/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2087947]

Questions and comments that might not deserve their own thread general.

[Anonymous No.2087954]

Do you get awarded for finishing 1st place in all four races of a trophy race? Do you get awarded for finishing every race in the game at first place?

[Anonymous No.2088125]

console cabinets mods (and similar) threads, vr/ or diy/ ?

[Anonymous No.2088178]

If I take creatine will I go bald?

[Anonymous No.2088247]

>>2088178
Is shitposting always just shitposting? Or is fun just not allowed?

[Anonymous No.2088298]

>>2088247
It's a joke on how QTDDTOT is a /fit/ thing

[Anonymous No.2088316]

>>2088125
both, like how studio ghibli (or whatever the fuck) movies as /co/, /tv/ and /a/.

[Anonymous No.2088324]

>>2087947

Does ePSXe run into any problems emulating the PS1 Final Fantasies?

[Anonymous No.2088342]

>>2088324
As far as I know, ePSXe has some special flags for FF7 and FF9, hacks you turn on to make it emulate certain things differently so it doesn't lock up the game.

Last I saw, the hack for the battle swirl for FF7 just removed it outright so it wouldn't crash. The hack for FF9 makes the battle menu's visible, since otherwise they are missing.

They don't emulate perfectly, but they are fully playable.

Great idea for a thread OP, I just hope people use the catalog and this thread instead of making "/vr/ is my personal tech support/google service" threads.

[Anonymous No.2088350]

>>2088342

Thanks.

[Anonymous No.2088356]

What emulators do you recommend for android devices? I got "My Boy! Free" off the PlayStore wich has little ads in the rom selection screen, but by far less annoying that most other apps.
Also, is buying a mini-USB to USB adapter worth it (for gamepad use), so that platformers and action games dont suck that much?

[Anonymous No.2089062]

Posted this in the sega thread, but this one is young and ripe.

I know I'm retarded at the party, but I came in here to post this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy_Star_%28video_game%29
>Odin
>in spite of the fact that he has the weakest overall stats of any character in the game.

I never beat phantasy star, though I have gotten fairly far. That said, I actually bothered to check his stats compared to the others but JESUS FUCK IT'S TRUE

From top to bottom: Alis, Myau, Odin, Noah

Level Exp MHP MMP ATK DEF
1 0 16 0 8 8
1 0 22 0 18 22
1 0 42 0 13 13
1 0 45 12 18 30

5 230 45 6 15 24
5 350 44 0 31 38
5 350 60 0 19 21
5 350 61 28 29 53

10 1050 93 14 25 51
10 1700 78 21 48 60
10 1400 94 0 25 31
10 1100 89 43 38 82

20 8500 182 25 44 107
20 9500 162 44 73 102
20 10500 156 0 37 61
20 12000 155 70 60 110

30 63000 218 32 56 120
30 60000 214 55 86 118
30 60000 192 0 47 74
30 50000 195 83 75 123

[Anonymous No.2089095]

2 questions
Why does MAMEUIFX[the lastest one] doesn't read Metal Slug 1-3&X meanwhile MAME32 0.90 can?

Last time i did an audit of the roms, it was mostly missing files from the neogeo BIOS, does anyone know where i can get said files?

[Anonymous No.2089107]

>>2089095
Same guy
Forget the part where it's 2 questions, i pretty much answered the first question by myself
>mfw

[Anonymous No.2089257]

>>2088342
And as far as I can tell, Tactics runs perfectly as well, although you might need to tinker with it to get rid of a few errant invisible texture blocks on the battleground, but it should be easy (or not even existent nowadays.

[Anonymous No.2089267]

Hunter Hunted (1996 Sierra) is the first game in the universe Starseige: Tribes is a part of.

[Anonymous No.2089296]

Back in 2006, Warren Ellis of Transmetropolitan fame posted on his blog that he would be writing the script for a Castlevania 3:Dracula's Curse animated movie.

In 2008, the following was posted to the official blog for the animation.
"Sorry for the lack of updates. Warren delivered the revised draft of the script in early June. It has generated inquiries from some interested in releasing Castlevania as an animated feature film instead of a direct to DVD. Discussions are ongoing."

In 2009, the devs posted a picture of the Cyclops.

Finally in 2013, the website appears to have died, Ellis hasn't said anything, and the project appears to have vaporized.

We almost had an animated Castlevania movie written by Warren Ellis. This could have been good.

[Anonymous No.2089434]

>>2089296
Oh wow.
>>2089267
Nifty.

[Anonymous No.2089454]

"I want to get into retro gaming, where should I start? "

[Anonymous No.2089458]

>>2089454
"At the beginning."

[Anonymous No.2089491]

never forgetti

[Anonymous No.2089498]

>>2089062
>the mighty odin is weaker than the cat

this made me smile

[Anonymous No.2089787]

>>2089062 here.
I just read http://www.gamefaqs.com/genesis/586382-phantasy-star-iii-generations-of-doom/faqs/17574 for the first time ever and man that's some odd stuff. But kinda cool though.

[Anonymous No.2089815]

>>2089498
Well, his name was Tylon/Tyron in jap land, so...
Then again, I guess getting stoned for such a long time will do that to you.
Also doesn't Myau eventually turn huge and grow wings? I guess he/she/it/? was hiding its power level.

[Anonymous No.2089941]

>>2089815
Also, Lutz/Noah is the fucking master of hiding power levels.
>uses some spells and has alright base stats, but holds himself back with shitty equips
>somehow manages to reincarnate himself several times over
What an asshole.

[Anonymous No.2089948]

>>2088298
it's a /g/ thing too.

>>2089458
not a terrible suggestion, atari and the like are dirt cheap.

[Anonymous No.2090023]

>>2087954
No, for the trophy races, all you need to do is finish 1st overall. There's no special award for 1st place in everything

[Anonymous No.2090083]

>>2087947
what are the best versions of Final Fantasy 6? what about chrono trigger?

[Anonymous No.2090085]

no matter how much I fucking try, I can't find an arcade version of Killer Instinct that actually fucking works. could someone please lend me a tested copy?

[Anonymous No.2090091]

>>2090083
I dunno about FF6, but with Chrono I've heard the DS is the best version since it's got both the cutscenes from the PS1 version and the load speed of the SNES version. Though with the addition of byuu's MSU1 extension one could go about adding the cutscenes to the SNES version now.

>>2090085
Give this a shot?
http://www.thekillerinstinctproject.com/kiproject/kimame.html

[Anonymous No.2090098]

What are the best /vr/ mech games for the PC? Something preferably with a good sourceport I don't like using dosbox.

[Anonymous No.2090102]

>>2090098
>What are the best /vr/ mech games

How about just this. I need more more /m/vr/ too pls help.

[Anonymous No.2090127]

>>2090098
All genre or mech sim only?
For all genre, i like total annihilation
For mech sim, err... mechwarrior series and heavy gear series i guess...

[Anonymous No.2090147]

>>2090091

After fucking YEARS of trying! Thank you so much man!

[Anonymous No.2090241]

SNES JRPG's with engaging combat? Hard mode: no turn-based / "time pause"

[Anonymous No.2090547]

So, why is it that the NES ver. of Ultima Exodus sucks ass, again?

And what ver. should I play?

[Anonymous No.2090632]

Does anyone have a layout of world 7's castle in Super Mario Bros? I can't find one.

[Anonymous No.2090652]

>>2090632
You mean this?

[Anonymous No.2090662]

What's the best way to play the Simpsons beat em up? Mame?

[Anonymous No.2090676]

>>2090547
DOS version with the upgrade patch.

[Anonymous No.2090687]

>>2090547

I dunno about any one else, but I really liked Ultima Exodus for the NES. Aside from FF1, it is one of my fondest early RPG memories.

[Anonymous No.2090727]

>>2090652
That's a cool site.

[Anonymous No.2091112]

>>2090547
It's more of an alternate experience in my book, while still remaining similar.
I also like the NES version of Ultima 4, though the SMS version is my favorite.

[Anonymous No.2091127]

Is a SMW Return to Dinosaur Land cartridge something I wanna buy? I love SMW but can't stand 99% of romhacks that force you to abuse glitches and bullshit speedrunner techniques in order to win. I just want more levels using the flawless SMW engine. A little more difficulty would be nice to keep it fresh but I don't need my ass ripped in half here.

[Anonymous No.2091610]

is their a way to get diablo and hellfire for free ? since it's an old game, is it legal to download it ?

[Anonymous No.2091630]

I vaguely remember being scared shitless of a PC game during my childhood, and I recall it being called Nocturne. It featured being ambushed by a werewolf (I guess) on some spooky forest and me running away from my older brotther's room screaming.

Was this game any good? Is it worth it to go searching for it years later just because I'm mildly curious?

[Anonymous No.2091634]

How do you find out when PSN does those flash sales for their PS1 games?

[Anonymous No.2092183]

>>2091127
Could always give the game a try on an emulator before buying.

>>2091610
Might be given away if you sign up on battle.net, I know Blizzard did that with some of their older games in the past like Lost Vikings.

[Anonymous No.2092382]

>Mother's Earth

[Anonymous No.2092517]

In OoT, there's this tree in lake hylia, it has three slash marks in it and they serve no purpose whatsoever. It puzzles me to this day why the developers bothered to include that texture in the game.

As a kid I thought they were made by some monster with big claws.

[Anonymous No.2092524]

Continued from this:
>>2092517

Also in lake hylia there are six columns, all of them are intact except for one, which I thought was broken by the same monster that slashed the tree.

Come on, I can't be the only one who thought that.

[Anonymous No.2092536]

>>2092517
Well, originally, there was a claw-like item, given in the Shadow Temple. It makes a little more sense, since they removed the slash in the 3DS remake

[Anonymous No.2092604]

Did I fucked up?

[Anonymous No.2092840]

I wanted to get started to play EarthBound. I heard that it got a patch to uncensor it, is it any good? Should I play it first the way like most of the kids in the US did or just go straight ahead and play it "the way it was intended to be" ?

[Anonymous No.2092849]

Has anyone ever tried playing Future Cop:LAPD on winXP or win7?

It's buggy as all hell and crashes most of the time, the game doesn't seem to like newer hardware and I've never found a guide to making it run

[Anonymous No.2092854]

Is there such thing as a multiplayer RPG?
I was wondering if maybe a hibrid of a real time battle and a turn based system could work; i.e. in Valkyrie Profile you have characters you can control for a limited lenght of time, I was thinking that maybe this lenght of time could be tweaked such that you could attack in any way you wanted, within a frame of time; this could allow combos of two or more; thus making the rpg strategic to an extent but multiplayer at the same time. Your thoughts /vr/?

[Anonymous No.2092864]

>>2088356
I use the -oid ones (GameBoid, NESoid, Gensoid, SNESoid) on my Xperia Play and they've been perfect for every game I've played. No ads, either. I can't really comment on how well they play with touchscreen controls, though, since I use hardware.

They aren't on the PlayStore, as far as I know, but there's a site for each of them. Just go to nesoid.com and it links all the others.

[Anonymous No.2092890]

>>2092840
The censorship is pretty minor stuff so don't worry about it too much.

[Anonymous No.2092913]

>>2091634
http://blog.us.playstation.com/
or
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/
or whatever your country is.

[Anonymous No.2092915]

>>2092604
>no way out
Probably. Fucking western devs.

[Anonymous No.2092932]

>>2087947
Found my old DSi XL
Want to buy a flashcard for it but google gives some shaddy results and there lots of options
Which is the best and also how are 3DS with flashcards, are they any good? I might sell my DSi and buy a 3DS if they properly support flashcards

Sorry if this is a too recent topic for /vr/ but I think this may be the most helpful member of the /v/ family

[Anonymous No.2092935]

>>2092849
I think most people just emulate the PSX version.

[Anonymous No.2092940]

How accurate is SNES emulation on the Wii?

Is it terrible for like, a mario or lttp?

[Anonymous No.2092949]

>>2092932

Most of the flashcarts which still work on the DSi work on the 3DS. There have been updates to block flashcards so some of the old ones don't work any more.
The Supercard DSTwo is considered to be the best card. If you want something cheaper, you can also get the R4i Gold. It's a lot easier to find clones of these cards though, so be careful. GBATemp should have trusted sellers.

