OG Hardware “Magic”

[Anonymous No.11236786]

Is it true that there’s a sort of “magic” that makes playing games on original hardware feel better than an emulator? Or is it just copium?

[Anonymous No.11236804]

The "magic" would be something the player's brain concocted somehow. And the whole point of the game is for the player to have a mental experience, so regardless of where this "magic" came from, it'd be real for our purposes because its effect on the experience would be real. Somebody could lie about how authentic a hardware setup was and thereby cause a certain type of person to GENUINELY feel this "magic". It's just a matter of what attitude and preferences the player has. It doesn't have nearly as much to do with the actual hardware.

Of course certain setups will produce potentially problematic changes from the original experience like, say, a lookin' good filter that some people would find extremely ugly, or a little bit of extra lag somewhere that makes an action game much harder than it needs to be. But even that stuff might somehow feel better to certain people. The "magic" of enjoying a game is real, but it's mainly in the player, and it doesn't have as much to do with the hardware.

[Anonymous No.11236825]

It really depends. There's no fucking way in 2024 I would want to play on an original Game Boy, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance. They're uncomfortable for long sessions and the screens are utter dogshit, especially considering how many of them have degraded over time. With that said, I love the form factor of all those devices, the variants, putting the cartridge in, the nostalgia factor etc. There's something very pleasant about all that which you won't get from an emulator. But for me personally, that "magic" just isn't worth it when there's so much other bullshit to put up with. I'd much rather play it on a good chink device or my Steam Deck and just appreciate the game without barriers.

All /vr/ consoles are like this to varying degrees. I love the Dreamcast, but do I want to use that awful fucking controller and put up with the whirring and clicking of a disc drive? No, I'll just use a wireless adaptor and a GDEMU.

Its also important to remember that this board is completely infested with highly autistic people. The kind of autism that's offputting, irrational and can't be reasoned with. And to these people, the idea of someone playing a game in a way that isn't 1:1 with how they experienced it as a child is enough to cause a full on sperg out. Ignore them, and do what you want.

[Anonymous No.11236828]

>>11236786
its copium
but it is a different thing entirely to experience the games on the original hardware as was intended by the developers as was experienced by those that came before you, before modern technology
its entirely up to you as to whether something like that has any value to you or not

[Anonymous No.11236831]

>>11236786
>Is it true that there’s a sort of “magic” that makes playing games on original hardware feel better than an emulator?
Yes but it has little to do with an individual game itself. You know how if you like a band, you might stick a poster up on the wall or buy band merch? Well how does that help you optimally listen to their music? It doesn't, you like the band and want the stuff.
People who tell you real hardware is better in some substantial way are often just lying to justify their purchase. The truth is that they just want the thing because they think the thing is cool. They want the old style TV it was made for, they want the console, they want the cartridge, they like the game but they also like that stuff too.
Trying to find the rationality of owning OG hardware is like trying to find the rationality of a guy building a model trainset in their basement. They just think it's cool.

[Anonymous No.11236835]

the screen looks too bright to be OG hardware

[Anonymous No.11236841]

>>11236786
For most handhelds? 100% copium. Same goes for most console and old computers. Spending money is a good way for low disciplined individuals to commit to something though assuming they actually use the thing. Aside from that you might just want to have it because you like it. The only way it isn't coping is if the device you are emulating is very gimmicky, but people tend to like the idea of the gimmick more than actually interacting with it anyway.

[Anonymous No.11236849]

>>11236786
It’s not “magic”, it’s more like whether the experience is “in spec” with how the game was designed. Ps1 games with pre-rendered backgrounds, for example, are 100% always going to look like dogshit on anything but a crt at 240p.

[Anonymous No.11236858]

>>11236841
A console/everdrive or modchip setup for most retro hardware can be bought for pocket change by someone with a real job in a first world country, this is poorfag cope.

[Anonymous No.11236884]

>>11236858
It's cool that you found employment, anon. I'm happy for you, but none of that counters anything said in my post.

[Anonymous No.11236887]

>>11236786
>original hardware
>ips mod

[Anonymous No.11236890]

>>11236786
Just knowing that its being played as intended and at the correct speed, if you see a glitch or hear a weird sound you don't have to wonder if it was because the emulator wasn't made right.

>>11236825
If you get an ips its fine and you don't have to worry about weird resolutions those portable emulators run.

>>11236841
But a gbc with ips is cheaper than any new emulator handheld. I don't think those handhelds will late more than 5 years because some surface mounted chip will break or the 4 layer motherboard will get flakey.

[Anonymous No.11236896]

>>11236890
>But a gbc with ips is cheaper than any new emulator handheld.
post this in the handheld general so they can laugh at you

[Anonymous No.11236902]

>>11236890
>gbc with ips
It's only partially original hardware at that point, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.11236903]

>>11236786
I find original gbc screens to be very beautiful, provided they have a new glass lens on them. The pastel colors are very beautiful, and enjoyable. You can't emulate that screen. I reccomend magnifying lens attachment because lights are affixed in the right place, or strong overhead lighting.

[Anonymous No.11236905]

Sell all your physical now. Bubble gonna pop soon

[Anonymous No.11236910]

>>11236905
schizo

[Anonymous No.11236914]

>>11236825
I understand that most games aren't as good graphically but that doesn't mean there aren't games for these

My favorite genres aren't really on these, so I rarely if ever play it, but they still have some ok games

[Anonymous No.11236917]

>>11236910
Crying about <0.8 of the population and using a word you don't understand

You're even dumber than they are

[Anonymous No.11236918]

>>11236890
>IPS
Not original anymore, but if it gets you playing games go for it? That's the actual point of retroGAMING, is it not? You'll never truly recapture that "magic" from back then anyway so it's all just a facsimile marred by knowledge you lacked as a kid. If getting as close as possibly to the original pleases you, then do that. If you just want to discover games no matter how, then do that. Same goes for anything inbetween like a convenience modded system or chinkshit.

The modern "magic" is entirely of your own creation unless you are a child at which point you should be banned.

