ASDR wrote:
So, just got mine

Seems to work great. I can't fully evaluate it yet because the cabling discussion that dragged on for so long made me order mine pretty late and it isn't here yet. So I can't hear CD redbook audio / PCM sounds and can't use the RGB out. HuCard games work & sound fine and CD games seem to work properly as well, apart from the audio I can't hear since I'm using the wrong AV-port, obviously.
Also A++ on the packaging. I've never owned a retro gaming product that had a box that I'd want to proudly display on my shelf / glass case. Very neat.
Some Qs & suggestions for neodev:
- Is there any software for preparing the game database / metadata etc. yet? I tried to register an account for the download section on the site, but it just said my serial number is invalid. Is this only for the NeoSD downloads?
- Minor, minor thing, but the filenames in the BIOS selection menu don't scroll. The BIOS file names from ROM collections like NoIntro are so long that it's not really possible to distinguish them from the characters shown in the menu
- I find the button mapping for the menu utterly bizarre. You have a 2 face button controller and you map those two buttons to... nothing & options?

That's like making a web browser where the left mouse button is unassigned and the right one clears the cache. I would've expected button I to be confirm/select and button II to be cancel/back. Instead of having an 'Up' entry in each folder it would be much easier to just hit the cancel/back button.
I think the downloads section is still not up. The tool is almost ready, and just needs a bit more testing to ensure it properly scans all games without issues. Ii think it will be ready this week.
About the filenames scrolling on the bios screen, you are right. We didn't add it as it seemed to fit the current longest bios names, but that's something we can easily add.
And about the buttons, we thought using the RUN button to launch a game was the best way, like you have to press RUN at the bios screen to start a cd game, or to select options in many games. The select button to switch hucard/cdroms also seemed logic for us. Using the II button for options was the same than for NeoSD where B is options/back from options, and then that left button I free, that we used for toggling and selecting options. You are right that going back a directory is harder that way, but I usually just hold Left till the top of the list and then RUN to go back.
Also, I can't remember if they made into the manual, but there are a couple of interesting button combos:
If you hold SELECT while powering on the system, the "skip press run" option will be temporarily disabled until you reset again, that way you can enter the backup ram manager in the bios by pressing SELECT at the "Press RUN" screen.
Also, holding SELECT while the Super SD System 3 splash is shown, and until the game list appears, makes the list start in CDROM mode, instead of HuCard mode, avoiding the time it needs to scan the directory for hucards and then switching to CDs if you want to load a CD and have many files at the root directory.