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

[HexFag]

I bought a 8BitDo Pro2 a couple of weeks ago and it's so nice to have an actual good dpad for once. The hall effect sticks are a good touch too.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

Its fun to play gears of war 3 on an emulator. Since we will likely not get Gears 2 or 3 pc any time soon. Despite Microsoft also owning and releasing the MCC, there's no equivalent to any other of their franchises for some reason. All I wanted to do was play horde 2.0 with a higher framerate. Yet the coalition seems to have ceased to exist after whatever happened upon releasing "Gears 4 and 5". Guess they had their own 343 arc.

What's the go-to 360 emulator now? Xenia? I've been wanting to play some Project Gotham Racing 3 for a long time but my Xbox died almost a decade ago.

 

[Anonitolia]

Does anybody have a clue as to where I can find The Movies? I've searched around every usual avenue and only found one nonfunctioning Abandonware upload and an Italian version of the game + expansion packs. I don't have the money to buy a copy secondhand and I'd really like to play it.
Additionally, if anyone knows a consistent and reliable source for old computer games specifically, I'd really like to hear it. I'm getting very very sick of MyAbandonware always having some issue or another, especially when using Windows 10, and do not have the money to buy physical secondhand copies of old games.

 

[Incompetent]

Does anybody have a clue as to where I can find The Movies?

Have you tried ovagames?

 

[Dill]

What's the go-to 360 emulator now? Xenia? I've been wanting to play some Project Gotham Racing 3 for a long time but my Xbox died almost a decade ago.

Xenia is hit or miss for me I tried running Kameo a couple months ago and I couldn’t get pass the title screen with out it crashing

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

Does anybody have a clue as to where I can find The Movies? I've searched around every usual avenue and only found one nonfunctioning Abandonware upload and an Italian version of the game + expansion packs. I don't have the money to buy a copy secondhand and I'd really like to play it.
Additionally, if anyone knows a consistent and reliable source for old computer games specifically, I'd really like to hear it. I'm getting very very sick of MyAbandonware always having some issue or another, especially when using Windows 10, and do not have the money to buy physical secondhand copies of old games.

Archive.org have been flying too close to the sun for quite a while so maybe this will work:

https://archive.org/details/the-movies

 

[Anonitolia]

Have you tried ovagames?

I've never heard of it before. I'll give it a look now.

Archive.org have been flying too close to the sun for quite a while so maybe this will work:

https://archive.org/details/the-movies

That's where I found the Italian version, so maybe? I don't know why this one didn't come up. I was looking in the right collections and everything.

Thank you, though. I'll check both suggestions out when I get a bit more free later on and report back afterwards.

 

[Asian tech support]

I bought a 8BitDo Pro2 a couple of weeks ago and it's so nice to have an actual good dpad for once. The hall effect sticks are a good touch too.

I bought one of those things a couple of months ago but had some serious problems with it. The bumpers were too far to the outside, the face buttons were too far up, and the grips were far too narrow and short. It's like they were designed for the wackiest hand proportions imaginable.

 

[GreenTips]

Does anybody have a clue as to where I can find The Movies? I've searched around every usual avenue and only found one nonfunctioning Abandonware upload and an Italian version of the game + expansion packs. I don't have the money to buy a copy secondhand and I'd really like to play it.
Additionally, if anyone knows a consistent and reliable source for old computer games specifically, I'd really like to hear it. I'm getting very very sick of MyAbandonware always having some issue or another, especially when using Windows 10, and do not have the money to buy physical secondhand copies of old games.

Holy shit, I forgot about that game. I'm like 90% certain I still have a copy at my parent's house somewhere. I'll see if they can dig it out for me. I should be able to check their house in a few months if they can't find it. Now I'd like to replay it. If I do find it, I'll try and figure out a way to get you the files and activation key.

 

[StMaryPiper]

Holy shit, I forgot about that game. I'm like 90% certain I still have a copy at my parent's house somewhere. I'll see if they can dig it out for me. I should be able to check their house in a few months if they can't find it. Now I'd like to replay it. If I do find it, I'll try and figure out a way to get you the files and activation key.

That’s the Lionhead game right? Had potential but got fucked over because Fable took over the studio. A shame the studio itself was a pioneer of the worst of modern gaming in terms of adding and campaigning for unfun woke trash. Also Peter Molyneux is still one of the most hatable people in gaming even when all he does is Crypto scams

 

[Mr. 0]

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>The most ergonomic controller ever invented

I use an 360 controller for everything including emulation. If I want a more “authentic” experience for the console Im emulating I’ll buy one of those cheap third-party controllers off Amazon. Its plug and play even on linux.

It’s the best controller ever made.

god this controller not being out of place in the retro games thread means only one thing

it sucks a little more to get old than it did before

 

[Anonitolia]

Have you tried ovagames?

