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

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Internet Archive is a good place to get roms. It's slow but they have the complete MAME sets for the different versions of MAME and not as a 50gig 7zip file, they're á la carte, very convenient if there's only a couple of games you want.

Haramburger said:
Are you sure your controller is compatible? Not all PS2 controllers had pressure-sensitive buttons. As long as you're sure it's legit then it's just dexterity and practice, very few games made use of it.
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More games than you would think made use of it, it was just that few noticed it. There are plenty of people that doesn't know that MGS2/3 had it.
Driving games in particular, from Ridge Racer 5 to GTA used pressure sensitivity when driving for breaks and acceleration, even when steering with the D-Pad it was analogue. Pressing the square button until the controller was creaking allowed you to go a little bit faster in GTA3.

It was so very Ken Kutaragi to have 256 degrees of sensitivity on buttons that had a stroke length of 3-4 millimeters. Extreme precision that just couldn't be used with any sort of precision.
 
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Smaug's Smokey Hole said:
More games than you would think made use of it, it was just that few noticed it. There are plenty of people that doesn't know that MGS2/3 had it.
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Didn't it allow you to ready a gun but not actually fire until you hard pressed? Or put out a laser sight for fine targetting and then adding more pressure to actually squeeze the trigger? I forget the exact functionality but man, the tanker ship demo and the gunfight with that russian chick was absolutely kino gameplay and presentation. Too bad the rest of MGS2 was ass.
 
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Poiseon said:
I'm in the middle of setting up my pc and I want to get some older games for it, but I am ignorant of where to get emulators, roms, and how to make them work properly. I couldn't find a thread on it, so I figured I'd post this, and anyone who is stupid like me can read what you guys pitch into it. Every time I search I get sites that say they shut down, or received cease and desists, etc.

I'm looking for emulators and roms for the classic gen 2 systems, but anything contributed would be awesome. Things like playstation 2, gamecube, original xbox, and whatever other game emulators and roms you know of. The way triple AAA games are right now I'd rather not play new games, and I'm having some nostalgia pangs.
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Emulators the best way is to go to EmuCR , for ROMs you could go CDRomance or the Internet Archive, try to find the ROM set from Redump like this one

And for emulators

Gamecube/Wii: Dolphin
PS2: PCSX2
Xbox: CXBX? never tested it
And old systems you can prevent all the hassle by using Bizhawk that come with good cores even Mednafen
 
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Haramburger said:
Didn't it allow you to ready a gun but not actually fire until you hard pressed? Or put out a laser sight for fine targetting and then adding more pressure to actually squeeze the trigger? I forget the exact functionality but man, the tanker ship demo and the gunfight with that russian chick was absolutely kino gameplay and presentation. Too bad the rest of MGS2 was ass.
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Yes, and other things as well that just like you I have forgotten. But I remember the Tanker fight with Olga, the pressure sensitivity allowed you to just barely stick Snake's head out of cover for a split second so she'd start shooting and screaming at that spot then sneak to another spot and suprise-shoot from there. Having seen people play through that fight it seems like many didn't figure out that was how it was meant to be played.
It also had some insane button combinations that could be used during that as well, like peeking above cover and leaning to one side then aiming the gun then bob and weave to the other side, all using the pressure sensitivity. And like five buttons + the stick, very confusing.
 
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There was a certain golden age when you could emulate stuff at home that was still in arcades, notably Neo Geo games.
One of my happier memories of the era was beating Metal Slug on a single credit in front of an amazed arcade audience that had no idea I'd been practicing every split second of the game for months on my home PC.
 
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Im just gonna give a shout out to Legend of Dragoon.
Wish that game could get the updates for modern shit.
 
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Recon said:
There was a certain golden age when you could emulate stuff at home that was still in arcades, notably Neo Geo games.
One of my happier memories of the era was beating Metal Slug on a single credit in front of an amazed arcade audience that had no idea I'd been practicing every split second of the game for months on my home PC.
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UltraHLE was in a similar situation, allowing people to emulate Ocarina of Time on PC not long after it was released. PS1 was in a similar boat, I knew some people that played through Xenogears with an emulator in what feels like not that many months after it came out.

Nintendo have really been unfortunate with emulation, the GBA was quickly emulated, the DS didn't take that long either I think, Breath of the Wild launched with the Switch and the WiiU version could be emulated not long after that.

Emulation is neat but it was exciting in a special way when it would emulate the current lineup of systems.
 
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Tryphaena said:
https://dolphin-emu.org/ Gamecube

https://pcsx2.net PS2 (this one can be annoying to set up. You need to download a BIOS file from a torrent to make it work.)

https://www.emuparadise.me/ I use this to get roms. https://coolrom.com.au/ still works. Just be sure to click the super tiny "alternative download" link.

