/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3155169
Emuparadise is generally my go-to. Can't find something google the title of the game you want followed by ISO. It should lead you to other rom sites.

Where would I start with getting my own Rhea? Is it something you build or do you just order it? All I know is it's a saturn clone.

>>3155179
So I take the Iso put it in on sd card and boom I'm good?

>>3155182
Guy builds them all by hand in Poland. You have to get put on a waiting list, and he only opens those up 3x or four times a year.

Look for Dark Water or redump. The Hunting down iso's for the saturn is a minefield of bad dumps and stupid shit like mp3/cue dumps.

>>3155260
Hot damn that's snazzy.

>>3155169
Get an action replay and use it to boot CDRs, sell the Rhea for $400.

>>3155169
>not already having everything you want because you got a modded saturn years ago.

>>3155280
Would rather have all my games on one card. Just admit it, your jealous

>>3155294
I actually have 100/255 English Saturn releases complete. This project was more for Japanese expensive games

>>3155261
This. There's no fucking excuse for MP3/CUE bullshit unless you're somehow still on dial up.

>>3155280
Why the hell would he do that?

>>3155359
>Just admit it, your jealous

Son, you might want to dial it back a little.

>>3155169
>>3155567
Why can't this guy make bigger batches... I keep missing out.

>>3155280

This is the smartest option. Action Replay is like $40 on eBay and Aliexpress... install pseudo saturn, buy a cheap 50 pack of CD-Rs and you're ready to experience every good game the Saturn has to offer with 45 blanks to spare.

>>3155585
And when your Saturn laser dies and the crappy uncalibrated one you replace it with does...what's next?
I am in this boat. My second Saturn laser has died and I don't want to just throw in another one since it didn't last that long anyway.

Fyi, he's opening preorders next week. Check his site everyday like I did. Now I have a rhea and gdemu.

I want to get a mod chip for my Saturn, but I haven't been able to find any online storefront that sells them and is still in business. All the ancient forum posts do is recommend racketboy or segastyle but those are long dead. Can't even find a Chinese knockoff on eBay or aliexpress, which boggles my mind.

Any advice? I just want to play burned games without needing the cartridge

>>3156438
Slap the fool who didn't calibrate it in the head. Keep slapping until he calibrates it.

>>3156646
I'm pretty sure Sega style opens up periodically when they get stock. I only got mine last year.

>>3156672
You sure? www.segastyle.com/store is a complete 404. Do they secretly open that page when they have something to sell?

>>3156646
Check assembler games. I purchased a Phantom Universal and an SMD BIOS replacement from Zer0-2k11. It was less than $40 with the Canadian exchange rate being what it is.

>>3156838
I don't know if I like the idea of purchasing from some random dude on an Internet forum. I'll check it out, any compatibility issues with the games I should know of?

>>3155252
https://gdemu.wordpress.com/operation/rhea-operation/
There is a menu for it, cant be arsed to google for it

>>3156887
None of this is for morons like me
Where can I just download shit
Throw it on the sd card and go
This makes no sense
Download bin+cue
Try to turn to Cdi
Oh lord

>>3156887
I have been up all night
I am an idiot
None of this makes sense

Download from emuparadise
Ok I have a bin
Then mount with daemon tools
Turn into a Cdi with disc juggler
Still doesn't work

If anyone who has a rhea wants to help
I will send money through PayPal worth your time....

>>3156998
Why did you bought a device that you don't want to figure out how to use?

Just sell it and buy the original CDs. Piracy is clearly too complicated for you.

>>3157015
Put the games in numbered folders. 01 for the first game, 02 for the second, etc. The folders should be sequential, if you skip 03 and go for 04 then anything beyond the skipped numbers won't be seen.

Your easiest choice would be just grabbing the Trurip CCD dumps, those work as-is.

>>3157161
I have tried for almost two days to get it to work. I had some minor experience with emulation on psp and wasn't expecting this to be so goddamn difficult
I bought this thing so I could play games I can't afford.
I already admitted I was foolish. However if you want to teach me how to use it instead of pissing on me
I would appreciate it.

>>3157163
Jesus thank you

>>3157168
>I have tried for almost two days to get it to work.

Did you, during that 48 hour period, tried reading the setup guide for Rhea? It mentions a lot of useful things for setting it up.