[Anonymous No.11236925]

>>11236786
There's no definitive answer to that. It just depends on what you like, some people might get a kick out of playing Gameboy games with a keyboard in a browser window and others enjoy it more on original hardware. Just do whatever you know you like and don't fall for FOMO. If someone tells you a certain something has to be played on original hardware that might just be them and the game could very well be a lot of fun on an emulator.

[Anonymous No.11236952]

>>11236786
Pic unrelated? That thing has a modern screen you fucking idiot.

[Anonymous No.11236973]

>>11236914
I'm not talking about the Game Boy libraries themselves you ESL fucking moron. I'm talking about using the original handheld itself to play those games.

[Anonymous No.11237010]

>>11236896
$4 gbc and $60 screen kit with a shell, its cheap enough

>>11236902
Depends who you ask, they evolved from better leds in the gba sp and improved each year.

>>11236918
I never liked that screen even when it was new, it was inferiour to Game Gear and Lynx. The first IPS screen for my gba had screen tearing and it was horrible but the new ones I've got for GBC and GBA are good. The GB and GBP do have a unique style which is worth preserving. I've seen the ambernick gba but I'll hold off for now, if you care about Dreamcast on the go you might as well get it.

[Anonymous No.11237043]

>>11236825
The flaws are part of the fun of using those original devices

[Anonymous No.11237046]

>>11236825
>but do I want to use that awful fucking controller
Why do people on this board hate the DC controller so much?

[Anonymous No.11237067]

>>11237046
I don't really hate it but it does have issues. The triggers are way too low to be pressed comfortably, the handles are angled slighlty inwards instead of outwards making for a bad hand angle, the plastic stick top is slippery as fuck...
I will say though, people hate on the d-pad way too much. They get too hung up on the cross shape when it still has that same sega-style pivot underneath.

[Anonymous No.11237469]

I reshell, use a flashcart, and mod screens on all pre backlit handhelds. simple as.

[Anonymous No.11237473]

>>11237469
You did a terrible job on that GBC.
You also seem to suffer from color blindness.

[Anonymous No.11237485]

>>11236804
fpbp. it's a religion. ogfags like their rituals of mangling consoles to be actually playable like the OP pic

[Anonymous No.11237490]

>>11237473
actually the gbc is incredible. My OLED screen looks fantastic. you sound like a sniveling fag.

[Anonymous No.11237496]

>>11236786
GB/C is what got me into collecting Famiclones. Some people like their Steam Decks and ROG Ally's but I prefer the simplicity of the more basic handhelds

That said I still wouldn't recommend an og GB/C, only because there is no battery or backlight unless you mod them in

>>11237490
I like those buttons anon

[Anonymous No.11237498]

>>11237473
Not him but what's terrible about it

[Anonymous No.11237505]

>>11237498
terrible chink case and buttons that look very cheap
I can guarantee that the original parts looked much better even if they had wear.

[Anonymous No.11237519]

>>11237505
haha you sound like such an insufferable loser. these buttons are so sick. also the case is from one of the most popular aftermarket shell shop in the space. let's see your gbc.

[Anonymous No.11237520]

>>11236896
I think anon is talking about new high end handhelds like Retroid Pocket 5, not cheap ones like the GB300

[Anonymous No.11237521]

>>11237520
You don't need those to play GBC games.

[Anonymous No.11237526]

>>11237519
You may not like it but this is what peak aesthetics look like.

[Anonymous No.11237530]

>>11237526
Jesus it's hideous. what the fuck.

[Anonymous No.11237541]

>>11236804
This is only true for consoles and even then there is a certain "magic" when dealing with physical media even VHS and cassette tapes have the petina of a bygone era that still have that "magic" feel. Even worse is the arcade experience. It's not the same at all emulating mame in my house than being at an arcade even in this day and age there is still a "magic" about them and the unique cabs that change the experience extremely. You're a short sighted sociopath if you can't feel the "magic" in experiencing these things first hand. The games are still fun when you emulate, I do all the time, but a whole dimension is missing from the experience that go beyond just playing the game.

[Anonymous No.11237546]

>>11236786
>is this subjective experience true?
Great thread.

[Anonymous No.11237550]

>>11237541
A lot of that "magic" is just pure nostalgia.

In real arcades, I quickly lost all my money, other kids always hogged the best games, and the owner was a huge asshole.

[Anonymous No.11237556]

>>11236905
>Bubble gonna pop soon
God, I fucking hope.

[Anonymous No.11237559]

>>11237550
You just focus on the negative. I've had similar experiences in arcades I've also had some of the best times playing games in an arcade. Recently at the pepper mill in Reno.and never had as much fun at an arcade. It was fucking lit they had joust and donkey Kong and Mario kart DX etc... I'm in my 30s so I have experienced enough arcades in my youth but this recent visit will always be my favorite. I got beat up in an arcade once but you don't see me focusing on the negative aspects like you, youre probably just here to taint the thread with your feminist negative Nancy attitude. And you still didn't rebut the extra dimension to experiencing games in arcade or on og hardware.

[Anonymous No.11237745]

>>11237526
Kino

[Anonymous No.11237802]

For me the it's mostly about simplicity, with a bit of nostalgia. I like older consoles because you just turn them on and play, that's it, next to zero tinkering required.
With that said, I wouldn't use my original GBA anymore because the screen is outright shit, I'd rather play on my GBP where I can actually see something, and considering the price of IPS screens + flashcarts buying a chink handheld is just a better option for me.

[Anonymous No.11237856]

>>11236786
It doesn't matter
I like playing with original hardware sometimes for the fun of it but you're basically getting the same experience if you're playing normally ie. not some autistic thing like speedrunning
And honestly, even then most emulators focusing on accuracy these days are basically 1:1 with OG hardware for most things up to the 5th gen.
tldr just play with whatever hardware you want it doesn't matter

[Anonymous No.11238009]

>>11237526
Oh hey look, a fellow German. I had that sticker as well. The amount of times they put Lara Croft on their stickers...

[Anonymous No.11238797]

>>11236804
>the whole point of the game is for the player to have a mental experience
conjecture.

