/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3007206
Has anyone see this movie?

I have a nice Sony Trinitron and I want to use it for emulation, bad thing it only has composite but it looks good anyway. Is it possible to get 240p with an old ATI Radeon video card with TV out and soft15khz? I mainly play fighting and platform games so it's kinda like a big deal for me.

>>3007209
I'm not sure it is a real movie.
>>3007224
Trinitrons are nice. I've got one myself but just use it for my consoles. I'm emulating on the flatscreen these days. It's ok with the right filters and shaders.

>>3007206
What exactly is the difference between composite video out and RGB out, and can you hack a raspberry pi or other small arm box to for rgb instead of composite for an emulation box?

>>3007307
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1729549/

>>3007474
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/17/using-arcade-monitors-with-the-raspberry-pi/

>>3007206
What is the best sega dreamcast emulator

I want to play some sonic adventure.

>>3007206
>There's a Philips-CDI emulator.

Literally no one asked for this.

>>3007971
If you have a good pc - Demul. Otherwise - NullDC

>>3007971
just buy a dreamcast

>>3007482
Well I'll be damned. It is a movie. I never bothered looking it up b/c the pics always struck me as a fake movie poster.

>>3007971
Sonic Adventure had a decent PC release back in the day anyway, just download that. Avoid the steam port like the plague though, just awful.

>>3007206
>Let's have another productive thread
>(Commence nonstop RA shills circlejerking en masse)

Fuck off.

Make these threads more easily identifiable so they can be filtered. You didn't add anything to the subject line, jackass.

>>3008267
No one gives a shit about you being triggered by things you don't like.

>>3008267
Are you frustrated?

>>3007206
Please don't try to turn /vr/ into another /vg/. We don't need generals. Thank you.

>>3008236
What's wrong with the Steam port?

>>3008667
The physical PC release can be modded to run in full HD with widescreen. It can be ran on a toaster. Also, it keeps the unlockable Game Gear titles and has mission mode built in.

The steam release used to be locked to 480p upscaled. They fixed that, but it's still not in widescreen and high resolutions causes various issues. No Game Gear games and the mission mode is DLC.

>>3008714
>the mission mode is DLC

>>3008391
I think this thread is fine. The emulation general on /vg/ is filled with dolphin and pcsx2 discussion.

>>3008718
Well, I thought it was. I can't find a store page for it anymore. I guess it's only for the PS360 version.

>>3008721
That is why I started it. Emulation with a retro focus. The perfect place to get advice on lower end devices (Pi2, PSP hacks, etc) and older emulators. You never seem to find advice on emulating systems like gamegear or Turbografx-16 over there. Yes, the answer is often retroarch. It can be a bear to configure for a noob on linux though. Retroarch is just a framework though for 40 some systems emulators you can install individually.

>Yes, that is a woman.

>>3009045
this is my fetish.

>>3009201
You like emulation discussion with a retro focus? I do also.

>shaylyn massey

>>3008391
We do.

>>3009654
>>3009045
retroArch is pretty versitile
i think there's a bunch of tools out there to make it easier for linux people (there's also lakka)
the low end linux devices are great, but i think a phone would do better for most of them.
post more

>>3009045
My dick is so confused right now

What is the easiest/most user friendly sega dreamcast emulator?

I don't even give a shit if it isn't pretty emulation/graphics wise.

I just want one that I don't have to fucking google "How to use _____" to use it.

And even then the instructions be vague or assume I have some familiarity with the emulator to begin with.

>>3010451
demul beta

>>3010468
Anywhere you know where I can find the bios or whatever it is I need for it to run?

I don't trust internet searches i'd prefer a direct link but it says I need shit to run it.

>>3010105
I prefer retropie over lakka. It emulates more systems iirc. It does have a little bit more of an involved setup so if you don't intend on playing those other systems, just go lakka. I never hear anyone talk about recalbox. Anyone have any experience with it?

>>3010497
Google Dreamcast BIOS, click on the emuparadise link.

Still find it amazing people have a hard time figuring out how to emulate shit that requires a BIOS file.

>I don't trust internet searches
Is this is the idiot way of saying "I can't google without giving myself viruses"?

>>3007206
Isn't emulation illegal?

>>3011870
no one except Nintendo cares though, and even them can't do much about it

>>3011875
Thanks for the info fellow anon.

>>3011870
>emulation
No

>ROMs/ISOs
Yes

>>3011895
So how do you play games on an emulator without downloading roms/isos? Especially cartridge games?

>>3011870
nullum crime sine lege

>>3011902
>so how do I break the law without doing something illegal?

>>3011902
There are peripheral devices that can copy them off their original format.

What's the best Game Gear (SMS) emulator?

Kega Fusion is great for Genesis, but I've noticed it has glitches for a couple GG games I've tried.

Meka seems okay, but the features are pretty limited (screen size, interpolation, etc).

What I would love is an emulator that has vertical scanlines like the actual Game Gear...

>>3012356
Oh. Also, Meka has fucked-up sound/music for me.

>>3012356
Genesis Plus GX

Does anyone know a step by step guide on how to set up any version of demul?

I have all the required files I just have no idea how to use them.

I'm a fucking retard.

Really any build it doesn't matter but so far i've downloaded the original version from the bottom of this list:

http://demul.emulation64.com/

As well as the newest one on the top and I can't fucking figure out what goes where ANY version working or link me to a

>How to set up demul v._ for dummies

that'd be nice.

>>3011870
It's one of those crimes nobody really cares about, kinda like jaywalking.

Except unlike jaywalking they MAY charge you for it if they found out you did it along with say another crime but it's almost never a crime that's the main reason for the police to come check you out.

>>3012561
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk2ecEx9hHo

Here you go.

>>3012561
Tbh I think more emulators that aren't as simple as say Project 64 ATLEAST need to come with a fucking readme that explains what goes where.

Mosty so shit like this doesn't keep happening.

>>3012618
>>3012561
Got it to work.

the only problem is the sound, sounds like ass...

Is there a way to fix this orrr?

