Why is Doc Jr only a 76%

[SRGamer]

If the Doc Jr offer a low price, back up ability, and use by coders, why didn't it get a higher grade? If having to directly link it to my computer to load a ROM doesn't bother me, what should keep me from buying it instead of a Z64 (less features, less abilities, can't handle patches/bios)?

[KURDT]

hey don't believe everything your read just cause that one guy put a OPINION up its his opinion the doc jr may be great for you, not him. He obviously has a z64 thats why it got like a 94 % or whatever it got, it was even pretty funny how he put the doc down around 70 something %. but oh well.

[Bonker]

Well, I bought mine to load and run roms. This it does flawlessly. It runs *everything* I've thrown at it and it even uploads quickly, *really* cheap too.

My mark: 99% (-1% cos' mine is grey and I wanted a green one)

Bonker.

[SRGamer]

Bonker, where did u get your Jr from I was going to buy from Bung or Stylex

[pascal]

Hey all , just to reply to Kurdt:

Yes that's true that it's only MY opinion and not the word of god !!

To all : this opinion is based on the fact that you are dependant from a PC which is maybe not a problem for you but could be for other people : what is cheaper ? a z64 or a jnr+pc ?

That's my point and that's why z64 rules for me everything : I SOLD THEM ALL (not only z64 to reply to someone here) and I even started with the doc more than one year ago , I've been official distributor for cd64 for a while (review will be out tomorrow with a 29% because of the manufacture) but I have to tell you that for me sales on internet are poor and for lazy guys business only : it is easier to sell by replying mails only than to really advertising a product and demonstrate it to stores ... I'm a real life sales man and here in Belgium and France I like the fact that z64 is booming (after I failed to touch the same kind of customers with other copiers) because it has the better technology , it's easy and fast to use (don't forget there are kids out there ) and YOU ARE NOT DEPENDANT from a PC or , even worse , your local games dealer that charge you big time for his free roms ... The rate is not one to agree with X or Y needs but with large public that counts kids and so on ...
But even though , it is still MY opinion on the market and MY experience !! Don't quote me or anything , just read some reviews , some sites , watch all the units by yourself and then make your own thoughts about what is thez best for YOU !! That's how life goes...

Pascal

[This message has been edited by pascal (edited 12-23-98).]

[SRGamer]

ok cool, I think I am going to wait for the Dextrose review to give me a one final opinion before spending the dough. Thanks for having a review up so quick pascal.

[Bonker]

Hi, sorry about the delay in this response.

I got mine from Madeira games in the UK (www.madeiragames.com). They can save the VAT (tax) when sending outside of Europe so knock 17.5% off the prices you see on their web page.

One other thing, I hope that future reviews will take into consideration the 'context' of a piece of H/W. Comparing the Jr to the Z and the V is pretty pointless, its a completely different piece of kit that sells for less than half the price of the V64 ! What it does, it does superbly ...
Having said that, I only found out the other day that Z owners are waiting nearly two minutes for a 256mb ROM to load ! (Jr=50 secs) Wahey ! http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

Bonker.

[pascal]

All copiers are loading a 256 megs rom in around 1 minute : z64 does it in 64 secs ... What you saw here is the post of a guy having problems with his z64 with which loading time is slower than what it has to be and asking if it's normal ... IT'S NOT : the z64 loads/copies 1 Mbyte in 2 seconds.

Merry christmas to all of you !!

[Bonker]

Well, he wasn't the only one who claimed the same times for 256mb ROMs ...

Anyway, how can you say that all copiers take around a minute ?
" It takes more than one minutes to load a 128 megs game ... WITH A GOOD PC!! " <<<quote from your Jr review ...

Bonker.

[CyberZer0]

Originally posted by SRGamer
If the Doc Jr offer a low price, back up ability, and use by coders, why didn't it get a higher grade? If having to directly link it to my computer to load a ROM doesn't bother me, what should keep me from buying it instead of a Z64 (less features, less abilities, can't handle patches/bios)? Going on a spree; bumping old topics for the sake of correcting misinformation... Well, at the time you wrote this it was the only mass-produced backup device which didn't have a "back up ability."

Going on a spree; bumping old topics for the sake of correcting misinformation...

[SJoS]

agreed - now it's the only one that does everything ... except for that pesky computer requirement....

[CyberZer0]

I thought you could get that parallel adapter for the PSX and use it to load games, right? I know it tied in with the normal V64 and the GBX.

[wicket64]

I thought you could get that parallel adapter for the PSX and use it to load games, right?
Well that could be more pesky than using a computer. Not everyone owns a playstation.

[SJoS]

and that multi-flash-linker is so goddamn slow, you might as well code the entire game into a gameshark by hand first....