[Anonymous No.11238889]

>>11237469
>replacing OEM parts with disgusting chinkoid shells
I hate you fagggots so much

[Anonymous No.11238892]

ChinkSP fixed this for me
That form factor has decades of muscle memory for me, plus it fulfills my dreams of playing ps1 games on my gameboy

[Anonymous No.11238907]

>>11237490
How's the burn-in?

[Anonymous No.11239159]

>>11236786
I play my SNES roms using a real Super Famicom controller.

[Anonymous No.11239175]

>>11239159
I find the controller helps the most honestly. I started using a Genesis controller to play my SEGA CD and 32X roms and it feels arguably better than the real thing imo

[Anonymous No.11239191]

It depends.
There's still games being found which don't run properly on emulators, granted these are more likely to be things like prototypes or small bugs with certain games, so only the most hardcore would even care. There's also plenty of arcade games which still aren't properly emulated.
As for more pleb experiences like emulating retail games for common consoles, it depends on the console in question. For things like the GameBoy with an integrated screen, the display itself was part of the intended experience, so no, playing an original GB game on an emulator won't be the same as playing it on an original gray brick, just like a Virtual Boy game won't be the same as playing it with a genuine VB headset - for better or worse, it depends on the person's preferences.
There's other nuance beyond just emulating the hardware/games themselves, like the type of controller you use, because sure as shit playing an arcade lightgun game with a fucking mouse, or an arcade dance game with a keyboard, are nowhere close to playing with correct controls and the experience is so far removed from the originally intended playstyle hat you aren't even experiencing the same thing.

[Anonymous No.11239318]

>>11236786
>OG hardware
>but also i completely replaced the screen with something new and it looks totally different now

[Anonymous No.11239321]

>>11237490
>My OLED screen looks fantastic
No it doesn't, it has the same problem with being massively oversaturated as every other third-party GBC screen. That's why you deliberately chose monochrome black and white for the picture.

[Anonymous No.11239338]

>>11236831
>Yes but it has little to do with an individual game itself. You know how if you like a band, you might stick a poster up on the wall or buy band merch? Well how does that help you optimally listen to their music? It doesn't, you like the band and want the stuff.


Can you say you really like a band if you haven't seen them play live?
After all, live is the ideal music experience.

[Anonymous No.11239397]

>>11236786
Native resolution and running it as intended is always the best
Nothing worse than emulating and some very obvious emulation glitch to throw you out of the experience

[Anonymous No.11239412]

>>11236786
Copium of the highest order mixed with nostalgia.

[Anonymous No.11239440]

>>11236786
>OG hardware
Pic not related.
I can kind of understand modding a GBA, but the GBC screen is totally fine.

[Anonymous No.11239486]

My parents hated having to constantly buy batteries for my Game Boy.

[Anonymous No.11239489]

>>11239486
rechargeable batteries were available at the time

[Anonymous No.11239493]

>>11239489
I never saw those at the store.

[Anonymous No.11239498]

>>11239493
They were a little less mainstream.
But any Radioshack and the like carried them.

[Anonymous No.11239524]

>>11239498
tfw parents went back to alkaline after our first batch of rechargeables expired
>wtf i thought i'd never have to buy batteries again
lol

[Anonymous No.11239567]

>>11236804
>The "magic" would be something the player's brain concocted somehow.
It's the intended, genuine experience.

[Anonymous No.11239581]

>>11239397
>some very obvious emulation glitch
Stop using early 2000 emulators anon.

[Anonymous No.11239598]

>>11239486
I had one of these

[Anonymous No.11239601]

>>11239581
Sure anon, emulation always runs perfectly

[Anonymous No.11239619]

>>11239397
name 5 examples

[Anonymous No.11239634]

>>11239619
Why?
you're telling me you've not emulated a game with a minor glitch on say the dreamcast where you've fallen through the geometry and it's not annoyed the fuck out of you?

[Anonymous No.11239787]

>>11239321
no I didn't you insufferable faggot. I just like to play GB games in mono. color looks fucking fantastic on this screen. It looks even better in person, seethe.
>>11238907
no burn in
>>11238889
cope that you can't reshell a Gameboy because you're too stupid to solder a wire.

[Anonymous No.11239819]

>>11239787
You're the kind of person who plays emulators with smoothing filters enabled and claims it looks great.

[Anonymous No.11239826]

>>11239819
whatever helps you cope.

[Anonymous No.11239836]

>>11239787
No I maintain the original shells and membranes because they are objectively superior in every way
Cope with your cheap chink plastic

[Anonymous No.11239857]

>>11239836
I have OEM shells/membranes too, the difference is negligible if that from a high quality reshell, and anyone who nitpicks about them is a gigafaggot.

[Anonymous No.11239864]

>>11239836
Your reshell looks like shit, not all of them look so bad senpai

[Anonymous No.11239876]

>>11239787
How long have you had it for? Because I would use it to play lots of Pokemon and I'd rather not have the battle HUD always visible.

[Anonymous No.11239967]

>>11236825
The reflective screens looked really good if you touched grass

[Anonymous No.11240060]

>>11239876
had it for close to 6 months and use it everyday. I don't worry about burn in, but if turns out I get it, I'll just get another screen. burn in derangement syndrome is extremely overblown

[Anonymous No.11240074]

>>11236786
The original hardware was built for lasting. A lot of handhelds today aren't as well made. But they do have better performance

[Anonymous No.11240080]

>>11237519
These look so tacky

>>11237526
Nice

[Anonymous No.11240097]

>>11237519
>these buttons are so sick
no, they look homo

[Anonymous No.11240102]

>>11239864
Those aren't reshells you dumb bitch
>>11239857
No you dont, Nintendo never sold OEM parts.
There's no such thing as a high quality chink shell, they all some from the same gutter oil in the same factory

[Anonymous No.11240124]

>>11236804
>The "magic"
Everyone can stop reading here.

[Anonymous No.11240140]

>>11236786
Should I buy an OG Xbox for OG Xbox games? A few run on my 360 but its emulation is a complete turd most times. If so, Can I service it myself? because I hear there's some capacitor bullshit to deal with.

