Retron 5

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Retron 5 Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:31:21 2014 No.2025714 [DELETED]

Hello /vr/, /v/ pilgrim here.

I'm thinking about buying an Retron emulator. I don't download shady ROM shit on my computer and I don't have a Wii.

Also I'd prefer having a physical console hooked up to my tv and I want to pay someone for their work. So all in all, it seems worthwhile.

Does anyone have one? How smoothly does it operate? Anyone have experiences buying a used one?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:34:01 2014 No.2025717 Shit storm in 3...2...1...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:34:11 2014 No.2025719 >>>/v/

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:34:51 2014 No.2025721 >>2025714 How many cartridges you have?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:36:04 2014 No.2025727 0/10

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:36:44 2014 No.2025728 >>2025721 A shit-ton of SNES, a dozen of GBA (and more if I count my brother's), 2 NES, 3 Genesis, and 0 Famicom.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:37:46 2014 No.2025731 >>2025719 /v/ is too often retarded and can't answer the simple questions I've asked you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:38:55 2014 No.2025732 File: 76 KB, 245x240, 1413974564220.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025714 >shady ROM shit

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:39:54 2014 No.2025734 >>2025732 I don't download shit illegally on my computer. Sue me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:40:37 2014 No.2025738 >>2025714 Don't make threads about Retron 5 here.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:41:14 2014 No.2025740 >>2025714 >I'm thinking about buying an Retron emulator. So this is your next stage. >buying emulators Just buy the fucking consoles.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:41:25 2014 No.2025742 File: 13 KB, 245x240, 1413974564220.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025734

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:41:27 2014 No.2025743 >>2025734 But you want to buy a Retron 5? you realize retron 5 is stolen technology right? 4/10

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:43:45 2014 No.2025747

>>2025743
Shit gets taken off youtube and google fucking instantly due to copyright violation and the like.

If this shit was stolen, they'd be sued by now.

>>2025740
>Just buy the fucking consoles.
I don't want to buy a SNES, Genesis, NES, and Gamecube+GBA player.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:46:18 2014 No.2025753 >>2025714 >I want to pay someone for their work Then go make a donation to the open-source emulator authors they profited on.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:46:58 2014 No.2025758 >>2025734 Ninendo has declared you buy their games on the Virtual Console platform. If you buy second-hand games you're hurting Nintendo's sales, and that's illegal bro.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:47:29 2014 No.2025759 >>2025753 Is there a link on they're site? Because that's not a bad idea. What do you think is a fair donation?

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:47:52 2014 No.2025761

>>2025734
But you're willing to pay for a machine that uses illegally compiled code?

Are we allowed to report these retron shill threads? It's pretty obvious its the same person every time, they always post the same pictures and ask the same questions. It's pretty obvious no one on /vr/ would seriously consider buying one of these because it's well-known here that they're pieces of junk.

Anyway, saged because shill thread.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:48:01 2014 No.2025762 >>2025728 Just buy a snes then. You will look less faggot and the hardware is better.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:48:32 2014 No.2025764

It's a shit emulator box like every other Retron. If you know anything about them, this isn't any different. I'm sure you can find a bunch of reviews if you spent 5 seconds on Google. Besides, it already sounds like you made your mind up, so I don't know why you bothered to make this thread.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:48:36 2014 No.2025765 >>2025758 I've already bought their games; I have probably 30+ SNES games. My SNES doesn't work anymore though. Plus I don't have a Wii.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:50:01 2014 No.2025771 >>2025747 >I don't want to buy a SNES, Genesis, NES, and Gamecube+GBA player. Well that's just your fucking problem. For the price of a retron you'd snatch all of those up.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:50:43 2014 No.2025772

>>2025761
Jesus, you guys are fucking butthurt.
All I did is ask about the system. If you're so adamant against it, sage and hide. Nobody is making you see my thread.

Plus, it it were so illegal, Nintendo would have put them out of business by now.

>>2025762
But I want to play the others too.

>>2025764
>I'm sure you can find a bunch of reviews if you spent 5 seconds on Google
Well, I made the stupid assumption that you guys would have better input that a generic review. But your so assravaged, I shouldn't have bothered.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:51:09 2014 No.2025773 >shady ROM shit Thanks for reminding me I'm on /vr/, faggot.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:51:26 2014 No.2025774 >>2025714 >I want a Retron 5 >I don't download shady ROM shit Are you aware hyperkin is in legal trouble because the software used in the Retron 5 is ripped off of emulators that run "shady rom shit"?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:51:45 2014 No.2025776 >>2025771 Are you serious? Outside of basically stealing or patrolling hundreds of yard sales? I might just do that then, if it's not too difficult.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:52:50 2014 No.2025779 >>2025772 Shut up, you made that thread because you knew you would get shitposting.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:52:58 2014 No.2025781 >>2025774 >Are you aware hyperkin is in legal trouble I was not. I just saw this shit in a Game Informer and thought it looked cool/convenient. I didn't know the anti-Retron Hipster Defense Force would be out tonight.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:54:06 2014 No.2025784 >>2025779 I'm asking legitimate questions. But if this were shitposting, you're certainly delivering. Just close your browser if you're getting this angry.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:55:19 2014 No.2025786

>>2025772
You're not from here so I'll give you a bit of a pass, but for quite a while threads about this shitbox were being pushed constantly on here. Some of it was likely actual "viral marketing" by the company who makes it. There's a lot of understandable hostility towards it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:56:43 2014 No.2025790 >>2025776 this retron 5 is just 30-50$ you can't get a SNES, Genesis, NES, and Gamecube+GBA player for 50 $ a SNES, Genesis, NES, and Gamecube+GBA player http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Hyperkin-RetroN-5-Retro-Video-Gaming_173040830.html

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:57:00 2014 No.2025792 >>2025786 Okay, fair enough. I'll just drop it. Just know if anyone else starts shitposting from this point, it's not me. It's up to you to sage/hide/ignore.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 17:57:05 2014 No.2025794

>>2025774
Stop spreading bullshit, they will only be in trouble if some devs decide to sue them, which has not happened yetas far as we know and is probably never going to happen considering how much it costs to sue companies.

>>2025784
No you are not, you are just trolling and getting desserved shitposting from other trolls.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:00:00 2014 No.2025805 >>2025794 cry more

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:01:19 2014 No.2025810

>>2025772
> Plus, it it were so illegal, Nintendo would have put them out of business by now.

It's not Nintndo they're infringing on, its the developers of open-source emulators. People who really don't have the financial power to do much about it. Hopefully we can help spread the word so fewer people buy this crap.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:01:57 2014 No.2025813 >>2025728 are there any GBA games worth playing on tv?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:03:00 2014 No.2025816 >>2025810 >Hopefully we can help spread the word so fewer people buy this crap. SJW to the rescue

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:03:30 2014 No.2025818 File: 109 KB, 730x880, myface.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025758 >you're hurting Nintendo's sales, and that's illegal bro thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HN5MjZPfbI

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:06:15 2014 No.2025830 bootleg famicom console that can't even play bootleg famicom games top lel

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:10:21 2014 No.2025840 Am I late to the party?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:19:34 2014 No.2025872 >>2025813 I play all of my GBA games on tv and I think it's perfectly fine.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:34:41 2014 No.2025902 >>2025781 Fuck off Hyperkin shill

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:42:01 2014 No.2025919 >>2025758 Nobody can be this retarded lmao

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:45:03 2014 No.2025929 >>2025919 He's not wrong though, but he is retarded. >>2025816 What the fuck are you even trying to say.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:46:41 2014 No.2025932 File: 16 KB, 520x466, 1345088931211.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025714 >I don't download shady ROM shit on my computer Kill yourself

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:49:38 2014 No.2025937

>>2025929
> If you buy second-hand games you're hurting Nintendo's sales, and that's illegal bro.

Nothing about that is right.

Chris Casual who buys shit on Virtual Console and Randy Retro who buys the games on original hardware are not the same market.

Sure, some guys will buy some shit on virtual console, but arguing over a used hell, -anything- market is fucking stupid, and it is most definitely not illegal to sell your possessions

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 18:52:47 2014 No.2025942 >>2025932 Yeah that's how I knew I couldn't take this seriously.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 19:03:54 2014 No.2025958 >>2025932 >>2025942 Not everyone is computer savvy or likes to download questionable things. Plus some people like to buy physical copies of games.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 19:16:23 2014 No.2025968 >>2025958 Those people have a name, "gaylords"

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 19:16:46 2014 No.2025970 >>2025714 REPORT SAGE HIDE DO NOT RESPOND.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 19:28:13 2014 No.2025995 >>2025747 >If this shit was stolen, they'd be sued by now. A C&D has been issued. Retrobit would need to have enough assets to actually be worth suing before an attorney would take it on. Squarepusher's certainly not going to go before a judge

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 19:30:24 2014 No.2025997 >>2025747 Ever heard of this thing called a computer? Seriously just get a duo core xp machine for cheap off cl, and put all the emulators on it. Get a couple of wireless controllers and you're good to go.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 19:37:32 2014 No.2026005

>>2025714
>I'm thinking about buying an Retron emulator.
It's literally RetroArch on an underpowered ARM PC. Just download the emulator on your system of choice:
http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/RetroArch#Downloads
>I don't download shady ROM shit on my computer
Then you can download verified clean ROMs hosted on archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2013-06-14

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 20:35:05 2014 No.2026090 We just had a thread about why the retron is shit that's still up. >>1996764

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 20:35:34 2014 No.2026093 >>2025968 Normalfags >>2025970 he does it for free >>2025997 >>2026005 >download nah, son. buy, plug, and play.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 20:43:42 2014 No.2026112 >>2026093 >nah, son. buy, plug >wasting time and money for worse emulation than what's possible on what you already have Literal retardation, but I guess that's your choice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 20:44:09 2014 No.2026113 Ready for another 300+ thread everybody? Man, I can't wait. > inserts Moon 8 cart into NES to set the mood

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 20:47:49 2014 No.2026119 File: 48 KB, 410x380, Mating+this+is+harder+obviously+being+human+it+is+awkward+_dbd423af9e6f40098b7b8d8aab1633f7.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025734 Oh god, my sides.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 21:07:59 2014 No.2026146 File: 72 KB, 516x550, 1268967844386.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025734 I can't believe some people are serious when they say something like that

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 21:11:00 2014 No.2026150 File: 64 KB, 640x853, 1412554430985.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Can we just delete all retron threads now? The only people who make them are trolls and shills and it's the same result every time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 21:11:25 2014 No.2026152 Something needs to be done

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:04:01 2014 No.2026214 >inb4 "my wife and love it" pasta

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:23:00 2014 No.2026236 >>2026112 it's not a waste if it's what someone likes and doesn't want shit on their computer. >>2026146 you're a faggot >>2026150 cry harder

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:26:46 2014 No.2026242 >>2026236 >shit on their computer. So you'd rather have tangible shit that you paid for - over a free, better, alternative? Nah, you're still retarded.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:29:31 2014 No.2026247 >>2026242 >So you'd rather have tangible shit that you paid for What a concept!

