/vr/ - Retro Games

Consoles should be forcibly removed from people and destroyed.

My real systems and real games are in some reseller's shop gathering dust now.

I've reacquired most of the consoles and games from my youth except for the portable ones. I'm torn between trying to start collecting the DMG01 and its titles or the Gamegear. I played the former more extensively, but the latter was always a favorite.

>>4874467
So, when christains say to be "christ like" they are going to hell. Good to know.

>>4874510
If you go game gear, get the mcwill modded screen. Im still waiting for the guy to make more!

>retroarch can now have less input lag than the original hardware
>literally the only benefit real hardware had has been btfo
Enjoy your mountain of yellowing plastic, I guess?

>>4874568
>literally the only benefit real hardware had has been btfo
You're forgetting about elitism.

>>4874536
how do you get that out of this passage

>>4874568
It isn't about having more or less lag. It's that, in the end, emulation is still emulation, will never be exactly the same as real hard.
Having less lag than real hard is still inaccurate.
Also, lag isn't the only factor. And most lag is caused by HD TVs actually.

>>4874605
Why.

>>4874605
>>4877086
/vr/ is hyper retarded and has shown repeatedly that they have abysmal reading comprehension.

>>4877094
i don't understand what that anon is talking about i mean it's an actual verse from the bible OP just included emulation in the list of sins and i don't know where he got the idea he mentioned Christ anywhere.

>>4877107
That's what I'm saying. There are a bunch of regular posters here are genuinely semi-litterate or have English as a second or third language. It's not surprising to see one of them completely misunderstand something like that.

I only emulate of the game is expensive or rare, otherwise original hardware because it's usually dirt cheap.

>>4874467

>Revelation 22:18-19 ESV I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Anon you should repent and ask for forgiveness in Jesus' name immediately.

>>4874510
Are you also torn between shit on the mcdollar menu?

>>4877135
how do i repent

>>4877141
No, but then I'm not a fat landwhale with bitch tits like you, so it's not a situation that comes up often.

>>4877161
Suck the priest's dick at confession

>>4877205
It doesn't come up much because you can't afford old second hand toys let alone fast food

>>4874467
like most people, I got my consoles during my youth but I did pick up some consoles in recent times:
- a Mega Drive and a Dreamcast, last year (never had any Sega consoles), they're very neat and I like them a lot.
- the N64 was my childhood shit, last year I bought a CIB NTSC-J N64 for very cheap but since the N64 can't do RGB natively, I bought a RGB modded N64 with de-blur recently and will sell the boxed N64 for much more than I paid.
I own 2 Wiis and 6 Gamecubes, (as of rn also 3 N64) so there's that.

>>4874467
I'm a lifelong emufag but I just want to say that your OP is the best I've ever seen in this entire site. Well done.

>>4874605
as a christian you want to be christ like. To emulate christ. Fuck you guys are a bunch of dipshits. It was just a joke anyway, but no you couldnt even comprehend the pun. DUMB.

>>4881679
I don't think you know what a pun is.

>>4881728
they rejected his message

THEY HATED JESUS BECAUSE HE TOLD THEM THE TRUTH.

>>4883925
>>4885156
SH-SHUT UP

when the music's over

the FACE in the mirror won't stop. The girl in the mirror won't DROP.

>>4886583

Jesus Christ for gave the bastards, but I CAN'T.

CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION, to the RESURRECTION. Send my credentials to the house of dentention. I got some friends INSIDE.

>>4887294
I hate YOU, I hate your EMULATION. and I HATE YOUR PEOPLE. I fuck your accuracy and overclocks because they're pirates. YOU'RE A PIRATE. you're all pirates.

I got some friends, on the inside.

The killer awoke before, he put his boots on.

he TOOK A FACE from the ANCIENT GALLERY and he, he WALKED ON DOWN THE HALL.

he went into the room where his sister lived and then he paid a visit to his brother and then he

and he WALKED ON DOWN THE HALL and he came to a door and he looked inside

FATHER yes son I want to kill you

mother I WANT TO

I love playing on original hardware. The ascended level of game appreciation is original hardware on pic related. I wish there was a flash cart of this quality for every single system.

>>4887531
no

>>4887516

I WANT TO FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>4887531
Most flash carts on other systems are superior to begin with, since they can play a significantly higher percentage of the library.

