/vr/ - Retro Games

DREEEEAMCAST IS THE BIIIZBOMB, I FREAKIN PLAY IT ALL DAY LOOOONG
DREAMCAST IS THE BEST THERE IZZZ PS2 SUCKS MY DIIIIIIIIIIICK
YOOO WERE BACK TO THE PAST WE'RE BACK TO THE PAST I'M RAPPIN SO FAST BUSTIN OUT PHAT RAPS FOR THE DREAMCAST
MADCATZ BLASTIN PC'S IS CRASHIN
DC IS BY SEGA AND BEATS THE REST IT RULEZ THE WORLD NO CONTEST

It was as powerful as the Gamecube, easily. Developers were just starting to get really comfortable on the console by the time Sega pulled the plug. And instead of releasing the stopgap Dreamcast, they could easily have taken a couple years to develop a truly next-generation console which could also serve as the basis for an arcade system.

Dreamcast and Gamecube were the only true 6th generation consoles.

Xbox was 6.5 gen. It was way ahead of its time and could even run Doom 3 and Half-Life 2.

PS2 was 5.5 gen because it consistently had the worst graphics and performance of any of the consoles.

Was Sonic Adventure 2 a masterpiece?

This truly is a showcase game for the Dreamcast and while I remember it looking good. I don't think I remembered it being that impressive when I was younger as I probably didn't appreciate how crazy it was to look this great while pushing a solid 60fps as well.

>Links
Retro sizer https://retrosizer.com/
Retro handhelds spreadsheet https://pastebin.com/ZyqXr19r (embed)
SoC Comparison https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset

>Where to buy
Aliexpress, gogamegeek, litnxt, keepretro, mechdiy, Anbernic/retroid store

>What do I buy
Post your preferences: Money (20$ - 200$), Shape (horizontal, vertical, clamshell, square), Pocketable or not, OS (Linux, Android, Both), Systems (Pre PSX is 8, 16, and 32-bit eras, PSX with extras, Dreamcast and N64, PSP and DS, PS2 and GC/Wii capable)

>Recommended devices
Prices depend on when and where you buy.
- Retroid Pocket 4 (200$, horizontal, 4.7" 16:9 Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)
- Anbernic RG556 ($200, horizontal, 5.8" 16:9 OLED Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)
- Retroid Pocket 2S (100$, horizontal, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, can play some PS2/GC, android, pocketable)
- Powkiddy RGB30 (90$, horizontal, 4" 1:1 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Trimui Smart Pro (60$, horizontal, 5" 16:9 Screen, PSX with extras, linux)
- Anbernic RG 35XX Plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Miyoo mini plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- R36S (40$, vertical, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, up to PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)

>Things I need to know
- Handhelds come with low quality SD cards. Back them up on your computer, throw them away, and buy new ones.
- It takes some tinkering, specially linux devices.
- Reviewers get free handhelds, caveat emptor.
>Previous thread >>10831314

>Board can be fixed by reverting the retro rule, so that Gamecube, Dreamcast and all that generation go to /v/

>Make it so troll threads actively hating on a game are a bannable offense

>Links
Retro sizer https://retrosizer.com/
Retro handhelds spreadsheet https://pastebin.com/ZyqXr19r
SoC Comparison https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset

>Where to buy
Aliexpress, gogamegeek, litnxt, keepretro, mechdiy, Anbernic/retroid store

>What do I buy
Post your preferences: Money (20$ - 200$), Shape (horizontal, vertical, clamshell, square), Pocketable or not, OS (Linux, Android, Both), Systems (Pre PSX is 8, 16, and 32-bit eras, PSX with extras, Dreamcast and N64, PSP and DS, PS2 and GC/Wii capable)

>Recommended devices
Prices depend on when and where you buy.
- Retroid Pocket 4 (200$, horizontal, 4.7" 16:9 Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)
- Anbernic RG556 ($200, horizontal, 5.8" 16:9 OLED Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)
- Retroid Pocket 2S (100$, horizontal, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, can play some PS2/GC, android, pocketable)
- Powkiddy RGB30 (90$, horizontal, 4" 1:1 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Trimui Smart Pro (60$, horizontal, 5" 16:9 Screen, PSX with extras, linux)
- Anbernic RG 35XX Plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Miyoo mini plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- R36S (40$, vertical, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, up to PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)

>Things I need to know
- Handhelds come with low quality SD cards. Back them up on your computer, throw them away, and buy new ones.
- It takes some tinkering, specially linux devices.
- Reviewers get free handhelds, caveat emptor.