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:29:57 2014 No.2026249
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>>2025714
Nice, the shill is adapting his pitch to avoid the better options to his Shitron.

He still avoids menctioning how the returd is using STOLEN emulator code though.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:31:00 2014 No.2026250 >>2026247 >What a concept! >>over a free, better, alternative A really stupid one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:32:28 2014 No.2026253 >>2026250 >shitposting intensifies >>2026249 You lack intelligence if you honestly think the OP here is the same from those shill threads. >inb4 utter bollocks

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:34:24 2014 No.2026257
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>>2025728
> (I have) A shit-ton of SNES, a dozen of GBA (and more if I count my brother's), 2 NES, 3 Genesis, and 0 Famicom. (Cartridges)

>>2025747
>I don't want to buy a SNES, Genesis, NES, and Gamecube+GBA player.

Then why the fuck did you bough the carts if you had no consoles to play in?
Why the fuck you go on a rant about "illegal" shit and "I want to pay for someone's work" and then try to sell a pirate console instead of the legit thing, aka the real consoles?

Seriously, you are the most retarded shill ever.

And I capped your excuse to add it to the shill collection so you cpould never try using this again.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:36:35 2014 No.2026258 >>2025714 Hyperkin pls

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:36:39 2014 No.2026259 >>2025790 >retron 5 is just 30-50$ And a Earthbound snes cart is like $700 dollars.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:37:52 2014 No.2026260 >>2025792 >Just know if anyone else starts shitposting from this point, it's not me Cool Story Bro.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:41:19 2014 No.2026268

>>2025728
Pics, please?

We could believe you with some visual proof of the carts in your room, but keep on mind that if you post the pic I'm going to backtrack the everliving fuck out of it to get sure it's legit and not stolen from Google.

So, pics or shill GTFO.

What will be, then?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:42:02 2014 No.2026269 >>2025790 That would be a bulgarian scammer brah.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:44:27 2014 No.2026270 >>2026253 How much does hyperkin pay you to post this bullshit every day?

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:45:59 2014 No.2026274

>>2026257
>Then why the fuck did you bough the carts if you had no consoles to play in?
...I had them already.

>And I capped your excuse to add it to the shill collection so you cpould never try using this again.

Be my guest.
Nobody is shilling. But if it warms your little heart to think so, go right ahead.

>>2026268
>keep on mind that if you post the pic I'm going to backtrack the everliving fuck out of it to get sure it's legit and not stolen from Google.
HAHAHAHAHA

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:46:54 2014 No.2026276 >>2026274 So pic then. Conformed shill status as well.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:47:02 2014 No.2026279 File: 4 KB, 156x147, I do it for free.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2026270 same as you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:48:09 2014 No.2026280 >>2026276 Yes. I am shilling. I get paid $1000 a month just to shill 4chan, in addition to my normal salary. You caught me. Bravo. I am le defeated. I will never menace you again, until next time noble /vr/ warrior. FAREWELL

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:52:18 2014 No.2026284 >>2026280 >FAREWELL OK, farewell then, and never return. Bai!

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:52:45 2014 No.2026285 >>2026268 >>2026257 Egad! The intrepid young /vr/ detectives have unveiled my dastardly scheme to promote the Retron 5! I must retreat and plan my next shilling attack.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:53:27 2014 No.2026286 >>2026280 >I made all these shitty consoles and can't sell them >Might as well shill on 4chan while my invested money and time goes right out the window

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:53:47 2014 No.2026287 >>2026284 >>2026280 >I will never menace you again, until next time >until next time >next time Not if you're banned, fucker

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:55:04 2014 No.2026291 >>2026286 Has anyone ever bought a Retron after hearing about it on /vr/? It seems like the most ineffective form of "shilling" and yet every thread...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:56:28 2014 No.2026295 >>2025714 > Report submited! This window will close in 5...4...3...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 22:56:56 2014 No.2026297 File: 8 KB, 125x128, 1382070404214.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025734 >he emulates on cartridges oh god my sides make it stop hahahahaha

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:00:55 2014 No.2026305 >>2026291 I saw a guy commenting about how his Retron kept overheating after being on for a while. Outside of that, the rest is nothing but samefag shilling.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:02:16 2014 No.2026306 File: 108 KB, 375x375, 1383084031522.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2026291 Christ I didn't even need to hear it from /vr/ Stumped into this on youtube. >my face the whole review

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:05:29 2014 No.2026312

Isn't the Retron basically just an ARM chip running some open source emulators?

The impressive part is the device drivers for the cart readers, and packaging it into a working whole. But why is that better than just using your computer? You're not playing on native hardware, so authenticity doesn't matter anymore.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:50:32 2014 No.2026360 >>2025714 >Hello /vr/, /hyperkin/ shill here. >I'm thinking about shilling an Retron emulator.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:55:32 2014 No.2026367

>>2025734
This isn't for real, is it?

I mean, I'm a fucking lawyer, and I've been emulating ROMs for the past 15 years. You don't seriously think the FBI would bust down your door at 3 a.m. because you downloaded a ROM, right?

There's more to being a good citizen than following every law to an autistic level of compliance.

Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:57:32 2014 No.2026375

>>2026360
What's more likely:

Someone goes to the most hostile website on the internet (on a slow board) to advertise a weak emulator that everyone already knows about (and dislikes)?

Or someone got bored on a Friday evening and decided to troll and baitpost a bunch of autistic motherfuckers?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 24 23:58:35 2014 No.2026379 >>2026367 >inb4 disbarred :)

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 00:07:47 2014 No.2026394 File: 7 KB, 113x122, snts.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2026375 > I was only pretending to be a shill Ironic shillposting is still shillposting.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 00:13:35 2014 No.2026409

>>2026379
No one in the world knows all of US criminal law. Ignorance of the law is not a defense.

Isn't that fun? You could be doing everything right and the police could come and arrest you for something you do everyday and thought was perfectly fine.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 01:17:33 2014 No.2026505 >>2025734 >anyone getting in trouble for downloading ROMs >ever

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 01:22:27 2014 No.2026512 >>2026505 My uncle that worked for Nintendo got fired after they found out I downloaded Pokemon Ochre version illegally.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 01:26:41 2014 No.2026514 I thought maybe we could go a week without the shilling. I was wrong.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 01:28:48 2014 No.2026519 >>2026512 yeah sure, anon

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 01:29:25 2014 No.2026520 >>2026367 > I'm a fucking lawyer Then you should know better to give out advice on the internet.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 01:30:18 2014 No.2026521
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>>2025747

>If this shit was stolen, they'd be sued by now.

You realize this is in the process of happening right?

It's not even a secret that the tech is stolen, god damn the bait is so obvious and yet I cannot resist.

Fuck you shills.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:03:54 2014 No.2026559 >>2026519 He is in prison now. He got a job at Sega afterwards but I downloaded an unreleased Sonic game and he was arrested.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:08:49 2014 No.2026563 >>2026559 Yeah right. How would they find out that you downloaded a Pokémon ROM hack, anyway?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:11:13 2014 No.2026565 >>2026563 Nintendo lawyers backtraced the IP if you come over to my house i can show you

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:16:08 2014 No.2026572 >>2026565 There's no way in hell they'd know unless they were actively watching your Internet connection.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:17:41 2014 No.2026575 >>2026572 Haven't you heard? Nintendo owns the FBI, SEGA the KGB

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:18:03 2014 No.2026578 >another Retron thread gee whiz, you'd think OP would get the point by now

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:21:01 2014 No.2026581 >>2026575 I can confirm this because my uncle works at the FBI and my father at Nintendo

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:58:24 2014 No.2026629 >>2026505 >what are viruses >>2026520 he's literally doing it for free

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 02:59:25 2014 No.2026631 >>2026578 because, lemme guess, he's a SHILL >>2026514 I thought maybe we could go a whole thread without rampant shill accusations. I was wrong

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:06:05 2014 No.2026638 >>2026631 He's a troll pretending to be a shill.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:10:22 2014 No.2026647 >>2026629 >>what are viruses Things you wont be getting from ROMs or console game ISOs.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:11:16 2014 No.2026648 >>2026638 I thought he was a shill pretending to be a troll? "Bad publicity is still publicity."