What have they done to the earth

what have they done to our fair sister

>>4887516
Morrison you're a faggot

>>4889062
FIGHT ME NIGGA

>>4874467
NES: Kevtris mod. Very happy with it.
SNES: RGB and framemeister. Very happy with it.
N64: UltraHDMI mod. Still not quite happy with it... I like how games look with the resolution jacked up on emulators, but I don't like the problems I get with emulators. I wish Nintendo would just do an N64 mini with better resolution and perfect emulation.

I like the OP, unusual to see a post about emulation that isn't just the exact same bullshit repeated every thread.

>>4877107
What? No he didn't "include" emulation in it, that is the actual list of sins in the bible.

That's the point. The point is all you emufags are going to hell.

>>4886581
it's really weird seeing my picture reposted

I still held on to my Gameboy SP for all these years and now I'm just buying the cartridges for games I wanted as a kid. I just managed to buy Wario Land 4, however the sticker doesn't look great so I'm hoping to fix that by trying to remake the label and printing on sticker paper and cutting it to fit the cartridge.

>>4893542
It's really weird seeing kids react

>>4893843
Why

>>4874467
>real systems
Awesome, cool thread

>real games
*jazz music stops*

>>4897039
crush a bit

I got Galaxy Force, Altered Beast & Quartet for Sega Master for like six bucks each, I don't have a Sega Master System though, should I sell? All three are working.

>>4897157
altered feast?

>>4897798
Altered BEAST or the FEAST from the EAST.

what's wrong with emulation

>>4899243
becaaz the consoals r bettar an coollr :):)

>>4899243
It depends on the console and generation we're talking about: 4th Gen and older are smooth and can run on any toaster, 5th gen and newer tend to get a bit fucky, try and play any Rare game for the N64 and see how well it runs

>>4898582
I thought you said Weast

>>4877521
Free food.

>>4877161
why

is pc engine cd standalone better or is the duo far more convenient?

or not

>>4874467
As much as I prefer original hardware I make an exception for 8 and 16bit games as I like to use save states and speed up the boring grinding sections. Currently all my retro hardware sits in my closet as I move so frequently it has become a real pain to pack it up carefully each time. The biggest pain is the CRT. It's too expensive to ship them so I sell them and try to buy a new one when in the place I'm moving too, but currently in my area there isn't anything good.

>>4874536
This is a falseflag right?

>>4901252
you don't have them displayed?

>>4901252
>falseflag

FPGAs count as real hardware, right? (as long as it's based on source documentation)

>>4901737
where

>>4901737
what's that

why is it dead

Hey bastards, talk about original hardware already dammit.

Not pictured : N64 and super famicom

>>4906362
It's not real but I can't tell the damn difference

>>4906364
Forgot pic

>>4906367
that's okay take your time

>>4906367
is good?

>>4906362
where's the pc engine

no discussion

why

>>4908534
In the Wii.

>>4909564
>>4911054
Because it's a boring troll-bait thread, that's why.

>>4912894
BORING?

>>4912167
You really should clean that shit.

>>4913179
why

>>4913443
Because it's fuckin' dirty as hell. I wouldn't hesitate to clean that.

>>4874481
WE HAVE A REPORT OF A NINTENDO GAMECUBE AND WII IN THIS HOUSE, YOU WILL BE HELD IN DETENTION UNTIL THE CONTRABAND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND DESTROYED, RESISTANCE WILL BE MET WITH LETHAL FORCE MOVE MOVE MOVE

>>4913935
PUT THEM HANDS UP

>>4913935
bring out the consoles at once

emulatorfags have been scientifically proven to not enjoy games
look at them wallowing on 4chan every day in misery on there 2000 dollar "gaming" pc's complaining about the most banal things.

>>4915429
The pony image adds credibility to your post.

You can't kill me nigga I swear that I've been died before BITCH

God told me I was gonna be here back in '94 BITCH

>>4913776
we'll see how good you clean it

>>4913776
dirty for you

>>4916623
Clean this
>unzips dick

>>4917495
pwned

Okay fuckers get ready for some hardware porn, gonna break out the fancy camera and take artistic photos of all my shit

>>4917523
wow a vhs player

do you have a vinyl player too

>>4906362
>dirty ass room

nice

>>4917535
Thanks

>>4915463
how

>>4913935
SHOOT'EM

>>4874467
Forgive me Father for I have sinned. Recently, I have developed some lustful feelings for the Analogue Super Nt. I have always been adamant in never straying away from original hardware, but this instance has been testing my faith.