>>2092940

For all the well known stuff, SNES emulation is just fine. You can also use .WAD files of the virtual console versions of the game. Injectuwad is a tool that allows you to inject a rom into a .WAD to use Nintendo's own emulator but most of the time it's not necessary.

[Anonymous No.2092952]

After spending some time with Phantasy Star III, I'm starting to enjoy it. I can't put it above PS4, but so far, it's almost even with PS2, and a bit better than PS1 in all but aesthetics (PS1's music (in FM) is better).

In some odd ways, it almost feels a little like a SaGa game or spinoff.

[Anonymous No.2092960]

>>2092952
Its ok, but there's no way that you can compare the lazy and boring hallways that pass for dungeons in PS3 with PS2's masterpieces. It gets old.

The Phantasy Star title is kind of a curse for the game though. On the one hand, no one would even play it if it weren't a PS game, but on the other, it has certain standards it has to live up to, and doesn't. But choose a random RPG for the SNES and pop it in and chances you have a game roughly on par with PS3. It isn't really that bad.

[Anonymous No.2092973]

>>2092949
Thank you anon

[Anonymous No.2092979]

>>2092949
Thanks
Just 2 things, any notable difference between R4i Gold plus/deluxe/normal? And I won't be able to use internet features with the pirated games, right? Guess I can live without that

[Anonymous No.2092985]

>>2092960
>PS2's masterpieces
I haven't beaten PS2, but I'd hardly call its dungeons masterpieces, so much as annoying teleport/stair mazes. I won't say PS3's dungeons are good or even average either. Mediocre at best.
That said, I was considering the games on a whole.
>it has certain standards it has to live up to, and doesn't.
Considering it was only the third game, there weren't many standards for it to live up to other than "be a better PS2", which, in that regard, I'd agree and say it failed. Still, all 4 of the PS games have their own unique aspects and features to them, so, in a retrospective regard, it's somewhat successful.
I still consider 2 the better game on a whole so far, but I do enjoy some of its aspects of 3 on a personal level, such as being able to mess about with the power of your techniques (though I'm not a fan of the rectangular distribution) and a character having all of their techs from the start.
>But choose a random RPG for the SNES and pop it in and chances you have a game roughly on par with PS3.
Yeah, it is a bit generic in some aspects, but not too much in others. There were some really bland ass RPGs on the NES/FC and SFC/SNES alike. I don't consider PS3 bland, save for some of its aesthetics though. Now, if we're going to talk retro jap PCs, it'd be a drop in the bucket. There's all sorts of odd stuff on those that we may never get to properly play, at least in english.
PS3 is no Metal Max entry, that's for sure, but it's not as shoddy as something like Hudson's Momotaro RPGs either.

[Anonymous No.2092986]

>>2092979

The DS's internet features were shut down a few months back. You might still be able to find private servers though.
Flash cards worked online. You used to find a lot of hackers in Mario Kart and Metroid Prime Hunters. They don't affect the 3DS's online.
R4s are pretty notorious for being cloned. I'd do research on GBATemp and find out what kind to buy and from where.

[Anonymous No.2092989]

>>2092985
But yeah, "It's ok" is about what I'd call PS3 in as few words as possible.
That's fine with me though, I've beaten better and far worse. Sometimes okay is okay with me.

[Anonymous No.2092993]

>>2092986
Alright gbatemp seems like competent site, thanks

[Anonymous No.2093257]

>>2091610
>>2092183
I already try getting it legally from blizzard, but it's impossible to find it. Maybe spending 30$ on ebay or something like that. I'll probably buy it on specialized shop in Paris.
Does somebody know where I can find a crack for Diablo ? I can't find one.

[Anonymous No.2093286]

>Comes complete with game disc 1 and 2 and i'll include a jewel case for both discs. Missing double thick case, booklet, and back cover art and front cover art.

This sort of thing makes me unreasonably mad.

[Anonymous No.2093412]

When will GBA be considered retro by /vr/?

[Anonymous No.2093415]

>>2092604

Wait...if I recall correctly, that's actually part of the story, hell, there's actually a good chance you won't complete the game unless you carry certain things to your jail room

go check a walkthrough, I forgot what were those things

[Anonymous No.2093418]

>>2093412

whenever a new gen of consoles arrive. we've been thru this before

[Anonymous No.2093440]

Feels bad wanting to play Toejam & Earl and not having someone to play it with.

[Anonymous No.2093441]

>>2093412
Never

[Anonymous No.2093475]

>>2093412

When the rest of 6th gen does.
Feels weird considering the Dreamcast to be retro and not the GBA, though.

[Anonymous No.2093560]

I remember someone saying that you can't get the 100% of SMW if you miss a checkpoint in a castle. Is it true?

[Anonymous No.2093590]

>>2093560
>3:52 No.2093581 Anonymous 11/28/14(Fri)12:53:52 No.2093581>>2093578 #>Heavy implication that the community

Oggysecastle has a secret exit to star road iirc, in bowsers valley.

[Anonymous No.2093616]

>>2093590
>that quote

I... uh... what?

[Anonymous No.2093663]

>>2093415
On one hand, I don't like googling the answer.
On the other hand, I'm stuck after going into the mirror and I don't know what to do.

Tough choices.

[Anonymous No.2093827]

>>2093412
When Donkey Kong retires.

[Anonymous No.2093840]

Is there a Quake 2 source port which doesn't have wobbly jelly models? Or is that a problem with the animations themselves?

[Anonymous No.2093865]

>>2093257
If I recall the protection on Diablo was simple (no server-side checking aside from battle.net stuff), so a NoCD fix should do
http://gamecopyworld.eu/games/pc_diablo.shtml

[Anonymous No.2093964]

>>2087947
There was this game on GBA that was 3d. It was in a Technology thread. But i cant remember the name. I mean 3d perspective not like a 3ds.

[Anonymous No.2093969]

>>2093964

Asterix and Obelix. I played it, it's impressive but the perspective is fucked.

[Anonymous No.2094140]

I really enjoyed playing 90s Maxis Games (mainly SC2K, Simcopter, Streets of Simcity)

Anyway, In order to play these old games again what would be a better approach; Using DOSbox on a Win7 Machine, or Virtualbox (with WinXP installed)?

Which option would be more accustomed to using a slower, "fixed" CPU speed (I searched around and saw that these games will crash easily on fast machines without an FPS limiter.)

Any feedback greatly appreciated.

[Anonymous No.2094146]

>>2090102
armored core & front mission at least

[Anonymous No.2094151]

Did the Chu-Teng fan translation patch ever get completed?

I contributed a bit to it but whether or not it finished seems to have slipped me by

[Anonymous No.2094180]

>>2091630
I bought it last year at a thrift store. It starts out not spooky at all as you're an investigator armed with guns with laser sights, but as you get further into it you get more helpless and fuck if I didn't quit outright more than once.

If you're a classic RE fan, definitely look for it. In fact, I may post a link if I can find my disc.

[Anonymous No.2094308]

>>2092864
I agree with you on all the oids' except Gameboid. Myboy has online playability which Gameboid lacks. I like to link up in Advance Guardian Heroes with some of my friends on my Xperia Play.

[Anonymous No.2094312]

Wii64 stopped detecting the nunchuck analong stick for some reason rendering all the games unplayable but the analog stick works fine for Wii games and all my other emulators what am i doing wrong /vr/?

[Anonymous No.2094351]

>>2094140
>Anyway, In order to play these old games again what would be a better approach; Using DOSbox on a Win7 Machine, or Virtualbox (with WinXP installed)?
It depends, if the games run in DOS then yeah use DOSBox, however if they have to use Win9x you'll need to use a VM. However, if they can run in Win3.1 you can set that up in DOSBox and see if the game will run.

You can try setting up Win9x in DOSBox but, least for me, it's quite a pain and as far as I know there's no CD or floppy image mounting.

[Anonymous No.2094359]

I'm using an ntsc scart cable (dreamcast) on a pal crt and i'm getting b&w picture.
Should i buy a multi-system crt or is there another solution ?

[Anonymous No.2094456]

>>2094140
>>2094351
Ok, but now I have another (Idiotic?) idea:

What if I installed an older OS on a separate HDD and then boot from that HDD (using modern hardware)?

vis à vis Can older Operating Systems run on modern hardware or are they completely incompatible?

[Anonymous No.2094537]

>>2094456
You can install, and they may or may not run, but your main problem will be drivers. Does your motherboard and video card manufacturers have drivers for that OS for that hardware? Odds are, the answer is no.

The flip side is also just as troublesome. I managed to get Win7 installed on a Pentium 2 system, but I couldn't find any drivers compatible with Win7 for any of the hardware.

Virtual Machine/Emulation is pretty much the only way to avoid having to build your own retro PC.

[Anonymous No.2094714]

>>2092854
You mean turn-based RPGs only? Because if you include action RPGs, Secret of Mana and Diablo exist.

[Anonymous No.2094721]

>>2092854
>multiplayer RPG
>hybrid of real time and turn based

Yeah, its called Baldur's Gate. It works pretty well.

[Anonymous No.2094728]

are there any examples of games where the PAL version is superior? (e.g due to censorship or shittiness of the NTSC version)

[Anonymous No.2094735]

>>2094728
Rareware's N64 games are PAL native, so it is the NTSC version that are in the wrong resolution and wrong framerate.

[Anonymous No.2094823]

>>2094351
>>2094537
VirtualBox kinda worked but my games still ran a bit dodgy (with WinXP)

Anywho, I'm thinking about just buying an old Dell Optiplex that has most of the specs Im lookin for.

Thanks guys for your answers.

[Anonymous No.2094858]

Did anyone else like this game? Never played the Genesis version but I've seen people say that one is better.

[Anonymous No.2094862]

>>2094312
Well thanks for all the help guys :^)

[Anonymous No.2095025]

>>2094359

>NTSC SCART cable
You mean japanese? It could have the japanese pinout when your TV expects the european one.
It may also be that it's not using RGB. In that case, your TVs chroma decoder could be incompatible with the composite signal coming in. Check for dot crawl artifacts.

[Anonymous No.2095039]

>>2095025
Not that anon, but what is a dot crawl artifact?

[Anonymous No.2095048]

>>2095039

You get them when using composite video. It's a very distinct kind of checkerboarding pattern, it's typically more distinct around edges.
Here's an example.
It's caused by the chroma and luma signals being mixed, so higher quality video signals like s-video, rgb and component don't suffer from it.

[Anonymous No.2095602]

>>2095048

I'm using a real rgb cable, the dreamcast diamond rgb.
I don't know why i'm getting b&w with this cable.

[Anonymous No.2095604]

>>2095602

So the TV isn't showing chroma dots? Just double check it's not displaying composite. SCART can carry composite and RGB.
If you can, check to see all the pins are wired correctly.

[Anonymous No.2095607]

>>2095604

Forgot pic, this and >>2095025 might come in handy for testing.

[Anonymous No.2095627]

>>2095604
>>2095607

Nope, it's all good and real rgb.
My tv is a pal one with pal50 and pal60 standards.

[Anonymous No.2095631]

>>2095627

Then I'm perplexed. Got any other SCART-capable displays you can test it on?

[Anonymous No.2095640]

>>2095631

Sadly it's the only crt that survived in my house.
Let me also add that i get b&w when playing with my super famicom and a composite original nintendo cable.

[Anonymous No.2095645]

>>2095640

That seems to indicate that it's using composite, but if there's no chroma dots...

Doesn't have to be a CRT, even HDTVs can have SCART ports.

[Anonymous No.2095647]

>>2095645

Uhm i will try.
Also, when using the normal pal scart cable for dreamcast, some games don't boot or they crash after a while; this happens only with ntsc games.

[Anonymous No.2095650]

>>2095647

You might want to try an Action Replay CDX disc. You can force the video mode to 480i60, which is what an NTSC game would expect.

[Anonymous No.2095653]

>>2095650

Is that the reason why games crash ?
Because that is the only problem i have with the pal cable (i get colors with it)

[Anonymous No.2095654]

>>2095653

Oh, so the PAL SCART cable works and the NTSC SCART cable doesn't?

[Anonymous No.2095657]

>>2095654

The ntsc scart gives me b&w and no crash.
The pal scart gives me colors but ntsc games don't boot or crash after 10-20 minutes.