[Anonymous No.11240154]

>>11236786
No. And there is no universe where the GBC generates that much light

[Anonymous No.11240694]

>>11236786
Copium, plastic hoarders just want something they can "flex".

[Anonymous No.11240745]

>>11239967
Why dont YOU touch the non bot grass and stop posting this pasta you fuck?

[Anonymous No.11241392]

>>11240745
Stop saying reflective screens are bad, faggot, go outside lmao

[Anonymous No.11241436]

>>11236905
People have been saying that for at least a decade.

[Anonymous No.11241556]

>>11237519
Are the buttons modeled after how you paint your nails?
I love them, sister.

[Anonymous No.11242119]

>>11237541
Pretty much. I remember loving arcades back then in the 90s (despite not being suitable for long 3h+ plays), and tried them on 2019 and 2024, and mostly loved the experience.

There are objective layers to prefering arcades, if you aren't emptying your wallet.

First to reach an Arcade you have to touch grass. So kiinda counterintuitive, but to go gaming you have to get out of the house.

It's also implied there will be other people you don't know and may get to know also playing arcades there.

Plus, they were common in Cafes. Meaning games felt like a quick break from your "real life" quest, rather than something that would take willingness away from it.

Gives a different feeling to playing a game after just having woken up and not feeling like leaving house because the game is so fun (rather than the other way around).

So for Arcades the answer is an obvious Yes, despite them not being good for more than 2 hour types plays.

[Anonymous No.11242512]

>>11241556
>I define colors as gay if they aren't black red or blue
retard

[Anonymous No.11242516]

>>11236804
>>11236825
a thread opened with two intelligent, thoughtful posts? how can this be?

[Anonymous No.11242519]

>>11239787
genuinely looks great anon

[Anonymous No.11242675]

>>11242519
thanks bro

[Anonymous No.11242860]

I've been using GameYob on a DSi XL (originally on an OG DS) for many years, I think it's a great balance of "real Nintendo hardware" with a bigger, more modern backlit IPS display. It also allows you to use either Game Boy, GBC, or Super Game Boy colors for original game boy games, with or without borders, which really makes it definitive for me. Pic related, been replaying Pokémon Blue.

[Anonymous No.11243040]

>>11237469
Nice pants, faggot.

[Anonymous No.11244071]

>>11239338
sometimes the sound is dogshit so live show is the ideal experience if nothing goes wrong.

[Anonymous No.11244092]

backlit Chinese hardware clone > emulator handheld

[Anonymous No.11244108]

>>11236831
You're also getting at some difference between enjoying something and being a Fan. Which, our culture encourages fandom nowadays, but it's not exactly the same as liking something.

[Anonymous No.11244649]

>>11243040
thanks bro

[Anonymous No.11244657]

>>11237519
RuPaul called, he wants his Game Boy Color back

[Anonymous No.11244673]

>>11242512
It's the fabulous sparkles I'm talking about, girl.

[Anonymous No.11244704]

Does anyone think there will be decline in emulation, where so much modding and emulating has been done non-profit through genuine interest; but as people lose those skills or die off, in short as the internet ages and becomes uninhabitable, emulators themselves will become magical/retro

Like having dedicated emulators like Zsnes is now, but more.

[Anonymous No.11244716]

>>11244704
ai will do it for us

[Anonymous No.11244816]

>>11237519
Be part of the 42%, faggot.

[Anonymous No.11245058]

>>11236786
LOL, it's copium!

[Anonymous No.11245174]

>>11236786
Depends on the console. Don't know where the Genesis is at currently in the emulation scene, but I finally got fed up with the awful sound coming out of Genesis emulators around 2016 and figured it wasn't going to get any better. Buying an everdrive was the best purchase of that year. Not sure where the N64 is now either, but it was absolutely recommended to get an everdrive than deal with Project64's malware.

[Anonymous No.11246002]

>>11244816
idk what that means. some retard zoomer shit?

[Anonymous No.11246003]

>>11244673
you sound extremely insecure. lmao.

[Anonymous No.11246007]

>>11246002
seethe cope and mald you sneed.

[Anonymous No.11246063]

>>11246007
what's there to seethe over, my gbc is so sick, as are all of my handhelds. enjoy your chinktrash

[Anonymous No.11246068]

>>11246063
>Chinktrash
Your mods have turned your game boys into this.
That's a far bigger crime than emulating on a chinkheld.
Your disproportionate gay pride in your shitty mods would fly better on reddit.

[Anonymous No.11246102]

>>11236786
It’s how the game was originally intended to be experienced. The further away you get from original hardware, the further you get from the original experience. In some cases, that’s a good thing. In others, it’s a bad one. It’s also a matter of personal opinion as to which elements of the original experience are worth preserving, and at what cost.

It’s like building a period correct project car vs. just slamming a modern crate engine into your resto mod vs. just buying the current version of that old car vs. loading it up in assetto corsa on your sim rig

[Anonymous No.11246112]

>>11246063
Your Game Boy Color looks like a RuPaul’s Drag Race edition with those low-quality buttons and housing from wish.com or Alibaba. It’s as if your Game Boy Color is in drag. The fact that you feel proud of it makes you a tranny too. I bet you even polish your nails to match the sparkles on those flashy gay looking ass buttons.

You will never be a woman, faggot.

[Anonymous No.11246307]

>>11239787
That is not a Game Boy but a Gay Boy.

[Anonymous No.11246319]

Playing Fall of the Footclan on an original Gameboy while sitting by a lamp or under your covers with a clip on light in a kino and unrivaled experience that cannot be captured by emulation or fake hardware

[Anonymous No.11246367]

>>11246112
not gay or a tranny lmao. why do colors rent so much space in your brain? why does a color make you go straight to thinking about fags? says a lot about you, it's cringe. bitches love my sparkly gbc loser.

[Anonymous No.11246389]

I think I’m gonna mod an OG gba. Already have two SP-101’s, a gb micro, and an og bennvenn gbc, etc. but I have never actually owned an AGB.

It’s that, or a milled aluminum SP shell. Can’t decide what I should go for.

[Anonymous No.11246392]

>>11236905
The bubble won’t pop unless we enter a serious financial crisis.

