/vr/ - Retro Games

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>>3605075
>massive oversized tubular radical awesome reaganomics Nintendo Entertainment System game pak
>Not Famicom

this better than powerpak?

>>3605075
nice dude, got mine last year but I only played it for a week when I did a marathon of Mega Man and then tried playing the english translation of Sweet Home. I actually prefer playing Sega Genesis though so I play that a few times a week, every week.

>>3605856
The Powerpak hasn't had an update in many years and is only available for UN-EE-USS.

>>3605075
No, you bought a flashcart. A purist like myself would never get along with someone of you class level.

>>3605889
Don't listen to this guy OP. Flash carts are for people who enjoy playing games. Collecting is for people who wear sonic the hedgehog t-shirts and like looking at shelves full of ¥100000 cartridges in plastic cases and brag to their perma-virgin friends about it.

>>3605075
Now point me in the direction of one for disc based systems; would love to have one for PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, and Saturn. Hell, I'd take one for the OG Xbox and Gamecube as well.

>>3605974

>> Dreamcast and Sega Saturn
https://gdemu.wordpress.com/
GDEmu for DC and Rhea/Phobe for Saturn

>>PS1
http://ps-io.com/

>> PS2
Install a hard drive and freemcboot

Buying and modding a CECHA01 PS3 might be a better option for PS1 and PS2.

For Gamecube you can softmod a wii or use something like the wode.

>>3605974
>>3605981
>Dreamcast
tfw waiting for my laser to die before I resort to SD cards. I keep reading SD cards have slight compatibility issues though.

>PlayStation 1 & 2
PlayStation 2 with an HDD works super well. You can even install Free MC Boot directly on the HDD so you can use your memory cards freely.

>OG Xbox
HDD but haven't tried it myself.

>GameCube
Action Replay, SD memory card adapter, 2~4GB SD card for SWISS and 8~32GB SD card for games

>>3606095
Could you just load the HDD on the PS2 with PS1 titles and just use it to play both?

>>3606096
you can with POPStarter or the official POPS-00001. Haven't done it myself, but I may have read that you need to dedicate the first couple hundred gigs to PS1 games otherwise they will not be detectable so you're best bet is to pick up a 128GB HDD just to be safe which I've been planning to do.

>>3606096
No. Hackers have not figured out how to use the ps1 side of the ps2. But they have made there own ps1 emulators which I here isnt very good.

>>3605075
Oh, so I take it you own the giant list of games it can't play then?

>>3605075
Superior version.

>>3606746
>stone age jew printed a label and the cart is gray, so it's better

SAG has way faster shipping if you live in the US, but that's the only benefit. their prices are worse even after shipping. maybe worth it if you want to buy the extra box and other stuff, I guess.

the SAG podcast is tight though t/b/h

>>3606746
>paying full price for an EverDrive
kek

>>3606762
>buying chink clones
this is only acceptable in the case of sd2snes which is open sores, so even the chinks can't fuck it up

enjoy your everdrive that lasts a year

Anyone have a Chinese EverDrive N8? How does it compare with the legit ones? Does it have any incompatibilities, besides the obvious ones like MMC5 games?

>>3606780
Krikzz literally sold out the N8 design to the Chinese, the clones are authorized. Enjoy overpaying for etsy-tier, lead-free solder garbage.

>>3606781
I have one, it's awesome. Shipped with the (at the time) 2nd to most recent firmware. You can't update the firmware, but it's awesome for the price and it's built like a tank.

>>3606780
>open sores

>>3606781
I have one as well. It works perfectly fine. I have had literally zero issues with it.

>>3606796
Nice, I just ordered one that says it has the same firmware. Is the reason you can't update it because it detects it and locks you out or something?

>>3606819
That's exactly why, if you try, it will brick and you can't even downgrade it. In my first post I meant to say '*at the time) MOST recent firmware'. Now they might ship with the 2nd to most recent. Although a lot say they ship with V9, the compatibility is largely the same. A few MMC5 games have patches that will make it work, and even the expansion audio is pretty decent when supported. FDS Audio is really bad, but hey, it plays FDS games.

>>3606825
>FDS Audio is really bad, but hey, it plays FDS games.

Can confirm. FDS audio is terrible. I got custom mappers for VRC6 and Sunsoft's Gimmick chip too and they all work perfectly. I have literally zero complaints.

>>3606830
(besides FDS audio)

Sorry.. Really inebriated right now.

>>3606830
The custom mappers won't work on a Chinese clone afaik, but some ROMs can actually be patched to work (Splatterhouse is a good example).

>>3606831
It's cool; me too, hombre.

>>3606825
>>3606830
Do you have to mod the NES to hear the extra sound channels?

>>3606839
Yeah you do. I only have Famicoms and an FC N8 clone. Original Famis are like $15-30 on eBay, and they are basically indestructible.

>>3605075
>still can't play gimmick with proper audio

>>3606832
I have a chinese one and the custom mappers work fine.

