/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1884849
If you can model it yourself you might want to try a 3d printing service.

>>1884849

best solution is to buy a psp slim. if your pleb level makes this impossible then just get the next best thing for fixing the psp 1000's horrid dpad.

>>1884992
This is like saying the best way to repair your car is to buy a new, different car.

That's not "modding the dpad".

>>1884849
>Any thoughts?

Not Retro. >>>/v/

I've been trying to find a decent d-pad for PC emulation for ever. It seems impossible, anything by microsoft or sony is awful for example.

I've decided that nintendo must have a patent on usuable d-pads, so my next plan is to get some wii classic controllers.

The whole industry is fucked. I wish patents were abolished so that a company out there could produce some good controllers.

>>1885020
What is wrong with the keyboard?

>>1885026

Keyboard is great for Final Fantasy and Harvest Moon, but platformers and beat-em-ups need a controller.

Plus I'm planning to connect a PC to a CRT in front of a couch, so a controller makes for a more authentic experience.

>>1885043
>platformers and beat-em-ups need a controller

I can play them just fine on a keyboard. Pads are definitely better if you're sitting on the couch, I agree.

>>1885020
>I've decided that nintendo must have a patent on usuable d-pads

wut

>>1885020
Nintendo had a patent on cross-shaped d-pads until 2005, but that doesn't mean there weren't other good d-pads until then. For 2D games, I recommend getting a Saturn controller, they have one of the best d-pads in existance.

By the way, the Dreamcast had a cross-shaped d-pad but circumvented the patent by changing the disc below it.

>>1885026
Personally I have no problem emulating games that only use face buttons using just a keyboard, but I hate playing games that make extensive use of L/R buttons with one, such as super metroid or the GBA metroids. It just feels so akward to me that way.

Sega made god-tier D-pads. Although a genesis controller would be bad for all-in-one emulation on your PC, since it wouldn't be able to do any consoles from the SNES onward due to lack of buttons.

See if its possible to hook a saturn controller to pc via adapter. That thing is great.

I can understand talking about the PSP on /vr/ when it's all about emulating retro games...but this has nothing to do with retro, man.

>>1885062
Look at that sexy D-Pad.

>>1885486
Yo bro, 6 button controller exists....

It's just weird to map the L and R buttons to the c and z button.

>>1885515
That's part of what I mean. You can't exactly emulate games that use combinations of multiple face buttons and L/R. And even if you ignore that, you still have 1 fewer button than SNES

>>1885020

you seem like to like playstation dpads... whats wrong with using a ps2 controller with a usb adapter?

>>1885514
you mean the dpad that Xbox kept and is now the reason why most dpads are shit

>>1884849
not /vr/. not at all.


>>>/v/

>>1885019
>>1885493
>>1885658
>I recently bought a PSP1000 to use mainly for emulation

>I recently bought a PSP1000 to use mainly for emulation

>to use mainly for emulation

I can understand the desire to keep this board sticking to the rules but you "BLOOHOOHOO NOT RETRO" white knights are the biggest shitposters on this entire board. You add NOTHING to the discussions and complain whenever something is outside your delicate sensibilities. Guess we better not talk about Logitech F310s or 360 pads or PCs or any emulator that isn't fucking ancient or upscalers or gaming on LCD TVs or using modern keyboards to play games or using flashcarts, cause that shit ain't retro, right?

>>1885658
You sound like an autist who isn't done sticking pickles up your ass.

>>1885658
i bet you had a real smug face when you posted this

The only pet peeve I have when it comes to d-pads is when you can hit diagonal/up without actually pressing the upper part of the d-pad, I know regular PSPs did this

>>1887693
Rules are rules. GTFO of /vr/

>>1890041
You're an idiot.

>>1880169
>>1887112
>>1795135
>>1853893
>>1884239

Here are a bunch of active threads that under your fucked up INTERPRETATION of the rules shouldn't be retro either, ostensibly. Anything tangentially related seems to fly with the vast majority of the board, but you seem to feel the need to special snowflake about it. If it offends you so much hide and move on, don't shit it up for people actually enjoying threads.