[Anonymous No.11246423]

>>11246367
Seethe harder, RuPaul

[Anonymous No.11246520]

>>11246423
nobody is seething but you retard. enjoy thinking about gays I guess

[Anonymous No.11246650]

>>11246520
Cope harder

[Anonymous No.11247109]

[Anonymous No.11247459]

>>11246520
No, that anon is right, you're gay.

[Anonymous No.11247604]

>>11247459
lol, nah. y'all are just negging nigs who haven't posted your handhelds. I'll never understand seeing a color and instantly thinking about gays.

[Anonymous No.11248043]

>>11247604
lol nah, you're a faggot

[Anonymous No.11248214]

>>11248043
post your handhelds brownoid

[Anonymous No.11248454]

>>11248214
Don't insult me pleb, and this isn't even everything

[Anonymous No.11248530]

>>11248454
no way in hell that's yours. if it was you wouldn't be calling ME a homo with those pastel ass Gameboys lul.

[Anonymous No.11248539]

>>11248530
>no way in hell that's yours.
lol, the ultimate cope, I put those together for my wife, with whom I have children.
Seethe eternally

[Anonymous No.11248558]

>>11248539
what a weird ass fucking larp. and to think you called me the faggot.

[Anonymous No.11248569]

>>11248558
Stay mad forever

[Anonymous No.11248576]

>>11236786
Sadly emulation has issues on modern hardware and OS so it doesn't feel the same specially if you use xinput joysticks or keyboard.
Best emulation settings would be use windows 7 or lower, windows 8.1 is good for certain emus but the must would be a dinput joystick since those are better (hence micro$oftis trying to replace them with xinput).

[Anonymous No.11248582]

>>11248569
>youre a fag because you have purple gameboy buttons
>t-those aren't my pastel Gameboys! I made them for my faggot kids! I'm married btw! I only play the children's handhelds with man colors!
lol.

[Anonymous No.11248589]

>>11248582
I'm not even the original anon that started this, you just needed to know multiple anons think you're a gaylord

[Anonymous No.11248595]

>>11248589
>I-i' not him btw!
larping retard

[Anonymous No.11248608]

>>11248595

[Anonymous No.11248660]

>>11248454
>purple DS.
>colorfull custom gameboys.
>pic taken by someone wearing a skirt.
Duuude......

[Anonymous No.11248665]

>>11248539
If you had wife and children you wouldn't have those consoles and would have to spend your money in children (with nothing for you).

[Anonymous No.11248772]

>>11248665
See, now the whole thread knows you're poor because that isn't even a lot of money worth of consoles.

[Anonymous No.11248801]

>>11248772
First not the same anon, second you proved you don't havd wife or children.
I have 3 daughters from different women i messed up and i don't have money to buy a console less alone retro ones that are more expensive.
The only thing you proved with your pic is.
>you wear skirt (clear on pic).
>those faggot colored gameboy.

[Anonymous No.11248848]

>>11248772
God, imagine being such a faggot that you fail your larp, samefag, wear skirts, AND have pastel gameboys. ouch. oof.

[Anonymous No.11248938]

>>11248848
>>11248801
lol, wrong on all accounts, still so mad

[Anonymous No.11248958]

>>11248582
Look at this faggot its copping HARD

[Anonymous No.11248963]

>>11248589
I am the one that call you and your Gay Boy RuPaul wannabes and I am not that Anon. Keep coping bitch seethe harder

[Anonymous No.11248968]

>>11236786
No, there's a magic that comes from upscaling and overclocking emulated games though. They look so good

[Anonymous No.11248972]

>>11248963

[Anonymous No.11248979]

>>11248968
Also I'll elaborate, you think the faildevs really wanted you to play your retro game at 20 fps instead of 30 fps the console was capable of? No, just emulate.

[Anonymous No.11248980]

>>11248801
Alimony for 3 bitches. Man you are such a joke.

[Anonymous No.11248989]

>>11248801
You might not be the same anon, but you and your butt buddy are getting dog piled at this point.

Please reflect on your fatherless behaviour and post your handhelds or gtfo

[Anonymous No.11249014]

>>11248530
You faggots are talking about the skirt but if you look at the PS Vita you will notice a white woman hand wearing a engagement ring.

That Anon is not lying, that photo is a proof that he has a handheld collection with his wife, his wife took the photo and it seems his wife is the one wearing a skirt «I haven't seen such skirt, just the engagement ring».

Imagine being a tranny that pays alimony to 3 different bitches... Are you Low Tier God, by any chance?

[Anonymous No.11249023]

>>11249014
>he
>his wife
>that anon is not lying
holy fucking larp ass cope. you sound like such a fucking loser hahaha

[Anonymous No.11249075]

>>11249014
>>11248989
>samefag.
>that le-ddit spacing.
keep larping as much you want faggot we know you are the bitch.
>but is a woman hand is clear on psvita
If she is a woman i am a pony, seriously is clear is a dude hand, now put the dress back on your sister closet and wash her panties before putting them back on your sister drawer.
PS : GB2R!!

[Anonymous No.11249080]

>>11249023
At least I do not pay alimoney to 3 bitches, at least I am not a poorfag that cannot even afford a PSP, at least I do not believe everyone here is just one person, and at least I am not such a fucking tranny.

Seethe, cope, mald, dilate. Join the 42%.

[Anonymous No.11249081]

>>11249075

[Anonymous No.11249086]

>>11249075
NTA. Do you even know what Reddit spacing is? Because your post has it. kek

[Anonymous No.11249092]

>>11249086
>>11249081
>again samefagging.
>doesn't notice his larping falling appart.
This is funny, at least stop typing like le-ddit in one of your answers tranny-kun.

[Anonymous No.11249095]

>>11249075
>>11249086
kek

[Anonymous No.11249098]

>>11249092
Take your meds, tr

[Anonymous No.11249101]

>>11249023
See, my trick to having money and kids is having one devoted wife instead of three child support payments. Many won't believe this, but my wife pays half the mortgage

>>11249014
It's a striped shirt... you can clearly see my watch band very near the reflection in the right corner of the RGB30, why would the hand holding a phone up be next to my crotch?
That idiot is unsuccessfully trying to "epic troll" me.