Please, forgive me and show me guidance to lead me away from such temptation.

Pray for my soul in the name of the cartridge, the disc, and the composite cable. Amen.

>>4915429
How do you know

>>4899243
Everything

>>4874545
Thank you so much.

>>4918573
Just get the thing.

muh sega

that new school

plug n play goodness

these fisheye ones always look like ass

>>4919802
is this sonic xtreme

>>4919804
Yo mama is extreme

>>4874568
Composite video distortion is part of the intended signal and there's no convenient way to have it on a current PC. Shaders can only approximate it and phosphor glow.

>>4874831
A good digital display has half a frame of lag. Most games have 1-2 lag frames. I emulate because the non-persistence and whine of CRTs makes me feel icky after a while.

>>4906362
>>4919789
Genesis 2 has a worse sound chip. I emulate the good one instead of playing on mine.

>>4920262
damn

>>4920262
why

>>4919802
BIG ASS

>>4919790
which one

Fever Dream: The Thread

>>4920262
>I emulate the good one
This is bait right? Genesises arent expensive

>>4922535
>Genesises arent expensive
yeah they are, even mega drives.

Am I the only person who emulates to save money? I hate working and only work 6 months of the year (as a software developer) so I live frugally. I really don't have a problem playing retro console games with an xbone controller on a flatscreen, I'm more interested in the games than nostalgia.

>>4922629
What do you consider expensive? The Model 1 is readily available for under 50 on the big sites online and can be picked up for much less if you look locally.

>>4922662
I work part time and I use mainly use flashcarts and modded consoles. It's nice to have actual physical games but flashcarts are just easier and cheaper.

>>4922535
They really aren't, but I don't play Genesis much and I like other emulator features.

>>4923271
Looks like you're holding back the years.

>>4923150
sega genesis model 1 high definition graphics is pretty expensive first result on google with ebay on the side has a refurbished Model 1 Hi Def going for $899.99

>>4925015
You're really bad at searching.

>>4925015
Lies

>>4925015
Liar

>>4913935
gotta BIG ASS

>>4925035
how

>>4925015
Fibbr

jeez sorry

>>4928218
>emulation

you're so vain.

you probably think this thread is about you don't you. I bet you think this thread's about you, don't you.

>>4922662
Yes

>>4913935
Surrender the consoles at once.

>>4928559

>>4928704
>>4928707
Nine inch nails?

>>4928861

>>4929360
man i miss my old dmg
gbc just isn't the same

>>4929364
Pocket is better.

>>4929360
Nice shader.

I emulate and also own original hardware. Playing gameboy color games full screen on my CRT kicks ass. Having flash carts for the real hardware and still being able to get an authentic experience kicks even more ass. Emulating home consoles on a portable device kicks a whole fucking lot of ass. But what really rocks is playing fan translated games on the original hardware.

I embrace it all. Whatever is most appropriate for the specific task at hand. I'm excited to buy a repro cart of Far East of Eden Zero when I get home.

>Game Boy Color games on my CRT
For what purpose? Any LCD has all the color depth needed for that muted palette and with less eyestrain.

>>4929401
All my LCDs aren't 4:3 and I don't really enjoy playing with the black bars on the sides. It's something I always wanted as a kid, super gameboy, pokemon being played with the transfer pak in stadium, etc didn't make the games full screen. As soon as I had a way to actually do it, starting with emulating on the xbox, I was way into it. I don't really notice any eye strain, it doesn't bother me one bit.

>>4929407

>>4930215
What did you mean by this?

>>4930226
i forgot

>>4929382

>>4931865
Worse

>>4899243
Jealous coveting.

>>4917523
That's a beautiful NES anon. Does it usually play games on the first try? I have terrible luck with those.

>>4932858
why do you have trouble getting it to work

The jerk store called, they're running out of YOU

have you SEEN the accident outside

Seven people took a ride.

six bachelors

and their bride

seven people took a ride

seven people died

DON'T LET ME DIE IN AN AUTOMOBILE

I WANNA LIE IN AN OPEN FIELD

WANT THE SNAKES TO SUCK MY SKIN

WANT THE WORMS TO BE MY FRIENDS

WANT THE BIRDS TO EAT MY EYES

AS HERE I LIE

because this is the end. Beautiful friend.

WHY ISNT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT ORIGINAL HARDWARE

>>4919796
That isn't arcade boards.

>>4933364
this famicom looks like it has some stories to tell!