When trying to boot shadow man ntsc i detached the video cable, and after it booted i attached the pal scart, i couldn't see the video but the audio worked.

[Anonymous No.2095662]

>>2095657

It does sound that the NTSC SCART cable is carrying only composite. Check again for checkerboard patterns in the NTSC cable.

Do you have any other NTSC or PAL60 composite sources you can test in that TV? You can often get TVs which support RGB 60Hz, but not NTSC or PAL60.

[Anonymous No.2095664]

>Want to replay many old games that force you to come up with names for characters.
>There are no default names.
>Many games can only take names that are 4 or 6 characters long.
>Many of these games want you to name 4 or sometimes 6 characters
>Can't think of any names.
WAT DO? Does anyone else have this problem?

[Anonymous No.2095669]

>>2095662

Only the super famicom, i use scart for every other console.
And the S-famicom gives me b&w with ntsc and j-ntsc games.

[Anonymous No.2095671]

>>2095669

Try booting a game with the PAL cable and swapping it with the NTSC cable.

Why do you need to use the NTSC cable if you have the good PAL cable?

[Anonymous No.2095672]

>>2095664

I came up with strange names, like:
Tulipar
Nasadi
coltoren
Barassew
Farnell
Telop
Contax
Ghurfal

[Anonymous No.2095673]

Why don't we, the anons of /vr/, design our own underpowered console and make our ideal retro games for it?

With a common architecture, sharing code would be easy

[Anonymous No.2095674]

>>2095671

Well the one who sold me the console also gave to me the pal scart and the ntsc one.
Is it normal that the boot screen is in b&w with the ntsc cable ?

[Anonymous No.2095676]

>>2095673

Should be a red swirl.

[Anonymous No.2095689]

>>2095673
I'll do the logo

[Anonymous No.2095725]

>>2095657
From what you describe you cant get a NTSC image to display on your tv in colour? im going to guess that its a problem with your tv,i had that problem a while ago and it was the tv.

[Anonymous No.2095772]

Which is better as a dedicated emulation machine: a Raspberry Pi or a Xbox?

[Anonymous No.2095778]

>>2095772

Hard to say, but the Wii's better than both if you're using a CRT TV.

[Anonymous No.2095790]

So I have some old Super Nintendo games and I suspect their batteries have been going bad.

I'm thinking about trying to find someone to replace the batteries for me, how much money should I ask per game?

[Anonymous No.2095794]

Ok i am having a problem with my copy of Half-Life:Blue Shift that i just got and Avast and even Windows is flipping out. Did i get a bootleg by some chance?

[Anonymous No.2095796]

>>2095794

Checksum it and see if it matches anyone else's copy?

[Anonymous No.2095806]

>>2095796
Ok i feel dumb but how do i checksum it?

[Anonymous No.2095813]

>>2095806

http://www.checksumcalculator.com/
Find the MD5 of the installer. I don't have a copy personally, so you'll have to find someone else who does to compare against.

[Anonymous No.2095824]

>>2095778
I intend to use it with an HDTV, or at least a LED monitor.

[Anonymous No.2095826]

>>2095824
>LED monitor

[Anonymous No.2095829]

>>2095824

Then you'd be better off with something which can run at native resolution to minimize input lag and artifacting. RasPi.

[Anonymous No.2095839]

>>2095813
http://r.virscan.org/report/8c40cebffd2df6dd4a353d59a0f3bc70

WHELP IT IS A BOOTLEG

[Anonymous No.2095845]

>>2095839
>PUA.Win32.Packer.WwpackV
I'm thinking it may just be a false-positive and the AVs are just flagging it based on how the EXE was compiled/packed.

I'd check with mine, but I don't think I have the standalone Blue Shift disc, rather it might be that Blue Shift+Opposing Force combo one.

[Anonymous No.2095898]

>>2095839
Found it, and it has the same MD5 hash as yours so I ran it through VirusTotal
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/b5ebf56456ea820c43cf38e37d9f25225d6953bcb7ae8c750a2a153361a66922/analysis/1417301440/

Yeah, just looking like false-postives to me, especially since I remember buying this in the store so many years ago.

[Anonymous No.2096048]

Anyone tried any of these sites good or bad experiences trying to see if there are some good places to find imports Ebay is overpriced and amazon is alright?
http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/
http://retrogamerjapan.com/
http://www.sorethumbretrogames.com/
http://www.videogameimports.com/
http://www.genkivideogames.com/
http://www.japangamestock.com/
http://www.nin-nin-game.com
http://www.pinkgorillagames.com
also recently got my nes modded for RGB with a Sega Genesis model 2 ouput and got a cable from retro gaming cables and when I attempted to plug the scart cable into the NES it the black pic related and I'm only getting sound the NES is working fine carts are all cleaned what could be wrong with it? the scart is a EURO21 with Csync. I didn't break it btw.

[Anonymous No.2096071]

>>2094312
>what am i doing wrong /vr/?
Using Wii64

[Anonymous No.2096074]

are spoilers really gone? testing

The princess is in another castle

[Anonymous No.2096076]

>>2096074

okay, now THAT'S weird, I thought they disabled them.

[Anonymous No.2096338]

>>2093418
Shouldn't it be a sliding date?

[Anonymous No.2096505]

>>2095898
Then how in the world is this happening?

[Anonymous No.2096506]

>>2096505
Oh and when i open the game it automatically closes again when i try to play.

Great

[Anonymous No.2096513]

>>2096505
what OS and 32/64 you on?

[Anonymous No.2096518]

>>2095673
we could probably pull it off,

So like a gp2x home console?

[Anonymous No.2096529]

>>2096505
Why are you trying to play the original version when you could get the Steam version? Heck you could very likely use the CD key you have on Steam to get it. I forget if the Blue Shift/OpFor keys do it but I believe with at least the original Half-Life keys when redeemed on Steam you get that "Half-Life Platinum" pack or something

Though if you want to use that version specifically, we'll need to know your OS and if you're on 64-bit or not before moving forward.

[Anonymous No.2096949]

>>2092536

>claw like item

Really now?

[Anonymous No.2097706]

I remember a site linked here run by a /vr/ lad that had a bunch of games for download, including Mechwarrior 4. Does that site still exist and where may I find it?

[Anonymous No.2098151]

I'm working on a MAME arcade machine and was thinking of putting some old school pc games to play on there as well. Some of the older games don't have options to change the controls to map the joystick and button to the corresponding actions. Does anyone have any workaround for this or am I screwed. I looked up keymapper programs but I was hoping they had some sort of profiles so that I could switch based on the game I'm using

[Anonymous No.2100490]

Anybody ever have luck buying Old computers off goodwill?

I see a Voodoo3 Card going up for 60$ but nothing else too retro.

[Anonymous No.2101305]

>>2087947
Why are there six emeralds in Sonic 1 but seven in Sonic 2 and onward?

[Anonymous No.2101606]

Did all gameboy carts have Nintendo Game Boy stamped on the top? Im looking at buying one that only has Game stamped so i think its fake

[Anonymous No.2101619]

>>2094858
it was one of the, like, 9 games i had growing up

kinda fun but pretty shitty too

[Anonymous No.2101620]

>>2101606
Yeah, I do believe all official GB carts had that stamped on top. If it's just GAME then it's a bootleg.

[Anonymous No.2101867]

>>2101619
If I hadn't played it in the past I probably would think it's meh. It's still pretty cheap so it's worth a try to anyone who hasn't.

[Anonymous No.2101882]

>>2089491
Fuck
I'll never unsee this

[Anonymous No.2101886]

>>2101606
>>2101620

I'll never know why didn't GB pirates went all-on and just replicated the real thing

[Anonymous No.2101941]

Is The Book of Unwritten Tales any good ?
I finished a lot of retro graphical adventure lately, and i would like to know if this game hold-up for a new game.

[Anonymous No.2101968]

>>2101882
I've always seen it but I feel like no one else that I grew up with did. I posted it in a what you saw/what it was thread last month and some hilarious anon shopped it to shiggy costanza. Hilarious

[Anonymous No.2102014]

>>2101968

[Anonymous No.2102020]

>>2101886
They were made primarily in Taiwan, where they recognized international trademarks but not copyrights. That's why lots of bootleg NES games have the titles/logos corrupted or replaced.

[Anonymous No.2102126]

>>2090662
This
Ive wanted to know this for a long time

[Anonymous No.2102160]

>>2090662
>>2102126
i've always used final burn alpha for arcade shit. it emulates the best games and the controller config window is hella easy.

[Anonymous No.2103436]

>>2102014
thx, i didn't feel like searching the various archives

[Anonymous No.2103518]

Where do I start with the Elder Scrolls?

Frankly I'm a newb when it comes to RPGs, and I'm looking for a world to immerse me fully in its lore, and TES sound like the perfect thing for me to play next.

I'm a real fan of playing a series chronologically to see how each game evolves, but Arena seems pretty clunky and Daggerfall a bit too intimidating.

Does Morrowind provide a good starting point? Or should I go Oblivion or Skyrim and work my way backwards?

ps only bethesda game I've played is Fallout 3

[Anonymous No.2103612]

What is a good controller or gamepad for Genesis emulation? I'm only collecting SNES and N64 stuff at the moment so Genesis collection will be somewhat far down the line. For right now I'll just be content with Emulation. Should I go for a original controller+plus adapter or are there any decent aftermarket USB pads?

Pic related: This one works great. Looking for something similar.

[Anonymous No.2103616]

What the fuck is this board supposed to be? Found it latched on to the TIA resistors on my Atari 2600.

[Anonymous No.2103628]

>>2103518
Morrowind.

[Anonymous No.2103662]

>>2103616
That's an Atari mod chip that lets it play NES and Genesis games.

[Anonymous No.2103720]

>>2103612
Most Genesis games just use three buttons anyways. You should be set.

>>2102160
Not this anon, but I used the 0.149 romset off of the internet archive and 0.149 of mame64. It emulated flawlessly and even worked with my controller.
>>2103616
>TIA resistors
Not 100% sure, but my guess would be some sort of video mod.

[Anonymous No.2103721]

>>2092517
Woah, never noticed that...

[Anonymous No.2103727]

>>2103720
My guess is that it's a PAL mod, but honestly, what kind of nigger are you to scratch off the serial number off a chip? Jesus christ, man.

[Anonymous No.2103729]

>>2101305
Bumping this, and also,

Is there any way, other than the model number, to discern what revision a Dreamcast is? Or do they look identical outside the model number? I found what I think is a decent deal on one from what /vr/'s told me, but it doesn't say the model number in the description and I specifically want one of the revisions you can burn games for.

[Anonymous No.2103730]

>>2103727
I didn't want to risk it being traced back to me and getting doxxed by 4chan. I heard what kind of people you guys are on MSNBC.

[Anonymous No.2103735]

>>2103727
Dude, that's an illegal mod. Only an idiot would leave identifying information on it.

[Anonymous No.2103737]

>>2103730
Alright, you got me.

>>2103735
OH MAN I DON'T WANNA GO TO JAIL WHAT DO

[Anonymous No.2103741]

>>2103730
I only ever see things like doxxing happen if the person is acting like a faggot.

Are you a faggot, anon?

[Anonymous No.2103743]

>>2103616
Secret microchips? In my Atari?

It's more likely than you think.

[Anonymous No.2103781]

>>2103743
>tfw they will never make good movies like this and The Wizard again

[Anonymous No.2103792]

>>2103743
Goddamnit I love you /vr/.
So I spoke to the repair guy who sold the 2600 to me and he told me he had never seen that board before, but he infers that it is indeed a PAL mod. So now I'm gonna do further investigation on my own. Thanks guys!

[Anonymous No.2103837]

>>2087947
I want to download a pack of every single rom for consoles. How do I do this?

[Anonymous No.2103841]

>>2103837
no-intro

[Anonymous No.2103870]

>>2103841
I meant rompacks, of every single game. My bad. I had one of every psp game a while back, it was ~200 gb

[Anonymous No.2103880]

>>2103870
Emuparadise has complete ROMsets, though they have duplicates in them.

Wish the current version of the MAME ROMset was divided up so I didn't have to try to download 42.8 GB in one go with my shitty Internet.