>>3606839
Sortof yeah. Short answer: Yes. Long answer, it needs to be modded in some way, but you can get this thing called an ENIO exp board (pic related) that you put in the expansion slot and it gives you expansion audio. That's what I did. Here is a link on where to buy it: http://www.nintendorepairhut.com/accessories/nintendonesaccessories.html

>>3606847
Cool. I've been strongly considering getting an original Famicom, but the RF only could be hard to deal with. That port is already shared by a bunch of my second gen consoles.

>>3606847
ENIO Exp boards are 20 (I think). I can't really say I regret the choice at all.

>>3606860
Damn this looks great, I'm getting it for sure.

I never thought I'd say this to someone using a trip, but thanks for letting me know about this.

>>3606880
Oh shit. Didn't even realize the trip was on. Blame /lgbt/ (sorry, am tranny)

Anyways, you're welcome, anon.

>>3606884
>mfw I've actually seen some of your posts on there and you're fucking cute

>>3606894
Thanks, anon <3

>>3606894

Degenerate.

>>3606860
Could you enlighten a stupid anon on how that works? Would love to get that going.

>>3605075
Actually, you're still going to need a PAL NES to play PAL exclusives at the intended speed.

>>3607271
go2bedpat

>>3605075
good, can you show how many of those are complete with box and manual

>>3607268
Essentially you stick it in the bottom of the NES into the expansion slot and it has a resistor on the PCB that connects pins 3 and 9 on the expansion slot (which you could also solder if you have the skills to do so and avoid the ENIO entirely), but the main thing is that it doesn't require any hard mod whatsoever. You simply insert it on the bottom of the console like a cartridge and boom. Expansion audio. In fact... give me a minute. I'm just gonna make a quick video.

>>3606880
>>3607268
Here ya go. You can see it for yourself now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07jk83UB5P4

>>3607592
You've actually made me think differently about trips. Thanks for not being shit. Oh and thanks for the vid too. Definitely going to buy one of these puppies when I get home.

>>3606761
What is SAG? Apologies for my ignorance.

>>3607964
stoneagegamer.com

>>3605075
>I just completed my NES collection!
>Many mappers are unsupported, leaving quite a few games unplayable
>Sloppy emulation of special audio chips
>Can fucking play NSFs
>MMC5 support is hacky at best and and is pretty much there to shut up Castlevania 3 fans
>Updates take fucking forever

>>3608004
*Can't fucking play NSFs

>>3608008
NSF's?

Also on a side note, actual MMC5, VRC6, and Sunsoft B5 customer mappers do exist, but that's hardly an excuse. If anything, it's painful that the dev hasn't done the same work that is clearly possible.

>>3605075
>Check it out, guys, I just discovered that is you insert an r near the end of URL there's another board here.
Welcome to /vr/ kiddo.

>>3606894
>not knowing alice-chan posts here already
Just post Ranma. She'll come.

>>3605829
>reaganomics

god dammit I wasn't expecting that.

>>3606157
Psxlauncher on freemcboot is great and it's how I play my ps1 games. Also pop starter is a good method if your using a HDD.

>>3605889
Butthurt freak detected.

>>3605889

>Purist

You probably lift your pinky while fingering your mom too, don't you.

>>3605889

>>3605981
Did anything ever eventuate from the guy who exploited the never used expansion slot to completely bypass the disc reader, or did he go "hey check out what I did, you're never getting it though"?

>>3605075
Actually you didn't at all. There are not all Mappers supported. And likely never will. Also good luck playing games with extra chips like for sound(Gimmick, Batman ect..) and the original music. Spoiler: You will never be able to with this.

>>3610132
Actually... that last part isn't true... See these:
>>3606860
>>3606865
>>3607568
>>3607592

You can most *definitely* play expansion sound games. The video even *shows* Gimick working with expansion sound.

>>3610165
Gimmick! doesn't work with expansion sound. The PAL version which has the extra channels neutered plays fine, and the JP version plays fine with missing channels.

>>3610230
Why speak of you don't know what you're talking about?

>>3610248
I own one, it doesn't work.

>>3610253
Look at the fucking video. The expansion sound works... Are you literally retarded?

>>3610253
It does. You just have to not be a lazy basement dweller and google it. Here, I did it for you. Enjoy your expansion audio you undeserving faggot:

http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=3245.120

>>3610283
Get fucked. That forum is literally cancer.

>>3610283
Get fucked. That forum is cancer, and you're worse for linking to it.

>>3610253
It does work. Just not very well.

>>3605075
>being a filthy casual

>>3606780
i have had my super chink everdrive for over a year now and it hasn't given me any problems at all so far.
What now?

>>3610553
Keep enjoying it. The Krikkz shills on this board are innumerable.

>>3610552
The filthy casuals are the collectorfags. People who actually play multiple games seriously get a flashcart.

>>3610539
Works perfectly with the custom Sunsoft mapper linked here >>3610283

>>3610829
Should I even bother to ask if you've ever heard original hardware?

>>3605075
>>3606761
Non appearance fag here. Which one actually performs better?

>>3611116
Neither. They are the same device.>>3611094

I have an actual famicom and I just compared Gimmick sound to the one in anon's video and it's identical.

>>3611939
The ED sound-chip emulators are solid, but certainly not identical.