>>3157187
None of that tells me how to make my own images

>>3157015
Like someone else said look into TruRip's for Saturn, I remember downloading a bunch of shit rips. Also look into different versions of Daemon Tools and DiscJuggler, I think I had to downgrade my DT before any rips were usable

>>3157214
Downloading the mega torrent now.
once I have the rips I mount in old daemon tools and use fish juggler

Is it really this difficult
Jesus

>>3155169
>emulation

>>>/v/

>>3155280
Action Replay is nice for short term but you gotta deal with the disc drive or laser wearing out and buying new CD-Rs. If I'm getting a Rhea it's so I don't have to worry about anything in my Saturn shitting itself a decade or so from now.

>>3157168
>>3157170
God damn it, you got this device that most of us can only dream of, and now you are being a whiny little shit about not being able to use it. Just fucking sell it already, so someone else who isn't a bitch boy can enjoy playing Saturn games with it.

>>3157227
You only need to convert games if they are in a format that Rhea does not support. Trurip is ccd which is supported.

>>3157246
Your Saturn will wear itself out either way. If it's not the laser drive then it is the electrolytic caps, or the power supply getting used up.

>>3155280
If the drive is dead, might as well

Have a fully modded Saturn as well, but convenience is the main thing

>>3157268
>If the drive is dead

Then you re-seat the tray and give a 10 degree turn on the laser pot and it'll magically work for another ten years.

Try ISOzone for singular games

Got a 64gb SD card with 99 games on it (dont want to renumber 99 folders) thats more or less every game worth playing and some cack ones

The more games you put on it, the more you need the menu

>>3157273
I mean as in fully dead, no spinning, lights from the lazer, but the motor is dead

>>3157278
If you will copy the contents of that sd card and mail it to me I will give ya $100
Lmk

>>3157267
Thanks for your help.
So once I have the ccd
I drop them into the folder 01/02
And it should just run? Or do I have to rename them

>>3157291
Nobody spoonfeed this rich asshole with help, he doesn't deserve a Saturn

>>3157296
READ THE FUCKING MANUAL, FUCK

>>3157301
I'm not rich or I would have the original games. I have a Saturn and around 100 games but I can't afford $200 for shining force 3
I AM and idiot I already admitted that!
Sorry I'm not smart as you that's why I asked for help

>>3157291
You do realise that this is really basic level stuff

>>3157296
Drop the downloaded files into one folder

>>3157304
All it does is boot to the Saturn screen
No indication that it recognizes the image or anything.

Sorry pic is a little blurry
So I downloaded a mdf mds of battle garegga put in folder 01 and it boots to the Sega cd interface thing instead of the game

>>3157310
>not rich
>owns ~100 legit Saturn games
>willing to pay someone $100 just to copy files onto an SD card for them
>is not willing to put any amount of time into researching and understanding something to enrich what we presume is a fulfilling hobby

This is pathetic, I bet you also paid someone to install the mod.

>>3157338
I did. Only a couple of beers though.
Fine, I have upped my offer to $200
If you want to take advantage of my idiocy, please post your email.

>>3157286
>I mean as in fully dead, no spinning, lights from the lazer, but the motor is dead

Those Mabuchi motors are fucking indestructible, but people mis-diagnose them as dead because they won't spin up discs when the drive is not seeing anything. Reseat the tray, if it is too high or too low, the laser won't see the disc, and then the motor won't spin up.

>>3157326
Fuck, you can't even use printscreen.

Seriously, sell the sd drive, for its price you can buy Shining Force twice over.

>>3157398
>Fine, I have upped my offer to $200

... ahaha seriously? Fine, I'll bite. Send me a mail to ymdhis2015@gmail.com, with some proof that it is you from the thread.

I can't believe this thread is happening.

>>3157441
I can't believe idiots like him made the waiting list, and that the creator wasted their time sending a unit to him. He paid someone to install it for him, I don't know why he doesn't just ask that guy how it works, or better yet, just throw $200 at a random person on the street. For that much money, I doubt anyone would turn down an offer to read an instruction manual and figure it out for him, probably $400 an hour at that rate

>>3157459
>He paid someone to install it for him,

The funny thing about that is that Rhea is entirely plug and play... honestly, that sounds more like proof that this is a troll thread, rather than a legitimate complaint.

did you remember to format the card as FAT32? I mean, you probably don't even know what I'm talking about if you can't make it this far on your own, but it's a simple question that needs asking

>>3157487
I did not check but I will check that when I am off from work

>>3157436
Sent

What the fuck is a rhea?
Sounds like some kind of medical condition.

