/vr/ - Retro Games

Dumb normies have money because they were allowed into the normie collective called society and thus can afford to blow it on brief hits of nostalgia to use as talking points

>>5097384
>I'm poor
Seriously though, you would rather no one buy them and the companies think there's no interest in these old games anymore? Why are you so upset that people like these? From what I've seen, at least the nintendo ones are pretty high quality.

>>5097384
>get some fucking computer skills

Fuck off nerd, that shit is boring. I'd rather just buy the mini.

>>5097401
>Seriously though, you would rather no one buy them and the companies think there's no interest in these old games anymore?
Seriously though, you would rather companies crack down on roms so they can sell them to you instead? Because that's what this is leading to.

>>5097384
Zero barrier to entry.

Your average person doesn't know about emulators. Your average person doesn't know you can download the entire library of a consoles games in under an hour.

Your average person barely plays games. This is targeted at 30-something year old dads who remember playing Final Fantasy 7 when they were kids and think it would be cool to play with their kid.

>>5097384

>>5097456
>crack down on roms so they can sell them to you
Roms will be readily available forever. Just think of how many people have entire libraries downloaded and backed up. Also you're not buying just the roms, you get the hardware, the controllers, and it's all ready to play immediately out of the box. I hate entitled people like you, you think you have some sort of right to have the games for free, and you don't just stop there and enjoy the games, you call those who are willing to pay for them idiots. I don't even own a single mini, your attitude just disgusts me.

>>5097384
Why is being poor so popular with your kind?

I own a PS1 with all the 5 games listed so far physically, I have hacked my PSP, Vita, and PSTV and put many psx iso's on them. My PC can upscale PSX games to 1080p and run faster than normally possible.

Yet...I still bought this thing. It's almost like people want a well made product that offers the authentic feel. Strange I know.

>>5097384
Easy dose of nostalgia for normalfags to burn some of their disposable income on. The whole point isn't to actually appeal to people into video games, because those kinds of people either already have their original PS1/games or will just emulate for free. The only exception would be those full-retard autistic collectorfags who just buy shit to have it, and will buy a NES/SNES/PS1 classic despite also having the complete libraries of all these systems.

No, the whole point of this is so that the 30yo boomer sees an ad on youtube for a playstation classic and says to himself "yep, crash was a good game" and then decides to buy it on a whim. He'll then probably play around with it for a little while remembering those games, and then chuck it in the closet within a month. It's a novelty.

>>5097384
You aren't the target audience stupid. It's for casual normies.

>>5097384
Psst!!! Anon, c’mere! I have a secret to tell you, come in close. Ok...

Look, all of us here know about emulation, ok? But normies, they don’t, they don’t into computers. Every time their laptop crashes because they had too many windows of zuckbook and tw*tter open at a time, they think they have a virus. These minis aren’t made for us ok? They are made for people who don’t into computers. This is a simple plug and play option for those tech illiterate types. Just let them have their fun and enjoy their 20 games. While the rest of us have our massive libraries.

Seriously OP, why do you care? Not like you’ll be buying it anyway. Let other people play games the way they want. Stop being a cry baby.

>>5097384
I don't understand why they have so few games. Why the fuck does snes one have DKC but not DKC2? FF6 but not FF4?

>>5097384
I'll admit, I have the NES/SNES Classics. But that's because a friend of mine who works at Krogers gave them to me. He obtained them totally legally, I swear. Honestly the only reason I wanted them was for the controllers so I can play NES/SNES on Wii on a CRT with real controllers.
As far as the PS1 goes, I already have a modded PS2 with every game I'd ever want to play on the hard drive. And you can get the black controllers without analogue sticks to boot. I don't think it's stupid to get them, but idk I just don't need this like I needed the NES/SNES mini.

>>5097524
How do you know if it's well made?

>>5097384
ill do what i want faggot

>Get some fucking computer skills and build your own emulation station
Nigga, just get a cheap ass computer, you don't have to build shit if all you're doing is playing stuff up to 5th gen.

