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

Nameless One said:
I'm getting real fucking tired of trying to find new rom sites. CDromance links are now all gone and the site is useless. Now it's on retrogametalk which requires a sign-in email. Fuck this shit man.
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You can thank all the iphone wielding youtubers gaming the algo showing how to use romsites for all of that.
 
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LifeAlert said:
While the N64 library isn't as vast as the PS1's, I think attributing 60% of its good games to just a handful of titles is a little harsh:
-1080 Snowboarding
-Wave Race 64
-Sin & Punishment
-F-Zero X
-Kirby 64
-Pokemon Snap
-Pokemon Puzzle League
-Ogre Battle 64
-Chameleon Twist
-Mischief Makers
-Space Station Silicon Valley
-Turok quadrilogy
-Star Wars Rogue Squadron and Shadows of the Empire
-Doom 64
-Ridge Racer 64
-Beetle Adventure Racing
-007: The World Is Not Enough
-WWF No Mercy
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... for example, you really don't want to be playing e.g. the original version of Doom 64 nowadays
 
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Nameless One said:
I'm getting real fucking tired of trying to find new rom sites. CDromance links are now all gone and the site is useless. Now it's on retrogametalk which requires a sign-in email. Fuck this shit man.
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Indeed. It’s annoying as fuck. You can still get some games from Vim. You can actually log into Retrogametalk and grab a link to download in incognito mode. I don’t see their logic requiring a login to download the games to avoid scrutiny from Nintendont.
 
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Xarpho's Return said:
Sometimes I wonder what are truly are good retro games if you don't have familiarity with them. I'm not sure if my lukewarm opinion on PlayStation games is because it just wasn't a console I grew up (Nintendo + computers for me) or if the console's games have aged really poorly. Case in point, they started making Atari game compilations back in the late 1990s (Activision did it for their own games) but they just don't hold a lot of appeal of people outside of that generation. Some games sucked less, but none of them are things you'd fool around with for more than five minutes.
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I play loads of retro games I never grew up with. Do a deep dive into the C64 library. Once you get used to pressing up to jump a lot of the games are just great.

- Or you can just assign a button on your emulator to it on your controller. You'll have to do that with another button since a lot of C64 games used space for a second action button, because Jack Tramiel was a cheap kike who only let them have a joystick with one button attached to it. The cognoscenti used a Master System controller back in the day to get around that. Do NOT use a Mega Drive controller on real hardware.
 
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TaimuRadiu said:
I play loads of retro games I never grew up with. Do a deep dive into the C64 library. Once you get used to pressing up to jump a lot of the games are just great.

- Or you can just assign a button on your emulator to it on your controller. You'll have to do that with another button since a lot of C64 games used space for a second action button, because Jack Tramiel was a cheap kike who only let them have a joystick with one button attached to it. The cognoscenti used a Master System controller back in the day to get around that. Do NOT use a Mega Drive controller on real hardware.
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Every time I try playing C64 I keep having to deal with keyboard bullshit, even on games that support the joystick. I just want to use a controller, but then some games will ask me to flip the tape to the other side, rewind and play, insert second tape, etc...it's a real pain in the ass. I find that the cartridge based games will work without any hassle, but most of the library is on tape.
 
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Has there been some issue with the Steam Deck and PCSX in the past month or so? I've been trying to use PCSX2 on it, but it only opens in desktop mode. I mean, I can double-tap the titles or use EmulationStation, but it's still really annoying
 
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LifeAlert said:
Every time I try playing C64 I keep having to deal with keyboard bullshit, even on games that support the joystick. I just want to use a controller, but then some games will ask me to flip the tape to the other side, rewind and play, insert second tape, etc...it's a real pain in the ass. I find that the cartridge based games will work without any hassle, but most of the library is on tape.
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It's a home computer. This bullshit was all par for the course.

Look up the keys on the keyboard and then assign them to your controller in emulation. You also don't need to be bothered by tape when you can just speed up tape loading in an emulator.
 
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SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
Aside from Nintendo & Rare, plus those games, add in the Bomberman ones, Quest 64, and maybe Clayfighter/Fighter's Destiny games if you like messing around with older fighting games. Pretty slim pickings after that though, unless you like sports/racing or something.
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I agree for everything except Quest 64, the constant random battles hurt my feelings and I am instinctively repulsed even now lol
 
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Anyone here manage to get online play working with PCSX2? I was messing around with it trying to get SOCOM running, followed some guides online, applied the net-play patch and still can't get it to work. I get as far as the online play menus but then it just hangs forever on the lobby search screen.

Its probably some basic shit I'm not doing to get it to work but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
 
The I Scream Man said:
I agree for everything except Quest 64, the constant random battles hurt my feelings and I am instinctively repulsed even now lol
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Lol I don't remember it being that bad. Maybe I was running from them or something. It's definitely a divisive and only arguably good game. It's the kinda game that either clicks with you or not, it's very flawed.
 
TaimuRadiu said:
Look up the keys on the keyboard and then assign them to your controller in emulation. You also don't need to be bothered by tape when you can just speed up tape loading in an emulator.
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Yeah the tape loading isn't the problem, it warp speeds through that. The problem is after they finish loading, a lot of games just won't play even after pressing every button on the keyboard, or you have to insert multiple disks somehow even though there's no option to in the emulator settings, etc...maybe it's a problem unique to Retroarch. I understand emulating old school computers is more work than something like an Atari but at this point, things like rewinding, flipping, or inserting multiple disks/tapes should be automatic
 
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