>>3157609
Part of Greek mythology. One of the more famous moons in our solar system.

Try educating yourself, kiddo.

>>3157568
Replied.

>>3157609
>What the fuck is a rhea?

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

>>3156438
>saturn laser dying
IMPOSSIBRU. IT'S MADE FROM THE TEARS OF NINTENDRONE'S AND THE BLOOD OF SEGATA SANSHIRO.
In all seriousness, the laser's shouldn't be dying that quick. Something's wrong with your Saturn.

>>3156438
>And when your Saturn laser dies and the crappy uncalibrated one you replace it with does...what's next?

We are talking years or decades here for that. Even the poorly hand-calibrated laser I'm using has several years clocked on it now.

And for every single Saturn I bought so far as "broken, can't read disc", I just had to tweak the laser for a few minutes, and they could read discs fine after that.

I think I only got two dead lasers in a Saturn, ever. And out of those, one of them I ruined myself (slipped my hand and fell down, didn't read anything afterwards).

>>3156860
I've had none with the universal v4 (the one before the phantom)

>>3156860
>I'll check it out, any compatibility issues with the games I should know of?

None, the only limitation is that if you start up the Saturn with the tray open, the modchip will stay inactive. So close the tray before starting the unit.

>>3155567
picture of the other side?

is this all there is to it?
isn't there any non discrete components?
some IC...

also, hasnt this faggot heard of pcb printing services?

some even take orders less than 1000 pieces, but surely there is demand for a thousand.

>>3157267
>Your Saturn will wear itself out either way.

>electrolytic caps,
perhaps we should preemptively replace them with solid ones...

>power supply getting used up
...and design a circuit to attach any ATX ibmpc powersupply in the future

and the saturn main board submerged in transformer oil to protect from oxidation.

it will outlast mankind

>>3157326
i would understand if this was wathsapp, but u can just printscreen and browse 4chan from that computer, the wireless is on.

and they say marijuana does not make you slow in long term

control your potmunchies son, youre in early 20s with saggy man tits already

>>3157760
>perhaps we should preemptively replace them with solid ones...

Then the caps only would cost more than what the unit does, and something else may still fail inside the unit (SRAM, the ceramic caps, ASICs, etc).

>>3157779
>cost more than what the unit does
Not a chance. Caps cost pennies. It takes a lot to get to the $5 price of a master race Saturn, let alone a negro.

>>3157939
Oh hey it's the dumbass that thinks ceramic caps are pennies again.

Great shitposting.

>>3157945
>Oh hey it's the dumbass that busy ceramic caps on ebay

>>3157939
>Not a chance. Caps cost pennies.

Electrolytic ones, sure. But he was suggesting solid state/tantalum caps, which cost quite a lot more. I don't have exact values for them, but there are a good 30 caps on a stock Saturn, plus a dozen high-capacitance ones on the power supply. If you replaced all of them with solid caps then it wouldn't be surprising if the caps cost more than the console did.

>>3157945
>>3158162
>eBaby detected

>>3158121
What?

>>3158490
Not who you're replying to but I'm guessing the poster is pointing out that buying electronic components on ebay is stupid.

>>3157326
nice tits

Op here. Turns out I was so damn stupid to not have the right cable plugged in properly.

A kind gentleman I met on here walked me through repairing it

It is now operational.
It is so beautiful.

Who says you can't meet nice people on 4chan.


Only on 4chan can a guy from Nebraska get help on modding a 20 year old game system from a guy in Europe.

>>3160631
To be precise, the latch on the ribbon connector was broken, so the ribbon had to be wedged there to stay in place.

>>3157291
>If you will copy the contents of that sd card and mail it to me I will give ya $100

>>3161360
It was worth it.

>>3161085
What are you a genius?

>>3157624
Please tell us you got that dumb niggers money

>>3162196
Sorry anon, gentlemen don't kiss and tell.

Fuck that guy running Rhea and Gdemu tbqh and fuck his shitty attitude. It's like he doesn't want to earn any money off his device.
- Small batches
- No actual notifications
- No storefront to sell devices, just a blog
And he fucked up with early GDEMU preorders this time, so my pre-order is lost. Great.

