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Well, if you easily find an emulator for obscure Japanese games like Emmyrea and Ready Maid for PS1 as well as Tiger Handheld Emulators, your guess is as good as mine.
Retro games and emulation - Discuss retro shit in case you're stuck in the past or a hipster
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Wii emulators haven't been updated much since like 2012ish. NES/SNES/Genesis work great. N64 works great too if you stick to pirating the virtual console channels. There are ways to inject your own roms into VC channels, though each one is configured differently and a lot of games flat-out won't work. No Goldeneye, no Perfect Dark, no Blast Corps. It's a mess. There is a PS1 emulator, but I never got anything to work well. If that's more your thing, you would be happier with a hacked PSVita TV or a PS3.
Most of the Wii's library is shovelware, but so is any platform with a gigantic install base. There's still a good number of games to play, and a few of the best exclusives aren't getting rereleased anytime soon. Like Punch-Out!!, because it's from the distant, ancient era of 2009 when it was still legal to depict charismatic characters in fun ways; and Super Mario Galaxy 2, a game that, much like the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, did not happen, and if ever you see a copy of it on someone's game shelf, please call the police immediately, as they are spreading dangerous lies and misinformation that threatens Nintendo Co., Ltd.
I meant that as a joke about Byuu aaaaaaand it didn't land
I went searching for one and apparently there is, and it's brand new, even. https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/mk068t/tiger_gizmondo_emulator_has_surfaced/
Download is here: https://github.com/aidenfoxx/giz-emu/releases
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Nintendo wants to erase any and all history of them making more than one mainline Mario game in a generation.Wii emulators haven't been updated much since like 2012ish. NES/SNES/Genesis work great. N64 works great too if you stick to pirating the virtual console channels. There are ways to inject your own roms into VC channels, though each one is configured differently and a lot of games flat-out won't work. No Goldeneye, no Perfect Dark, no Blast Corps. It's a mess. There is a PS1 emulator, but I never got anything to work well. If that's more your thing, you would be happier with a hacked PSVita TV or a PS3.
Most of the Wii's library is shovelware, but so is any platform with a gigantic install base. There's still a good number of games to play, and a few of the best exclusives aren't getting rereleased anytime soon. Like Punch-Out!!, because it's from the distant, ancient era of 2009 when it was still legal to depict charismatic characters in fun ways; and Super Mario Galaxy 2, a game that, much like the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, did not happen, and if ever you see a copy of it on someone's game shelf, please call the police immediately, as they are spreading dangerous lies and misinformation that threatens Nintendo Co., Ltd.
I meant that as a joke about Byuu aaaaaaand it didn't land
I went searching for one and apparently there is, and it's brand new, even. https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/mk068t/tiger_gizmondo_emulator_has_surfaced/
Download is here: https://github.com/aidenfoxx/giz-emu/releases
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Interesting, thanks for the info.
It really irritates me how we're probably not getting a Mario Odyssey sequel on the Switch, if ever.
There's still so much potential to Odyssey's main mechanic.
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Sorry if this doesn't quite fit in the thread, but I was wondering if anyone here has ever tried making their own home arcade cabinet before. I thought something below like a bar top arcade would be kinda neat to have. Since I saw one of those arcade1up machines and thought it would be pretty cool to have a miniature arcade cabinet. I could probably run most games using an emulator and a mini PC.
I was wondering if anyone else has any experience or ever attempted something like this before?
Edit to avoid making a double post: My thinking is I can either use a circuit board people use to make fight sticks in the FGC
Or my other idea was to use a cheap game pad and solder the wires from buttons to the contacts. Would there be any difference in performance or would it be almost identical?
I was wondering if anyone else has any experience or ever attempted something like this before?
Edit to avoid making a double post: My thinking is I can either use a circuit board people use to make fight sticks in the FGC
Or my other idea was to use a cheap game pad and solder the wires from buttons to the contacts. Would there be any difference in performance or would it be almost identical?
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I just got a raspberry pi kit. My goal is to turn it into an idiot proof emulation station for my wife to play PS1 and SNES games.
Anyone recommend a guide for that?
Anyone recommend a guide for that?
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I had the same idea. I was told that anything over 8-bit has a stuttering problem. They said it's easier to hack a DS.
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Not sure if you read that right, but he's saying that the pi-zero is the one that stutters, while I got a 4, which should be able to play some PS2 games well. Also my plans were just a plug and play HDMI setup for the TV
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It's all good I not too keen on this stuff too. Right now I'm trying out retropi so I'll let you know how that goes.
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Here you go: https://www.recalbox.com/
That's what I ended up using. It's a frontend to Retroarch and it works reasonably well, but getting roms onto it can be a pain. Your MicroSD card will have some kind of Linux formatting that Windows just can't read, so I ended up loading roms into it by copying them to a USB drive, then putting that USB drive into the Pi, and starting it up. Then, when it boots and you're at the Recalbox menu, press Triangle to boot into Kodi, then use Kodi's file browser to copy your roms into their appropriate folder.
It really is that much of a pain. For as much as random internet people love to plug the Raspberry Pi for retro gaming, they sure as hell vanish the second you actually get one and don't know what the hell to do.
And, yeah, if you bought a Pi Zero, you're not gonna be able to play much of the SNES library comfortably. The most basic games run okay, at least.