Will San Francisco Rush 2049 ever work in MAME or will I never truly be happy?

>>3012567
Emulation isn't illegal, retard.

>>3012664
There are tons of guides and forums for all kinds of emus.

>>3012787

>MAME
>3D games

Don't count on it. Software only renderrer. The whole thing is a mess and not great for any game that requires actual power.

MAME is a pre-2005 2D emulator only in practice.

>>3012787
Maybe one day. People seem to be able to run SF Rush, but I've never been able to get it to work even with known good rom/chd sets and the most recent version of MAME. On the other hand, I can run Gauntlet Legends and Dark Legacy just fine.

Given most of the effort these days seems to be on getting a bunch of slotmachines to run, it may be a while.

>>3012664
You can usually find instructions on github, etc. A 2 minute google search will provide a ton of youtube videos and guides.

>>3014386
If these people were capable of googling up an answer, they wouldn't be asking for help in getting insert BIOS and go emulators running.

retroInvader is now leveraging archive.org's ROM libraries for netplay as welll as local play.
there's a portal at the bottom of the page for match-making.

http://romjacket.mudlord.info/INVADER/index.html

>>3014483
Now THAT is high T as fuck.

>>3014490
that is a prime athlete

>>3014057
Someone seriously needs to fork MAME and remove all those goddamn mechanical/gambling/BS machines that are bloating the living fuck out of it. And you used to be able to do it pretty easily but the goddamn codebase is so fucking convoluted now that removing anything from it is a fucking full time goddamn job.

>>3014515
>someone else do it because I am lazy
that`s the spirit, champ
>bloated
you are. get forked.

>>3014057
man this general is amateur hour. seriously just stop

>>3015430
What version of mame is that?

>>3015437
wouldnt you like to know

>>3012764
>>3012561
Demu has the worst sound.

Also no, unless you have a monster truck PC the sound will always be messed up.

See the demul dev programmed demul with fucking MANDATORY sound warping whenever even a single frame is dropped and there's NO WAY to turn it off as far as my knowledge goes.

So if the sound bothers you you may as well try another emulator.

That is fucking stupid though that it has automatic sound warping.

>>3015746
it's your fault for dropping frames

>>3015769
but anon my hands are slippery!

Can anybody help me with SST?

I am trying to play a bin. of Panzer Dragoon and it works fine but I am not getting any music at all.

I heard some things about having to burn the bin and cue to a blank cd and then playing that on the emulator. Haven't tested it and it seems pretty stupid.

Is it the rip I downloaded thats fucked or am I doing something wrong.

>>3016185
If you're only using the bin you won't get any CDDA audio. The .cue contains all the audio offsets. Mount it with any disc emulation software (DaemonTools, Alcohol, WinCDemu, etc).

SSF doesn't load isos directly, so you have to use a real disc or aforementioned disc mounting software and you've already realized it, but you can safely ignore anyone that tells you to burn anything.

>>3016204

Oh, Virtual Clone Drive is giving me errors when I mount the cue.

Maybe I need to try a different disc emulation software.

>>3016207
Try Daemon Tools Lite. Works for me for anything and everything, mounts .cue no problems.

>>3016207
afaik Daemon Tools is the only thing that works with SSF, which sucks because DT spies on you and tries to install malware.

>>3016207
no you need to modify the cue so that it detects the bin file

>>3016451
Does ANYONE allow DT to install MountSpace? You wouldn't let any other free program install a toolbar, why the hell would you let DT install that?

>>3016590
then don't allow it

>>3016592
Do you understand english? Did you respond to the wrong person? Because that's exactly what I was saying.

>>3016590
It doesn't matter what you do, DT still sends back some info without asking you.

The fact that it even tries to install several malware toolbars should be enough to make it something no one should use given the choice anyway.

>>3016643
>The fact that it even tries to install several malware toolbars should be enough to make it something no one should use given the choice anyway.
Adobe Flash does the same damn thing. Take the tinfoil back to /g/.

>>3016732
>using flash

What fucking year is it?

>>3016601
Why are you whining about non-issues?

>>3014057
I've gotten the original Rush to work in the current version of MAME. However, The Rock still doesn't work. It's not listed as a child of the original, and it has maybe the most bullshit issue ever: it has virtually no sound/visual issues, and it lets you play all the way up to the transmission select. And then the transmission menu loops forever and never goes to the race. I was so livid when I saw that.

>>3014386

>>3007206
about to download a PSX emulation for one game, how dumb am I?

>>3018202
Not really at all. PSX emulation is stupid easy.

>>3018202
Now thats a fine game

What's the best nes emulator I'm going to play the original metal gears btw

>>3018938

>original metal gears

>nes

Get the fuck out of here nigga. Play the MSX versions. the NES ones arent even made by Kojima. There are translated roms on the internet for it, or you can play both MSX versions on Metal Gear Solid 3 substance.

As for your answer, Nestopia is generally the best.

I need a front end for Mame, snes and genisis. It has to be ridiculously simple to use as the person who I'm building this emu cabinet is kind of thick and anything beyond a couple of button presses causes confusion. Any one know a good simple one?

>>3018202
you sound dumb for other reasons desu

Looking for a (top) list of MAME shmups, vertical scrolling but displayed on a horizontal screen.

I have some of the 19.. series, and gigawing, thus far :/

>>>/vg/133003596
HELP

>>3018923
Really? Never heard of it. Might have to give it a look.

hows the playstation tv hold up for emulation?
i'd imagine it does everything the psp can and more.
they are pretty cheap at the moment tho, and take up no space
would you recommend it? or would i be better off sticking with the wii for emulation,
keep in mind tho i really want to try some ps1 games and the wii sucks that that

>>3020645
Shit desu. My buddy went through two in under a month using the store warranty. He finally had enough and just returned it.

I'm trying to install pic related.

Trying out dos box and it won't let me even get the setup, and even if I manage to do that it seems to be one of those QuickTime-required games like Bad Mojo.

Anyone got games like these to work?

