/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.413197]

What is your emulation machine of choice?

[Anonymous No.413223]

Currently PSP and PC, but I might get a S7300 based on /vr/'s recommendations.

[Anonymous No.413250]

A PC running Xubuntu

[Anonymous No.413265]

modded wii with mayflash snes/nes adapter

[videogames No.413268]

My Wii.

I've done countless hours of emulation on that thing. I've gotten more use out of it as such then playing it's own games.

[Anonymous No.413280]

homemade htpc

[Anonymous No.413274]

>>413197
Woah that looks fucking cool what is it? Also I'm using a PSP and the PC for 3d games

[Anonymous No.413296]

>>413268
I also hacked my wii but only use it for pirating gamecube games. I tried using a DS and N64 emulator on it and it runs terrible...

[Anonymous No.413309]

>>413268
This, it looks great on a CRT and the Classic Controller Pro is awesome.

[Anonymous No.413374]

>>413274
It's a Pandora. It's a PSP for rich people.

[Anonymous No.413384]

>>413374

It's a linux handheld for rich peple.

What kind of PSP doesn't play PSP games.

[Anonymous No.413390]

>>413384
PSPGo

[Anonymous No.413420]

I'm personally waiting for the 3DS to get hacked.

Everything PSP can emulate + N64, DS and 3DS games

All of that on 256GB SD cards to boot. It would be like the ultimate portable gaming machine.

[Anonymous No.413438]

>>413420

You mean the Vita. That would be amazing.

[Anonymous No.413457]

>>413374
I'd gladly buy one if it was $500. Try $200-250, and I probably would.

Right now I'm using a PSP, sadly for mostly NES games, some GBA games, and MAME. SNES emulation blows, though I was able to (slowly) slog my way through Dracula X with no problems.

I have a Dingo too, but the PSP outclasses it hard, unless I'm doing something wrong.

If the Pandora gets to a reasonable price, or the Archos tablet get it's bugs worked out, I'll be more than happy with those, provided they can do SNES emulation right.

[Anonymous No.413492]

>>413438
Vita is much stronger than 3DS, but it terms of emulation it really can't do anything 3DS can't aside from PSP. It's not nearly powerful enough to emulate anything above it like PS2.

I'd imagine the only difference between the two would be Vita playing Vita and PSP games while 3DS had DS and 3DS games. In that case I'd much rather take the later two. And like I said before, 3DS supports cards up to 256GB whereas Vita is limited to 32GB IIRC.

[Anonymous No.413502]

>>413492

But games would look better on the Vita's screen.

I guess it doesn't really matter. Anything is better than when I was playing SNES on the DS.

[Anonymous No.413512]

I'm hoping it will be the GCW Zero, I am still waiting for mine to arrive.

All I have for the time being is a GP2X Caanoo, but the analogue nub impedes playing many games properly.

[Anonymous No.413552]

Used to be a GP2X Wiz, but the battery failed last week and they don't make them anymore.

[Anonymous No.413564]

>>413552
That's too bad, I used to have one and they are nice devices,

[Anonymous No.413583]

>>413564
>play a game with flat-color backgrounds
>no two pixels are the same color
Aside from that issue though, I have to agree.

[Anonymous No.413584]

>>413296
>>>413268
>I also hacked my wii but only use it for pirating gamecube games. I tried using a DS and N64 emulator on it and it runs terrible...
Christ, use VC wads for N64 you giant moron

[Anonymous No.413607]

>>413583
The slight grain? To be honest I actually somewhat liked that.
The OLED display had some beautiful black levels though.

[Anonymous No.413609]

I usually use my Dreamcast.

[Anonymous No.413614]

PSP and Original Xbox.

[Anonymous No.413629]

>nobody said JXD S7300 yet

I would buy it already if I had dosh. but dunno if want. I emulate all I need on my PC anyway

[Anonymous No.413624]

>>413420

I'm not trying to be a dick, honest. But don't you think the screen is kinda on the terrible side for "ultimate portable gaming machine?" I was so disappointed when I saw it up close. Otherwise I'd say you might be onto something. I wish my ds lite had more emulation capabilities.

[Anonymous No.413640]

>>413624
If I cared about graphics, I wouldn't even be playing retro games.

[Anonymous No.413654]

>>413640
that statement is retarded. the 3Ds is kinda terrible for its screen solution

[Anonymous No.413652]

My PC. I have a modded PSP with emulators, but it's the 1000 model, so the screen isn't that great. Also, due to its lack of power, I often find the PSP emulators are lackluster compared to their PC counterparts, which feel full-fledged and have tons of features, not to mention they all run at full speed.

[Anonymous No.413671]

>>413640
Not the graphics. Not the fidelity or resolution. What I meant is the cloudiness of the screen compared to the psp or a nice laptop or ipad type device. It just looks like a low quality screen to me.

I haven't seen the XL one though, maybe it's improved.

[Anonymous No.413678]

>>413640

He's not talking about the graphics, he's talking about the screen resolution. His argument is the same as playing an NES on an LCD compared to a CRT.

[Anonymous No.413682]

...my computer?

[TwinTurbo No.413685]

I have a dingoo a380 at the moment...

I'm waiting for user uploaded videos to actually see how powerful the GCW Zero is. If I find out it's capable of playing most N64 and PS1 roms/iso's, I'll buy that (which I'm sure it will). If not, I'm going to go with a Nexus 7. The Nexus 7 is probably the most powerful portable emulation choice as of right now. Search through youtube, it can play n64 & PS1 at full speed with no sound issues. Another plus that comes with buying the nexus 7, is the capability to plug in PS3 and x360 controllers to use for emulation.

[Anonymous No.413696]

Galaxy Note with a Wii Remote.

Thinking of a new controller to get now. It sucks lugging a classic controller around

[Anonymous No.413726]

>people seriously considering an Open Pandora

Please don't. You could get a Raspberry Pi for <$50 or a JXD S7300b for $150.

