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The “Sega Saturn Slim” is becoming one of the most awaited retro gaming devices for 2024. This planned update to the classic Sega Saturn console aims to slim down its design by removing the CD-ROM drive.

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[-] fishos@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What's the point? If you're gonna alter the OG equipment to such an extreme extent like removing the CD drive, then you're not going to play original copies on it anyways. Might as well just run an emulator.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The point is to attempt it and do it with the original hardware without "trimming" the board.

It's an exercise in space management, not emulation.

Emulation is what it sounds like. Emulating the original thing.

This is the original thing. Just smaller.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

And missing the normal way to play games. You'd have to use ROMs on this, and at that point there really isnt much of a difference between this and just emulating, you are already more than half the way there.

[-] Redkey@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago

Oh my goodness, replacing the optical drive with a modern solution isn't close to halfway to complete software emulation. It's not even 20% of the way there.

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