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:11:51 2014 No.2026649
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>>2025734
By simply being in this thread you have downloaded "illegal shit" on your computer. Just looking at these sprites (which are now on your computer) is illegal.

fucking retard

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:13:37 2014 No.2026651 >>2026629 >getting viruses from ROMs Where the fuck did you try getting ROMs from?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:19:49 2014 No.2026664 >>2026647 >>2026651 maybe, maybe not >>2026649 definitely not

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:21:18 2014 No.2026667 >>2026664 Unless you're going to a shady ass site, you're not going to get viruses from ROMs. Just stick to one of the big ROM sites and you'll be fine.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 03:23:18 2014 No.2026670 >>2026664 >maybe, maybe not >>2026667 >you're not going to get viruses from ROMs You're not going to get viruses from ROMs period. You might get them from 'ROM downloader's, but not the ROMs themselves. Also, this was already addressed: >>2026005

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 04:25:01 2014 No.2026749 >>2026375 what if that's what he wants you to think?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 04:26:02 2014 No.2026754 >>2025776 So the only stealing you're gonna tolerate is emulator code stealing?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 04:31:15 2014 No.2026760 >>2026367 You're a lawyer telling that crime is perfectly fine, if you don't get caught.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 04:42:01 2014 No.2026776 >>2026005 You can get viruses from archive.org https://archive.org/details/amiga_virus_collection_research

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 04:42:16 2014 No.2026778

>>2026760
Retron is a box of pure crime. Stolen emulator code is as illegal as a downloaded rom but uglier. Those emulators are being actively developed and usually given away for free, while the games in the roms are mostly discontinued (or re fitted as cash-grabs virtual console titles)

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 06:53:26 2014 No.2026909

I don't understand Hyperkin's logic at all. You don't come to /vr/ to try and sell shit emulator boxes. I mean this is a board where people scrutinize model differences in Mega Drives. Not to mention, for the price of a retron you could just buy an Everdrive N8. Which is funny because you can't use an ED N8 on their shit "console".

Tl;dr - fucking shill faggots, gtfo /vr/

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 07:04:51 2014 No.2026924

>>2026909
>assuming it's actually Hyperkin
>assuming it's not someone who hates it and wants to see it burn

Granted, you would think that someone with that end goal would just let it die in obscurity, but this is 4chin, the place that made Anita an actual thing.

tld;dr: trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 07:34:54 2014 No.2026947 Retron 5, a small computer with emulation cappabilities.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 07:50:30 2014 No.2026963 >>2026909 Logic train derailed and there were no survivors.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 08:17:20 2014 No.2026994 >>2025818 LOL thank you

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 08:21:59 2014 No.2026997 i just wanted it for famicom. now how will i Famicom in NTSC land?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 08:28:51 2014 No.2027008 >>2026997 Famicom is NTSC. 1) Use a Famicom with a voltage converter 2) Use a NES with a cartridge converter or Flash cartridge 3) Emulate on a capable machine that doesn't require cartridges

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 08:35:40 2014 No.2027018 >>2027008 voltage converter is the only way because i must have full chip compatibility for Akumajō Densetsu.

Waterworld Box-Chan Sat Oct 25 09:55:05 2014 No.2027104

>>2027018
Famicom converters are relatively easy to find if you know how to look for em

If you want the full sound capability on your NES however, you have to do a simple mod by soldering a 47K resistor to pins 3 and 9 on the expansion port of your NES board

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 10:22:46 2014 No.2027139 Why do so many people seem to have game collections for multiple consoles they don't own?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 10:23:59 2014 No.2027141 >>2027139 They watched an episode or two of Game Chasers and thought if they had some retro games they'd make money. Either that or they're just fucking hipster fags.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 11:56:59 2014 No.2027287

>>2026909
>Not to mention, for the price of a retron you could just buy an Everdrive N8
For the price of a retron you can buy an used laptop to use as an emulation machine.
If the "onoes, space is an issue" excuse still floats around, then you can buy a second hand PSP, mod it and stuff it with emulators, PLUS Psx and Psp isos which the Retron cannot plat at all. (Then you connect your neat PSP to your tv using a cable and lo, now you are playing games in your bigass screen.)

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 11:58:51 2014 No.2027290 >>2027139 >Why do so many people seem to have game collections for multiple consoles they don't own? They don't. It's just your average shill's excuse for pushing the Retron around.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 12:13:31 2014 No.2027308 >>2027287 Or you can get a $30 pre-owned Wii and emulate more shit than you'll ever have time to play.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 12:45:42 2014 No.2027346 >>2025761 THE CODE IS STOLEN >Literally >Stolen >Emulation >Code And it's out of date too. They just ripped it from online without accrediting the makers. >>2025810 >R4 cards in Britain

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 12:47:59 2014 No.2027352 >>2027308 Op already claimed he didn't wanted a modded Wii because that screws up his sales pitch.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 12:50:55 2014 No.2027359

>>2025761
>Are we allowed to report these retron shill threads?
I reported this thread last night and the Mods punished me with a ban for "misusing the report system"

So I can assume that Moot is accepting cash to enable this kind of threads forever and ever.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 12:51:03 2014 No.2027360 >>2027346 >They just ripped it from online without accrediting the makers. That's only part of the problem. They also did things the makers didn't permit: Tivoization and commercialization

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 12:57:40 2014 No.2027371

>>2027359
I've seen various other threads about it removed. The last one on Monday.
http://archive.moe/vr/thread/2017567/#q2017567
Mabye it depends on the specific janitor/mod.
"misusing the report system" can be tied to the commercial spam and illegal content options but I've gotten it for the regular rule violation. It really doesn't help that you can't see the post you wrongfully reported.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 15:17:36 2014 No.2027601 >>2027139 Except you're wrong. >>2025765

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 15:24:00 2014 No.2027615 >>2027601 He asked a question and you didn't answer it. Is this all part of the ruse?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 15:26:14 2014 No.2027618 i have a retron 5. i enjoy it, i only use it though when i'm playing something without a save system, the battery is dead, or the password system is too retarded

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 15:47:28 2014 No.2027645

>>2027618
I have a Samsing i3 laptop. It's full of emulators and MAME games, so i use it whenever I want to play whatever I want because there's no limits for it.

It takes up minimal space, the wireless controller I hooked to it is great and I don't need to spend more and more money hunting used games at yard sales or paying abusive prices for rare carts.
I also watch movies and series on it and I even browse the internet using my TV as a big-ass monitor.

All of it by just part of the Retron's cost.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 16:13:01 2014 No.2027690 >>2027645 well yeah, i didn't say the retron was a good buy. i got it as a gift though, and i use it

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 16:19:44 2014 No.2027703

>>2027690
You could resell it to a hipster and buy yourself a nice second hand laptop for gaming purposes.
Dual Cores can be found at a laughably low price, usually with 2Gb ram and 80 Gb hard discs, more than enough to cover all of your gaming needs.

Also, it's true that Retrons suffer of overheating issues?
It has been brought up several times.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 16:52:50 2014 No.2027786

>"The Retron uses these free emulators illegally! Boycott! Boycott!"
>the emulators themselves are illegal
>they're used to run pirated ROMs that are actually worth money
>the Retron encourages buying original cartridges to support developers

If you pull your head out of your ass, it's not hard to see which party is the least morally bankrupt.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 16:54:05 2014 No.2027790 >>2027786 >>the emulators themselves are illegal >>the Retron encourages buying original cartridges to support developers You're dumb.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:03:11 2014 No.2027817 >>2027786 >supporting developers 0/10 retron drones are either the worst trolls or stupidest people.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:07:52 2014 No.2027832
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>>2027790
The emulators themselves are in a grey area, but their purpose is clear: They help people pirate games. Pic/link related: It's what Nintendo themselves have to say about emulators.

https://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#emulator

>>2027817
Even if the games aren't being sold anymore, buying original cartridges limits the distribution of old games. This makes it more viable for the original publishers to re-release the games on things like the Virtual Console.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:08:18 2014 No.2027836

>>2027786
>the emulators themselves are illegal
The only way you can argue that is to say that the methods of reverse engineering are illegal and the possibility that some were developed based on NDA documents.
I think only the cases based on NDA documents would actually hold up in court, though.

The only part of emulation that is illegal is the illegal acquisition of ROMs, which runs rampant. The reason it's not made out to be such a big deal (at least with retro consoles) is because the IP isn't really a moneymaker. (Or rather wasn't for the longest time until shit like the Virtual Console shit exploded.)

Emulators also allow you to dump and run your own ROM, and still play on other hardware.

>the Retron encourages buying original cartridges to support developers
What developers are actually putting out new carts? The only people making money are resellers.

And, just like the code in those ROMs, the code for the emulators is licensed. It is someone's intellectual property whether it's code created to simulate a hardware design or not.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:10:51 2014 No.2027846 >>2027832 >The emulators themselves are in a grey area No they're not. Nintendo is wrong. >This makes it more viable for the original publishers to re-release the games on things like the Virtual Console. No it wont. How stupid are you?

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:11:35 2014 No.2027848

>>2027790
The Retron uses illegal, outdated emulators.
The emulators were created for non-profit purposes, which the Retron ignored and used for commercial purposes anyway.
Not even a cent is going to the emulators' original creators as a token of appreciation because without their work the Retron wouldn't even exist in the first place.

The Retron's developers and defenders seem to be the the most morally bankrupt here.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:12:11 2014 No.2027849 >>2027832 People choose to believe that emulators promote piracy when you can, in fact, dump your own carts for ROMs. I suppose flash carts, no matter how good the intention for homebrew, should also be damned?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:13:19 2014 No.2027853 >>2027848 >The Retron uses illegal, outdated emulators. >The Retron illegally uses outdated emulators FTFY

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:15:14 2014 No.2027858

>>2027601
If you have a SNES collection and your SNES has broken, the simplest and cheapest solution would be to buy a new SNES, especially as you already have the controllers and cables. But if you would prefer a Retron then it's no skin off my nose.

