/vr/ - Retro Games

Z is in a really bad position, should be along with B, A.

I emulated Chrono Trigger on my phone recently. The one or two button mashing sequences in the game were too hard to do on a touch screen but aside from that the game seemed like a good fit. I wouldn't want to play a 3D platformer like Rocket: Robot on Wheels though, on-screen sticks suck.

I don't know how anyone can bear using a touchscreen. I played through FF3 again on my phone and I still managed to fuck up inputs because of the touchscreen.

Dropped that shit as hard as I could and just got a PSP.

I can't imagine playing any n64 3d platformer would be fun with a touchscreen replicating the analog, especially one as finicky as that.

What the actual fuck.

I can only bother with turn based games because of the touch screen controls. Sometimes I wish I had one of the androids with a slide-out keyboard so I could at least map the buttons to the keypad.

>>1866421
Touch screens are, indeed, a drag on anything but the most computery console games. I fucked around with Bluetooth controllers for a couple years until I just bought myself a second device with built in controls that was approximately the same size and price used as a decent controller. Now I don't have to worry about wasting my phone's battery.

I just couldn't stand the touch screen controls and I was this close to give up on mobile gaming because of that.
Fortunately, I met a guy who sold me his old ipega controller for cheap and it works beautifully.

>>1866665
what kind did you get? I want something small but all the amazon reviews are mixed

>>1866601
Attach a PS3 controller via USB
Problem solved

Touchscreens would probably be good for rotary based atari and arcade games

anyone have any experience?

>>1867778
Captcha ate my pic
Pic related is called "gameklip" but it's just a piece of plastic that is sold for $20 or something, there are diy versions.

You can emulate pretty much anything on oldish devices, I have a Galaxy S3 and I've managed to emulate DC and PSP titles at full speed.

The nvidia shield is a 5" screen attached to a hybrid 360/playstation controller. It runs android, has a 10 hour battery, and plays odyssey through dreamcast without breaking a sweat.

It's pretty cheap, too.

>>1867804
if you showed this picture to someone 15 years ago it would blow their mind

>>1867810
do you reckon they said person would know this was a phone ?
NB for off topic

>>1867804
no solution for people who don't want to look like a retard in public yeah

>>1866421

>touch screen emulation

>>1866601
I played Mario 64 pretty okay with one but it was fucking annoying to do quick stick movements like to do the side jump

>>1868114
Playing any kind of game in public gives off the same effect. Might as well do it with pride and play properly.

>playing console video games on your phone
what a great way to completely ruin the experience of playing a great game.


also this thread really belongs on /vg/ in the emulation general

>>1868148
>my experience would be ruined so why the fuck would you do that?

I'm enjoying the hell out of my VC games on 3DS, thanks.

>>1868148
> has time to play video games

>>1868181
I fucking hate touch controls but i dont have time for vidya.

I need to seriously look into a psp. Which on has tje best screen? I heard the 3000 is shit

>>1868205
The primary difference if I recall correctly is ghosting vs interpolation, not sure on the Go and E1000's own. If you want a new one, the best you'll get is a 3000 or a Go. PAL countries are fucked because they're stuck with pic related, a budget model replacing the 3000 that has mono speakers, no network capabilities, and no memory card cover. Still looks nice though.

Considering CFW is easy as piss to install and that you will want to load up on vidya, MicroSD to Pro Duo adapters exist so you can get massive storage for less, and the Go has DS3 controller support + 16 GB built-in storage but uses even smaller memory M2 cards if more data is required.

>>1866421
>Touch screen controls
Yeah, no. If you want to use your phone to play, you better only play RPGs, Strategy games or something that doesn't require reflexes at all. Otherwise you're fucked.

>>1868631

This.

GO or 3000. Both emulate everything perfectly.

GO:
-has a smaller screen (same pixel density though).
-Built in 16 GB
-DS3 Support
-Internal / Non-replaceable battery
-Only charged via proprietary port
-Small and extremely portable

3000
-Bigger Screen
-Better Nub placement
-MicroSD to Pro Duo are cheap as fuark (can go up to 64 with a double slot)
-charge via proprietary port or usb
-Heavier

>>1868643
I like how OP posted the vaporwave of platformers and everybody is upset about precision. I've played plenty of turn based retro on my phone and it's great, especially since those are some of the longest games to trek through. nobody is suggesting you play castlevania on your phone, most platformera are <10 hours too so why wouldn't you play them on a TV?

>>1868656
>MicroSD to Pro Duo are cheap as fuark (can go up to 64 with a double slot)

256 GB has been reported working as well

>have LG Enact
>emulate all muh old games perfectly
>except many good sega cd games (Dark Wizard, Lunar 2, Popful mail) :-(
>button inputs work wonderfully cuz LG Enact has a slide out QWERTY
>don't use touch screen for shit
>/vr/ told me not to get this phone
>/vr/ told me it'd be a waste
>/vr/ told me that nothing works well
>/vr/ was wrong
Life is good.

>>1868118
this

>>1868631
I wanted to get a street model. That matte finish gets me so hard.

Dont understand why anyone would want to emulate anything on a phone, touchscreen controls are god awful.