[Anonymous No.413734]

>>413685
The Nexus may be powerful, but keep in mind a lot of Android devices require a lot of power just to slog through the mess that is the Android OS. I'm no Apple fanboy, and I dislike how closed iOS is unless you jailbreak it, but it's a much more efficient OS, at least for gaming. For instance, RetroArch requires top-end devices to run some of its more intensive emulation cores at full speed on Android, whereas the developers claim it runs flawlessly on iPhones and iPads.

[Anonymous No.413748]

>>413654
>>413671
>>413678
Yeah, I guess the screen is pretty bad then. But my point was it still has the most potential as a portable game player out of current mobile devices. At until PS2 emulation becomes viable on mobiles. But who knows how long that's going to take.

[Anonymous No.413759]

>>413748
PS2 is a long ways off, but PSP emulation on handhelds is already possible through PPSSPP. Granted, it's still in its early stages, so compatibility isn't too high, but it is rapidly improving, and I expect it to be amazing in a year.

[Anonymous No.413786]

>>413629
>JXD S7300
Tell me, is it worth it? Can it run SNES emulation alright? Among all the other things I'd like. It's reasonably priced and I like the way it looks.

[Anonymous No.413798]

>>413685
It's just speculation at the moment, but with Project 64 2.0 becoming Open Source, as well as the GCW Zero's 1Ghz MIPS processor sharing the same architecture as the N64's own MIPS processor, but the device seems to have quite an advantage with trying to emulate N64 now.

[Anonymous No.413792]

Just got a Wii last month. Amazing how many games can be emulated with that thing. A shame N64 emulation sucks so hard tough. I might end up doing the vc wad thing...

[Anonymous No.413803]

>>413786
Yes but by default it's loaded with Chinese shit. If you do get one get the NCCE Custom Firmware

[Anonymous No.413845]

I seriously wish they would make a second one of these with modern hardware.

I can emulate fine, but doing normal phone shit is a pain with
>512MB RAM
>Single core CPU
>512MB internal memory, with system apps taking up 90% of it
>no unlocking bootloader if you're on AT&T
>no ICS or Jelly Bean without using CyanogenMod, which you need an unlocked bootloader for anyway

I want a new phone but I love the Xperia Play's gamepad...

[Anonymous No.413857]

I seriously wish they would make a second one of these with modern hardware.

I can emulate fine, but doing normal phone shit is a pain with
>512MB RAM
>Single core CPU
>512MB internal memory, with system apps taking up 90% of it
>no unlocking bootloader if you're on AT&T
>no ICS or Jelly Bean without using CyanogenMod, which you need an unlocked bootloader for anyway

I want a new phone but I love the Xperia Play's gamepad...

[Anonymous No.413867]

>>413792
I'm in the same boat
I use my wii and my PSP for emulation since its easy

[TwinTurbo No.413887]

>>413734

I didn't know that. I've never personally tried any emulation on an ipad (since I don't own one), but I've owned a 4g ipod touch. Anything more than GBC, even on the latest version of the device, will run with a lot of frame rate issues. Sound? FAHGETTAHBOUTET!

Are there any recent emulator builds that work with no frame rate issues on the ipad, on any Ipad I mean (for instance the ipad 1).

[Anonymous No.414025]

>>413786
eurogamer were pleased and the review was quite insightful.

like the other anon said, you will need custom firmware but that's not much of an issue. it's basically an android tablet with gamepad controls and you can use SNESoid and other android emulators perfectly fine if you installed the custom firmware.

I really want to buy it. It seems like the best multiemulation choice right now on the market. I won't wait for the GCW Zero because it has a tiny ass screen, only one joystick and is for emus only. I'd like to do more with the JXD device and since it's a tablet you might as well run DOSbox on it too or take it to uni courses and write notes with it, have internet, email and so forth..

[Anonymous No.414040]

>>413857
they won't release Xperia Play 2 as long as there is the PS Vita. but as an Xperia U owner I gotta say that even the U emulates stuff very well.

[CreamLemon No.414081]

Hopefully Craig sends out his email to us original pre-orders today.

[Anonymous No.414091]

PSP and PC right now for me.

[Anonymous No.414130]

modded original xbox. Emulates most systems I give two shits about (no Saturn, though) and feels more console-y than playing on the PC.

[Anonymous No.414149]

>>413887
...How long ago did you have it?
It plays everything up to psx, n64 and saturn with very little issues, full sound, smooth fps, it's damn near perfect, if it isn't already.

[Anonymous No.414163]

PS2's pretty good for Genesis and S/NES.
Saves me the trouble of buying a console, games and switching between channels.

[Anonymous No.414182]

>>413857
>doing normal phone shit is a pain with 512MB RAM
Be quiet.

[Anonymous No.414193]

PSP at the moment. Apart from it literally falling apart in my hands (I lost most of the screws somehow when fitting a new screen), Everthings pretty good.

I did use an iPod touch for a while (For RPG's and other slow games), but that has been stuck in a reboot loop, and none of the Power+Home commands seem to stop it. I've spent the last few week waiting for the battery to flatten...

[Anonymous No.414235]

which home console is the best for emulating? from the looks of it, a softmodded wii. wii's are pretty cheap in price too.

[Anonymous No.414229]

>>414182
No, really, apps crash all of the time because it's running low on RAM. If I look up one thing on my browser or listen to some music, it slows to a crawl and I have to kill some processes manually. Even an automatic memory manager doesn't help when you have to squeeze the Android OS and whatever you're doing into 512MB.

"Normal phone shit" in my opinion, has changed in the past ten years, old candy-bar Nokias didn't have all of these apps and shit. They were primarily phones. Although I see your point, I should've rephrased that.

[TwinTurbo No.414240]

>>414149

hmm, weird...you're right. I just looked up a video on youtube and SMB3 was running fine and no FPS issues at all. Either I was thinking of my 3g touch, or I ended up with a shitty emulator. It must have been a shitty emulator, because I didn't pay any money for the ones that did cost money.

[Anonymous No.414241]

classic xbox with xbmc and pc

[Anonymous No.414304]

>>414229
"normal phone shit" is making calls. that's it

[Anonymous No.414346]

>>414235
I'm pretty sure a modded 360 or PS3 would be better, but the Wii is certainly the easiest console to mod by far, and its emulator support is pretty damn good all things considered. RetroArch alone makes it great for everything up to the SNES. For everything after that, however, it gets sketchy, although for N64 you at least have VC WADs.