OP however claims top have cartridges for multiple systems.Which brings me back to my original question.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:20:08 2014 No.2027871

>>2027849
>I suppose flash carts, no matter how good the intention for homebrew, should also be damned?
Absolutely. The vast majority of people buy flashcarts for one reason, and you know damn well what that reason is. If you want to write Nintendo software, become a licensed developer.

>People choose to believe that emulators promote piracy when you can, in fact, dump your own carts for ROMs.

https://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#emulator
>Are Game Copying Devices Illegal?
>Yes. Game copiers enable users to illegally copy video game software onto floppy disks, writeable compact disks or the hard drive of a personal computer.
>They enable the user to make, play and distribute illegal copies of video game software which violates Nintendo's copyrights and trademarks.
>These devices also allow for the uploading and downloading of ROMs to and from the Internet.
>Based upon the functions of these devices, they are illegal.

Your next line will be "I know more about games than Nintendo!".

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:20:15 2014 No.2027873

>>2027832
>Because video games have been around for less than three decades,
Did they write this in the 90s? The whole text seems rather out of date.

>Are Game Copying Devices Illegal?
>Yes. Game copiers enable users to illegally copy video game software onto floppy disks, writeable compact disks or the hard drive of a personal computer. They enable the user to make, play and distribute illegal copies of video game software which violates Nintendo's copyrights and trademarks. These devices also allow for the uploading and downloading of ROMs to and from the Internet. Based upon the functions of these devices, they are illegal.
This was ruled otherwise by a US court as far as I know.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:23:24 2014 No.2027882 File: 41 KB, 296x220, pee_wee_herman.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025830

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:29:05 2014 No.2027892 >>2027858 I would like to see a picture of said cartridge collection. Also, who says "it got broken" regarding an electronic device, anyway? Did he dropped his snes from a second story or what?

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:29:44 2014 No.2027894

>>2027871
It's not about knowing more, it's that Nintendo aren't a neutral source.

If Nintendo's arguments held any legal weight then CD and DVD burners, tape recorders, and VCRs would also be illegal. As they allow users to illegally copy other peoples intellectual property.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:31:07 2014 No.2027901 >>2027873 >This was ruled otherwise by a US court as far as I know. Yep, they did win against R4 in Australia, though, but have no grounds in the US.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:36:22 2014 No.2027912 >>2027892 Perhaps his carts no longer load and even blowing on them doesn't help. If I didn't think he was a shill, then I would put money on this being the problem.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:38:28 2014 No.2027923 >>2027912 he could send his damaged console to a repair shop instead of buying an illegal emulation machine that isn't even a good machine, you know.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:40:05 2014 No.2027925 >>2027901 Aren't video recorders illegal in Australia as well?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:41:15 2014 No.2027930 >>2027925 Probably, fucking Australia.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:44:11 2014 No.2027937 >>2027930 Apparently they legalized it in 2006. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/05/12/31/1819221/australia-to-legalize-vcr-recording-and-cd-ripping

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:45:05 2014 No.2027940 >>2027871 Most of what they cite them being illegal for is illegal activity, such as spreading the ROMs and such. However, as >>2027873 states, you are allowed personal backups by US law.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:45:21 2014 No.2027941 >>2027901 The R4 was banned in Japan and Britain rather than Australia. I believe the way it bypassed the DSs security was a key factor, rather than simply it being used to copy games.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 17:54:32 2014 No.2027953 >>2027894 See also Sony vs Connectix and Bleem. Nintendo never brought an emulator to the court, they only threatened UltraHLE.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 18:32:09 2014 No.2028008

-Stolen emulators
-Carts are required only to maintain the illusion of not emulating
-Grips the carts tight enough to damage the contacts
-expensive especially since it's stolen emulators

Just use your computer and output it through the TV and run retroarch. Order some usb adapters for old controllers, or get a blue tooth adapter and use your dual shock 3 or 4. Don't waste your hard earned money on retarded shit like R5.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 18:50:07 2014 No.2028032

>>2026375
>troll and baitpost a bunch of autistic motherfuckers?

This. Jesus /vr/ I know you guys hate retrons but stop fucking responding to these threads. It's obviously some dude with too much time trying to piss you all off and it works every fucking time, shit this thread was made while there was still another retron thread still up. I love this board but god damn you guys are like grandmas when it comes to being easily trolled by others.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 19:13:33 2014 No.2028059 File: 1.45 MB, 1280x720, file.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025714 >I don't download shady ROM shit on my computer

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 19:16:46 2014 No.2028067 Fun fact: the Retron makes a ROM out of your cartridge

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 19:18:03 2014 No.2028068 >>2025714 where can i get that controller?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 20:51:59 2014 No.2028267 >>2027923 Or buy a new machine that has the added benefit of playing GBA games

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 21:14:13 2014 No.2028298 >>2028068 check the local garbage dump thats where they belong

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 21:15:28 2014 No.2028305 >>2028267 >playing handheld games on a console May as well just use a PC.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:11:24 2014 No.2028468

>>2027786
>"The Retron uses these free emulators illegally! Boycott! Boycott!"
It's a clear violation of the FOSS licenses they use, most if not all of Retroarch is unde GPLv2, which at least forces them to acknowledge the use of it, see the giant chinese faggots who illegaly use FFMpeg code
>the emulators themselves are illegal
No, they aren't, they're clean room reverse engineering
Also, if that was the case Virtual Console would be illegal too
>they're used to run pirated ROMs that are actually worth money
Only if they actually pirate the ROM's, there's people who owns the cartridges and dump the rom's, as well as there's people who own the cartridges and download the rom's
>the Retron encourages buying original cartridges to support developers
You can't support developers buying stuff that's out of print since forever
Unless you buy them through the Virtual Console
So yeah, the solution is getting a Wii
>shills don't even have sincere arguments

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:14:32 2014 No.2028472

>>2027871
>If you want to write Nintendo software, become a licensed developer.
>licensed developer for a console whose last official licensed game was more than a decade ago
Or in case of SEGA, for a company that hasn't even made new consoles

And no, it's not illegal, Nintendo goes full retard as any company when it comes to copyright
You can do backups of whatever the fuck you bought, as long as they're for personal use, it's the law on most countries including the US

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:22:22 2014 No.2028495 >>2025714 That thing is seriously ugly. Just buy a wii for $30-40 or a SNES.

Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:27:33 2014 No.2028509

>>2026005
>It's literally RetroArch on an underpowered ARM PC
Awe, damn. I just learned about retrons, and was hoping they were something closer to being real hardware than an emu. Like C64DTV chips are/were made for retro C64 titles (http://www.chrismcovell.com/c64dtv.html).).

I wish there was an equivelent for NES/SNES or Genesis systems. :(

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:33:46 2014 No.2028531 >>2027832 >The emulators themselves are in a grey area, No, they're not. Sony v Bleem. Video game emulators are totally, irrefutably, 100% legal.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:38:03 2014 No.2028543 >>2025790 >retron 5 is just 30-50$ If this isn't a scam you'll have to buy a minimum of 10 consoles. So that would be $500. With $500 dollars you could buy all those consoles and almost every game that is worth while to play.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 22:45:50 2014 No.2028563 File: 297 KB, 2048x1536, IMG_20141025_204427.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2027871 :^)

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 23:33:31 2014 No.2028726 >>2028543 Last time I checked they were$15, not $30.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 25 23:36:03 2014 No.2028732 >>2028543 Last time I checked they were $150, not $30.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 00:42:47 2014 No.2028901 >>2028563 ... Huh?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 00:45:15 2014 No.2028909 >>2028901 he's saying he uses his flashcart to develop homebrew, rather than to pirate games I didn't even read the rest of the fuckin thread and I understood it

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 00:54:49 2014 No.2028940 >>2028909 Kudos to him for using flash carts and testing on real hardware. I hate the fags who develop shit that only work on zsnes or other equivalent

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 07:15:56 2014 No.2029409 >>2027871 so what, does nintendo think having a cock is a crime because you can rape people with it

Anonymous Sun Oct 26 10:03:52 2014 No.2029575

>>2029409
>does nintendo think having a cock is a crime because you can rape people with it
No! Not at all. You can't rape people with a branded, licensed, nintend-cock. That only happens with those evil pirate cocks you buy online, which we all know are specifically to rape people with.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 10:24:25 2014 No.2029603 >>2029409 Rape isn't a crime in glorious Nippon. It's more like a kiss on the cheek or rub on the behind. You know, they typical way you'd greet a woman.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 10:29:51 2014 No.2029614 >>2028940 It's important for 32x, where half the hardware is misdocumented or just flat-out broken.

Anonymous Sun Oct 26 11:02:23 2014 No.2029673

>>2027871
>>Yes. Game copiers enable users to illegally copy video game software onto floppy disks, writeable compact disks or the hard drive of a personal computer.

My country's law gives me the god given right to take my original media and make as many backups of it as I want. It doesn't matter what you as a silly company think.