>>3162852

>>3162852
But thats what all of the people that make these are like

Got screwed over with the PSio 3 times, its now at the point where I dont give a toss about it

he is taking rhea orders right now btw.

>>3163907
>tfw 21 pins drive console

>>3162852
Not to assume ignorance on your part, but I had zero issue getting both a RHEA a GDEMU from him. Pleasant banter in our email exchanges too.

Did you take too long paying or something? Lose his email in a spam folder? Are you just an insufferable faggot?

I do agree he should do bigger batches, maybe hire a helper. Shit, I'd populate them for him just fun. I love smd soldering.

>>3163978
There was an issue with the emails for the next batch of GDEmu. It seems like he's gotten all the lost emails though and that guy is just a hasty moron.

Either way I can understand why he doesn't want to step up production. If he ever tried to mass-produce his design would just get stolen by the Chinese.

>>3163978
Mind giving me his email? I found out I selected VA0 when I need VA1 and I need to contact him but cannot find his contact info on the website.

>>3163990
>If he ever tried to mass-produce his design would just get stolen by the Chinese.

Who are in fact already trying to bootleg his boards.

>>3164029
>I found out I selected VA0 when I need VA1 and I need to contact him but cannot find his contact info on the website.

VA0 and VA1 use the same drive. You'll be fine. I think at worst you'll need different sized pegs to stop the board from fidgeting, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Either way, you could post a comment on his site I guess.

>>3163969
>tfw 21 pins drive console

It'll be easier for you to find a 20pin console in the future, than having a chance at grabbing a Rhea.

>>3163990
>>3164146
The chinks would have a hard time stealing the chips.

If they guy wants security. Who should have 1000x count PCBs made. Then have another party solder the chips.

>>3164159
>If they guy wants security. Who should have 1000x count PCBs made. Then have another party solder the chips.

Yeah and I'm sure he has the funds to make 1000x boards in advance.

>>3164197
Considering he's been charging $150+ per Rhea. Phoebe, GDEMU, etc. Yes I think he has the funds to drop like $1000.

>>3164203
Please show me where in the world would you be able to make PCBs printed, and ICs soldered onto them, for $1 a pop.

>>3164276
You seem underage to have to ask that question. The boards are what I'm talking about. To get the boards in that quantity with the labor of installing parts would be well under $1000 for a 1000 boards.
The hardest part would be testing them.

I'd guess the FPGAs he's using range from $25-$50 or there abouts.

>>3164312
Again: show me where you can order so many PCBs for so little money.

>>3164352
PCBway for one source champ. Not sure why you kids want your handheld so much.

>>3164364
>backing up what you say if now hand-holding

um yeah ok.

>>3164430
There seems to be a real disconnect with the newer generation and what "backing you shit up" actually means.

PCB manufacture costs is basic knowledge to people that are in this part of the hobby.

You coming in all hardass 15 year old like you did makes no sense to me. Expect to be hand held at the same time.

It's like your tablet is a key for you to be part of any circle on the internet you want while thinking you're not an ignorant little shit.


Rant but I see this shit all the time on various forums. Generally the shittier more mainstream ones.

>>3164434
Well, you rekt them

>>3164203
Bills nigha

>>3164823
The guy lives in Poland or something.

Peace, at last.

Join the rhevultion

>>3164434
I honestly believe that these ignorant fucks would argue with their math teacher to back up his claim that 1+1=2

Can't believe I actually checked his site while he's taking orders. Now that I have the preorder I'm debating whether I actually want it since emulation is becoming good.

>>3167984
Did he open orders again today and I missed it, or you mean this weekend?

People harping "what's the point" seem to forget how terrible Saturn's load times are. Having games load from card over disk is amazing.

>>3167984
>emulation is becoming good

You can't be talking about Saturn emulation, hardly anything has changed in the past 10 or so years. SSF is still roughly the same and Yabause is still dead despite the "maintainers" claiming otherwise.

>>3168403
I vaguely recall reading about some limitation of the bus used by the optical drive that would severely prevent the system from taking advantage of faster media. There is a speed up, but I'm under the impression it's not nearly as significant as the Dreamcast one.