>I used to be a good family computer, like other famicoms, but the day i was bought segata sanshiro. well, thats when all my problems started.

>>4933371
I bought it for that reason; it was $1 (the shipping was like $16) and listed as unworking on eBay. It looked pretty sad and I figured I could clean it up and bundle it with some games I wanted from the same seller. After scrubbing it down and blasting the shit out of it with contact cleaner and a toothbrush, it works great again; though the reset button is quite dead. This is the 'after' pic.

>>4933384
Oh also I snagged controller II off of it to replace a defective one on one of my cleaner Famis, pictured here >>4886581 (but not my post).

>>4877161
Install Gentoo
Then install TempleOS

>>4899263
I don't know. 5th gen is fine for me too for the most part, and most of the time I can fix the fuckups with minor config changes. 6th gen and up is where it shits the bed for me ( I know it's not retro, but there you go)

>>4933384
damn that's cool, i only bought a av famicom because i couldn't bother getting a vcr to just the right signal with a regular famicom

>>4874584
>You're forgetting about autism.
ftfy

>>4934458
NTTAWWT :-)

>>4932858
I had to do the boiling the connector trick, but yea it does
The 150 in 1 i got has a thick PCB tho so it rapes the pins, i just keep it in there at all times

>>4934458
explain

>>4934463
huh

>>4936963
It's a 90s meme

>>4932858
Buy a blinking light win.

>>4937456
Boil the connecter

>>4937467
Roil it

>>4937467
I don't want your freedom

>>4937456
no

>>4940420
why

>>4934484
Broil it and let it swim

>>4941686
More like BURN IT and make it swim

do people deliberately ignore threads on here?? The only one I see mostly active is doom general

Is there an emulator that supports pic related?

>>4942365
hey bitch

>>4942365
don't blow in your cartridges just keep them clean.

>>4942836
hey buddy

>>4936967
what 90s meme

>>4942931
NTTAWWT

>>4943082
>NTTAWWT
Seinfeld?

>>4943145
Yes. People started saying it ironically, but something stops being ironic if done enough.

>>4943169
NTTAWWT

>>4943169
nigga shit

>>4943169
they didnt

>>4945131
Kids didn't. Adults did.

>>4945162
For you

>>4946543
ugly

>>4906364
>>4906367
You can't tell how fucked up the aspect ratio is?

>>4929360
>>4931865
How accurate are these? I don't have a DMG or GBP, only a GBC, so I can't shove my face into the screen to compare it to the shader.

>>4874536
Read the first eight chapter of Romans and educate yourself.

>>4947398
they're damn accurate

and it's fun, the shader.

>>4947398
why

>>4950023
why what

>>4950061

>>4950817
explain

>>4874467
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (1 Corinthians 13:11)

You're posting on a board basically dedicated to adults who have yet to put away their childish things.

>>4952137
Do I need to pull out that quote from that hack author of xtian allegory?

>>4952151
Yes, I'm curious.

>>4952163


“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

― C.S. Lewis

>>4952170
I can imagine what caused him to sperg like that

>writes children's novels
>Hey, Clive, how do you reconcile your kid books with Corinthians 13:11?
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>4952170
>>4952175
While learning languages, I've observed the dialog in most big boy action movies for adults is much simpler than in any cartoon for children.

>>4952191
Action movies like Die Hard or Speed are manchild fantasies, just less imaginative than Harry Potter or LotR.

>>4952220
Put away them toys

>>4952137
So, do we this dumb book to children so that later they can throw the childish book away? A lot of times I have no clue what reasoning of 'childish' anyone is referring to, seeing as how many peeps will openly attempt to argue their adult biases are 'natural' based on how same biases they held when they were 7.

>>4953224
which

>>4954940
What game is this? I think it would look better with some shaders.

>>4954945
And some mayo

>>4954945
i don't want your freedom

I just reconnected with my childhood modded ps1. I noticed my dreamcast, snes, and GameCube were still at my parents' house too. Now I just need to get a crt and im in business.

>>4891834
How hard is it to break the tabs off in an snes to play jap games? It feels almost blasphemous to mutilate my old snes in any way. I've had it for nearly 30 years

>>4957774
It's as easy as putting a pair of pliers in there and giving it a little twist.

I see no reason to not do this mod.

I really like having original hardware with authentic controllers. It just feels right to me.

I collect games as well, but I stick to games that I actually have interest in playing. I have no need to collect games that will sit unused forever.

