/vr/ - Retro Games

already got my coregrafx, bruh

No. Credit where it's due, it looks like the best of all the mini consoles, but it's still a $100 emulator that plays a couple dozen games.

>>6429513
Most of us got it from Amazon Japan already and cheaper too because of the Yen/USD conversion rate. Japan keeps the Yen undervalued so they can sell cars here. Otherwise you'd be paying 55-60k for a Corolla.

>>6429513
Just get a Coregrafx.
Or better yet, get a PC with a bunch of PCE Roms on it.

>>6429552
it'll play more than that once its hacked open

>>6429590
My PC plays more than that right now.

Any new translations or unreleased games on it?

>>6429552
>>6429615
These.

>>6429513
No

>>6429552
i buy these for the controller repros, but yeah probably the worst overall value since it only comes with one.

>>6429590
Already happening
https://youtu.be/o8dzJr6KwA4

>>6429624
Amazon JP was selling the units intended for North America (it had the ESRB on the packaging even), its just finally getting released in its intended market. Check tha game list, over 50 games between U.S. and Japanese releases.

Input delay and lack of proper scaling kill it. How the heck do you not use horizontal interpolation in your emulation boxes after all this time?

>>6429513
>more than half of the games are in Japanese
>they didn't even bother translating them to English
WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING?????

I can't decide if the multitap not being included is appropriately done or just as cash grabby as it was originally. The fact that it's 3rd party makes me lean to the latter.

Mini consoles are for big cucks.

>>6429513
>online
Konami not sold retailer at the Target, Kmart and big marketing.

>>6429884
>Embarrassing post from a good nothing losers

If new Shantae was made for the mini

>>6429664
The input delay is negligible at best, have you even played it?

I got a MiSTer. I'm good.

>>6429947
>is this nigga serious

>>6429986
I am serious, boi

>>6429513
why not just emulate with a ps2-to-usb hookup?

>>6429990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0

>>6430009
>outdated meme

>>6429552
>it looks like the best of all the mini consoles
well that's all that matters. No ones actually playing these things on a daily basis. They go on the shelf to look nice and a raspberry pi 4 takes their place.

>>6429947
??? Shantae on a PC Engine mini? Are you in the right thread?

>>6429513
Hundred bucks. Eh.....anyone selling it for 80, 85?

>>6429624
Censored versions of Snatcher and Tengai Makyou II, and a fixed up port of a sequel for a shump to be closer to the arcade version.
Interesting all the same. Will be interesting if someone dumps it all.

>>6430169
>if

>>6430169
The shmup is Salamander btw

Anyone know if this will be in stores anywhere or if it's just Amazon?

What is the target audience for these shitty mini-consoles? Just emulate games at higher accuracy on your PC, for free. You do have a PC, right?

>>6430169
>and a fixed up port of a sequel for a shump to be closer to the arcade version.
>>6430395
It's three: Gradius, Fantasy Zone, and Salamander.

>>6430151
Yes

Nope, getting one of these. It's more expensive, but i get the entire library of hu and cd games, and get to play it on original hardware.

>>6430416
They're decoration. Like Funko Pops.

>>6429513
So this thing is like a $100 rasberry pi that only emulates one console?

>>6430492
yes and people think the emulation it's better
like the snes mini or the nes mini

>>6430401
Pretty sure it's just Amazon.

>>6429513
Its barely a miniature, only slightly smaller. It should have had more games, including Legendary Axe. Finally, even though I have nostalgia for it, I would have still preferred the PC Engine design. Maybe just make that desgin in black with the TurboGrafx-16 logo on it and it would look fantastic.

Have fun getting conned. These "mini consoles" should be banned.

https://retropie.org.uk/2020/04/retropie-4-6-released-with-raspberry-pi-4-support/

https://thegamepadgamer.com/2020/04/batocera-for-the-pi-4-is-here-download-the-beta-now/

http://www.lakka.tv/articles/2019/08/01/lakka-rpi4-support/

>>6430730
https://youtu.be/wSRGdwz7DPA?t=304

>>6430151
"Shantae for PC Engine" is a forced redyit meme, racist.

>>6430717
>Finally, even though I have nostalgia for it, I would have still preferred the PC Engine design.
???
It comes in three different shells.

>>6430169
>if

>>6429513
>Ys 1&2
Worth it?

I gotta admit the eurocucks got the best version on this.

>>6430830
Ys is always worth it.