>taking legal advice from nintendo

pls

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 12:10:20 2014 No.2029810 >>2028509 >I wish there was an equivelent for NES/SNES or Genesis systems. :( It does exist. Go check out early chinese NES/Mega Drive clones. I believe the SNES also has hardware clones

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 12:33:03 2014 No.2029862 Can't /vr/ just word filter retron and hyperkin so we stop having these threads

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 12:35:11 2014 No.2029867 >>2029862 >being this Reddit

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 13:31:58 2014 No.2029974 File: 23 KB, 153x213, vrsfyr.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025714

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 14:48:08 2014 No.2030141 >>2025714 >paying for emulators >shady rom shit >he says top pleb

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 26 15:36:12 2014 No.2030272 >>2029867 >being anti-shitposting is Reddit ok man

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 00:07:37 2014 No.2031213 >>2025714 >Retron 5 >shady shit >Shadytron 5 >Shitron 5

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 00:46:45 2014 No.2031275 >>2030272 promoting a hugbox is plebbit >>2031213 so clever

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 00:54:03 2014 No.2031290 >shady ROM shit I've been downloading ROMs for 15 years, and none of my emulated hardware has ever gotten corrupted. >pay someone for their work wut?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 01:36:48 2014 No.2031407 >>2025714 Get a JXD S7800b and install retroarch and go and fuckyourself with this shit

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 01:59:15 2014 No.2031463 >>2029867 the fuck? >>2031275 >promoting a hugbox is plebbit so you support the retron then?

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 02:35:52 2014 No.2031520

Play on an emulator.

>b-but that's illegal/I own the cartridges!

Buy the original console.

>b-but that costs more!

You're literally paying for an emulator if you buy this kind of thing. If you don't want to emulate, whatever. Don't emulate. Do it legit.

Buying a retron is one of the dumbest things you could do as a video game fan

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:08:47 2014 No.2032036

>>2031520
If you're going to argue against it, at least make a good argument.

It's a specialized emulator box. You could slap your own together with all the features if you really wanted to, but that's a lot of work that doesn't save you much money.

The real shitty bit is having to keep your cartridges plugged in it since just dumps the roms, and it doesn't just save the rom and let you play it from then on or let you dump a library with an SD card without having to plug a cartridge in.

But then, these things aren't meant to do anything but make a profit themselves and cross market old cartridges anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:15:54 2014 No.2032046 I laughed pretty hard at "shady rom shit". What do you guys think? How old is OP? 14 tops I would say.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:23:24 2014 No.2032052

>>2031407
This.
If you are going to buy a bootleg console, then better buy a good one instead of the Retron.

> Buh-buh muh saving up space...
The JXD takes up no space at all.

> Buh-buh muh catridges...
Cartridges take up a fuckton of space and consume hundreds and hundreds of dollars because of the resellers inflating up the prices. You could eat for two months with the money they charge you for an Earthbound cartridge alone.

> Buh-buh muh original programmers, buh thy deserve a payment for their games...
Neither Sega or Nintendo will receive a red cent for the greasy, discontinued cartridge you just bought at a yard sale or from some shady asshole from Craiglist.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:40:44 2014 No.2032068 >This thread still going Are the mods incompetent? Does /vr/ have the memory of a goldfish? Are these even shills or just shitposters? sage/report/hide

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:43:14 2014 No.2032072 >>2032068 Containment thread? Let the marketers keep a single thread up so people can keep shitting on it? Hide the thread if it assblasts you that much.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:44:58 2014 No.2032073 >>2032068 >>2027359

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 11:58:58 2014 No.2032084 >>2025714 Me and the wife own a RetroN V - we are real retro gamers and this changed our lives. A real phenomenon which is why people have a problem with it

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:12:11 2014 No.2032103 >>2032084 The fuck is a real retro gamer?

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:17:01 2014 No.2032112

>>2032052
Yet you eventually have to spend more money to eat again, but you'll never have to spend anything after you've bought a game.

Oh don't get me wrong, I don't really see use for Retron5, since I prefer original consoles. But the prices aren't really an issue to any working adult, considering that hobbies usually tend to cost you some money always.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:26:42 2014 No.2032121

>>2032112
It's pretty good for what it does, which is to be a tiny emulator that accepts carts, has an HDMI out, and has controller ports.

Everyone bitching about emulators being free doesn't really get the comfy couch factor. That said, the fact the thing is meant to push carts and controllers in retro stores is pretty obvious, given the "carts must be inserted" bit and the fact their "blue tooth controller" is a piece of shit.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:38:23 2014 No.2032135

>>2032121
>Everyone bitching about emulators being free doesn't really get the comfy couch factor.
I can play retro games from my couch using my modded Wii, dude.

>>2032112
>Yet you eventually have to spend more money to eat again, but you'll never have to spend anything after you've bought a game.
By downloading a rom I never have to pay for the (overpriced as fuck) games in the first place.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:39:28 2014 No.2032137 >>2025714 Dude just put Retroarch on a raspi (or old/cheap computer) or something and hook it up to your TV.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:45:52 2014 No.2032149 File: 28 KB, 500x278, How-To-Connect-Laptop-To-TV.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032137

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:48:17 2014 No.2032151 File: 17 KB, 420x294, rottenecard_78856211_wsqs4pf9sm.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032084 >>2032112 >>2032121

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 12:55:46 2014 No.2032161 >>2032135 What all can you emulate on the Wii? Just NES and SNES stuff, or genesis and Gameboy and all that?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:00:35 2014 No.2032168 >>2032161 Atari 2600, Atari 7600, Colecovision, Intellivision, Odyssey, Vectrex, NES, Turbografx-16/CD, Genesis, Sega CD, SNES, Playstation, N64 (poorly), Neo Geo-CD, MAME, GameGear, Lynx, GB/GBC/GBA. Plus a lot more.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:01:36 2014 No.2032170 >>2032168 Atari 7800*

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:12:47 2014 No.2032190 It's been three days. How is this thread still here? How has it either not been pushed off the last page, or deleted by mods for obvious marketing?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:13:26 2014 No.2032192 >>2032161 >What all can you emulate on the Wii? Everything the Retron can and much, MUCH more. And Wii backups as well, so there's no comparation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:16:59 2014 No.2032198 >>2032190 >>2032190 If you pay the Jew, you can market too!

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:20:45 2014 No.2032205

>>2032190
>or deleted by mods for obvious marketing?
>>2027359
>I reported this thread last night and the Mods punished me with a ban for "misusing the report system"So I can assume that Moot is accepting cash to enable this kind of threads forever and ever.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:32:21 2014 No.2032221

>>2032135
I think the most I've paid for a game is about 30 $. You don't have to pay greedy reseller prices. Part of the fun is to scour flea markets, thrift stores and goodwill shops for bargains. And make trades with other collectors.

You have the full right to play your games on the emulator but honestly, inflated prices on some games isn't a reason to shy away from actual hardware.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:41:47 2014 No.2032231 >>2032221 I want to play Earthbound. Would you be so kind as to point me in the direction of a $30 or less earthbound cartridge, please?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 13:51:08 2014 No.2032241 >>2032221 >>2032231 Hell, I want to play Seiken Densetsu 3, Megaman: Wily Wars, Super Robot Wars (GBA) and many more games that never made it into Northamerica. How can I play them using the Retron, smart boy? Hmmm?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 14:09:53 2014 No.2032281 >>2032241 Lunar IPS hack

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 14:12:56 2014 No.2032285

So, given that the OP is seriously considering this, and not just a shill, i'll give my honest opinion on it, since I own one.

I decided to keep my pre-order because i was locked in at 100$, which for the box, is a decent price. When they jacked up the price, it became much less appealing, and even more so now that they've increased the price yet again.

Currently I've been using my retron to do some Megaman 3 speedrun work, and for that, it works pretty good, but no better/worse than any emulator can.

It is a neat novelty device, and as other have suggested, i've considered selling the thing to some random hipster since at this point, with the scarcity and price increase, i'd probably be guaranteed to make money off my purchase.

I have 2 flash carts currently, Everdrive N8, and Everdrive 64, and both are miles better than the retron. A simple composite (or for snes through gamecube, s-video) to hdmi converter does fine for getting things to show on a TV, and those usually have better up-scaling than what a TV builds in. Any console that supports S-Video will look just fine, although not perfectly crisp, but still damn good compared to regular composite.

The controller for the retron is decent at best, and certainly something i wouldn't use for a game that requires quick and precise inputs. Anything akin to an RPG it would do fine for. Updating the system is a bit of a pain in the ass, and for some reason it seems that each console gets some kind of unique update file instead of just a blanket update for it like most android devices by a single company (or carrier if its a phone)

In the days leading to the release, hyperkin was saying things like "We're so close to 100% compatibility I can taste it." This strikes me as really odd because when it first came out, it wouldn't even work with the Sonic & Knuckles Lock on games, which would've been pretty damn high on the list for shit to get right.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:02:49 2014 No.2032468 >>2032281 I can't load roms in the Retron and the shill's entire salespitch depends of the use of cartridges on it. So the Retron can't let me play the games I want. >>2032285 Shill harder.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:22:16 2014 No.2032487

>>2032241
I guess you could do what european players do when they want to play Chrono Trigger (or Earthbound) and buy the US carts & systems (or mod their own).

