/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6195656
Why did you listen to memers you tard? It’s nearly 20 years old. Better things have come out since then.

>>6195656
>he fell for the portable emulation meme
Why would you do this? What niche is this filling that wouldn't better be served by a smartphone playing a podcast?

>>6195656
>falling for the psp can play snes games well meme
How stupid are you?

>>6195656
Yeah, it's designed for average men, not hamhanded fatties.
It's also shit for SNES. Stick to PSP, PSX, Mega Drive, and GB/GBA games.

>>6195656
learn how to use your hands to grab things, your zoom is showing.
the psp has the same grip as the vita and both are great.
hell even a ds can be used for hours without hand cramps.

>>6195656
the only handheld that isn't awkward to hold is the game boy because it's actually large enough to grip hard and the screen to hand position allows you to lift your neck about 5 or 10 degrees

portable consoles suck (except the ds that shit was tight as hell)

>>6195656
>I thought these were the best thing out there for portable retro emulation

They were for a really long time... they're still pretty good, and only outclassed by odd Chinese things with sketchier build quality (or maybe N3ds depending on your priorities).

Nobody really uses these things to play fighting games dude

>>6195690
>>6195701
I guess my hands are just more accustomed to grabbing ass and titties cause this thing feels like they had little onions boys in mind when they made it.

>>6195675
Its filling the niche of having a portable option to play some games when I cant or dont want to drag out a laptop/phone and connect a controller. Like when I'm laying in bed next to my wife after fucking her.

>>6195714
>i can't reach over and pick up my phone
>i need my bing bing wahoos at all times
Fuck your boyfriend again and then go to sleep.

>>6195656
>I picked one of these up for 5$

Then sell it on and spend the money on something else. Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

>>6195675
how would listening to a podcast fulfill my emulation needs in any way?

>>6195656
>5$
which state is you coming from fellow american comrade?

>>6195656
>The dpad is awkward too
Must be a psp 1000. I remember the dpad on mine was shit too and I eventually modded it by inserting a dpad shaped plastic cut out of a pringles can lid just underneath it. Made a world of difference, the pad was so snappy.

PsP 3000s I recall had that particular failing fixed but I miss the particular tactile feedback of the modded dpad.

same thing happened to me but i spent 20 on one not too long ago. couldn’t get used to the shitty d pad. new 3ds is my number one portable jawn.

>>6195771
>I eventually modded it by inserting a dpad shaped plastic cut out of a pringles can lid just underneath it. Made a world of difference, the pad was so snappy

is this for real? that sounds very brave, strong and valid

>>6195714
We are talking about PSP anon, nobody cares about you grabbing ass and tits from your loli doll

>>6195714
Trying too hard. Come on now sport, head on back to /v/.

>>6195734
question is pretty clear, he's asking why you even play portable games in the first place, when you could occupy your "outside the home" time with something more productive and less isolating?

Note that I am not asking that question of you, just explaining what he is asking, since despite being a "mature adult with responsibilities", he is not very good at explaining his points without using a sneering internet typing style befitting kids.

HAHAHA, WE DID IT AGAIN, /vr/OS!

>>6195775
>is this for real?
Of course. It's a farily well-known mod, I followed a guide. Looking it up again, I see now they just cut up 4 squares of plastic and attach them underneath the dpad for the same effect.

>that sounds very brave, strong and valid
I mean, taking apart a PSP ain't no walk in the park and it's very easy to end up with dust getting onto the interior of the screen but it's pretty doable for anyone. And totally worth it.

>>6195878
>taking apart a PSP ain't no walk in the park
Yeah I'm scared of operating on mine. It works perfectly except for one thing - the fucking power switch.... even if I took mine apart I'm not sure that the fundamental problem is something that can be repaired just by jiggling and reconnecting it.

shoulda bought a vita when the price was in a valley :(

>>6195656
PSP being the ultimate emulation machine has always been a meme parroted by people with low standards, sorry you fell for it.

>>6195656
The only handheld that was even remotely tolerable to hold was my Gameboy Color. The slim form factor design that makes them all portable/fit in your pocket also makes them shit to manipulate.