This retard doesn't even realize 2 or 3 different anons have all been calling him a fag.

The samefag accusations make me giggle with glee, the reddit spacing talk makes me proud of how butt-devastated this person is getting. The fact this "person" consistently posts a second response 45 minutes apart when I don't even care enough to respond for a couple hours is pottery. *chefs kiss*

>>11249092
Absolutely obsessed, what a great night to shitpost :)
Don't you have some smoke alarm batteries to replace seeing as you aren't raising your kids?

[Anonymous No.11249107]

>>11236786

I'm 40. In 1997 I gifted my gameboy to a cousin.
When the Pokemon games were released, I emulated them. I think it must have been 1998 or 1999, and absolutely loved them. I downloaded the roms from geocities style websites into a floppy disk from an internet cafe, and installed them into my pc.
Playing them with the arrow keys and navigation keys of the keyboard didn't diminish my enjoyment at all.

Even though I have been emulating games for decades, my favorite option right now is using homebrewed nintendo hardware, I have a hacked Wii, Wii U, New 3DS and Mini Snes. The only console I emulate on PC is the PS2, since Wii and Wii U handle Wii and Gamecube games natively, and 3DS handles 3DS, DS, GBA natively.

[Anonymous No.11249114]

>>11249101
I have no horse in this race, but you sound like a major faggot dude.

[Anonymous No.11249117]

>>11249114
Have you polished your nails to combine with those sparky gay looking buttons?

[Anonymous No.11249119]

>>11249098
Have been here since 2004 faggot, le-ddit spacing is what you are doing.
Is clear you want everyone to smell your farts and pass it as correct but you aren't fooling anyone.
Is called le-ddit spacing because those users got the mania of having double spacing from using le-ddit for years.

[Anonymous No.11249125]

>>11249117
I don't know who you're mad at, but it isn't me, unless you're mad at me for calling you gay for posting a picture of your hand and redditspacing about muh wife.

[Anonymous No.11249137]

>>11249125
I am not that anon KEK

>>11249119
seethe cope mald

[Anonymous No.11249146]

>>11249114
In this moment, I am euphoric. because not a single accusation of same-fagging as been my (you)

I've been having a nice dinner with my family and putting my kids to bed while you dumb mondays argued for hours over nothing. I came back hoping for a little cope, but I've come back to find something beautiful to enjoy and laugh about

My cup runneth over, Christ is King

[Anonymous No.11249148]

>>11249101
I had to show to my employees how a faggot look, i bet your wife found you with his tranny brother or something and left you (if wife is real).
I play games and spend money on cheap whores that are legal age here (16 years).
Also never said i was paying money currently, i paid once and called it a day with 3 women.
You think no one here has done same shit as you before larping as lot of users when is same faggot.

[Anonymous No.11249157]

>>11249146
lol
dude i've been with the same woman for 12 years and have 3 kids but i could not imagine being buttblasted enough to post pictures of my hand on fourthchin to prove that i have sex. go to bed man.

[Anonymous No.11249158]

>>11249146
>google chrome, google ID.
>private window
Should we doxx??

[Anonymous No.11249161]

>>11249148
You know they're mad when their english gets that bad. lmao

PLEASE keep posting, this is amazing

[Chud Anon No.11249162]

>>11236786
I am NEVER EVER going back to a handheld with no backlight, it’s just not doable

[Anonymous No.11249163]

>>11249101
ain't reading your blog post but what a fucking faggot lol. not only do you have pastel Gameboys, but you've got old wrinkly hands. old tranny skirt wearing fag

[Anonymous No.11249165]

>>11249148
Lie and cope

>>11248801
>I have 3 daughters from different women i messed up and i don't have money to buy a console less alone retro ones that are more expensive.

You have employees but you can't afford a fucking Game Boy Color. Makes sense.

You brag about not paying child support for your 3 little kids but instead you fuck cheap whores. Makes sense.

You are miserable.

[Anonymous No.11249168]

>>11237519
All you're missing is the Supreme sticker on it dawg

[Anonymous No.11249169]

>>11249146
Bro you're pathetic lmfao wtf

[Anonymous No.11249170]

>>11249146
>got so mad at being called a faggot that had to post his faggot hand wearing a ring.
Go to sleep and please your sister had to wear that dress tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.11249189]

>>11249170
>>11249169
>>11249163
>>11249158
>>11249157
>>11249148

This has been an excellent thread, thanks for the laughs
You'll probably realize what happened eventually

[Anonymous No.11249196]

>>11249189
Post wife tits while you grab them or GTFO!!.

[Anonymous No.11249206]

>>11247604
Extremely based even if I don't like your buttons. It's probably the same bongers who aren't allowed near schools and talk about how the GameCube controller is purple and gay and for babby

[Anonymous No.11249214]

>>11249189
>You'll probably realize what happened eventually
basically you samefagged an argument with yourself and then posted pictures of your hand online

[Anonymous No.11249223]

>>11249214
How would you have felt if you didn't eat breakfast yesterday?

[Anonymous No.11249232]

>>11249223
i usually don't eat breakfast, i just drink coffee and wait until dinner time and then have a few beers. i think this approach is better for your health, frankly.

[Anonymous No.11249234]

>>11248539
Yeah man your wife who probably plays pokemon + 1 other series needed 4 custom Gameboy that look like nerf guns. Why the fuck do you have 25 Nintendo handhelds. Who the fuck cares that that other faggots buttons are purple

[Anonymous No.11249235]

>>11249232
You are truly the gift that keeps on giving

[Anonymous No.11249262]

>>11236786
It depends. I don't feel that way about PS2 but Dreamcast absolutely feels better on original hardware. The controller, VMU beeping, loud disc drive, it's all apart of the experience.

[Anonymous No.11249281]

>>11248454
The metroid edition 3ds is dope. I got that game day 1 and wanted the 3ds console but alas I already had a new 3ds xl and couldnt justify it at the time.

