/vr/ - Retro Games

If it's not x86 it's bad for emulation

The ideal system for emulation is an x86 PC with an AMD GPU running Linux and Retroarch, with the most accurate cores/settings, CRT shaders, and a 1440p or 4K monitor so 240p and 480p content integer scales into it.

There's plenty of "mini PCs" with AMD CPU/integrated graphics.

>>10091923
2D games run perfectly fine with these consoles and even some 3D ones, you don't need all that shit.

>>10091942
Yes, you do.
If you're going to do this do it for real, anon.

>>10091923
Any reason emulation is better on AMD GPU over nvidia?

>>10091737
They are just basic TV boxes with Emulation Station installed on them. You could "make" one yourself with a generic TV box and an SD card. There's a video about it somewhere but can't remember where

Personally if it's just for low end consoles you could just use the Walmart stick and download RetroArch on that... Very easy to set up and will save you like $60-$80

Gay shit for low iq zoomers, which I’m assuming OP is due to even considering this. Probably looked up setting up something like a batocera box and said wait this isn’t like the App Store on my iPhone what’s something easier

>>10091949
Because free open source drivers on Linux compared to a proprietary out-of-tree kernel module controlled by Nvidia, not necessarily because the Vulkan or OpenGL drivers are going to render content better,

>>10091949
It's not, especially if you want to emulate non retro consoles, which is the only thing that gives a better experience with emulation vs. using the original hardware.

>>10091946
Do you really think you need an AMD CPU to emulate Super Mario Bros 3?

>>10091959
I got one of op pic for 40 bucks on AliExpress.

>>10091974
>Do you really think you need an AMD CPU to emulate Super Mario Bros 3?
Yes. As an APU or paired with a decent GPU.
Or the Nvidia equivalent.
Either way a PC that has enough power for runahead and CRT-Royale/Guest-Advanced.

>>10091974
By the way if all you're shooting for is emulating Super Mario Bros. 3 when you say "2d games" you're not doing this for real.

>>10091962
I'm not a geeky nerd and I'm 31.

>>10092006
Yes, I'm actually buying this just to play 90s 2D mostly SNES games.

>>10092041
SNES needs decent horsepower for runahead. And shaders are a requirement to see the games as they are supposed to be seen unless you can output 224p composite to a CRT.

>>10091737
>Going ti shill one right now.

>>10092469
The SuperConsole X has RetroArch built in, you can add shaders and customize everything you want.

>>10091964
bullshit, non-retro consoles are the ones which are still buggy and prone to graphical glitches and still require decent hardware.

>>10091737
It's based

>>10093226
buy an ad nigger

>>10091923
what's a good fanless computer with 240p vga or component out? no raspi

If a system doesn't have its own natively run games, it can't be considered a real system

>>10092984
The question is if it has the grunt to power CRT-Royale or CRT-Guest-Venom-Advanced. These are the two shaders that do the best job of simulating a real CRT.
Every other option is a compromise tbqh.
They are both quite demanding.

And then there are questions of whether this system can support runahead with the SNES9X current and Final Burn Neo cores. I would consider this a deal breaker if it wasn't present.

>>10094153
even my switch can run retroarch with CRT-Royale, and that's on Horizon OS, not Lakka

Why shouldn't I buy a dirt cheap 5600H minipc for emulating shit on my TV?

>>10091737
Just buy any old laptop or Optiplex/adjacent with a 3rd gen i-series with 4 thread or newer. Literally what does this bring to the table over a $50 PC?

>>10094159
The Switch is more powerful than most of these cheap emuboxes.

>>10094348
That requires a slight amount of work, and op is a lazy faggot who wants a chang box with 120,000 roms because every rom has 15 duplicates and none of them work

>>10094359
Thats the selling point for it. You dont need to do anything and they made all the menus for you. If you can make them, why aren't you selling them cheaper?

>>10094359
As an anti-computer pro-console chad myself, I must say OP is based for purchasing this. Imagine wanting to do annoying chores on PC to play one game rather than just switching on and having 10.000 games instantly playable directly on tour TV.

>>10094437
>>10094525
The roms don't work half the time morons, watch a few youtube videos of these changboxes like the Kinhank trash, the emulation is terrible and half of the roms are bootlegs in chinese, don't work, have insane slowdown on hardware that should otherwise be capable, etc.

I know you're paying the morons in here to shill your garbage chang, but you're not convincing anyone. Use promo code nigger to get 20% off your next kinhank ripoff.

>>10094357
homebrew is bottlenecked tho

>>10094547
Dude why are you so butthurt? Why do you care if someone is having fun with less? I watched dozens of video of these Kinhank boxes and yes, there are surely flaws, but most people are actually enjoying these devices. I got one myself and it is functioning fine, I use it to play old SNES, Atari and Sega games and it works very good for the price. In general there are absolutely no problems in emulating 2d games.

>>10091923
Intel and nvidia are objectively better for emulation.

>>10091964
>better experience

>>10094525
10,000 games with bad emulation, lag, and incorrect picture.

>>10094773
Any concrete proof of that?

>>10094897
yes

>>10094897
Like the concrete floor OP was dropped on his head on as a baby?

>>10091942
>>10091959
>Perfectly fine
You might be ok with mediocrity but why force all those compromises on others?

>unironically using Android for emulation
>ever
Enjoy your random hitches and high audio latency.

>>10091737
Do they have 240p av out, if not then what's the point

>>10095504
>my phone is shit, so that means YOURS is too
lmoa

>>10095535
Yes they have.

>>10091946
>>10091998
>Yes. As an APU or paired with a decent GPU.
>Or the Nvidia equivalent.
I hope you realize that many emulators such as MAME have no GPU acceleration. It's all based OK the CPU. Stick the latest Nvidia GPU in there all you want. It won't matter.

>>10094907
Link?

>>10096013
Tingle?

>>10091737
I love them

>>10096004
He's talking about the GPU for the shaders, mr. dunning-kruger.

>>10094525
Based console chad