Doesn't seem to have it

Archive.org have been flying too close to the sun for quite a while so maybe this will work:
https://archive.org/details/the-movies

I'm more than a bit suspicious.
This took maybe 2 seconds to download when almost every actual game i've downloaded has taken at least 3-5 minutes per .zip/.rar.
The file above the exe appears to be corrupt and this download is from back when this would be considered piracy; the file is from 2005, despite being uploaded to the Archive in 2022. All I know of older piracy is that it used to be a lot more ridden with malware.
Given that old PC games tend to have installers and I've never seen a preinstalled one come without a bunch of folders and other files included, I really don't know if this is legit and I'm not willing to risk my PC to check. Thanks for the link, anyways.

 

[GreenTips]

Doesn't seem to have it

I'm more than a bit suspicious.
This took maybe 2 seconds to download when almost every actual game i've downloaded has taken at least 3-5 minutes per .zip/.rar.
The file above the exe appears to be corrupt and this download is from back when this would be considered piracy; the file is from 2005, despite being uploaded to the Archive in 2022. All I know of older piracy is that it used to be a lot more ridden with malware.
Given that old PC games tend to have installers and I've never seen a preinstalled one come without a bunch of folders and other files included, I really don't know if this is legit and I'm not willing to risk my PC to check. Thanks for the link, anyways.

I'm just curious what leads you to believe the .nfo is corrupt. Those are pretty common to be included with pirated games and aren't necessary. It just tells you which group/person released the crack.

Edit: NOGRP.nfo means there's no group claiming responsibility so wherever the source site was likely included .nfos by default.

I think I've seen older games that were released as just an .exe but I'm not confident on that. I know The Movies had anti-piracy measures so it would need a "no disk fix" but for example Backyard Baseball 2001 didn't even need the disk to run once it was installed.

I'll take a look at it on one of my computers I don't care about. My father hasn't had a chance to look through my stuff and I don't expect him to look to hard.

 

[Anonitolia]

I'm just curious what leads you to believe the .nfo is corrupt.

Mostly the pop-up that refuses to open and has a window saying "this file may be corrupt". I'm not familiar with .nfo's so I trusted the pop-up and moved on with my day. I could kind of discern that it was basically a readme, but it showing up as corrupt was a red flag that I felt I might as well include.

I'll take a look at it on one of my computers I don't care about. My father hasn't had a chance to look through my stuff and I don't expect him to look to hard.

lol, you've got neat parents if that's the case. Thanks for even trying in the first place, I'm surprised anyone even had a copy let alone a way to rip it. Looking forward to if you find it.

 

[Never Scored]

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>The most ergonomic controller ever invented

I use an 360 controller for everything including emulation. If I want a more “authentic” experience for the console Im emulating I’ll buy one of those cheap third-party controllers off Amazon. Its plug and play even on linux.

It’s the best controller ever made.

I like it for 3D games, but I'm not a fan of the D-Pad.

I feel like they perfected it with the Xbox One S design that has the cross d-pad. That is a hell of a fucking controller. 8-bit do makes a pretty good wired version too.

 

[GreenTips]

Mostly the pop-up that refuses to open and has a window saying "this file may be corrupt". I'm not familiar with .nfo's so I trusted the pop-up and moved on with my day. I could kind of discern that it was basically a readme, but it showing up as corrupt was a red flag that I felt I might as well include.


lol, you've got neat parents if that's the case. Thanks for even trying in the first place, I'm surprised anyone even had a copy let alone a way to rip it. Looking forward to if you find it.

Ahh gotcha, yeah, they basically are a readme, I'm not sure how well they play with modern basic text editors because 1. I never download them in the torrent package and 2. I already know I'm getting it from Skidrow or FitGirl etc.

They would be cooler if they hadn't sold or lost my PS1 lol. I found everything else including the power cables. I'll probably buy 2 the next time I'm in Japan for work. But I appreciate them keeping all my antique video game stuff while I work on getting it out of their house. Some of my fondest memories as a child were watching my dad play Jedi Knights and Outlaws on his big ass CRT monitor in his home office. My bedroom was right above his office and I remember getting sent to bed and then hearing him play Command&Conquer games through the floor while I'd sit in my closet playing PokéMon Crystal on my see-through Purple GameBoy Color with the curly light dongle.

You posting about The Movies hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia.

 

[The I Scream Man]

I very much like this thing: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SFKTLZM

A little too small for my gargantuan frost giant hands but otherwise perfect

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

god this controller not being out of place in the retro games thread means only one thing

it sucks a little more to get old than it did before

I refuse to accept it until it's retro until it's over 20 years old.

I like it for 3D games, but I'm not a fan of the D-Pad.

The dpad was abysmal. One of the worst I've ever used, right up there with the Switch's default """dpad""".

 

[Incompetent]

Doesn't seem to have it
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You probably went to dot net and not dot com.

Use the link at https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/games/ so you don't go to phony sites that will shit up your computer.

 

[Baraka Obama]

All I know of older piracy is that it used to be a lot more ridden with malware.

Feel like it's the opposite? Or at least I didn't have to worry about crypto miners or ransomware.

Mostly the pop-up that refuses to open and has a window saying "this file may be corrupt". I'm not familiar with .nfo's so I trusted the pop-up and moved on with my day.

NFO files are plain text and need to be opened in notepad.