>hurr psp cant emulate snes well

do you idiots even s9xTYLme_mod
also sorry for your fatty whale hands OP the psp is quite comfortable to anyone human sized

>>6195675
>better be served by a smartphone

>>6196057
>do you idiots even s9xTYLme_mod
it's still shit tho, you must play with frameskip at 30 fps to get a "smooth" experience

>>6195656
I’ve never had problems with comfort playing psp, and I got a lot of play on that thing too, 300+ hours from dissidia, and another about 300 from dissidia 012, and stacked up more hours from monster hunter and tactics war of the lions. Probably just your hands, I’m sure it varies from person to person.
>street fighter
don’t, handhelds aren’t optimal for fighters, also who plays the cpu? Fighters are only fun against actual people.

>>6196057
It’s not particularly great, psp does its best work when you stick to ps1 and psp games.

>>6196057
God, you're as obnoxious as the GBA faggots on VITA.

>>6196195
>GBA faggots on VITA.
the vita can run every gba games at full speed tho

At least OP didn't get a fucking Sony PLAY cellphone.

Is this your model? The first release of PSP had a pretty shitty d-pad.

I'll use this thread, since it's already here

If I modded my PSP, could I load english patches while a japanese UMD is in the system?

>>6196524
If the patch is in plugin form, then yes. But majority of translation patches apply to an ISO of the game. Only plugin patches I know are for a Monster Hunter game and for a Project Diva game.

>>6195656
The people hyping it up as the best emulation device are the same type of retard who still think epsxe is a good PS1 emulator.

>>6196947
It still is tho anon, the psp is really good. Not for SNES and N64 tho

psX or whatever is way better even when i was using it it was annoying setting up configs, probably changed though. epsxe gave me better options but I didn't care to dl the plugins all the time. whats recommended?

>>6196493
desu they all did

>>6196195
What’s it like still living in 2019?

>>6197003
I think you never used the 1k one if you say they are all shit and equate 1k to others. If the others are shit, 1k is putrid century old shit. 1k one is that bad. The others are great in comparison. They all pale against Vita's though.

>>6195656
It is total shit. The people saying it is good refuse to admit even a 2013 Android phone runs circles around it in every way.
The same retards that want to pretend emulators still have delay or BT has delay. Fucking total imbeciles.

>>6197540
no physical buttons on an android device
you're a pleb if you play so
and a fucking weirdo if you attach a real controler to your smartphone

>>6197543
t. retard
Don't @ me faggot. We know you like your chink shit that falls apart and smells bad. One that plays vidya on the go with their inferior device trying to tell everyone "it is all ok" and "not that bad" that your games emulated run like shit.

>>6195656
take your arthritis medication, grandpa

>>6197543
There are plenty more recent examples like the Razer controller. But I will leave this here for you to ignore and keep on forcing dissonance to reason.

The PSP wasn't even a good emulation device when it was new, it was just the most accessible for the price. Any of those DIY SBC kits will beat it these days.

>>6195656
>dpad is awkward
SONY?

>>6197572
No. Impossible. Sony and shit dpad?

>using a dpad when there's a perfectly functional analog stick

>>6197582
What are you? Stupid? Analog sticks have a long travel. And thus are unsuited for fast reaction games.

>>6197587
just move your thumb faster retard

how is that even a problem lol

arcade games all use joysticks and require way faster reaction times than your console platformers

>>6197590
dude...

>>6197562
seethe moar lol
a smartphone as an emulation device is a proof of concept with absolutely no convenience to use
>>6197565
nice old shit you got there, you can get vitas for cheaper emulating more stuff.

>>6197540
>call other retards
>proceeds to make the dumbest comment in the entire thread

>>6197590
You use your hand and arm to move an arcade stick, not just your thumb, they are vastly different control styles

>>6197679
scrub detected

I think its ok for turned based games and such but for action oriented were you are using the dpad a lot its not very comfortable.

>>6196284
>>6197008
Fuck off

>>6197795
The form factor of the PSP is not very comfortable for long gaming sessions in general. Decent for tactics type games where you can keep your fingers extended and use a light grip.

>>6197570
The unfortunate truth. It was a passable emulation device when it released considering it was pretty much the only device on the market that could handle 16 bit systems. Watching new homebrew being developed back then was always exiting but since then its been fully outpaced by virtually everything else.

Years ago I bought up a bunch of broken ones off ebay and was able to fix about 4 of them up. Its convenient to bring them along for some casual SFA3MAX or homebrew gaming with my friends but that is about the extent of their usefulness. My phone and a collapsible BT controller work remarkably well for all my other portable gaming needs.