>Previous Thread
>>10812393

Would it have saved the DreamCast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVv2P_Q_WVs

What if Halo 2 had released on the Dreamcast? Could it have saved it?

What if Super Mario 64 was released on Dreamcast? Better graphics? Less slowdown? Better camera? Better control stick(not broken)? Actually music not MIDI in FREAKING 1997? Could it have saved the Dreamcast?

>Links
Retro sizer https://retrosizer.com/
Retro handhelds spreadsheet https://pastebin.com/ZyqXr19r
SoC Comparison https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset

>Where to buy
Aliexpress, gogamegeek, litnxt, keepretro, mechdiy, Anbernic/retroid store

>What to know about brands
Retroid: Well built, powerful, but expensive (100$+)
Anbernic: Balance between price, power and build quality. Just avoid the RG Nano
Powkiddy: Cheap, low quality builds, interesting shapes (square, clamshell, big screen)
Miyoo: One hit wonder
Game Console: Copycat popular products with lower prices, better specs, but weaker build qualities
TrimUI: Good build quality, shitty software with no good CFW alternatives

>How do I get games
Google: tiny best set

>What do I buy
Post your preferences: Money (20$ - 200$), Shape (horizontal, vertical, clamshell, square), Pocketable or not, OS (Linux, Android, Both), Systems (Pre PSX is 8, 16, and 32-bit eras, PSX with extras, Dreamcast and N64, PSP and DS, PS2 and GC/Wii capable)

>Recommended devices
Prices depend on when and where you buy.
- Retroid Pocket 4 (200$, horizontal, 4.7" 16:9 Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)
- Retroid Pocket 2S (100$, horizontal, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, can play some PS2/GC, android, pocketable)
- Powkiddy RGB30 (90$, horizontal, 4" 1:1 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Trimui Smart Pro (60$, horizontal, 5" 16:9 Screen, PSX with extras, linux)
- Anbernic RG 35XX Plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Miyoo mini plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- R36S (40$, vertical, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, up to PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)

>Things I need to know
- Handhelds come with low quality SD cards. Back them up on your computer, throw them away, and buy new ones.
- It takes some tinkering, specially linux devices.
- Overall quality of these products is very cheap.
- Reviewers get free handhelds, caveat emptor.

>Previous Thread

I have some high resolution pictures I want to share with you but the largest I can upload is 4mb. These uncompressed pngs are over 7mb each and even compressed jpg are 5mb but I don't want to show you those since the compression really makes the image look terrible. Here is half of one of the pngs. Just zoom in on her eye holy shit it's really good. I can't believe how good these came out. I managed to pull these out of the Dreamcast version of Gunbird 2 and I also used a 4k resolution so that's why it's so big but I think they came out amazing. Even on the wallpaper board the largest I can post is 6mb. Is there any board on here that I can upload 7-10mb?

*saves the Dreamcast*

I'm looking for an arcade stick so I can have a good /vr/cade setup for classic fighting games and also modern fightans. I'll be emulating on PC, maybe also using dreamcast/saturn with an adaptor.

What are my options and what should I go for?

>here's your dreamcast back bro, thanks for the loan to play shenmue!

Emufag,

I'm better than you because my games are running on bare metal, objectively.

You are so poor that you can't afford a $10 PS2, a $60 Dreamcast, or a $40 windows 98 PC.

Emufag,

I'm better than you because my games are running on bare metal, objectively.

You are so poor that you can't afford a $10 PS2, a $60 Dreamcast, or a $40 windows 98 PC.

Consider suicide.

What could Tom Kalinske have done to save the Saturn and Dreamcast?

What is it about this company that attracts the weirdest people I know? I used to hypothesize it was just standard Sonic the hedgehog furfag stuff, but some of the guys I know who love Dreamcast and shit don't even care for Sonic and are just bizarre cretin trannies. What's the deal with Sega? Why is it the "weird one" among retro games? Or maybe this perception is off? What do you think is the "weird one" that attracts weird people more than the others?