[Anonymous No.414370]

>>413726
The only thing about RPi right now is that there's no simple "works with controllers and emulators out of the box " distro yet. At least not that I've been able to find.

[Anonymous No.414394]

>>414346
good response, you are steering me towards the wii. perhaps a ps3 in the later future, i'd probably be more able to afford a wii.

I miss owning one. sold one I had years ago to my sister.

[Anonymous No.415048]

Used to be PSP, but now I've taken to my Galaxy Note II with pretty much any controller I want to throw at it. Retroarch is a fantastic suite of emulators.

[CreamLemon No.415063]

>>413457
Back in the day they were only 330 USD.
That's what I payed ~3.5 years ago.

[Anonymous No.415078]

PSP it's just easier for me to game in bed while the gf's sleeping. decent sized screen, analog, two triggers, a d pad and 4 main face buttons. (not including select , start and home). Really just works for me. Although the pro stick duos are are pain in the ass.

[Anonymous No.415103]

>>415063
Thats what I paid,

>>413457
its 481USD right now....
https://www.dragonbox.de/en/main-consoles-and-upgrades/112-pandora-1ghz.html

[Anonymous No.415116]

>>415103
or 305usd
or 589 usd

so price range is covered

[Anonymous No.415138]

Wii Homebrew is one of the world greatest inventions

[Anonymous No.415143]

Delicious JXD S7300 here, I love it.

Pretty affordable, especially since I wanted an android tablet anyways. If anybody has any questions about it I'll answer them.

[Anonymous No.415178]

>>414346
Dont forget the part where a Wii these days is cheap as balls.

[Anonymous No.415196]

>>415078
So much fucking this, I hate waking my girlfriend up getting into bed because I stay on the computer late at night.

With a handheld I can just take my contacts off and chill up there, get sleepy, and put it aside and go to sleep after a good amount of video gaming, all without waking up my qt3.14

Inb4 nobody on 4chan has girlfriends.

[Anonymous No.415205]

my pc running motionjoy and pcsx, pcsx2, and some other emulators

[Anonymous No.415206]

Galaxy S3 + Gameklip

[Anonymous No.415214]

>>415196

Why don't you just go to bed with her

[Anonymous No.415230]

>>415214
Because she goes to bed at like anywhere between 8-10.

[Anonymous No.415330]

>>415230
so what? don't you love her?

[Anonymous No.416424]

>>413685
I've been using my girlfriend's Nexus 7 for the past week and it is incredible. Took a little bit to get used to playing without any 'real' buttons, but everything else is incredible. Screen looks nice and everything sounds great.

[Anonymous No.416834]

Anyone know a good mame with netplay?


I can't seem to find one with active servers anymore.

[Anonymous No.416894]

Currently using a JXD S5110 I got last year, but I plan on upgrading to >>415143 very soon. I was actually originally going to get an S7100, but now I'm glad I didn't.

[Anonymous No.417225]

>>416894
Wait, is the S7100 just like, an inferior S7300 in every way? It seems to use the exact same design, except kind of shittier.

[Anonymous No.417345]

This. Perfect Genesis emulation and an SD card slot to boot. Great screen, 6 buttons, battery life is years, etc. Found it for 40 bucks at Big Lots around Black Friday.

Other than that I just use my Nexus 7 and MOGA controller. Nexus runs everything N64 and earlier flawlessly. Plus, it's a sweet tablet.

I guess my only gripe about the Nexus is that unless you want to use on-screen controls, you have to have a place to set it down.

[Anonymous No.417359]

I'm pretty content with my PSP at the moment.

I bought a PSP a few months back, still unopened, waiting for CFW to be readily available on earlier firmwares.

[Anonymous No.417365]

psp fat 1000 model for playstation 1 games/snes/gb-gbc/nes/other shitty shitt

nintendo ds flashcart

pc for nintendo 64/gc/ps2

[Anonymous No.417368]

Kindle Fire.
Nice, cheap, not bad size, and you can sideload all the emus on it no problem.

[Anonymous No.418120]

>>417368
Somehow I doubt it runs N64 or even SNES games at full speed.

[Anonymous No.418183]

>>418120
A lot of emulators on handheld devices have frameskip enabled by default to give the illusion of full-speed emulation, which is why Snes9x EX on Android, despite being inferior to RetroArch's Snes9x-Next, appears to run well to most people. Turn it off, however, and it's a mess.

[Anonymous No.418264]

I'm rocking this in the living room: http://www.sainsmart.com/android-mini-pc/sainsmart-ak802-android-4-1-mini-pc-google-tv-box-dongle-dual-core-rk3066-cortex-a9-processor.html
There are some crappy things about it(It's cheap chinese shit that freezes if you leave it on too long), but it handles snes and n64(and probably psx) emulation like a champ. Plus you got the entire android app library. If it had a more tv-like homescreen it'd be even better.

[Anonymous No.418296]

>>418120
Why do you say that? Android emulators are fine, and the Kindle Fire has pretty decent hardware.

[Anonymous No.418297]

My Nexus 4 with a Dualshock 3 connected over bluetooth

[Anonymous No.418418]

It really blows my mind how far Android emulation has gone, my S7300 is emulating Front Mission 3 with an OpenGL plugin, with anti-aliasing on, staying around 55-60 FPS, with no frameskipping.

[Anonymous No.418504]

>>418418
I just decided i'm buying one of these asap...

[Anonymous No.418509]

>>418504
Be aware, the OpenGL is just now getting implemented, so it doesn't work with all games.

For instance, it doesn't work with Xenogears, I know that for certain.

But other games I know it works fine with, such as Front Mission 3 or FFVII.

[Anonymous No.418548]

A psp 3k and a hacked wii. I'm thinking of getting a ps2 to softmod sometime too.

[Anonymous No.418552]

>>418418
Well, I'm assuming the OpenGL plugin uses HLE hardware acceleration just like, say, ePSXe's OpenGL plugin, which would of course give a nice performance boost on capable devices.

