<s>
Polymega	B-Application
is	O
a	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
American	O
company	O
Playmaji	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
retro	O
gaming	O
console	O
offering	O
backwards	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
several	O
CD-based	O
platforms	O
:	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
TurboGrafx-CD	B-General_Concept
,	O
Neo	B-Device
Geo	I-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
cartridge-based	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
,	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Sega	B-Device
32X	I-Device
,	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
he	O
purchased	O
numerous	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
games	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
disappointed	O
in	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
console	O
modifications	O
needed	O
to	O
make	O
them	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
modern	O
HD	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
console	O
was	O
renamed	O
Polymega	B-Application
,	O
while	O
RetroBlox	O
,	O
Inc	O
would	O
become	O
Playmaji	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Development	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
continued	O
quietly	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
shown	O
at	O
E3	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hardware	O
design	O
phase	O
was	O
finished	O
in	O
early	O
2019	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
release	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
impacted	O
by	O
a	O
supply	O
shortage	O
of	O
14nm	B-Algorithm
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Playmaji	O
canceled	O
pre-orders	O
made	O
through	O
Wal-Mart	O
'	O
s	O
website	O
and	O
urged	O
buyers	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
console	O
through	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
website	O
instead	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
delayed	O
to	O
February	O
2021	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
preordered	O
in	O
2018	O
and	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consoles	O
were	O
assembled	O
in	O
Myanmar	O
,	O
where	O
protests	O
took	O
place	O
during	O
2021	O
,	O
causing	O
another	O
delay	O
in	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Polymega	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
a	O
Coffee	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
Wi-Fi	O
and	O
Ethernet	O
capability	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
with	O
an	O
output	O
of	O
1080p	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
's	O
default	O
controller	O
resembles	O
a	O
DualShock	B-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
and	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controllers	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
consoles	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
's	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
USB	O
controllers	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
360	I-Device
controller	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playmaji	O
worked	O
with	O
Sinden	O
Technology	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
Polymega	B-Application
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Retro	O
Gun	O
Controller	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
HD	O
televisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Polymega	B-Application
utilizes	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
emulation-based	O
,	O
using	O
legally	O
licensed	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Kega	O
Fusion	O
,	O
MAME	B-Device
,	O
Mednafen	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Mesen	O
,	O
all	O
modified	O
by	O
Playmaji	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playmaji	O
has	O
touted	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
most	O
compatible	O
game	O
console	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
several	O
cartridge-based	O
consoles	O
:	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
CD-based	O
consoles	O
include	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
and	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
and	O
its	O
international	O
variants	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
Neo	B-Device
Geo	I-Device
CD	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Polymega	B-Application
loads	O
Neo	B-Device
Geo	I-Device
CD	I-Device
games	O
at	O
a	O
significantly	O
faster	O
rate	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
console	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
sluggish	O
load	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
support	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
a	O
difficult	O
console	O
to	O
emulate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bernal	O
considered	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
likely	O
cutoff	O
point	O
,	O
saying	O
in	O
2018	O
that	O
Playmaji	O
does	O
not	O
intend	O
to	O
support	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
or	O
any	O
newer	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
was	O
initially	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
field-programmable	B-Architecture
gate	I-Architecture
array	I-Architecture
(	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
scrapped	O
in	O
mid-2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
removal	O
of	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
provided	O
more	O
internal	O
space	O
for	O
a	O
higher	O
clock-speed	O
dual	B-Architecture
core	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
compatibility	O
with	O
more-demanding	O
consoles	O
such	O
as	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
Bernal	O
said	O
that	O
some	O
consoles	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
,	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
supported	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
being	O
due	O
to	O
legal	O
challenges	O
,	O
including	O
patents	O
which	O
had	O
yet	O
to	O
expire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2021	O
,	O
Playmaji	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
release	O
an	O
N64	B-Operating_System
module	O
due	O
to	O
popular	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bernal	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
There	O
are	O
virtually	O
no	O
other	O
options	O
out	O
there	O
for	O
playing	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
library	O
legally	O
,	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
hardware	O
--	O
so	O
it	O
's	O
an	O
obvious	O
choice	O
for	O
us	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Polymega	B-Application
offers	O
compatibility	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
90	O
percent	O
of	O
each	O
classic	O
console	O
's	O
game	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
regional	O
console	O
variants	O
,	O
playing	O
NTSC	O
,	O
PAL	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Japanese	O
games	O
without	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Polymega	B-Application
can	O
save	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
any	O
inserted	O
game	O
to	O
its	O
memory	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
back-up	O
copy	O
and	O
allowing	O
for	O
preservation	O
of	O
physical	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
files	O
acquired	O
through	O
Internet	O
downloads	O
cannot	O
be	O
saved	O
to	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
,	O
which	O
requires	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
contains	O
32	O
GB	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
slots	O
for	O
SD	B-Device
cards	I-Device
and	O
M.2	B-Protocol
SSD	I-Protocol
,	O
providing	O
additional	O
storage	O
for	O
archived	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
was	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
live	O
streaming	O
option	O
through	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
Twitch	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
feature	O
was	O
also	O
removed	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
in	O
late	O
2021	O
introduced	O
screen	O
filters	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
any	O
game	O
,	O
simulating	O
the	O
monochromatic	O
displays	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
internal	O
development	O
and	O
publishing	O
studio	O
was	O
also	O
established	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
original	O
games	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playmaji	O
plans	O
to	O
eventually	O
offer	O
support	O
for	O
cloud	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
services	I-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christopher	O
Grant	O
of	O
Polygon	O
considered	O
the	O
console	O
worthwhile	O
for	O
gamers	O
who	O
already	O
own	O
a	O
large	O
collection	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Polymega	B-Application
is	O
an	O
enticing	O
all-in-one	O
solution	O
and	O
while	O
it	O
may	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
FPGA-based	O
bona	O
fides	O
of	O
the	O
MiSTer	B-Device
,	O
it	O
stands	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
as	O
a	O
viable	O
contender	O
for	O
the	O
ultimate	O
retro	O
gaming	O
console	O
crown	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
Greenwald	O
of	O
PCMag	O
praised	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
's	O
emulation	O
software	O
and	O
rated	O
the	O
console	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damien	O
McFerran	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
offered	O
particular	O
praise	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
emulation	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
nothing	O
else	O
quite	O
like	O
this	O
machine	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
–	O
and	O
It	O
looks	O
set	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
highly	O
desirable	O
piece	O
of	O
hardware	O
for	O
retro	O
fans	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCMag	O
and	O
Wired	O
included	O
the	O
Polymega	B-Application
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
retro	O
gaming	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