>>3020967
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-residents-bad-day-on-the-midway-3pf

>>3020931
How did it break? I was considering replacing my vita with one.

>>3011870
No, Linus Tech, emulation can in some cases be legal
https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/faq/#where-can-i-download-game-isosroms

>>3021317
Normal wear. Nothing special. The power button actually popped off one time.

The SSF (Saturn emulator) crashes at start for me. I dont even see the full window, it's just a small window and then it crashes. Help?

I've used Yabause too but it gives me very bad framerates. Was hoping SSF would be better.

I just want to play the Panzer dragoon series

>>3016185
This happens because you need to convert the music from wma to mp3 (or vice-versa, i forget). after you convert, use sega cue maker to rebuild it.

That, or you can just get the mdf/mds that works fine

What program do you use for mounting Saturn isos? Seems like they're all fucking shitty and frustrating.

>>3023693
D-Tools is the only one that works reliably with SSF.

>>3023697
I've used Alcohol for years and never had a problem.

>>3023697
It's a shame it's 2016 and Daemon Tools Lite is still the only program that mounts cues properly for this.

>>3023697
Ripped all my saturn cds before I sold them with Nero and used the NRG mounter. The clone cd mounter works too. WinCDemu doesn`t work because it can`t handle subchannel data, I think.

>>3024307
Alcohol works.

>>3019649
.ini files are fairly standard. Just learn how to edit them. Don't go looking for things specific to emulation. There's plenty on the microsoft tech sites about them.

Want ps1 and 16 bit games. How?

>>3026240
>ps1
Beetle/Mednafen or ePSXe 2.0

>>3026283
>ePSXe 2.0

No, please don't use ePSXe. It's harmful to emulation and your freedoms and it's not even good.

>>3026382
What would you suggest?

I haven't emulated anything except Silent Hill 1 and that was... 8 years ago.

I wanted to play R4 but when I extracted it it just gave me a bunch of bin files *how do I get the iso* and psxe 1.6 started throwing up errors before I even loaded anything.

Help lol

>>3026393
Get RetroArch and use Mednafen. It just werks for 99% of games, and you should be able to run it with x2 resolution.

Proper dumps of PS1 games come as one or more bin files and a cue. The cue points to all the bins, so you keep them in the same directory and load the cue.

If you really want muh HD, then I would suggest PCSXR over ePSXe. It takes more set up, but it has better sound, a much nicer controller plugin, and is able to do resolutions over 960p.

You should check out the wiki in the OP btw.

>>3026382
>No, please don't use ePSXe. It's harmful to emulation and your freedoms and it's not even good.

[Tips tinfoil hat]

Is it normal for Bettle under RetroArch to drop the framerate to a crawl if I increase the res to anything higher than 2x? Maybe there is a something to be done about it. I'm running it on Linux.

Also, is there a good frontend for RetroArch not meant to be used on a cabinet? Something like OpenEmu for OSX is what I have in mind.

>>3027064
no. Just use lakka's front end. I forget the name of it.

>>3026393
Use ecm and just convert it.

>>3027801
Fuck off, Randy

Retroarch mednafen psx with 2x resolution sucks because it pixelates prerendered background and fmvs which looks really really really ugly. There is no option for filtering. epsx does the job. The n64 has it's own texture filtering integrated into the console. I'm Retro arch you can leave it at automatic which simulates what the n64 actually does or switch manually between 3point, neatest neighbour and bilinear. That is sweet. If an option switch for bilinear or even bicubic texture filtering is added to mednafen psx up scaling I will definitely check it out again and experiment with the higher resolution. Maybe this will be added in the next core update of the nightly? Until then I'm sticking to native resolution.

>>3028906
Yeah, we all saw the thread and no-one cared. Go bug the RA devs instead of wasting everybody's time here.

>>3026403
>still recommending pcsx-r after epsx 2.0
top kek. just use epsx 2.0. it just werks. it only has one plugin now. but I'd still prefer mednafen. only use epsx if you want HD.

>>3028910
I'm glad to waste your time. I will continue.

>>3028914
That wasn't a putdown, I'm legitimately trying to help you. You explained your problem in that thread you made and other than a few people chiming in with their opinions it got nowhere. Now you're projecting into this thread which isn't going to help either because no-one here is capable of helping you with your niche demand. Seriously, go file a feature request on RA's github or bug the person or people who added the upscaling to the core because they will probably be able to either assist you with finding a solution or implement something for you. You're in the minority with wanting blurry textures desu. A lot of emulation autists really like integer scaling and blockiness.

>>3028927
Aah okay it wasn't a put down. maybe you should work on your wording lol . like that no one will listen to you. but it's true I will do that eventually and file a feature request. still I want to know what other people think in here. Let's see what other people have to say. I'm sorry if it bothers you.

>>3028927
I don't you can generalise that most people want blocky textures. I think this is game depended. That's why a switch option would be helpful. No one wants pixel ated photorealistic background and fmvs. Have you ever seen someone upscale photographs or dvds with nearest neighbour? no one does that! not even autists! the nearest neighbour up scaling is useful though for menus and for example full 3d games like some fighting titles or crash bandicoot. There it doesn't bother. Still could look nice though. It's matter of taste, really. Except for fmvs and photorealistic prerendered backgrounds. The only reason why to keep pixelated backgrounds is if you had a filter that blurs the backgrounds and the models homogenicly together. Unfiltered both pixelated and smooth backgrounds don't merge and stick out from the 3d models, but it's easier to filter the smooth backgrounds into a homogenic image in my opinion.

>>3028934
>no-one cares

I can see why that could have been interpreted negatively, but it's true. The other thread didn't exactly get a lot of attention and I think most people were struggling to notice a difference between those comparison images.

Thinking of how scaling works in games that don't have any 3D leads me to wonder if a pure shader solution would work? The only reason I can think of where it wouldn't would be if you wanted the shader applied solely to non-3D elements. The main reason behind the upscaling is more polys anyway, so applying a shader to the rendered image wouldn't change that.