But yeah, even on PC, OpenGL plugins have various bugs depending on the game.

[Anonymous No.418576]

>>418552
That's true, I guess I just kind of assume OpenGL should run worse because it makes the 3D games look so much better, but trying to render everything so software is a real bottleneck.

[Anonymous No.418635]

>>418576
Indeed, games can look better, but keep in mind the PS1's lack of a Z-buffer makes polygon jitter more noticeable when rendering at higher resolutions. Also, as with all hardware-accelerate HLE approaches, various graphical glitches are possible, usually necessitating per-game fixes or hacks. A full software, LLE approach such as that on RetroArch's PCSX-ReARMed core, produces much more accurate and faithful graphics with close no no such glitches, albeit at the expense of eye candy. It's also supposed to be a slower approach, but I hear it runs extremely well regardless thanks to it being optimized for ARM devices.

[Anonymous No.418681]

>>418635
I've been haring that RetroArch for android is really become quite awesome, but I'm afraid of change and don't want to throw all my old working emulators out. Still, I'll probably check it it eventually

[Anonymous No.419385]

>>417225
>No shoulder buttons
>Runs Gingerbread
>Lower resolution
>Weaker chip
>Not pre-rooted
>No pre-installed mapping tool
There is pretty much no reason to buy an S7100 anymore. S7300 replaces it in the same sense that the S602 replaced the S601. The way I see it, it's everything the S7100 should have been and possibly more.

[Screwy !BDcKesnEik No.419562]

>>417345
>AtGames
>Perfect

[Anonymous No.419582]

My Galaxy S3, Wii and laptop

[Anonymous No.420086]

>>413457
How is MAME emulation on the PSP? I heard it was really terrible.

[Anonymous No.420121]

PSP.

Which, naturally, limits my emulation choices to Famicom/MegaDrive/GB/GBC/GBA.

I also play SNES and GBA JRPGs on my Galaxy SIII, though. Touch controls are terrible, as always, due to no tactile feedback, but in turn-based games it's fine.

[Anonymous No.420195]

>>420121
I look at this, and I think- "Gee, I wonder if it could play Dwarf Fortress? No, it's probably melt."

[Anonymous No.420203]

I look at this, and I think- "Gee, I wonder if it could play Dwarf Fortress? No, it's probably melt."

[Anonymous No.420251]

My Windows pc usually - I would usually use GNU/Linux, but I've got a second monitor now and I'm too retarded to get it to work (with the exception unity ubunty, which works without any additional drivers, coniguration, etc - but I personally want to be able to use openbox or awesomewm).

If I'm ever to get a dedicated emulating machine for on the go it'll definitely be the OpenPandora.

[Anonymous No.420262]

I have a PSP 3000 series and that fucker is impossible to crack. I cant even get my comp to recoginize its USB so i can actually move my emulators over to it
piece of shit

[Anonymous No.420309]

>>413734
Nexus devices are made for Android. There's a good chance that an emulator for Android will run fine on a Nexus device.

[Anonymous No.420307]

>>420262
Wut? Psp is now easy as fuck to hack... i'm using a 3000 too. I sue it for gb, gbc, gba, nes, snes, ps1. And my computer for the 64

[Anonymous No.420427]

PSP, large screen, comfty on my hands, cheap, easy to hack, emulates lots of system, has some(non-homebrew/emulation) good games.

[Anonymous No.420646]

Further information on the S7300, just a couple little things that kind of bug me about it.

First, N64 and PSX games will sometimes lag if your tablet has been on for a while. I have no idea why this is, but a restart will clear it right up and they'll run smooth again. It's doesn't really bother me much, but it is kind of weird. You can play a PSX game like 3 hours straight and nothing will change, but start dicking around on the internet or in some other emulators and N64 or PSX emulator will start stuttering until you restart.

Also, with NCCE, occasionally your tablet won't wake up from being asleep. The screen will just stay dark and you'll just need to shut off and on again. I've heard you can fix this by removing the NCPU App, which allows you to set the governors and speed of your processor, but I honestly like having that option so I haven't removed it.

Those are the only two things that are negative about the S7300 so far, they don't really bother me but I felt people would like to know.

[Anonymous No.420652]

>>413512
I heard they might make it cheaper when they release it on it's own. If that's the case and if PSX emulator is worked on some more I'll get one.

Otherwise I'll just stick w/ my PSP.

[Anonymous No.420665]

>>420646
>S7300

What's the battery life like on that? That's what keeps me from getting a handheld for emulation currently.

[Anonymous No.420676]

>>420665
Seems like 4-5 hours from what I've experienced, I never let it run down to zero, but it seems to be about 20% every hour of gaming, maybe a little less if you're just using it to read or search the internet or something. It's quite good for my uses.

[Anonymous No.420691]

>>420665
Open pandora has a literal 10 hour battery life with screen on full brightness connected to wifi and playing spyro

[Anonymous No.420720]

Currently use my PSP but it's too bulky for my pockets. I bought a DingooA320 which had great size and battery, but the screen got fucked up with lint and dust under the screen. Shouldr buttons were awful and the SNES emulation was pretty bad.

I'm waiting for the price of the GCW-Zero, otherwise I might crack and buy a Pandora

[Anonymous No.420726]

I use my nexus 7.

It runs many emulators at a good velocity.

[Anonymous No.420817]

>>420262
>impossible to crack. I cant even get my comp to recoginize its USB

That's not normal. All PSPs are easy as shit to hack. I dont even know why your pc wouldn't recogise the psp. Are you selecting USB mode when on the actual PSP?

[Anonymous No.420934]

I've got an icontrolpad for my Galaxy S2. Sadly I haven't used it that often mostly because it's a bit if a hassle setting it up and I only get 3 or 4 hours of battery life out of it, depending on what I play.

I really want to get a 1Ghz Pandora but damn is that £470+ price steep... But considering it can surf the web, has its own physical keyboard and does all kinds of shit that a phone can't do (other than take calls of course...) it seems more like an awesome mini laptop than just something for emulating. Can anyone vouch for its capabilities outside of emulation?

[Anonymous No.420953]

>>420691
>pandora

it's still an overpriced device.

