Polymega announces that free app is coming to play your favorite retro games on all devices

Polymega is a physics emulator that lets you use your original games and controllers to play your favorite games in a modern era. I have heard amazing things about the Polymega and if I could afford one, I would buy it. The base unit starts at $549 and lets you play many CD-ROM based games like original PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and more, but you can also get modules that let you play cartridge-based games like NES and SNES among others. others. In addition, the modules have ports to connect the original controllers and are equipped with Polymega controllers that use the same port with a more elegant appearance. It’s a pretty ingenious system. It even has a light gun designed to work with your HDTV! All of this is great. However, Polymega recently announced some exciting new features: the Polymega app.

The Polymega app is an upcoming free downloadable app that will allow you to access your collection of games, game states, installs and more via the cloud. Plus, you can use any standard hard drive to start playing, install and manage your legacy games from your device. I know hard drives are getting rarer as time goes on, but this is a small victory for those of us who still enjoy having one. If you don’t have a hard drive, don’t worry as Polymega has your back with the announced Polymega Remix. It is a piece of hardware that allows you to connect your CDs and cartridges to your PC and other devices via USB and then use the Polymega app. That’s pretty awesome, especially considering it will start retailing for just $149 at launch with more details to come. It’s much cheaper!

Polymega has announced that a premium subscription for the Polymega app called Polymega XL will be available. Not much is known about the premium features (including pricing), but it seems one of these premium features is cloud access for playing the games across multiple devices. If you purchased a Polymega base unit or Deluxe pack before December 31, 2022, you will be granted closed beta access to the Polymega app, as well as exclusive access to Polymega XL during the beta and a free update of 1 year to Polymega XL after beta release. If you ordered anything else from Polymega, you’ll get access to the closed beta under the free tier.

Finally, Polymega announced a new second-generation universal wireless controller that uses a lower latency 2.4Ghz connection, improved battery life, and will be compatible with Android. This new controller will be included in all 2023 and future shipments of Polymega devices.

All of this is exciting, but there are a few things to keep in mind. First, we don’t have any solid release dates for anything. Polymega hopes to launch closed beta for the Polymega app in March, but that’s all we know. Secondly, Polymega is notorious for delays. I understand that it may not be all their fault, but there are a lot of people who are upset that they haven’t received their product yet. This is all to say it sounds great, but temper your expectations.