>>4957827
we just wanna party

>>4912894
>in the wii
i actually just use the wii to pirate gc
no interest in weeb engine

>>4917525
nah i thought about getting one from goodwill but anytime they have good sound equipment they want a lot of money for them
VHS are practically given away tho

>>4918573
just use an emulator at that point if its not the real mccoy

>>4942365
DUDE JUST BOIL THE CONNECTOR AND CLEAN YOUR GAMES
(or get a toploader)

>go to local video game store that specializes in retro video games
>crash bandicoot costs $30
>check gamestop while there
>its $10

How do these places stay in business?

>>4957986
People believe it's somehow virtuous to pay more for inefficiency.

>>4957942
why

>>4958183
get, get moving

>>4959164
?

>>4957986
SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES :)
ONLINE SHOPPING IS KILLING STORES :P
GOTTA PAY FOR THAT OVERHEAD

>>4959186
Wait, who unionized?

>>4960230
wouldn't you like to know

>>4881679
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, I get it now. Nice.

>>4961404
thanks

>>4959186
No

cuz we just wanna party

DAMMIT TALK ABOUT ORIGINAL HARDWARE

>>4964712
it's a troll thread that's why people ignore it

the game with an actual succ button

Saaaaay gaaaaaaah

>>4964756
I can already hear the theme song playing.

only good nintendo console is snes
if you don't agree yoooo are ghey
flash carts roolz

>>4964760
Mine had physical sliding-with-detent switches

Did you cheat at fighting games?

please ignore the non retro for this pic was taken for a different thread some time ago.

>>4964768
No but I would slow mode scum really hard parts in smups

>>4964770
Stop posting frogs.

>>4964773
*shmups

>>4964784
We got you the first time :-)

>>4964787
Thanks

>>4965215
and have fun

>>4966298
not me btw

>>4966317
why

>>4966439
who

some

what's going on

>>4967363
People not talking about original hardware

assholes

why ain't no one talking about it dammit

why is it bad

>>4970920
It's just emulation, and not as good as you could do for free on your PC or phone. It doesn't get the audio right. You can't even win the X-Men game that requires pressing the reset button.

>>4970931
What you serious

>>4968967
Because nobody has real hardware

>>4957942
Then you are at lost

>>4972446
Yes sadly

>>4964770
why

>>4964756
succ you

>>4957954
Get them laser beams

>>4947447
Which one

>>4972467
Here

>>4972497
Might as well use coke

what a bad thread

So my mom bought a dresser and inside was an SNES. I never had one as a kid so this is pretty cool to have now. It's got all the cables and stuff, plus a controller (one nintendo one and another off-brand one that looks kinda rough) and 3 games (DK Country, Super Mario World, and some sort of combo cart of Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World).

I don't know if it works yet, I don't have a TV with component inputs anymore. I guess I'll check around craigslist for a cheap CRT. I'd rather buy physical games if possible. What's the best place to buy the actual cartridges? Any games in particular I should check out? My first console was a PSX so I never really played anything older than that.

>>4974217
the snes descended all of the furniture

>be little
>parents ask me if i want a super nintendo
>have never played a video game, say no
>they surprise me and get me one for christmas anyway
>fall in love with super mario world
>poor, so parents tell me i have to beat a game before they get me a new one
>play the crap out of smw to beat it 100%
>get more games over time
>treat console, controller, and games delicately
>once a month use isoproply alcohol and cotton swabs to lovingly clean system, cables, controllers, and games
>keep boxes for every game in meticulous shape stored in a big shoe box
>find out about ps1 one day, decide i want one
>too little to have a part time job, so sell snes collection to a neighbor for enough money to buy ps1

MFW I'm still haunted by this. I kept my collection so pristine that it didn't even look used aside from some very light wear and tear on the game boxes, mostly from humidity. I will never see that perfectly maintained system and games that I cared for every single month and that kept me endlessly entertained.

>>4974919
But are you poor?

>>4974217
ebay, at this point local game stores are charging lazyman prices
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/SNES#The_list

>>4974981
Thanks

Got this at the weekend at a games expo lads. The question - to RGB mod, or leave with composite?

Also the RCA jacks at the back are very loose in their slots - is this easy to fix if I open it up? I'm a real novice at the maintenance side of things.