[Anonymous No.420971]

>>420676
It looks good but 5 hours is too short for me. Not that I would be playing it on the go for that long, I just don't like the prospect.

>>420691
I'd like a pandora but I'm not willing to pay that much.

[Anonymous No.421001]

>>420934
I have one in my hand right now, what would you like to know?

>>420953
Overpriced is a relative statement....
But yes it is slightly expensive, worth it tho in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.421093]

>>420720
The price for the gcw zero should be about 150. The preorders were 135 so it can't be too much more.

[Anonymous No.421290]

>>417345
Far from perfect. The sound emulation's still "off" compared to original hardware (or, indeed, the Mega Drive emulator on the PSP).

That said, I'm still really partial to my AtGames clone handheld, it's a convenient way to play Genesis games on the move with a decent d-pad and the proper button layout. Just a shame about the sound and lack of SRAM support.

[Anonymous No.421337]

Currently, my primary emulation machines are my Wii and a Dingoo A320. Whenever I receive my GCW Zero (which is looking closer and closer to the public release in May at this point), that'll replace the A320, naturally.

[Hit the Ice No.422019]

>>421001
Dunno if it's a bit late to start asking questions, but I looked up some other stuff about it and it answered most of my questions.

The only thing I'm unsure of is A: how well does the keyboard feel since it seems quite small and B: how easy is it to use the controller parts with all the keyboard keys underneath? I just thought it looked a little uncomfortable.

[Anonymous No.422623]

>>420652
It's simple economy - if they can order a larger batch, the manufacturing price per unit will drop. Although that means batch in 10k and larger. Right now it's just few k units iirc.

[Anonymous No.422648]

>>414025
>I won't wait for the GCW Zero because it has a tiny ass screen, only one joystick and is for emus only.

It has a shitload of native ports and homebrew too. Although most people will probably settle with emulators only, as that's what they bought it for.

[Anonymous No.422687]

>>422019
I personally like the keyboard, They layout that is. The buttons are kinda hit or miss from person to person.

As far as gaming controls go. They are the exact same as on the icp. and the keyboard doesn't get in the way at all, because the gaming controls are centered for where your fingers will be when holding it....if that makes sense

[Anonymous No.422810]

>>413197
PC.

I don't really emulate anything past 5th gen, and it's pretty old, so it's perfect for NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, TG-16, Playstaion, GB/GBC, and pretty much anything else retro.

I would like to get something like in OP's pic, though.

[Anonymous No.422841]

>>422648
I read about that. and about how the small screen is supposed to be good for retro. but when I saw how small the whole thing it actually is, I lost interest.

[Anonymous No.422919]

>>422841
The physical screen size is not small. It's 3.5'' (~9cm) That is about the same size as the screen in GP2X and Caanoo and way bigger than the one in Dingoo A320.

The reason for 320x240 is mainly production cost, but they settled with it since like 90% of homebrew and emulators don't go higher than 320x240, so bumping the price for the remaining 10% didn't sound like a good deal.

[Anonymous No.423360]

Can someone reccomend a good controller for my galaxy2? I mostly play snes and nes games

[Anonymous No.423380]

Anything better than a PSP for the same price? I really want the Pandora, but fuck it's expensive.

[Anonymous No.423487]

>>423360
Love my iControlPad. Use it with my Nexus 7 for PSX, too. Shoulder buttons have an irritating, unnatural placement though.
I have the original one, and I think they're discontinued now that the manufacturers are doing the iControlPad 2, so I can't offer my opinion on that.

[Anonymous No.423584]

>>423487
that's impossible to find. Any others? That is also the open pandora guys, and the way they are dicking with peoples money, I am not supporting them.

[Anonymous No.423612]

Can the s3700 play games such as the digimon world series and the megaman legends series? If so I'll order one right now.

[Anonymous No.424168]

>>423612
Probably, I can try it out later tonight and report back.

[Anonymous No.424163]

>>423380
Unless SNES, or N64 is really important to you, I would just go with the PSP.

There are some Dingo and JXD devices which sell for under a hundred bucks and are kind of decent, but I'm unsure of their hardware and what they support. I'm sure they can do SNES, but I'd have to do more research and see if they would be powerful enough for PSX or N64.

For the price, PSPs are really great for emulation.

[Anonymous No.424198]

>>421337
Well, if you don't want the A320 after getting the GCW Zero...

[Anonymous No.424554]

>>424168
I would appreciate it if you could. Those games alone would seal the deal on picking one up

[Anonymous No.425083]

for years i used my trusty nds with micro sd super card lite : down that journey i reinstalled it's software once. now it don't boot to allow me to select roms... don't know if anyone have an idea what i should do / buy something else for this kind of nds. haven't tried to reinstall it from scratch in a while tho, so maybe i'll try that.

[Anonymous No.426296]

>>424554
Megaman Legends works fine, runs in OpenGL with AA and actually looks quite nice at 60 FPS.

[Anonymous No.426313]

>>424554
Digimon Worlds sort of works with OpenGL, but the text and text boxes are fucked up in that mode.

Switched it to Software rendering and it works fine, but obviously doesn't look as good. Still seems to work fine though.

[Anonymous No.426632]

>>413512

I didn't do the Kickstarter, but I do want to buy one as soon as possible. I'm really hoping they'll open up orders in May. I have a Vita and 3DS, but I could easily see the GCW taking the 3DS's place in my satchel, as I hardly play it.

Can the Zero emulate the GBA pretty well? I'm assuming it can.

[Anonymous No.426896]

>>426313
>>426296
Thanks bro. I appreciate it. Looks like I'll be ordering one.

[Anonymous No.427631]

>>426896
Whenever you get it, make sure to check out the custom firmwares the community has been developing. Way better than the stock junk.

[Anonymous No.427664]

not bothered with mobile emulation (smartphone virtual joypads are awful)

but I have a shitload of games on my laptop that I play on my TV via VGA

[Anonymous No.428225]

After watching some videos of the JXD S7300, I'm not sure which I'd prefer, it or the Zero.... PS1 emulation does look nice on the S7300, and though I don't do a lot of that I would enjoy it now and then.