Edit: I have the rar for the BIOS file if you can't find it.
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The BIOS file would be awesome, dude. I'm pulling a stupid and can't find it.

Edit: I think I got it. Doing the config now. Gonna fire up Sly Cooper: And The Thievious Raccoonous. Been years since I've played this game. Still have my PS2 but the only game I have is Urban Chaos: Riot Response.

I could play the latter all day. there have only been so many games where you can taser a guy until he catches on fire.
 
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Poiseon said:
The BIOS file would be awesome, dude. I'm pulling a stupid and can't find it.

Edit: I think I got it. Doing the config now. Gonna fire up Sly Cooper: And The Thievious Raccoonous. Been years since I've played this game. Still have my PS2 but the only game I have is Urban Chaos: Riot Response.

I could play the latter all day. there have only been so many games where you can taser a guy until he catches on fire.
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PS2 - Google Drive

drive.google.com drive.google.com

Right click the BIOS file and download it. If that one doesn't work I'll get you another.
 
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My fav arcade game. Lots of fond memories playing it. Didn't like the home versions that much though.
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Love the age of online emulators.
 
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I Recently got Demul Running with Sega's Naomi 2 on it.

Here's a cap of me playing Initial D Arcade Stage 2, Too bad they never export it to murica anymore.
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I Still gotta config the controls a bit but for the time being it's nice.
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Not retro, but emulation and worth noting: The side story 3DS Phoenix Wright game that didn’t get localized over here due to Capcom thinking it was too Japanese for western audiences has gotten a full fan-translation and the latest build of Citra resolved the issues that were keeping it from loading. Seems pretty faithful to the tone of the official translations from what I’ve seen and being able to fast-forward text makes it much more playable.
 
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Poiseon said:
I'm in the middle of setting up my pc and I want to get some older games for it, but I am ignorant of where to get emulators, roms, and how to make them work properly. I couldn't find a thread on it, so I figured I'd post this, and anyone who is stupid like me can read what you guys pitch into it. Every time I search I get sites that say they shut down, or received cease and desists, etc.

I'm looking for emulators and roms for the classic gen 2 systems, but anything contributed would be awesome. Things like playstation 2, gamecube, original xbox, and whatever other game emulators and roms you know of. The way triple AAA games are right now I'd rather not play new games, and I'm having some nostalgia pangs.
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Look into Retroarch, it'll simplify your life. And if you need roms shoot me a PM, I can probably help.
 
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I played Double Dragon 2 on Switch after playing (and adoring) the first game on Switch. Can someone tell me why the controls in Double Dragon 2 aren’t assbackwards elephant shit? Who looked at the “controls swap depending on direction” idea and thought it was good? Especially when it was never used again in Final Fight, TMNT4, Comix Zone, Simpsons, Streets of Rage, etc? And it was never done in the original or River City?

It could partly be bias on my part since I played way more TMNT II and Streets of Rage than Double Dragon growing up
 
http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/ is a great site for finding the best emulators. /r/emulation is pretty chill.

Poiseon said:
I'm in the middle of setting up my pc and I want to get some older games for it, but I am ignorant of where to get emulators, roms, and how to make them work properly. I couldn't find a thread on it, so I figured I'd post this, and anyone who is stupid like me can read what you guys pitch into it. Every time I search I get sites that say they shut down, or received cease and desists, etc.

I'm looking for emulators and roms for the classic gen 2 systems, but anything contributed would be awesome. Things like playstation 2, gamecube, original xbox, and whatever other game emulators and roms you know of. The way triple AAA games are right now I'd rather not play new games, and I'm having some nostalgia pangs.
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Xbox emulation isn't in a great spot. Its better than ever, but its way behind Dolphin and PCSX2.

FixinShibe said:
I Recently got Demul Running with Sega's Naomi 2 on it.

Here's a cap of me playing Initial D Arcade Stage 2, Too bad they never export it to murica anymore.
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I Still gotta config the controls a bit but for the time being it's nice.
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Initial D Special Stage Runs great on PCSX2 btw.
 
purpleboy said:
I played Double Dragon 2 on Switch after playing (and adoring) the first game on Switch. Can someone tell me why the controls in Double Dragon 2 aren’t assbackwards elephant shit? Who looked at the “controls swap depending on direction” idea and thought it was good? Especially when it was never used again in Final Fight, TMNT4, Comix Zone, Simpsons, Streets of Rage, etc? And it was never done in the original or River City?

It could partly be bias on my part since I played way more TMNT II and Streets of Rage than Double Dragon growing up
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It was way ahead of it's time, Too Human uses the same directional system. Everyone loves that game.
 
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