I'm not selling (shilling?) Retron on you, I'm the guy who will buy original games if feasible. By all means, emulate Earthbound, or play it on the Virtual Console. I use emulators as well, when I want to play games I don't own or want to test a new one. Just can't get the same feeling personally.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:37:08 2014 No.2032505

>all the misinformation in this thread
The Retron 5 is a fantastic alternative to the consoles. A. it costs WAYY less than the consoles. B. it is more satisfying to pop in cartridges. 3. it looks better and saves SPACE. Not only that, but I have all the games worth buying for the systems (super mario world, zelda, sonic, and pokemon) and they all run flawlessly. Maybe some more obscure games like Donkey Kong or WarioLand might have a few issues but tbh they aren't even worth playing anyways.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:43:31 2014 No.2032514 File: 71 KB, 1920x1080, maxresdefault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032505

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:45:18 2014 No.2032517 File: 479 KB, 2048x1371, 1412209962547.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032505

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:45:19 2014 No.2032516 >>2032468 >call a product mediocre at best >must be a shill >dont think you know what that word means

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:48:13 2014 No.2032518

>>2032505

Guess what saves even MORE space... flash carts. Once you get over about 10 games, the footprint is greater than that of a console, so having an original console and a flash cart is going to save you more space. And consider you're using the REAL hardware to play the games, they run even more "flawlessly."

the space saving "issue" is a non issue, so stop using that argument plz.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:52:35 2014 No.2032524 File: 127 KB, 275x213, 1414117821990.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032505 >Maybe some more obscure games like Donkey Kong or WarioLand might have a few issues lol'd hard

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 16:57:02 2014 No.2032534 >>2032505 >Retron >fantastic >Donkey Kong or Wario Land >Obscure

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:09:05 2014 No.2032571 >>2032505 >B. it is more satisfying to pop in cartridges. What about the Retron's death grip it has once you actually manage to fit the cartridges in?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:09:18 2014 No.2032573 >>2032505 It's shit. It only serves to make a quick sell at chain retro stores that don't have an original console in stock. If you're going to drop money on original carts, you can drop the money for an original console.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:10:36 2014 No.2032575 >>2032505 thank you for keeping these threads alive, they're the only funny trolls on this horrible board

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:16:41 2014 No.2032590 File: 50 KB, 505x614, no pls.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032575 >this horrible board

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:18:27 2014 No.2032593 >>2032575 >this horrible board Maybe if you outsiders would fuck off with your meta rule whining threads it would be better.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:22:20 2014 No.2032598 >>2032590 >>2032593 oh shut up, /vr/ was never good

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:22:31 2014 No.2032601 >>2032593 i dont know what you're talking about but i bet its really really interesting

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:42:58 2014 No.2032650

>>2032598
Regardless of whether or not you are a troll, this still hits me. I have noticed the decline in quality, it is extremely obvious. The only place I could talk about videogames that I grew up with and enjoyed is now a hub for marketing and tech support, layered with viscous, though numerous, *successful* trolling attempts. If only this board had debuted on a separate chan, as I think '4chan culture' has finally gotten to this one.

gg /vr/

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:45:01 2014 No.2032656 File: 4 KB, 222x211, finger point.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] At this point I'm not sure if retron shill threads are legit shills or just an endless parody. Poe's Law in action.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 17:59:42 2014 No.2032678 >>2032650 You could go create a /vr/ board on hatechan. Then you can wallow in nostalgia with like 3 other people.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:04:10 2014 No.2032686
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>>2032575
>>2032598
>/vr/ was never good
actual question, how long have you been here? if you haven't been here long that's honestly fine, but the "x was never good" meme does not exist here. outsiders are welcome, but ruining our sick vibe we got goin on here is not
>tfw the 90s never ended

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:12:10 2014 No.2032698 >>2032205 >a ban for "misusing the report system" That's absolutely disgusting. This place really is dying fast.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:12:13 2014 No.2032701

>>2032686
It's an extrapolation of "4chan was never good", which is basically the idea that while you can find nuggets of good threads every now and then, the site has always had a requirement for you to sift through the garbage. No one remembers the garbage though, because it was just that, garbage.

On the one hand, you remember the good threads. On the other, it feels like rampant shit posting is always a current thing, and that it hasn't been here all along.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:33:36 2014 No.2032746 >>2032598 >X was never good There's that stupid board culture disease spreading again. >>2032601 If you are the one that said "horrible board" then it goes without saying that i'm going to single you out If you're not then i have no qualms with you.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:50:06 2014 No.2032790

>>2032573
>If you're going to drop money on original carts, you can drop the money for an original console.

But it's easier and more convenient to buy a Retron than multiple systems. Regardless of your opinion towards it, you can't deny that this is true.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:52:05 2014 No.2032798
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>>2027359
>I reported this thread last night and the Mods punished me with a ban for "misusing the report system"

As OP (even though I said I wouldn't come back), this just tickles me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 18:58:20 2014 No.2032814 >>2032790 It's also more convenient to buy a HDMI cable for the computer you're using

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 20:51:14 2014 No.2033134 >>2032505 >it looks better and saves SPACE. That's your only argument, right? The only space the Retron saves is the space inside of wallet of the poor retard who is tricked into buying this electric death trap.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 20:55:10 2014 No.2033146
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>>2032505
>it looks better and saves SPACE

You know what saves more space?
This bad boy here.

You can have the entire Nes, Snes, GB, GBC, Master System, Game Gear, Sega CD and Genesis library stored into this dinky little thing without having any old cartridges cluttering up the place.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 21:09:48 2014 No.2033184 >>2025714 I thoroughly enjoy how easily the Retron 5 deletes my save games, fails to work with coprocessors, and offers a generally superb rendition of the stolen-emulator experience that - until now - had been relegated to chink imports.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 22:58:03 2014 No.2033415 >>2033184 <citation needed>

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 22:59:25 2014 No.2033421 >>2033415 You can put "sage" in the options field to avoid bumping shit threads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:09:36 2014 No.2033441 >>2033421 oh, thanks

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:10:52 2014 No.2033443 >>2032790 If by easier you mean paying 3 times as much as an individual console, sure.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:31:44 2014 No.2033479

>>2032505
I agree. I have one and it's simpy great. Games looking mad clean in 720p with the special included filters, they look so HD it's unreal and very, very smooth. I can make them fill my entire 55' HD TV and they look incredible. The audio is great too with the enhancements. All that over HDMI, while with old consoles I had to use those RED/YELLOW/WHITE cables and they looked really bad. I finally got to take all my old consoles back to the garage and now have a perfect setup of few consoles that covers all I need. All my games are working perfectly. I'm waiting on the Retron 6 and 7 with PS1 and N64 now so I can take away those too. Best think I ever bought in my entire life.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:38:28 2014 No.2033493 >>2033479 Just stop. You're either a shitty troll polluting this board or a shitty shill failing to advertise your chink trash.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:48:53 2014 No.2033519 >>2033493 >Somebody has a different oppinion about a product >Must be a troll or a shill.

Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:54:17 2014 No.2033535

>>2032698
being able to be banned for reporting wrong has been a thing for years.

>get into an argument?
>getting your ass handed to you because your argument is shit?
>report the other person and hope they get banned!
needless to say buttmad activity like that wastes mods' the time they have for dealing with actual shitposts/rule breaking/etc so you get banned for filing bad reports.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:55:39 2014 No.2033537 File: 62 KB, 753x648, confused.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2025734 i know this shit was posted 4 days ago, but oh wow

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 27 23:56:15 2014 No.2033540 File: 124 KB, 358x272, OpkgjTy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032205 >>2032698

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 00:01:12 2014 No.2033549 File: 221 KB, 512x613, 54.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >this thread

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 01:37:29 2014 No.2033735 >>2033549 yep

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 01:46:40 2014 No.2033748 >>2033735 >still posting

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 01:58:16 2014 No.2033770 >>2033479 >I agree. I have one and it's simpy great <citation needed>

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 02:03:48 2014 No.2033778 >>2033519 > Somebody dislikes my shitty product > Must be a hater Funny how it can work both ways.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 03:00:40 2014 No.2033849 >>2025759 exactly 666 shekels

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 06:44:01 2014 No.2034072 >Not modding a fucking Xbox huge that you can find in a thrift store for 14 bucks and making it your retro console. Along with GLORIOUS LAN tunneling to play halo 2 online and rainbow six. Fucking plebs Someone play rainbow six 3 with me pls :(

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 08:58:37 2014 No.2034167 >>2033778 no, it doesn't. because people don't post infinite assravaged accusations of "muh hater" like they do "durr SHILL".

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 16:06:25 2014 No.2034752 >>2034167 First day online?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 18:43:37 2014 No.2035047 >>2032598 /vr/ was always, and still is good

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 22:49:22 2014 No.2035632 >>2035047 such threads say otherwise

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 28 23:53:17 2014 No.2035813 >>2025714 >I don't have a Wii. >Also I'd prefer having a physical console hooked up to my tv and I want to pay someone for their work sell carts. buy wii. download virtual console. voila!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 12:15:35 2014 No.2036787 >>2025818 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW4X2z2whK4

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 14:29:21 2014 No.2036970 >>2034072 This is a fucking thing?? How is it with ps1+2 emulation? N64 emulation? Captcha:godliness daystib

Anonymous Wed Oct 29 14:53:54 2014 No.2037017

>>2036970
I got this list from here: http://www.retrogamescollector.com/emulation-cheap-using-original-xbox-part-1-what-can/

A7800X – Atari 7800 full ROM set
AtariXLBox – Atari XL / 5200 full ROM set
BlueMSXBox – MSX full ROM set
Capcom System 3 771.6 mb
AdamX – Colecovision full ROM set
CoinOPS 5 complete (over 3,800 games) + full video set
Final Burn Consoles 4.06 gb
Final Burn Legends 12.20 gb + full video set
BlissX Intellivision emulator full ROM set
MednafenX Lynx emulator and full ROM set 334.3 mb + full video set
MekaX full Game Gear ROM set, full Master System ROM set, Sega SG 1000 full ROM set + full video sets 1.9 gb
NeoGeo CD 420 mb full ROM set
NeoPopX 272.3 mb Neo Geo Pocket full rom set, Neo Geo Pocket Colour full ROM set + full video set
MednafenX NES emulator 5.62 gb full ROM set + full video set
Odyssey 2 / G7000 full ROM set + full video set
Mednafen Pce – PC Engine 14.39 gb full ROM set + 99% video set
PlayStation emulator with 10 games
ScummVM 6.91 gb full ROM set
Sinclair Spectrum 276.6 mb full ROM set
Snes9XBox – Super Nintendo 7.21 gb full ROM set + full video set
Surreal 64 CE – Nintendo 64 5.77 gb 268 ROMs + 95% videos
WinSTonX - Atari ST 1.18 gb full ROM set
WinUAEX - Amiga 500/1200/CD32 emulator 5.29 gb full ROM set + full video set for hd roms
XboyAdvance – Game Boy 13.97 gb full ROM set for Game Boy/Game Boy Colour/Game Boy Advance + full video set for all
Z26X – Atari 2600 full ROM set

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 15:06:45 2014 No.2037026 >>2034072 Nice. I use a cfw ps3. I was into that mod scene really early and being able to download new releases the day they came out was glorious. It's also my media center, basically like having vlc on a console.