>>5097524
This post couldn't be more reddit if you tried

>>5097498
well at least I don't think the age of consent should be 7 like people like you do.

see, we both can pull wild assumptions about people out of our asses.

>>5097462
Classic

>>5097384
Why buy a playstation classic when you can setup a raspberry pi and never shut the fuck up about it?

people who buy these things remind me of my grandma. she also liked collecting miniatures that reminded her of better days. you faggot ass knick knack collectors.

>>5097564
Why buy a raspberry pi when you can just run PS1 games off your fucking laptop?

Not even a fucking Dualshock Controller at that price.

>>5097564
why buy a rasp pie when you can spend $100 bucks on 20 games with inferior emulation and less features?

your probably one of those people who say they're Christian because of fedora memes.

>>5097384
Or just buy a PlayStation. Literally the most common video game console in the world.

>but it doesn't come with free games anon

Games for this system are 3 for 10 dollars at any flea market.

>>5097384
For older people it's nostalgia, for younger crowds it's part hipsterish part actual interest in older games.

And to be fair, they're extremely easy to hack and much more accessible for emulation that way than raspberry pi for most normal people.

>>5097384
you're on a board for adults to talk about toys shut the fuck up clown.

>>5097384
Hate to break it to you but most people are good goys.

>>5097524
I am pretty much the same way. I just completed a PS2 mod and would still buy a PS2 Classic if announced.

>>5097575
It stings doesn't it my enlightened friend

I never understood this meme. Like, why not just get a USB replica controller and a HDMI?

>>5097564
subtle

>>5097585
but not cra$h and fanta$y 7

>>5097575
>rpi as PSX emulation device

pcsx-r compatibility is abysmal, you might as well buy the playstation mini since it won't run anything more than most popular games

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>>5097530
Obviously normies will buy it. What irks me are posters on /v/ and /vr/ buying them.

>>5097439
you're the kind of sucker whose wife fucks other men that after fucking her clean the tips of their dicks on the fancy/useless shit you buy. faggot.

>>5098290
There’s less than 10 games that don’t boot and only a handful that aren’t listed as fully playable. What the hell are you in about?

>>5098598
Actually apparently even that’s not right. There’s a grand total of two games with issues. Jumping Flash 2 has major graphics glitches in the geometry. And the FMVs in Tobal 2 don’t play properly.

>>5098540
This, I can't stand the hardcore collector faggots who quite literally buy shit just for the sake of buying it. I'm not sure how common this behavior is with regular /vr/ posters, but it's common as fuck with all these youtube e-celeb shitters. If you already own a NES, SNES, PS1, and so on, and all the games that they come packed with, and on top of that you already know about how to use emulators, why the fuck are you blowing needless cash on shit like this that's targeted to normalfags? I can at least rationalize the normalfag behavior, but not the collectors who buy this garbage.

>>5098635
Normal people are totally reasonable in buying these things IMO. For how many games they come with they do represent a good value. Not everyone is comfortable setting up emus or wants to have a computer plugged into a TV. And yeah retropie is easy to setup but still not hat easy. Then you have to be able to search the net for Isos and all that. It just isn’t a reasonable expectation of most people when a complete package like this is available

>>5098667
That's why I can understand normalfags who are lazy/ignorant/dumb getting this, but not the retro game collectors and those kinds of people who will buy this for no reason.

>>5097384
>so what if its illegal, its free therefore i do it like that

pathetic

>>5098705
If the free alternative is the better, why would I pay? Third-party emulators are more accurate than Sony's proprietary PS1 emulator and have more options.

>>5098705
Oh, and emulation isn't illegal moron.

>>5098705
Fuck off, Sony intern!
>>5098752
True for the most part, save for some of the older PS1 emulators from the late 1990s-erlay 2000s.

