/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8558942
Everdrives, flash carts, ODE's, and softmods are based as fuck and they will save you a fuckton of money in the long term. I'm tempted to sell the majority of my collection since coomlecting has been made pretty much obsolete for me.

>>8558942
>To me it feels like you're playing a vinyl on a turntable but playing the audio out of a bluetooth speaker.
This analogy doesn't work because vinyl is an analog medium.
N64 cartridges are a digital medium.
An Everdrive 64 is exactly, bit for bit, the same as a real cart.
There is literally no difference at all between playing on an original cart vs an everdrive for this system.

I pretty much play all my systems using flashcards and ODES, even if I have a copy of the game.
You can always buy the games you like later.

>>8558942
Poor
>>8558968
Poor
>>8558986
Poor
>>8558987
Poor
The only reason to ever use a flashcart is if you're poor. If you just wanted easy access to all your games, you'd just download the roms and play them emulated. If you wanted to use original hardware and weren't a filthy poor, you'd just buy the original cartridges.
You're all pathetic poorfags.

>>8558942
I have a bunch of Genesis cartridges and I use an Everdrive MD for now. The carts are in storage because I don’t need them out. I will probably put a smaller set of ROMs on the Everdrive because I don’t need the system’s entire library on there.
I have an AV Famicom and a number of carts that I keep in a small drawer organizer by the console. I also have an Everdrive N8 for when I want to try stuff out or play FDS games. In that case I prefer putting in carts to navigating menus.
They are useful tools for mitigating clutter.

I have one for my N64 which is hooked up to my CRT. I love it and it works flawlessly.

>it feels like you're playing a vinyl on a turntable but playing the audio out of a bluetooth speaker.

Not at all, you shouldn't think of it that way. As long as you get a reputable cart or ODE, like any Everdrive or a good chink knockoff like GDEMU clones, EZ Flash Omega etc - the experience is literally the exact same.

For me it all comes down to this - do you want to pay out the arse to collect plastic or do you actually want to play games? If you want to play games, get a flashcart and stop paying scalper prices, it's the smart thing to do.

Rarely do people ever buy these things and say "gee, it just doesn't feel the same!"
If you're truly autistic about collecting, nothing is stopping you from buying a cart after you've gotten an Everdrive, plenty of people do that after they find a game they love. And if you feel overwhelmed by having an entire romset on your sd card, just keep your library small or make a favourites folder for stuff you actually think you'd play.

>>8559001
shut up retard

>>8559013
>mitigating clutter
Only a concern if you're a poor living in a shoebox apartment who can't even afford a shelf
>>8559024
>do you want to pay out the arse to collect plastic or do you actually want to play games?
If you weren't so poor you could do both at once

>>8558942
A better comparison would probably be playing rewritable discs on a CD player with your Hi-Fi setup. Same audio quality as an official disc, but you feel empty inside because "it just doesn't *feel* the same", right?
If you own a CRT and some consoles, invest in an Everdrive (or equally good flash cart) first, and over time buy the original carts over the course of time if you're that insistent. Maybe keep a list of all the essential games you'd want to own, check prices, and plan out a time to buy them.

>>8559041
Whoops, a bit of "over time" redundancy

>>8559041
This is actually a fucking good idea. My autistic brain can actually handle the idea of buying an everdrive to use it as a sort of "demo" of games I'd actually want to own.

>>8559024
/thread

>>8559036
Kill yourself faggot.

>>8559036
Anon do you live here? If so that’s cool no judgment
I find it easier to focus and enjoy things if I only have out the things I really want to spend time on at the moment

>>8559063
I use it for trying out games in this way more than I use it for actually playing through them

>>8558942
The difference is more akin to how the audio was recorded onto the vinyl
Ever drive being a digital recording transferred to vinyl vs a studio recording onto vinyl
Does that quell your autism?

>>8559001
Autism in its purist form.

>>8558942
Yep I play real consoles on a crt with flashcarts and odes.