>>6430730
>raspberry pi


No thanks
Ill stick with real consoles

>>6430395
God damn it. Does everything surrounding Salamander's import status have to be so damn confusing?

>>6429952
Of course not, anon. But he made sure he watched the newest review on My Life in Gayming!

>>6430981
>shitty cheap chinese hardware running dated, pirated emulators and fixed, tiny romsets
>""""real consoles""""

Mini consoles are not real consoles, they're just nostalgic plastic shells around shitty hardware.

Certainly a right less bitch of a way if you just want to play Sapphire.

>>6430730

not at that price

EU version's basically got every PC Engine game I want to play. And I've yet to play so many of them, and the controller looks nice. Fuck me I think I'm going to bite. I hope I can find it a little cheaper.

>>6430956
muh man

>>6433651
ADVENTURE!

>>6429513
At a $99 price tag? No. But if it drops to $70 I’ll pick one up.

>>6433651
adventure

Will the Japanese games like snatcher be in English?

>>6430169
>censored Version of snatcher
What I thought it only had it in Japanese.
Is it a brand new translation or just the sega CD version?

Considering Europe never got a real release and the entire community is nothing but import AKA games in Japanese?

Yeah I'd say worth it just to experience Ys and Rondo in english.

>>6434217
Yea but censored.

>>6430169
>Censored versions of Snatcher and Tengai Makyou II,

how so

let me guess, another low end SBC running a public domain emulator shoved in a cuck-sized plastic case

>>6434642
Rent free.

>>6434217
>>6434349
>>6434569
You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about, all previously unreleased games in English-speaking regions are completely untranslated on this, Snatcher included. They are the Japanese Rom images, so there's no censorship. The only games that have been altered are the ones that M2 made near-arcade perfect versions of; Gradius, Fantasy Zone and Salamander.

>>6434656
hows lag on turbografx mini

Just let me know when this version of Rondo in English has been dumped

>>6434698
Again, its not in English, its the same version of the game you'd find on the retail disk. Menus and general text are in English so its playable, but voice acting and flavor text is not. Rondo was translated and dumped years ago via the PSP version.

>>6434702
I assumed they'd take the PSP stuff and put it on there

i literally cannot name one turbografx-16 game
any reason i should look into it?

>>6434703
why would they take the PSP version for the PCengine mini?!

>>6434661
Everything is playable, what most people don't realize is NEC didn't QC input lag via a lotcheck system as stridently as Sega and Nintendo so retail games for the PC Engine are all over the map for input lag natively even before introducing the conversion to digital that will bring more lag. Lords of Thunder is the only game where its noticeable, but its still playable if you know the game, if you already sucked at it that isn't going to change.

The only thing I really noticed was the d-pad on the controller is stiffer than on a real TG-16/PCE controller, so diagonals on shooters aren't as easy to perform.

>>6434705
Think of it as a whole new game system and library to explore, then. If this was just TG-16 games it wouldn't be worth it, but since the other half of this are PC Engine games it has plenty of worthwhile titles to play and explore. It has the best arcade-style game collection next to the Genesis/Mega Drive, so it has plenty of shooters, some of which are still up there with the best of the genre.

>>6433651
ADVENTURE!

>>6429586
They build corollas in the US, dummy. Most of Toyota’s US market vehicles and parts are built in the US.

>>6430416
I know parents who dont want their kids to play online with strangers. So they give the brats this little cheap mini consoles with no social or online options just the games.

Upon doing some resarch, if I find a way to get it cheaper than fucking 100 I might get it cause of convenience, but for the time being there's no way I'm paying that much for a fancy controller and a convenient emulator. Still, my uneducated guess is the European release is going to be super limited and this shit is gonna skyrocket in price once scalpers are the only ones selling them.

Am I far off from reality, is that what's happened with all these consoles?

>>6430730
the thing i love about lakka is its an emulation OS.
tye thing i hate about it is having to have an internet connection to add roms. my emulation comouter is strictly offline and would have lakka if it werent for that 1 issue

Already have an RGB modded PC Engine with an Everdrive. Waste of time.