[Anonymous No.429704]

>>428225
It depends if you want overall a more powerful machine (better hardware, bigger screen, more versatile software) or something that is more portable.

The JXD S7300 provides a lot of advantages. Its much bigger and more powerful, and as an android device it has a lot of advantages. You can do a lot more on it since it is a smart tablet first, with heavy emphasize being put on emulation.

But at the same time, if being able to carry something in your pocket is a real big deal, the Zero is probably the way to go.

[Anonymous No.429719]

>>413197

Just my normal primary gaming PC that I have connected to my adjacent LCD.

Cheap and effective and the lack of autism means I don't need to physically own retro games.

[Anonymous No.430138]

>>428225
You could just wait for the GCW Zero to come out, and read about it and comparisons between the two. That is what I plan to do, at any rate.

[Anonymous No.430210]

>>413502

Vita is an overpriced doorstop.

The screen isn't much, either. A pathetic 960x544 screen that gets outclassed by other (cheaper) tablets and phones. You're better off getting a dedicated android device.

[Anonymous No.430216]

Xbox with the 1.6 ghz celery stick and 128 MB memory mod.

Also my various computers.

[TwinTurbo No.430239]

>>424163

Dingoo doesn't play n64 or ps1 at all

>>426632

Yeah definitely. I'm sure it will have no problem with anything up to and including the ps1 as well.

[Anonymous No.430241]

currently my PC (Debian unstable)
will most likely get a GCW Zero once it is released

[Anonymous No.430246]

>>413857

I have a droid incredible which has a 1 ghz snapdragon (like the xperia play) and 512 MB DDR2 memory. It runs perfectly, and is overkill for my needs.

I have 280 MB memory free at all times.

Xperia play is poor phone anyways, it's only saving grace is the controller thing which is a nothing more than a gimmick. All sony android phones are terrible.

[Anonymous No.430645]

>>423584
Yea....no......

they are two different companies.
Craig is the owner of the icp not evildragon

[Anonymous No.430663]

>>430241
I'm not exactly a fan of that weird nudge/knot whatever the fuck you call it under the d-pad, otherwise I like the round design.

[Anonymous No.430674]

>>430663
I would also say that they should get with the times and give it a second stick. but it's already designed so it already happened

[Anonymous No.430685]

>>430674
and it also lacks home button, not big deal but it would be nice to have

[Anonymous No.430687]

>>430210
0/10

[Anonymous No.430698]

>>430210
>Only OLED on the market that's not some stupid gook pentile bullshit
>pathetic
nope

[FremenDar !!DCeid2vFcDt No.430708]

>>413197
My self built computer.

[Anonymous No.431854]

It's pretty crazy hearing about all these different emulation machines, I had no idea that there was such a big diversity of them.

Pretty cool to see stuff like the Xbox and Wii getting lots of homebrewed goodness, makes the Ouya look even more like shit.

[Anonymous No.432723]

Will the Open Pandora ever get cheaper? Or will it be one of those things that gets released, fails terribly, and then people later realize they want one and it'll somehow go up even higher in price?

[Anonymous No.432742]

>>420646
>sometimes lag if your tablet has been on for a while

Have you tried stopping unnecessary tasks manually before running emus?

[Anonymous No.435268]

>>432742
There are usually so many different processes running by then its honestly just faster to reboot rather then end them all.

[Anonymous No.435397]

>>432723

1. It will never fail terribly. It was designed for a niche market it achieved that.

2. The current pandora is 307.41 USD

3. Doubt it, will get more expensive. There is only so much you can do with hardware. But it is a great example that good coding makes a world of difference.

4. It might go done in cost in the next 4-6 months

[Anonymous No.435478]

I am actually currently reading this thread on my pandora.

[Anonymous No.435489]

>>435478
hahaha

mine is beside me playing music

[Anonymous No.435596]

>>435478
Posting from my S7300, so much comfier than sitting at my computer.

[Anonymous No.435892]

>>415143
Can it run SNES games? And is there a way to stream videos from a PC to one? Plus WHERE TO BUY ONE OF THESE

[Anonymous No.435953]

>>435892
Yes I've played tons of SNES on it.
Maybe? There was a thread on the dingo forum using some PC stream app to play PS2 emulated games from his PC to his S7300, seems like a complicated thing though. What do you want that for? If you want to watch videos I'd generally just put them on the tablet directly.
I used Willgoo and am very pleases with it, but there are some other places online that distribute it too.

[Anonymous No.435980]

>>435953
I wanted to be able to stream videos to the tablet because my PC's not in the same room as my bed, and I got no aerial port so I wanted something to watch movies/tv shit in bed.

[Anonymous No.435993]

>>435980
Yeah but why not just put your various movies and shows that you want to watch onto your tablet? It would be waaay simpler. I have a 32 gig micro sd for plenty of room, and MX player runs all kinds of format great.

[Anonymous No.436003]

>>435993
that's cool then. I thought it'd have a catch like being only able to play .ogg files or some bullshit.

[Anonymous No.436019]

>>436003
Nah man, MX player can even handle multiple subtitle and audio tracks on mkv files, its pretty sweet and free to boot.

[Anonymous No.436037]

>>436019
oh lawdy lawdy, sounds pretty good then. So you'd definitely recommend it?

[Anonymous No.436065]

>>436037
MX player? Yeah it puts the default video players to shame.
The S7300? Sure if you want a powerful multimedia device. It can emulate up to n64 and psx, plays movies and music great, display ebooks on a suitably large screen, and even allows for random internet lurking with associated WiFi.

I've really enjoyed mine since I got it a month ago, make sure to check out the custom firmware that has been talked about already. I use he NCCE custom firmware because the base stuff was terrible.

[Anonymous No.436126]

>>415143
Explain the features. I interested

[Anonymous No.436181]

>>436126
I've half about it on and off in this thread, what do you want to know in particular? Its basically a smart android tablet like a Google nexus or lenovo ideapad, but has delicious controller buttons for game controls like emulators. Its still got a touchscreen too, and has all the features of any modern android tablet.

[Anonymous No.436235]

Can GCW Zero play PS1/N64?