>>4974919
Damn if you we're a real old school gamer you'da kept it

>>4975926
don't mod it

>>4928873
Carly Simon, you assbutt

>>4975926
did you have fun

>>4976987
Lots of fun, anon. Games for cheaper than ebay prices (with the exception of Zelda/Pokemon, which had much higher prices) is always fun. I didn't manage to find any of the non-/vr/ stuff I was looking for though which was a real shame.

>>4977446
What about chiptune albums?

>>4977456
Didn't see any but I wasn't looking for them. I think there was a specialist Japanese import place that had soundtrack albums though.

>>4977486
You can still get copies of 8BIT MUSIC POWER FINAL

Don't know if bootleg or official. Try in emulator to see if you like it. Or just throw on flash cart.

Are we allowed to link ROMs here?

Got it running but those connectors are real fucking loose at the back, it's hard to get a solid connection consistently.

>>4977492
No one's going to stop you.

>>4978204
13 or 20 inch?

>>4978204
Is the belt in good condition? I've been considering getting a Twin Famicom for a while, and I've heard that's a main issue with them.

>>4978215
20. It's beautiful, although Composite doesn't really show it at its best. That's why I'm considering the RGB mod for it.

>>4978217
I can't tell because I don't have any FDS games yet. I'm going to pick some up soon. The seller (reputable) said that he replaced the belt though. From what I can gather though, yes, the belt is the main issue and you should either make sure there's a new one in before you buy it, or make yourself aware of how to change it yourself.

>>4978408
Dang, all of the reasonably priced models near me are 13inch. I also found a decently priced 20" but it doesn't have rgb. I think I'm going to hold out. I'm hoping I can luck out and get a cheap 20" by virtue of being in Hollywood. I used to work at a camera /lighting rental house and later at a post production house while it was closing. Basically, I'm retarded and could have had a stack of these things for free. I just didn't have any interest back then.

>>4978426
Yeah, I'm not going to out myself as more of a retard than you'll think I am already by saying how much I paid for it but they're getting more and more hard to come by here in the UK at least. Then you've got shipping/collection which is still a crapshoot.

That being said a friend of mine found a 14" PVM lying in the street while out running two weeks ago, so they do occasionally show up for the fortunate.

>>4978435
I think I'm going to jump on the 20" missing rgb. I'm an electronics technician and should be able to do whatever is needed for the mod.

>>4978447
If you've got the skills then go for it man, it's worth it. Guy I bought the PVM from collects CRTs (has about a hundred PVMs in storage alongside lots of high end consumer sets) and he was really upset at the fact that the technical skills required to maintain them are going extinct.

We're lucky here in the UK that RGB through SCART on consumer CRTs was a thing even at a fairly early date - I remember my dad having one in 95/96, although I never had a RGB capable console to enjoy it with for years. Getting a good CRT in this country boils down to being able to transport the bastard back home.

What's this general's opinion on buying remasters of classic PC games vs. tracking down the original CD and jewel case?
Most of my games are circa 2002 so I'm not really one to judge, but I'd sooner neck myself than pay $20 for an "HD" version of Age of Empires when the original still looks great on my 48 inch television.

>>4978538
Kind of depends what you're after, Anon. In this thread, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone to disagree with you, but most people don't keep older operating systems active or even have disc-drives anymore. For my part I never had a PC until 2002 and was a heavy pirate for several years so it's not a problem I have.

Also the newer released can (not always are) be much more convenient to do multiplayer with nowadays.

>>4978547
which release?

>>4979059
Yours

>>4980205
Never missing a beat, yeah

>>4978538
I just torrent it lol

>>4980708
Was it slow

>>4981657
which one

we just wanna party

party just for you

damn, dead thread.

ORIGINAL
HARDWARE

>>4985061

https://www.reddit.com/r/boomerwojak/

>>4978478
>We're lucky here in the UK that RGB through SCART on consumer CRTs
Yankee here:

I always enjoy when people from most of the world try to explain why my Svideo is terrible, and that I should use RGB....I love explaining that we had only one consumer set ever that used SCART (RCA DIMENSIA) and no consumer sets that had RGB that I am aware of.

Sometime in the early 2000s, we started seeing SD tvs with component....but that was at the end of the production for CRTs.

Comparing Svideo to Component to VGA is not a difference I find worth the cost. Some titles don't like that video format, and it causes artifacts. Native format produces a happy medium. Svideo looks great on a good set, no doubt.

I don't think most people in the Scart world realize that we pretty much missed out on it. Hell, very few of us used more than a coaxial connection through the late 90s. I moved from my parents home in 1998 and my first tv was a used Zenith made in the late 80s. It had Svideo.....I used composite video and loved it.

