/vr/ - Retro Games

People who complain about emulators not being accurate enough, "being full of bugs", etc. are all either anal autists or wannabe autists

99-100% accuracy for almost every game when you can store it in a program less than 20mb that allows you to play thousands of games for free is pretty damn impressive and hard to argue against

>>1751884
>People who complain about emulators not being accurate enough, "being full of bugs", etc. are all either anal autists or wannabe autists
Or reseller shills who want to increase demand by smearing the competition.

>>1751903
I actually didn't even think of that

Playing on the original hardware is nice, but it's a luxury when we have roughly (guessing out of my ass here) 85% of video games out there /ever/ playable at our fingertips.

How can you play on that spindly-ass Wii controller though, OP. I just tried playing some games myself on a Classic Controller Pro because I'm suck at my in-laws and didn't bring anything else and fuck keyboards. I used to not mind this controller but man I hate it now. The grips are way too long (it's like I'm holding bananas), the buttons are way too mushy and the control sticks have too much length to them, they stick up too much. Awful.

I wonder what Nintendo/Sony/Sega stance on free emulation is? Must be pretty annoying trying to sell your product legit when there are so many alternative ways to download and play their games for free and have the same level of emulation quality with no consequence. Has anyone actually gotten into trouble for downloading and emulating retro games?

I know there's that thing where you are allowed a legal backup of a game you own (or is that just bullshit?) but come on.

>>1751942

Fair enough. Do you have big hands? Mine are quite girly.

>>1751950
>I wonder what Nintendo/Sony/Sega stance on free emulation is?
to pretend it doesn't exist

>>1751878
Forget hardware. In about a decade it will be hard to get your hands on any actual hardware so if you really like your retro games, your pc will be your best friend from now on.

I grew up with the NES and and the one thing emulators really lack is a 75% chance of not starting

The most important thing when playing older games is the display.

As long as your video output is on a CRT screen with the accurrate resolution and ratio, and you've got a good controller and no input latency (which most of the times is caused by the modern TVs), then you're good.

However, original hardware will always be the best, especially in some specific games that have trouble emulating, or some consoles that are hard to emulate 100% (N64), but for the most part, there's no real difference.

I play a lot emulated on my PC and PSP.

The only time using actual hardware instead of emulation is justified is with the N64[i dont remember if the games that were on the VC are playable], besides you are not a monster, you just found the most comfortable way to play old stuff

>>1751964
This.

Nintendo stance is they don't like it. They don't feel like just because you own a physical copy you should have a free digital as well.

BUT they also don't go out of their way to stop it. They feel it will just time and money wasted. I'm guessing they did the Virtual Console as a way to try to draw people into actually buying when before than you really couldn't. "Get FF3 (6 Japan) for $6(or how much SNES games cost on it)" sounds pretty nice when a actual cart cost $100. Honestly I did buy some VC games and I'm happy I did but I still have no real qualms with downloading a random ROM and playing it on my desktop.

>>1751998

The N64 games on VC are decent. It's a good alternative for some of the more popular titles to play them with more clarity. But no BK games sadly. I guess if you have a 360 you could get the HD versions.

>Truth be told... I don't notice the bugs.

Play Shenmue on any Dreamcast emulator. There are sound and visual glitches all over the place making it really damn distracting in the middle of a story sequence.

>>1751990
>The most important thing when playing older games is the display.

Sure is opinions in here.

>>1752015

I've never tried DC emulation. I do own a copy free console for the few games I'm interested in on the DC.

>>1752015
>>1752026
This points kind of moot since Dreamcast is super easy to mod and burn games for.

>>1751878
>Truth be told... I don't notice the bugs. I can't tell the difference between the two.

Try some N64 emulation.

>>1752041
zelda and mario look fine to me

The only thing I give a shit about are the controls and the input delay (which is sometimes related to the controls)

The game needs to feel the same.
All the underlying architecture stuff, while interesting and cool, has to take a back seat

Don't worry OP I'm the same way. I have a massive Virtual Console collection. It's easier, all my fav games are in one place, don't have to worry about old carts not working properly or hooking up different systems all the time. Feel good. I'm sitting on a like 200 game virtual console. Feels real good to boot up that SD card and scroll through 20 pages of retro goodness from across all the great consoles of the past. I don't even care. I love it.

>>1752071
Well thats all fine and dandy.

Now for a real emulation challenge

>>1752145
Shit! Forgot image

>>1751878
Congratulations, you just saved yourself lots of money.

>>1752152
>yfw you'll never emulate Rogue Squadron

>>1752214
>mfw still own every Rogue Squadron

>>1752217
>mfw i do too

>>1751950
>I wonder what Nintendo/Sony/Sega stance on free emulation is?

The Japanese don't give a shit about emulation because you can buy practically new cartridges in Japan for practically nothing anyway.

>>1752217
whoa asian girls not acting like weird robots

nah, it honestly makes the most sense to get the latest version with easy access.
if you don't feel the nostalgia, fuck getting the console or real game.
i do find how remarkably similar a sideways wiimote is to a nes controller. wonder if they did that on purpose.

>>1752223

>>1751990
>>1752019
CRT displays were made for gaming. Closest thing that gets you CRT performance are Plasmas in my experience but the lag is still there in the older models.

>>1752214
>complaining about it and not learning a programming language and low level assembly to reach out to the project64 team or others to begin the long journey to get rogue squadron working on all n64 emulators
What are you, fucking stupid?

>>1752214
Isn't a PC version? Can't you just use that?

>>1752234

This is a SFW board you fucking piece of shit.

>>1752353
He's not complaining, he's playing it on real hardware try to follow the thread.

>>1752234
And I dunno WHAT the hell this guy is thinking. Probably on drugs.

>>1752019

What else is important? using a proper controller pad is a given.

Of course the best option is having the original hardware, but if you don't have that or if you prefer the comodity of emulation, then the first and most important thing you should take care of is getting a proper display.

N64 take so much getting used to, even on a CRT. From a technical stand point, why is it so blurry and jaggy? My SNES looks awesome on CRT though s video also. Is it just early 3D problems?

>>1752437

Blurry? yes
Jaggy? no.

If you want jaggy, play PS1.

>>1752002
I bought a lot of VC games, but only becuase I can never emulate Genesis or N64 very well at all.

>>1752442
>I can never emulate Genesis very well at all
What the hell? When's the last time you tried, a decade ago?

>>1752034
My point is not all consoles have good emulation. Stuff beyond 16 bit still got a lot of things they gotta iron out.

>>1751989
>I grew up with the NES and and the one thing emulators really lack is a 75% chance of not starting
why this post has been ignored i have no clue.

I have never found a game i couldn't play. If the pins are missing or damaged that doesn't count.

but for fucks sakes I have found and bought dirty rotten games from floods - literally submerged games that after a good pin scraping with alcohol and a q-tip they were fine. These games were caked in dirt, rust, grime - whatever you call it.

Unless the pins are damaged the games can be cleaned. ( carts at least )

>>1752330
>CRT displays were made for gaming.
CRT displays were made because we figured out how to make dynamic picture and it was cool.

Enjoy your radiation box that expends more electricity than a standard modern computer monitor and actually costs money to get rid of since nobody wants to buy them and they have materials in them that have to be disposed of specially.