[Anonymous No.436412]

>>420934
Phone emulator here also. You should definitely get an extended battery. Or did you mean you only get 3-4 hours out of the icontrolpad? I have a Nyko Playpad.

[Anonymous No.437352]

>>435596

Laying in bed with my gaming laptop (Asus RoG G75VW). Vita, 3DS, iPhone, Kindle and Kindle Fire (running ICS) beside me.

The future is fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.437367]

What kind of battery life are we looking at with the GCW Zero? I think that might be the deciding factor between it and the S7300 for me. I'm sure the S7300 only gets a few hours of use, with a screen like that and running Android.

[Anonymous No.437404]

>>436235
I don't think it has the software yet but it seems to definitely have the specs.
1Ghz MIPS process, 3D OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU, FPU as well, it has a lot under the hood.

>>437367
A few people have them, and they apparently say it lasts very nicely, a good 10 hours depending on what you're doing.

[Anonymous No.437438]

>>436235
not accurately. but it's a shit ass screen. would you really play N64 on that?

I'll also get me a JXD device

[Anonymous No.437469]

>>437438
You know that the majority of N64 games were 240p, only a few were 480i?
The GCW has a 320x240 display so it's perfect for most stuff.

[Anonymous No.437480]

>>437367
Everyone says about 8 to 10 hours, battery doesn't look replaceable.

[Anonymous No.437484]

Why hasn't any created like a PSP-3000 ultimate emulation pack or something? A zip or torrent with the best version of each emulator for basically everything. Maybe even a few apps? It's been long enough to where the emulators aren't even being developed anymore...

[Anonymous No.437487]

>>437404
Actually the main guy who dealt with N64 on previous handhelds has expressed no interest in the GCW Zero, since the MIPS processor lacks proper instruction timing documentation.

[Anonymous No.437519]

>>416424

I didn't even think about using the nexus 7 as am emulator. What are the best emulators for the nexus 7? I'm looking for... all the Nintendo ones. NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, WII-U, you know, DURANGO, ETC

[Anonymous No.437636]

>>437487
That isn't to say that maybe someone else won't do it, Project 64 recently went open sourced, and there is that N64 emulator for PSP, another MIPS based system.

[Anonymous No.437658]

>>437484
Try making it yourself, link it in the emulation general on /vg/, get it to spread around.

[Anonymous No.437727]

>>437519

They're just going to tell you RetroArch. They always say RetroArch.

[Anonymous No.437796]

>>437519
I use FPse for PSX and the ___-oid series for everything else. Gameboid is especially fantastic. Pair it with my iControlPad and BluezIME to map the buttons to "hardware".

[Anonymous No.438918]

>>437519
As someone else said, I also use FPSE for psx, gameboid for GBA, Snesoid for SNES, n64oid for n64, and tigermame for mame, though its kind of laggy on metal slug and I heard mame4droid is better.

There are tons of options though, like the EMU lines of emulators and SNES EX, I've heard they're all decent and you really just need to try the different ones on your device and see which is best.

[Anonymous No.438929]

>>437367
The S7300 actually runs for like 4-5 hours of constant gaming, which is pretty good considering the screen, but it doesn't have the glorious 10 hours of the open pandora or GCW Zero.

[Anonymous No.438965]

>>413624
>320x240 resolution
>bad for emulation
u wot m8

[Anonymous No.439040]

A PSP-1000.

[Anonymous No.439093]

trying to decide between the S7300 and the GCW Zero...

the S7300, being an android tablet with 3G and whatnot: does it need to have a SIM card to be used? I know it'll need one for 3G, but does it just werk without one? I think I remember something about android devices needing a SIM card at all times for w/e reason

also, are there 2 hardware revisions of the S7300?

[Anonymous No.439282]

>>439093
It might have a SIM card since it promises 3G support, but I don't see a SIM card port on the outside of it. There might be one on the inside, but I need some tiny ass screwdrivers to take off the back panel that I don't have right now.

[Anonymous No.439305]

None, handheld wise. I'll wait and see how this turns out.

[Anonymous No.440085]

>>439305
That thing looks great but I doubt it will be cheap. I'm guessing at least $250

I've finally caved in and decided to join the S7300 club. It should be here sometime next week. One question though, how is SNES emulation on this thing? I have an S5110 that I currently use for emulating, but I've heard mixed reports.

[Anonymous No.440102]

Win XP PC with CRT monitor

[Anonymous No.440112]

>>439093
>>439282
It does not have built-in 3G. It supports it if you have an adapter.

[Anonymous No.440156]

Galaxy Note 2+Gamekip

[Anonymous No.440182]

>>440085
I use snesoid and it works fine, beat Assault Suit Valken on it without a hitch. Remember to keep custom firmware in mind when you get it, I had so many problems until I switched over.

[Anonymous No.440227]

>>440085
I have a HTC One X, and it emulates all consoles I've tried (NES, SNES, GBA, GBC) pretty much flawlessley. Even N64 runs perfectly playable, no slowdowns or anything.

The only difference is that the EU version of the One X has a quad core 1.5Ghx processor while the S7300 has a dual core with the same strength. It probably doesn't matter though unless you're planning on emulating the more complex consoles (PSX, N64, NDS maybe?). Even then it'll probably work fine.

How much does it cost?

[Anonymous No.440276]

>>440227
Around 150, more or less depending on where you get it and shipping and extras and junk.

[Anonymous No.440285]

I got a Nexus 7 at the beginning of the year and have had so much fun emulating on it. Anybody else got a Nexus?

[Anonymous No.440302]

>>440285

I just got one refurbished, letting it charge now! Gonna buy the SNES controller adaptor and an OTG cable soon.

[Anonymous No.440319]

PSP (NES, Gameboy, Genesis)
Softmodded OG Xbox (NES, SNES, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, Turbo Grafx, practically any system).

Anyone who says the Xbox isn't worth earning is dumb as rocks.

[Anonymous No.440324]

>>440302
Fucking awesome, have you used one before or is this your first time?
Also, I'd recommend a ps3 or Xbox controller bro, why limit yourself to so few buttons?