[Anonymous No.2103881]

>>2103870
no-intro

[Anonymous No.2103884]

>>2103870
http://www.googleautobot.com/?q=no-intro+torrent

[Anonymous No.2103890]

>>2103884
I don't know what a torrent is

[Anonymous No.2103917]

>>2103890
I'm not this guy. But no intro looked like a website for the OS's of the consoles. My bad.

[Anonymous No.2103930]

I'm not a regular on this board, but recently I've gotten a craving to play SMB 3 and a few other old classics I never got a chance to.

Before I dig through the sticky, it would be cool if somebody pointed me in the right direction for emulating them, and maybe recommend other games

[Anonymous No.2103941]

Do you guys think that video games were genuinely better years ago? Do you think that gaming will ever improve?

[Anonymous No.2103968]

>>2103930
We don't take kindly to emulation here on /vr/. If you want to play SMB3 then you should go on ebay and buy yourself a NES and a real cartridge. You should be able to pick them up for max $800 dollars, it's nothing. Make sure you grab a CRT while you're at it, preferably a PVM.

[Anonymous No.2103974]

>>2103968
I'm being trolled right now aren't I

also I have exactly 0 dollars, I'm pretty much forced to pirate everything I play anyways

[Anonymous No.2104041]

>>2103930
Honestly a quick Google search should teach you everything about it, but I'm a fan of spoonfeeding so.

Google an NES emulator. I use Nestopia and have never had trouble with it; there might be an emulator that does some things better, but it's accurate enough for me so it should be accurate enough for you.

Then look for a ROM of SMB3. There are plenty of sites you can get those on.

Load the ROM in the emulator and it'll play just fine. Other consoles like SNES and Genesis also play just fine like that, though emulators for things like N64 and PS1 are less simple and might require plug-ins for some games. You don't have to worry about that unless you're emulating one of those systems, though.

As to recommendations, there are too many good NES games to list.
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/NES

Pick out something from a genre you like. If you go to the ROMhack general you can find some of the better hacks for some games, too; there are some damn good SMB3 hacks out there.

[Anonymous No.2104068]

please look at this image and rec me an rpg based on it
pref something with cool monsters to fight and enjoyable and easy to understand micro-management
SNES or PS1

[Anonymous No.2104105]

>>2103941
I dunno.

Thing is back in '80s and early '90s games were seen as toys or cartoons, not how they are today.

Today the industry is more akin to the TV/Movie industry, and just like those industries, people are finding out they can rehash old plots, and come out with countless sequels without so much as a thought of originality. There are still big-budget games that come out with some originality, but like original Hollywood movies it tends to be that we only get 2-5 good ones a year.

Then there's also the indie scene which is hit & miss, but it's where a lot of creativity actually happens. At least when it's not "Pixels are art" type bullshit.

[Anonymous No.2104108]

>>2104068
World of Warcraft

[Anonymous No.2104115]

>>2104108
I wish I could play WoW

[Anonymous No.2104116]

Will my av famicom play famiclone games?

[Anonymous No.2104303]

>>2104116
No

[Anonymous No.2104381]

>>2094858
I thought it was pretty decent.
It has variety in levels and weapons and some secrets too.
Co-op is pretty fun and it allows some trolling moments.
Only thing that bugs me really is the last level with those bullshit OHKO enemies.
Definitely worth picking up in the bargain bin and bro-ing it up.

[Anonymous No.2104564]

Am I really supposed to make characters just for money to get my real starting party outfitted in Wizardry just to be able to survive the first level? Because the stock group got wiped on the 3rd fight, and the same happened to the team I just made.

I can't even get to the point where I'm capable of grinding. Is this really the only way to start the game?

[Anonymous No.2105590]

What's with the honking?

[Anonymous No.2105597]

Should i buy a wii or flashcart for the snes.

[Anonymous No.2105609]

>>2105597
I would go with Wii since you can use it for other systems, plus Wii and GC games.

[Anonymous No.2105616]

>>2105590

nevermind, got it sorted out

[Anonymous No.2105639]

I have made sacrifices to the PAL PS1 jewel case gods, what do I do with the remains?

[Anonymous No.2105731]

What's everyone's highest Galaga score? 433,000 reporting in.

[Anonymous No.2105816]

>>2105639
>>2105639
Stack them right side up for us OCD sufferers, please.

[Anonymous No.2105898]

>>2104116
Itll playa the older clones. Modern clones might need some hardware tinkering.

[Anonymous No.2105907]

What's the best rip of grandia 2 for DC ?

[Anonymous No.2106946]

Does anybody else find it kind of hard to sit down and play old games all the way through? I am a hardcore video game lover and I"m 26 but I feel so ADD when I play these old games. Is this just a personal problem?

I'm talking like early n64 games ps1 games like ff7 ff8 and back

[Anonymous No.2106949]

>>2103518
morrowind

[Anonymous No.2106960]

I'm about to sell some of my collection since I don't want to own games I don't want to play. I own pic related. I know what it is but all pictures of carts I could find on the internet are grey. Mine is black. Does this make it special as in more valuable? Does someone maybe know the back story of this?

[Anonymous No.2106967]

>>2106946
>I am a hardcore video game lover
ha, don't play shit you don't enjoy m8.

[Anonymous No.2107003]

>>2103518
For the love of yourself, please play Morrowind. I am going through it again for the billionth time and it never stops amazing me. It has the best atmosphere and will completely immerse you in everything. Then play the other watered down ones.

[Anonymous No.2107027]

>>2106960
>"Hey Ping, do we got any more grey carts in the back?"
>"Nah, Pong, we only got black ones now"

[Anonymous No.2108978]

Why do ntsc games games freeze after a while on my pal saturn ?

Do i need a 60Hz switch mod ?

[Anonymous No.2109126]

>>2088356
Retroarch. Not even shilling, it has a very good selection of emulators, all of them free, ad free, and one of your controllers can control them all

[Anonymous No.2109140]

>>2093440
I wanted to play this game too, assuming you mean the second one, but the only other friend I had thought it was stupid. You cannot play this game with a buzzkilling faggot I tell you what. Wanna netplay it? I would be up for it.

[Anonymous No.2109160]

I'm playing Castlevania for the first time, currently adoring Symphony of the Night. Yeah that's about it. I'm in the bell towers and I just got stabbed twice trying to enter the confession booth.

[Anonymous No.2109204]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

[Anonymous No.2109347]

I saw this fucker and hope they fixed the annoying pause lag when using equipment as items.
Nope. It's still there, and I also had a crash happen when it was rare as fuck for me before.
I don't know what they actually FIXED, if anything.
What a crock of shit.

[Anonymous No.2110005]

any sega genesis emulators where I can disable layers like snes9x?

[Anonymous No.2110994]

>>2090083
FF6 best version is GBA. More info here: http://pastebin.com/qZighVrF

[Anonymous No.2111859]

>>2095664
Obvious name for that game is 'Hero'.

[Anonymous No.2112482]

What are all the ways you can get Star Punches on each opponent in Punch Out NES?

[Anonymous No.2112552]

What's the best way to play through the Lunar series?

[Anonymous No.2112557]

>>2112552
Sega CD or Playstation.

Take your pick. Lunar 1 is a bit better on Playstation, Lunar 2 is a bit better on Sega CD.

Those are the only 2 platforms that have good Lunar games. Well, not counting the Japan only Saturn release. Saturn are identical to Playstation except they have better midi music.

[Anonymous No.2112558]

>>2112552
I've just started and I'm gonna go by release date.

[Anonymous No.2114373]

bump

[Anonymous No.2114501]

>>2088356
I have Snes9x and CoolN64.

[Anonymous No.2116453]

Has anybody tried to play multi-disc .bin/.cues from coolrom on a real playstation? They make each disc into a track so it all fits on one CD, but I'm not sure if it'll work on real hardware.

[Anonymous No.2116647]

>>2112558
Going by release date is the ONLY way to go through ANYTHING.

[Anonymous No.2116668]

Most of level names in Donkey Kong Country games start with the same letter.

[Anonymous No.2116692]

I like using my Wii as an all in one emulation machine, but what is the best way to use an authentic SNES controller on it without spending $80 on those Club Nintendo SFC Classic Controllers?

Using standard RCA cables in a regular CRT TV, is there any discernible difference between using a PS2 or PSX to play PSX games?

[Anonymous No.2116716]

>>2116692
PS2 has PSX hardware in it. Look up the list of games that aren't compatible with the PS2, those are the only ones you'll notice any difference in. And the difference is generally that they lock up or get graphic glitches.

PS2 is better, since it has component output.

[Anonymous No.2116746]

My PC (WIndows 8.1) is hooked up to an HDTV, and all older games like Roller Coaster Tycoon and Lords of the Realm 2 are too big, so menus etc are mostly offscreen. How do I make them fit?

I don't really into PC settings.

[Anonymous No.2116785]

>>2116746
Your TV is probably overscanning them. Go into the TV options and see if you can zoom out anywhere. Any TV by a reputable brand will let you.

[Anonymous No.2116969]

>>2116785
Unfortunately not... even if I set it to 4:3 it is cutoff just the same - even though the display is then tiny.

[Anonymous No.2118952]

Alright so maybe /vr/ could help me out.
When I was a wee sprout, I used to play this bomb-ass game at school but I forgot what it was called. You explored a temple/pyramid? And avoided traps like spiders and maybe spikes. It was a platformer, and you tried to collect artifacts, that was the point of the game. It was for windows, somewhere in the 95-XP range. I know it's vague, but I've been searching for it for quite a while now

[Anonymous No.2118972]

>>2105731
you could have won a PS3 with some namco arcade collection game in a contest some gamestore had where i used to live. the winning score was only 290,000

[Anonymous No.2118979]

ITT: Google

[Anonymous No.2119002]

>>2095673
I was thinking something like that, like a mini android console filled with emulators, since most people use those devices mostly for emulation.

[Anonymous No.2119017]

mfw I just realized shoryuken has ken and ryu's name in it

[Anonymous No.2119078]

>>2119017

[Anonymous No.2119140]

>>2093475
for me it'll be considering the xbox hueg 'retro' just seems weird.

[Anonymous No.2119291]

>>2116746
set your PC resolution to your TV resolution (1920x1080 or less)

[Anonymous No.2119372]

Do you guys think it's worth it to keep an xbox hueg crt from around 2005? Been thinking of getting a new tv for a while, since i've grown a bit tired of having an electron gun being fired at my face every time i sit down to watch tv/play my playstation. How much do you guys think a ~32 or so inch crt would go for on craigslist?

[Anonymous No.2119413]

>>2094308
>>2092864
>using gbpsp on a fucking phone
God, those are so old now. I'm surprised they even work anymore. At least use MyBoy, it's pretty much an upgraded version of gameboid.

>>2088356
Use either RetroArch or the .Emu/SNES9x EX set, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Also they both have about the best emulators you're ever going to get at their cores.

[Anonymous No.2119416]

>>2119413
Oh right, forgot. Also the ePSXe port is rather great too, has a lot of options and in spite of it's PC counterpart it falls under the "just werks" philosophy. Also if you're not using a gamepad, the D-Pad is one of the best out there for some reason.

[Anonymous No.2119426]

>>2119372
Chances are, not much. If you have the space I'd keep the CRT around for older games and use your fancy new LCD as your primary tv.

[Anonymous No.2119469]

>download PS1 image
>track 1, track 2, etc.

How do I run these type of setups? Just throw it all in the same folder and run the cue file?

[Anonymous No.2119871]

A friend threw the idea of making a PS2 arcade cabinet towards me. Told him I can cover the PS2, use the X-Arcade Dual Joystick with adapters for Wii/GameCube/PlayStation 1&2/Dreamcast that way we can essentially expand the library in the future. So I wanted to ask how the various arcade compilations on PS2 run; concerning input delay, custom button configuration and if any of the games run into any slowdowns.

[Anonymous No.2119885]

Is there a decent snes and genesis emulator for dreamcast similar to the NES emulator nester dc ?

[Anonymous No.2119931]

>>2119885
There is a nice genesis one but all sounds are beeps

[Anonymous No.2119940]

>>2118952
Google "Super Solvers". Look for the one that has you exploring pyramids and shit, looking for artifacts. I'm pretty sure this is the game you played. Not sure why you didn't ask this in the "Can't Remember The Name of That Game?" thread.