>>8559026
>>8559068
>>8559102
Lol, the hoi polloi are getting uppity, might have to get the fire hose
It's 'purest" by the way, you uneducated poor
>>8559041
Planning out a time to buy them? Games are like $40 max unless you're buying some obscure weeb shit. If you don't have $40 to toss around, consider killing yourself.
With your finances, you'd be stupid to buy them at full eBay price anyways, just check Craigslist occasionally and go around to garage sales. Unless your three jobs at different fast food chains don't permit you the time.

>>8559109
Yep, just finished getting every console I want with an xstation modded PS1

>>8559135
Planning out a time to dilate? Stents only cost $10 max unless you're buying some obscure shit made for real women. Whether you have $10 lying around or not you would be best killing yourself immediately.
With your finances, you'd be stupid to try to continue living with a gaping bloody mutilation hole between your legs. Unless you're able to afford insurance with your welfare checks.

>>8559135
emufag falseflagging

>>8559135
Not sure why you're LARPing this hard to be a faggot. I was referring to the $100+ cartridges, which I can't justify anyone paying for these days.

>>8559001
Meds.

>>8559135
>You can’t afford $40?! lol
This is a thread about carts that cost $100-160 each. Please take your poor ass elsewhere.

>>8559176
Cope, trannies all emulate. Easier to record their speedruns that way.
>>8559215
>I can't justify anyone paying for these days.
You being poor doesn't mean the rest of us are too. Sad to see your mind so limited that you can't comprehend a better life than your own.
>>8559216
Already took them, paid for by my private insurance. Shame you'll die at 30 after you can't afford insulin. If only you'd eaten less McDonalds.
>>8559247
>Buying mid-price low-quality trash you can't even afford
Typical poorfag behavior. Get your army sign-on bonus, put a down payment on a Dodge Challenger or an F350, get it repossessed within 2 years.
If you'd gone to college you could've just gotten a nice luxury sedan.

>>8559302
You’re an idiot and we’re all laughing at you.

>>8558942
That analogy would be better if you were to compare it to a really nice all tube analog hi-fi but instead of the source being a turntable it’s Spotify running on your phone. For all intents and purposes it’s the same quality, but you no longer have a physical library to peruse and the user experience is imo a little bit inferior.

That being said I have an everdrive for my genesis and n64, a red cart for my Saturn, and an early model DC that natively plays burned discs. Fuck original media prices today.

>>8559405
>Spotify
This is right on. I’m sure everybody who brags about having fullsets of every system that they play with Retroarch also exclusively listen to music on Spotify. The priority becomes having access to everything, immediately, without worrying too much about the fine details or spending too much time on any one thing.

>>8559405
I was never the best at making up analogies.

>>8559414
>>8559405
I agree with these posts. The concept of the sunken cost fallacy is true for media, if you pay money for something you’re more inclined to actually use/appreciate it. I think a good balance is buying the actual consoles and a flashcart/Everdrive. You’re still investing into the console, but you’re getting access to almost everything.

I collect flashcarts but I keep them as display items and mostly emulate.

>>8559001
>Can't justify buying carts besides not being poor

>>8558986
I'm curious about this, is this anon right?

>>8559503
Yes, vinyls are in fact analog.

>>8559302
shut the fuck up retard, nobody gives a rats ass that you have a shelf filled with plastic

>>8559643
>claims he’s minimalist but really he just has bare walls and a mattress with no bed frame

>>8558942
I got one for my n64 and I think it’s worth it. Some of the ROMs don’t run quite as well, but overall it works really well. I still own actual cartridges for my top 10ish games, but for everything else I stick with the flash cart. Nowadays with WATA and collectorfags artificially inflating the price for retro games it just isn’t viable for most people to play everything on original cartridges

>>8558942
>old consoles with Everdrives/ODE's
>Roku and PS3 for movies and TV pre-2007
>all connected to a VCR running to a CRT with RF
>plus the old stereo my dad had growing up that still works connected via aux to my cell phone with all the music I enjoyed 25 years ago

>>8559481
This has to be the faggiest, most soulless-consumerism thing I've ever seen

>>8559746
I thought flashcarts were supposed to run 1:1 exactly like the original carts? (I don't own one.) Which ROMs have given you issues?