>This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games. Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier. With the release of the 8th generation of consoles, the Sega Dreamcast will now be considered "retro", though the remainder of the sixth generation (Xbox, PS2, GameCube) will not.

Nowhere does it say discussion of current systems used for emulation is forbidden. Half the shit we talk about on here is something that was produced or invented after 1999 and is applied for retro gaming.

>>1890041
Those are the rules dumb shit. This discussion of retro games. There are no PSP games being brought up.

>>1885020
I use a Wii Classic Controller (Pro) for all my emulation needs. Right now I'm pairing with the Wii remote it via bluetooth, but I'm thinking of buying an USB adapter for convenience, as they're cheap and apparently work great.

Put some of those rubber dots you put on the bottom of things to keep something from sliding around onto the four directions. They're just the right height if you get the small round ones.

>>1884849
You can make a spacer to rest between the dpad molding and the contact pad, I did that to one of my psps and it made a huge difference. You can also get one of those "dpad coins" off ebay, they only cost a couple dollars and you don't have to take apart your psp. And the performance is the same as it would be if you made a spacer.

Or you could go all out and swap it for a SNES dpad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLxfY2Cpzos

Generic "dpad coin". Fun fact: the dpad coin was designed by Capcom to make 2d fighters actually PLAYABLE on psp. Never seen the real "dpad coin", but the chinese one found in these button kits works just fine.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Joystick-Analog-8-pc-Button-Pack-for-Sony-PSP-Playstation-Video-Game-/181431395252

>>1884992
The "dpad coin" is a great fix. Love mine.

>>1885019
Don't be a dick, Scott.

>>1885062
But... the Saturn's D-pad was awesome?

>>1884849
SNES D-Pad on a PSP-1000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLxfY2Cpzos

>>1895283
godly; better than snes. don't know how sega fucked up the dreamcast dpad so hard after that masterpiece.

>>1887693
>You add NOTHING to the discussions

Correct. The discussions should not be here.

>complain whenever something is outside your delicate sensibilities

Is that what you people really think? That's a whole new level of pathetic.

PSP is not retro. Emulation doesn't make it retro. Now just FUCK OFF.

>>1896092
>Now just FUCK OFF.
Oh, we'd all be much happier if you did. You're the one nobody wants around here, not OP.

>>1896092

This is completely relevant. I use my PSP mostly for retro emulation, a lot of people probably do too. And the fucking 4-separate-buttons-for-a-dpad is horrendous. Nobody wants to apply 500 pounds of pressure per square inch just to get diagonals to register.

So you fuck off. I actually learned that it's possible to purchase button mods for your PSP from this thread. Which is more than I've learned from a lot of threads on here.

>>1884849
>I recently bought a PSP1000 to use mainly for emulation
you fucked up

>>1896092
please get cancer

>>1899358
What is a better option ?

how is the thread even remotely /vr/?


>>>/v/
>>>/vg/

>>1901394
PSP2000
some emulator won't even run on psp1k because of smaller amount of ram

>>1901409

Fucking this, I have to use the shitty PSPrevolution stepmania clone because the good one needs more RAM.

take this shit to the /vg/ emulation general, this has nothing to do with retro video games


sage and report this off-topic faggotry

>>1896092
Are you that one fuck that goes around /vr/ yelling "NOT RETRO" like anybody fucking cares? Who made you the fucking /vr/ police? How about you go and post in a thread that you actually like instead of shitting up threads others are enjoying you sad fuck?

>>1901402
Welcome to the new /vr/ we'll be having Wii u threads soon cause we now only consist of 22 year olds who once played a snes

>>1901491
not that anon, but this ISN"T /VR/ , fuck on off back to /v/ junior

>>1901498
Stay a mad, bitter shitposter bro. It suits you fine.

>>1901509
>Stay a mad
>bro

>>>/v/

>>1901514
>not recognizing your own brother

Calm down, Luigi.