[Anonymous No.2120040]

>>2119469
Supposedly the way PS1 copy protection worked didn't allow for the simpler BIN/CUE format that a lot of CD based game systems used. If you are emulating then just keep everything together and try running the CUE, and if that doesn't work, look into converting your format. If you are burning games to play on a modded PS1, then you probably just need to find a program that can burn PS1 games properly. I think Clone CD is the old standby for this, but I don't have a modded PS1 so I don't know from experience. I'm more familiar with burning Saturn games and emulating Sega CD and Turbo CD.

[Anonymous No.2120392]

I like using Open PS2 Loader to play PS2 backups through the ethernet port because it's cool as hell and lets me play backups without killing the laser, but PS2PSXe is dead in the water for doing the same with PSX games. Is playing burned CD's my only option for PSX backups?

[Anonymous No.2120402]

What Sonic Genesis song is this? Somebody oughta know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6ueJFW12rbw#t=59

@0:58 it plays for only a few seconds

I can't put my finger on it but now I want to know

[Anonymous No.2120409]

>>2120402
It's what plays during the Sonic 2 ending. Also, it's a Dreams Come True song called Sweet Dreams (I think, anyway. Used to have it as an mp3) adapted to 16bit.

[Anonymous No.2120410]

>>2120409
thank you very much

[Anonymous No.2120507]

>>2104068
Pic makes me think of:
Breath of Fire III/IV
Beyond the Beyond
The Granstream Saga
Chrono Cross
Legend of Legaia
...
World of Warcraft sucks my nuts

[Anonymous No.2120509]

>>2105816
>OCD
>suffering
>on /vr/ and can't read in 8-way directions

[Anonymous No.2121093]

>>2119469
>>2120040
BIN/CUE due to the fact that many PS1 games used CD Audio, and if it was just a standard ISO image file there'd be no CD Audio in the game. CloneCD is another format that does multiple tracks and it has a few other neat things that allows it to make a better 1:1 rip, like keeping any protection the disc might have.

As for burning, I think any burner software should do so long as it can do more than just ISO of course.

[Anonymous No.2121252]

Currently hung up on pic related. I don't think I'm even getting close to beating him.

Should I try fighting Ridley first? I didn't want to fight Ridley first because Norfair seemed harder than Kraid's lair. Should I explore Kraid's area some more? So far I've only got the first few expansions out of Brinstar: Ice beam, Missiles, bombs. Give me a few tips to get going.

[Anonymous No.2121303]

>>2121252
Just explore some more for now and get items. Kraid is definitely the easier of the two but you'll still probably need a few energy tanks for him.

[Anonymous No.2121313]

>>2121303

I've got 3 e-tanks but it certainly doesn't feel like enough.

[Anonymous No.2121335]

>>2121303
>Kraid is definitely the easier
U wot m8.
You can get behind Ridley and never take a hit.

[Anonymous No.2121403]

You have Ocarina of Time, right? Go turn on Ocarina of Time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSSqEUar-hg

You know this track, too. I want you, kind Anons, to tell me at what point in this track does Epona *neigh*. It could be at 1:05, but I've also seen some versions where it happens earlier.

Tell me your results, but more importantly, tell me if you've played this on an actual N64, the VC, or an emulator, and whether you played it on PAL or NTSC version. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.2121406]

Please recommend me a Saturn JRPG that I can play in english and also has really animu aesthetics.
Wouldn't hurt if it was also good.

[Anonymous No.2121430]

>>2121335
It's been a while but I had a much easier time with Kraid personally. I didn't even die on him, Ridley on the other hand took a couple tries.

[Anonymous No.2121448]

What is the best yuro model 1 Mega Drive to get?

[Anonymous No.2121481]

>>2121448
-as in what Varation not as in HD or normal.

[Anonymous No.2122346]

>>2109204
>Sequel to Waku Waku 7 was written but never made public.
>Something to do with going there for it.

[Anonymous No.2122925]

>>2087947
Anyone here has used NeoCD emulator for Wii? I am having some issues. I load it from the Homebrew Channel, it shows a "mounting media" screen, shows the NeoGeo CD start up, I get a No IPL error, goes back to the start up screen and the screen goes pink, and I can't do anything but unplug the console. What do I do to fix it?

[Anonymous No.2122962]

So I have a Wii for NES, SNES, Genesis, and PC-Engine games, an N64 and a Dreamcast for their respective games, and a PS2 to play PSX games off a USB. Is there anything else I'm missing, keeping in mind that I have very limited desk space?

[Anonymous No.2123032]

>>2121406

Panzer Dragon Saga.

Magic Knight Rayearth

Your Mom.

[Anonymous No.2123038]

>>2121406
>>2123032

Grandia

Thousand Arms.

[Anonymous No.2123105]

Well, this is my case, i want to play Majora's Mask, i have a shitty PC, so, emulation is not an option, i don't have a 3DS, so, the remake is not an option either, i have Zelda collector's Edition, but the game crashes way too often, i want buy the virtual console version, since is actually cheaper than buying a cart plus an expansion pak, what i want to know, is the virtual console version less buggy than the GC port? does it have rumble feature?

i hope it is a good option, since i don't have the money for a 3DS right now

[Anonymous No.2123107]

Now with TPB is down, and major ROM sites are being taken down.
I've gone into full paranoia mode and started backing up ROMs.
Is there lists/infograph of /vr/ recommended games for each consoles?

[Anonymous No.2123113]

>>2123105
I've played through the VC version once and had no crashes, though I could've been lucky, I don't know.. Also, I never use rumble so I don't know if it has rumble or not. Sorry I can't be more help.

[Anonymous No.2123191]

>>2123107
Honestly, just grab entire romsets for consoles, with proper compression they won't take up as much space as they normally would need to.

No-Intro sets are generally good to go with, and for reccomendation on compression I go with multiple regions & revisions of a game into a 7zip file compressed using torrent7zip

[Anonymous No.2123216]

What's a decent GameBoy emulator?
I use VisualBoy Advance, but some gb and gbc games just don't run properly on it. Feels clunky and looks awful.

[Anonymous No.2123251]

>>2123107
Just grab a No-Intro set

[Anonymous No.2123274]

>>2123191
That would save more space but require the unpacking of every game you want to play. Most emulators will run .zips if there is only one ROM per archive, so you can just leave it zipped up if you give each game its own archive.

[Anonymous No.2123282]

>>2123216
For RetroArch I use the Gambatte core for GB/C games, so try looking into standalone version of that emulator (if you don't feel like using RetroArch)

>>2123274
True, though I use QuickPlay which has support for multi-ROM archives, so when I click on a game that has multiple roms inside an archive a menu will pop up asking which one to run and then QP will unpack that ROM before loading it into the emulator.

[Anonymous No.2123284]

>>2123274
To continue that thought, you still save a significant amount of space. When I was using a PS2 as an emulator machine, I realized that the entire SNES No-Intro set, Maybe-Intro set (like No-intro, but for translation patches), and all the Satellaview stuff would easily fit on a single DVD if I had each ROM individually zipped, but I had to delete hundreds and hundreds of ROMs to make it fit without compression.

[Anonymous No.2123310]

>>2123251

Is the No-Intro set at Archive.gov good to use?

[Anonymous No.2123326]

>>2121252
get the wavebeam

Twice as strong as your normal shit lazur and doesn't take too long to kill. More range as well. You only need the icegun for the final shit (metroids)

[Anonymous No.2123343]

>>2123310
It's from 2013, it'd be a decent starting place at the very least.

[Anonymous No.2123350]

>>2123282
Thank you, anon. Gambatte runs perfect. Now I can finally play through Lufia: The Legend Returns.
It was choppy as hell on visualboy advance, unplayable. The GB MegaMan games were also pretty unplayable on it, now i'll be able to play through them again too. Thanks again.

[Anonymous No.2123359]

>>2123343

If I'm just going with stuff from Retro consoles, it should be good, right? I wont be missing many games from the systems that are in the collection, right?

I'd have to go elsewhere for Arcade stuff, and PS1 stuff, of course.

[Anonymous No.2123363]

>>2123359
Only stuff you may be missing would be any games that have been properly dumped since that No-Intro release, you shouldn't be missing anything major at the very least.

[Anonymous No.2123397]

>>2123363

I get Beggar Prince and Pier Solar.

All thanks to funding from the United States government paid for by tax payers like me.

Thanks Obama.

[Anonymous No.2123468]

>>2123397
Here you go anon, I decided to check my Mega Drive/Genesis set since apparently it's from 2010 against the latest DAT that was released the other day. I checked the Archive.org No-Intro set for any missing ROMs I had and this is what's still missing if you're curious:
http://pastebin.com/SQCEkfQ9

[Anonymous No.2123720]

>>2123468
>http://pastebin.com/SQCEkfQ9

That's pretty neat. Thanks Anon. And you're right, it's not much. Though sad to see no Gain Ground, but I've already got that tucked away somewhere.

I'm glad I finally get a good Mega Drive set. I've downloaded two over the years and had to combine them because they were both missing roms for some reason, or had roms that didn't work.

I also get PC engine, Gameboy, and Nintendo 64.

[Anonymous No.2125439]

What's the best gameboy emulator for sound? I wanna mess about with LSDJ.

[Anonymous No.2125473]

>>2125439
Give Gambatte a try.

[Anonymous No.2125485]

Has anybody played Legend of the River King? I can't find a manual anywhere online, so I have a couple questions:

How do you save?

How the fuck do you catch a fish?

[Anonymous No.2125515]

>>2125485
I have figured these questions out for myself.

There's a weird rectangular shape in the town, interact with it to save.

To fish, you cast until the fish starts circling, then hit A when the floater gets pulled under. Let the fish swim until it stops, then hold A until it starts pulling away. Then let it swim until it stops again, and so on.

[Anonymous No.2125516]

>>2125439
Might not be relevant, I don't know what LSDj is. But VBA has been rather consistent for me. It plays most Gameboy games, with sound, all the way up to GBA, of course.

[Anonymous No.2125759]

How faithfull are the NES remix Pack and the Ultima NES remix with the games?

[Anonymous No.2125762]

>>2123216
Try Gambatte anon
And if you have a NDS, try gameyob on a flashcard

[Anonymous No.2125785]

Looking to buy a SNES, so I can play Super Mario World again. What prices would be a good deal?

[Anonymous No.2125786]

>>2087947
I used to play PS1 games on my PSP. Is it more accurate than emulating on a pc (less damaged textures, better sound, etc.) and can you do this through a PSP emulator on the pc?

[Anonymous No.2125845]

>>2125785
$20-30 for a SNES, $5-10 for Super Mario World. If you pay over that, you've met with a terrible fate.

[Anonymous No.2125849]

>>2125786
Emulating PSX games on the PSP is far more accurate than emulating on the PC because I think the PSP has actual PSX hardware inside of it, which is the only reason why it can do near 100% compatibility with PSX games and have trouble with SNES emulation. I'm sure if you tried hard enough, you could run PSX EBOOTS on a PSP emulator on the PSP, but there comes a point where the recursive emulation is just not worth it.

[Anonymous No.2125853]

>>2125849
Meant to say PSX EOOTS on a PSP emulator on the PC*

[Anonymous No.2125863]

Im trying to replay FF VIII on my PS2 and trying to start from the beginning. Unfortunately i have to watch the opening video sequence and it always gets stuck at pic related/fighting sequence.

How can i get past it?! Is there a way to start a new game without maybe having to see the opening sequence?

I have data saved from disc 3 and i can play it from there onwards but i want to start from the beginning again. halp please.

[Anonymous No.2125865]

>>2125863
There was an old trick people used to use in FF9 for the Excalibur II run, where you'd just open the lid as soon as the FMV started, then close it, and when the PS2 starts reading the disc again, it just end the FMV. Maybe it'll work for FF8 too?

[Anonymous No.2125869]

>>2125853
Thanks a lot! I'm going to try it anyway out of curiosity.

[Anonymous No.2126030]

>>2125485
Here you go anon, I've a collection of GameBoy and GameBoy Color manuals.
http://a.pomf.se/jeczvq.pdf

[Anonymous No.2126042]

>>2126030
Where did you get that collection? Do you have River King 2?

