/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9044793
No. Play it with whatever you are comfortable with.

>>9044793
Nah I do it half the time.

>>9044793
It's no worse then some of the 3rd party controllers I used, god they were awful.

Disregard all previous cocksucking anons, the answer is yes.

>>9044793
No, using three fingers with arrow keys feels much better than using a thumb with a dpad

It's not like any of us did any differently back before controllers were easily compatible with PCs.

>>9044793
i use the famicom keyboard via usb for x68000 titles all the time

>>9044793
All games were created with a keyboard, so it's the most authentic "as the developers intended" experience.

always thought tank controls were better on keyboard, back then i couldn't afford a controller

>>9044793
No but it sucks and the games play better on a controller.

>>9045057
This + PVM for most authentic /vr/ set up

>>9044793
Yes unless there was a PC port

>>9044793
Most oldfags who emulated console games on their computers back in the late 90s/early 00s played using the keyboard. So it's even retro to do so.

>>9044793
No, there is nothing sacred about video games.

>>9045201
CRT monitor + keyboard + bilinear filter for that sweet sweet early 00s setup

>>9044793
I don’t know why you’d want to, but sure, go for it. Personally I’d just buy an Xbox controller and be done with it.

>>9044793
If the game uses digital controls yes. Some games are designed for analog however.

>>9044793
No, but I think you'll probably have a more comfortable experience with a gamepad.

No, some people actually prefer it that way.
Like, people who grew up on DOS games and shit.

>>9044793
no, i used to do it, but it was more out of necessity than actually wanting to do it
i heard mechanical keyboards are good for vidya though

Absolutely not. Nothing is 'sacrilege', use whatever you like. I personally go for the semi-authentic feel by using an 8bit Do on Retroarch, but using the arrows in combination with some keys works perfectly fine too. It's how Shovel Knight mapped its controls originally too.

>>9045206
Do you really need a filter when you're playing on a CRT anyway?

>>9046219
Bilinear filtering was implemented in emulators back when they were still on CRTs

>>9044793
I would saying using a controller to play micro games is more sacrilege than using a keyboard to play consoles.

>>9046250
Yeah but would it do anything other than needlessly blur the image?

>>9044863
like how bad

>>9046219
If it's a computer CRT, yes. Playing on a CRT computer monitor looks very different from playing on a CRT TV.

>>9044793
picrel is the best controller so long as it's an oem - even better if you can get one new-old stock.
goldeneye and perfect dark feel much more fluid using this

you can play tomb raider on pc with one hand

>>9046678
>dogshit d-pad
nah bruh

I try to play games with a controller if they weren't made for PC, but I keep accidentally hitting up or down and that's annoying. But accidentally hitting up or down makes the game harder so it feels like I'm cheating if I use a keyboard and I don't like that.

I prefer keyboard. I get to remap controls. Dash/jump/attack on ASD is permanently burned into my muscle memory.

>>9046219
on dvi. yea. on vga maybe not since it gives blurry garbage image already

>>9044793
As long as whatever you're emulating didn't support analog input you're good. Like trying to play Gran Turismo with a keyboard sucks but Sonic 2 plays just fine, because the game was designed with mono input in mind.

>>9046783
>>d-pad
>with the nintendo 64
I'm willing to bet you were [that] kid at church; making fart noises in the middle of a sermon.

>>9044795
The correct answer.
However this is VR so if you don’t play it on a shitty CRT then it’s bad whatever you do.

WASD is better than a d-pad
Controllers are more comfy, however.

>>9044793
Only fighting games and maybe shmups. It's impossible to do proper input with arrows/wasd than with a stick.

>>9047446
>> Leave management career of physical job working 65-85 hours a week to work as programmer
>> Work as programmer
>> Carpal tunnel exists and now it's painful to play on mouse and keyboard
>> Use controller for all games
>> Many games are awful on controller

Welp.