>John CarmHACK
"How do I play music in jaguar doom? AAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SAVE ME ROMHACKER SAMA"

>Randy CHADen
"Why yes, I made Doom run on the SNES, Quake run on GBA, and all PS1 games run on a pentium 2 PC and dreamcast."

Why do we worship John BITCHmACK and ignore Randy GODen's great contributions to the gaming industry again?

ive got utterly borked playstation X it cant take any disc i dont just wannt fix it though cause we all know X games are spensive

So whats the cheapest way I can do this without buying THE ode cause thats expensive for what it is is there really no goofy mod way i can do this like how you can solder a hard drive into the dreamcast

Tasty Edition

>Links
Retro sizer https://retrosizer.com/
Retro handhelds spreadsheet https://pastebin.com/ZyqXr19r (embed)
SoC Comparison https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset

>Where to buy
Aliexpress, gogamegeek, litnxt, keepretro, mechdiy

>What to know about brands
Retroid: Well built, powerful, but expensive (100$+)
Anbernic: Balance between price, power and build quality. Many available products
Powkiddy: Cheap, low quality builds, interesting shapes (square, clamshell, big screen)
Miyoo: One hit wonder
Game Console: Copycat popular products with low prices

>How do I get games
Google: cdromance, tiny best set

>What do I buy
Post your preferences: Money (20$ - 200$), Shape (horizontal, vertical, clamshell, square), Pocketable or not, OS (Linux, Android, Both), Systems (Pre PSX, PSX with extras, 5th gen + Dreamcast plus some PS2/GC, PS2/GC capable)

>Recommended devices
Prices depend on when and where you buy.
- Retroid Pocket 4 (SOON)
- Retroid Pocket 3+ (150$, horizontal, 4.7" 16:9 Screen, can play some PS2/GC, android)
- Anbernic RG405M (150$, horizontal, 4" 4:3 Screen, can play some PS2/GC, android)
- Retroid Pocket 2S (100$, horizontal, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, can play some PS2/GC, android, pocketable)
- Powkiddy x55 (90$, horizontal, 5.5" 16:9 Screen, PSX with extras, linux)
- Powkiddy RGB30 (90$, horizontal, 4" 1:1 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Trimui Smart Pro (60$, horizontal, 5" 16:9 Screen, PSX with extras, linux)
- Anbernic RG 35XX Plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- Miyoo mini plus (60$, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)
- R36S (40$, vertical, 3.5" 4:3 Screen, up to PSX with extras, linux, pocketable)

>Things I need to know
- Handhelds come with low quality SD cards. Throw them away and buy new ones.
- It takes some tinkering, specially linux devices.
- Overall quality of these products is very cheap.
- Reviewers get free handhelds, caveat emptor.

Previous Thread
>>10615840

Why do most zoomers hate arcade games? they reserve the most vile words for those types of games, and they'll describe successful systems with lots of arcade games as having no games because they don't play like cinematic crap. What went wrong? Will the NES, Mega Drive, PC Engine, Saturn, Dreamcast, and proper arcade cabinets ever receive proper due from the mouths Gen-Z? Can Gen-A rebel against them and form a counternarrative, is arcade gaming destined to be seen like black and white movies are seen today?

Yes, it's another what if thread. At least this one isn't (specifically) about how the Saturn/Dreamcast could've won - more like how that trainwreck would have done in an environment with less competition.
Let's say everything progresses as normal, except the PS1 just doesn't materialize after the fallout with Nintendo. So no SNES CD, the Saturn releases at the same time and as the same product that it did in reality, probably same-ish for the N64.
My guess is that it turns out similar to how the Genesis did, but with Nintendo in Sega's position - the N64 is huge in the US, Europe is split, Saturn is huge in Japan. The big thing that initially hit Nintendo with the PS1 was the mass exodus of Japanese devs from SFC to PS1 due to Sony being much easier to work with. The PS1 was probably favored over the Saturn due to technical superiority/less mismanagement/wads of cash from Sony, but without a PS1 I can see everyone flocking to the Saturn instead. Meanwhile the N64 is a hit in NA just like it was in reality, driven by Nintendo first/second-party and Western titles, but even bigger without the competition from the PS1. It could be one of the biggest gaps between mainstream console choice in NA vs JP in history, competing only with pre-NES and a certain not-retro period.
There's also the 3DO to consider. Would the PS1's absence give them time to sort themselves out, drop prices and have a shot at being a real contender?