>>8559746
>don't run quite as well

Elaborate because I don't see how a ROM on an Everdrive would have framerate issues compared to a ROM on a cart.

>>8559001
Based

>>8559768
>>8559761
Yeah I don’t know why I said that desu. Come to think of it, I can’t recall having any performance issues. I think my memory got mixed up bc I was having issues with an old Paper Mario cart at the same time I first got my flash cart

>>8559761
Not that anon, but I had a game freeze when using a GBA flashcart. You can Google everdrive freeze and you'll find topics about it.

>>8559481
This is one of the most hilariously retarded posts I've ever read on /vr/. The absolute worst of both worlds.

>>8559840
I know there's a really shitty GBA flashcart with very limited compatibility, bugs out the ass, and it won't even work on anything but the GBA SP called the supercard mini SD or something that might have been your problem.

>>8559760
That’s how you know it’s bait

>>8559867
No it was the everdrive.

>>8559001
If you go to a flea market you might find T&C Surf Designs or Bases Loaded, but you can't find unlicensed FDS eroge games. How else you gonna play stuff like that without a flash cart?

>>8559013
>because I don’t need the system’s entire library on there
yeah I don't think I need MLB '95 either

>>8558942
I own one. I still kind of want to have real cartridges of the games I had as a kid. But I feel no pressure. Playing with everdrive is exactly like real hardware 9 times outta 10. Only real quirk i've experienced is stop n swop events triggering for Banjo Kazooie without me inputing any cheato codes once in a while. It's happened like three times, I have two eggs and the ice key.

But other than that, pretty much just as good as the same thing. I can even use things like the Transfer Pak, N64 mic, rumble pak, and Memory Pak. Everything works so far. And I've got the entire library worth playing in one cartridge... plus, romhackers are finally starting to work with N64 in mind. So far every Banjo Kazooie hack works, Smash Remix works, Zelda redux hacks work, most Mario 64 hacks don't work or they run shitty, but the most well known Mario 64 hacker has finally started working on ways to optimize for N64. So that's something to look forward to.

Like if you need something to put on your shelf, you can just get merchandise for the games you really like, that's much more satisfying to me. Or at the very least, get everdrive now so you can play everything, and get the real cartridges later. And maybe you can assess weather you want to spend money on certain games at all.

Personally speaking, I literally see no reason to buy the real game cartridges when you have an everdrive unless you are really sentimental, or unless that specific game has some quirk or gimmick that requires a cart, like Pokemon Pinball having rumble in it, or pokemon games in general needing to go into a transfer pak for pokemon stadium, but there's no games like that on non-handhelds as far as I know.

>>8559926
Let alone 5 versions of every yearly MLB, NHL, and NFL release and 100 different Super Mario World hacks.

>>8558942
It's is understandable, but first of I would have walls full of cartridges (that together must cost a fortune) AND a flashcart gives you an easy way to play fan translated games

>>8559001
Poor is never an argument, and flashcarts only emulate (if you can call it that) the circuitery that allows you to play a rom, the rom (e.g. the actual game) itself isn't

>>8559907
I never found a way to play multi disk FDS eroge on the N8 Pro. I tried combining the bin files, but still had no dice. Half that eroge was pretty good at least.

>>8558942
I have a 64 x5 and I love it, but should've gone for an x7 since you can just switch it off without needing to reset first.
I feel the same way you do on older vidya since I'm used to and like owning lots physical vidya and it just feels nice swapping between carts, though I'd attribute most of that to conditioning growing up. However considering the price hikes with older vidya, I couldn't fucking be bother spending 30+$ on several old games and just settled for everdrives as the next best thing. Even if I had an expendable income I'm still too stubborn to spend above $15 - $20 on older vidya

It's better in the long run too because an everdrive can just sit in the console without having to fuckin' yank it out, damaging the pins over time.

>>8559939
>if you need something to put on your shelf, you can just get merchandise for the games you really like
Most "retro gaming" merch is gaudy and hideous, and targeted towards soiboy Redditor types. Nothing looks quite as tacky as a cheap plastic question block cube on your particleboard Ikea shelf.
You could get original merch from when the game came out, but that stuff is rare and collectible, and ends up being more expensive than just buying games and consoles. An NES and stack of games will look way nicer on your shelf than a Pac-Man fucko pop.