Anonymous Wed Oct 29 15:26:32 2014 No.2037058

This Thread Is Bad.

Are There Any Handheld Emulato Consoles? I Have A PSP Already But ID Like Something A Little Nicer, Maybe One That Has N64 Or Even DS Compatibility (My Ds Has A Messed Up Hinge And Acekard Doesn't Work On The 3Ds)

Sorry For The Fucked Up Formatting, My Phone Does That For Some.Reason.

Anonymous Wed Oct 29 18:30:32 2014 No.2037462

I found out I could put in my physical famicom Final Fantasy III Cart on the Retron 5, through the menu apply a patch, and be able to play in English.

This sold me on getting it. I like Emulation as much as the next person, but being able to do that with my physical foreign carts sounds amazing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 18:34:20 2014 No.2037471 >>2025772 Go find another forum to post your shit thread then.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 18:36:31 2014 No.2037478 >>2036970 >ps1 >N64 Terrible. >ps2 Non existent. Works well for 2D consoles only.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 18:41:22 2014 No.2037494 >>2037462 >Not just getting a flash cart and using a patched ROM. Which is what the retron does.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 18:42:57 2014 No.2037496 >>2037058 It's ok, Jaden.

Anonymous Wed Oct 29 18:47:50 2014 No.2037507

>>2037494
>Not just getting a flash cart and using a patched ROM. Which is what the retron does.
Kinda missing the point of what I wanted, which is using my individual physicals carts, not 1 flash cart, and playing in English.

I'm kind of interested if it works with full game overhauls.

Anonymous Wed Oct 29 19:11:35 2014 No.2037558

>>2037507
If you want to use your physical, get a ROM dumper, dump the rom from your cart, patch it, and put it on a flash cart. That's exactly what the retron is doing except it stops working if you pull the cart out, even though it's not reading from the cart any more.

At least with a flash cart you can play on original hardware.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 19:46:54 2014 No.2037629 >>2037471 and miss out on all this anal-annihilation? not a chance.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 29 20:57:02 2014 No.2037745 >>2037558 >put it on a flash cart The Retron doesn't support flash cartridges, dude. It doesn't support special cartridges like Virtua Racing, Star Fox, Megaman X2-3 or Yoshi's Island as far I know.

Anonymous Wed Oct 29 23:32:42 2014 No.2038038

>>2037745
Megafacepalm!
reading comprehension re read what >>2037558
just say
>>That's exactly what the retron is doing except it stops working if you pull the cart out
>>At least with a flash cart you can play on original hardware.
you're an embarrassment!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 00:16:00 2014 No.2038112 Bump :-)

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 00:42:14 2014 No.2038159 >>2038112 Step 1: Bump to 300 Step 2: Auto Sage Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 14:16:31 2014 No.2038953 >>2038159 that's not how it works

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 14:34:13 2014 No.2038991 >>2038953 That's not how any of this works

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 15:22:35 2014 No.2039097 >>2038953 >>2038991 > Talking about things that do not work. How fitting for a Retron thread.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 15:27:12 2014 No.2039103 If retron are shady cunts, what's the best alternative?

>>	georgetulsa@googlemail.com Thu Oct 30 15:32:16 2014 No.2039113 >>2039103 An actual console oremulating on your computer you fucking pleb.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 15:33:40 2014 No.2039116 >>2039103 Soft modding the wii. It's incredibly easy to do.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 15:51:45 2014 No.2039140 >>2039103 >>2039113 >>2039116 can confirm these are best options

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 15:54:58 2014 No.2039143 >I don't download shady ROM shit on my computer I wonder if some americans genuinely think like that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 16:21:37 2014 No.2039184 >5 days and 22 hours ago

Anonymous Thu Oct 30 19:23:19 2014 No.2039459

>>2037745
It can play those games just fine because that's just snes9x in disguise, which emulates or simulates those chips. Same for virtua Racing. The retron only grabs the ROM from the cartridge, you could butcher them to remove the special chip and they would still work.

Anonymous Thu Oct 30 19:58:51 2014 No.2039508
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As someone who was genuinely interested in the retron 3 before /vr/ educated me on how fucking terrible it was,

I have to wonder.

Are the people posting retron threads ACTUALLY shills, or are they just curious people like I was? I mean sure, either way they're going to learn the hard way, but.

Is somebody premoting the retron? like, youtube videos or something? I've seen a huge abundance of Retron 5 threads since I asked.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 20:09:45 2014 No.2039516 >>2039508 50/50 trolls and shills. Maybe the occasional clueless poster, but - in that case - it should resolve in a hell of a lot less than 300 posts. Remember, report, sage, and hide.

Anonymous Thu Oct 30 20:31:57 2014 No.2039550

>>2039508
The thing is they aren't just curious, if we assume the posts are honest posts then they've already made up their minds they are getting a retron and they just want us to tell them it's great. They dismiss any criticism of it or any suggested alternative

So why even make a thread asking for advice?

Personally I believe they're more trolls than shills, but who knows.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 20:45:53 2014 No.2039582 >>2039516 >report Why do people keep spouting this? It does nothing. People can shill here all they want and nobody gives a fuck. If anyone did it would be deleted within an hour.

Anonymous Thu Oct 30 20:46:01 2014 No.2039584

>>2039550
Nobody intelligent would waste time advertising the Retron on 4chan /vr/. 4chan is such a cynical hostile environment, the benefits of no charge and anonymity are lost.

Trolls on the other hand benefit from buttmad posters, people forgetting to sage, the need for every faggot to share his opinion, and shameless samefagging.

Personally I believe it's 90/10 trolls to shills.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 20:52:58 2014 No.2039596 >>2039508 >/vr/ educated me on how terrible it was You're a retard.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 30 20:57:47 2014 No.2039605 >>2039584 Yeah. Why would it make sense to advertise an emulation box on a board that discusses retro gaming? You're an idiot.

Anonymous Fri Oct 31 13:22:17 2014 No.2040915

>>2039605
>Why would it make sense to advertise an emulation box on a board that discusses retro gaming?
Because, as I already said:

>4chan is such a cynical hostile environment
Any attempt at shilling is met with hard resistance, skepticism, name-calling, shitposting, etc. In other words, piss-poor conditions for advertising.

So, you're the idiot.

Anonymous Fri Oct 31 13:37:04 2014 No.2040942

>>2040915
You still don't understand. It doesn't matter if every person in the thread shits on it. They KNOW people will be cynical and hostile and that means it will be sitting on the top of the page as a free advertisement for over a week. There is no such thing as "bad advertisement" People are seeing it and that's all that matters.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 13:40:05 2014 No.2040948 >>2040942 The "shills" for stuff that you guys endlessly shitpost about are nothing but trolls and you tards fall for it again and again. It's hilarious

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 13:51:33 2014 No.2040962 >>2025714 Retron looks dope. Is it true that it actually enhances my retro games?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 15:04:38 2014 No.2041060 >>2040942 If no one buys it, then it's bad advertisement because it failed to achieve its purpose. Besides, the phrase is actually "there's no such thing as bad Publicity", which is an often inaccurate bromide. >>2040948 true

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 15:27:56 2014 No.2041084 >>2040962 The retron 5 enhances games so well, it's like Captain N jacked off behind your tv and came rainbows in to your HDMI in.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 15:28:59 2014 No.2041087 again this thread

Anonymous Fri Oct 31 15:35:14 2014 No.2041096

>>2041084
This is very accurate. Also, consider that emulated games are actually closer to the developers' original intentions than the original hardware. Remember that these games were created with computers, and the fact that they were mostly played on consoles was because in the early 90's home computers were rare and expensive. Emulation on PC is the way the games were made to be played, and now with retron you can get the emulation experience on your TV with all the added benefits of paying for cartridges.

It really is a win/win situation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 15:37:34 2014 No.2041101 >>2041096 gr8 b8 m8

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 18:03:28 2014 No.2041320 >>2032505 Get fucked shill

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 18:36:10 2014 No.2041375 >>2041320 >continuing to take the bait

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 18:51:34 2014 No.2041396 >>2041096 >with all the added benefits of paying for cartridges >the added benefits of paying >for cartridges

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 18:53:56 2014 No.2041404 Still doing your viral campaign for that shitty console? It ain't working faggot, get the fuck out

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 18:54:11 2014 No.2041405 >goofus spams retron shills and gets banned >gallant goes to 4chan.org/advertise and buys banners

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 20:02:27 2014 No.2041482 File: 12 KB, 312x295, slowpoke.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2041404

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 20:13:24 2014 No.2041501 >>2041405 I don't think anyone is shilling. Some people are likely asking legitimate questions because they know nothing of it. Others are reposting it because of how autism makes people flip out over the stupid POS.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 21:27:47 2014 No.2041610 >>2041396 I sincerely hope you could tell that my entire post was sarcasm. I guess maybe it didn't come across well, I thought everyone knows retron is shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 22:58:27 2014 No.2041720 >>2041096 10/10

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 23:15:26 2014 No.2041742 My wife and I have a RetroN 5 and we are real retro gamers, we play hard and RetroN 5 can't steer you wrong

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 31 23:29:14 2014 No.2041761 >>2041742 My atheist ex-muslim gay partner and I own a Retron 5 because it's an incredibly progressive entertainment system based on fair-trade and tolerant values.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:03:17 2014 No.2041808 My retron jerked me off to completion why whispering sweet nothings about how I secretly want to be a little girl. Best 160$ I ever spent.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:09:52 2014 No.2041826 >>2041808 My Retron paid ME to play it. Most pleasurable $160 I've ever earnt.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:16:47 2014 No.2041847 File: 100 KB, 251x238, 1365038498676.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2041096 >Also, consider that emulated games are actually closer to the developers' original intentions than the original hardware.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:17:47 2014 No.2041850 >>2041761 6/10, I smiled

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:26:22 2014 No.2041858 I think RetroN™ is a great emulator which lets you play all your classic games on one console! I don't know about you, but I just love it!

