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

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

Speaking of the Dreamcast, what are the must have games for the system? It's one of the only consoles I don't actually have an emulator for because practically everything of value was ported to another system in superior quality.

Since i spent so much money playing Die Hard arcade when arcades were still a thing, i really like Dynamite Cop. I don’t think it was ported to any other systems. But if you’re not familiar with the game, it’s a fun 3d beat em up type game.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Since i spent so much money playing Die Hard arcade when arcades were still a thing, i really like Dynamite Cop. I don’t think it was ported to any other systems. But if you’re not familiar with the game, it’s a fun 3d beat em up type game.

There is a PS2 version in the SEGA AGES series that I think includes the second game as well. It's just titled Dynamite Cop because the first game didn't get the Die Hard license in Japan. Our Dynamite Cop was actually Dynamite Cop 2.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

Are you using the canary branch or master? Xenia is how Dolphin used to be where the master branch would never get updated and canary is the intended way to use it. And Xenia does have a good amount of customization, are you using Xenia Manager?

So turns out I'm an idiot and that's actually super convenient. Shame I've lost all my progress for Banjo Kazooie because for some reason my old version of Xenia seems to be saving it somewhere differently but fuck it, that should ensure I don't have to fuck about with going on the Xenia website and comparing versions.

 

[Two Dollars]

So turns out I'm an idiot and that's actually super convenient. Shame I've lost all my progress for Banjo Kazooie because for some reason my old version of Xenia seems to be saving it somewhere differently but fuck it, that should ensure I don't have to fuck about with going on the Xenia website and comparing versions.

The Content folders are kinda screwy to deal with, but I think you should be able to just copy the whole thing and put it in the new version’s location. I think.

 

[Phil's Oddly Shaped Head]

Speaking of the Dreamcast,

I mostly just play ps2 versions of dc classics like mvc2 rez etc, but I keep the dc emulator for the English version of Typing of the Dead. The ps2 one is in English but with Japanese words, - definitely not as fun

 

[TrinityReformed]

I managed to successfully install psbbn on my ps2, but can't seem to connect to the network. I bought a crossover ethernet cable and bridged the connection between the 2 on my network settings, but no dice. Shame, since the UI is very very nice.

 

[TrinityReformed]

Managed to get online working. I guess the adapter doesn't like using a network bridge on pc, since a cheap wifi extender with an ethernet port solved the problem just fine.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Super Mario Bros. turned 40 today and the "Super Mario Bros. Remastered" dropped as well. They said it was "remade from the ground up" but still requires an original ROM to play.

https://github.com/JHDev2006/Super-Mario-Bros.-Remastered-Public/releases/tag/1.0.0

 

[Stasi]

My living room media PC has a CPU which isn't officially supported by Win 11 so I decided to install linux on it now that Win 10 is almost EOL and as part of the set up installed Emulation Station - DE.

I've never used any kind of unified frontend, usually preferring individual emulators but I'm liking it so far. Anyone have any tips or advice in terms of set up, bezels, filters etc.? I'm using the default retroarch cores for everything except PS1, PS2 and Gamecube and using the standalone version for those through ES-DE.

 

[MongolianMongoose]

Neat project that hosts PS3/PS2 games from a NAS to play on a CFW PS3.
PS3netsrv
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This will hold me over while I wait for a good Black Friday deal on a 2TB SSD.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

The thing about the Mario "remastered" game is it requires the original ROM but isn't actually a reverse-engineered port and as a result it's not accurate. The later levels of SMB have different music and graphics and there's no option to turn that off.

 

[Computer Guardian]

The thing about the Mario "remastered" game is it requires the original ROM but isn't actually a reverse-engineered port and as a result it's not accurate. The later levels of SMB have different music and graphics and there's no option to turn that off.

I checked the Github and sure enough, besides it running on Godot, they "extract the assets" because most of the sprites viewable on the github for things from SMB1 have a bunch of or comprise mostly of green sploches where the assets taken from the NES ROM are basically greenscreened in and anything "made for the remaster" is ethier shit that looks like it was ripped straight out of the Mario Maker games or things redone from Lost Levels or the other level sets the "remaster" come with. Part of me thinks they wanted to do this just to do a CYA since the last time someone remade a nintendo game with Link's Awakening, they left all the assets in and called it a day.