Lakka also exists, but it's just straight-up Retroarch as is. Don't bother. Recalbox is at least a nice, mostly idiot proof front-end.
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If you want some video tutorials try ETA Prime on youtube, has loads of vids testing emulators on different hardware as well as set up guides.
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Went to a locally owned play-and-trade for the first time in a while this evening. Had some time to kill while I'm out of town for a conference this week. Was actually pretty based, they had a bunch of Switch games that were exclusive to Play-Asia. Ended up picking up a copy of Atelier Mysterious.
Prices on retro are still out of fucking control. They had a copy of Panzer Saga locked up behind the counter and I asked the guy how much he was asking for it. $1,500. It looked nice condition wise, but wasn't even sealed. He asked me if I was interested and I told him I already had one and was just curious. We ended up talking about my collection and he gave me his card and said if I ever wanted to sell he would pay me up to 80% of whatever they are tracking on pricecharting.com. I guess they are getting what they are asking for some of that stuff, but good lord. Gen 2 Pokemon CIB for $500, $200 for a Lynx, first-party Gamecube stuff for $150 - $200. I don't get it. It's nuts. I remember thinking back in 2016 that the bubble was going to burst, but it hasn't.
Anyway, got a couple of Master System games for $10 a piece and the Atelier pack.
Prices on retro are still out of fucking control. They had a copy of Panzer Saga locked up behind the counter and I asked the guy how much he was asking for it. $1,500. It looked nice condition wise, but wasn't even sealed. He asked me if I was interested and I told him I already had one and was just curious. We ended up talking about my collection and he gave me his card and said if I ever wanted to sell he would pay me up to 80% of whatever they are tracking on pricecharting.com. I guess they are getting what they are asking for some of that stuff, but good lord. Gen 2 Pokemon CIB for $500, $200 for a Lynx, first-party Gamecube stuff for $150 - $200. I don't get it. It's nuts. I remember thinking back in 2016 that the bubble was going to burst, but it hasn't.
Anyway, got a couple of Master System games for $10 a piece and the Atelier pack.
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Five hundo!? I have the Euro version in this condition, with the exception of the cart(I gave that and a GBC to the son of a man that helped me out one time) but the cart seems more plentiful than box/packaging that have been touched two times since I bought it new. Takings these photos was the second time it was ever touched. The cart was flawless as well, it was still in the same Gameboy I put it into that one time 20 years ago before the system went into storage with the cart still inside. Battery was most likely very dead, I never checked, maybe that kid will grow up to be an autistic speedrunner of pokemon so he can play it one sitting.
I always just put the packaging in a box in storage, I've done that for a looong time, that's why I have things like this.
It's the PAL version of Contra, they were changed to robots to tone down the violence I guess. That box is over 30 years old. I used to have so much shit in stellar condition.
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Is there a good, general marketplace for selling games and consoles these days? This thread turned me on to Pricecharting.com. There or ebay was where I was thinking of starting. I've been out of the scene for 15+ years and I just don't have the interest in playing original consoles rather than emulators like I used to. I picked up hundreds of 8bit through sixth gen games and consoles in the early 2000s. I'll probably never get rid of my arcade pcbs and cabinets, but I just feel like 99% of my console collection could go. I guess I'd like to see the games and consoles in the hands of someone who appreciates them more, and I get the sense from this thread that now would be a good time to cash in.
I'm blown away by the prices I'm seeing on the Pricecharting site for some of the CIB games I have. I know those prices aren't a guarantee, but I'd be content with even 2/3 of the kinds of prices I'm seeing.
I'm blown away by the prices I'm seeing on the Pricecharting site for some of the CIB games I have. I know those prices aren't a guarantee, but I'd be content with even 2/3 of the kinds of prices I'm seeing.
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I've built several. Performance will be very similar, but cost might be a bit high. My recommendation would be getting a cheap arduino compatible microcontroller for a couple bucks and following this guide. Total cost should be <$5$ plus whatever your buttons/inputs cost, plus you can easily repeat the process if you want to make more identical controllers.
Create a Joystick Using the Arduino Joystick Library 2.0
Create a Joystick Using the Arduino Joystick Library 2.0: Since I released the original Arduino Joystick Library (see https://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-LeonardoMicro-as-Game-ControllerJoystick/ for more details) I have received numerous requests for enhancements. Most of these requests...
It's very much worth throwing in a potentiometer if you do this too, having a real knob for Arkanoid etc is fun as hell and only adds a dollar or so.
I've been unloading mine since last year. eBay is a solid recommendation and those prices are NOT an exaggeration, people will actually pay them. It's absurd. I sold a CIB copy of Misadventures of Tron Bonne for ~480 at some point last year.
If you go this route I suggest dropping the 8$ a month for the lowest-level eBay store monthly membership. It massively raises your listing limits and takes a chunk off eBay's final value fees (iirc 11% to 8%) so it pays for itself on any month where you have more than a couple sales.
E: If you're willing to link eBay to a bank account you can dodge the PayPal 4% fee (as well as paypal entirely) but be aware they try to funnel you through some sketchy third-party bank authentication thing for instant verification. Screw that. Scroll down to the very bottom and do 'manual authentication' and you can link accounts without it, although it takes a few days.
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God, I fucking hate rom sets.
I don't need ten different beta versions of the fucking Berenstain Bear game.
I don't need ten different beta versions of the fucking Berenstain Bear game.
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The real Byuu would never say that