[Anonymous No.2126047]

>>2126042
I got it from some torrent pack, it's apparently from Vimm's Lair (going from the watermark). Sadly I, nor Vimm's Lair, don't have River King 2's manual.

[Anonymous No.2126182]

What's the best option for playing ps1 on a crt? ps1, ps2, or ps3? Is there any difference between them at all? I'll be using component cables most likely.

[Anonymous No.2126597]

>>2126182
PS2 and PS3 have real PSX hardware in them, so the only difference is that the PS2 and PS3 can use "Fast disc read" as an advanced option to read the discs faster than the PSX's shitty laser. It loads some games faster, does nothing for some games, and might break certain games like FF7. Just use whatever is most convenient.

[Anonymous No.2126636]

>>2125485
>How the fuck do you catch a fish?
when the fish is on the hook don't push the reel button, this is where you wait for the fish to tire out. After it stops moving reel until it jerks again, then let go and repeat. It takes a little while to learn but once you got it it's really addicting.

p.s. sometimes a fish will just get away, it wont tire out and will just leave you frustrated, this is part of the game and actually part of fishing IRL.

[Anonymous No.2126642]

>>2125759
>faithfull are the NES remix Pack
now, i haven't played the remixes but from what i've heard isn't it... a remix of the old games?

fun little quests and mini-games?

it doesn't have the original full games does it?

[Anonymous No.2126651]

>>2126642
>it doesn't have the original full games does it?
No, it's a bunch of shit like "Play through 1-1 as Link!". It's faithful in the way that Link plays like Link and 1-1 is 1-1 with no changes, but that's it.

[Anonymous No.2126686]

>>2095673
>>2095676
>>2095689
>>2096518
>>2119002
>What is OUYA?

[Anonymous No.2126773]

Is the Turbografix/TurboCD region locked?

[Anonymous No.2126781]

I'm getting a weird problem with project64,

When I open the emulator, the window isn't visible, but the taskbar shows it's running. Neither of my displays have it, any idea what's going on?

[Anonymous No.2126796]

>>2126781
alright solution found, hit Alt+Space, select Move and then right click and drag the window back into visibility.

[Anonymous No.2126798]

>>2126773
>Turbografix
Yes
>>2126773
>TurboCD
No

[Anonymous No.2126820]

So I got a Wii classic controller for playing emulators on Homebrew yesterday, and I'm getting random direction input (mostly down). Even more odd is that it seems to vary from game to game, (possibly even emulator to emulator?). Does anyone have experience with this or an explanation? I'm going to try a few different things with it when I get home.

Sorry if this is barely retro, but I haven't found anything related on the issue.

[Anonymous No.2126875]

Diddy or Dixie?

[Anonymous No.2126907]

There is a version of the arcade game quiz and dragons which replaces the general trivia questions with all capcom questions.

Capcom classics collection volume 2

[Anonymous No.2126912]

>>2126875
Diddy for precision moves and taking out mooks, Dixie for platforming.

[Anonymous No.2126941]

/vr/ I'm struggling to remember a game from my childhood, very hard. I remember many things about the game but can't do the same with the name. Should I open a new thread or could you guys help me with this?

It was an adventure graphic game probably for kids, where you travelled around the world (by plane and each one for each location was different and had a particular aesthetic) and then finally came back to the very first level where shit went down why you were absent during the last flight and everything was creepy and the kids (there were kids in the first level that you could talk to) are all robots or some shit like that, but in the end the real kids were kidnapped in some basement I think.

I could go on with the description but it'd get too long really. I think I'm kinda fucked since it wasn't a very popular game for what I've searched already.

[Anonymous No.2126989]

>>2126820
Are you holding the stick in any direction when you plug it into the Wiimote/turn the console on? That'll fuck up the neutral input. If not, do you have this problem with the nunchuk? If not, the connector might be bad on the Classic Controller.

[Anonymous No.2128762]

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME.

>platformer
>you play as a dog
>you are saving small round "monsters" by taking them to a safe zone or something like that
>1998-2002ish?

[Anonymous No.2128787]

Is Harlem Blade's movement on the PC-98 supposed to be fast-ish?

[Anonymous No.2128803]

>>2128787
It could be that the game is as fast as the CPU is set to be. Like I remember with Chitty Chitty Train for PC-98 on some emulators was faster than usual due to how the CPU is set to be emulated in those.

So see if you can adjust the CPU speed or try a different emulator.

[Anonymous No.2128807]

>>2128803
I tried Anex and Neko Project 2, even turning down the cpu clock speed to the lowest and the MC runs sonic fast

[Anonymous No.2128831]

>>2128807
Tried booting it up in Next, and wow I see what you mean. After messing with the CPU settings it seems (least for Next) the "most optimal" would be setting clock speed to 4MHz and set timing to 1 (make sure timing is enabled else the game will be super fast no matter what). The MC will still run probably faster than they're supposed to but it's not quite sonic speed and the cursor still moves smoothly as I found at 2MHz the cursor starts lagging as well.

Oh and for reference, I'm using the T98NEXT20100525 build located here
http://akiyuki.boy.jp/t98next/

[Anonymous No.2128937]

what do you believe is the best way to map the controls on daggerfall because it's fucking impossible for me to get this shit right without everything being a mess

[Anonymous No.2130621]

>>2128762
that sounds familiar, you pick them up in your mouth right?

[Anonymous No.2130669]

I just bought a PS Vita recently and wanted to play PS One games on it. Does this system works well for those games[does it emulates correctly or are these just cheap ports]?
I have two PSOnes but can't hook 'em up onto an old TV and the games look really bad on my TV
Also some games that you might recommend?

[Anonymous No.2130689]

>>2121252
Just lay maru mari bombs. Reckless button mashing always worked for me.

[Anonymous No.2130691]

>>2121403
This is a questions thread, not a social experiment thread.

[Anonymous No.2130768]

I've been trying to track down a site, it was a site mainly with pixel-art from what looked like Pc-98 games, it was a really trippy site but pretty cool. Anyone know what Im talking about?

[Anonymous No.2130793]

Is Neoragex the best neogeo?

[Anonymous No.2130824]

>>2130669
all the games available on the system run with little to no issues.

Anything else you might be able to get on there by way of using transfer tricks or the now obsolete store glitch usually works well enough but might have issues from being unofficially released and unsupported

[Anonymous No.2130978]

>>2126686
Um... Android? Not made for teh retro.

[Anonymous No.2131037]

>>2125786
On the toppic of emulating psx games on psp, does anyone knows a recomended way to emulate megaman legends 2? the game freezes on me whenever I try to get on the flutter on certain islands.

[Anonymous No.2131629]

>>2128762
What system?

[Anonymous No.2131693]

>>2131037
http://psxeboots.com/pops-compatibility-list

This site is a godsend if you're planning on using your PSP as a PSX Emulator. By the looks of it, just set Popsloader to 6.20 (Hold R while booting the EBOOT to launch the Popsloader Firmware Selector.)

You might need to update your pops plugin or CFW to 6.60 if you're on too low of a firmware.

[Anonymous No.2131797]

How accurate is 240p suite on LED or Plasma screen TVs in calibrating them?

[Anonymous No.2133450]

I tried playing Quake with the Darkplaces engine but I keep getting this error.

The game seems to run fine anyways.

[Anonymous No.2133596]

>>2093415
>>2093663
I remember putting money under the pillow( and hairpin and gloves? not sure. Is it 3 items?) and then getting out of the jail by banging the cup on the rails and handing the dude ur lawyer card.

[Don Rumata !!rYqzYYFAejo No.2133690]

>>2133450
Try Quakespasm for more accurate NetQuake physics and full BSP/mod compatibility.

[Anonymous No.2133939]

So I want to play quake 1&2 with the sound working properly. Whats the idiot proof way to this?

[Anonymous No.2133984]

Should I a steering wheel for Mame or model 2 emu or other emus and their arcade racers?

How much should I invest?

[Anonymous No.2133987]

>>2133939

For Q1 try directq if you can find it, seemed to work great for me. What probl did you have with sound?

[Anonymous No.2134029]

How good is Virtual On?
I'm planning on getting a Saturn soon, and this game looks very interesting to me.
The Twin Sticks also look very interesting to me. Can I use the NTSC-J controller on a North American Saturn? (I ask this since it seems way easier to find Japanese Twin Sticks)

[Anonymous No.2134034]

How good is Virtual On?
I'm planning on getting a Saturn soon, and this game looks very interesting to me.

[Anonymous No.2135383]

>>2133939
Quake 1:
http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-mod-releases/finished-works/7337-high-quality-music-packs.html

Quake 2:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/2320/discussions/0/864974467511619676/


>>2133987
The issue with Quake 1 & 2, much like with a lot of PC games from the 90's as well as a lot of PS1 games, is that they used CD Audio so originally in order to hear in-game music you needed to either have the physical disc in the game, a proper clone of the CD on a CD-R or a proper CD image rip and a drive emulator that supports the format (like ripping to BIN+CUE or CloneCD and using Daemon Tools). Thankfully with Quake 1 & 2 through mods and whatnot, you can have the music either in a "music" folder or inside a PK3 for the game to load.

[Anonymous No.2135496]

I'm trying to remember the name of this PS1 game I rented when I was a kid. I believe it was some type of horror game, and it was 3D and in first person. I think it started on a boat and you're in this room, and a guy comes in and talks to you and tells you not to leave the room. I think spooky shit starts happening if you actually stay in the room (lights going out, etc). Once you go outside, this loli ghost starts appearing and chasing you around. I also vaguely remember a segment with a merry go round and picking up shiny things from the floor.

I can't remember much else because I noped too hard when the ghost girl showed up which stopped me from getting to far in it. Anyone know what game I'm talking about?

[Anonymous No.2135509]

>>2087947
growing up i always was hoping for something rare popping up out of those question mark box's would it have been hard to add a 1 in 100 chance of a strange object doing strange things, because the reason why is it would have been a great "Wow didn't expect that to happen" moment

[Anonymous No.2135514]

This will amswer questions people should have been asking. If you wish to play your retro consoles or video games in general on a modern television, make sure it has 'Game Mode' which removes all sorts of post processing effects. Do not confuse it with the color mode setting; notice it will give options such as theatre, sport, game, etc.

[Anonymous No.2135517]

>>2135514
Reason for this is because it will reduce any input delay caused by the actual tv. So far every toshiba I have seen at stores has this option but I am sure there are other.

[Anonymous No.2135525]

>>2094858
I have the Genesis game from when I was a kid. It's a 2.5D action-adventure game where you only get one life. Die, and you have to start from scratch. It's the sort of game where you need a guide just to figure some of the shit out (I sure as hell don't remember ever finding the password to get into Burger World in the manual), AND you have to keep replying it just to git gud at it. It's not a terrible game, but I expect to one day see AVGN do a piece on it just for how frustratingly hard it can be.

[Anonymous No.2135526]

Is chameleon twist any good? What about the sequel? worth buying?

[Anonymous No.2135560]

>>2135526
I remember having some fun with it when I was 7.

[Anonymous No.2135928]

>>2135496
Could it be Echo Night?
It doesn't start on a boat but you do get there early in the game and the same thing happens that you described.

In this part the player ends up on a boat where a guy tells him not to leave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7xERG74F0A

[Anonymous No.2135936]

>>2135928
Adding onto this, in the same segment link, there's a merry-go-round and you have to pick up a shiny object on the ground.

[Anonymous No.2135975]

I'm looking for the name of a game. It was on genesis and you were a muscular guy punching at people and stuff. The more you've punch, the more a meter at the bottom of screen filled. When it was filled, your character transform into a even more muscular guy and stay like that for the rest of the game.

[Anonymous No.2135998]

>>2135526
I love both games but that's probably out of nostalgia. I think they're pretty fun platformers with a pretty unique mechanic. The first one can lag a bit when too much shit is going on. The second game is more polished and definitely worth playing, and while the first game does have a low budget feel to it I think it's worth playing as well.

If you want to appreciate the changes made in the second game play the first game first. If you just want to dick around having fun then play the second one and go back to the first if you like it.

[Anonymous No.2136035]

How do I tell what version a Banjo Kazooie cart is? I need a 1.0.

[Anonymous No.2136059]

>>2136035
1.0 is the only version where the eggs and ice key don't do anything

[Anonymous No.2136060]

How do I into collecting fast without overpaying on retro hardware/games?