PSP's on the other hand go for about £15-20 these days, are easy as fuck to hack, and can run lots of emulators perfectly. The fact that any PS1 game runs flawlessly on it is reason enough to buy one, as well as the actual psp library being pretty decent. Somebody will probably point out N64 emu's aren't great, at least the last time i tried one anyway.

tldr: i love my psp.

best part is, people often sell them for peanuts when the umd drive stops working.
to the guy wanting to buy a psp i would seriously recommend this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PSP-CONSOLE-FAULTY-SPARES-REPAIRS-ONLY-/181497528058?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item2a42187efa

His description doesnt outright say it but im sure the only thing wrong with it is the umd drive. If you look around you'll probs find one cheaper, maybe a nicer model, or maybe a nice white one. (my preference.) pic related

>>1868927
Most phones support USB, so a decent controller isn't hard to setup and use.
It's more about portability and power. The PSP can't even handle SNES emulation and only recently got a decent GBA emulator.

>>1868928
>gba emulator is being able to be handled
>snes emulation not
okaaay there bud

>>1868929
It's like you've never used a PSP.

>>1868927
same poster here,
i said any ps1 game runs flawlessly which isnt exactly true. theres a wiki list somewhere of games which have some issues. what i meant to say was the majority of ps1 games run flawlessly. there is the issue of no R2 or L2 but remapped these to the d-pad/analog stick.

>>1868928
Dunno about the snes emulator since never had one but seem to recall playing smb advance4 and a couple of other games totally fine on it. and that was years ago.

>>1866421
Had the chance to try the original sonic games on the new ipieceofshit and honestly, touch screen controls killed it. I'm sure it's great for JRPG's or what have you, but for any game that requires actual...controls, it's totally useless.

I always felt odd like that though, I see people playing games on their phones commuting to work, and there's me, with my actual gaming device. But I like having an actual camera instead of a cameraphone too. Games designed for touchscreen are fine, /vr/ with controls removed for shoddy touchscreens which are not a viable replacement for tactile buttons? No way.

also pressing against table/touchscreen phone screens gives you arthritis anyway.[/spoilers]

i emulate all the time when not at home, especially when on a plane. mostly RPGs or other games that don't require precise input.
pic related is beyond oasis on nexus 7, which i think has the perfect size and form factor for emulation.

>>1868631
>MicroSD to Pro Duo adapter
>Amazon $4 USD
>Amazon CA $15 CAN/ $13 USD
>300%+ markup

mfw being a canadian is suffering

>>1868992
It's only 6 quid in the UK. It's fucking cheaper to get one from ENGLAND than Canada, I mean seriously, what the fuck? It's a short drive north versus a flight halfway across the planet. What the fuck is wrong with canada, seriously this is ridiculous.

> cell phone gaming on /vr/

>>1868656
>>1868631
How bad is the 3000 screen?

What about the e1000 is the screen good and the battery replaceable?

For me the two top thing are screen quality and battery life

This device recently got announced, is the MUCH W1, it's an android smartphone game handheld hybrid, it looks like a quality device despite being Chinese.

>>1869892
I can't tell whether that dpad is convex or concave. If it's bulging outwards then that's a really poor design choice.

>>1869892
>despite it being chinese
Everything electronic is made in China. Sony, Nintendo, Apple, you name it. If it has a screen it's made in China. But for some reason Chinese is always the description used for a poorly designed device that cut corners during production. Might as well say it's a cheap Earth made device.

>>1869912

Ah yes, but there's "Made for the West" Chinese and there's "Made for the Chinese" Chinese.

>>1869915
which is this?

I've been slowly playing through DWVII on my Nexus 5 using Retroarch.

Is there a way to get it so I don't have to switch controller overlays every time I boot the emu?
I figured I'd have to save the config or something but when I try launching retroarch again it just returns to the default config

>>1869918

Still waiting for mine...

>>1869912
But the ones you listed are designed by professionals (they fuck up some times) the chinese stuff is probably designed by a 3 years old, if it fits it will work what is quality control?

Sure the phone has great specs but will probably last a month.

>>1869420
Since nobody is responding, I'm really considering the E1000 as a decent option. I don't care about mono or wifi and the screen looks better than the 3000.
/v/ always told me to avoid used handhelds and the E1000 is apparently the only one still in production

GameStop is clearing out the GameStick for $20 each. Is there any way to enable sideloading .apks, so I'm not stuck with GameStick's shitty selection?

Is there any actually decent controller for android?
The clip on ones I mean

I've taken to bringing my DS3 along with my tablet, but it isn't really worth doing with my phone
Which is a shame because I love the idea of playing some snes on my way to work

I was looking at this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006L2HBXA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006L2HBXA&linkCode=as2&tag=controllers0e-20

Its one of the controllers mentioned in the sticky site but I'm skeptical about the quality of the thing

>>1871852
There allegedly is and with anything like this that has has tiny cult following you can be sure there will be if there isn't yet.
Also, why are they dropping the price so much? Are they clearing out stock of a fail product already? Whatever the case, definitely worth $20

>>1871852
There seem to be two methods of going about this:
>signing up for a free Dev account and using the code they give you on your Gamestick
>setting up a home server and shit to ensure that your Gamestick's firmware is downgraded