>>5098667
The issue is psychotic collectors who think 20 games isn't enough, and think that it HAS to be their personal top 80 favs and cost $40 or less, or it's a no buy.
It's delusional, because you'd drop more than $100 on the console, an extra controller, 2 memory cards and 20 games, let alone the average collector's list. Which would probably be:

>FFVII
>FFIX
>FF Tactics
>Crash
>Crash 2
>Crash 3
>MGS
>SOTN
>Xenogears
>Grandia
>Legend of Dragoon
>Resident Evil
>Resident Evil 2
>Resident Evil 3
>Silent Hill
>Parasite Eve
>R4
>Persona
>Persona 2
>Dragonwarrior VII
>Megaman Legends
>Megaman Legends 2
>Misadventures of Tron Bonne
>Wild Arms 2
>Breath of fire 3

Which would cost 100's of dollars to round up in original disc format. But even if given that exact set, they'd bitch because there'd be that one game that didn't make it in.

So rather than please these asshats, Sony is going for an audience who just wants a fun toy to play with. Which is what we're talking about here. It's not a collector's item, it's a fucking toy.

If it burns your ass as a collectorfag THAT bad, then just don't pay attention. Let the kids olay with their toys, and go on spe ding hundreds on your collectibles.

>>5098705
>buying things when no one will stop you from stealing them
weak

>be a normee with no L33T $ki77z
>Nostalgia boner and extra income
>original resolution and cant be upgraded
>measly selection of prelaoded games but
>It Just Werks™
>give sony my money because its convenient

OR

>Build computers in spare time
>tons of extra parts laying around
>have the option to improve/maintenance my electronics
>have an all-in-one living room gaming PC
>It only does EVERYTHING
>everyone in the house uses it
>the cost of entry is ability and experience

I don't see the problem here. If sony makes money with this there is obviously a market for it. A stupid and lazy market but a good opportunity nonetheless.

>>5098810
You act as if computer parts are free and as if this isn’t many times smaller than a desktop. Then the massive time investment. Some people value their time more than that you know

>>5098842
I thought I illustrated my point quite well.

>>5097384
It's a collectors item. Same reason people buy limited edition and collectors edition games and shit. People want an authentic product, and having the original console design and controllers brings more nostalgia than just emulating on a pc.

>>5097391
>>5097527
>>5097530
>>5098540
Friendly reminder that playing old video games doesn't make you special. You guys are all "normies" too.

>>5098897
Fine. Call it the difference between being an enthusiast and a casual then.

>>5098867
makes sense, collectors collect as a hobby... other people play games as a hobby.

>>5097384
>up for pre-order
>they haven't even announced the full line-up of games in it

>>5098810
Sounds like the first guy has a life.

>>5098791
>no Ghost in the Shell
>no Heart of Darkness
>no Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen
>no Bushido Blade 1

Shit list, Normalfag.

>>5097384
They aren't popular. Only the NES and SNES ones sell worth shit. Nobody's gonna buy the PS1 thing either. You're delusional if you think anyone has nostalgia for the PS1. 90% of people couldn't name a single game on the system that isn't FF7.

>>5097384
>Why are these fucking mini machines so popular?
Zoomers and Boomers.

>>5097384
>Why are these fucking mini machines so popular?
Most people are too dumb to work out how to emulate. Heck most people can't even figure out how to get retroarch working. It's amazing they manage to feed themselves or tie their shoelaces.

>>5098842
You act as if there's anyone who doesn't already have a laptop capable of emulating PS1 games.

also
>comparing emulator box pack-ins to prices of real versions of the games
Oh, come on. This is like that guy who tries to sell his CD of Nesticle + the NES library for 500 dollars because of how many games are included. The only valid comparison is comparing this to the cost of emulating on any number of devices you already own. Which is free.

>>5098983
Sure, nobody will ever go full-retard over this stuff the way nintendr0nes do, but it'll still happen. Especially now that the people who were kids in the mid/late 90s are now in their 20s and 30s, which is that sweet spot where people have newfound cash from careers and willing to spend a little extra on nostalgic crap

>>5098968
and an inferior gaming experience

>>5098967
Please Todd, put down the gun! I've bought Skyrim 5 times already! 5 times!