[tyrone No.11249307]

>>11249281
Go to sleep, your wife went back home from the mandingo party long ago.
Or are you trying to hide your tears from her.

[Anonymous No.11249308]

>>11249189
>I was merely pretending to be retarded

[Anonymous No.11249321]

>>11249307
But enough about your search history

[Anonymous No.11249326]

>>11236786
As someone who got a GameBoy literally when they first came out. I can tell you this, I was so fucking happy when the Super Game Boy came out so I never had to fuck with that trash ever again! Also made the Pokemon games absolutely amazing. I even was able to flex to friends bringing over my VHS footage of catching Mew that I'd record while playing. Couldn't do that goddamn shit on a LameBoy. Also once Stadium came out there was no excuse ever playing Gen I or II on a fucking handheld with Doduo and Dodrio modes and Super Game Boy / Super Game Boy 2 models existing. Also there was the Game Boy Player for the GameCube that could play GBA games.

[Anonymous No.11249360]

as much as i enjoyed using my gbc, using an emulator on my psp was just better. bigger, brighter screen, carries all your games, sleep mode, etc. theres also emulator stuff like fast forward and savestates if you're into that

[Anonymous No.11249371]

I have a GBA 'fat', I wouldn't mod it, is the last handheld with a reflective LCD; no eyestrain.

That OP photo is horrendous, that is not even 'OG hardware' anymore.

[Anonymous No.11249380]

>>11249107
1999 was when i discovered emulation, witnessing someone i knew playing pokemon yellow on his win95 box using no$gmb

[Anonymous No.11249391]

The faggot keeps larping and samefagging pretending he is lot of users.
You must be quite pathetic and lonely.

[Anonymous No.11249406]

>>11249119
This idiot does not nothing about proper syntax in English.

[Anonymous No.11249451]

>>11249391
The faggot is so pathetic i feel sorry for him.
Worst of all he believe his lies LMAO, if he had a wife he would be banging her and not here.
Got a good laugh from it during nightwatch at the pier otherwise i would have fallen sleep.

[Anonymous No.11249472]

>>11236786
Except when I am on this board, it doesn't even occur to me to use emulation to be honest. I have a bunch of old games that meant a lot to me, and I want to use them.

[Anonymous No.11249481]

>>11249451
That Anon is talking about OP... about you.

>Worst of all he believe his lies LMAO, if he had a wife he would be banging her and not here.
We knew you were a troon and poor, now we know you are a troon because you are a virgin incel.

Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.11249517]

>>11249481
>still samefagging.
I kek... also we know you are OP and the guy with wife that wear skirt and has faggot colored handhelds.
Now that i notice isn't this the guy that posted a thread on /x/ about "what will be the karma of making my mom homeless" complaining that his mom throwed him of her house, crying that in 60 years living his mom never praised and complained of him because he collected old consoles and so on.

[Anonymous No.11249520]

What in the fuck is going on in this thread

[Anonymous No.11249559]

>>11249520
>faggot has sparkly buttons in his modded game boy that he is disproportionately proud of
>somehow gets outfagged by his main detractor by an order of magnitude
it's been a fun one.

[Anonymous No.11249589]

>>11249101
Busy night for OP fag (you) reporting all those offensive comments about him being a 60 year old that wears skirt and lives with mom.

[Anonymous No.11249871]

>>11249101
dude went through and reported every comment that made him cry. what a pathetic cretin you are.

[Anonymous No.11249875]

>>11249371
wtf do you mean it isn't of hardware lol. it's still running the same board and all the same internal components. only thing that changed in the shell and screen.

[Anonymous No.11250127]

>>11237519
That might be the ugliest gbc I've ever seen, you have terrible tastes

[Anonymous No.11250135]

>>11250127
You don't understand.
It's good because a real GBC died for it.

[Anonymous No.11250137]

>>11237519
i like the opal-like buttons

[Anonymous No.11250184]

>>11250127
>>11250137
the duality of man

[Anonymous No.11250238]

>>11250135
There's tens of millions of GBCs out there.

[Anonymous No.11250287]

>>11250135
ah yes, the real GBC experience of squinting at the nonbacklit sprites as you try to see anything without pristine viewing conditions. no wonder nonbacklit displays are still so popular!

[Anonymous No.11250463]

>>11236786
You should connect money with value and your valuable time you spend on earning it.
Spending some on actual hardware and games instead of emulating it makes it more valuable to you and make you spend more time with your investment.
Emulating roms or pirating doesnt connect to value or struggle to achieve it. Thats why rich kids break their valuable toys without remorse

[Anonymous No.11250468]

>>11236786
The hum of a CRT and the sound of a PS2 chugging along are pretty unbeatable.

[Anonymous No.11251295]

>>11250287
>hasn't played a GBC recently
You're confusing the GBC for the GBA. GBC is far better in terms of visibility.

[Anonymous No.11251339]

>>11251295
It's the same kind of screen.

[Anonymous No.11251407]

>>11251339
Yet the GBA is darker, so what's your point?

[Anonymous No.11251425]

>>11236786
>"magic"
if nostalgia is "magic" then yes. I personally own and play original hardware. Right now I'm playing through pokemon gold in order to use those pokemon to play through stadium 2 and I never had it when I was a kid. When I'm done with that I'll probably go back to using emulators on my switch. I enjoy fast forward, rewind, and savestates too much. I beat Pokemon TCG 2 GR in about 8 hours on 3x speed.

[Anonymous No.11251429]

>>11248576
what's wrong with xinput?

[Anonymous No.11251501]

>>11251429
Input lag, less controllers support, less buttons support.
There are too many limitations, take for example you can connect 16 dinput joypads without issue or conflicts all of them workibg perfect, yet xinput you can use a top of 4 joypads, not only that extra xinput joypads add lag due to an issue.

[Anonymous No.11251547]

>>11251501
Are you sure xinput causes input lag? I have an emulation setup on CRT and can't tell the difference with some things and I'm using xinput always I think. The input lag is super noticeable on emulation for some consoles like ps2 on gc but I don't notice much on 5th gen and prior. How much input lag do you think I'm getting using xinput?