I'm playing Rondo of Blood on my PC with a Sega Saturn controller. No, I'm not buying it.

just download the roms and play them on your PC for fuck sakes. Stop buying these things

>>6433651

ADVENTURE

>>6430457
Has some issues and glitches and is never in stock

>>6434642
it's the same hardware as the sega megadrive mini, afaik

>>6429743
Is it true that it doesn't even come with a power cable? I guess it just uses generic usb chargers but that's still pretty jewish

>>6429513
Yeah when it becomes hackable, I like it's design, the menu and the game library.
Everything has a distinct soul on it.
I also have a moded mega drive mini with 32x, CD and PCE games the controller and the miniaturised console made me wanna buy it.
Plus I want to support those companies.
Except Nintendo, fuck those kikes I will pirate the shit out of them.
Even their mini consoles were absolute shit and a complete cash grab 20 games and half of those are bing bong yahoo ? Come on.

>>6436003
The worst thing about the snes mini is that it has sound glitches in like all the games. Regular emulators run better than their $80 box

>>6435352
it comes with a usb cable, but not an adaptor

Are these USB / will they work with my PC?

>>6436443
They are USB, I haven't tried mine with my PC yet though.

>>6435036
Actually, I remember being in a similar situation. You can live boot a linux OS (I used puppydog, under 300mb if I remember) and copy the roms in that way. I can't remember if it was lakka, could have been retropie or recalbox. Should work with lakka. Or just get a prebuilt image,

>>6430981
see
>>6431085

>>6432417
To warn people they've been had and try and avoid it from happening to others. Pay more for a "mini console"? Or pay less for limitless retro emulation? Pi4 even has Saturn and Dreamcast to a certain degree, some games full speed.

>>6429590
the people who would bother hacking it already have a retropie set up that makes it obsolete before it even launches

>>6429586
Yeah but you have to pay for international shipping which is usually based on weight therefore probably not going to be cheaper in the end. Anyone have an example of what they payed for PCEmini shipping? I'm actually curious as I would potentially inport the jp version if its not much more expensive

>>6435017
NES/SNES sure, Genesis/PSX maybe, but parents sure as sugar aren't buying their kids a mini PC Engine. Especially at 99.99 with only one controller and uncensored, foreign games

>>6436509
The people who bother hacking dont actually play the games too

>>6436556
Hey I've beat like 7 of the games I added to my SNES Mini this quarantine. I just started Energy Breaker, too. Ninja Warriors alone I beat like 5 times, and probably more to come, now that I discovered the JAP version had a removed enemy. Fucking fell in love with that game.

>>6429513
I would get one mainly for Sapphire, because the Mini is cheaper than the reproductions.

>>6434656
>They are the Japanese Rom images, so there's no censorship.
There is censorship, faggot
Snatcher's copyright infringement, TM2's manjis, and potentially other ones. That much was known since the 2019 reveal in Japan.

>>6436546
I wouldnt mind if my kids see retro anime tities if that means not buying a modern console were people calls them the n word.

>>6429513
Nah, already have Magic Engine installed on multiple PCs.

>>6430492
And you get a replica case and box. Main reason to get these is that it was the last change to get an official console from companies that no longer make consoles. Its the closest thing to getting a brand new nes, sega etc.

>>6436639
I doubt Sapphire is worth even half that much. Most non-arcade shmups are shit.

>>6436578
Based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSKJRTvmGA8

>>6436648
Getting rid of manjis in a game subtitled "Manjimaru" that's only present on the Japanese model wouldn't really make sense -- are you sure about that part?

The Snatcher company names thing is true though
>オープニングに映るコナミオムニビルの両脇に見える看板がNECからHECへ、ASCIIからOSCIIと変わっている

>>6436052
I guess they assume everyone must have one by now but fuck, you can't even plug the thing in without providing additional parts yourself?

>>6438774
Modern HDTVs have USB power ports on them, so most people plug them into those rather than using a power adapter

>>6429667
>WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING
They probably forgot Americans only know english and southern taco american.

Maybe i'll buy one when it's £20

>>6429513
It will be sold out the second it drops by bots then resold for $159+

>>6438793
We only learn the languages of important countries.

>>6429513
Well OP are you going to drink Bleach?

>>6436505
How much does retropie pay you to stick around and shit up these threads?

>>6429513
Is Ys 1 and 2 worth playing? I tend to be bad at 8 bit era rpgs but it looks interesting and I love other games by the same devs.

>>6436957
I mean in terms of content? Not really. It's a fun shmup but it's really short. But it's still a damn over priced game. One of the most common bootlegged ones too.

>>6433651
ADVENTURE!