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:39:11 2014 No.2041876 >>2025872 with a GPB? I am about to try that out on a PVM that I have coming in.

Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:39:41 2014 No.2041878

My wife and I recently bought a retron. Our love life has never been better. She dresses up as princess peach while begging for my p-wings while. We have sex to the first level of super Mario bros (our favorite retro game), which is great when you time your thrusts to the level music, picking up speed when the music speeds up. If Mario dies when time is up and she hasn't cum yet, she tells me the princess is in another castle and we keep going.

Thanks Retron!

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 00:41:35 2014 No.2041880 File: 21 KB, 400x300, jinglealltheway2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2041858 "Johnny's going to get one and so does everyone else I know! Whoever doesn't is going to be a real loser."

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 01:19:54 2014 No.2041921 >>2041878 lame marketing is lame. stupid shill and your indirect-selling faggotry

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 01:20:33 2014 No.2041925 >>2041878 omg mods save us from the shills

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 01:22:37 2014 No.2041926 >>2041878 >My wife and I... </snip> You remind me of that tattoed suicide-girl spam on /b/ "OMG SHE SO HAWT I CUM 10/10 WILL FAP MORE"

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 01:31:41 2014 No.2041939 I think Retro Five is a pretty cool machine, eh deaths grips games and doesn't afraid of any cartridge.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 03:11:10 2014 No.2042043 >>2041610 there's so many shills it's hard to tell the difference sometimes s'alright though

Anonymous Sat Nov 1 09:25:07 2014 No.2042307 [DELETED]

My retron was worth it. I've had three NESes brick on my with their blinking grey screen of death. For the price of those three dusty old consoles, I could have just bought a retron and played my old games in glorious upscaled 720p. You're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't pick one of these up.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 10:46:41 2014 No.2042389 >>2042307 >i would rather spend 160$ on stolen code than fix an NES with a 15$ worth of tools/cleaning shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 11:23:47 2014 No.2042439 >>2042389 In fairness, if retro gaming is just a casual passtime and occasionally cleaning a console is to much for you, then the retron is probably fine. It just werks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 11:44:22 2014 No.2042471 >>2042439 I think the worst part of the Retron is that they stole Retroarch's code but didn't bother to include the Pixellate shader to correct 4:3 scaling. See: >>1910393 >>1910410

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 11:45:51 2014 No.2042475 >>2042471 Meant to post https://archive.moe/vr/thread/1908706/#1910393 https://archive.moe/vr/thread/1908706/#1910410

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 11:48:19 2014 No.2042482 >>2042307 >three bricked NES' That's almost statistically impossible unless all of them came out of a box at a flea market labelled Things We Found After the Flooding. There's barely anything there to break.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 13:13:57 2014 No.2042642 I actually had one of these things grab the contacts so hard the plastic broke and the board was just sticking out when I tried to pull it out.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 13:19:11 2014 No.2042652 >>2042642 >anon Kanos his retron That's ok, you're doing God's work.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 22:18:22 2014 No.2043462 File: 20 KB, 500x209, jake-gyllenhaal-is-obsessed-journalist-in-nightcrawler.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] If you want to enjoy old video games, you have to make the money to buy a Retron.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 22:26:13 2014 No.2043469 >>2042307 Fuck off already. >I've had three NESes brick This is just fucking pathetic. Leave.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 22:37:02 2014 No.2043478 >>2043469 not even him, but you must be severely autistic to not realize he's joking.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 22:38:03 2014 No.2043479 >>2043478 It's not a joke, it's not clever, it's just pollution. Stop bumping this awful thread already.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 22:48:12 2014 No.2043485 >>2043479 >definitely autistic. stop letting anonymous comments get to you already.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:02:24 2014 No.2043498 Bump for keks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:10:40 2014 No.2043505 The only keks I need are the keks I get from my awesome Retron 5. The tears from all the poorfags who can't afford one amuse me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:13:44 2014 No.2043508 >>2043505 I know you are joking, but it is much more expensive to buy all the original consoles than just one Retron.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:20:46 2014 No.2043512 File: 358 KB, 847x466, LtJjZxi.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] They used a Retron 5 to make Mike Tyson fight himself and not a NES, they probably used the save state feature

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:22:39 2014 No.2043513 >>2025714 You can stop making these threads now shill

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:30:43 2014 No.2043519 >>2043513 Make me

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:39:32 2014 No.2043528 >>2043508 If you know where to look you can probably get all the ones supported by Retron 5 for under 100$

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:41:26 2014 No.2043529 File: 213 KB, 489x500, 1401871202572.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2032505 >Maybe some more obscure games like Donkey Kong or WarioLand

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 1 23:44:44 2014 No.2043535 >>2025714 Funniest post i've read all year.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 00:40:44 2014 No.2043594 >>2043512 > Dat stretching Welp, so much for the Retron's quality.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 09:30:18 2014 No.2044080 >>2043508 >Implying I don't keep all the original consoles around to impress hipsters while I do my serious gaming on a retron.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 09:55:57 2014 No.2044108 >>2044080 >implying you do, pic of didn't happened faggot

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:16:55 2014 No.2044140 >>2044108 >implying I'd post my pic on 4chan, of all places >to impress an anonymous faggot

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:23:22 2014 No.2044151 >>2044140 >implying you're me and I'm not going to take a pic now that I'm done porking my wife.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:26:45 2014 No.2044157 >>2044140 >implying i'm not pope

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:39:38 2014 No.2044165 Welp, guess I'll start making ps2 and ps3 threads showing off my ps1 emulation while discussing the hardware of the non-retro systems since the idiot mods here don't give a fuck. Seriously, mods, I'm disappointed in your colossal faggotry.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:43:42 2014 No.2044169 >>2044165 >moderate what i want you too mods! do it or i'll cry!

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:44:30 2014 No.2044171 File: 1.25 MB, 2587x1934, 1414943070042.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2044108 >>2044140 >>2044151 Oh ye of little faith, look at my works, and DESPAIR

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:47:55 2014 No.2044175 >>2044169 Oh I must have been mistaken. The retron console is pre-1999, right? Why even have rules?

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:49:00 2014 No.2044176 >>2044171 Looks like you got baited into wasting your time taking a pic. Nobody cares, faggot.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:49:27 2014 No.2044178 >>2044176 You cared enough to respond, faggot

Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:50:43 2014 No.2044180

>>2044175

the retron is nothing but a shitty emulator box. people are allowed to talk about post-1999 emulators, sourceports, and things like modern ports of retro games like the GBA FF remakes and the mobile DQ games.

of all the terrible things about this thread, you're pouting about the most inconsequential.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 10:52:07 2014 No.2044182 >>2044171 >that pic You're a fucking idiot, i don't even care about the chain of replies or context.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 13:22:51 2014 No.2044403 >>2044178 You cared more

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 14:26:07 2014 No.2044528 >>2044403 If caring about quality gaming is a crime, guilty as charged.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 15:02:22 2014 No.2044596 File: 170 KB, 938x719, mine.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2044171 >he actually bought one

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 15:28:44 2014 No.2044645 File: 110 KB, 820x615, question.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is it safe to assume that all retron shill threads in the past month or so have all been "stealth" parodies and the actual retron shill(s) left long ago?

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 15:29:21 2014 No.2044646 >>2044645 No clue. Report, sage, hide.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 15:30:55 2014 No.2044649 >>2044645 Of course. One must be an autist not to understand the ironic humour in these threads

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 15:44:37 2014 No.2044662 File: 9 KB, 62x80, 1360900765846.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2044528 >quality gaming

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 16:52:12 2014 No.2044772 >>2032231 Well, you could buy Mother 2 for under 30$ easy.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 16:56:58 2014 No.2044785 >>2044649 There's no "humor" here, just awful shitposting. Report, sage, hide.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 16:57:54 2014 No.2044790 >>2044772 Then patch it on your Retron and play it in English.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 17:03:08 2014 No.2044812 >>2044790 I'd rather brush up on my moon runes than buy a Retron.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 17:13:21 2014 No.2044841 >>2044812 You some type of luddite, son? Someone goes through the trouble of translating a popular game and provides it for free, and you're too good to take advantage? Talk about first world problems.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 17:33:44 2014 No.2044894 >>2044646 announcing reports is against the rules.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 17:34:51 2014 No.2044896 >>2044894 Announcing regrets isn't.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 17:42:01 2014 No.2044909 >>2044896 irrelevant.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 21:03:59 2014 No.2045265 Fun for the whole family.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 21:12:19 2014 No.2045291 >>2025714 Of all the obvious shilling threads about the Retron 5 that are up right now, this is the funniest one. Shady ROMs indeed.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 21:13:00 2014 No.2045293 >>2045265 Great retro games for all ages.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 2 21:14:51 2014 No.2045301 >>2044894 He's not announcing reports he's advising it.

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