VGA is great, but too meme tier for me. If we had better consumer sets (with scart), I would probably have a different opinion.

>>4985118
is composite the preferred?

>>4985118
was he slow

>>4985118
>Some titles don't like that video format
which ones

this pisses me off, that dumb anime thread has more activity than this one and it's not even retro just because it features old games you guys suck

Now you faggots better talk about the original hardware or else.

I mean really suck

>>4974217
just an update if anyone cares. I bought a composite to HDMI converter just to see if the thing even works before I bother trying to hunt down more games or a proper CRT to play. So far everything seems to work. The games even had saves on them from whenever they were last played which I guess means the batteries are still okay in them. Took a while to get started up though, had to reset it a number of times to get anything to come up. The Mario games are better, usually booting up right away. DK Country seems to take a few tries before it starts up. Is that normal or could it mean the cart is damaged? I really don't know, the first console I ever owned was a PSX so I don't know much about the SNES.

>>4988196
Fuck you.

>>4988234
why

>>4988648
he mad cause u aren't playing like the devs intended

>>4988234
i didn't mean to offend anyone but I don't know what I did wrong here.

>>4988673
how

>>4988196
The contacts on the DK cartridge are dirty and/or bent is the most likely cause (since the Mario games boot fine). Rubbing alcohol applied to the contacts to clean them would be a good first step. Use a cotton bud and wipe up and down along each pin for best results. You could also clean the whole PCB of the cartridge, but you'll obviously need to take the cart apart for that.

If you have a look at the cartridge slot on the system, see if any of the pins inside look like they are mis-aligned from the rest. Cleaning the pins on the slot would also be a good idea, but you would probably need to disassemble the machine if you want to go that way.

>>4990678
but make sure to check to see if the cartridge is on tight

>>4990678
But have you seen her ?

are these good

>>4992475
Early 2000s lcd, what do you think?

They are cool, though.

>>4992483
I don't know what I think why do you even say that it's like with spongebob, "why would a snail want with a broach" "I DON'T KNOW WHAT A SNAIL WOULD WANT WITH A BROACH"

>>4992475
better than what intec was producing, still inferior to a real display. Bit of a collectors item and it is neat in conjunction with the car power adapter.

and it was the ugliest i've ever seen

>>4992475
i remember seeing this bundle at Toys R Us when I was a kid. I just had a regular PSX so this thing seemed super cool. I actually thought every PSone had a screen built in for some reason, until my friend got one that didn't have the screen

Was the Dendy good?

>>4992548
why

>>4992475
Bad viewing angle, but screen is so small you have to be right up on it anyway so not too big a problem. Hard to see in a room with sunlight shining in, so be sure to use it in a dark place. Basically your typical early 00’s LCD

>>4972446
You also can’t complete Castlevania Bloodlines either. The game always freezes on the last level every time.

>>4993764
Or you're just bad

>>4992548
for you

>>4994351
for who

>>4994571
Fuck you.

>>4874494
Bahahahahaah fuck you, poorfag. Only a wannabe sells his original hardware.

>>4995303
My dad gave away my NES and stack of games when I was a kid. I didn't give out until more than 5 years later when I went looking for them. I threw a fucking fit. Now my parents keep all my bullshit stored for away for me. They really are pretty nice.

>>4995380
why

>>4995380
damn

>>4881679
Forgive me, for I am retarded

>>4957954
Are toploaders better?

>>4995486
He said he sent it back to poor kids in the old country.

>>4996490
for the greater good?

>>4997147
What's the deal with repro cartridges? Are they trash or decent?

>>4997403
Really bad

>>4997403

>>4997403
Was it the worst of times

>>5000368
Why have you been leaving nonsensical comments on this board? Are you a bot?

>>4999721
Mine's not official but I like the square design better, and it has a cool ntsc/pal switch on the left side, in case I invest in a pal ps1.

>>5000469
Is the screen better?

>>5000409
To keep the damn thread alive

I'll probably not buy a PS1 LCD screen even though the novelty factor would be cool. However I'll still get the psone version.

I have easily over 40 ps2 games, not nearly enough good ps1 games and only few xbox games.

>>5002023
Not retro.

>>5002547
So you think ps1 and n64 aren't retro.
PS2 is borderline.
/v/ has never good borderline retro threads, do we need borderline /v/?

Just let this thread die.