>>8558942
I understand liking the feeling of physically switching carts and I sometimes have problems with choice overload, but the like 5 games I wanted most on N64 were going to cost more than an Everdrive. I went with the Everdrive and now I can also play fan translations and other hacks.

>>8558942
I use flash carts but still also buy original games now and then. Because cover, manual, artwork, etc etc, and simply out of habit. With a flash cart you have the freedom to say no when crap is overpriced. Flash carts free you from the tyranny of human greed.

>>8560060
> 51POBZu-I8L._AC_SX425_.jpg
pic related

The only thing the public can do to redeem my faith is firebomb funko-pop

>>8559896
Bad firmware then probably.

>>8558942
I bought a Turbo EverDrive and I love it. The other consoles that I collect for (SFC, PSX, PS2 and even PC Engine CD) aren't very expensive but PC Engine just had too many games I wanted to play to justify collecting actual copies for. I did still buy a copy of Splatterhouse, though.
I also have a GBA X5-Mini and it's great. I don't like keeping up with small cartridges.

Flashcarts are essentially 1:1 outside of a few games with extra chips or hardware features like rumble packs and shit.

Personally, if I was getting into retro stuff these days? I'd skip buying 80% of the systems and just get a MiSTer if I was playing on CRT. I have flashcarts for everything, but I just don't bother plugging in my mega drive or my SNES anymore. They need their own power supply, they need to be plugged in, the flashcarts are a little slow to load some games. And in the case of the SNES, the picture isn't perfect because it's one of the models with a middling RGB output. I can play all the SNES and MD games I want on MiSTer, with the actual controllers. I can even plug in shit like the Super Scope, and the whole setup cost me no more than an SD2SNES would.

>>8558942
>for those of you who play with original hardware and on a CRT display, do you use a flash cart such as Everdrive?
Yes
You are an autistic retard. If you want to play the games, then get an everdrive. If you want to collect the carts because you actually want to collect plastic, then do that
>>8559503
Yes

>>8560797
you can't play Famicom karaoke games that need an add-on attachment but who cares anyway?

>>8560060
I'm sorry anon I figured most people would be smart enough to know that "retro merch" would entail actual vintage merchandise from when those games came out. But someone who uses as many buzzwords as you likely has a lot of mental handicaps that you need to work through.

>>8558942
The better analogy is actually using a timecode on real turntables and hi-fi audio instead of playing actual vinyl.

>>8559405
>red cart for my Saturn,
what is this and how does it work? I use a flashed action replay for my saturn so I can play burned discs and jp games. Is a "red cart" better?

>>8559024
Question my fren
I am seriously considering an ED64 - How does it handle saves? Like suppose I'm playing starfox 64 and get a high score then switch to OoT and stuff does it save both on the sd card or hows it work? Virtual memory card would make sense for the games that need the little pak in the controller to save but for the ones that write to the gwme cart itself how does it save? Does it save? I dont need or want save states just games that save to the cart (there are a lot) how do you save if you are flashing what rom the console is seeing? Does it overwrite the file or something?

>>8561583
>I am seriously considering an ED64
I think those are just Everdrive clones so I assume they handle saves the same way the Everdrive does. To save a game you hit the reset button on your N64 which takes you back to the ED menu. If you turn it off without doing that, it doesn't save. It doesn't support virtual memory card/controller paks either but I do believe you can transfer your saves from an existing controller pak onto your SD card for a backup. It doesn't do save states for the games which use cartridge saves, it just dumps a .sav file or whatever into your SD card in the same directory as the game once you hit the reset button. It's very simple.

>>8558942
all my favorite games i have on their respective cartridges
i use my everdrive for games i dont feel like paying for and game hacks

>>8561615
With the x7 you dont have to reset to save.

>>8561621
Yeah but they're like $150 more. Not worth it.

>>8559036
t. poorest /vr/ poster

>>8561640
Still cheaper then buying the games I like of ebay from "investors".
I miss the old days of just trading games.