>>6440531
bitch, what'd I just say:
>>6430956


the game's old-style bump system might seem strange at first but before you know it you'll be bumping into motherfuckers like a fucking boss

it does make some bosses a real pain to deal with though

>>6430830
>>6440531
Get ready for some ADVENTURE

>>6429513
why would i? surely this shit could run on a snes mini

>>6435098
BUT ANON MUH DECORATION

>>6433651
Adventure!

>>6429513
I really want a PC Engine Mini but it costs nearly twice the price of the TG16 mini, which isn't even out yet. Why?

>>6430126
I play my SNES Classic fairy frequently

Nope. I'm happy with a proper emulation setup on my iMac.

>>6446573
You're looking at third party sellers, on Amazon.jp it's only $107 after doing yen to dollar conversion.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07QHNRVYV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_c_9EmXEb8WEZ1PK

>>6446597
Wouldn't shipping cost a bitch and a half, though?

>>6446602
Says in the link, shipping is ¥1,651, so about $15.

Alright fellas fuck it. TG16 Mini/Coregrafx Mini or PCE Mini?
I read the PCE Mini has a very slightly different library than the American and European minis.

>>6446612
PCE Mini has Tokimeki Memorial and Tengai Makyou II Manjimaru exclusively, CoreGrafx Mini and TG-16 Mini have Salamander (Life Force) instead.

>>6446612
>>6446615
Also PC Engine Mini has the Japanese version of Splatterhouse, so Rick is wearing the more Jason-y looking Terror Mask and the religious images like the upside down cross in the church boss fight haven't been removed.

>>6446615
>>6446618
Right, I'm just asking which do you guys think is more worth it? These things are going to be eventually hacked anyways, so I'll have all the games in the end, but out-of-the-box, which would be the better option? I've barely any experience with PCE games.

>>6446639
Either the Coregrafx Mini or TG-16 Mini, the other two games on the PC Engine Mini are Japanese-only, and the PC Engine Mini is also missing the turbo switches on the included controller.

>>6435017
>parents stoping their kids from playing shitty walking simulators, loot box scams, and brain dead hand holding games
>making them play challenging games that require a degree of struggle for a reward
>don’t let them use online play where they’ll be accosted by discord trannies and twelve year olds screaming nigger into the microphone

Based

>>6430457
>AV Multiout with RGB, Composite Video
Give me HDMI or give me death!

>>6429513
No, I already own more capable general purpose computers with more current versions of emulators for that console, and isn't it all arcade ports anyway?

>>6430416
It's not about playing games. It's about buying product, because some people get off on that. When you're tired from shit job and shit lifestlye, buying thing for fleeting high is easier than doing thing and setting up emulator on pc or phone is confusing and scary and illegal i don't want to go to jail im a good boy i demand that you tell me I'm a good boy for stealing game and movie >:(

>>6446717
Umm, hello? Based department?

>>6436556
I hacked my mini SNES and it’s the only console I play

>>6446735
This in short is why people buy these things. Also it gives "retro gamers" something "new" to talk about and get excited by in an hobby all about not being new.
Makes them feel like this thing is for them, and marketing for these things with e-celebs and whatnot influencers have been solid enough to make everyone believe you need at least one "mini" in your house to belong into the "retro gamer" community.

And all of this, is also exactly why other people don't like it, because for them "retro gaming" is also about being outside of modern day consumarism that demands you to buy the new shit console at the high price because you're told to.

>>6446752
g*ming has gotten really weird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jvCQvIbd20

I can go to the mall with my girlfriends and hear less talk of consumerism than I do in most online g*me comms

>>6446768
>I can go to the mall with my girlfriends and hear less talk of consumerism
Because nobody's buying anything in malls anymore anon, they're glorified showrooms, then everyone goes home and buys things online for cheaper. Why do you think malls and retail have been dying a slow, sad death the last two decades?

>>6446792
I've heard malls have rebounded a bit because zoomers cum from spending money and they are, actual quote, "big 80s fans"

>>6430416
PC is for work, not relaxation, anon.

>>6446805
Just like arcades/barcades

They’ll never be as big as they were but they won’t die out like fatalists predicted. In our increasingly isolated society people still want social events. It’s more fun going to an arcade or a mall with friends once in a while than staring at a screen at home alone or ordering shit off of Amazon.

>>6446832
Do you think barcades (this natural portmanteau should not be trademarked) will still exist after this pandemic? That's a lot of fomites.

>>6446847
People have short memories

>>6446856
You're probably right. I was wanting to have a look at the mechanical arcade here but never got around to it.