Retro games and emulation - Discuss retro shit in case you're stuck in the past or a hipster

Judge Dredd said:
Is Xenia is a better place than RPCS3? I ask because, despite hearing how good RPCS3 is, every game is broken (GT3) or has a bunch of graphical errors (Dragons Crown, Captain America). Sure, they're minor errors like an occasional black rectangle around a sprite, or weird squares appears on character models, it's still an annoyance.
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I've been playing Tales of Graces F on RPCS3 and I haven't run into any issues whatsoever. Like with most emulation, if you look at the compatability page for each game, you can gauge if the game is considered "playable" and what fixes you have to apply to get it to run properly. Xenia and RPCS3 are still in "alpha" and are probably gonna take a while to be perfect (like look at PCSX2, it's been around for 20 years and there are STILL issues and improvements).
 
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Smaug's Smokey Hole 2 said:
Speaking of the DS, having WiFi was such a wondrous thing. Most people might not remember this but WiFi(802.11a) was decently new at the time and it was really something else to be able to effortlessly play some online Mario Kart in bed before going to sleep.
Fucking snakers....
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And because Nintendo had no idea how to balance online games, you could just turn the system off right before you lost a race and force everyone to disconnect with no punishment whatsoever. Good times…
Koi Fish said:
Xenia: Xbox
RPCS3: PS3.
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Do you have any idea how much overlap there is between 360 and PS3 libraries?
To answer @Judge Dredd ’s question, it’s funny you ask that, because I was just about to look into overhauling my Xenia setup. RPCS3 has historically performed better but Xenia has shown improvement. RPCS3 has historically been easier when it comes to setting up games, but I think Xenia has a built-in installer for DLC and updates now, and you don’t have to deal with license files like with PS3.
 
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StMaryPiper said:
Got a N3DS XL the second the discontinue announcement happened around 2019. Holy shit best retro related purchase of my life as it bought it for about half of what the prices go for now
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How easy is it to jailbreak? I have a new 3ds XL and might be worth giving it a go considering like the Wii U shop it's closed down
 
It’s obvious just from playing both that Bubble Bobble Neo (360) is a port of Bubble Bobble Plus (Wii), complete with the in-game graphics still using the Wii assets. But I just found Neo’s unpacked DLC on my PC while looking through Xenia stuff and the folder that contains everything is called “/data/Wii”.

Lol. Lmao even.
 
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For 3DS, playing 3DS games is really the best option. It's not really my thing these days but it's also got a nice screen native 240p with what look like scanlines built in so it ends up being a really nice handheld to emulate 240p consoles.

For DS games just buy a DS & a $10 flash cart. The scaling looks terrible, you're looking at a low qulity 256x192 to 320x240 scale or running the image too small. There are some homebrew scaling options but they also suck.
 
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Baraka Obama said:
For 3DS, playing 3DS games is really the best option. It's not really my thing these days but it's also got a nice screen native 240p with what look like scanlines built in so it ends up being a really nice handheld to emulate 240p consoles.

For DS games just buy a DS & a $10 flash cart. The scaling looks terrible, you're looking at a low qulity 256x192 to 320x240 scale or running the image too small. There are some homebrew scaling options but they also suck.
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For what it’s worth, I ran the numbers earlier today (because I just ordered an EZ-Flash Parallel and was trying to decide if I should use my 3DS XL or DSi), and the non-scaled DS image on a 3DS XL is the exact same size as a non-XL DSi. I don’t know if that was intentional or an insane coincidence.
 
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Xarpho's Return said:
Super-easy, just follow the directions on 3ds.hacks.guide/. I used the new directions after my mini-SD committed sudoku and had to hack my 3DS again.
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Going to do so today. I feel I'm late to the party with all these because I just relied so much on emulators before but better to atleast do something with these things instead of just gathering dust. I gave my modded PSP full of games to my younger cousin recently for his birthday so he has something to do at break in school or travelling in bus
 
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Shinkai said:
How easy is it to jailbreak?
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laughably so.
read this guide, it's quite easy but there's still a chance of breaking it.
The New3DS XL also has the best spec out of them, you can play some PS1 games through retroarch, just don't go in expecting crazy with the video settings.

Baraka Obama said:
For DS games just buy a DS & a $10 flash cart. The scaling looks terrible, you're looking at a low qulity 256x192 to 320x240 scale or running the image too small. There are some homebrew scaling options but they also suck.
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Yeah, maybe 10 years ago. nowadays the 3DS is pretty good to play DS games and the homebrew loader has options to go interger scales and whatnot.
 
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Koi Fish said:
laughably so.
read this guide, it's quite easy but there's still a chance of breaking it.
The New3DS XL also has the best spec out of them, you can play some PS1 games through retroarch, just don't go in expecting crazy with the video settings.


Yeah, maybe 10 years ago. nowadays the 3DS is pretty good to play DS games and the homebrew loader has options to go interger scales and whatnot.
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I got this shit done in less than an hour haha. Really good guide aswell much easier than sitting through some overly edited YouTube video where they skim over things
 
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Sicko Hunter said:
There is no active relevant thread for my question so I'm just going to post it in here is Psychonauts 2 worth playing?
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If you're hyper-triggered by woke stuff, then no. It's in there and there's a lot of it.

I enjoyed the game regardless. It has a fantastic art style and the worlds are very creative, even if the writing isn't as good as the original.
 
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Sugriva said:
If you're hyper-triggered by woke stuff, then no. It's in there and there's a lot of it.

I enjoyed the game regardless. It has a fantastic art style and the worlds are very creative, even if the writing isn't as good as the original.
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What type of woke is it though like is it stuff about sexism or white people being evil? Some woke shit I can tolerate others I immediately just turn off the game.
 
Sicko Hunter said:
What type of woke is it though like is it stuff about sexism or white people being evil? Some woke shit I can tolerate others I immediately just turn off the game.
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A set of boring "diversity squad" characters and an entire level that takes place in a gay wedding.

It's not that bad. I was able to look past it. I just mention it because I know some people can't stand any of it.
 
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Sugriva said:
A set of boring "diversity squad" characters and an entire level that takes place in a gay wedding.

It'a not that bad. I was able to look past it. I just mention it because I know some people can't stand any of it.
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That honestly doesn't sound bad. I might get it on steam summer sale.
 
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