Playmaji’s classic all-in-one console, Polymegais the next major update coming soon, and with it, it will bring even more support for SNES and Super Famicom games.
While the games updated with support for one of Nintendo’s best consoles ever are enough, Playmaji is bringing a bunch of changes to its legacy system, including a Mode restore, Power Saving Mode, new audio player and lots of little quality- updates of life will improve the system and its usability.
Let’s see all the major updates, shall we?
Support Red Book audio CD
Polymega will be able to play standard audio CDs now, which will add even more functionality to some of the PlayStation classics like Monster Rancher and Vibrating Ribbon. There’s also an audio interface, where you can see album art, playlists, and the standard stuff you might see on Apple Music or Spotify. PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, Sega / Mega-CD and Neo Geo CD games will also be able to use the audio player, so you can listen Ys Books I & II soundtrack whenever you want!
Add support for Super Famicom / SNES . games
Possibly a major update for many, this update adds support for the OBC-1 and SPC7110 boost chips, as well as Sufami Turbo system support. Other English patches for games that were popular only in Japan were also compatible with the system after it was updated.
Pin a Filter in Collection View
Better search engines are always in our favor, and the 1.1.20 update makes finding your game much easier. You should be able to pin a filter to any grid-based view. So let’s say you want to see every Sega Mega Drive game in chronological order, you can do that. Playmaji will expand these types of search and filtering tools in future updates, but it’s a welcome move.
Energy saving mode
This is a pretty common standard in the large console market, so it’s always good to see this setting apply to some smaller projects. You should be able to set an idle timer so that the Polymega goes to sleep if you don’t use the console for a certain amount of time. Just move your controller to wake it up.
Recovery mode
There will also be Recovery Mode in case something happens to your system. By holding the eject button on the front of the panel and turning it on, a special screen will load up. This will allow you to factory reset your console.
Those are just the big updates coming, but there are plenty of patch notes on the system’s official website. Highlights here include:
- Warn when you try to start a game with a save file older than the save state.
- Added full RGB color gamut video option.
- Ability to disable button swap for confirmation, cancel etc in Japan/Asia region.
- Fixed various SNES patching issues.
- Fixed scrolling of text.
- Option to disable default screenshot button.
Go and see the rest of the patch notes on the official blog you can read through here. The update was revealed last week and was initially expected to drop yesterday. However, Playmaji has since stated that the 1.1.20 update will be dropped today.
Let us know what you think about this update and let us know about your experience with Polymega in the comments!