>>8561640
Get it second hand from a local seller then, that's what I did

>>8561640
It is like $60 more than a regular priced x5 if you buy them around black friday. Thank goodness I decided on getting the fx pakpro when I did, cause krikzz had to raise the price on them but waited till after the sale ended to keep his yearly promise I suppose.

>>8561868
Eh, the SDSNES is open source, the rev x knockoff is exactly the same if you want cheaper

I have an Everdrive for my GBA that I love cause fuck carrying a bunch of carts around. Love it, feels flawless.

Have one for my SNES, which I might dump all of my collection onto, just because SNES batteries are dying out, and it's easier to put them on a flashcart than soldering on new ones (not that soldering the batteries is hard. It's babby's first solder job, I'm just lazy to do them all)

The only exception, at least for SNES, is that some games require a special chip, and you have to be mindful of that depending on the flashcart. For N64 it shouldn't be an issue.

I'll still buy physical copies of games I really, really love, but I'm getting to a point where I don't have space to buy every game, and I'd rather put the money towards something else. I just don't need a whole lot of shit sitting around.

>>8562143
N64 does have some bullshit around different lockout chips. Not as big a deal as SNES expansion chips but you do need to be aware of it.

>>8558942
I have bootleg Chinese versions of them, but it works well enough. If you really have the urge to insert different cartridges, there are the ones they sell cheap on AliExpress. I still find the games fun to play and a great way to relax.

>>8562651
Buying flashcards to play on an emulator.
Why the fuck would you do that, whats the point?
My brain hurts.

>>8562651
Why do I get Slavic vibes from this photo

>>8558942
>do you use a flash cart such as Everdrive?
something similar, an ULTIMATE-II+
>buy (I guess collect) the original cartridges
t. console peasant

>>8562651
>this picture again
Still retarded

>>8562664
It lets me play a lot of the games I cannot afford.

>>8562669
I would guess because Everdrives originate from the Ukraine, but those are Chinese bootlegs.

>>8562749
OP asked about original hardware on CRT.

>>8562784
If you truly don't understand what's wrong I'm sorry. Just use a raspberry and be happy in your ignorance.

>>8562784
Where's the original hardware?

>>8562792
I don't see what's wrong with playing games one likes especially since it does mostly no harm to anyone else.

>>8562795
On top of the TV. It's a Victor WonderMega.

>>8558942
>CRT display, do you use a flash cart such as Everdrive?

I do. Its the best way to play modern homebrews and hacks outside of an emulator. It also gives you the option to play rarer games without going through cart scalpers. If you want to have a phisical copy, label manual and all, I would go the collection route. If you dont care about that and just want to play a spectrum of games for relitivley cheap, i say go for it.

I tried to go the cheap route and bought a NES bootleg flasher from China. Expectidly, it failed hard and wiped my SD, never to work again. So I bought the real deal and have been enjoying it for a while now.

>>8562651
Anon, whatever the fuck you do just DONT unplug before powering off the console. I had the same model, it whitescreened hard.

>>8558968
fpbp
I sold most of my collection about a year ago and bought a set of flashcarts and its like, the best of all worlds

I finally bought the last everdrive on my wishlist last month, a GB X7
and now it looks like all of them are backordered because Krikzz is fleeing the impending Russian invasion so my timing was really good

>>8558942
>I think I'm just an autistic retard

>>8562784
>OP asked about original hardware on CRT.
Correct. Which is why it's retarded.

Are Chinese clone flashcarts for the Game Boy any good?

>>8558942
I bought a flash cart for my Mega Drive years ago and since then I've been adding ODEs or HDDs to all my old consoles to play games like that.
I absolutely love it, I get the original controller, the CRT but I can play any game I like. If I really want to, I can swap back to the old cartridges or put my disc drives back in, but I've never had the inclination to do so.

>>8558942
The is something to be said about original cartridges. I was testing a system and had my flash cart put away so I just grabbed a random cartridge, ended up being Alien storm. I played that for the next few days because I liked it so much. When you have a big list of roms its so easy to miss games that you would like.