I had to apply a bicubic b-spline gaussian-like filter for it to look good to me. If the textures were prefiltered you could just apply a simple bicubic mitchell filter to the image and it would be a lot sharper.

>>3028952
>>3028976

>>3028912
>use epsx if you want HD
>when ePSXe can't even do resolutions over 960
ePSXe shills pls go

What CRT shaders do you guys use? I like GTU.

>>3028906
That's funny. I manage to use filtering under retroarch. Then again, I'm not retarded.

>>3029420
>>> >>3028976
Funny how people like you are lacking intelligence to think further than their comfort zoe.

>>3029893
It's not about how you say but what you say. I'm still more intelligent than him and his cow brains. Why would I waste m time proof reading when replying to idiots? this is not an exam lol

>>3029910
>lol

>>3029918
your post about I could use shaders was really dumb. stop being butthurt. get over it. man up to it

>>3029893
2 guys think they're smarter than one another.
Both you ad hom
>take your shuttle back to >>>/v/ enus

>>3029893
>when your attacking

>>3028914
Is this google guy from the last thread?

>>3028906
It's a software renderer, so that would be really slow. Maybe you could autodetect mdecs and switch back to x1 so whatever shader you're using will take over, but it wouldn't really be worth the effort if you ask me.

Just wait for Rustation. It will save PS1 emulation. Increased IR in mednafen-libretro is just from Simias experimenting anyway.

>>3030290
>Rustation
this meme again. How long have people been waiting for it?

>>3030302
It's not like he hasn't been making steady progress this whole time.

As long as people keep buying ePSXe, that's the important thing, right?

>>3030343
PCSX has always been great for me. I don't buy emulators (that's silly) and I haven't come across a game yet it didn't play well.

http://hackaday.com/2016/02/28/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-3/
YAY!!!!!!!!!!

RetroArch's PSX Mednafen core has overclocking that completely removes the game's slowdown.

>>3032119
That only works for a handful of games. In most games it does nothing because frame rates are locked or it speeds up music which is the same ffw. It correctly only works in a handful of games.

>>3032135

It works for SotN, and that's my favorite PS1 game ever.

I believe it's not true CPU overclocking but removing bottlenecks. So it varies from game to game.

>>3032146
>It works for my random game.
>So it varies from game to game.
For most games it does nothing or mimics FFW.

>>3032151

>SotN
>random game

It's one of the most popular. And as far as I know, only the Xbox has zero slowdowns. The PSP verison has some as well.

Also overclocking has a big impact on the games I and others have tested.

>>3032157
This still doesn't change the fact the overclocking does not work for the majority of games. When will you get it?

>>3032165

I would say it certainly works for a lot of them.

>>3032172
The playstation has so many titles. You are just wild-guessing.

>>3032172
>not using integer scaling

>>3032119
So you're saying it removes that awesome part where the orb forms and comes down in slow motion?

I don't want that. Who wants that? That slowdown is probably 100% intentional.

>>3032201

SotN has slowdown all over the place when there's too many things on screen. The Potion slowdown is not intentional at all. They probably just couldn't get rid of it.

Try playing the fight against that big egyptian guy. Or use mist in a room with a lot of enemies. Slowdown city.

This removes that for 60fps all over.

>>3032201

>muh nostalgia

>>3032205
>>3032214
You guys are both making the incorrect assumption that developers were either not aware of lag, or didn't intentionally create or allow it.

>>3032218

They probably didn't think it mattered there. But it's in a lot of other parts of the game too. This removes ALL the lag and keeps it 60fps everywhere.

>decide to replay SotN
>ePSXe gives me a black screen
>Retroarch turns off as soon as I launch the game, doesn't even give me an error message
>PPSSPP runs at half the speed, even though Rondo plays just fine
Why am I so fucking retarded?

>>3032548
>>Retroarch turns off as soon as I launch the game, doesn't even give me an error message

Bios and cuesheets. It's always those two things.

Check your cuesheet and files. For instance, the one that comes with the pre-patched JP translated version of SOTN on emuparadise has wrong file names, .ecm compression. You have to clean it all up and ensure the file names match.

Next the bios. It only likes 3 bios. Use these. Place in System folder.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/7d5tbargr0iq2x8/RetroArch+BIOS.zip

Also recommend setting the CPU Overclock on, as it removes all slowdown in the game. And maybe try some CRT shaders while you're there.

>replay

If you're on a replay check out the PSP version, the JP PS1 version, or Saturn. Always nice for some variety.

>>3032093
Neato bazingo the Pi3 is out and 50% faster than the Pi2.

What model of PSP should I get if I mostly want to play SNES and GB/GBC/GBA emulators?

>>3032558
Yup, the filenames were messed up.
Thanks anon.

I also have a Retroarch problem.
I'm playing Zelda 2 nestopa core with save states and they get randomly corrupted. I tried another rom dump, a new nightly core, a different core - the fceum one..but all with the same outcome. The game gets corrupted sooner or later. Is this a known retroarch specific bug? Should I play the game on a different emulator?

>>3034026
Are you using the latest build of Retroarch? (1.3 I believe?) Because I was having the same problem and went back to 1.2.2. Haven't had any issues since.

>>3033862
NP, anytime.

>>3033806
>GB/GBC/GBA emulators?
Literally any.
>SNES
Get an android whatever, or a New 3DS.

>>3033806
None. PSP can't emulate SNES for shit.

I'm looking for a strategy PC game.

I remember it wasn't like most strategy games, because the units followed predetermined paths towards several points in the map and the fight was all about controlling those points.

The theme was futuristic, the units were tanks and shit like that.

It had maps with snow, barren wasteland and I don't remember more.

The view is isometric.

This game os from the 90's or very early 2000's.

>>3034836
Your probably thinking of red alert or a later release. It's free to download and play. Later versions were better. http://redalert1.com/ I wouldn't bother with it though. There's a cooler game that's free you can download that has better game mechanics. https://sourceforge.net/projects/warzone2100/

Warzone 2100 is like red alert only better.