>>5098967
This is how I know the selection is going to be shit. I assure you no Crash or Spyro due to the remakes.

>>5097384
Normies are literal retards.
I cant tell you how many times ive heard "emulation/torrenting is too hard"

Same reason people use consoles instead of PCs

Ill buy the saturn fo sho

>>5099367
life experience > gaming experience

>>5099546
You are undermining your entire argument. Why even play games at this point? We should all be out there squeezing every last ounce of life before we inevitably die.

However if they make a ps2 one. With silent hills and GTA and baldurs gate champions of norrath. Id buy it

>>5099584
Dream on. Sony's got a good thing going upscaling PS2 games in an emulator, slapping in some trophies and selling them for $20.

>>5099593
Then why arent any of the games i listed been "remastered"

Theres huge profit margins in selling these emulators.

>>5098967
>>5099479
Is that fucked or what? At this point, it comes out in less than 2 months. So these things would have to be entering production very very soon, and we STILL don't know what the other 15 games are gonna be. It has to be some sort of licensing issue going on.

>>5097384
Or how about we ban emulation entirely from /vr/. Go buy the original hardware you goof

Because if im going to waste my money on as raspberry pi, itll be to make a old school computer emulator. Im not using a fucking keyboard, 3rd party controller, or a fucking xbox controller to play an old Nintendo game.

>>5099593
Oh are you talking about the playstation network bullshit?


Ya thats retarded

you can emulate ps1 games on a vita or psp, what is the point

>>5097384
>You're just playing into corporation's hands making you a live to their Jewy money grabbing ways when you buy this because you want to play games that are freely available online "legally."
It's worse than that. Even legalfags can easily buy these games on every Playstation since the PSP and save a lot of money. The people who buy Playstation Classic are a whole new level of cuckoldry.

>>5097525
/thread

>>5099628
Get a load of this faggot

>>5097384
unless it's a fully fledged and reshelled ps tv which can be hacked, I don't care about it.
no point in fawning over yet another SBC with bad emulation-capabilities.

>>5100190
>unless it's a fully fledged and reshelled ps tv which can be hacked, I don't care about it.
That very well may be exactly what this is. It's almost certiantly using the same POPS emulator Sony has been using since the PSP.

>>5097498

So you don't stream movies/TV shows? You don't listen to music posted online by someone other than the copyright holder?
Never used a free porn site? You think you deserve all that for free?

Don't be a hypocrite...

My case:
These fuckers (Sony/Nintendo) ripped us off as kids, tricked us into buying shit games at a time when our brains were slightly more advanced than a Golden Retriever.

Then the GameStop-types ripped us off by tricking us to trade in our most valuable used games without our parents knowledge (b.c parents realized what a scam it is).

Now we're older, and they tell us that JUST to play their 20 year old game I have to buy it bundled with 80 other games and packaged in a Plastic case which is entirely cosmetic!?!

I got into emulating when they started making these retro consoles, I wanted to buy one and saw the feeding frenzy that was Nintendo supply shortages and shitshow of Craiglist resellers thinking they could get $200 bucks for a glorified piece of plastic, mocking you when you were ONLY willing to pay $30 above retail price.

It is your moral duty to steal from those who try to take advantage of you, and pay as little taxes as possible.

Doing the right thing is the chump mentality. You're not a chump, are you?

>>5098240
FF7 is on Steam and in contrast to its successor had the bleepy bloopy midis officially replaced by the PS1 soundtrack. FF7, in contrast to all the other FFs on Steam, has been taken care of to represent the original experience the best.

>>5097460
1. Download retroarch
2. Download roms or rip them yourself
3. Download cores
4. Select files or folders
5. Your done unless you want to upscale.

>>5098842
You can make a used gaming pc for less than 300 usd that can play stuff up to the fucking wii u. Seriously just get a gt 1030 and put it into a used pc.

>>5097384
>STOP LIKING THINGS I DON'T LIKE REEEEEEEE

>>5099640
You can use original controllers anon

>>5100479
You couldn't be more wrong about everything you wrote.