>>8564101
This is a personal problem
Just pick a game

>>8564101
>>8564145
It is a personal problem, but choice paralysis can happen easily with flash carts and ODEs. You just have to pick a game and stick with, hae a goal like finishing it or playing it to a certain point while also not being afraid to quit if you're not enjoying yourself. I had the same thing at first with emulators, but since getting Flashcarts and ODEs I've found a good balance for myself.

>>8562816
I try my best to turn off the console first. I cannot dictate lightning strikes, so hopefully the surge protectors are enough.

>>8563085
See >>8562815

>>8564243
How many stacks of paper do you go through a week just posting on this fucking board?

>>8559063
Consider using it for things never commercially released either. I'm doing Zelda OOT Disk Drive right now

>>8562784
oof should have built a mister

>>8558942
>do you use a flash cart such as Everdrive?
Yeah. All of my systems use Flashcarts, ODEs, read CD-Rs or run games off an internal hard drive. None of my original games have been touched in years, they're all in boxes in my basement.
>there's something in my autism that makes me only want to buy (I guess collect) the original cartridges.
there is literally zero difference in how the games play. Sometimes it's cool to see the label or read the manual I guess, but so many games out there have had their manuals and boxart scanned.
>To me it feels like you're playing a vinyl on a turntable but playing the audio out of a bluetooth speaker.
it's like ripping an album on CD and playing it on a CD-R. There's no difference.
>If you own one, how are you finding it?
Love it. Never going back.

>>8559036
literally kill yourself you cunt.

Are there any multicarts or clone flashcarts that don't suck?

>>8564261
Surprisingly not that much. Have not gone through a whole ream yet. Sharpies, on the other hand ...

>>8565123
Done. It is cool to have the old obscure computer games on a modern display too.

>>8562651
>retron
holy puke
>>8562784
ORIGINAL. HARDWARE.

>>8562784
Please buy original hardware.
Or emulator on pc/pi/mister.
But what you are doing is the worst case.

You invest so much in a good scaler, and flashcards. And then just use them to load a rom file in an emulator.

>>8565336
>Sharpies, on the other hand ...
They're not disappearing into your hand champ

>>8563658
I got the one they have on Amazon called "game color" with the weird label art and I've had no problems.

>>8565428
It is a Super Retro Trio, not a Retron. Besides, the Victor Wondermega is original hardware.

>>8565495
I utilize my computers and phone for emulation.

>>8566093
They don't have much of a lifespan.

>>8566331
Now you're just trolling.
gtfo

>>8566331
What game

If I have a PAL N64 and I buy an everdrive, am I limited to PAL games or can I play NTSC games at 60hz?

>>8566736
Depends on your cable. With composite and svideo, my pictures is shifted and only black and white.

>>8562816
No special chip games like Mariokart or Stunt race fx

>>8566743
ah shit i can only do composite on this n64

>>8566743
Are you sure it depends on cable? Wouldn't that be more to your TV not supporting NTSC? I dunno, I might be a retard.

>>8566752
I tried on 3 tvs (all lcd) with the inputs from the TV and with rad2x.
After that I just brought a ntsc n64, because I don't play pal games anyway. And that works without a problem on the same TV. So I don't think it's a TV problem.

>>8566764
Do you need a step down converter for NTSC N64s if you're in the UK or can you just use your PAL N64 power supply?

>>8558942
I've been thinking about getting one of these since the n64 market is so fucked but they're extremely expensive and the UI is ugly as hell.

>>8566769
Yes I used the same powe adapter from my pal system and works without a problem.

>>8566784
sweet, might get an ntsc n64 then

>>8566804
Did the same thing on my Japanese Saturn. Switch the power supply from my pal console.

>>8558942
getting an x7 in the mail today. Anyone know what NES games run on it?

If you are a collector there is literally no reason to not use ed, ode, or mods. You want to preserve your drives and physical media right?

>>8566493
I am just saying, playing through a flash cart is just fine.

>>8566729
That's Pulstar.