>>6197679
>doesn't know about joystick grips

Bet you never even got the high score

>>6197914
yes, nothing screams portability more than having to carry a controller and a grip around with you

>>6197927
Most pants have more than one pocket nowadays.

PSP is known to have a terrible DPad. The Vita is what you actually wanted OP

>>6197927
In my eyes nothing beats Go in terms of portability and versatility. An old 5 inch Android phone can beat it but then you will need an external controller. At that point why bother with Android instead of for example going for a hacked Switch.

>>6197956
When will they release a modern phone like this? Such a great design.

>>6197876
don't participate in topics you have no clues about nigger

>>6197941
everything else on the vita is terrible

>>6198330
t. don't own a vita

>>6198331
I have a vita and a psp which is how I'm able to make the comparison

>>6198337
you don't know what you're saying then, every single emulators are better on the vita side.

>>6198306
Sony's two tries with that design met with no market response. Seeing this other companies didn't have a need to try that design. So never.

>>6197670
>a smartphone as an emulation device is a proof of concept with absolutely no convenience to use
??? I use mine all the time for emulation, what are you talking about?

>>6198852
weirdo

I just want to play games in bed and I don't want to hack another thing, should I just get a S(oy)witch

do those Sega Ages games add anything new or good

>>6195714
>Typical amerifat fucks 547lb bbw wife
>>6197570
>Most SBC
Like what? The super portable rpi4 or the zero that can't even do ps1 and costs more? What retard thinks buying a more expensive less portable device they need screens controllers and every other hardware for a gaming device is better?
>>6199293
Yes

>>6197570
>The PSP wasn't even a good emulation device when it was new, it was just the most accessible for the price.
what portable device in the late 2000s could even compare to the PSP? No really, tell me.
>Any of those DIY SBC kits will beat it these days.
not portable unless you buy the kits, their bluetooth drivers are shit, and I'd rather spend my free time playing games on a PSP or a Vita than configuring retroarch on a fucking Pi

>>6195714
>all that cringe
cringe

I didn't know the old PSPs got so much hate. I had one many moons ago when it first came out and I didn't find the controls terrible. I actually liked it quite a bit, then again this was a long time ago. maybe if I tried one now my opinion would be changed. but it csnt be THAT bad, c'mon guys

>>6199293
>do those Sega Ages games add anything new or good

Yes, they're fucking great if you already like the original games. Outrun and Space Harrier especially.

>>6199715
>Any of those DIY SBC kits
>not portable unless you buy the kits

no one's going to take you seriously when you're not even literate, anon

you can buy/print everything you need individually and make it yourself without a kit, btw

also most of them aren't based on the rpi and it's cute that you think that the rpi is somehow more work to configure than PSP emulation software

also enjoy your frameskip on the PSP lol

>>6199715
In the late 2000s there was dozens of home brew handhelds based on Canoo software. Even when the PSP came out the GP2X stomped all over it and had really excellent controls. A DS arguably has better home brew support than a PSP the only thing that’s worse is fucking PS1 games but that’s one system. The PSP is a totally fine device to emulate on but people need to stop being retarded about it.

>>6200252
>think that the rpi is somehow more work to configure than PSP emulation software
it does. specially if you are going to custom built your portable sbc.
>psp: copy emulator, copy roms
>sbc: make sure kernel interfaces with custom controls connected to gpio, install os, configure controls in os, install emulator, copy roms
now, the sbc might be superior in power and customization, but it has a fatal flaw. battery life sucks even more than launch 3ds.

Vita original or slim? I've been hearing the original has better build quality

>>6200254
>That’s just one system
The only console the DS could emulate on a similar level to the PSP was Game Boy/Color. Everything else was much worse.

>>6200254
>GP2X stomped all over it
it most certainly did not

>>6198339
I too prefer the Vita over the PSP. The Vita is essentially a PSP with every improvement.

>>6200254
>A DS arguably has better home brew support than a PSP
ahahahAHHAHAHAHA
jesus fucking christ

>>6201474
just for the oled screen i would go for the first model, but both are good.

>>6195656
Why would you want to play Genesis games on such a tiny device?

>>6202452
I have tiny orange hands

>>6202020
enjoying popsloader on your vita?

>>6202741
>popsloader
Love this meme. Retards who don’t know how to convert eboots blame a lack of popsloader, when the fact is that shitty list floating around online hasn’t been relevant since the late 2000s.

