Hyperkin says Mega95 hardware finished but software glitches delaying release

Hyperkin says its Mega95 handheld's hardware is "locked in and finished," but software problems are delaying the release, Gamesradar reported.

In a "Quick Mega95 development update" shared to Facebook, the company said the holdup is software, "specifically how the current build is translating game graphics." It added the team is "seeing visual artifacts and occasional tearing, and we’re not okay shipping it like that," and acknowledged, "We’ve been grinding on this for months."

Hyperkin said it expects to "have a new software build to test soon" and will move forward with mass production "once we’re satisfied, the visuals are clean and stable." The update also thanked supporters—"Thanks for sticking with us. We’d rather be late than ship something that isn’t worthy of your collection"—and the report notes the Mega95's cartridge-dump then system-on-a-chip approach could produce compatibility and visual issues similar to those seen on Hyperkin's Retron GX, some of which were only addressed via firmware fixes.

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