[Anonymous No.440359]

>>440324

This is my first time, I just picked it up 2 hours ago. It's been charging for about an hour, so I'll try to turn it on now and familiarize myself with it.

I was mostly going to emulate SNES games, but I may use one of my xbox controllers if you personally recommend it instead.

Any tips for a first time user?

[Anonymous No.440429]

>>440359
Ah cool, you'll get used to the layout pretty quickly and everything's clearly labeled so I doubt you'd need any help there.
Reddit has a great collection of recommended apps, games and other free shit on it's Nexus 7 page which includes best emulators to use and such.
They also have a bunch of tips for maintenance of your device too which is nice.

[Anonymous No.440489]

>>440429

This thing is awesome! I'll definitely check out the nexus subreddit and download some of the recommended apps. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.440653]

>>440489
No problem dude, happy gaming!

[Anonymous No.440669]

>using emulators on your phones

so slow and inaccurate pig disgusting.

If you don't use the most accurate emulator available on a high powered gaming desktop you need to kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.440671]

>>440653

Thanks, also real quick question if you're still there:

I downloaded Snes9x Ex+ and I'm trying to get some game roms for it, do I just go to any website that supplies snes roms and download the ones I want?

[Anonymous No.440704]

>>440669

[Anonymous No.440726]

>EMULATION ON [random] IS TERRIBLE!
>keeps using outdated emulators

[Anonymous No.440742]

>>440671
Yup yup, I use Coolrom mostly, they have a great library.

[Anonymous No.440746]

>>440704
>>440726
this phone business has set the emulator community back a decade, no new advancements on desktop are being made just shitty ports of already shitty software.

[Anonymous No.440763]

I have a Caanoo imported straight from South Korea. Haven't played in a while, maybe I should.

[Anonymous No.441112]

>>440112
Does that go in the SD slot or something?

[Anonymous No.441157]

>>437658
The thing is, I don't know what's the best. I'm not really good at stuff like that :/

[Anonymous No.444191]

>>413654
Don't know why you're acting like the 3ds resolution is bad for emulating retro games.
3ds being 400x240
nes, snes and genesis 256x224 not interlaced
even n64 is usually 256x224, although it could go to 640x480~ almost no games did that
I'm not defending the 3ds as a good emulation machine, battery life is laughable but the screen is just fine for it.

[Anonymous No.444245]

>>440746
But that's wrong. Emulation is advancing all the time. Just because a couple of talentless niggers slap open source code onto a fancy GUI, then put it on the Android store for three dollars doesn't mean others aren't pushing the envelope.

[Anonymous No.444592]

Nexus 7 + DS3 w/ BT.

[Anonymous No.447361]

>>444592
Do you need to do anything special, or can you just hook up the pad via BT and it'll show in SNESoid, for example?
If true, are there any other controllers one could connect that way? I really cannot stand PS controllers.

[Anonymous No.447551]

>>437469
320x240 means that vertical shmups like DoDonPachi have to be resized.

[Anonymous No.448198]

PSP for handheld, PC and Wii for at home. Wii is shit at emulating SNES and GBA though. It's playable, but it's not nearly as 1:1 as emulating GBA on a PC or PSP.

[Anonymous No.448207]

>>444592
Cant use this combo on a bus.

[Anonymous No.448230]

>>440763
That looks really cool ... except I need a D-pad in addition to analogue slider.

[Anonymous No.448561]

>>447361
Late reply, but I don't know much about how other BT controllers work, DS3 took some extra work because I had to root the tablet and everything. Android has native support for controllers though so I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

[Anonymous No.449493]

>>448230
Actually, the slider feels really comfortable to use.

[Anonymous No.449606]

>>440085
Where do you order a JXD s7300? I have been googling but only found some on Amazon and Ebay and people on those sites usually over price their stuff. Interested in getting one if the price is good enough.

[Anonymous No.449692]

>>437487
Are you talking about Ari64?
If so his dynamic that he wrote for the Pandora is open source im pretty sure.

[Anonymous No.449743]

As of late I've been using my laptop hooked to my TV because it's easiest. I also have an original Xbox with a 40 GB hard drive planted in it, but that stays downstairs.
I have a PSP for portable gaming, but someone else has commandeered it. I want to take it back but I know it will be too great of a distraction right now.

That said, the JXD s7300 looks nice. I could go for a tablet for reading manga and browsing internet alone, the emulation would be nice, too.
My concerns are the controls (being in the way or being uncomfortable) and the performance of PSX, N64, and some emulation. The PSP covers PSX wonderfully, despite not working with analog controls (does the s7300?) but N64 is lacking, and even SNES and some others have their weak points...

Another nice thing to know is if it can handle 10bit video... That will more or less sell me, to be honest.

[Anonymous No.450367]

>>449743
It's definitely very nie for surfing the internet, or reading manga or books. The 7 inch screen is pretty standard for most tablets these days.

N64 and PSX works fine, though again sometimes it gets a little choppy if you've been doing a lot on the tablet until you restart. Once you do a restart though, it runs at smooth 60 FPS even with advanced options. Controls are great, but do remember that for some reason the Left Dpad and left stick are binded to the exact same mappings, so you they can't be binded to different controls. But otherwise there are tons of buttons, including 2 left and right triggers.

The MX Player supports 10 bit videos, but I'm downloading one right now to see if it plays with good performance.

[Anonymous No.450573]

>>449743
Seems like 10 bit either lags with S/W decoder, or has strange artifacts with the H/W decoder. There is a H/W+ decoder that has a 10 bit video option, but it doesn't work with the video I downloaded. So I guess that is a maybe?

[Anonymous No.451802]

>>413197
The ideal one would probably be a multi GHz arm triple core. BSNES is so hardware demanding, that I really could use something that powerful and efficient.

[Anonymous No.452670]

>>449692

His dynamic recompiler is for ARM, not MIPS. Someone would have to write a new recompiler for MIPS.

[Anonymous No.453394]

>>420665
If battery life is a concern I suggest picking up a PSP and getting an extended battery. With it the PSP runs about 9 hours overclocked. I've had one for months and its been great.

[Anonymous No.454061]

>>414182
I still have that phone. It has an LED flashlight built into it.