>>3034860
No, no. The units weren't free to roam, they followed predetermined paths once the building was done creating them.
Which is like a mix of tower defense with strategy, really.

>>3034836
W-why would you post this again in the emulation thread instead of bumping the other thread?

>>3034870
I'm sorry.

>>3034865
Ouch that's a tough request. There's been literally a million tower defense tank games made over the years. Anything else more specific about it you can remember?

>>3034026

Don't use save states nigger.

>>3034891
There was a map, like a strategy game.
You started with one or two production/resource buildings and from them you could pump out tanks and other sci-fi track and/or wheeled vehicles.

With the resources you could buy units, build vehicles or invest in technology (pretty standard I know).

The units, when completed, got out of the buildings and went along predetermined paths in the map. This "trails" had sites where you could build more buildings or defenses against the enemy forces, effectively creating many chokepoints along the map that you and your enemy had to advance through with sheer number of forces or strong units.

The theme was sci-fi, with various terrains like snowy plains, hills, wastelands, etc.

As for graphics, it seemed like isometric sprites on the field, with each unit able to move in 8 directions (with 8 sprites for each unit). The buildings exploded when destroyed.
Seemed like a late 90's/early 00's game.

I remember one of the best units to have was a tank that launched 4 rockets.

One side was blue (I don't remember which one).

Oh, and there was a female voice giving you information sometimes. The story was pretty sparse, and I don't remember any of it.

>>3034914
Computer or console?

>>3034927
Computer, Windows 9x/XP.

>>3034928
turn based?

>>3034026
You probably have "Don't overwrite SRAM on loading savestate" enabled. That option is known to break games that use SRAM as a scratchpad, which is apparent on NES games with SRAM.

>>3034938
Real-time.

The campaign started with a small learning curve that rapidly rose. The last levels were hard as fuck.

>>3034942
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_real-time_strategy_video_games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_real-time_tactics_video_games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_defense

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tower_defense#.23


It's likely in one of those lists in the first 2 links. I know they're pretty big but at least they're chronological.

>>3034942
you can sort by platform which narrows the lists down.

>>3034956
>>3034970
Went through the lists, and nothing fits, sadly.

I remember the cover og the game was tan/orange (the terrain), with purple/blue units. Can't be more specific.

>>3034995
Found it!
It's State of War.

(And I guess the mental image of the cover I had was somewhat misleading)

>>3034940
Oh wow thank you, you probably saved my life. I'm gonna try this out later. I deactivated this option specifically for snes games because I feared that my saves ingame would get overwritten when I accidently load a savestate from a earlier point. Does this happen? Or is the sram something different? Should I just activate it for nes or rather for all platforms?

birthdays coming up so gonna have cash,
was thinking of making a portable emulation box out of the new raspberry pi 3 and givin it the works!
reason being i'm tired of lugging the wii around.
what are the dos and don'ts?
does it run psp games
can i attach a disc drive to it and load games from that?
i also have one of those shitty atgames megadrives, could i butcher that and use it to play sega carts?

>>3035171
gonna spend all that 35 on the pi huh

Did they fix PS2 emulation yet?
God damn it's fucking terrible with sound and graphical glitches. No the game may be able to be finished, but I don't want to play it with a bunch of glitchy art.

>>3035503
people love glitches. you must be new

>>3035275
Well there's other stuff to get for it too Dingus
Struggling student with no money here

>>3035503
Hit F8 to switch to the more accurate software renderer.

>>3035503
I just emulated Star Ocean: Till The End of Time and had no issues. I wasn't aware it was broken.

>>3035552
Glitches get stitches.
>>3035992
You can do all of that if you have the knowledge to get it done. Why would you want to load carts and discs though? You can just run the roms, isos, etc. The best part of emulating PSX is how fast it blows through loading screens.

>>3036004
Wow, that actually worked.

>>3035171
Get an Odroid C2. It's much faster than the Pi3 and only $5 more.

>>3020967
Not really an emulator, but it runs perfectly on VMware Player.

>>3038473
>Odroid C2

I'm googling, how advanced does it emulate games well?

Can it do PSP, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Wii, N64?

I'm researching on my own emulation box and that looks great.

>>3034940
>>3035028
It works now! Thank you! I still wonder about the ingame saving though for snes and ps1 games. Anyone?

I can't seem to find a Megaman X2 (SNES) rom that doesn't have errors... Any suggestions? I tried No Intro, Emuparadise, and a few others.

BSNES plays it but eventually gives errors, usually aborting the game. Higan won't even load any of them:
[Megaman X2 (USA).sfc] firmware (cx4.data.rom) missing or invalid

>>3039429
You need a copy of cx4.data.rom in your roms folder.

>>3039438
Oh snap, thanks. Took me a bit of clunking around, but it works now.

>>3037471
more for gimmick and bragging rights

>>3038473
how well do they both handle 5th gen?

I'm pretty inexperienced with emulation (just some dolphin stuff mainly) and I'm looking to emulate Perfect Dark, as I've never played it and it looks pretty cool.

Is the project 64U from the wiki still the best bet? Also I know there's an "expac" for PD, is that pretty much included in any rom I find?

>>3038762
It should do N64 and PSP well, considering it has android support. No CRT low resolution options for 240p though, making it inferior to the Pi3 and Wii in that aspect.

>>3039857
Just use Linux though. Why would anyone want to slow their board down with Android?

You know I was thinking about it, how exactly does one dump a rom? If I had a cartridge and wanted to make a rom of it how would I even be able to do that?

>>3041803
You can buy computer peripherals that come with software that does it.

>>3041803
https://youtu.be/B-XNy-aTxuc?list=PLIhLvue17Sd6u2akeZZdYVBxNtfWZPm5W&t=226

>>3042519
Now this is interesting.

There are still things like this though if you're lazy.

http://www.atari2600.com/ccp7/ecom-prodshow/Game-Copier-with-Cartridge-PROD1572.html

>>3041803
It would take about five seconds to look this information up on Google, you fucking retard.