[Anonymous No.2136157]

I already posted in the setup thread, but what do you guys to emulate N64 under Linux? Currently trying
>mupen64plus
>with the built in SDL input plugin
>and the m64py frontend
And the input won't work for shit. The first problem I noticed is that setting analog input is extremely hard because the deadzone is so incredibly tiny that I'm pretty much pushing several directions at once. I don't see a way to make the deadzone bigger, only to move it around, which helps not at all. The second problem after that is that my configs won't save, no matter what I try. So even when I get it configured correctly, the instant I boot a ROM it seems to destroy the old config and set everything to button(334) or whatever number it feels like. These buttons correspond to nothing. So should I ditch m64py, find a different input plugin, or just ditch mupen64plus altogether?

[Anonymous No.2136168]

>>2121252
Ridley's lair is harder than Kraid's lair, but Kraid is harder than Ridley. Pick your poison I guess.

Also it's weird how Kraid is the same height as Samus, when literally every other appearance has made him a gigantic room-spanning monstrosity.

[Anonymous No.2136261]

I'm fucking fed up with modern vidya, and I can't believe I've never been to /vr/ since it was created, looks like a nice place. Thing is, I'm fed up with Windows too, and the only thing keeping me on it was, you guessed it, modern vidya.

Seeing as most of my favorite vidya is either emulated or runs on DOSBox, I have to ask: is Linux really that good for retro vidya? Are there all required emulators and tools for this?

Also what about the couple non-DOS games I like, such as Age of Empires, Diablo or Baldur's Gate: do they run well on Wine? Can they run on a virtualized Windows?

And finally, since UG died, I haven't found a good source of retro vidya. Any recommendation?

[Anonymous No.2136307]

>>2136060
Find people who want to sell their collections for cheap,

[Anonymous No.2136312]

>>2136261
I don't use Linux so I can't say much but for games that can't be run in DOSBox or through VM well you can always check to see if there's any information on the WineDB
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10326

>And finally, since UG died, I haven't found a good source of retro vidya. Any recommendation?
For public places there's sites like theisozone, for private, the retro phoenix does live but not officially out so it's not supposed to be talked about. Heck the last time there was a thread where someone asked that it didn't end well.

[Anonymous No.2136316]

>>2136261
Diablo 1 will still run fine. Age of Empires should, too. Don't know about Baldur's Gate, but i'd imagine that will work fine too.
All the older blizzard games seem to still run well.
Now...if only I could find my Wc2 disc...

[Anonymous No.2136320]

>>2087947
Which Final Fantasy Classic should I by to keep me sane during a holiday of shitty tv and dunk relatives?

Mostly considering one of the IV-VI.

[Anonymous No.2136327]

>>2136320
Get FF5 Advance. You won't regret it.
Or FF4 DS. Best version of FF4 in my opinion. Has a way better translation, too. And new scenes and a bit more backstory added.

[Anonymous No.2136328]

>>2136327
Ah, oved my post to the new recommendation thread.

There i mentioned it's for Android.

[Anonymous No.2136351]

>>2136261
My advice would be of keeping two or three partitions.
I personally use linux, windows XP and win 7 64 bit, if you spend some time in installing everything neatly; this method will give you the best results.

[Anonymous No.2136448]

>>2136261
Can't speak for retro PC games, but emulators tend to run well under Linux, especially anything during the 2D era (OpenGL performance is crazy good). I don't use Wine myself, but I was under the impression that there is a slight to moderate performance drop, so make sure your hardware is pretty good. It should run fine. Use Higan for SNES games and try Mednafen for anything else. Mednafen supports SNES, but Higan is the best IMO. And as described earlier, mupen64plus can be a fucking nightmare. It honestly has mood swings.

[Anonymous No.2136456]

>>2136261
>>2136448
Also, if you're fine with torrenting, just use kickass. I use that site for everything. Has games on there, but a lot of torrents are dead now. It's a gamble.

[Anonymous No.2136459]

what games does /vr/ play as a community? I always see the Tibia and Doom threads but is there any other game that you guys play?

[Anonymous No.2137475]

What's your favorite non-CRT filter for SNES/Genesis?

[Anonymous No.2137479]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

[Anonymous No.2137483]

>>2136459
There an FFIV MMO somewhere that got a bunch of threads. There's also possibly Unreal Tournament.

[Anonymous No.2137489]

>>2136328
>i mentioned it's for android
I'll be surprised if anyone doesn't tell you to pick up a mobile emulator.
Also: http://pastebin.com/qZighVrF

>>2136261
Nearly every emulator has a Linux port if it isn't put out for Linux first. Also many GOG setups have Linux or work great on Linux.

I remember hearing PlayOnLinux scripts getting thrown out a bit, you can even play HOMM3 with the HD Mod with them.

[Anonymous No.2137530]

Gents, what is your opinion on MESS?

[Anonymous No.2137532]

What's the general consensus on these things? I want one so that I can play NTSC games, but I'm afraid that the FPS will be lowered, or that the button input will be delayed.

[Anonymous No.2137639]

>>2137479
tree fiddy

[Anonymous No.2137863]

What's up with my F-Zero cart? I just finished Knight cup on Master and there are no times listed for the tracks at all

[Anonymous No.2137891]

>>2137863
Did f-zero use battery back up? If so, dead battery.

[Anonymous No.2137898]

>>2137891
If the battery is dead how come most of the track data is saved then?

Also, more bugginess. the best time for Death Wind 1 when i go to practice is listed as about 47 seconds, and some other tracks show glitched times

[Anonymous No.2137929]

How good is the PS1 version of Tempest?

[Anonymous No.2137934]

>>2137475
I don't really bother with this very often. Normally I usually just set a simple Linear or Nearest Neighbor and don't worry about stuff like that.

Sorry if replying to bait.

[Anonymous No.2137937]

So what actully causes yellowing? I always thought it was sunlight, but I opened snes today to find it had yellowed on the inside. as well as out.

[Anonymous No.2137938]

>>2137937
Oxidization.

[Anonymous No.2137939]

>>2137937
Sunlight, exposure to oxygen, and cigarette smoke are the big three contributors.

[Anonymous No.2138010]

>>2137934
It was not bait. I also use Linear, but I was wondering it there was a nicer option, a nice half-point between claymation and overly pixelated.

[Anonymous No.2138201]

>>2131693
Thanks bro

[Anonymous No.2139079]

Final Fantasy II (USA).zip
Final Fantasy II (USA) (Rev 1).zip

I should get the Rev version, right?

[Anonymous No.2139118]

Does anyone know the cheapest option to get the Everdrive 64 in Asia particularly Singapore?

[Anonymous No.2139136]

Anybody know this Jamma board?

Game King P4-4P

[Anonymous No.2139390]

How do i get good at smb (the first one)?

[Anonymous No.2139394]

>>2139390
>Play smb1 for the first time in probably a decade just to prove I can beat it still beat it (without warps)
>Start playing liberally
>Get down to one life
>Realize this smb doesn't give lives out like free blowjobs from your mom
>Start collecting every coin just to keep alive
>Get to world 8-2 and die
Yeah, lives are rarer than most other mario games is all I can say

[Anonymous No.2139438]

>>2139079
Always, since revisions just fix bugs.

[Don Rumata !!rYqzYYFAejo No.2139519]

What happened to our Secret Santa thing discussed a couple/few months back? Not going to matter now, but I'd like to see it happen another year.

[Anonymous No.2139545]

Has the general attitude of /vr/ gone down the shitter in the last two weeks?

[Anonymous No.2139559]

>>2139545
Winter Break

[Don Rumata !!rYqzYYFAejo No.2139560]

>>2139545
Folks have gone home for the holidays, for better or worse. More activity = extremes.

[Anonymous No.2139564]

>>2139545
Yes, the mods are fucking retarded lately. They're deleting perfectly fine threads that are on-topic with /vr/ rules and leaving garbage.

Check the archive(.moe) and look at all the manually delete threads.

It's ridiculous.

I hope you get to read this before they splurgdelete this whole thread and ban me for speaking the truth.

[Anonymous No.2139635]

>>2137475
Used to use scanlines shader on snes9x, but I don't really bother with filters anymore. Too bad there's not a simple2x or hq2x filter under higan. I might be tempted to give it a shot.

>>2139394
Play SMB the lost levels and realize just how much more brutal that game is. I beat it, but it was infuriating.

[Anonymous No.2139674]

Has anybody actually gotten in trouble for downloading roms? I'm super curious.

[Anonymous No.2139683]

>>2137475
I play my SNES games in a 256 x 224 window so that I get the authentic experience.

[Anonymous No.2139685]

>>2139674
No, and considering how sites like virtualnes.com are still around, I doubt you ever will unless something major like SOPA or PIPA 2.0 gets passed

[Anonymous No.2139687]

>>2139674
I only know one kid who got in trouble with his mother for copying that floppy.

[Anonymous No.2139689]

>>2139683
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OVERSCAN

[Anonymous No.2139704]

>>2139689
Well shit. Let me redo my calculations.

[Anonymous No.2139709]

>>2139683
i play with a dildo up my ass so i can pretend im an authentic retro faggot

[Anonymous No.2139767]

>>2139674
My friends dad talked my ear out when I taught my friend about emulating. They both now work at the same IT security firm.

[Anonymous No.2139780]

>>2137475
The only filter I use is for my tap water. I hate input delay with a burning passion and filters add on top of the emulator frames upon frames. Nc

[Anonymous No.2140148]

How do I get marker writing off of a Genesis case?

[Anonymous No.2140182]

>>2139767
You'd think someone working in that field would have common sense.

[Anonymous No.2140183]

>>2140148
Draw over the maker spots with a dry erase marker and it generally wipes right off.

[Anonymous No.2140625]

Why are arcade sticks often preferred for fighters over D-pads and analog sticks?
I think arcade sticks only have the four cardinal directions and then adjacent combinations of them, i.e. diagonals, which would be better than an analog stick having a full 360 degree range for less chance of mistakes, but wouldn't it be faster to press inputs on a D-pad? Is it just preference due to arcades or are there legitimate reasons I'm unaware of?

[Anonymous No.2140640]

>>2140625
Because they offer much better grip and directional control, and faster input with less potential for mistakes.
On any D-pad, trying to do > < is going to give you a jump or block until you learn the dead spots on your controller.
Also, fight stick button layout is far superior to holding shoulders/etc.

[Anonymous No.2140770]

Do you lose your save files if you swap the watch battery in the Saturn while the console is powered on?

[Anonymous No.2140776]

>>2139438
Thought so. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.2140784]

>>2140625
>wouldn't it be faster to press inputs on a D-pad?

It's slower for me on a dpad, not sure why. I believe it's because of what the other anon said, I have to be very careful not to press accidentally the wrong direction

[Anonymous No.2140824]

>>2103612

They used to sell official Sega Saturn USB controllers. Maybe try to track one of those down. There's plenty of bootleg ones though, so watch out

[Anonymous No.2140894]

>>2140824
Are any of the knockoff versions decent? I'm looking for an official one but it's not showing up

[Anonymous No.2140932]

>>2087947
can someone make like a little comic about the "I'm not a robot" captcha and one of the robot masters from Mega Man?

10 high fives in advance.

[Anonymous No.2140935]

>>2140625
It is ALL about preference. I gave a friend my mad catz fightpads because he refuses to play with a stick. I on the other hand prefer bat sticks and convex buttons because they add to the tangible experience when playing arcade stick friendly stuff.

[Anonymous No.2140937]

I just bought Donkey Kong Country (along with a SNES and the Star Trek Game for my boyfriend), but the DK game won't load. The Star Trek game does no issue, so I don't think its the SNES. Any tips on cleaning or solving this issue? I need it finished today so I'm stressed.

[Anonymous No.2140943]

>>2140937
Standard method is a qtip dipped in rubbing alcohol. You don't want to douse your cart in the stuff, just enough to clean off the dirt and dust. You rub it across both sides of the connector pins on the cart. Then you let the alcohol evaporate.

Then blast the cart port on your console with canned air.

Sometimes old carts will take a few tries to boot, anyway, too. Just the nature of old, non-refurb consoles.