>>6202741
>popsloader
you guys are fucking clueless lmao

unless you also want to play the original games on the handheld I can't really think of a reason not to buy one of those chinese emulator handhelds nowadays

personally I'm waiting for the pocket - analogue FPGA handheld

>>6199715
>>what portable device in the late 2000s could even compare to the PSP? No really, tell me.
I had a Dingoo back then, and it was great. i also had j2me nes and gb emulators on almost ever phone I had after 2006. GB Micro was amazing when paired with one of the many flash carts available, and ran GB, GBC, NES and GBA...additionally there were a lot of palmtops from the mid-late 90s going for dirt cheap at the time. It was around this time that netbooks also came on the scene (7") for around $99 new, and could run loads of emulators since it was just linux on ARM. later the same year, x86 based atoms came on the scene running win xp, and would play everything.

The PSP was an amazing console at the time, but depending on what you wanted out of a handheld, it was not anywhere near the only option. I didnt even touch on PDA's or similar devices

>>6204265
>dingoo
Dingoos were definitely neat. Not really in the same class power wise as a PSP when you consider the hardware, library and accessibility. I would always see loaded ones with outrageous price tags at game and anime conventions back in the day.

What was the average framerate on 1st gen dingoos for snes?

>>6204520
>Not really in the same class power wise as a PSP
True. You can play for more than a couple hours on a fully charged dingoo.

>>6195656
>I thought these were the best thing out there for portable retro emulation?
Maybe 15 years ago
>to play snes
Have fun playing in 5fps

>>6205818
>Have fun playing in 5fps
That would be an authentic experience for N64 games

Was thinking of getting a vita for emulating handheld platforms

Can it run every handheld well? I guess the most taxing thing would be gba emulation

>>6205724
6-8 hours if you dont use the UMD. I also have a few 3rd party ones that last even longer.

I don't have anything against dingoos btw, I just have a bunch of PSP's from back in the day and a lot of experience hacking and repairing them. Cant go wrong either way.

>>6206096
gba rubs at fullspeed now.

>>6195656
I have a psp go and i have big hands, i think you're just obese as shit and clumsy.

>>6206560
>gba rubs
Me the right way

>>6206753
gba games run at fullspeed on vita using retroarch gpsp core now, it it better like that?

I miss my PSP, it met an untimely end. Thinking of picking up another sometime, but all the ones I've seen are a hell of a lot more than $5. It would have been good to get them a few years ago when they were going for $10-$20 at thrift shops.

>>6195671
>It’s nearly 20 years old

It's 16 years old. Not "nearly 20". Don't make me feel older than I am.

>>6195771
The nice thing about the PSP 1000, at least back in the day, was that it was pretty easy to jailbreak. I had mine modded at a local Chinese mall to play games off the memory stick. I owned a grand total of 3 UMDs: Dynasty Warriors, Ridge Racer, and the Spider-Man 2 movie that came bundled with the console. Everything else was on memory stick. I seem to remember the PSP 2000/3000 units weren't jailbreak-able for a while, or at least the Chinamen couldn't figure out how to do it.

>>6204265
>I didnt even touch on PDA's or similar devices
My Palm T|X could emulate GameBoy/Gameboy color competently, and that was about it. The SNES emulator was buggy as hell.

>>6206531
The battery life on UMD was extremely poor. I remember barely getting 3 hours to a charge. Using the memory stick hack doubled the battery life and halved the load times. Tiny discs were definitely inferior to Nintendo DS carts in a lot of respects, but they could hold a lot more data.

>>6206560
what version of retroarch?
main release or some obscure nightly build?

Where the fuck do you get a psp for $5? Cheapest I can find is like around $45 on ebay.

>>6209383
>some obscure nightly build
it's been months it runs at full speed

>>6205818
>Have fun playing in 5fps
are you stuck in 2015?
only reason to play snes at 5fps is if youre retarded enough to use shit like euphoria

>>6209660
>Stuck in 2015
Man, SNES emulation on PSP was utter shit for a good while. Fuck.

>>6209370
you are a brainlet, the psp2000 was jailbreakable as soon as it came out due to pandora battery.
>>6209663
can you say its good now?

>>6211338
Last snes9xtylme mod can emulate tlttp and super metroid at fullspeed with good sound.

>>6200103
Does Sega Ages Space Harrier have anything the 3DS port doesn't?

>>6213204
Soul.