>>3042519
>cutting up the cart for basically no reason

Anyone have experience setting up crt_emudriver with emulators other than mame? Is it possible to get crt_emudriver to switch to the correct resolution when running emulators in fullscreen? Games are all running at my desktop resolution of 480i instead of what I have the consoles native res like I have my emulators set to.

I'm about 10 hours into a certain snes game (which will remain unnamed to avoid spoilers) and I'm playing on zsnes.

The problem is that whenever I restart my computer (Upgraded to Windows 10 last week; not sure if relevant) and try to load the in-game save file (not save state), it keeps opening a save I made about 3 hours into the game.

I've restarted my computer two times since I started playing. The first time, I loaded the save file from an external device (My thinking was that the operating system was somehow fucking it up) and there were no problems. Now I'm trying to do the same thing again and it's opening the 3 hour old save file.

Any ideas on how to fix this? (Other than using save states)

>>3043932
Stop using zsnes to start.

Do MSX game cartridges from Japan/anywhere work on any MSX system? I have a pal system and want to buy some games for it, but I have to be sure first.

>>3044060

ZSNES is great, there is nothing more simpler or stylish. I love the dark blue menus and the snow falling effect.

Good USB SNES gamepad? I'm in need of one.

>>3044078
You only need a converter for the TV hookup, the MSX doesn't have region locking.

>>3042872
But the discussion anon.

>>3044527
http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Classic-USB-Gamepad-PC/dp/B002B9XB0E/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1457224606&sr=1-1&keywords=buffalo+snes


Buffalo is considered the best by most.

you have excellent taste>>3044092

For emulators you only need good single core performance right? or do you need a good GPU and ram?

>>3045230
CPU is the most important aspect, but you need GPU if you want to play at higher resolutions, apply effects and so on.

What is best SNES emulator.

I think i know pretty much everything about emulation.. The real anwswer for me is : how to setup hiperspin for a cabinet project? I look for a tutorial years ago and all people presume i fucking genius and i give up... Is more easy this day to learn hiperspin?

>>3018202
I remember some site in the old days release a single link for psx game..one icon per game. Sure it was a emu based thing but i use too to pass games at my casual friends

>>3019330
If i do this list you can say me how to set a decent resolution on mame? Mushihimesama futari works great but look 144p... I try all i can do but games like this, even with filters look not so good and the foult was a thousand of mame emu dont let me change res the way i want

>>3045754
yes

>>3044092
ZSNES is shit. Stop lying to people.

>>3045250
My pi lets me play at 1080p and apply effects. It's not a powerhouse by any means.

I've recently found out about Android consoles.

The one I'd like in particular is the droid x360.

However I can not seem to find a website about it.

Is there some way to get information about Android consoles?

>>3007206
>want to emulate ps1 on my phone to play turn based rpgs
>it costs money
Has anyone uploaded the epsxe apk anywhere I could download?

Help a goyim out

>>3047639
retroarch is free. Just use that.

>Not Reeeeeetro
Hey guys if I want to emulate a 6th gen game and let's say the ps2 version is superior. Should I still emulate in Dolphin tho? Because it's more accurate? I feel like the result in PCSX2 would be shittier. Or is pcsx2 software render superior to dolphin?

Help. What game is this)!)!)!=!=!=!?!)=!)!??????

>>3048094
I want to guess it's a Shin Megami spin-off for the GBC, but they're mostly in Japanese, so I dunno. English patch maybe?

>>3048094
I think I'd rather be kicked in the nuts than play a game like that on a touch screen.

How do I emulate Rondo of Blood on Magic Engine?

>>3044527
>>3044578
I really like my buffalo. Took about 2 weeks to be delivered from Japan off amazon. It looks kind of cheap and is really light, but I like how it feels to use and the buttons and the dpad are nice and clicky.

What shaders do you use to give that authentic CRT experience but that also provides a superior experience to the orginal hardware? Pic related.

>>3048460
You don't, because Magic Engine is ancient. Go with Mednafen, Retroarch+Mednafen or maybe Ootake.

>>3048484

>>3048484
emulation can't be superior to the original hardware, ever. faggot

>>3048538
it can because crts and original analog hardware are flawed by definition and you can create cycle accurate emulators with digital output = automatically superior

>>3048484
I don't understand.
Surely when you're emulating you'd want the video as pixel perfect as possible?
I can't get my head around shaders, they just look plain ugly to me.
If you want CRT effect play it on the real console instead of messing with the picture.

>>3048548
crts are ugly

>>3048547
wrong

>>3048571
no, correct. go back to >>>/crt-thread/ if you wanna talk about your blurry old , loud radioactive tvs.

>>3048586
sorry emufag, still inferior

>>3048625
nope, oldfag

Is there something wrong with parappa emulation or do I just suck or something? The timing feels really off. I played vib ribbon without any problems. I can't remember what the game was like on console because I haven't played it in like 15 years. I'm playing with mednafan core.

>>3048838
It's the game. Play the PSP port, it fixes that.

>>3048838
parappa, nani desu ka? kono gemuu ore wa wakaranai

>>3048906
>tfw recently started learning Japanese
>tfw feel like I'm not making any progress
>tfw read this and understand what it says
ありがとうございますアノン君

>>3048916
>>>/jp/

>>3048548
>Surely when you're emulating you'd want the video as pixel perfect as possible?

That would mean a tiny ass 320x240 window. No thanks. I want full screen.

CRTs are great because they can display low resolution content sharply at full screen. LCDs can't do that. Shaders try to replicate that. You need 4K or more though to do it right.

Found a random collection of retro ads on imgur. Figured I'd post them here since I started this thread. It's a little off topic but whatever. Bite me.

https://imgur.com/gallery/ttb9g

>>3049135
>That would mean a tiny ass 320x240 window. No thanks. I want full screen.
what is upscaling

>>3049135
>>3049468
Are you guys still arguing? There are pros and cons with both emulation and original consoles. Probably why I game on both. You guys should get a room or something. Saying either is "superior" is kind of silly. I'm 30 and let me tell you my life is busy. Savestates are fantastic. N64 emulation is still pretty shit for most games. Best played on original hardware. It's just the way it is.