[Anonymous No.11251552]

>>11251547
I have a genesis, snes, and n64 and can't really notice the difference in input lag emulating them all compared on the same display. I'm sure there is some but I can't tell like I can jumping from LCD to CRT

[Anonymous No.11251860]

>>11251295
they are both not backlit retard. they both look like shit

[Anonymous No.11251865]

>>11237519
I like it

[Anonymous No.11252047]

>>11251860
Incorrect.
Your lack of recent direct experience is showing.

[Anonymous No.11252225]

>>11244092
Wasn't the aspect ratio on this fucked up?

[Anonymous No.11252449]

>>11237526
sovl

[Anonymous No.11253268]

>>11247109
NOW you're playing with POWER

[Anonymous No.11253361]

>>11251547
If is the same as playing on xbox360 with half drained batteries then a lot, for example using gens32 surreal and xinput wired controller it can go for a bit high lag input to whole 2 seconds to register input (try to make a hadouken in super street fighter 2, with luck will work after some attempts).
In other games that don't require precise commands like beat em ups, action platformers, rpg and so on won't be such a big issue at time but in others well simply don't try it.

[Anonymous No.11253939]

>>11236902
Not really, would you call plugging a SNES into a retrotink partial original hardware?
That being said, there’s no good screen mods for GB or GBC

[Anonymous No.11253992]

>>11253939
Home consoles don't include the screen as part of their hardware, but handhelds do.

[Anonymous No.11254072]

>>11253992
So?
thats like saying using headphones isn’t native hardware because it’s not part of the hardware,
Besides it’s irrelevant because there are multiple different GB models with different screens

[Anonymous No.11254385]

>>11254072
Both handhelds and home consoles allow for audio output to anything the user desires.
Only home consoles allow for video out to anything the user desires.
>there are multiple different GB models with different screens
Okay? If you play on any of them you're playing on original hardware. A definition can describe a set of things, it doesn't need to be a single thing.
If you put a new IPS screen mod in a handheld device this can also be called "replacing the -original- screen". It's right there.
You can argue you have improved on original hardware. I would disagree, but that's fine. But you can't say it is wholly original hardware. It's partial original hardware because you have replaced a piece of the original hardware.

[Anonymous No.11254421]

>>11254385
not him but you can play gameboy games on the super gameboy and gameboy player on any display

[Anonymous No.11254450]

>>11254421
Super Game Boy is original hardware too, but we're not talking about it.
We're talking about replacing the original screen in a game boy with an aftermarket mod.
When you do so, you have made the hardware less original because the screen is integrated into the hardware.
I mod shit a lot, but the screens of each type of game boys are characteristic parts of the hardware and replacing them with modern screens fundamentally changes your experience using the device
Once again, you could say this is an improvement and that's fine. Knock yourself out.
I'm just taking issue with people saying that counts as wholly original hardware.

[Anonymous No.11254484]

>>11254450
yea, i agree that a gameboy with a replaced screen is not a completely original gameboy, just that pointing out that home consoles are b-y-o-screen doesn't completely work here because there were official ways to play gameboy games on home consoles, so by extension you can play gameboy games on any screen using original hardware
personally, i don't care what people use to enjoy games, but given the thread is about original hardware, i also don't think replacing major components of consoles like the screen in a handheld (at least with hardware notably different to the original) should completely count, though i understand why some people would, since a different screen doesn't affect how games run at all, it's not like he's overclocking it or replacing the guts with a raspberry pi or something

[Anonymous No.11254509]

>>11254484
>since a different screen doesn't affect how games run at all
This is where I would be skeptical because I've heard a lot of screen mods are laggy.
If something has exactly the same latency as any original screen I would care about the distinction a lot less.

[Anonymous No.11254649]

my preferred way of playing gameboy games is emulated on my wii on a crt despite owning multiple virtually new gameboys...

also virtualboy games on a decent modern vr headset is so much better than a real virtualboy

[Anonymous No.11254709]

>>11254649
Eh nah
I think virtual boy is best on 3DS

[Anonymous No.11254713]

>>11254709
NTA. It's cool on 3DS, but it's supposed to be virtual.

[Anonymous No.11254770]

>>11254709
I'm sure that's fine if you just want to play the games in 3d, the display is more like a 3d monitor than vr anyways, but vr headset is more immersive like a better version of a real vb

[Anonymous No.11255493]

>>11237490
what the disgusting fuck

[Anonymous No.11255910]

>>11254484
What is this pilpul? A different screen absolutely changes the way a game runs.

[Anonymous No.11255930]

>>11255910
No, a better screen will not change the performance of the CPU. It will worsen the battery life and how the game looks, but not the actual performance.

[Anonymous No.11255936]

>>11236786
I see no magic in that image

[Anonymous No.11255941]

>>11236825
>There's no fucking way in 2024 I would want to play on an original Game Boy, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance.
>I'd much rather play it on a good chink device or my Steam Deck
You're very disgusting

[Anonymous No.11255950]

>>11236786
Yes

[Anonymous No.11256150]

>>11236786
If I had to pick up something, that would be audio lag if you are playing a rhythm game (or something with sound and controls in sync) and the "experience of having a physical object".
Playing Wario land 4 on the couch and realizing 2h later that you took an impossible possition just to catch the light while stil being comfy is something special that makes you connect with the game/time you just spent.
But honnestly, I don't think it's something that "unique" or "magic".

[Anonymous No.11256161]

>>11237526
>not using a forward facing Laura, causing her boobs to be the A and B buttons
What a wasted opportunity.

[Anonymous No.11256198]

>>11236786
I'm not sure if I like describing it as "magic", but there are definitely a lot of ways that the original hardware can be better.

>Inherent input lag (the big one since there is no way around it).
>Subtle inaccuracies - not quite as subtle for complicated consoles like the N64.
>Controller/control scheme (admittedly this could also be different if you use a 3rd party controller).

Anyone who is a true fan of gaming is also a fan of emulation. I play tons of games by emulation and love them. However the answer to this thread is yes, there can certainly be a magic to playing them on the original hardware.

[Anonymous No.11256414]

>>11255930
The concern is latency.