>>5100479
>Don't be a hypocrite
I never claimed that I don't pirate or break copyright laws myself, I just don't make a big deal out of it when people choose to buy their media. It's annoying and no one likes when you do it FYI.

>>5100479
>Sony/Nintendo) ripped us off as kids, tricked us into buying shit games
When I was a kid I only got a new game every year, so I made sure I was certain it would be good and had lasting appeal. If you didn't do that, boohoo, blame your dumb kid self, not the game companies. Besides first party games were usually great back then, I don't know how you ended up with so many shit games.

>>5100479
>GameStop-types ripped us off by tricking us to trade in
Again blame your dumb self, as soon as I saw the prices they were giving I was out of there.

>>5100479
>now JUST to play their 20 year old game I have to buy it
No, you really don't, there are many other options offered by the same companies. backwards compatibility and download services for old games have been around for awhile.

>>5100479
>I got into emulating when they started making these retro consoles
This explains everything, you're still a kid
>>5100479
>Craiglist resellers
Wouldn't be a thing if people refused to pay their stupid prices. Also have nothing to do with Nintendo or Sony, they lose big money when this happens.>>5100479
>It is your moral duty to steal from those who try to take advantage of you,
I'm really sorry this is your attitude towards the makers of games you love and enjoy, no wonder you're such a miserable piece of shit.

>>5100541
Desu, the AVERAGE CONSUMER can't even google what a core is. These machines are for them, not anyone tech savvy enough to know how to use a search engine.

>>5097384
I would pay $100 for a newly built PS1 just so I can always have a fresh back up without a sketchy history, but $100 for an emulation machine is a rip off.

>>5100320
I'm just worried Sony is going to totally lock down the PSV/PSTV-OS to make it completely non-modifiable and inaccessible from the outside on these things.
With no plans to update or enhance the preinstalled games, there's no reason for Sony to keep the OS as """open""" as the normal psv/pstv-OS.

Hopefully the guys behind the psv/pstv-exploits have kept an exploit private which can be used for new OS-versions, as I expect the PSClassic to at least use an OS-version based on 3.69.

its fine anyway cause I'll just hack in games I want to play

>>5100541
You're extremely out of touch with the average consumer if you think they wouldn't be scared off by either the first or second step. You're already way above the average consumer just by knowing what RetroArch is, not to mention most of them are afraid to try to emulate anyway because "piracy is illegal."

>>5102085
nobody at all cares about piracy and i think most people are comfortable doing a little bit of programming if it means that they can sit back and play some marios.

>>5097574
It's the PlayStation not the PlayStation DualShock Edition.

>>5103336
>and i think most people are comfortable doing a little bit of programming if it means that they can sit back and play some marios.
lol no.

>>5102085
>not to mention most of them are afraid to try to emulate anyway because "piracy is illegal."
top fucking kek, do you actually believe this? Literally everyone pirates shit, especially music.

>>5098521
Lel perfect response

What is the best retro console, for someone who hates everything related to the legend of zelda hates the stupid tri force and hates Nintendo?

>>5104161
Nintendo 64

>>5097384
>classic PlayStation controllers
Come on, that's just disgusting. Give a proper dualshock.

This will probably be laughably easy to put other games on right? They'll probably make it super simple and wink wink nudge nudge so they can skimp on the licences

>>5104163
I'm looking for a console for someone who hates everything that is Nintendo.

and that I hate everything related to those rubbish of the legend of zelda and tri force

>>5104173
There are no places in the US where soccer is the dominant sport

>>5097498
Why bother fighting for marijuana to be legal?
Everyone will have it regardless of what the law says.
I hope video games are banned.

consumerism is gay, the law is gay, america is gay. emulation 4ever

Nintendo's pseudo-CRT filter was a hell of a lot better than anything available on emulators. I assume it's been backported by now, though.

>>5104245
>made legal
>the devil's lettuce
the devils let us