>>3049487
No need to sperg out, I just hopped into this thread.

Using CRT shaders because the only other option is a window the size of a stamp is a stupid reason.

>nestopia is the only nes emulator that i can get to work with crt_emudriver
>have to choose between constant screen tearing or 10 frames of lag
>retroarch nestopia core doesn't work with crt_emudriver for some reason
Kill me.

>>3049495
All apologies then. Thought you were one of the autists from earlier.

>>3049501

Why not use RetroArch - Nestopia, set it to 640x480, use shaders (interlacing.cg for instance). That would give pretty good sync with no tearing, and a nice 240p look.

http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Crt_monitor#240p.2F480i

>>3049575
The sad truth is most questions asked in this thread were conceived by the retarded. I come here for the rare insights. Believe me, they are rare.

>>3049619
a rare pepe

>>3049501
>>retroarch nestopia core doesn't work with crt_emudriver for some reason

crt_emudriver only works for Windows and some graphics cards. RA is all about portability.

>>3049487
>Savestates are fantastic
You aren't playing correctly.

>>3050371
I love save states. That's why I'm emulating in the first place. It's like being God.

>>3050371
I don't care. I've got other shit to do.

>>3050984
Don't play video games then

>>3051040
you dont get to decide that. with save states you get to play more games in a shorter time - it's awesome.

memewhile autists in their basement waste a month to play through a game - i may finish it in a week or so while still having a life.

>>3051048
What's so great about seeing the credits?

You're the one wasting your time playing games you obviously don't want to play.

>>3051082
i only play for story and having fun enjoying the gameplay.
you play for challenge
there is a difference between us, fag

>>3051102
Challenge is the fun. You are not even experiencing the gameplay if you're cheating.

Video games have terrible z-grade stories that aren't worth anyone's time.

>>3051112
I'd just like to say. This is not me. These are my only two comments related to this.
>>3049487
>>3050984

It's like someone is impersonating me. Very strange.

>>3049501
>>retroarch nestopia core doesn't work with crt_emudriver for some reason

What do you mean "doesn't work"? Are you setting fullscreen mode correctly?

Make sure your settings are something like this:

http://hastebin.com/ivozosuvix.cfg

Okay, I scrapped together these parts which was the best I can do on a budget of a minimum wageslave. Please don't give me flack for the Alienware Alpha, I have built all my prior computers, but this one was used and thus pretty inexpensive plus I like its small form factor. I envision a nice comfy machine which I can turn on and navigate with the controller alone (the wireless keyboard was free due to China shipping error, and there just in case or early setup).


I got a SSD inside for the Win10 OS, which may have had updates since its release/installation on the machine (it has not been hooked up to the internet since I changed it to SSD). Are there any updates to avoid and notable settings to change for my tin-foil hat wearing ass to keep it from sending data to the illuminati?


What frontends and necessary programs do you suggest/recommend? Virus scanner, the default Kodi (haven't explored it to see what it is about), etc. On Steam I noticed a program called "controller companion" which could potentially assist with keeping this a system which I may be able to navigate with only a controller. What do you think?


I hope to emulate almost everything possible from arcades (MAME?), retro consoles (NES, SNES, N64, MD, PCE, etc.), non-retro (PSP, GC, PS), and DOSBOX/SCUMMVM with this machine. I appreciate your help with setting this up.

>>3051143
Just install Lakka

>>3051112
you are cancer to vr
let people play games who they want and enjoy
you are not entitled to decide how people play or enjoy their games. bullying is always a reflection of self loathing. probably youre not that good at gaming so you have to leave remarks like that on the internet to make yourself feel betrer instead of just enjoying the game like everybody else here.

with that said, VIVE LES SAVE STATES!

>>3051148

I wasn't full open and forgot to mention that I'd also want to maybe use the same device for some modern retro-styled titles too like Shovel Knight, Freedom Planet, and Valdis Story which are on my Steam account. Will Lakka also give me the flexibility to Big Picture Mode as well?

[also, I am stupid, I know, that's why I am seeking help from this thread]

>>3051167
just install win10 or ubuntu with gnome

>>3051174
and use retroarch = lakka

>>3051174
Go with mint. It doesn't have all that stupid cloud shit installed by default.

>>3051178
>>3051148
retroarch emulates like 40 or 41 systems. Lakka only does like 30 iirc.

>>3051183
That doesn't even make sense? It's just Linux isn't it? What's different?

>>3051238
The support. You could install those other systems but it would be a lot more work and you'd have to create your own script to update them etc.

>>3051263
Not to mention the many config files that would need to be modified so it uses the lakka interface correctly.

>>3051048
>>3051102
Do as you wish, just know that you are a pleb.

>>3051471
No, you're the pleb. You have a mental problem. Please let go of your negativity and try to find the light. God bless

>>3051471
>>3051558
I like to imagine your the same poster but suffer from multiple personality disorder.

>>3051749
I like to imagine you are Eva Green and kissing me.

>>3051751
She is weirdly hot isn't she?

>>3051759

>>3051143
The Alpha is great but I hope you didn't pay too much.

>>3051143
How much did you pay out of curiosity?

>>3049450
Nice. Found a couple I didn't have

so is there any good gba emulators on the mobile ? i use myboy but sometimes it deletes the game fileas and saves (i put them in the download folder) is it because i use the free version ?

>>3007206
Im using a rockcandy 360 controller and every couple of seconds it registers as me hitting the stick all the way down, even if i am hitting it up to move forward. Anyone know how i can fix it?

>>3007206
http://www.modecom.eu/freepc/mini_pc1/product/

Would any of these be a good choice for NES/SNES/PSX portable (as in: put it in your pocket and find a hdmi screen somewhere) emulation? I'm talking native resolution and little-to-none filters. It has a SDD 16GB drive, two usb ports, wi-fi, Intel HD integrated gfx, etc. It's piss-cheap where I live and my old laptop is too cumbersome for emulation.

