/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8656230
Doesn't matter. Play it how you want. Nobody cares.

>overclocked
>upscaled
unironically the experience the devs intended

>>8656230
Real boards

I prefer emulating with slowdown.

>>8656230
You have to test them both. Even some great players have trouble changing setup as their muscle memory is incredibly tied to the timings he grew used to.
Gold standard is original PCB, but if you’re not playing competitively do whatever rocks your boat. Ofc some options are way more expensive than others so...

>>8656272
Didn’t some games use the slowdown as a way to add bullettime when there’s a lot to dodge on the screen? That’s what my friends and I always assumed when playing metal slug at the arcade.

Is there any downside to overclocking the emulated CPU in every game? Would doing a 200% or even 400% default overclock in every game cause any issues?

>>8656354
on real hardware it can cause crashes, graphical glitches and timers running too fast, sound issue but you will just have to try it out.

>>8656317
>Didn’t some games use the slowdown as a way to add bullettime when there’s a lot to dodge on the screen? That’s what my friends and I always assumed when playing metal slug at the arcade
Why wouldn't they just set the game to switch to a more consistent half speed instead? Although I guess their playtesting would balance around slowdown either way.

>>8656457
I mean, I never thought about it too deeply, but I don’t think they ever set out to “create” bullet time by filling the screen with extra bullets, but rather, they were able to make the difficulty more of a matter of weaving between bullets since they knew the game would be slowing down anyway.

>>8656317
Yeah some shoot 'em ups do this.

>not under clocking to enjoy every single gorgeous frame