the points we explained to everyone:
The touchscreen is not the final one (I'll receive samples of the new perfectly clear one in about two weeks), the case is currently getting the final tweaks (so that the nubs don't scratch, the shoulder buttons work perfectly and the hinge will be made more stiff) and the grey case is the old testing case where there were still many issues. It also only was some cheap plastic and not the one we use.
The keymat is almost final: The height of the keys is fine but you still need to push a bit too hard, so we're trying various material strengths soon.
The OS was just a presentation OS, I installed a few emulators from the Debian repo (like stella, so we could make the video above), but there were no other ROMs installed. We didn't show any gaming on it yet.
Usually, there was one from our team at the Pyra all the time and explaining, that it's not the final product, but it seems this guy slipped through our fingers.
If you could point me to those boards or post those informations at the threat there, it would be appreciated.
Well, about the one who posted about the Pyra:
He most probably only tried it out without asking anyone.
The points he complained about are exactly the points we explained to everyone:
The touchscreen is not the final one (I'll receive samples of the new perfectly clear one in about two weeks), the case is currently getting the final tweaks (so that the nubs don't scratch, the shoulder buttons work perfectly and the hinge will be made more stiff) and the grey case is the old testing case where there were still many issues. It also only was some cheap plastic and not the one we use.
The keymat is almost final: The height of the keys is fine but you still need to push a bit too hard, so we're trying various material strengths soon.
The OS was just a presentation OS, I installed a few emulators from the Debian repo (like stella, so we could make the video above), but there were no other ROMs installed. We didn't show any gaming on it yet.
Usually, there was one from our team at the Pyra all the time and explaining, that it's not the final product, but it seems this guy slipped through our fingers.
If you could point me to those boards or post those informations at the threat there, it would be appreciated.
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ptitSeb
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Nope, no Pyra home yet. Too many hardware adjustement still need to be done. But soon
It's Ardentyst, an 2D action rpg game made in PyGame, that run sub-1fps on the Pandora. It's playable on the Pyra. I tried this game because it's CPU-hungry and ony need SDL. I wanted to see how much was the increased CPU power (and well, conclusion is, "a lot", and the Pyra I used wasn't even running fullspeed, at only 1GHz). I also compiled Roadfighter (SDL only), and without surprised, it ran well (it also run well on the Pandora).
Mmmm, no, that's the GPD Win hinge (that why you alway see the same angle on the picture). The Pyra hinge as no discrete positions.
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Put a thin piece of paper (for cigarettes for example) in there and you got the same effect, of course putting a DS hinge in there is probably the best solution and you can still buy this part afaik.Ugghh, thats quite horrible - at least with the Pandora we had the friction via paint bonus, but that is not gonna happen with the Pyra. The first real letdown
@sulu, sorry for giving wrong info
You should follow the news more closely before spreading false assumptions.Ugghh, thats quite horrible - at least with the Pandora we had the friction via paint bonus, but that is not gonna happen with the Pyra. The first real letdown
@sulu, sorry for giving wrong info
The friction will be added by a slightly oval curved hinge.
So when you move it, the plastic will cause a bit of friction. That's a lot more robust and durable than the paint on the Pandora!
This is still part of the tweaking though, so it couldn't be seen at GamesCom yet.
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Hmm looks like it - sorry !
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sulu
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Was this the native Debian package or some emulator?
Do you have any estimate when you can present results of that tweaking?
ptitSeb
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I "apt-get"ed pygame and depending libs, and run ardentyst from sources. No emu involved.