[Anonymous No.2140947]

>>2140937
-grab some qtips
-dip the qtip in alchohol
-kind of drain the qtip so it doesn't drip
-rub it against the contacts of the cart

Can't remember if you should let it dry on it's own or dry it with the other end of the qtip.

[Anonymous No.2140954]

>>2140943
>>2140947
qtip mind

[Anonymous No.2140958]

>>2140894
avoid RetroLink Saturn pads like the motherfucking plague. The button on these knock-offs become loose not long after you play some button intesive games like SHMUPs or Brawlers.

I have had good experiences with their NES pad otherwise.

[Anonymous No.2140968]

>>2103612
I hook up a real Genesis controller with a USB adapter. Neat shit.

[Anonymous No.2140992]

>>2087947
why cant metroid crawl?

[Anonymous No.2140995]

>>2140992
Hold up and down and the same time, then press B.

[Anonymous No.2141013]

Please recommend me a (J)RPG that slipped under the radar, but has a really good story/interesting characters/atmosphere. Maybe a few words to the gameplay, but it doesn't matter that much.

[Anonymous No.2141036]

Anybody that is looking for a USB controller strictly for emulation, look no further than any of the following.

-Saitek P2500
6 face buttons, two analog stick, 2 shoulder buttons, d-pad with a versatile architecture; so versatile, you can pull off Alex in SFIII effortlessly

-Logitech Precision Pad
Pre-DualShock Perfected

-Mad Catz Fightpad S.D.
A bar below perfect, D-Pad feels too loose after some heavy use, 6 big face buttons, two shoulder buttons, three modes for the D-pad[Left Stick, Right Stick, Digital Pad]

-Logitech F310/510/710
[I own an F510 so I base this on that one]
DualShock layout, rumble support, has DirectInput and XInput modes, nice d-pad

[Anonymous No.2141040]

>>2141013
Fanta Sea Star on SMS

[Anonymous No.2141093]

Why is 5th gen emulation such a mess, especially compared to how well 6th gen emulation is doing?

[Anonymous No.2141101]

>>2141013
The Romancing SaGa games for the SNES are pretty great, and the Sailor Moon RPG for the SNES is of suprisingly high quality too, if you're into that

[Anonymous No.2141105]

>>2141093

Early 3D consoles had very fucked up architecture.
Playstation had no Z-buffer and an odd way of rendering polys.
Saturn had multiple CPUs and GPUs, and quad primitives.
N64 had tons of bottlenecks everywhere and used microcode which is glitchy with HLE and expensive with LLE.

[Anonymous No.2141195]

>>2141105
Actually, PlayStation emulation has been the best so far in terms of rendering using new technologies and compatibilities. When it comes to a few micro-discrepancies like Final Fantasy where a hack is needed it's been relative to those type of games only.

On the other hand, Nintendo 64 emulation is still spotty as hell and requires CPUs with enough bandwidth to chug all that unoptimized code. Most N64 emulators handle popular games really well though but there are a few lesser known games like Star Soldier Vanishing Earth or Knife Edge: Nose Gunner that varies per emulator.

Dreamcast got to the working state really fast minus 2D textures/sprites flickering or glitching in the case of Reicast for Android.

[Anonymous No.2141878]

Does anyone remember the name of this super nintendo game?

>you can choose a bunch of guys with football gear
>they can attack enemies like scorpions and other animals with the ball and there are bosses like other football players
>its not a football game but kinda a platform game in 2d
>you could upgrade the ball to a steel one to make it stronger,etc.

[Anonymous No.2142056]

Visiting family soon and once I leave, I will have no access to internet other than my phone. I want to play some old games I never got to.

My question is:Does anyone have the pictures that list what games to play and in what order for classic Metroid, LoZ, and/or Megaman? I've seen them before for Metroid and LoZ I'm pretty sure.

Also, what other games would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.2142059]

>>2142056
>classic metroid
all
>loz
all, you can skip 2 if youre scared
>megaman
up to x3, dont play the game boy games {spoiler]even though people on here like them[/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.2142063]

>>2142059
man that's embarrassing

[Anonymous No.2142070]

>>2142059
Any particular order on these for maximum fun? I literally have never played any of them except for the first of each. and I never finished those either

[Anonymous No.2142072]

>>2141878
The hurricanes

[Anonymous No.2142079]

>>2142070
start from the beginning, are you kidding? maybe skip the first of each series since they're more difficult and you're a failure at vidya

[Anonymous No.2142219]

Warriors of the Eternal Sun is a great game

[Anonymous No.2142343]

>>2142219
The isometric view breaching into top down made me sick.

Other than that, my friend had this game and I enjoyed what I could.

[crille No.2142357]

For 8 years ago, i played a pc game where i shot animals and creatures and they turned to stone when they got hit. They even stayed in the air when they got hit lol... You could change stage. You could pick up green chest armors. What game is this? It was a pc game

[crille No.2142360]

Now this is serious. I need to know dat awesome game!!! Ive been searching for ages :(

[Anonymous No.2142368]

>>2128762
Uhh, Happyland adventures maybe?

[crille No.2142369]

Uhhh xD i dunno... it was not a kids game u know

[Anonymous No.2142370]

>>2142369
Learn to use the boards, you obvious peasant

[Anonymous No.2142642]

I want to play the original experience Quake (textures mostly, I don't care about modern lightning) but with modern resolution 1920x1080 and being able to do my own key bindings.

Any rec to go with the steam version?

[Anonymous No.2142651]

>>2142642
Avoid steam versions of all id games. There's no music if the game came on CD, and the DOS games are all running in a shitty optimized DOSBOX. Its half assed and insulting that you should pay for that.

[Anonymous No.2142661]

>>2142651
Oh thank you! I was expecting to purchase 1 and 2 during these current sales.

I'll just download whichever one. My question remains regarding which one!

[Anonymous No.2142681]

>>2142661
Well you could buy them on Steam and just use the data files that they come with using whatever sourceport you want to use.

[Anonymous No.2142717]

>>2142681
But if you download an ISO, you'll get the same thing, but with music.

[Anonymous No.2142727]

>>2142642
if you end up getting the Steam version, download the patch from the following link:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1756923

-music
-enhanced engine, great for mods and single player
-patches game to latest Quake patch

If you happen to also own the expansion packs, they have their own patches in that link too.

[Anonymous No.2142728]

>>2142717
>>2142681
Yeah! that's what I'm asking for, which sourceport to use.

I guess I'll go with Darkplaces, seems versatile enough.

>>2142727
Nice, thank you! I'll try this too then.

[Anonymous No.2142749]

>>2142717
Wrong, if you get an ISO there's still no music unless it's included externally as MP3 or OGG files.

Plus you can get PK3s or the music in ZIPs on the internet easily. Just look at what this person posted >>2142727

>>2142728
Here's an info graphic you may find of use

[Anonymous No.2142753]

Emulator question:

If I have an emulator device hooked up to a standard definition television, if it is displaying scanlines it is 240p output, while if it has no scanlines it is in 480i output, correct?

[Anonymous No.2142768]

>>2142753
A reminder all emulation is damnation.

[Anonymous No.2142771]

>>2142749
Perfect. Sorry for not finding infographic by myself, it answers directly my question.

Dude if I've been craving to replay this game these days!

[Anonymous No.2142802]

>>2142768
A reminder that I'm not buying arcade cabs for my home.

[Anonymous No.2142804]

Grabbing an SNES emulator for android

I for sure want this one right?
http://www.emucr.com/2014/11/snes9x-ex-plus-v1522.html

[Anonymous No.2142814]

>>2142804
Go an find out anhole

[Anonymous No.2142834]

>>2142804
Yes, but keep in mind that it's free in the google play store and the maker's own site. Always helped to have for sure the latest.

[Anonymous No.2142838]

Does anyone have that "obscure/Japan-only PS1 games" compilation that was made about a month ago?

[Anonymous No.2142847]

>>2142838
This one anon?

[Anonymous No.2142848]

>>2142847

Yes

[Anonymous No.2142850]

Banjo Kazooie is an ok game but there are some poor level design that really keeps it from being a great game. Like the things where it punishes you simply for doing what the games wants you to do (that fucking shark). And don't hide behind "retro games are SUPPOSED to be hard, first off, that isn't true, second off that is used an excuse for shitty level design so often that it pisses me off Nostalgial alone doesnt make a game great. Also I think Banjo-Tooie was an awful game and I'm not going to explain why, you all know why but you are denying it.

[Anonymous No.2142856]

>>2142847
>imply that there are playstation games that are good and people don't know about at this point

sorry, but the interent happened a long time ago.

[Anonymous No.2142867]

>>2142856
There are quite a few mentioned in the thread this was sourced from that I had never known about. Plus it's nice to have a list of such games too.

>>2142848
Here you go
http://a.pomf.se/txooug.pdf

[Anonymous No.2142871]

>>2142867
>that I have never heard of
you don't belong here, good bye, go back to /v/

[Anonymous No.2142874]

>>2142856
most of this list is useless unless you know moon runes or for some reason what to play story heavy games and not know wtf is going on...

[Anonymous No.2142875]

>>2142850
>Like the things where it punishes you simply for doing what the games wants you to do (that fucking shark).

...why is that such a big deal? He's only a problem if you're in the water for a long time and there's like what, one jiggy and a few notes in the water? And he's completely avoidable in Rusty Bucket Bay (but that's pretty idealistic) Sure, the level design isn't perfect, but it's not unfair. You don't even need to if you aren't trying to 100% the game, and if you're trying to 100% a game it shouldn't be easy.

[Anonymous No.2142876]

>>2142856
>Die Hard trillogy
>good
ok I stopped reading there, no longer taking this list seriously

[Anonymous No.2142883]

>>2142871
Geeze, with that attitude it seems like you belong there rather than here. However of course you're free to come to this board just like everyone else.

[Anonymous No.2142896]

>>2142883
no, it's people abandoning that attitude that has net the idiots from /v/ feel more welcome and ruined this board actually, if you disagree than I will just write you off as probably originally being from there.

[Anonymous No.2142901]

>>2142883
>>2142874
>>2142871
>>2142867
>>2142856
Dude that list is very interesting, as a starting point to investigate about them. They are mostly japanese shovelware, but interesting nonetheless.

Thanks for sharing.

It is even more interesting the contrast between /v/'s general retardedness and hate for vidya, and /vr/'s hard work, effort and love for vidya.

If only you guys stopped hating on emulators this'd be a great place.

[Anonymous No.2142909]

>>2142901
who the fuck hates on emulators? wtf

[Anonymous No.2142931]

>>2142909
I think he means hating on the "preference" of certain emulators that hits the autistic nerves of some on /vr/ that causes so much stupid shitflinging.

[Anonymous No.2143485]

>>2087947
I'd just like to know where /vr/ gets their plastic protective cases for archiving old CIB vidya. The ones on Ebay are essentially going for 1:1 ratio and I feel like that's steep, especially since it would cost a small fortune for my ever growing 25 year old collection.

[Anonymous No.2144034]

>>2141013
What console/generation would you prefer?

[Anonymous No.2144068]

>>2144034
Atari 2600

[Anonymous No.2144180]

Could someone write down, in detail, how to get POPStarter working on my PS2 with Free McBoot?

I couldn't get any games working. I followed the steps in the readme. Does it not work if the game has a ppf patch?

[Anonymous No.2144585]

SNES and SFC controllers are interchangeable, right?

[Anonymous No.2144683]

>>2144585
Correct

[Anonymous No.2144715]

just wanted to thank whoever did this thread; it truly saved tons of threads from being kill by being pushed from page 10

crosslinking the next thread since someone seem to have forgotten to link to it

>>2144687

[Anonymous No.2145162]

>>2087947
Did anyone have this collection of DOS games?
It's called "The complete encyclopedia of games". It had a lot of shareware games on it, like DOOM, Jazz Jackrabbit, X-COM.
I'm trying to track down a ISO of it, but I'm not getting any luck anywhere.

[Anonymous No.2145357]

New thread is real in now

>>2145351

[Anonymous No.2145886]

>>2145357
>>2144715
What's with all the deletes? This has been a useful thread.

[Anonymous No.2146037]

>>2142847
>>2142867
Fucking sweet! Are there any more /vr/ lists like this?

[Anonymous No.2147547]

How do I FFVII snowboard?

There's just stop, go, jump

I feel like a retard going pinball all over the place