>>5002834
There's nothing borderline about a console that launched in 2000; it's quite simply not retro.

>>5004948
Yeah

I guess this is the best place to ask.

The Super Retro Trio (3) and the retron 3 are both true hardware emulation right? I know the retron 5 isnt.

>>5005301
They're 3, independent hardware clones, yes. Genesis and NES are highly likely to be System-on-a-Chip clones, I think SNES clones are still more discrete than that.

>>5005331
For you.

>>5005331
why

>>5005301
>true hardware emulation
what did xir trying to convey with this?

>>5006328
my love

>>5006328
Impossible.

>>5005331
But clones aren't good.

>>5005756
>>5005937
What?
>>5007003
That wasn't what anon wanted to know.

>>5005301
im not sure, i've never owned one of those but i have seen one IRL and it doesn't look pleasing.

>>5007378
What.

>>5007378
What's wrong with that?

>>5009221
Nothing?

>>5009774
why

>>5010223
because of something

don't emulate

don't madturbate

why

this thread is fucking trippy

>>4980708
No

WHY ISNT NOBODY TALKING ABOUT CONSOLES DAMMIT

The Genesis that belonged to my father has been passed down to me. He only had sports stuff, Golden Axe II, and the Strike games, and I’ve bought 10-12 affordable games here and there over the last 3-4 years. My everdrive x3 is supposed to deliver today. There’s too much I want to play for me to not.

My OG PSX is dead, but I bought a PSone last year. Love that console design.

I didn’t have a SNES at all until 2013. Ended up giving to my brother and buying Jr because I LOVE that design. I have 10-12 physical games for it too. I only really want 3 more physical then I’m going to look into a flash cart. Many I wish to play, but don’t care enough to buy them individually at absurd prices

>>5012854
my condolences for your psx

>>5012854
Did you get a super famicom?

I bought a new SNES recently to replace my old one, but upon plugging it in to give a test with DKC2 today I noticed that all of a sudden my save I was close to 100% completion on is just fucking gone. Does anybody have any idea what could have caused that? The cartridges is in almost mint condition if it matters, and it doesn't seem like a battery issue. Would like to prevent hard-earned files from being erased in the future, if I get back to where it was and it fails again that would really suck.

>>5013958
Get one of those emulation appliances so you can copy and git commit your saves.

>>5013985
I'm interested, tech-savvy person, tell me more. What emulation appliance is this? Are you talking about a flash cart? I imagine there's nothing like that which would work in conjunction with an original cart

>>5014001
Retrons and such can copy cartridges. You're going to lose your saves eventually if they exist only in volatile memory.

>>5014019
Why?

>>5014031
There's only one copy of it and its in RAM that clears when not powered, and you''re not handy enough to keep it powered while changing the battery which will eventually fail. If you change the batteries today, there's a good chance they'll last until you die in your 50s from your shitty gamer lifestyle.

>>5014041
>There's only one copy of it and its in RAM that clears when not powered
Not that guy but the original anon you replied to, I hadn't touched my DKC2 cart for a while before making the SNES switch. I don't know much about the internal RAM and whatever, would that have caused the saves I had to clear? Because for some reason, the third save that belong to the shitter who previously owned this cart is still there. Weird to me.

>>5014062
Well it's your shitty gamer lifestyle

>>5014072
My shitty gamer lifestyle deleted the saves?

>>5014081
Yes.

>>5014086
Fuck you.

>>5014086
How do I live a better life and keep my saves, sensei?

>>5014090
Emulate.

>>5014092
BUT THAT'S SINNING!

>>5014093
Yeah?

everyone sins

>>5014101
Not me.

>>5014093
For who?

Make sure to emulate.

>>5014116
why

>>5014072
not me btw

>>5014126
yes it's you

Look, it sounds like you people dislike emulation but I just need some repression of those feelings and give me a somewhat solid answer on this and I didn't want to make an entire thread for it.

Is there a decent SNES or Genesis emulator for Android.

I don't need it to look fucking fantastic I just need that shit to work and not crash. The reason is not because I want to do it; the reason is that someone told me with a straight face that passable emulation on mobile simply doesn't exist, which is completely baffling to me, which was their justification for continuing to play the complete sewer that is mobile games.

Thanks.

>>5014169
And uh have fun.

>>4881679
Good one

>>5014169
RetroArch works great on my Galaxy S6, even with the cheap mode of run-ahead and some composite video filters. It just can't do heavy stuff like phosphor/pixel shaders.