>>3168357
>>3167984
Different guy but it looks like I must have missed the boat on this one. Not a big deal since this is my first time hearing about the cd drive emulator but I've recently found myself drowning in Saturns and thought it would be nice to do something with one in poorer cosmetic condition.

>>3168421
The speedup on Rhea comes from the fact that it completely eliminates seek times on the laser.

Which does give you quite a lot of boost on some games.

Is GDEmu worth it the money or should I go for one of other options available?

I have the bios chip needed to piggyback off the original one, I just need to actually solder it onto the board... and I also have one of the serial port sd card adapters but I haven't used it yet, I'm sure it's a lot slower than an ide drive.

Golden axe the duel:
Loving this game feels like a more developed version of weaponlord

>>3168403
I don't think the Saturn had terrible load times at all.

>>3169261
A few games do. But I don't think the Rhea helps them?
It's primarily the RPGs with special moves.

>>3169159
>HDTV
>Stretched
You done opened up the can of worms now

>>3169286
>A few games do. But I don't think the Rhea helps them?

Any game where you normally hear the motor moving the disc as it loads, that part is completely cut away from the loading times with Rhea.

The more excessive loading a game does, the more this will help. Stuff like RPGs will benefit from it since they do frequent loading, but even games using CD Audio will load faster, since the games have to first move the laser from the CDDA to the Data track, and then back to the CDDA.
Some games load instantly with Rhea because all they do is moving the cd laser around.
I remember some games even starting the music too early than they'd otherwise do.

It's a minor gain but it can make a lot of difference in some games.

>>3155169
I've never heard of this 'Rhea'. What the fuck is this? Spoodfeen me.

>tfw wealthy and can purchase any Saturn game I want

Feels good not being a cuck

>>3169695
>Smug Anime Face
>No Monies.

>>3169159
Disgusting

>My rhea
>emulation

holy shit some people on this board are retarded

>>3168403
>>3169261
I think for me the "what's the point" is more about preservation of the unit. It's nice to have one less thing that's likely to fail and expands the survivability of the hardware. I also own 3 so converting one isn't a big deal.

>>3169695

hey isn't that the moon on that poster in ur pic

>>3170124
> I also own 3 so converting one isn't a big deal.

You own 3 Rheas? what the fuck?

>>3170137
Fuckin dick bandito!

>>3170124
So then no point because a Saturn drive will likely outlive a Rhea.

>>3169676
A Saturn with an sd card instead of a disc drive heavily modded and made to orderw

>>3170223
How do you figure?

>>3169995
Plz explain oh wise one

>>3169920
Hey you want to haul a 50 inch crt up my stairs I could use a nigger like you

>>3170223
Why?

Does anyone make something like this for PS1 or PS2?

I have a couple laying around with ded lasers, it would be a fun experiment if they exist.

I know you can use Free McBoot on a PS2 to do pretty much the same thing, but it's fussy with compatibility and shit in some cases so it's not perfect.

>>3171750
PS1 has the PSIO. Think it's still in beta,

>>3171757
PSIO is a scam.

>>3171750
I've never had any issues with free mcboot.

I load all my ps2 games off an hdd plugged in via the ethernet/hdd adapter. I even played Yakuza 2 in its entirety off a usb thumbdrive while waiting for my hdd adapter to come in.

>>3171849
Please elaborate

>>3172242
Look up the term 'scam'.

>>3172256
Why is it a scam? Is it some stupid Kickstarter shit?

>>3172256
>scam /skam/
>noun
>a dishonest scheme; a fraud; PSIO
Confirmed

>>3171921
Is there a good tutorial for getting started using Free Mcboot? A friend of mine gave me a pre-made memory card with that, but I'm having trouble figuring out what it can do and how I can use it, either to back up my games or play downloaded ones. He couldn't help me because he got someone else to set him up with his PS2. I got a random 500GB IDE HDD from an old PC and plugged it into my network adapter on my PS2, but it didn't seem to make any difference to the software, I can't figure out what I need to do to get the ball rolling.

I've looked up guides, but what I found seemed either based on old versions (I have 1.96) or they're written with the implication that you have a certain baseline of modding knowledge already.

>>3174949
You're probably looking for the wrong thing. It's Free Mcboot not FreeMcloadwharez. You'll want to look into configuring OPL to play your wharez.
Also not retro.

>>3175783
heres your tutorial http://interestingelectronics.net/2013/11/19/how-to-install-openps2loader/