 

[Two Dollars]

The thing about the Mario "remastered" game is it requires the original ROM but isn't actually a reverse-engineered port and as a result it's not accurate. The later levels of SMB have different music and graphics and there's no option to turn that off.

Are you sure? I only opened the game for a few minutes but there was a clear “toggle new music” setting.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Are you sure? I only opened the game for a few minutes but there was a clear “toggle new music” setting.

At least as of 1.0.0 (and no indication this was fixed for 1.0.1) this doesn't work.

I checked the Github and sure enough, besides it running on Godot, they "extract the assets" because most of the sprites viewable on the github for things from SMB1 have a bunch of or comprise mostly of green sploches where the assets taken from the NES ROM are basically greenscreened in and anything "made for the remaster" is ethier shit that looks like it was ripped straight out of the Mario Maker games or things redone from Lost Levels or the other level sets the "remaster" come with. Part of me thinks they wanted to do this just to do a CYA since the last time someone remade a nintendo game with Link's Awakening, they left all the assets in and called it a day.

I noticed that there are still assets for the All Night Nippon version. Maybe Nintendo doesn't care since it will likely never get re-released but that's not a risk to take.

For You vs. Boo the win/lose screens are completely cut out, and I swear the fireball behavior is noticeably different than the original, too smooth and fast, you can count the frames in the old one.

Honestly I'm wondering "why" at this point. The game requires a SMB ROM, and if you have one (you should) you would have a NES emulator that runs it and it will play closer to the original experience no matter your emulator. It's not a decomp/port, adds a bunch of stupid new features, and so on. If you wanted stuff like You vs. Boo they should've reverse-engineered the GBC port and you'd still have a closer experience.

 

[Mississippi Motorboater]

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Hey, I stumbled across this old, early 2000s picture of some Japanese gamer's room, and there's a console in the background that I can't for the life of me identify. What in the fuck even is this? I've scoured the internet to see if this some kind of offshoot all-in-one Genesis Clone console, but I haven't been able to turn anything up.

Anyone have any clue what this is?

 

[childrenofmen]

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Hey, I stumbled across this old, early 2000s picture of some Japanese gamer's room, and there's a console in the background that I can't for the life of me identify. What in the fuck even is this? I've scoured the internet to see if this some kind of offshoot all-in-one Genesis Clone console, but I haven't been able to turn anything up.

Anyone have any clue what this is?

That's the Casio Loopy, a console just for gorls.

https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/classic-gaming/System-Overview-Casio-Loopy-My-Seal-Computer-362.php

 

[Baraka Obama]

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Hey, I stumbled across this old, early 2000s picture of some Japanese gamer's room, and there's a console in the background that I can't for the life of me identify. What in the fuck even is this? I've scoured the internet to see if this some kind of offshoot all-in-one Genesis Clone console, but I haven't been able to turn anything up.

Anyone have any clue what this is?

You have your answer but this is visibly not early 2000s. The PS3 Slim alone would push it past Sept 2009, more subtle but I'm pretty sure that's a Kallax shelf which would place it past 2014.

I assume this is a troon bedroom photo taken recently?

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Hey, I stumbled across this old, early 2000s picture of some Japanese gamer's room, and there's a console in the background that I can't for the life of me identify. What in the fuck even is this? I've scoured the internet to see if this some kind of offshoot all-in-one Genesis Clone console, but I haven't been able to turn anything up.

Anyone have any clue what this is?

Unless this guy is a time-traveler that TV is not from the early 2000s.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

https://www.replayos.com/

 

[FrogMinutes]

Speaking of the Dreamcast, what are the must have games for the system?

IllBleed is the one game I think about when it comes to games you can get nowhere else other than the dreamcast.
having replayed it again for halloween, it's the perfect spooky game.
only thing you'll need is to read the manual, or read a tip guide online, the game hides the tutorial and never tells you how everything works.

it's a bit clunky and takes some time to get used to how the game works, but it makes up for how crazy the story gets.
as far as I know, IllBleed is the only must play for the dreamcast for me.
everything else has already been ported or re-released on fucking phones or some shit.