I've always been a staunch believer in physical media, original hardware, etc. However, as I get older and the prices go into orbit, I've started to convert over to ODE's, modded systems and the like. So far I have an Xstation, PS2 with hard drive, and recently modded my PS3 with CFW (which is far more complex and detailed than PS2 let me tell you)

Point is - at a certain point, I can't justify spending 100$ for an old SNES game simply because it's popular to jack up prices. Plus Flashcarts allow awesome improvements, hacks mods, etc on older games.

I've considered selling the majority of my collection and only keeping a handful that truly have a special meaning in my past. Not quite there yet but I imagine it will happen within the next year or so

>>8569084
I can vibe with it, if you just wanna play the games, ODE / Flashcarts etc are the way to go, beats emulating imo especially if you got all this hooked to a crt

>>8559503
Absolutely, in every sense. For the N64 in particular, it will play identically to the original carts.

For different systems that had extra chips, different flash speeds, etc., you could maybe argue that some games will ha e compatibility issues or accuracy issues due to missing some of those components, but the N64 carts were dead simple, and it's 100% the same, if not better actually.

>>8569638
That’s not entirely true
There are still firmware updates because of issues with certain games or hardware communication for things like saves
I would say 99.9% identical

Bought an Everdrive 64 and a 9" CRT and never looked back. It ruins my trips to hobby shops because why spend money on something I already practically own?

It's a wise choice financially, it frees up a lot more space in your home not having shelves full of cartridges. There's no downside that I can think of.

>>8570154
9" crt wtf

>>8570243
I'm in a super-small space and didn't want a hulking tv taking up what little I have. It works out great though and it's super aesthetic.

>>8570313
Aesthetic is a noun.

>>8570313
>I'm in a super-small space and didn't want a hulking tv taking up what little I have.
I'm in a 2x3m room and I have a 20" PVM. You've got no excuse.

>>8570335
>ackshually
>>8570708
I'm in a walk-in closet, using dollar general shelves that can barely support the weight of a vcr. I could probably get a bigger tv but it's not worth the trouble.

I use flash carts for snes, genesis, n64. Why buy games when you can have the whole library.

Question, kinda related since we're talking about Everdrive 64s and there's no CRT thread at the moment:
I installed an RGB mod in my N64 (a Tim Worthington board, older model but with deblur). Looks alright but I was playing Majora's Mask and noticed that anytime the screen got bright, like during the memory when Link learns the song of time, my BVM's Overload light would turn on. Is that an issue, and if so do I need to solder a resistor or something to the RGB output lines?

>>8566331
>he can afford a neo geo and a multicart
I'll suck your dick for $100 you rich miser

>>8572475
>he can afford a neo geo and a multicart

>>8572732
Is that not a Neo Geo in the picture?

>>8572282
N64 deblur mods on original hardware/CRTs are such a meme
why ever bother with original hardware if you're going to cock it up but making everything way different than it was meant to? N64 games relied on the AA/blur to hide some of the jank

>>8572741
The reason is I'm probably going to need to get rid of my CRTs at some point, and RGB is the most robust signal for when investing in a scaler. My PAL console required a more advanced RGB mod kit though, and that deblur option came standard with the one I bought.

Anyway with MM at least, funnily enough I agree; I tried it with a deblur gameshark code ± the hardware deblur, and it didn't look right with certain effects (textbox transparency and a couple sprites).
Some titles do definitely benefit- a few tremendously so, from the clearer visuals but precisely because there's no guarantees I have a little switch mounted outside the console to toggle the effect.

>>8572804
Deblur on the output is not that simple.
As some games use it differently than others. Some rgb modes allow to switch between mods.
https://github.com/borti4938/n64rgb_fw4viletim

>>8572741
>don't watch 4k version of old movies.
>they where mad with bad cinema copys and vhs in mind.

>>8572737
>Is that not a $30 Neo Geo in a chink shell?

>>8572973
It's more like
>take the time to set up an old projector
>get your hands on an original 35mm film real
>replace the bulb of the projector lamp with an LED floodlight from home depot

>>8573665
Ah yeah that's why we still use the same projector as from the 50s.
No need to upgrade to better hardware.
Better not scan those 35mm prints and digitize them, as that was not intended when the movie was mad.

>>8573684
Yes

>>8569084
PS3 CFW is the easiest shit ever and it also isnt retro