I'd be grateful for any feedback.

>get retroarch on my phone for my nigger-rigged ps3 controller mount
>can't pair ps3 controller with it because the setting to pick an input device is completely missing
>can't remap buttons because the prompt doesn't stay up long enough
>accidentally bump the "slow motion" key, everything in permanent slomo
why do people praise retroarch again? I feel like I'm being pranked.

>>3056147
>playing on a phone
top kek shitlord

>>3056152
Look what thread you're in, babycakes

>>3056168
just because we emulate doesnt mean we do it on shit devices. do it properly or not at all fag.

>>3056251
I was just bored and wanted to see if I could make a phone mount out of spare shit in my drawer.
Don't be so hoity-toity all the time, anon.

>>3056147
Not everyone is retarded. Post a picture of how you "rigged" it. I need a laugh.

>>3056152
I'll play final fantasy on my phone when I'm bored.

Does anyone how can I fix the height overscan on Wii's Retroarch on CRT?

I tried changing the custom viewport option, and while worked pretty good, the damned program can't save the values and keeps resetting it.

>>3057307
There's a command for it. I forget what it is off the top of my head. I'll look it up tonight when I'm home.

>>3057307
I think resolution saving was fixed recently for Gamecube/Wii. Use a nightly build

Does anyone know the game number or whatever the fuck it is for WWF No mercy so I can add some cheats for it on project 64 U?

Specifically the revised version known as Rev A on emuparadise since the old version has save data glitches and the ring doesn't appear properly.

All I want to do is add some damn cheats but i don't know the game id or whatever. I'm referring to this btw

>[F82DD377-8C3FB347-C:58]
>Name=TG RALLY 2

Like that, what is no mercys? the revision anyway.

To specify it's Revision A, the USA version if there is any other Rev A version since I think the PAL version is it's only version.

Ah good i found this thread. I have a bit of a problem.

I'm working on completing a standalone version of a PWAD in Zdoom which originally was a modified IWAD of doom 2 called Doomhack (a animeme'd up version of Doom2, quite fun actually).
As i was testing the maps in the current version of Zdoom (2.8.1). I came across two maps that had music that eventually regressed into square waves or something along these lines.


Most of the music of the original doom2 was replaced by music from games from the SNES library. Zdoom has support for playing back .spc files, so i was looking for those that played in the levels i mentioned.
The music of those levels are SNES versions of Wily's castle 2 from MM2 and and Lava reef zone from Knuckles&knucklesFeaturing dante from the devil may cry series.
They played fine in the old version of Zdoom that doomhack came in, said version handled SPC emulation using a .dll that emulates the Snes APU.
The new version of Zdoom uses Blargg's Game Music Emu, which not only provides .spc playback, but also adds support for other vidya music files.

I tested the files out in players that use the SNESAPU(spcplay, jcomp-spc) for emulation and those who use GME(foobar) and a few others(Audio overload).
And only the ones that use the SNESAPU.dll play correctly. Those two files were dumped by zSNES way back in the 2000's.

The question is, can the files be modified to be able to be played correctly in the other players? or should i just suck it up and replace them with the original versions of the songs?

Does anyone know how to fix WWF No mercy in project 64 U?

I got the Revision A version aka 1.1 but none of the cheats show up. V1.1 is in the .cht but when i boot the game and open the cheat menu it's blank... anyone know how to fix this?

>>3058203
The cheat menu works in other games too so it isn't a problem with the .cht itself.

And it works in the original no mercy version but that version has many errors not to mention watching a mere bot match can delete all your save data hence why i want to know how to use cheats on the revision because the original pressing doesn't run properly.

Are there any DEHACKED to DECORATE conversion tools?

>>3057307
sudo chmod 777 filename
Sudo vi (or whatever editor it uses) edit file then save.

>>3059156
autism

Not really retro, but what is the best shaders for playing GBA games on RetroArch?

>>3057447
That worked well, and the overscan issue is gone.

Now I noticed configuration per-core is a bit broken, because resolution keeps the same for every core.

>>3012567
emulation is legal, downloading roms of games you dont own is illegal and no one is going to charge you unless you are running ROM distribution sites

>>3059689
Unless it's a game made by a company that doesn't exist anymore.

>>3009654
Unrelated but I once had a boss's that boasted, "I banged a ripped chick before, it was the closest I ever came to fucking a guy." Like he was proud that he flew so close to the sun.


But anyways, I've been having trouble using netplay with my buddy for about a year. We used to use nestopia and kailerra and it worked more than well enough, but now we can't get anything to work. Would be cool to get genesis or snes going too

>>3059689
Actually there's an argument somewhere that explains how even owning the game doesn't allow you to download it as a Rom. It used relatable cases, something about EULA's, and some other pieces of info to argue that ownership does not make it legal. But at the same time, companies are focused on preventing piracy of things they're still making money from. Unless is been released in a digital format there's no money coming in from it. And if you've been downloading movies, shows, music, books, games, etc. For years a Rom of NHL 93 isn't going to be what you get called on. At most you may get a c & d, but that'll probably come from your ISP first.

Is there anyone with a Launchbox license.xml?
Or a crack that works with 5.8.
$50 is too much for it.

>>3059957
Chances are that no one will even look at you unless you're distributing, enabling piracy, or profiting off of the files.

How can you use the NTSC shader for PS1 in retroarch while also using the deinterlace shader? whenever i combine these the image gets corrupted.

>>3061612
when i put the deinterlacing as shader0 it looks like this. when i put the deinterlacing as last shader in the chain it does nothing.

So, how's reicast? I try compiling it every 2 months or so, but it seems that my computer can't handle it... I can't emulate the Saturn, either.

>>3061675
nullDC is betturr.

>>3061683
Sadly, nullDC doesn't run on Linux, and it's now also abandoned. See screenshot.

>>3061686
okay then take demUL. reicast is crappy.
you need windows for some emulators.

>>3061708
>you need windows
Never. Fuck MS.